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John Sanbonmatsu
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Writer, critical theorist, and professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. Author of "The Postmodern Prince" and of "The Omnivore's Deception: What We Get Wrong About Meat, Animals, and Ourselves." www.JohnSanbonmatsu.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · Jun 17
After 12+ years of labor, "The Omnivore's Deception" is out today. I chronicle the rise of the meat industry, show its catastrophic ecological effects, demolish the myth of the "enlightened" omnivore, show why animals are worthy of our respect, and advocate the abolition of the animal food economy.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 48m
Israel is still slowly starving the Palestinians of Gaza to death. They will continue to do so.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Israel limits aid and keeps Rafah crossing closed in dispute over hostage remains
Tensions high as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching agreement by withholding bodies of 24 hostages
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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 15h
Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media.
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Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 15h
If you have never seen "All About Eve," put it at the top of your list. It's one of the wittiest, best written, most entertaining films ever made.
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s multi Academy Award winning drama “ALL ABOUT EVE” starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm, Thelma Ritter and Marilyn Monroe held its world premiere at the Roxy Theatre in New York City #OnThisDay in 1950

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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 19h
I will be one of the speakers featured at this weekend's Boston Veg Food Fest 2025, Saturday, October 18, at 1:00 pm. The festival is free and open to the public! Other speakers include Miyoko Schinner, Dr. Michael Greger, and Mary Finelli. Not to be missed!

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Boston Veg Food Fest Speakers 2025 – Boston Vegetarian Society
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 20h
From Gary Marcus's presentation on AI, and how the tech mavens continue to hoodwink us into believing that AI is nearing AGI.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 21h
Super excited to be speaking from 7:00 pm, Wednesday night, Oct. 15, at BROADSIDE BOOKS in Northampton, Massachusetts, about "The Omnivore's Deception." Please pass along the event information!

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John Sanbonmatsu Presents The Omnivore's Deception
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 1d
Just a reminder.

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Diane Keaton says ‘victim culture’ is a ‘horrible shame’
The star also spoke gushingly about controversial filmmaker Woody Allen
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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 1d
Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 1d
As occurred in Italy and Germany in the 1930s, the culture industry is now dutifully falling into line too, teeing up the ideological talking points of the far right. Et tu, Julia?

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/o...
Opinion | The New Julia Roberts Movie Seethes With Anti-Woke Resentment
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 1d
In our desire to commune with nature and wilderness, we invade the living spaces of others and pollute them with our toxic compounds.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Microplastics are brought into the wilderness on hiking shoes and gear, study shows
Research comparing Adirondack mountain lakes in New York suggests foot traffic is significant source of pollution
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 1d
"A prominent anti-DEI campaigner appointed by Meta in August as an adviser on AI bias has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, transgender people, vaccines, crime, and protests."

#AI
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Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people
Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 2d
Meanwhile...
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
I concur with Chris Hedges.

"It is a sadistic game. A merry-go-round of death. This ceasefire, like those of the past, is a commercial break....Once Israeli hostages are released, the genocide will continue."

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Trump’s Sham Peace Plan
There will be no peace in Gaza. Only the temporary absence of war.
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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 3d
I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 3d
Yesterday they were shooting priests in the head with rubber bullets. Today they're arresting journalists. If you have anyone in your life who doesn't regularly follow the news and doesn't understand how bad things are and how bad they're about to get, you need to tell them right now. Time is short.
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
"'We are the storm,' he thundered at Charlie Kirk’s funeral, in a speech...compared to one the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels gave at a 1932 campaign rally. 'Our enemies cannot comprehend our strength, our determination, our resolve, our passion.'"

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine
In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 3d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist
The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#AI
The Guardian view on an AI bubble: capitalism still hasn’t evolved to protect itself | Editorial
Editorial: Warnings about inflated tech stocks suggest investors never learn and central bankers learn too late
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 4d
A good primer on what anti-fascism is not only a respectable tradition, but vital to maintaining democracy.

www.counterpunch.org/2025/10/10/g...
Great American Anti-Fascists
I always scoffed at “First They Came,” the often quoted, 1946 poem by the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller. There are several versions of it, but the best-known starts “First they came for the ...
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 4d
Note that the ceasefire deal (not a genuine truce or peace) will not allow adequate food into Gaza, only a paltry amount. Hundreds of thousands of starved people will still face malnutrition.

ohttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/world/middleeast/aid-groups-gaza-cease-fire.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Aid Groups Prepare to Provide Quick Relief to Gaza Under Cease-Fire
www.nytimes.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 4d
Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 5d
Oddly, this article did not mention artificial intelligence at all--although one suspects that Harvard students must be using it to do their assignments.

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d
Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.
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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5d
“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 5d
MUST READ: A chilling summary of the last week's norm-shattering events in Chicago.

The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
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Emergency Triad: The Chicago Rubicon and What Comes Next
We aren’t at the worst-case scenario yet. But if you squint, you can see it looming out there, just over the horizon.
www.thebulwark.com
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John Sanbonmatsu @jsanbonmatsu.bsky.social · 5d
My prediction: after the hostage/prisoner exchange, Israel will take a brief tactical pause before resuming its genocide. Once the hostages have been freed, Netanyahu will feel he has an even freer hand in Gaza (at least domestically).

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: Israel and Hamas Reach Deal on Hostage and Prisoner Exchange
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