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Yasmin Tayag

@yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social
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Staff writer at The Atlantic. Chaotic neutral, power forward, good cook, fun mom 🇵🇭🇨🇦 Writing a book called HOW WE'LL EAT for Avery PRH, repped by Aevitas Creative. Say hi at www.yasmintayag.com

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/04/2026
Climate change is setting off a boom in seasonal allergies. Even people who’ve never had symptoms before aren’t safe, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reported in 2023. theatln.tc/9ft74xxe 📸: Alecio Ferrari / Connected Archives
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Caity Weaver @caity.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
MAJOR UPDATE: I found the best free restaurant bread in the United States www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I Found It: The Best Free Restaurant Bread in America
Thirteen thousand miles. Infinite contenders. One beautiful loaf.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/03/2026
There’s one ingredient protein-maxxers, fiber-maxxers, dietitians, and “real food” enthusiasts can all agree on, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social writes.
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It’s Bean Time
The humble legume is the solution to America’s nutritional chaos.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
If you haven't gotten into beans yet, now is the time!!! www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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One Food All Americans Can Agree On
The humble bean is the solution to America’s nutritional chaos.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/03/2026
Realizing that your brain is slowing down can be jarring, but some older adults are asking doctors a new question: Am I just getting old, or do I have ADHD? @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports:
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Is It Aging, or Is It ADHD?
Middle-aged Americans are considering a new possible explanation for their slowing brain.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/02/2026
Realizing that your brain is slowing down can be jarring, but some older adults are asking doctors a new question: Am I just getting old, or do I have ADHD? @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports:
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Is It Aging, or Is It ADHD?
Middle-aged Americans are considering a new possible explanation for their slowing brain.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 31/01/2026
American men are maxing out on testosterone—whether they need it or not. @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports:
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Will T-Maxxing Ever End?
American men are loading up on testosterone—whether they need it or not.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Just sayin, more testosterone probably won't fix what's wrong with American men!!! www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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T-Maxxing Has Gone Too Far
American men are loading up on testosterone—whether they need it or not.
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Evan McMurry @evanmcmurry.theatlantic.com · 21/01/2026
What a lede from @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social: “Milk is mundane in most contexts, but you can’t help noticing when it is smeared across the upper lips of America’s government officials.”
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Why the Trump Administration Is Obsessed With Whole Milk
Will the dairy wars ever end?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/01/2026
By not allowing the sale of hunted venison, much of the United States is allowing good meat to go to waste. @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social tried to buy some: theatln.tc/yH2EhOf5
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
update: the hunted venison was magnificent www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Deer, deer, everywhere, and not a steak to eat! My latest on why America should be harvesting its wild venison: www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
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Eat More Deer
America is letting good meat go to waste.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
it's the most wonderful time of the year
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 09/12/2025
Oh this is going to be a good one: I used to live a walking distance from a Jollibee in Hong Kong; all hail banana ketchup
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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
read read read!
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Longreads @longreads.com · 10/12/2025
"In the Philippines, Jollibee is an institution; in America, it’s mostly just another chicken restaurant, and may never be destined to be anything more." @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Can Jollibee Beat American Fast Food at Its Own Game?
A fast-growing Filipino chain is serving burgers and chicken that seem like typical American fare—until you taste them.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
My feature on Jollibee is out today!!! Read on for a tale about fried chicken, sweet spaghetti, and postcolonial revenge 🇵🇭 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Can Jollibee Beat American Fast Food at Its Own Game?
A fast-growing Filipino chain is serving burgers and chicken that seem like typical American fare—until you taste them.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 03/12/2025
As Millennials enter their Rogaine era, the hair-loss industry is eager to receive them—particularly the women, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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America Refuses to Go Bald
As Millennials enter their Rogaine era, the hair-loss industry is eager to receive them.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
raise your hand if you've ever been personally victimized by hair-loss ads! 🙋‍♀️ www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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America Refuses to Go Bald
As Millennials enter their Rogaine era, the hair-loss industry is eager to receive them.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/12/2025
As Millennials enter their Rogaine era, the hair-loss industry is eager to receive them—particularly the women, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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America Refuses to Go Bald
As Millennials enter their Rogaine era, the hair-loss industry is eager to receive them.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
America to Italy: Stop sending noods (my latest, on the proposed pasta tax) www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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Stock Up on Fancy Pasta Now
Just when Americans got hooked on Italian imports, they may slip away.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
astounding reporting from @hana-kiros.bsky.social on the US-led plan to build temporary housing for displaced Gazans and its potentially permanent consequences. "It’s unclear if there was any consultation at all with any Palestinian." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
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The Trump Administration Has a New Plan for Gaza
The U.S. wants to build housing for those displaced by the war, but not everyone is on board.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 08/11/2025
Inflation and tariffs are raising the price of shelf-stable food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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America’s Grocery Lifeline Is Fraying
Inflation and tariffs are hitting canned food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
if you're gonna read anything today, make it @damonberes.com's excellent (and unnerving) story about AI chatbots derailing the future of human friendship: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Age of Anti-Social Media Is Here
The social-media era is over. What’s coming will be much worse.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
i am so excited for wholesale eggs www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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New York Is Hungry for a Big Grocery Experiment
Small towns have tried public grocery stores. How would they fare in a major city?
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
are we really still asking this
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/11/2025
Inflation and tariffs are raising the price of shelf-stable food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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America’s Grocery Lifeline Is Fraying
Inflation and tariffs are hitting canned food just when the most vulnerable Americans need to stock up.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18/10/2025
Bodybuilders traditionally packed on the muscle by jamming in calories any way they could. But now many are leaving the old way of bulking behind, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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The Cleaner Way to Get Ripped
The wellness movement has come for bodybuilding.
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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
so proud and excited for my pal @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
it's official!
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
This year's Halloween chocolate is.... awfully light on the chocolate!!! An investigation: www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/...
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Something Weird Is Happening With Halloween Chocolate
Where did it all go?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 07/10/2025
This Halloween, the candy seems to be missing a crucial ingredient, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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Something Weird Is Happening With Halloween Chocolate
Where did it all go?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 17/09/2025
Pregnant women and newborns face an elevated risk of becoming severely ill from COVID. But new guidance from the CDC is complicating their ability to stay protected from the coronavirus, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports:
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Moms Are Losing Options to Protect Newborns from COVID
America’s vaccine chaos is a nightmare for pregnant women.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 16/09/2025
Pregnant women and newborns face an elevated risk of becoming severely ill from COVID. But new guidance from the CDC is complicating their ability to stay protected from the coronavirus, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports:
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Moms Are Losing Options to Protect Newborns from COVID
America’s vaccine chaos is a nightmare for pregnant women.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 15/09/2025
For parents, part of MAHA’s appeal is the promise that it’ll make food healthier for their children. Instead, its nutrition advice may be piling on labor, more costs, and confusion, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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MAHA Is Complicating One of the Hardest Parts of Parenting
Dinnertime has gotten even more stressful.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 01/09/2025
Food companies are capitalizing on some of MAHA’s favored dietary principles. The trend might change American diets for the worse, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports. theatln.tc/dLYAQjKA
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Food Fix @foodfixco.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Taking stock of one year of MAHA. Kennedy: Dietary Guidelines on track for late September. The latest on SNAP restrictions waivers. foodfix.co/its-official...
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It’s officially been one year since MAHA was born. Tracking the latest.
Taking stock of one year of MAHA. Kennedy: Dietary Guidelines on track for late September. The latest on SNAP restrictions waivers.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Eat the tallow fries because they're delicious, not because they're better for you!!! www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The MAHA Trend in Groceries Will Backfire
Without real reform, Americans might just end up eating more junk food.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/08/2025
Food companies are capitalizing on some of MAHA’s favored dietary principles. The trend might change American diets for the worse, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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The MAHA-Washing of American Groceries Has Begun
It doesn’t bode well for the American diet.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 19/08/2025
Bone broth, bovine colostrum, beef-tallow deodorant, powdered bull testicle: American wellness has entered its cowmaxxing era, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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Are You Cowmaxxing?
Beef-tallow moisturizer is just the beginning of cow-based wellness.
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
America has apparently entered its cowmaxxing era. This is fascinating (and darkly hilarious) by @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social: www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Americans Are All In on Cow-Based Wellness
Beef-tallow moisturizer is just the beginning.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 11/08/2025
Bone broth, bovine colostrum, beef-tallow deodorant, powdered bull testicle: American wellness has entered its cowmaxxing era, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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Are You Cowmaxxing?
Beef-tallow moisturizer is just the beginning of cow-based wellness.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
"Woo-woo, it seems, is becoming moo-moo. America has entered its cowmaxxing era." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Are You Cowmaxxing?
Beef-tallow moisturizer is just the beginning of cow-based wellness.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Do you even cowmaxx, bro? www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Are You Cowmaxxing?
Beef-tallow moisturizer is just the beginning of cow-based wellness.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 30/07/2025
The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that CTE was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that line is premature—and dangerous, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/FFmCSbQc
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 27/07/2025
Summer is coming down to a choice between enduring the heat and avoiding it—both of which might, in their own ways, be making people sick, @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports.
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American Summers Are Starting to Feel Like Winter
Climate change is doing a number on people’s warm-weather blues.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
It's a Red Hot American Summer 🥵 www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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The New Sun Worship
Tanning is back. And this time, it’s not just about looking good.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 02/07/2025
Destroying 50 years of women’s health samples is like ‘burning the Library of Congress’ www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/h...
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These women dedicated almost 50 years to science. Their efforts may soon be trashed | CNN
Nurses in the US provided biological samples for decades to help study women’s health. Here’s what they think of President Trump’s actions that may end its funding.
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Yasmin Tayag @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
For all the criticism—and praise—of Zohran Mamdani's public-grocery plan, it's never been attempted in a major US city. It would be a total experiment. Experimentation is risky. But given NYC's food affordability crisis, so is doing nothing. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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New York Is Hungry for a Big Grocery Experiment
Small towns have tried public grocery stores. How would they fare in a major city?
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 02/07/2025
Because nothing exactly like Zohran Mamdani’s plan for public groceries has ever been tried before in a large city, no one can be certain whether it will really be able to sell more affordable food, let alone help address health. @yeahyeahyasmin.bsky.social reports:
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New Yorkers May Soon Be Grocery Guinea Pigs
Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s public-grocery plan is a $60 million experiment.
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