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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 1m

Also, they don't report the primary registered outcome (sperm DNA methylation, which they say they will report in a future paper), and they don't say why.

And it doesn't seem to occur to them that sat fat, sugar, and fiber, rather than processing, might be the issue.

HT @garrettbroad.bsky.social

Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 1m

Yeah, that's right. Worse outcomes, at least a little, on the UPF diet. (Note: "trending toward" = "not statistically significant.")

Also, they found that CRP (a marker of inflammation) increased on the minimally processed diet, but they didn't mention that til the discussion section at the end.

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 1m

This may be the worst nutrition trial I've ever seen.

Subjects got a minimally processed diet or an ultra-processed diet, ostensibly to test the effect of processing.

But the UPF diet was higher in sat fat, sugar, refined grains, & lower in fiber.

What happened?
www.cell.com/cell-metabol...

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 28m

That's exactly what I mean by doing an RFK Jr. imitation.

Ignore the preponderance of the evidence, and instead cite (and kinda misunderstand) an outlier position, and act like it's a mic drop moment.

You might want to read Mike's original piece.

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 2h

This is the left doing its best RFK Jr. imitation, ignoring the preponderance of the evidence on a substance that they really really really want to hate.

Glyphosate's combination of safety & effectiveness makes it the best broad-spectrum herbicide we've ever had.

Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone: ROUNDUP IS KILLING YOU!

Me in NYT: There’s no evidence of that.

Letters to NYT: Well, the science must be biased, and anyway Roundup is killing milkweed and bacteria even if it isn’t killing us, and in any case you sound like an agribusiness shill.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/o...

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Opinion | Debating the Dangers of a Pesticide

www.nytimes.com

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 17h

If the bobcat chases the deer away, they go elsewhere. If, on the other hand, I take a deer away, it's taken away for good. So I'd bet the trees are rooting for me!

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 17h

As long as he/she doesn't scare the deer away ...

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 17h

Bobcat?

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 20h

Of course! Shit happens. Appreciate the quick correction.

I should have realized it was just an editing mistake - I know you too well to think you'd gotten it wrong!

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 20h

Phew! You had me worried that I hadn't been clear about this!

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 20h

I mean, seriously! This is how that column starts.

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 20h

Yo Tim! Why do you cite me as supporting processing as a proxy for badness when the column you link to specifically says it isn't?

Also, I'm here all the time saying it's a lousy proxy for badness, and other things (calorie-density, deliciousness, etc.) are the real problems?

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Matthew Hayek @matthewhayek.bsky.social · 3d

Confusing results from EAT-Lancet 2025 about seafood production/consumption that I'd like some help answering! Whether you're part of the commission or just another interested reader in the community. See thread below 🐟 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

www.thelancet.com

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Juan Pablo Alperin @juancommander.scholcommlab.ca · 5d

Reminder to spread the word about exciting OPPORTUNITY as PKP's Managing Director! It's a very exciting time at @pkp.sfu.ca. So much going on! A true scholar-led open infrastructure project, supporting 55,000+ journals. Read more: pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/17/h... #scholcomm #openaccess #openscience

PKP is hiring a Managing Director - Public Knowledge Project

The Public Knowledge Project, a Core Research Facility of SFU, invites applications for the position of Managing Director

pkp.sfu.ca

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Yoni Freedhoff @yonifreedhoff.com · 4d

My review of @juliabelluz.bsky.social and @kevinh-phd.bsky.social's new book Food Intelligence finally published on @medscape.com. tl;dr? If you're looking for a detailing of our current understanding of the science of food, eating, and metabolism, this one's for you www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

What We Know and Don’t Know About Nutrition and Health

Yoni Freedhoff, MD, reviews the new book 'Food Intelligence,' which details the impact of food on nutrition, biochemistry, metabolism, and health.

www.medscape.com

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The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) @tairnews.bsky.social · 5d

"Assistant Professor, Biology at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
*Application Deadline: 11/17/2025"

Read more here: https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307414

#PlantSciJobs

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

The report is here:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

And there's a full-text version here:
openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/21...

The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems

The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...

www.thelancet.com

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

As the new EAT-Lancet Report sparks more Meat Wars, here's what you need to know:

- The enviro case against beef/lamb is strong
- The enviro case against poultry/pork is meh
- The human health case against meat is weak (except for sat fat content, which is strong)

Go forth and enjoy food.

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

MY COUSIN VINNY

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

So, interacting with sycophants leads to increased self-perception ... hmmmm ...

Steve Rathje @steverathje.bsky.social · 11d

🚨 New preprint 🚨

Across 3 experiments (n = 3,285), we found that interacting with sycophantic (or overly agreeable) AI chatbots entrenched attitudes and led to inflated self-perceptions.

Yet, people preferred sycophantic chatbots and viewed them as unbiased!

osf.io/preprints/ps...

Thread 🧵

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

Yes - lots of granularity! I don't think NHANES is accurate enough to tease out changes. USDA data shows loss-adjusted veg data basically basically flat-lined since the 80s. But if the category drops in price vis a vis other foods without increased consumption, surely that tells us *something.*

Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

Yes but all the increase came before the time we're talking about.

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 7d

And yet, in that time, American veg consumption has flatlined, or maybe even dropped a bit.

People just don't like to eat vegetables.
ourworldindata.org/grapher/vege...

Vegetable consumption per capita

Average per capita vegetable consumption, measured in kilograms per person per year.

ourworldindata.org

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Thomas J Wood @thomasjwood.bsky.social · 10d

The last time I posted the income relationship to presidential vote among White respondents to the @electionstudies.bsky.social ANES, people asked for additional estimates among all voters.

Updated estimates here:

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 8d

they asked the experts
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

Is It OK to Use Your Phone on the Toilet?

www.nytimes.com

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