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Cake day: July 1st, 2023

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  • This is an important story to read and it deserves the attention of consumers so they are informed and can scream bloody murder about it. I have no hope for the US and free market capitalism, but I can see some commonwealth countries like Australia and New Zealand legislating against this type of practice to protect consumers. Australia has done that with petrol prices - the price may change once every 24 hours, at 6am. The price for tomorrow’s fuel must be submitted to the consumer watchdog by 2pm for publishing online. There is a govt website that publishes the fuel pricing online with a map of locations and the fuel type and pricing info.

    A similar restriction on fast-moving consumer goods where weekly pricing changes get published on Friday and enacted on Monday might help keep a lid on things.










  • As I understand it, the dna is usually sourced when the hair root is intact as that contains skin cells. Hair itself is keratin and can be type matched - eg coarseness, colour, texture, tested for chemicals (eg environmental, dyes, medication, recreational) which all amount to circumstantial evidence but to get a DNA match actual cells would be required. Assuming the donation is the result of a haircut and not epilation or scalping - she’s probably in the clear.