Friday Squid Blogging: New Foods from Squid Fins

Friday Squid Blogging: New Foods from Squid Fins

We only eat about half of a squid, ignoring the fins. A group of researchers is working to change that.

As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Read my blog posting guidelines here.

Tags: squid

Posted on January 19, 2024 at 5:07 PM • 5 Comments

V. F. Stevenson • January 19, 2024 5:24 PM

re: hxxps://ellenbrown.com/2024/01/17/casino-capitalism-and-the-derivatives-market-time-for-another-lehman-moment/ towards end of article, says:
“… For protecting title to assets, blockchain is a promising tool…”
When evaluating blockchain, please remember to incorporate
blockchain’s theft rates.
Cyber hackers follow fads, and as hacking blockchains
becomes easier to do, more hackers will focus on
direct withdrawals from the bank (blockchain)
rather than wasting their time and effort
trying to extort ransomware victims.
(additional thought)
If blockchain operators were penalized for thefts,
would they make blockchains much more difficult to rob?
###

lurker • January 19, 2024 5:27 PM

How to read a WEF report from Davos, or not. Reuters says extreme weather will be the greatest risk in 2024, with mis/dis/information next. CNN reverses the order of risk for these two events. Everybody seens to agree that cyber insecurity will be a greater risk than armed conflict between nations.

WEF’s own summary, and a downloadable pdf for masochists is at

‘https://www.weforum.org/publications/global-risks-report-2024/digest/

vas pup • January 19, 2024 5:34 PM

In world first, Israel approves cultured beef for sale to the public
https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-world-first-israel-approves-cultured-beef-for-sale-to-the-public/

“In a world first, Israel has approved the sale of cultured meat based on beef, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

Permission for a “new food” product was given to Aleph Farms to sell its cultured meat in Israel.

In the past Singapore and the US have approved cultured chicken for sale, but Israel is the first to give beef the go-ahead.

To produce its meat, Aleph leverages the ability of animals to grow tissue muscle constantly and isolates the cells responsible. It then reproduces the optimal conditions for these cells to grow into tissue, basically growing meat outside the animal. The tissue is grown in tanks that act as fermenters, similar to those in a brewery. There the cells are nurtured and shaped into a 3D structure that makes the meat.”