I have had the same idea. Photovoltaic cells are sadly all quite stiff and/or fragile ...
They're trying to see how much customers will bear, and don't want to lose them if they won't. It's shitty price discovery enabled by technology.
Might be worth mentioning that modern wheat and grains aren't the same as older varieties that might've been consumed a century ago. Grains are also affected by the environment they were grown in. This paper touches on the topic and may be interesting reading:
Do ancient types of wheat have health benefits compared with modern bread wheat?
I wonder how many patients also have Helicobacter pylori?
CNN article this is based on here: https://edition.cnn.com/2025/07/01/science/explorer-world-remote-nanoplastics-scli-intl
Is this all of Japan? I wonder what it looks like comparing just Tokyo with LA
This is why it is critical to contain memetic hazards. Has the Foundation taught us nothing?
Would you know why they over-eat? It's not mentioned in the article.
Thank you for that colourfully described nugget of information. Username checks out...
Feel free to rebuff Meta right back, Brussels. I'm rooting for you all.
This isn't such a bad thing, by itself. For one, Japan's entirely beholden to the American tech giants for its tech sector and really should start its own buildout.