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[–] tal@olio.cafe 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

https://www.joe.co.uk/news/brits-in-disbelief-as-new-refillable-drinks-ban-implemented-across-uk-508201

An original consultation took place during 2018 as part of the previous government’s Child Obesity action, and legislation was finally passed in Parliament in December 2021.

The rules only came into force on Wednesday (1 October 2025).

The legislation was actually passed under the Johnson government:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Johnson_ministry

I suppose that Labour could have passed a law canceling implementation, though.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 5 points 3 days ago

If you put sugar in granulated or powdered solid form into soda, it'll create a lot of convection points and the soda will rapidly foam up and lose a lot of its carbon dioxide.

You could use a sweet syrup instead.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

From that thread:

https://old.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/1nzbt8b/reddit_has_banned_rlemmy/ni26gw0/

The sub creator got suspended. Checked the Wayback Machine on their profile reveals they are very vocal about certain political issues in Lebanon (in April 2025, last archive). There is a very high chance of something related to that.

Possibly not related to the fact that /r/Lemmy dealt with Lemmy.

EDIT: Someone in that thread also mentioned that /r/lemmy2 was created in response, so it'll be interesting to see what happens there. If it stays up, probably unrelated to the subreddit being about Lemmy.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Lemmy2/

[–] tal@olio.cafe 38 points 4 days ago

The notice reads: “Want Coca-Cola Classic? It’s one glass only.

“Based on new government laws, we’ve had to limit Coca-Cola Classic to one glass per customer.

“Still thirsty? Help yourself to any of our low-sugar fizzy Bottomless Soft Drinks.”

Under the new rules, any soft drinks that are low in sugar, for example ‘Zero’ alternative versions of most popular soft drink brands, can be drunk to one’s heart’s content.

I imagine that manufacturers of artificial sweeteners are in for a good time.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I think that you can make most tragedies worse in a fairly-mechanical fashion. Whatever it is, it's probably worse if you're being stung by bees at the same time, for example. So trying to come up with the very worst tragedy seems like it'd be pretty hard. You could list some bad tragedies...

[–] tal@olio.cafe 41 points 4 days ago

"Net worth", not "wages".

[–] tal@olio.cafe 4 points 4 days ago

And, amusingly, apparently what our own top Executive Branch officials in the US use instead of the classified material approved stuff that they're supposed to. Like, you have the NSA at your beck and call to secure your communications, and you turn to Moxie Marlinspike:

In fairness to Moxie, I'm sure that he doesn't look like that most of the time, and I use Signal too, but...

[–] tal@olio.cafe 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I don't watch podcasts much, much less follow Rogan. But I will give him this: of the few podcasts of his that I've skimmed, his bullshit level seemed to be considerably lower than, say, Tucker Carlson.

That doesn't necessarily warrant an "amazing" label, but there is a lot of really appallingly bad media sources on the right, and relative to that, well...shrugs

checks Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Rogan

In January 2020, CNN described Rogan as "libertarian-leaning".[98]

In 2019–20, Rogan described himself as socially liberal, saying he supports same-sex marriage, gay rights, women's rights, recreational drug use, universal health care, universal basic income, gun rights, and the Second Amendment.[99][100] He describes himself as a strong supporter of freedom of speech, and has criticized cancel culture and what he perceives to be suppression of those who hold right-wing views in the television and film industry.[101] He has also criticized what he describes as an American foreign policy of military adventurism.[102]

So if you compare him to the American political spectrum, I guess it's kinda a mix of positions from what one might consider "left" and "right".

I understand that he got initial visibility from being with the UFC, which is popular among guys on the right, which gives him immediate reach.

kagis

https://old.reddit.com/r/MMAPoliticsAndCulture/comments/14ppekm/why_is_mma_so_conservative_and_right_leaning/

Why is MMA so conservative and right leaning

I've noticed most MMA spaces and clicks most people lean very right wing. Most fighters lean right, and of course the people funding these fights lean right to. I've heard people say that it's because the people making up this scenes have a very disciplined "winner" hyper masculine mindse

Not only masculine, but blue-collar/hard-working in general. I grew up wrestling, and that is a sport that also leans very strongly to the right, with the whole blue-collar, crazy work ethic, personal responsibility, etc. mindset. Obviously a lot of wrestlers funnel into MMA as fighters and coaches.

Then you get many of the international fighters that hold similar beliefs and values, like the (Muslim) Dagestani’s.

All of this attracts a huge contingent of rural area, red-leaning white dudes. Top it all off with capitalist Dana as the head of the thing, speaking at the RNC, cozying up to Trump for a mutually beneficial relationship, talking on Fox, and now even getting involved in the dumbass culture war.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 66 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Probably a really great illustration as to why we shouldn't permit this to be used domestically with pure Executive Branch discretion.

The Church Committee pulled domestic surveillance out of the CIA baliwick for similar reasons.

Sounds like something to go on the list of things that need some future restrictions to be imposed.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 2 points 4 days ago

and a 64oz gatorade

Moderation to an extent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Gulp

At 128-US-fluid-ounce (3,800 ml), the Team Gulp remains the largest fountain offering in the world.[5]

[–] tal@olio.cafe 1 points 4 days ago

Ah, thanks for looking at it. Hmm.

Paprika is mostly for color, so they could maybe drop that. Chili powder...well, for the spiciness, you can just put capsaicin in directly.

Cheddar is actually normally white. The orange color we're used to is itself mostly added coloring, so one could use white cheddar.

goes looking for something on cheddar coloring

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddar_cheese

Cheddar cheese (or simply cheddar) is a natural cheese that is relatively hard, off-white (or orange if colourings such as annatto are added)...

Dammit, the more I talk about it, the more I really want non-terribly-messy Doritos. If Frito-Lay doesn't want to do it, I wonder if some other corn chip manufacturer could clone it and just dump the coloring.

[–] tal@olio.cafe 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Thanks. I think, though, that the "organic spice powder" is probably changed for the organic version, to include things that act as natural colors.

So, it looks like (regular) Doritos uses Yellow 5, an artificial color. I don't see any breakdown for Doritos, but for another food that was replacing Yellow 5:

https://www.foodprocessing.com/product-development/color/article/55264494/here-are-replacements-for-banned-color-additives

To replace Yellow 5, GNT uses carrot, pumpkin, algal carotene and turmeric.

So my guess is that turmeric probably would qualify as "organic spices", and you'd use it to color things.

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