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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 23h

It seems I can't even spell Michaelmas.

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Kevin Hall @kevinh-phd.bsky.social · 23h

Today, the Standard published an excerpt of my book “Food Intelligence” with @juliabelluz.bsky.social from our chapter on protein. www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/ho...

The truth about protein and why you're probably eating enough already

The authors of a new book about how food both nourishes and harms us break down how much protein we really need in our diets — and debunk the myths we’ve been sold by social media

www.standard.co.uk

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 1d

Great line up for this term's seminar series! Really interesting subjects from food experience in asylum hotels to the UK Government's new food strategy. Speakers, details and sign up sheets below. Please join us.

(As an aside, I've been in Oxford 20+ years now and still not used to 'Michalemas')

Oxford Future of Food @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social · 1d

We are excited to be launching our new seminar series for the term. These are open to all. Attend in person or join online. Details and booking: www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/events

cc: @foodfoundation.bsky.social @cleoverk.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @herts.ac.uk @petescarbs.bsky.social

A flyer with the heading Future of Food Michaelmas seminars. Underneath it says Thursdays, 16:00, Oxford Martin school seminar room 1 or online. Below left it has a picture of a white man with curly blonde hair, wearing a red shirt. Next to the picture it says Thursday 16 October, Professor Harry West, University of Exeter. The title of Harry's talk is: How place-based are terroir products?: Reflections on scale, movement and change. Below Harry is a photograph of a white woman with long dark hair, wearing glasses. To the right of the photograph it reads Thursday 30 October, Dr Claire Thompson, University of Hertfordshire. The title of Claire's talk is: Experiences of food provision in asylum hotels and the implications for health. On the right of the flyer are two further photographs. At the top is a photo of a white woman with dark brown hair talking into a microphone. To the right of the photograph it reads Thursday 13 November, Cleo Verkuijl, Stockholm Environment Institute. Cleo's talk is titled: Alternative proteins: progress, pitfalls and possibilities. Below Cleo's photograph is another photograph of a white woman with short brown hair, talking. She wears a black top. The details read Thursday 20 November, Anna Taylor, The Food Foundation. The talk title is: Opportunities offered by a new food strategy.

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 1d

Who knew that Manchester has a park called Vimto Park with a statue of a huge bottle of Vimto?

A park. There is green grass and a tree in the foreground, and more in the background. There is also a lamp post in the foreground and in the bottom left corner There is a short wall surrounding the park. In the centre of the picture is a large statue of a bottle containing purple liquid with a red label. It is surrounded by fruit

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

This is grim & dangerous over reach.

This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.

Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 3d

Here's @kevinh-phd.bsky.social on leaving NIH due to pressure for scientific conformity to "preconceived narratives" of the current administration (i.e. RFK Jr). About 4 mins. Shocking account of state of academic freedom in the US.

@oxmartinschool.bsky.social @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social

'The calculus of calories: food environments and body weight regulation' with Dr Kevin Hall

YouTube video by Oxford Martin School

www.youtube.com

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 3d

Hmm... I'm not sure about this. When I do a talk about 90% of the time I'm asked if I'm a vegan. It's a trap - if I am then "you would say that, it's all vegan propaganda" and if I'm not then I'm a hypocrite. I don't think the public necessarily trusts climate science more if the scientist is "pure"

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 4d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 3d

#NonLeagueFootball where Oxford City's white and blue kit is easily distinguishable from Curzon Ashton's blue and white kit

Kick off between Oxford City and Curzon Ashton. A green football pitch. On the left is Oxford city in blue socks, blue shorts and white and blue shirts. On the right is Curzon Ashton in white socks, white shorts and blue and white shirts

Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 4d

I see we've gone back to media commentators openly calling all protests against the Gaza war inherently anti-semetic. Like a flashback to the Suella Braverman days

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 4d

EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report.

On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.

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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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks mate, that's really helpful. I'm a Professor of Population Health specialising in how food systems affect behaviour, and I'll be sure to factor your advice into my next lecture on the commercial determinants of health.

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Mike Murphy @mjamurphy.bsky.social · 4d

The West needs to significantly reduce consumption of animal-sourced foods if we're going to stabilize our climate

POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 5d

Even if the world stopped burning coal, oil and gas tomorrow, what we eat would still be enough to heat the climate beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius, warns the EAT-Lancet Commission.

Food is wrecking the planet. And Europe has lost its appetite for change.

A landmark study says food systems are breaching Earth’s limits. Europe once promised to lead the way, but the revolution fizzled.

www.politico.eu

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 5d

Climate and food scientists: Hey everyone, here's a massive report showing how we need to make radical changes to our diet to avoid environmental catastrophe, but if we did it we could have amazing health benefits!

UK media:

a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background

ALT: a dirt road going through a desert landscape with mountains in the background

media.tenor.com

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing compares to nothing compares 2 U

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 5d

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Sky News @news.sky.com · 5d

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.

news.sky.com

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks Nix! Excellent overview of the #EatLancet launch

Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 5d

New #EatLancet report is out! What does it state? I've watched the livestream so you don't have to. Here's a summary of the findings
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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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fern 🐌💥 @fernsnailz.bsky.social · 5d

i love being a shockwave fan it's always like this

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you. You appreciate beauty

Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 6d

It deserves to sit alongside other masterpieces of the whiteboard genre, like Sesshu Toyo's finest work

An achingly beautiful landscape by Sesshu Toyo (1495). Black ink on a white background. A mountain emerges from the mist in the background. In the foreground some trees, rocks, a structure with a fishing rod. The sea. Look, I'm not doing this justice but it is too amazing to capture in alt text

Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 6d

I'm obsessed with this beta on my whiteboard. It's perfect. I keep staring at it when I should be working. I'll never do a better one and yet whiteboards are so ephemeral. It cannot endure

Black ink on a whiteboard. It says + beta one T. The beta is just lovely

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic evening at @oxmartinschool.bsky.social last night with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social giving a talk on "The Calculus of Calories". Really great, nuanced and evidence-based approach to why it it so hard to lose weight, the obesogenic environment and UPFs.

Video below in case you missed it!

'The calculus of calories: food environments and body weight regulation' with Dr Kevin Hall

YouTube video by Oxford Martin School

www.youtube.com

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Nix Rust @nixrust.bsky.social · 6d

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act, a move so reckless it demands more scrutiny than polite debate. This matters not just for polar bears or coral reefs, but for our people, our economy, our very future.

#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act

Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 8d

Exactly. Your tofu is not driving deforestation in the Amazon. If anything, eating more soy products directly (and eating fewer animals that eat soy as feed) would *reduce* overall demand for soybeans and pressure on tropical forests.

Emily Cassidy @enviroem.bsky.social · 8d

Soybeans are overwhelming used for feed. 80% of protein produced on Brazil's croplands is used to feed animals iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1....
The recent tariff issue is a prime example of how the world's taste for meat (not soy) is shaping distant landscapes. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

How the world’s taste for soya is eating Brazil’s Amazon

Cultivation of the crop has made a few wealthy but at a huge cost to untouched forest as it spreads across vast areas of former wilderness

www.theguardian.com

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Pete Scarborough @petescarbs.bsky.social · 8d

Super exciting event at the Oxford Martin School tomorrow with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social. Please do come along. Registration sheet in the link elow.

Oxford Future of Food @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social · 27d

Come and join us on 1 October to hear from @kevinh-phd.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social. Professor Hall will be talking about body weight regulation and how our food environment(s) effects our biology.

Booking and more details: www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/the-c...

'The calculus of calories: food environments and body weight…

McCullum Award from the American Society for Nutrition, the Lilly Scientific Achievement Award from The Obesity Society, and the Guyton Award for…

www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk

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