Simon O’Sullivan
@sosulliv86.bsky.social
Walk, run, cycle powered by plants! Bit of a lefty! Social justice: Active travel: Nature: Environment.
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Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Reposted by Simon O’Sullivan
Of course smoking fewer cigarettes is big progress for a smoker. But if that smoker is looking for guidance, it will usually be about how to quit smoking, not just reduce.
I feel it’s time for more pioneers to be bolder about diet shifts, so that we can lead a positive social tipping point.
I feel it’s time for more pioneers to be bolder about diet shifts, so that we can lead a positive social tipping point.
January 1, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Of course smoking fewer cigarettes is big progress for a smoker. But if that smoker is looking for guidance, it will usually be about how to quit smoking, not just reduce.
I feel it’s time for more pioneers to be bolder about diet shifts, so that we can lead a positive social tipping point.
I feel it’s time for more pioneers to be bolder about diet shifts, so that we can lead a positive social tipping point.
Reposted by Simon O’Sullivan
Studies have confirmed: when we stop eating meat, we tend to quickly lose a yearning for it shorturl.at/LpOaw. UK agriculture is dominated by livestock farming, & it’s not in its interest to point that out.
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
How a month of abstinence can lead to 'meat disgust'
There are some surprising impacts of cutting out meat, even for a short period, which can carry on well beyond the end of abstinence.
shorturl.at
December 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Studies have confirmed: when we stop eating meat, we tend to quickly lose a yearning for it shorturl.at/LpOaw. UK agriculture is dominated by livestock farming, & it’s not in its interest to point that out.
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
It’s an uphill to die on but I’ll keep stressing: whole food plant-based diets are win-win!
We’re lucky to see them every winter here in west Oxfordshire but 3 individuals in the garden recently was a record. They seem to like the ivy berries.
December 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We’re lucky to see them every winter here in west Oxfordshire but 3 individuals in the garden recently was a record. They seem to like the ivy berries.