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Low-carb, real food. Nutritionism is not the answer. Increasingly compelled to comment on the state of the world.

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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Never forget to eat your mushrooms. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
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Higher mushroom consumption is associated with a lower risk of cancer
Higher mushroom consumption is associated with a lower risk of cancer, according to a new study. The systematic review and meta-analysis examined 17 cancer studies published from 1966 to 2020. Analyzi...
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
More poor epidemiological inference. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/etimes/welln...
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Is coconut oil good for heart health? British Heart Foundation has a surprising warning
The jar sitting in your kitchen may look like healthy food. Coconut oil has been promoted for everything from cooking and weight loss to heart health, helped by its association with natural foods and ...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026
An MRP poll by YouGov for Best for Britain suggests Andy Burnham could win 321 seats at the next election if Labour pledged to reverse Brexit. That would leave the party five seats short of an overall majority – but still comfortably ahead of its rivals and in a position to form the largest party.
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The key to Labour winning the next general election? Pledging to rejoin the EU
Labour could significantly boost their chances of winning the next general election if they pledge to rejoin the EU, acc
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Joe Walsh Is Right......
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Since Russia started a war of imperialism and genocide in Europe, threatens us constantly, influences elections, bribes politicians, spreads disinformation with troll-networks on a large scale, undermines our democracy with espionage and cyberattacks; Russia is, despite me not wanting it, our enemy.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Time to finally get off the #Brexit fence Andy? Britain needs to raise tariffs on Chinese cars and align more closely with EU trade policy to be part of "Made in Europe": the best solution is clearly to join the bloc’s customs union. www.ft.com/content/a161...
ft.com
Andy Burnham under pressure to signal shift on Labour’s EU ‘red lines’
Prime minister’s team taking soundings on whether party should move UK closer to Europe
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The role of red meat in Mediterranean diet is overlooked with existing guidelines encouraging the general population to limit their intakes. In reality, it is a significant part of the Mediterranean cuisine and an excellent source of macro and micronutrients: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Mediterranean diet and cardio-metabolic health: what is the role of meat? - European Journal of Clinical Nutrition
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition - Mediterranean diet and cardio-metabolic health: what is the role of meat?
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Time to start finding other ways to gain attention Ed. www.ft.com/content/023c...
ft.com
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey urged to ditch the stunts and get serious
The party is stuck in fifth place in polls as frustrated MPs meet for annual conference
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JustSayin @justsayin-fromx.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Where shall we aim the rockets Vladimir?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Odd that the Economist writes: "Though whole milk contains more saturated fat, alternatives often have more sugar"... as if the saturated fat represents a problem. If anything, it represents a health benefit, so please catch up with the times. @economist.com pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A Brexit-supporting billionaire who fled abroad so he didn’t have to pay any tax to help the people of his country says he’s lost confidence in the UK.
bbc.co.uk
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They've been naughty boys.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
About time to? www.economist.com/business/202...
economist.com
Alternatives to milk are losing moomentum
Consumers are switching back to normal dairy
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Klopp said “I can be proud of being German and still be open, diverse, kind and friendly.” Doctors and caregivers are more important but football can “foster a sense of community here, allowing us to truly feel the power of sport”. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Jürgen Klopp wants his Germany team to reclaim national pride from ‘the wrong people’
Jürgen Klopp has said Germany’s football team can help ensure ‘national pride is not entrusted to the wrong people’ after a recent far-right AfD election victory
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Scary? Just a little?
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Long live the RNLI.
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migas7.bsky.social @migas7.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So where exactly are the egg, meat and dairy to be found? Seems to be more of a No list than a Yes list and encourages unhealthy attitudes to food. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
By 2008, soybean oil made up 80% of the 18 billion pounds of edible oils Americans use annually. You find it in cooking oil, frying fat, shortening, salad dressing, mayonnaise, in many packaged foods + biodiesel/aviation fuel, powering school buses and airplanes. theconversation.com/how-soybeans...
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How soybeans took over the American diet – without anyone noticing
A century ago, Americans barely ate soy. Now it’s everywhere in people’s diets, even in places they don’t look or expect.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Ukraine’s General Staff estimates that more than 1.5 million Russian personnel have been killed or wounded since February 2022, substantially more than the total U.S. military dead and wounded in World War II." What an extraordinary waste of human life. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
washingtonpost.com
Opinion | David Petraeus: The race to make Putin’s aggression unaffordable
The Ukrainian theory of victory: Demonstrate military genius on an industrial scale and show Russia that time isn’t on its side.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fried eggs banned... Coco Pops I get but, eggs? Are they mad? www.thesun.co.uk/news/4037167...
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Here is the pre-RFK vaccination schedule for your kids. Please download it before he is confirmed and changes/deletes it. Give it to your pediatrician and say this is the schedule you want your kids on. Making this my pinned post.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
“The robots will not be taking over,” Trump told Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Well, that's reassuring.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Borrowing a photo from the other side... and a gentle reminder that If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
They ask for a slowdown but what they need is some regulation. Question is: who should be the regulator? www.ft.com/content/3122...
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Rivals Altman and Musk rally behind Dario Amodei’s call for an AI slowdown
Warring tech bosses unite behind warnings that humans could lose control of the technology
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
An AI slowdown. Sounds like a United Nations approach is needed. What chance of that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown
In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systems
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Making a mockery of British elections. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
Christopher Harborne says he has equalled a donation from Ben Delo - the single largest gift to a UK political party.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK to receive a huge US-style donation of £36 million from a crypto-billionaire. There are currently no restrictions on the amount of money UK-based donors can give to political parties. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Bylines Cymru @bylines.cymru · 10/09/2026
Supporters of proportional representation took their Wake Up Westminster campaign to MediaCityUK, arguing that Britain’s voting system and the growing pressure for reform deserve far greater national media attention | Samuel James Jackson
bylines.cymru
Campaigners urge broadcasters to wake up to voting reform
Supporters of proportional representation took their Wake Up Westminster campaign to MediaCityUK, arguing that Britain’s voting system and the growing pressure for reform deserve far greater national media attention
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Andreas 🇨🇦 Fella 💙 #AbolishICE, #SlavaUkraini @andreasor.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
First published in 2023, this low-carb approach to diabetes is the most popular ever published by @BMJNutrition. Well done Dr David Unwin. journals.bmj.com/research-imp...
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"They (Businessmen) truly believe everyone has a price, and ideology will give way sooner or later; this is why they will never be able to fully understand the thought process of the leaders with whom they are sent to negotiate." ... from the letters section. www.ft.com/content/bc02...
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Trump claims he took “a big group of people” to Ground Zero to help in the aftermath. Richard Alles, retired NY Fire chief, said he had “no knowledge” of Trump being at the site and that there would be a record if Trump had sent a crew of 100 workers. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Honoring 9/11 heroes, Trump repeats disputed account of his role in recovery
Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom posthumously to Welles Crowther, who saved an estimated 18 people before dying in the World Trade Center.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A modern day hero. The more the president pressured Powell to leave, the more resolute he became about staying. As he told a reporter in 2019, “I will never, ever, ever leave this job voluntarily until my term ends under any circumstances. None whatsoever.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | How to survive Trump? Jerome Powell mastered four rules.
Kevin Warsh inherits the fight his predecessor won. The Fed’s independence depends on how he continues it.
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Candidus 🌻 @candidus00.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
He’s delusional… this a just yet another example.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"Reading these reports leaves an eerie sense of a total mismatch between schools and the social and economic life of the community beyond their gates." "Above all, they love to measure what they teach, even if it has nothing to do with their pupils’ futures." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Britain’s schools are failing its young people – and 1m Neets are paying the price | Simon Jenkins
Obsessed with exams, devoid of vocational training: there is a total mismatch between schools and life beyond their gates, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Go Canada
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A great idea - informative and plain sensible too. Amusing (myopic?) that only the USA voted against this resolution. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Since the start of the war in 2023, no Israeli soldier has been convicted of wrongful death or war crimes in Gaza operations. “I came to defeat Hamas,” Mendel said. “If such an event came before me again, I would do exactly the same thing.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Even more appropriate today?
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Martin Wolf sums up Trump's megalomania remarkably well. And when the world's leading financial newspaper prints this, we know we have problems. www.ft.com/content/c51d...
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
1/2 More accurate: "Of 1,000 people taking atorvastatin for 6 years, about 12 would avoid a heart attack they would otherwise have had; 988 would not benefit" Not nothing, but there was no benefit related to incidence of strokes and that's a lot of medication. theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-first clinical trial shows
Australian-led trial finds low risk of side effects from common cholesterol-lowering medication for otherwise healthy older people
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Which diet is best? Keto, Med or Plant forward? All weight loss helped combat muscle insulin resistance but with keto: - liver cell insulin sensitivity improved 2-3 times more - liver fat reduced 67% vs. 45% after 5 months - 50% reversed prediabetes vs. 29% and 7% medicine.washu.edu/news/low-car...
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Low-carb diet delivers added liver benefits beyond weight loss | WashU Medicine
A clinical trial finds that among several diets, a ketogenic plan yields the greatest boost to liver and metabolic health.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Sweet Profits Shame they have to be forced to react: Ella’s Kitchen: “We have increased pear and reduced mango content to reduce sugar by 16% ... on shelves from January.” Kraft Heinz: “We welcome the government’s voluntary guidelines and are actively working to reduce sugar and salt where possible.
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
US Figures: 6 billion pounds of lettuce generate 3 billion pounds of CO2. That’s 2.7 million metric tons = more than half a million cars’ worth. We generate all that CO2 by growing lettuce on 375,000 acres (and import lettuce too), an area bigger than Cape Cod. www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/08...
washingtonpost.com
Column | Why we should stop eating lettuce, cyclospora or not
Lettuce makes us sick, wastes resources and has minimal nutritional value. Why are we still consuming it?
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Mod Magus @modmagus.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Brexit is costing the UK £11.7bn a year in lost exports. The damning findings by Logistics UK which represents freight companies and is one of the largest trade associations, show that the loss in revenue compared with 2019 is worth £400 per household per year. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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True cost of Brexit on UK trade revealed as calls to rejoin single market grow
Exclusive: The damning findings comes as a major new survey shows that 98.2 per cent of businesses want access to the EU single market restored
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I’m sick of them talking to us like we’re not better informed, like we don’t know they’re lying to us, like the damage is no big deal… This insistence on denialism and prejudice over pragmatism and decency is ruining our country and the political and media complicity in that disgusts me.
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