Daily bread 06/02/2018

• Bananas have died out once before – don’t let it happen again | Aeon Ideas

  • Bananas have died out once before – don’t let it happen again
  • take bananas for granted
  • in either the literal or the figurative sense:
  • in danger of extinction
  • pristine rainforest streams
  • my fish fantasy evaporated
  • odd-looking
  • short ripening period
  • rotten, unsellable fruit
  • rose in popularity
  • cleverly marketed as
  • caused a global collapse in
  • monoculture
  • a heightened risk of
  • lacks genetic diversity
  • succumbing to
  • Genetic mutation
  • to develop immunity to
  • pests or diseases
  • highly contagious
  • homogeneous blocks of land
  • started to question the assumption that
  • It would be nice to think that
  • fit hand-in-glove with
  • environmental degradation
  • exploited labour
  • excessive amounts of pesticides
  • gave a heavy sigh
  • growing in sustainable ways
  • paying fair wages
  • As things stand,

• English is no longer the default language of American pop | Music | The Guardian

  • English is no longer the default language of American pop
  • K-pop and Reggaeton’s charts successes are transforming popular culture and leading to more young people learning Korean
  • features lyrics sung mostly in Korean
  • outperforming industry predictions
  • the viral success of
  • a driving factor
  • are tailored toward
  • the rapid chart surge
  • pop music feels like a progressive antidote
  • the importance of what language a song is performed in second to the music itself

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