Weirding Diary: 5

London's Forgotten Banana Nuisance

Death by banana skin.

How the global banana industry is killing the world’s favorite fruit

During harvest last year, banana farmers in Jordan and Mozambique made a chilling discovery. Their plants were no longer bearing the soft, creamy fruits they’d been growing for decades. When they cut open the roots of their banana plants, they saw something that looked like this:

This Nude Vegan Blogger Drama Is Incredible

Freelee the Banana Girl, the nude blogger who sometimes eats 51 bananas in a single day, is knee-deep in drama.

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Just a place to share interesting blog posts and articles.

Science Banana on Twitter / X

I don't even know where to start with this crap (partly because it's hard to tell which of the studies the 17 "jogging" effects came from, partly because it seems obvious from the paper that the more studies the more the "effect" disappears) https://t.co/Gniv5Ht8g3 pic.twitter.com/qbToQ2yOGM— Science Banana (@literalbanana) March 12, 2024

The Edge of Fruitvale — Oakland Public Library

The Edge of Fruitvale — DaCosta, Rohan, — Poetry, prose, and photographs.

The Blue Triangle

Community Center

Scout Magazine

The best of Vancouver food and culture.

Peanut Gallery — Vancouver City Council

Vancouver City Council meetings — transcribed, summarized, and searchable.

#780: Play the banana song!

Plus: The next generation of "tradwives," babytech creep, and scrolling more socially

Features - A Passion for Fruit - Archaeology Magazine - May/June 2025

Exploring the surprisingly rich archaeological record of berries, melons…and more

Erewhon’s Secrets

Japanese utopians. Corporate glow-ups. $400 smoothies. The strange history of the world’s most cultish grocery store.

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