Linkdump 31-07-2018

[gominokouhai]

• Brexit provides the perfect ingredients for a national food crisis | Guardian 
  This is an excellent precis of the situation in which we find ourselves, with only one problem that I can see. The last sentence of the article is four words too long.
  (tags: doom Brexit food politics history bloodytories fuckwits dystopia economy europe )
• Edinburgh art festival review – a plodding, poor relation of the fringe | Guardian 
  "Ethical hand-wringing is not art". And hectoring, gatekeeping lectures about what is and isn't art aren't journalism, but what would I know. Good to see Summerhall get a positive shoutout though, and there are a couple of things on (fortunately, ones that Jonathan Jones considers 'art') that I'd like to see.
  (tags: art review edinburgh local fringe journalism handwringingLeftyGuardianistasFTW )
• Toblerone: Bar to revert to original shape | BBC News 
  At last, all's right with the world.
  (tags: food news capitalism fuckwits )
• American Society Would Collapse If It Weren’t for These 8 Myths | Truthdig 
  Ifwhiteamericatoldthetruthforonedayit'sworldwouldfallapart, the listicle edition. (And yes, it hurt to type that apostrophe.)
  (tags: clickbait americans usa politics society incrediblyobscurereference freedom zeitgeisty )
• Mass gathering of golden retrievers in Highlands | BBC News 
  After all that, you deserve a dose of cute.
  (tags: awww photography photos scotland )