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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Calling for buildings of women and children to be set alight is not ‘free speech’.

James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I really need to stop listening to talk radio. Almost every day presenters will ask why young people experience depression & anxiety. A talking point second only to being mean about immigrants, LGBT+ people, or pretty much anyone that isn’t just like them. Never seeming to make the connection.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

You know people can be called ‘wong’ and have decidedly un ‘ching chong’ accents.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Just watched a fitness bro on Instagram say how unhealthy foods ‘with ingredients you can’t pronounce’ are. Try listening to a British person say ‘Jalapeño’.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

What do all these pieces have in common? They never actually ask a registered dietitian on. Talk 👏🏻 to 👏🏻 dietitians 👏🏻

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

When I worked for The Observer I used to see the most fact free pieces on nutrition written up by conspiracy theorists as if they were authorities on food. Ditto for the BBC. I’ve even quit jobs because of it. The public really deserves better

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

And that’s because pretty everyone knows what the scientific advice is to be healthy. But ‘scientists say pretty much what they have been saying for 30 years’ isn’t newsworthy (ie profitable) Def not a new media phenomenon

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Listening to a bunch of journalists (who I admire and respect) talking about how podcasts are full of misinformation about health and nutrition. Absolutely true. But *the exact same people* spreading these mistruths on podcasts have been doing so in conventional media for years.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

All the same people filming themselves chucking milk down the sink are also the loudest voices when it comes to misinformation about food processing. Which is really harmful to public health.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Obvs, I’m your number 1 fan, so great to see you talk about the bill gates milk conspiracy. This is why so much of the media discussion about ‘ultraprocessed food’ is so dangerous. Often over simplifies really complex issues and leads to this kind of dangerous misinfo.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

*Waives from across the room*

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Sounds like someone actually called a dietitian, rather than a borderline conspiracy theorist. Refreshing change!

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The nicest man in garden media too. 💚

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Oh, lovely Jean, you can call me whatever you like!

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Farming *really* needs much better advocates than the ones I have seen interviewed at these protests.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Oh! Thanks for adding me to the list. X

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Can’t some unhinged columnist from the Telegraph pop up to call me ‘wokerati’ or make a racist pun on my surname, just to take the edge off?

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

In my hippy high school, we had: a) Mandatory volunteering with charities helping the vulnerable. b) A nursery to grow trees to restore a local rainforest. c) Even an annual culture & food night to celebrate the founding of the United Nations. All of this is less wholesome than my Bluesky feed.

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Aiyoh! You oso at this party???

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James Wong @botanygeek.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

*Peeks in* This is better than the bad place, right?

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