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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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“A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt. Your can of ground cinnamon could be cinnamon, but more likely it’s brick dust. Your flour could be flour, but more likely it’s cut with gypsum, which is drywall.”
Before the FDA, “food” was lethal:
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The headline says it all. @swordsjew.bsky.social on the challenges posed by having RFK Jr in charge of the nation's health and wellbeing.
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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"The question is: should the state you were born into dictate your risk of dying from food poisoning?"
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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"I guess my first question is: What does it feel like to be a science journalist right now, and to be someone who teaches science journalists?"
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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A timely interview with MIT professor and science writer Deborah Blum about the literal life-threatening effects of deregulation. buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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"Every person matters. Our government should protect us in an every person way, and we should stand together in an every person way."
The latest from @swordsjew.bsky.social
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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📡 2025-04-28
Forgot one of these went out the other day!
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More than 200 years of computer diseases
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Trump and his pals are bringing back the good ol' days
"...food was one of the top 10 causes of death in the 19th century."
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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Talia Levin has a crucial interview with Deborah Blum, science journalist and director of the Knight Science Journalism Center at MIT. We aren’t talking enough about how to stay safe while eating in the wild west era of RFK’s FDA, and this can help. It’s a gem:
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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@radicalcraft.bsky.social
about 2 hours agoGreat, relevant piece:
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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"We have the right to expect our government to do that. We have the right to go out and put together a sandwich and have it not kill us. That's a fundamental right, and the country is stronger when that right is in place."
@deborahb.bsky.social to @swordsjew.bsky.social in our latest newsletter
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
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“I'm out of patience with American individualism. Either we're in this together and we're a community, or we aren't.” Tell it, @deborahb.bsky.social!
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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about 3 hours agoJust like the woman says in this article, I feel like my hair is about to catch fire, I'm so mad about this. We cannot go back. buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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about 3 hours ago"They won't say what happened. They won't even say what companies are involved. And so what we are seeing with this federal government is a food contamination case in which the government is conspiring to cover it up. I just...my hair is gonna catch on fire."
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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"The Biden administration launched an investigation that concluded in February, and the Trump administration has refused to release the results. They won't say what happened. They won't even say what companies are involved."
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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I write an occasional newsletter about the history of my Vancouver neighbourhood, called Riley Park. Just got another issue out today: buttondown.com/RileyParkVAN...
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Riley Park in the 1970s
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"I'm out of patience with American individualism. Either we're in this together and we're a community, or we aren't. And I want us to be a community."--Deborah Blum
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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" We have the right to go out and put together a sandwich and have it not kill us. That's a fundamental right, and the country is stronger when that right is in place." from the woman who literally wrote the book on food safety in the US: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
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We sent out our monthly newsletter yesterday. It covers what we're working on, some community news, interesting API projects, and some longform video guides to Are.na (not made by us)
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"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
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the TLDR is individualism is the real toxic factor here! no individual consumer, no matter how "informed," can replace a national safety apparatus. and acting otherwise smells... a little like eugenics. (but do read it!) buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
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