#Quality Control Market size

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Quality Control Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)

Quality Control Market Overview:

According to the National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) International, approximately global food industry suffers the burden of $49 billion owing to food fraud which is a serious issue all over the world. Encountering major problems related to quality analysis of the industrial food hinders brand image and loss of reliable customers consequently slowing the pace of economic build up. Quality control facilitates standard measures for product inspection, which thereby lowers the production cost, builds a healthy owner-consumer relationship, ensures safe brand identity, and increases sales and overall product price. Not only this process gauges quality management and problem identification for food and beverage industry, it also identifies any unsatisfactory product feature both in the government and private industrial firms, organizations, medical facilities, project management, and many others. It is essential for every manufacturing company to maintain customers’ trust and uniform commodity quality for established business and long-term survival in the current competitive landscape gradually increasing the global quality control market demand which is evaluated to grow at a CAGR of 6.18% through to 2025. This continuously amplifies the global quality control market size owing to which it leveraged a huge profit of $36.89 billion as of 2018.

Annually food and beverage industry contributes around $31.1 billion to the UK economy along with a total of $23 billion exported food and drink services. This exponential data reflects the expanding opportunity for quality control system in this region extracting huge revenue income through it. Europe contributed a regional share of 31.18% to the global quality control market in the year 2018 attributing to the rising supply-demand chain. Automotive and public infrastructure are the two most macroeconomic industries which constantly require effective quality analysis and management procedures to persist in the ever-changing business market. Resultantly, this key segment will exert huge demand for quality control services which is projected to increase at a noticeable CAGR of 7.47% during the forecast period 2019-2025.

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Quality Control Market Growth Drivers:

· Growing industrialization and colossal investment on quality analysis of consumer products due to stringent government rules will significantly propel the global quality control market growth.

· Increasing instances of food adulteration, adverse drug reaction, and counterfeit products will enable frequent quality checks thereby ballooning the quality control market demand and revenue income.

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Quality Control Market Key Players:

The key leaders in the quality control market includes Formel D (Deutsche Beteiligungs AG), SGS Group, Trigo, Eurofins, TUV SUD, DNV GL Group, TUV Nord Group, Dekera SE, Exact Systems, Bureau Veritas SA, and many others.

SGS Group is one of the leading companies which provides expert inspection, verification, testing services to its customers for boosting the efficiency of any business activities.

Quality Control Market Trends:

· The invasion of cloud computing technologies has etched a mark in the quality control and management market with multiple boons such as cost-effectiveness, chat bots facilities which facilitates detailed customer feedbacks, and connected mobile device support. This helps the business owners to effectively produce quality products as well as reaches the peak of customer expectations.

· In collaboration with the hybrid and agile methodologies of project management in an industrial firm, quality control process is implemented with ease due to proper plans, guidance, and project tracking methods.

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Quality Control Market Research Scope:

The base year of the study is 2018, with forecast done up to 2025. The study presents a thorough analysis of the competitive landscape, taking into account the market shares of the leading companies. It also provides information on unit shipments. These provide the key market participants with the necessary business intelligence and help them understand the future of the Quality Control market. The assessment includes the forecast, an overview of the competitive structure, the market shares of the competitors, as well as the market trends, market demands, market drivers, market challenges, and product analysis. The market drivers and restraints have been assessed to fathom their impact over the forecast period. This report further identifies the key opportunities for growth while also detailing the key challenges and possible threats. The key areas of focus include the types of Quality Control in Quality Control market, and their specific applications in different areas.

Quality Control Market: Industry Coverage:

Global quality control market is classified into different segments such as type, procedure, services offered, and industry vertical. On the basis of type the segmentation includes in-house and outsourced. Based on procedure categorization includes inspection and audit. By services offered the quality control market can be bifurcated into preventive QC, corrective QC, laboratory, and others. Sub segments under industry vertical includes automotive, consumer goods and retail, aerospace, and many others.

The Quality Control market also analyzes the major geographic regions for the market as well as the major countries for the market in these regions. The regions and countries covered in the study include:     

•           North America: The U.S., Canada, Mexico

•           South America: Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica

•           Europe: The U.K., Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Denmark

•           APAC: China, Japan, Australia, South Korea, India, Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong

•           Middle East and Africa: Israel, South Africa, Saudi Arabia

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Molecular Quality Controls Market: Industry Overview and Forecast 2024-2032

The Molecular Quality Controls Market is projected to experience significant growth, with its size estimated at USD 0.1 billion in 2023 and expected to reach USD 0.16 billion by 2031, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.7% during the forecast period of 2024-2031. This growth is driven by the increasing demand for accurate diagnostic tools, advancements in molecular diagnostic technologies, and a rising focus on personalized medicine.

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Regional Analysis

North America: Dominates the market due to advanced healthcare infrastructure and the presence of key industry players.

Europe: Holds the second-largest share, supported by a strong regulatory framework and high adoption of molecular diagnostics.

Asia-Pacific: Expected to witness rapid growth with increasing healthcare investments, a growing patient population, and heightened awareness of quality control in diagnostics.

Market Segmentation

By Product:

Independent Controls: Provide flexibility across various molecular diagnostic assays.

Instrument-Specific Controls: Designed for specific instruments, ensuring compatibility and reliability.

By Analyte Type:

Single-Analyte Controls: Used for precise assessment of individual analytes.

Multi-Analyte Controls: Enhance efficiency by allowing simultaneous evaluation of multiple analytes.

By Application:

Infectious Disease Diagnostics: Largest market segment due to the need for accurate pathogen detection.

Oncology Testing: Growing focus on early cancer diagnosis and precision medicine.

Genetic Testing: Driven by advancements in genomics and hereditary disease detection.

Others: Includes applications in cardiovascular diseases, neurology, and microbiology.

By End User:

Diagnostic Laboratories: Leading segment due to the necessity of accurate test results.

Hospitals: Utilize molecular quality controls to improve patient outcomes.

IVD Manufacturers & Research Organizations: Employ controls for product development and validation.

Academic & Research Institutes: Use quality controls to ensure the accuracy of research findings.

Others: Includes blood banks, public health institutions, and nursing facilities.

Key Players

The major players are SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Microbiologics, Inc., ZeptoMetrix Corporation, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Abbott Laboratories, Quidel Corporation, Qnostics, Maine Molecular Quality Controls, INC., Danaher., Helena Biosciences Europe, SERO AS, Technopath Clinical Diagnostics, and Randox Laboratories Ltd., and others.

Key Points

Increasing preference for personalized medicine and third-party quality controls.

Technological advancements, including multi-analyte controls, are improving cost efficiency.

Budget constraints in clinical labs and stringent regulatory requirements remain challenges.

Future Scope

The market is set for continued expansion, supported by the growing adoption of molecular diagnostics in infectious disease management, oncology, and genetic testing. The development of multi-analyte and instrument-specific controls is expected to enhance efficiency while reducing operational costs. Additionally, emerging markets present significant growth opportunities due to increasing healthcare investments and a rising demand for quality assurance in diagnostics.

Conclusion

Molecular quality controls are crucial in ensuring the accuracy and reliability of diagnostic assays, contributing to improved healthcare outcomes. With technological advancements and a growing emphasis on precision medicine, the market is expected to witness substantial growth. Addressing regulatory challenges and investing in innovation will be key factors in sustaining this upward trajectory.

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Molecular Quality Controls Market Overview, Competitive Analysis and Forecast 2031

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In Vitro Diagnostics And IVD Quality Control Industry Trends and Innovation: Guiding the Future

In vitro diagnostics and IVD quality control industry data book covers in vitro diagnostics (IVD) and IVD quality control market.

Global In Vitro Diagnostics and IVD quality control industry data book is a collection of market sizing & forecasts insights, regulatory & technology framework, pricing intelligence, volumetric analyses, competitive benchmarking analyses, macro-environmental analyses studies. Within the purview of the database, such information is systematically analyzed and provided in the form of summary presentations and detailed outlook reports on individual areas of research. The following data points will be included in the final product offering in two reports and one sector report overview.

In Vitro Diagnostics (IVD) Market Analysis & Forecast

The global in vitro diagnostic market size was valued at USD 111.67 Billion in 2021 and is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 0.2 % from 2022 to 2030. IVD renders accurate & effective results and has indispensable applications in the field of disease diagnosis. Eventually, quality control services have become requisite in accredited medical or clinical laboratories. In vitro diagnostics shows significant potential for growth driven by an aging global population that requires accurate diagnosis, increased demand for targeted cancer therapies supported by Companion Diagnostic (CDx) devices, and rising demand for infectious diseases diagnostics due to frequent viral/bacterial outbreaks such as COVID-19.

In addition, NGS-based genetic prenatal tests are becoming more common, and adoption of these tests is rising due to their low false-positive rates. Hence, FDA recently issued guidance to improve oversight of test quality, accuracy, safety, and medical benefit. Key players such as Illumina, Inc. have NGS-based prenatal screening tests that allow detection of common abnormalities like Down syndrome. Furthermore, the number of people suffering from congenital heart disease is increasing, requiring medical professionals to develop IVD tools for accurate diagnoses. According to CDC, congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in the U.S., affecting approximately 1% of births every year.

The use and demand of Point-of-Care (PoC) tests and devices are rising owing to increased demand for rapid identification of diseases in close proximity to patients to facilitate faster decision-making. This trend is pushing manufacturers to launch small, transportable, fast, and easy-to-use instruments, making use of these instruments easier in non-laboratory settings. For instance, in July 2021, QuantuMDx announced the launch Q-POC system, which offers rapid PoC molecular diagnostics advantageous for settings, such as ICUs, clinics, and birthing centers.

IVD Quality Control Market Analysis & Forecast

The global in vitro diagnostics quality control market size was estimated at USD 1.12 Billion in 2021 and is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.0% from 2022 to 2030. In IVD quality control, immunochemistry led the global market in 2021 and accounted for a revenue share of more than 35.00%. Key applications of the immunochemistry include detection of infectious microorganisms, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi, by detecting the presence of their toxins and coat antigens.

Diagnostics laboratories are in demand owing to the increasing prevalence of diseases such as infectious diseases, cardiovascular conditions, and diabetes. To meet the industry demand, many private and public laboratories are undergoing accreditation procedures, which is creating a surge for IVD quality control measures. As of May 2022, the quality standards of 330,000 laboratories in the U.S. are regulated under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) by the CMS, making quality management crucial.

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Key players operating in the In Vitro Diagnostics And IVD Quality Control Industry are –

• ABBOTT • BIOMÉRIEUX SA • BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. • BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY • SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG • QIAGEN • QUIDEL CORPORATION • F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE LTD. • SYSMEX CORPORATION • CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES • QUEST DIAGNOSTICS • AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. • DANAHER CORPORATION • Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. • Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. • Sero AS. • Sun Diagnostics, LLC • Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. • Randox Laboratories Ltd • Helena Laboratories Corporation • SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. • Technopath Clinical Diagnostics

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Is there a story behind China's one child policy that makes it not as horrifying as western media claims?

The defining feature of China's development for the past 70 years has been the urban-rural divide. In order to develop a semi-feudal country with a very low industrial level into an industrialised, socialist nation, it was necessary to develop industrial centres. To 'organically' develop industrial centres would have taken many decades, if not centuries of continued impoverishment and starvation, so programs were put in place to accelerate the development of industry by preferentially supporting cities.

Programs like the 'urban-rural price scissors' placed price controls on agricultural products, which made food affordable for city-dwellers, at the direct expense of reducing the income of rural, agricultural areas. This hits on the heart of the issue - to preferentially develop industrial centres in order to support the rest of the country, the rest of the country must first take up the burden of supporting those centres. Either some get out of poverty *first*, or nobody gets out of poverty at all. The result being: a divide between urban and rural areas in their quality of life and prospects. In order to keep this system from falling apart, several other policies were needed to support it, such as the Hukou system, which controlled immigration within the country. The Hukou system differentiated between rural and urban residents, and restricted immigration to urban areas - because, given the urban-rural divide, everyone would rather just try to move to the cities, leaving the agricultural industry to collapse. The Hukou system (alongside being a piece in many other problems, like the 'one country two systems', etc) prevented this, and prevented the entire thing from collapsing. The 'one child policy' was another system supporting this mode of development. It applied principally to city-dwellers, to prevent the populations of cities expanding beyond the limited size the agricultural regions could support, and generally had no 'punishments' greater than a lack of government child-support, or even a fine, for those who still wanted additional children. Ethnic minorities, and rural residents, were granted additional children, with rural ethnic minorities getting double. It wasn't something anyone would love, but it served an important purpose.

I use the past-tense, here, because these systems have either already been phased out or are in the process of being phased out. The method of urban-rural price scissors as a method of development ran its course, and, ultimately, was exhausted - the negative aspects, of its underdevelopment of rural regions, began to overwhelm its positive aspects. So, it was replaced with the paradigm of 'Reform and Opening Up' around the 1980s. Urban-rural price scissors were removed (leading to protests by urban workers and intellectuals in the late '80s), and the Hukou system, along with the 'one child policy', were and are being slowly eased out as lessening inequality between the urban and rural areas make them unnecessary. Under the new system, the driver of development was no longer at the expense of rural regions, but was carried out through the internal market and external capital. The development paradigm of Reform and Opening Up worked to resolved some contradictions, in the form of the urban-rural divide, and created some of its own, in the form of internal wealth divisions within the cities. Through it, over 800 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty - almost all of them being in rural areas - and extreme poverty was completely abolished within China. 'Extreme poverty' can be a difficult thing for westerners to grasp, wherein poverty means not paying rent on time, but to illustrate - many of the last holdout regions of extreme poverty were originally guerrilla base areas, impassable regions of mountainside which were long hikes away from schools or hospitals, wherein entire villages were living in conditions not dissimilar to their feudal state a century before. These villages were, when possible, given infrastructure and a meaningful local industry accounting their environment and tradition (like growing a certain type of mountainous fruit), or entirely relocated to free government-built housing lower down the mountain that was theirs to own. These were the people the 'one child policy' was aiding, by reducing the urban population they had to support. Again, there were exemptions for rural and ethnic minority populations to the policy.

Even now, Reform and Opening Up is running its course. Its own negative aspects, such as urban wealth inequality, are beginning to overcome its positive aspects. So, the new paradigm is 'Common Prosperity', which will work to resolve the past system's contradictions, and surely introduce its own contradictions in the form of chafing against the national bourgeoisie, as it increases state control and ownership of industry, and furthers a reintroduced collectivisation. Organising a nation of well over a billion people is not simple. It is not done based on soundbytes and on picking apart policies in the abstract for how 'dystopian' they sound. It is an exceedingly complex and interconnected process based on a dialectical, material analysis of things; not a utopian, idealist one. What matters is this: those 800,000,000 people now freed from absolute poverty. The things necessary to achieve that were, unquestionably, good things - because they achieved that. They had their negative aspects, as does everything that exists, but they were unquestionably correct and progressive things.

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hai i really like your writing! i was just wondering if you could do a short drabble on soap with a plus sized reader? i can hardly find any fics with him :,3

Hi there! Thank you so much for the kind words. This was my first time writing for a plus-size reader, apologies if I didn’t do well. I did my best through research and reading, but I’m always open to learning and improving. I hope you enjoy reading this though (´▽｀)

Farmer MacTavish’s Prized fruits

Johnny soap mactavish x fem! Plus sized reader, pure fluff.

Somewhere between cleaning his rifle and daydreaming about runaway goats, Johnny MacTavish got that look in his eye again—that dumb, dreamy one that made Ghost sigh and walk away without a word.

It was the same face every time: crooked grin, eyes twinkling like a cartoon star, like someone had just whispered “free whiskey” into the wind. And you knew. The second you rounded the corner, he was already on his feet, arms flung open like he’d just spotted his prized fluffy sheep after a week lost in the glen.

He had two hands—and he wasn’t wastin’ either of them.

Not when your cheeks—round, plush, and tragically squishable like freshly risen bread—were within reach. Warm like morning rolls left on a windowsill. And, unfortunately for your dignity, irresistibly soft.

The rest of you matched. Soft in all the right places, with curves so generous he swore you were sculpted by a god who just really loved holding things.

He could be mid-briefing, half-dressed, scratching his butt, chewing a protein bar, or deep into reassembling a rifle and he'd still reach over and gently pinch, prod, or smoosh your cheeks together like he was at a Saturday market inspecting peaches for ripeness.

“Aye, there ye are, ma lass!” he beamed, practically bouncing toward you like a golden retriever in combat boots.

“Hold still, love. Need tae check firmness. See if yer fresh.”

You didn’t even get a proper “hello” out before—schwump—both his hands were on your cheeks. Warm, calloused palms, rough from gun oil and poor life choices, cradled your face like it was divine fruit. He gave a testing squish.

Then again.

Squish-squish.

“Hmmm,” he hummed, rocking your head side to side thoughtfully. “Look at this one. Plump. Juicy. Full of secrets. perfectly ripe, just like I like ‘em. Soft but springy. Ya been watered properly, hen?”

“Every mornin’,” you deadpanned, lips smushed together like a sad fish. “Filtered. Organic. Grew myself in a clay pot. Buy one, get one forehead slap.”

He grinned, delighted. “Ha! Knew it. These cheeks are blue ribbon quality. I’m tellin’ ye, I’d win medals at the Highland Games for cheeks like these. Best in show. Cheek du jour.”

You squinted at him. “Why are you talking to my face again?”

He blinked, like the answer was obvious. “Quality control. Yer a melon. I’m a humble Scottish farmer, searchin’ the land for only the finest fruit. Can’t sell subpar produce at market, now can I?” he said seriously-too seriously. Like he was giving a TED Talk on facial fruit.

You arched a brow. "How much am I going for, then?"

He stroked his chin dramatically, still squishing your cheeks into shapes no human expression should ever achieve.

Then tugged your cheeks gently left, right, gave them a bounce like he was testing gravity. He huffed through his nose.

“For these wee beauties?” he muttered, leaning in close like a bartering merchant. “Two sheep, a jug o’ cider, and me best goat. The one that screams at Gary every Sunday.”

You sighed, long-suffering but amused. “That’s extortionate. Sounds like I’m the one robbing you.”

He grinned wider. “And I’d hand it all over gladly.”

“That’s stupid. You’ll bankrupt yourself dry.”

“Yer stupid!”

“…And your goat has IBS.”

“Oi! Don’t talk about Margaret like that! She’s sensitive!”

Then, of course, he broke into what he thought was your voice—offensive, ridiculous, and weirdly high-pitched.

“‘Ooo, Mister sexy Johnny, I’m just a wee humble melon! Don’t sell me off, I’m full o’ hopes and dreams—’”

“I do not sound like that.”

“You do when yer cheeks’re like this.”

He shook your face lightly in his hands like a bowl of jelly for emphasis. You made a muffled “mmpf,” like a sentient stress ball. He leaned in and kissed your temple—warm and scratchy from stubble, like a cat tongue with better aim.

And God help you, sometimes… you joined in.

“’Scuse me, missy,” he’d start again, full dramatic flair.In the thickest farmer accent you’d ever heard (which wasn’t saying much, since he already sounded like a Glaswegian goat herder). “How much for these cheek-fruits?”

You barely blinked. “Twelve-fifty per squeeze and the rest of your dignity. No refunds. Market closes in five.”

“Twelve-fifty?!” he gasped. “What do I get for two euros then—just a sniff? A sample?”

“None. Inflation,” you mumbled through the squish.

.

.

.

“…Maybe a pity pat on the head. And a slap if you squeeze any harder.”

He kissed the top of your head like you were his prize pumpkin, he raised from childhood, “Worth every penny, ye are.”

And the thing was—he meant it.

His thumbs pressed gently into the softness of your cheeks—flesh like sweet dough, sun-warmed and kissed by the world. There was something in the way he held you: a reverence laced with playful awe, like you were some divine peach from an orchard tended by gods, plucked at the perfect hour of morning light. The fullness of your face, the gentle curve of your jaw, the cushion that came naturally with your frame—he loved it.

It wasn’t just your face, of course.

He loved all of you—every curve, every unapologetic inch. The strength in your arms, soft but powerful, like velvet wrapped around steel. Your waist, generous and steady—a soft curve made for holding, made for settling into. The kind of softness he could bury into when the world got too loud. And your hips—God, your thighs—the way they moved with that quiet confidence, swaying with a rhythm no one taught you. Like you moved to music only you could hear. Unapologetic. Proud.

And Johnny? He adored you like a starving man shown mercy.

“I’ve decided,” he declared, slipping into that farmer drawl, “ye’re the finest crop this side o’ the River Clyde. If I were a melon farmer—”

“You’d be bankrupt. You haven’t watered a plant in three weeks.”

“Oi! I’d water ye wi’ compliments daily, woman. Don’t test me.”

“This is my life now?”

“Aye,” he said solemnly. Hands still planted on your cheeks. “Yer my prize melon. The last one in the patch. Locals travel from miles away to lay eyes on ye.”

“Someday,” he muttered, cheek still in hand, “we’re buyin’ a wee farm. Just you, me, and a hundred different kinds o’ jam. I’ll wake up, squeeze yer cheeks every mornin’, check the forecast.”

“What do they say today?”

He leaned in, nose brushing yours.

“…Storm’s comin’. Cheeks’re warm.”

His hand slid to your hip, burying his face in the crook of your neck like you were made of sunshine and honeysuckle.

Then, in a softer voice, “You ever think about quittin’ wi’ me, Bonnie?”

You tilted your head just enough—his cue to go on.

“Maybe, In another life… we’d be farmers. I’d grow tatties. You’d grow peaches. I’d come tae yer stall each mornin’, flirt shamelessly while buyin’ me dinner back. You’d act like ye don’t know me. Tell me I’ve sauce on me chin. Send me packin’ wi’ a basket and a blush.”

“I’d give you the bruised ones,” you muttered. “Because you’re annoying.”

He’d pretend to clutch his pearls. “Bruised?! Me heart, woman—shattered like a dropped watermelon.”

But then he returned against your soft skin. “Can see it now. Big bonnet. Sunflowers in your apron. Arms strong from milkin’ cows. That peachy wee arse jigglin’ in the garden rows—”

“You were doing so well until the end.”

“I’m a man of vision,” he whispered, smug.

You rolled your eyes, laughing despite yourself, and reached to twist his ear. He yelped. Deserved.

He does this often — builds entire daydreams around you. He’s off in some ridiculous fantasy world now In this one, you’re wearing overalls (he insists yours would be covered in flour), and he’s got straw in his hair, slapping bread dough around and calling it “tillage.”

You snorted, letting him continue his dumb little fantasy.

And in another world, your left cheek is named “Honeybun” and the right “Lassie,” and he gave them dramatic story arcs.

“They’ve been through a drought, y’know,” he whispered against your ear one afternoon while you’re making him coffee. “But I watered ‘em with love and protein shakes. Look at ‘em now. Plump ‘n’ happy.”

“You’re deranged.”

“You love it.”

“No comment.”

You played along, always. Patient, sarcastic, gently amused in that soft, indulgent way that only makes him fall harder. You’d cheekily said things like “They don’t like to be touched without an appointment,” or “I’m sorry sir, Honeybun gone bad. Got bruised by some idiot in tactical gear.”

And He gasped in horror like it’s a real tragedy. “HONEYBUN, NO— WHO-WHO DARED?! I’ll heat the market regulation outta him!”

“Good luck,” you muttered. “He talks too much and smells like gunpowder and Lynx Africa.”

“Sounds ah sexy lad!” He whistled, cradling your face with the kind of reckless affection that made your heart warm despite your best attempts at sarcasm.

And once, after a shower, you walked out in a towel, snugged against your soft stomach and caught him on the couch, holding a peach.

You narrowed your eyes.

“You’re the reason humanity doesn’t have flying cars.”

“I’ll take that as a yes.”

And sure enough, he walked over, squeezed the peach. Then your cheek. Then the peach again. Then your cheek.

Eventually he kissed your face with a wet MWAA and declared you the winner.

“Softer. Sweeter. No pit.”

“High praise,” you said dryly. “You should put that on my tombstone.”

He grinned and laid his head on your shoulder, big warm arm curling around your middle.

“Only if I get to be buried next to Honeybun.”

Bonus

Once, Ghost caught him mid-squeeze and muttered, “The hell are you doin’?”

Johnny didn’t miss a beat. “Product quality control, sir.”

Now when Ghost passes by and sees him face-deep in your cheek, he just mutters, “Fruit thing again?”

“Hn.”

“Third time this week.”

“Fourth, if ye count the bread loaf metaphor!” Johnny called proudly. Chest puffed.

Ghost just walked off.

And Johnny? Still daydreaming about the farm. The goat named Margaret. And the legend of the finest cheeks this side of the River Clyde.

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My boyfriend traveled to Europe for a work trip. What's the protocol for when he gets back to make sure he didn't pick up COVID? I just assume the CDC website these days says not to worry about it and viruses are made of sunshine and rainbows.

The CDC's recommendations are made of worse than sunshine and rainbows: they're made of okaying a CEO to refuse his workers sick leave for covid in 2021. That shit they say about "not having a fever" is literally based in an old wive's tale about illness in general, as they science says nearly 60% of all covid spread comes from asymptomatic or presympomatic people. Tbh, the HHS, CDC, and NIH didn't need to have RFK and Battacharya put in charge to destroy them, they've been doing it to themselves for years by bowing to corporate desires instead of standing behind evidence-based airborne mitigations to protect the public health... but that's a different rant.

1. He needs to be wearing a quality mask the whole plane trip. The newest LP.1 strain is on the rise in Europe and is more transmissible. (This is one of those things that would have been good to plan for a month ago so you could get sip valves and the like for hydration)

2. Mask mask mask when he gets back. I assume you don't have a molecular home test. Rapid tests are incredibly fallible until people become more symptomatic, so taking a negative RAT as a sign of safety is potentially a route to exposure. Metrix sells a molecular home test with much better results that looks for *any* covid, not just high viral load. Order one now (they also make combo covid/flu tests, but IDK if they've hit the consumer market yet).

3. If you can, cordon off an area to be his quarantine for at least a few days. (Tips on how to do that) If you're using RATs, aim for two a day about 12 hours apart for the first 3-5 days. If you're seeing nothing, and assuming he's been in Europe for a while, you may consider relaxing your home quarantine, especially if you have air filtration and good ventilation in place.

4. If he does test positive, both you and he should continue to mask often, but his masking is most important. Source control is key in preventing spread of covid. Have him open the windows he can and assure there's a negative pressure out so his aresols don't creep into the home (guides in the isolation protocols linked above). Make sure he has his creature comforts (game system, books, movies, etc.) and plenty of tasty snacks and nutritious food. You can use video conferencing tools to have time together, talk during meals, etc. A lot of what you do if and when he gets sick is up to the limitations of your home (idk what size, style, or environmental factors are coming into play: it's easier to quarantine in a 2 story mcmansion than a 2 room apartment.) But he can come out once he's passed a series of rapid tests (3-5 is the rule of thumb to assure no false negatives, which are common) or a home molecular test.

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How Amazon Is Ripping You Off

Shopping on Amazon? Stop! Watch this first.

Amazon is the world’s biggest online retailer. This one single juggernaut of a company is responsible for nearly 40% of all online sales in America. In an FTC lawsuit, they’re accused of using their mammoth size, and consumers’ dependence on them, to artificially jack up prices as high as possible, while prohibiting sellers on Amazon from charging lower prices anywhere else.

They’re accused of using a secret algorithm, codenamed "Project Nessie," to charge customers an estimated extra $1 billion dollars,

If this isn’t an abuse of power that hurts consumers, what is? So much for all of those “prime” deals you thought you were getting.

Project Nessie isn’t the only trick Amazon has been accused of using to exert its hulking dominance over the online retail industry — leading to higher prices for you.

Much of the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit centers around the treatment of independent merchants who sell items on Amazon’s online superstore — accounting for 60 percent of Amazon's sales.

Amazon allegedly uses strongarm tactics that force these sellers to keep their prices higher than they need to be. Like barring them from selling products for significantly less at other stores — or else risk being hidden in Amazon’s search results or having their sales stopped entirely.

And Amazon is accused of engaging in pay-to-play schemes and charging merchants excessive fees that end up costing you even more.

Independent sellers are effectively forced to pay Amazon to advertise their products prominently in search results. If they don’t fork over cash, then their products get buried underneath products of companies who do. This hurts sellers but also harms shoppers who have to parse through less relevant products that may be more expensive or lower quality.

And to be eligible for the coveted “Prime” badge on their items — which is considered crucial for competing on the platform — independent sellers are pushed into paying Amazon for additional services like warehousing and shipping, even if they could get those services cheaper elsewhere. If sellers forgo trying to qualify for Prime, their goods apparently become harder for customers to find.

When all of these extra fees are added up, Amazon takes around a 50 percent cut of each sale made by a third party. It’s projected that Amazon will earn around $125 billion from collecting fees in the U.S. in 2023, most of which get passed on to you.

By charging all of these extra fees and stifling independent companies from selling their products for less elsewhere, Amazon is using its dominance to essentially set prices for all consumers across the internet.

And when you combine Amazon’s control of ecommerce with all of the other industries it has entered by gobbling up companies — such as Whole Foods, One Medical, and MGM — you’re left with a behemoth that simply has too much power.

This is all part of a much larger problem of growing corporate dominance in America. In over 75% of U.S. industries, fewer companies now control more of their markets than they did twenty years ago.

The lack of competition and consumer choice has resulted in all of us paying more for goods because corporations like Amazon can raise their prices with impunity. By one estimate, corporate concentration has cost the typical American household $5,000 a year more than they would have spent if markets were truly competitive.

This power isn’t just being used to siphon more money from you. A giant corporation has the power to bust unions, keep workers’ wages low, and funnel money into our political system.

It’s a vicious cycle, making giant corporations more and more powerful.

But under the Biden administration, the government is making a strong effort to revive antitrust law and use its power to reign in big corporations that have grown too powerful.

We must stop the monopolization of America. This FTC lawsuit against Amazon is a great start.

[hog-facts]

In the early 1990s, as neoliberal economic policies swept across the globe, a radical agricultural experiment took root in a discreetly funded research facility in rural Iowa. Driven by the philosophy of hyper-efficiency and market optimization, geneticists and agribusiness magnates collaborated to create what became known internally as the "Farrow-Fund Hog" (FFH).

The FFH was engineered not for traditional traits like taste or size, but for peak financial performance through its digestive system. These hogs were designed with a hyper-efficient metabolism capable of converting the lowest-grade, cheapest feedstuffs—including recycled food waste and even certain types of biodegradable industrial byproducts—into marketable protein with unprecedented speed and minimal caloric loss. Their digestive tracts were micro-engineered to extract every conceivable nutrient, leaving virtually no waste.

The defining characteristic of the FFH, however, was its peculiar "bio-pricing" mechanism. Each hog possessed a subtly altered adrenal gland that, under specific dietary and environmental stimuli (carefully controlled by the facility), would produce a unique, aromatic pheromone. This pheromone, imperceptible to humans, acted as a natural "quality signal" to other FFHs, influencing their feeding patterns and, crucially, subtly altering the lean-to-fat ratio of their offspring based on perceived market demand signals. For instance, if market projections indicated a future preference for leaner pork, the hogs would subtly adjust their internal chemistry to favor muscle development in their progeny.

This meant the Farrow-Fund Hog was a self-regulating, market-responsive biological entity, theoretically capable of optimizing its own production cycle to perfectly meet fluctuating demand curves, minimizing overproduction and maximizing profit margins without human intervention. The project, though ultimately deemed too ethically contentious and biologically unstable for widespread implementation, remains a chilling hypothetical case study within obscure economic circles: the ultimate expression of neoliberalism, literally inscribed into the DNA of livestock, turning a living creature into a sentient, self-optimizing economic unit.

[sexhaver]

Serious weed question: is there something to be said for dispensary weed not being laced with anything sinister, or is that propaganda?

there's definitely a lot to be said about quality control in gray market vs dispo weed, but it varies a lot based on the specific form the weed is in. it's mostly relevant with carts, which have the same size and dosage but the dispo ones have actually been inspected by a reputable company to not contain vitamin E acetate. dispo dabs and edibles will be more "pure" than gray market ones but also like 6x as expensive so ive never seen the point there. there's actually very little price or quality discrepancy between gray market and dispo acoustic weed and i want to say there's no risk of getting stuff "laced" but also i am personally aware of an incident wherein my plug got a bunch of weed super cheap because it was being grown for hemp but ended up with 0.1% too much THC so it was too weed for hemp and too hemp for weed and he sold it to other plugs for like $30/oz telling them upfront that it was basically useless, and one of these plugs had the genius idea to spray it with distillate and sell it as if it was real weed, and he got multiple death threats + someone showing up to his house with a gun. so it's impossible to tell

[lieutkenny]

where do you get your stuff manufactured? ☕️

I just got back from my last market for the year, and I’m pumped to get back into drawing. Now let me share some wisdom to artists who are looking into making their own physical merch or sell your art.

Sticker app: I order all my dice cut and sticker sheets from them exclusively now. You get a high volume of stickers for a low price. I’ll order 50 for $35 and get a lot of extras. The stickers waterproof and very durable. Additionally they offer several different types of materials and you can adjust the cut size. However the sticker sheets are somewhat more expensive for a smaller quantity. Their headquarters are based in Sweden, shipping takes roughly 1.5 to 2 weeks. You can order for express shipping.

Cheapest buttons.Net: that’s who they are- haven’t found anyone else with the best bang for their buck yet, especially with such a good quality. The teams are extremely responsive and quick with turnarounds. Plus they’ll send you digital proofs if you ask for them for no additional charge. USA Based.

CatPrints: Many artists I’ve met tend to use this website. The quality of paper is beautiful. Good pricing and offers several options for shipping. If you plan out far enough, I’d recommend taking the longer option in shipping. You can get quoted for my experimental prints if you email their team. USA Based.

Vograce: Highly recommend if you’re starting outThe company is based in China and they offer wide range of products everything at wholesale price. Including packages specifically for Artist alley. I mainly use them for my charms. Quality control is pretty good and the team is quite responsive. Beware there is a large time difference, so responses take a while. Shipping is long but that’s to be expected. I don’t think I’ve waited more than a month for products.

Alibaba: I did a mass order with 30 other artists to get my bags. This was my first time designing and ordering tote bags, I was extremely nervous. Each bag roughly came out to $1.98 per bag. The quality was good and the team sent photo proofs. The bags were unfortunately late, due to holidays in China, unforeseen errors in size templates and shipping fees. So instead of getting them in July, I got them in November. Alibaba is good to use if you have references from other artists or you’re doing a group order.

Using manufactures is a great way to get started. Especially if you’re someone like me who doesn’t have enough space for a fancy printer, cricut machine, button press and screen printer. My little label marker for shipping items barely has room to breathe.

[soumyafwr]

https://adbellmedia.com/posts/molecular-quality-controls-market-overview-competitive-analysis-and-f

Molecular Quality Controls Market Overview, Competitive Analysis and Forecast 2031

[lunastrophe]

Drow Fashion 🕷️✨ About Spider Silk - Part 1

Everything you may want - or may not want - to know about spider silk in (mostly Lolth-sworn) drow culture and fashion. In this part you will find information about:

sources of spider silk,

basic uses and meaning of spider silk in drow culture.

🕷️ Various Types Of Silk – among surfacers, silk spun by spiders is generally not widely used, but in the Underdark, spider silk is not excessively hard to obtain. It is extremely light, very elastic, durable and often has many other extraordinary properties, especially after being imbued with magic. In consequence, the Underdark silk market is probably vast.

Raw spider silk can vary in quality, depending mainly on the spider species it comes from – also, most spiders are naturally able to produce several types of silk that vary in thickness and adhesiveness. Some threads are suitable for producing delicate, transparent or semi-transparent materials. Some are useful for weaving thicker fabrics, carpets and tapiseries. Silk waste, after being properly processed, is also useful – for example, for making silken threads and fabrics of lesser quality.

🕷️ Silk Farming? – silk can be obtained from webbings, cocoons or egg sacks of wild spiders, or it can be extracted directly from caught or freshly killed specimens of various sizes. Such methods are generally time-consuming, though, and often dangerous.

Silk farming is probably quite popular in the Underdark, allowing to produce silk on a larger scale while maintaining better control over its quantity, quality and properties. Silk farms can contain thousands of more or less domesticated spiders that can belong to species best suited for producing silk.

Headcanon warning - silk farming is not mentioned in drow lore sources, I borrowed this idea from historical attempts to produce spider silk on a larger scale. So far, we humans are bad at this, mainly because we cannot figure out how to domesticate spiders (they like to kill each other, so it is hard to keep them together) and how to make them produce the kind of silk we want them to produce (every spider produces several types of silk and only some are suitable for making threads and textiles)... but I bet that drow would figure out how to make this work.

(If anyone is curious about this topic, I was inspired mainly by this article).

🕷️ Free-Range And Cruelty-Free* – silk can be obtained without harming the spiders and in case of more intelligent species, even with their explicit permission. Such things are probably especially important to Lolth-sworn drow who are forbidden to cage, mistreat or kill arachnids, or even to disturb inhabited spiderwebs.

*Only in relation to spiders, though. Underdark drow are probably not overly concerned with well-being of slaves and serfs tasked with gathering and processing silk...

Silk of spiders that live in temples and other places sacred to the Spider Queen, as well as silk of abyssal arachnids that live in Lolth’s domain, is most likely highly valued among worshippers of Lolth – especially among her priestesses.

🕷️ Uses Of Spider Silk – drow use silk to make armour, weapons, clothing, domestic and ceremonial textiles, high-quality strings, lines, nets and tents, and various works of craft and art. Spider webs, often calcified with magic, are used in creation of architecture ornaments or sometimes even whole structures like bridges, passages or buildings.

Among Lolth-sworn drow, spider silk is closely connected to worship of Lolth and is widely present in Lolthite temples and shrines �� just like living spiders. It is said that Lolth herself favours silk and that when she takes the guise of a drow, she appears as a lithe drow woman dressed in a gossamer gown woven from spider silk.

Spider silk is also useful as a spell component and it can be used to craft magical items. For example, silk of phase spider and strands of ether are needed to create a portable hole – wondrous item that looks like a circle of black cloth.

For more of my drow lore ramblings, feel free to check my pinned post 🕷️

[love-and-deepspace-wiki]

Linkon Online

Type: Immersive, holographic videogame

Developer: Planet Lab Game Studio

Details:

"Linkon Online" is an upcoming videogame soon to be released by Planet Lab. It differs from Adventure Above Clouds (a past Planet Lab release) in terms of gameplay, categorizing them in different genres.

"Linkon Online" is a fully immersive, holographic videogame that is played via hologram headset. The game is set in Linkon City and features a highly detailed portrayal of everyday life: streetlights, traffic, streams of people, weather and sunlight variations, dust particles floating in the air

In "World Underneath: Linkon Online", we learn that it has not yet been released to the public. But at that time, "Linkon Online" had gone through various internal optimization release versions (v1.2.0, v1.3.1, and v1.4.2) and was due for its second beta test.

Gameplay:

In the game, players are referred to as "Linkon City Citizens" and are represented by in-game chibi characters. Through the game's Career System, players can work in various in-game roles/professions. Confirmed professions include Deepspace Hunter, Planet Lab Game QA Specialist, university president, and noodle vendor. In addition to in-game careers, players can utilize the game's Dynamic Quest System to complete main quests (which appear in an upper-left quest panel) and optional side quests. In this system, NPC behavior no longer relies on player choices done in a single instance. Instead, it adapts to patterns and past inputs of the interactions.

Deepspace Hunter Profession:

When playing as a hunter, the game's haptic feedback feature cannot be disabled (causing combat hits to "hurt like hell").

In the version v1.4.2 update, the [Hunter] combat system was optimized for greater immersion. To that end, they removed the [HP bar] above [Wanderers] and stopped showing damage as [Numbers].

Noodle Vendor:

The noodle vendor has the ability to remember the preferences of some of their regular customers.

QA Specialist Profession:

In the QA Specialist profession, players complete an interview with Planet Lab. If successful, they then report to the company to complete two in-game tasks: completing the company orientation training and reading the company guidelines. In the orientation room, the player interacts with a "Team Lead" character who will prompt them to share their "career aspirations". A microphone will hover near the player's mouth and their response will appear as text above their in-game character's head.

This profession involves doing countless quality assurance sessions and feedback reports. To resolve crucial issues that could make or break a game, the players must identify potential problems like lag, crashes, or clunky controls.

Features:

An interface that functions via quest windows and dialogue boxes. In the upper left of the player's perspective, a beam of particles carve out a floating panel, shimmering cyan patterns form a semi-translucent grid, and tiny glowing dots flicker and transform into text as each piece of information appears.

A Stock Market System (now optimized so that citizens can no longer preview 15 days of price changes before buying).

Various in-game interactions which include [Just One Taste] in the [Cooking] action, [Pinch] for popping [Bubble Wrap] in packages, [Wash Bangs Only] in the [Personal Hygiene System], and [Lick Metal Pole] (which may cause your character's tongue to be stuck to the pole if weather is below -5° C).

When using the [Restroom] feature, characters couldn't use their phones in-game

When a player sleeps in-game, a series of Z's will float above their head.

When speaking in-game, the player's statements appear as overhead text. The player's tone and emotion are portrayed through font size and text animation.

When an elevator's overloaded alarm sounds, in-game logic functions such that exiting and reentering has a chance to let you use it successfully.