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Richard Waite

@waiterich.bsky.social

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Director, Agriculture Initiatives, World Resources Institute. Working with colleagues around the world to create a sustainable food future. DC-based. Own views.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Oct 21

The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪

- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands

How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1h

This is helpful - I like Vita Coco but usually get 4-packs of 500ml for like $10-12 at the grocery store. Will look out for it at Costco.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 3h

Me when a reply guy takes one of my silly posts too seriously:

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

"The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content."

The forum here is a music recording, in particular a rap “diss track,” with accompanying video and album art. Diss tracks are much more akin to forums like YouTube and X, which “encourag[e] a freewheeling, anything-goes writing style,” than journalistic reporting. Sandals Resorts, 86 A.D.3d at 43 (quotation marks omitted). The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

"The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content."

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WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 9h

How do we track progress on #SustainableDiets?

#SystemsChangeLab research highlights 4 key indicators:
🐄 Less meat in high-consuming regions
💰 More affordable healthy diets
🎣 Lower food insecurity
🍎 Reduced obesity rates

Explore the indicators 👉 bit.ly/4h3zDp7

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 9h

And if you use the computer, everyone else shouldn’t be able to use the phone, and should start giving you dirty looks if you use it for more than 30 minutes at a time

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 9h

And even then, only 10 hours per month per household AOL style

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 9h

“someone touching every single piece”

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 9h

after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 10h

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 10h

Mother's day is coming up in Argentina so various local whatsapp groups I'm in have suddenly been inundated by offers of special treats like this

a charcuterie plate shaped like a heart but with the saddest supermarket-looking slices of ham and cheese rolled into little cones, one by one, someone touching every single piece, several of them have olives inside, somehow the lighting makes even the salami look slightly beige.

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Paz Pardon me, is that a ghost in your pocket or @pazsays.bsky.social · 10h

Mother's day is coming up in Argentina so various local whatsapp groups I'm in have suddenly been inundated by offers of special treats like this

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16h

It is Haitian style limeade. I learned about it from @kendrawrites.com loveforhaitianfood.com/recipe/sitwo...

Sitwonad (Haitian Style Limeade) - Love For Haitian Food

Limeade is a refreshing drink but it isn’t only for the summer time as some people might think; it’s more like a year round treat that accompanies your favorite Haitian dish. It’s the best thing to fi...

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16h

Without social media I would have never even known that Brassica memes existed, which counts for something in our weary world

jenniferholton7.bsky.social @jenniferholton7.bsky.social · 16h

Or other brassicae enthusiasts.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16h

Oh yeah bsky.app/profile/wait...

Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 3d

This isn’t actually a thread of different posts. It’s all just different cultivars of a single post

The “That's On Me, I Set the Bar Too Low” meme, but edited to reference Brassica oleracea. Text as follows:

Jake: I'm an expert on vegetables
Jess: Oh yeah? Name ten vegetables
Jake: Brassica oleracea
Jess: That's on me, I set the bar too low.

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jenniferholton7.bsky.social @jenniferholton7.bsky.social · 16h

Or other brassicae enthusiasts.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 16h

- Where else would I have been able to find the other 17 people in the world who think it’s funny to rewrite old song lyrics with sustainability messages? #ScansionSky

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people saying there are dozens of us, DOZENS

media.tenor.com

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 18h

Of course

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Shorelarking @shorelarking.bsky.social · 19h

#ThursdayThings I’ve only recently got into the good habit of laying out and labelling all the finds from each beach - on preview I couldn’t see the text and guessed this was Wales, biut I was wrong! (And the penny is actually a euro) #Beachcombing #Seaglass

Rectangular flat lay on a white background of beachcombing finds, mostly green, white and brown seaglass. There is also a grey hagstone, copper coin and white tile fragment. Text above reads Mallorca April 2024

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · May 20

*elder millennial voice*
And that’s about the time my back gave out on me,
Nobody likes you when you’re 43,

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

That IRL meetup sounds super fun. Have not had that experience. But it is very cool meeting people IRL after interacting here.

I think the score over the years is roughly 53,679 positive points to 53,585 negative psychic damage points. I mean I’m still here posting through it. FOR THE MOMENT.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

I was today years old when I learned that Picasso overlapped in time with both Charles Darwin and Eminem. True fact.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · Aug 12

My most viralest tweet ever (thanks to a Greta Thunberg retweet)

Anakin/Padme meme

A: I’ve set a net zero target for 2050:
P: So you’ll quickly reduce your emissions, right?
A: …
P: So you’ll quickly reduce your emissions, right?

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

- I learned about Athletic Brewing Run Wild NA IPA
- I learned that limeade and almond extract are a top-tier combination
- I discovered I’m not the only pamplemousse seltzer aficionado on the planet
- Someone told me my posts inspired them to enroll in a food/sustainability master’s program

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

One thing to remember is that global land temperatures are rising quite a bit faster than overall global surface temperatures averaged over the land and ocean. IPCC (2019) said that land temperatures rose ~75% more than global average temperatures since 1850.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

seems pretty bad

Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 1d

Let's check in and see how September temperatures have changed in the U.S. and Canada over the last 75 years. 🔥😢

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 1d

- I met hundreds (thousands?) of interesting folks working in my field and/or expert in other stuff
- I’ve learned a lot from you all
- I once had a tweet end up in the UK National Food Strategy (2021)
- It was good to be so connected when we were all physically isolated in 2020
- You make me laugh