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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"I'm a pro-choice Republican," Minnesota GOP Senate nominee Michele Tafoya claims in a new ad... ...except she's hailed the demise of Roe v. Wade, vowed to confirm conservative judges, routinely backed a 12-week abortion ban and gaslighting anyone, what? www.huffpost.com/entry/michel...
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'I’m A Pro-Choice Republican,' Says Minnesota Senate Nominee Who Backs Abortion Bans
Michele Tafoya, who called herself a “first trimester gal” and hailed Roe v. Wade’s demise, seems to be gaslighting voters on her abortion stance.
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tom Homan: “I think September is going to be the highest deportations of any month in the history of ICE. We are removing and arresting more people right now than we ever have in the history of this nation. Wait until you see what we do next year.” ABOLISH ICE. www.thebulwark.com/p/doral-flor...
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Trump Turned His Beloved Golf Hub Into a Ghost Town
In Doral, there are empty tables, shuttered businesses, and families struggling to survive after their loved ones have been thrown in detention.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/10/2026
In countries such as Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden, governments have issued manuals on what to do if Russian troops invade. These countries have dealt with regular Russian incursions since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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michnutrish.bsky.social @michnutrish.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#VisibilityBrigade #newjersey #democracy #economy @maddow.bsky.social @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @thegodshow.com @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #midterms #vote #vets #corruption #midterms #datacenter #inflation #vote #fascism #organize #wages
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Anna Dart @annaedart.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today @natrevcancer.nature.com is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a jam-packed issue reflecting on the past + next 25yrs of cancer research! Congrats to the team @gabriellebrewer.bsky.social @daniela-senft.bsky.social & of course, to all our authors & readers!🥳🎂 www.nature.com/nrc/volume/2...
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 23/09/2026
Meet the 13 candidates and initiatives shortlisted for the 2026 Nature Awards for Inspiring Women in Science, in partnership with The Estée Lauder Companies. Congratulations to all! Learn more: go.nature.com/4xY1ZbR #WomenInSTEM
An image showing the headshots of the women on the shortlists for the 2026 Inspiring Women in Science Award.
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Washington Post Data Team @wpdatateam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Breathtaking levels of detail in this dive into the "Office of Remigration," which is paying autocrats millions to accept deported migrants from other countries. You can explore these agreements using this database by @abtran.bsky.social, including $ amounts. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Isn’t it part of US military doctrine to place critical military installations in traffic circles?
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
In response to my @talkingpointsmemo.com story, the Florida Democratic Party issues statement calling on Florida GOP leaders — Ron DeSantis, Byron Donalds, and Ashley Moody — to take a stand against Marshall Rawson. "We don't need to send a Nazi to Tallahassee." floridadems.org/2026/09/flor...
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 16/09/2026
A $500 consulting offer to Jeffrey Epstein came with attorney-client privilege. Documents reveal how he built circles of legal secrecy with top lawyers and law firms.
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The Epstein Clause: How $500 Helped Build a Wall Around Secrets
Law firms welcomed Epstein into their midst. A code of legal silence now surrounds parts of the predator’s story.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
$45,000 cash gifts to WH aides, DHS pay-to-play & new Epstein questions Another week, another set of serious corruption concerns in the Trump admin We @democracydefendersaction.org are fighting back All of it, in this week’s publisher’s note @ContrarianNews 👇 -TN
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Another Week, Another Spate of Trump Corruption Scandals
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 11/09/2026
Just did a quick look around and I don't see very many headlines about the President of the US making people pledge allegiance to him personally while telling everyone to commit election fraud and "cheat like hell" to support his party. Seems like it should be a story?
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/09/2026
Breaking News: A federal court struck down a Trump administration order to keep an aging coal plant in Michigan running — dealing a blow to President Trump’s efforts to promote the coal industry.
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Court Strikes Down Trump Order to Keep an Aging Coal-Burning Plant Running
The aging Michigan power plant was set to retire. Then the Trump administration intervened in a way that overstepped its authority, a court ruled.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The clownish rituals at the Trump cult gathering shouldn't distract us from the plain fact that he led his followers in a pledge to cheat in the midterms. He used the word "cheat."
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since becoming president again, Trump has promised: -$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-magi...
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Trump is running his 2020 playbook—but we beat him in 60+ cases then, including Texas v. PA at SCOTUS, & we’re stopping him again We’re in the 1st Circuit & DC courts right now fighting his illegal election rules Read my roundup in @ContrarianNews.org 👇-TN
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Trump is Running his 2020 Playbook. We Beat Him Then and We Will Again.
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 03/09/2026
The public reputation of the big AI companies is an "absolute dumpster fire". Can they ever put it right? If so, how? Robert Armstrong has some ideas, starting with: don't be a cult. Read @robarmstrong.bsky.social in today's #FTEdit 👉 Fixing the AI industry’s PR problem ft.trib.al/1PExID3
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Ian Millhiser @imillhiser.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Supreme Court's solution to Trump's illegal ballroom: No one is allowed to sue www.vox.com/politics/501...
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The Supreme Court just gave Trump his illegal ballroom
And the justices didn’t even bother to explain why…
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
DHS lies, as usual. #Vote
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 28/08/2026
The year is 2027. Gas costs $83 a gallon. Every location on every map is now labeled “America.” And everything else is named Trump. @petridishes.bsky.social on “Lake America”:
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Lake America Great Again
Every lake is Lake America, and every Gulf is the Gulf of America.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: @democracydefendersaction.org & partners in the #BlockTheMerger Coalition launched a mass campaign THANKING the 12 state AGs suing to stop the Paramount-Warner merger & urging them to hold strong all the way to trial a courtroom beats a backroom every time Sign here👇 -TN
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#BlockTheMerger
Twelve state attorneys general sued to block Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. Concessions don’t protect workers, consumers or creators. Tell the AGs to hold strong and take it to trial. SIGN THE P...
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Paul Graf @paulginva.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This is a good take about AI slop in writing. For Ritholtz, there's a difference between process and output. "The greatest value in writing (to me at least) is not necessarily this finished product, but rather, the process the author goes through to create that work."
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 23/08/2026
When people listen to music, they often imagine remarkably similar stories. A study in Nature Communications shows these shared imaginings selectively rely on stimulus-specific patterns in a set of modality-general brain regions. go.nature.com/4gKKw0l #Neuroskyence 🧪
This is figure 4, which shows triple pattern similarity between participants was used to identify brain activation patterns that are stimulus-specific and shared between all experimental conditions.
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Tara Bartolec @tarabartolec.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So happy to share that this work is finally out, now in @nature.com! Lots of new goodies since preprint so plz check it out (old thread below). Giant thank you to everybody involved + all @savitski-lab.bsky.social and @typaslab.bsky.social lab members 🙏🙏🙏 @embl.org nature.com/articles/s41...
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Pervasive phosphorylation by phage T7 kinase disarms bacterial defences - Nature
The T7 bacteriophage deactivates bacterial defence systems through T7K phosphorylation of nearly all host and phage proteins during infection.
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David Daniel @daviddaniel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Thank you, @hcrichardson.bsky.social, @250to250.bsky.social, @macfarlanenews.bsky.social... and one of my early heroes, Edward R. Murrow.
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Edward R. Murrow, Narrated by Scott MacFarlane
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The most remarkable thing about Trump's statements was this: they reflect deep knowledge of North Korean propaganda and acceptance of all North Korean claims, but no knowledge even of the rudiments of the US security relationship with the Republic of Korea. Who, exactly, is briefing Trump?
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
"There is a revolution happening right now. It's not a woke one, it's an authoritarian one."
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Lincoln Square @lincolnsquare.media · 10/08/2026
Trump’s policies are damaging communities across the country. From cuts to healthcare to rising grocery prices @simonwdc.bsky.social & @stuartpstevens.bsky.social break down all the ways that MAGA is trying to leave us all destitute. bit.ly/4xkAFUt Become a Lincoln Loyal Member to watch
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 10/08/2026
Mette Frederiksen and Giorgia Meloni issued a statement on Instagram declaring a partnership aimed at “protecting Europe’s Christian cultural heritage” by expelling more migrants, building “return hubs in third countries,” and finding “innovative solutions outside Europe.” Full post below🧵 1/2
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 10/08/2026
Such a smart take.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
With Blanche in place we have to get ready for the incredible f*ckery that is to come. New, 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/with-blanc...
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With Blanche In Place We Have To Get Ready For The Incredible F*ckery That Is To Come
Blanche's confirmation, at 430am this morning, is one of the greatest betrayals of our country in all our history
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 08/08/2026
Blanche confirmed 50-49 with a record of prioritizing Trump’s personal vendettas, stonewalling the Epstein investigation & dealing Trump a $1.8B slush fund and tax audit immunity. Senate Republicans lost their nerve. Our democracy will be worse off for it. Full statement @normeisen.bsky.social ⬇️
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Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General is a Dark Day for the Rule of Law | Democracy Defenders Action
Statement from Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), co-founder and board member of Democracy Defenders Action, on the Senate vote to confirm Todd Blanche as the United States attorney general.
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
STATEMENT OF COUNSEL ON PRESIDENT TRUMP’S RENEWED ATTEMPT TO REMOVE FEDERAL RESERVE GOVERNOR LISA COOK -TN
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Blanche’s appeasement is hollow. Trump still gets immunity from tax audits worth $100 million. And last week’s payout to abortion clinic blocker shows the path to payouts to rewrite history will be individual settlements instead of one designated fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/u...
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Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal (Gift Article)
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal” 1/ Blanche didn’t sign the IRS assurance. 2/ There’s still a huge IRS break for the Trumps worth tens of millions of dollars. 3/ Trump could reimpose the $1.8B insurrectionist slush fund later, after Blanche gets confirmed.
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Blanche Gives G.O.P. Senators Written Assurances on Trump’s I.R.S. Deal (Gift Article)
Todd Blanche’s confirmation as attorney general has been held up over concerns about a planned $1.8 billion fund for Trump allies and the president’s immunity from tax scrutiny.
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 01/08/2026
A feature in Nature reports how newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe. “There’s something magical about these pieces,” says archaeologist Nicholas Conard. go.nature.com/4bjXJdz 🏺🧪
nature: 40,000-year-old bird carvings provide clues to how ice age humans flourished. Image of the figures archaeologists discovered in 2025 in Hohle Fels Cave, Germany: two small bird figurines, resembling relatives of the pheasant called ptarmigans. One figurine has its wings outstretched; the other is resting. nature portfolio. Photo Credit: R. Ehmann, University of Tübingen
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 31/07/2026
A U.S. government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a State Department presentation at a global conference taking place in Brazil this week.
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State Department map of Africa mislabels every country at AIDS conference
The State Department said that it took “full responsibility” for the confusion caused and that the map was produced by a team member who hastily changed the slide deck.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 31/07/2026
"The boss wants this money," Trump's fundraiser reportedly tells the billionaire CEOs he has shaken down for $800M+. They knew there was cost for access. Trump promised to drain the swamp but is instead flooding it and charging admission. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Democracy Defenders Action @democracydefendersaction.org · 29/07/2026
OUTRAGEOUS. Blanche told Congress the slush fund was dead. Today: Blanche’s DOJ paid 7-figures to a Trump-pardoned ally. He's Trump’s lawyer, not the people’s. And he’s using our tax dollars to reward convicted loyalists & push Trump's narrative. Senate should vote no.
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With Blanche Nomination at Stake, Payouts to Trump Allies Continue (Gift Article)
A seven-figure settlement is announced two days before a scheduled Senate committee vote on Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general.
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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Ernst Haeckel was a biologist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher and physician. He was also a racist who ranked “the diverse types of mankind” according to their relative “value”. My review @natureportfolio.nature.com of The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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A fever dream of jellies and slugs
A celebration of Ernst Haeckel’s sketches of life forms, from microscopic to majestic.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 27/07/2026
Puppy Court is now in session!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/07/2026
In 2017, most of the revenue President Trump’s businesses generated came from his domestic golf and real estate portfolio. By the first year of his second term, his business holdings had transformed and expanded in areas where he wields immense power. Take a closer look. trib.al/313eKiF
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/07/2026
Trump’s systematic assault on science ft.trib.al/2xllG4R | opinion
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Trump’s systematic assault on science
The government is politicising funding for basic research
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I support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Emily Wilson is having the last laugh
Wilson herself has become a target for much of the outrage, too — so much so that she added a contact form to her website specifically marked for “misogynistic trolling” alongside the other button for “kind words and praise.”
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25/07/2026
Admirable clarity @science.org
The Trump administration hates academic science funding, full stop. They hate where that money goes, and they hate who it goes to. They want to keep all that money for themselves, to hand out to favored cronies who can help them get elected and to steer yet more money and more power back into their hands.

That’s it. That’s the story
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 24/07/2026
Vought is using the NSF to weaponize research grants for the President’s agenda, and we are not letting it slip by quietly. 🧵
The graphic contains a photo of Russell Vought. The graphic reads: "Russ Vought's Latest: NSF Proposed Rule to Weaponize Research Grants. In June, the National Science Foundation (NSF) quietly updated it's Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) to align with the not-yet-finalized OMB rule. We view this as a direct extension of the OMB proposal, and an opportunity to reinforce our community's strong opposition. TAKE ACTION! Leave your public comment using our action center! LINK IN BIO. JOIN US. NSF Rapid Response Workshop, Friday, July 31st & Friday, August 14th, 2-3PM ET."
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Norm Eisen @normeisen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
VICTORY: The govt just abandoned its demand for lists of Jewish people at Penn @democracydefendersfund.org intervened w/ ACLU PA & Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller to rep. faculty & students fighting the subpoena They refused to let the govt catalog them by faith Stand firm & you CAN win
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Trump Administration Drops Subpoena Demanding List of Jews From Penn
For more than a year, the Trump administration pressed the university for records about antisemitism complaints and a list of campus groups involved with Judaism.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/07/2026
1956 Republican National platform.
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you just want the bottom line before the talking heads spin it, here is the short version: In a 216–214 vote, the House of Representatives approved a $95 billion budget resolution that sneaks $10 billion in SAVE Act voter registration and proof-of-citizenship mandates
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 22/07/2026
Scenario simulations using global economic models show that by 2050 the transformation of food systems towards healthy diets, improved productivity and halving of food waste result in a restructuring of global agriculture, according to a paper in Nature. go.nature.com/4yyHuTY #foodscience 🧪
This is figure 4, which shows long-run historical agricultural land use changes and trajectories from recent history.
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