Derek Beres
@derekberes.bsky.social
🎙Co-host: Conspirituality
✍️ Writer (bylines: NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone)
✍️ Writer (bylines: NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone)
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Derek Beres
@derekberes.bsky.social
· Sep 9
Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
www.nytimes.com
How does someone become an anti-vaxxer or come to believe that chemotherapy is more dangerous than cancer?
I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
More proof of why the wellness industry operates on vibes, not science.
January 19, 2026 at 6:08 PM
More proof of why the wellness industry operates on vibes, not science.
AI nightmare fuel from the USDA. Yes, this is real. I mean, it’s real that they posted it. And the nightmare. That’s real.
January 19, 2026 at 2:23 AM
AI nightmare fuel from the USDA. Yes, this is real. I mean, it’s real that they posted it. And the nightmare. That’s real.
Reposted by Derek Beres
End the war on protein! Ban seed oils! Continue making America oh so healthy again Great episode on the new MAHA health guidelines by @derekberes.bsky.social and @conspirituality.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
MAHA’s Selective Skepticism
Podcast Episode · Conspirituality · 2026-01-17 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
January 18, 2026 at 7:40 PM
End the war on protein! Ban seed oils! Continue making America oh so healthy again Great episode on the new MAHA health guidelines by @derekberes.bsky.social and @conspirituality.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/c...
Marketing around the new dietary guidelines is for wannabe biohackers who eat like children, not functional adults actually concerned about their health.
derekberes.substack.com/p/the-bankru...
derekberes.substack.com/p/the-bankru...
The bankrupting of America's health
There's a reason MAHA is just one letter away from MAGA
derekberes.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Marketing around the new dietary guidelines is for wannabe biohackers who eat like children, not functional adults actually concerned about their health.
derekberes.substack.com/p/the-bankru...
derekberes.substack.com/p/the-bankru...
Dee makes a compelling argument over many threads about how the dairy industry historically and currently manipulated health claims to affect culture, so naturally “graciously grounded” felt the need to open her gullet.
January 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Dee makes a compelling argument over many threads about how the dairy industry historically and currently manipulated health claims to affect culture, so naturally “graciously grounded” felt the need to open her gullet.
Whole milk is back! The war on protein is over! Mainline meat!
Today on Conspirituality, I look at the upside-down food pyramid. Or is it America that's just upside down?
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
Today on Conspirituality, I look at the upside-down food pyramid. Or is it America that's just upside down?
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
MAHA’s Selective Skepticism — Conspirituality
Derek investigates the new inverted pyramid and everything lacking in the new dietary guidelines.
www.conspirituality.net
January 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Whole milk is back! The war on protein is over! Mainline meat!
Today on Conspirituality, I look at the upside-down food pyramid. Or is it America that's just upside down?
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
Today on Conspirituality, I look at the upside-down food pyramid. Or is it America that's just upside down?
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/bri...
RFK Jr fans went MAGA during the last election. Yet they're always silent when the consequences of their vote come to light.
derekberes.substack.com/p/maha-needs...
derekberes.substack.com/p/maha-needs...
MAHA needs to own Minnesota
And every other aspect of MAGA
derekberes.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
RFK Jr fans went MAGA during the last election. Yet they're always silent when the consequences of their vote come to light.
derekberes.substack.com/p/maha-needs...
derekberes.substack.com/p/maha-needs...
MAHA influencers voted for Trump. Own it already. All of it.
January 16, 2026 at 12:51 AM
MAHA influencers voted for Trump. Own it already. All of it.
This week we break down the disturbing wave of AI health slopfluencers and wannabe gurus on Conspirituality.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/291...
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/291...
291: My Chinese Buddhist Israeli AI Guru — Conspirituality
Turns out AI isn’t just for spirituality. There’s an entire industry of health slopfluencers pushing untested supplements, as Derek covers before Matthew breaks down the AI Orientalism of Yang Mun.
www.conspirituality.net
January 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
This week we break down the disturbing wave of AI health slopfluencers and wannabe gurus on Conspirituality.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/291...
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/291...
Portland is one of the best dog cities imaginable. I have numerous parks like this within 10 minutes in every direction.
January 15, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Portland is one of the best dog cities imaginable. I have numerous parks like this within 10 minutes in every direction.
THANK SHIVA MAHA ENDED THE WAR ON PROTEIN
January 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM
THANK SHIVA MAHA ENDED THE WAR ON PROTEIN
Serious question: does RFK Jr have even an ounce of shame?
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Serious question: does RFK Jr have even an ounce of shame?
Trump supporters like Rogan don’t get to act surprised when the administration acts like it said it would.
January 14, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Trump supporters like Rogan don’t get to act surprised when the administration acts like it said it would.
Met Koda the drool monster today.
January 14, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Met Koda the drool monster today.
MAHA’s fetish for autism is going to harm so many children.
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:53 AM
MAHA’s fetish for autism is going to harm so many children.
RFK Jr never met a hypocrisy he didn’t love.
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
RFK Jr never met a hypocrisy he didn’t love.
HOW HEALTHY ARE WE NOW MAHAAAAAA
January 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
HOW HEALTHY ARE WE NOW MAHAAAAAA
I know there are debates about the legitimacy of the ICE shooter's crowdfunding efforts (as neither is organized by him), but the fact that two have raised $624k+ is really troubling.
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
I know there are debates about the legitimacy of the ICE shooter's crowdfunding efforts (as neither is organized by him), but the fact that two have raised $624k+ is really troubling.
Great news! If you follow MAHA's new dietary guidelines, you too will turn Asian.
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Great news! If you follow MAHA's new dietary guidelines, you too will turn Asian.
The most American headline of this century.
January 12, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The most American headline of this century.
We are such a joke of a country.
January 12, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We are such a joke of a country.