Every so often in history, a deranged leader will turn against scientific inquiry. An abassid caliph did in the 9th Century, Portugal’s king Manuel chased out his finest scholars because they were Jewish, Hitler also expelled his Jewish scientists.
It has invariably been a terrible idea, but…
World’s largest meat company may break Amazon deforestation pledges again
Investigation by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social & others:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New video out on the Keto and heart disease study (aka LMHR). Findings, FAQs and what it all means.
check out the full video below incl. my chat with the senior author Dr. Matthew Budoff clarifying several standing issues 🔽
Pay attention to how they frame this: industrial tuna seining as Indigenous fishing rights.
I see smart, well-meaning marine scientists fall for this all the time — the idea that restricting commercial fishing harms subsistence fishing communities.
Wise up. 🦑
In their continued assault on reproductive rights and women’s autonomy, conservative policymakers are quietly going after our rights to birth control nwlc.org/first-they-c...
This part was cut, sadly. It's true though.
"Many of the cataclysm capitalists are modern-day eugenicists. According to their belief system, those who will die from the hardships they are creating are by definition weak and undeserving of life."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
THX to Dr. Greger for putting his book online for free. I have read and checked most of the references one by one. His book is extremely important. Greger predicted the current pandemic in animals, and the massive risk of human pandemics.
h5n1book.org
Scottish salmon farms ‘misleading shoppers’ on deaths & chemicals
All thanks to Jane Dalton at The Independent for publicising this
“Scottish salmon companies are being accused of employing “greenwashing” tactics to cover up death rates, sea lice & chemical use”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
The Trump/Musk administration is considering repurposing USAID to foster fossil-fuel development in Africa and the Global South.
(They are, truly, agents of death.)
subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...
📢It's here! 📊🥑🫒🫑🥬🍽️
The highly anticipated new position stand on #Vegetarian & #Vegan Diets in #Adults from the Academy @eatright.bsky.social to replace 2016 version.
We worked very hard reviewing & analyzing🧐data for over 2 years. So proud of this group!🤩
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39923894/
As of January 22, 2025, the poultry industry has received $1.46 billion in indemnity payments and additional compensation over bird flu. A significant share — $301 million — of the indemnity payments have gone to just the top four producers, according to government spending data.
A world map illustrates the share of the population living in multidimensional poverty, defined as deprivation in health, education, and living standards. The map employs varying shades of purple and pink to indicate the percentage of the population affected by multidimensional poverty in different countries. Countries are marked with a gradient from light pink (representing 0% of the population living in multidimensional poverty) to dark purple (representing 100%). For some countries, specific percentages are highlighted, such as 91% in Niger, 84% in Chad, and 80% in the Central African Republic. Areas with no data are shown in diagonal stripes. The footer notes the data comes from Alkire, Kanagaratnam, and Suppa (2024) as part of the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2024. It mentions that the estimates are based on recent household survey data from 2011 to 2023, but for 62% of countries, the data refers to the period after 2018.
The experience of poverty goes beyond a very low income. It also includes things like getting proper nutrition, having access to electricity, and attending school.
To capture this broader reality, researchers from Oxford University and the UN developed the Multidimensional Poverty Index.
Shout out to @nanciguestrdphd.bsky.social
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics latest position statement on vegetarian diets for adults!
"Vegetarian and vegan dietary patterns may improve cardiometabolic disease and risk factors and align with current population and disease-specific recommendations."
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39923894/
chris.fremantle.org/2011/01/25/a...
The great poet Robert Burns regarding compassion and kinship to animals, animal consciouses, and the relation of humans to nature. Wonderful.
Poultry Industry makes profits from massive bailouts for losses due to bird flu / avian influenza. Even if you don't eat birds - you are paying for them, and creating pandemic risk sentientmedia.org/us-taxpayers...
Bird flu is devastating chicken populations in farms, raising egg prices. Humans are also at risk of another pandemic from viral mutations
BREEDING ANIMALS = BREEDING VIRUSES (and bacteria)
www.cbsnews.com/news/eggs-pr...
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/s...
Animal agriculture causes constant high risk of new panemics. The more the animals, the greater the generator of viruses. BREED ANIMALS = BREED VIRUSES
www.cdc.gov/media/releas...
Let’s end the fear mongering around plant-based meats…
youtube.com/shorts/AGcWR...
We should understand the role of the globalized economy, including finance, in land grabbing. Population is also a factor, though most ignore the topic (as in this article).
waronwant.org/profiting-hu...
They are also silent on abuses to LGBTQ issues and other human rights abuses in host countries. Instead of causing improvements, they be come expert at cover ups and desensitization.
Violence in movies has drastically increased over time, and has consequences for mental health, empathy, desensitization etc for personal and society. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
I call this "REFERENCE DUMPING" - making an article sound good with bogus references, and presuming most people will not check them.
