Alan Pater
@alanpater.bsky.social
vegan restaurateur | the profane buddha
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Alan Pater
@alanpater.bsky.social
· Jan 6
I really think it will take all hands on deck, that we need to tackle the problem from multiple angles.
In my case, that means changing the choice architecture.
www.piscotrail.com/p/perus-firs...
In my case, that means changing the choice architecture.
www.piscotrail.com/p/perus-firs...
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80% of agricultural land is used for livestock (and textiles), yet this huge land use provides only 17% of our calories and 38% of our protein.
16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.
16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.
February 19, 2026 at 9:35 PM
80% of agricultural land is used for livestock (and textiles), yet this huge land use provides only 17% of our calories and 38% of our protein.
16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.
16% of the land used for crops provides 83% of our calories and 62% of our protein. It's past time we rethink what we eat.
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Ever heard of flu D? Hardly anyone else has either. But it deserves your attention. www.science.org/content/arti...
A little-known flu virus is sickening cattle around the world. Are humans next?
Features of recently identified influenza D point to possible pandemic threat
www.science.org
February 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Ever heard of flu D? Hardly anyone else has either. But it deserves your attention. www.science.org/content/arti...
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Boycott the World Cup, its only purpose is to sportswash tyranny and make FIFA executives rich from stolen money.
It’s still going on. They are now hearing from Gianni Infantino about FIFA’s ‘partnership’ with Trump’s Board of Peace. Absolutely disgusting as well as utterly mad.
more than two hours into this "Board of Peace" meeting, we are now enduring random world leader open mic time and Trump's eyes are closed
February 19, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Boycott the World Cup, its only purpose is to sportswash tyranny and make FIFA executives rich from stolen money.
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🆕 study: Global warming must stay below 2°C and return to 1.5°C as quickly as possible to reduce tipping point risks. In the long term, temperatures must cool to 1°C above pre-industrial levels, researchers from @exeter.ac.uk, @cicero.oslo.no and PIK find.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
February 19, 2026 at 9:43 AM
🆕 study: Global warming must stay below 2°C and return to 1.5°C as quickly as possible to reduce tipping point risks. In the long term, temperatures must cool to 1°C above pre-industrial levels, researchers from @exeter.ac.uk, @cicero.oslo.no and PIK find.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
I got the MMR shot from the local pharmacy here in BC, Canada. It was free.
You can get the MMR vaccine as an adult from your gp, it’s not too late to protect yourself and others. And of course make sure your kids are up to date with theirs!
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
I got the MMR shot from the local pharmacy here in BC, Canada. It was free.
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The BC NDP’s budget is hidden austerity for the working class. Eby has chosen the broken status quo. This budget raises taxes on working people, abandons $10-a-day childcare, and puts thousands of public servants out of work. #bcpoli /1
February 18, 2026 at 12:30 AM
The BC NDP’s budget is hidden austerity for the working class. Eby has chosen the broken status quo. This budget raises taxes on working people, abandons $10-a-day childcare, and puts thousands of public servants out of work. #bcpoli /1
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I wonder at what point health insurance companies are going to stop covering people who elect to not get their vaccinations. From a financial perspective, it's kind of like home insurance companies not covering anything in Florida...
Do we have that on the 2026 BINGO card?
(grim shit)
Do we have that on the 2026 BINGO card?
(grim shit)
February 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I wonder at what point health insurance companies are going to stop covering people who elect to not get their vaccinations. From a financial perspective, it's kind of like home insurance companies not covering anything in Florida...
Do we have that on the 2026 BINGO card?
(grim shit)
Do we have that on the 2026 BINGO card?
(grim shit)
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There's absolutely no way consumption of biochar by indoor cows could make a significant dent to cattle's emissions, carbon opportunity costs and other impacts: loss of biodiversity/wildlife, water consumption, air and water pollution, risks of pandemics, rise in antibiotic resistance, etc
February 15, 2026 at 8:14 PM
There's absolutely no way consumption of biochar by indoor cows could make a significant dent to cattle's emissions, carbon opportunity costs and other impacts: loss of biodiversity/wildlife, water consumption, air and water pollution, risks of pandemics, rise in antibiotic resistance, etc
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OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
February 13, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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The head of the US health care system:
“I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
“I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
February 13, 2026 at 4:32 AM
The head of the US health care system:
“I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
“I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.”
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food systems are the leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss on land, freshwater use, and overfishing, and the number two cause of climate change after energy use
what’s the most obvious on-the-ground truth that your profession knows, but people don’t live like it’s true?
what other jfc-inducing truths are sitting in plain sight for people who know how to see what’s happening?
February 13, 2026 at 1:40 AM
food systems are the leading cause of deforestation and biodiversity loss on land, freshwater use, and overfishing, and the number two cause of climate change after energy use
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I feel a lot more people would vaccinate their toddlers if they knew this was the alternative
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I feel a lot more people would vaccinate their toddlers if they knew this was the alternative
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There's one thing most of us can do, especially in the Global North, to address the polycrisis: shift to a plant-based or plant-rich diet. Prof Johan Rockström, shown speaking in the post below, explains here why it's so important and brings many benefits: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
There's one thing most of us can do, especially in the Global North, to address the polycrisis: shift to a plant-based or plant-rich diet. Prof Johan Rockström, shown speaking in the post below, explains here why it's so important and brings many benefits: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I am happy to learn that my entry to the @cangeo.bsky.social l #LiveNetZero2025 challenge has been shortlisted!
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 AM
I am happy to learn that my entry to the @cangeo.bsky.social l #LiveNetZero2025 challenge has been shortlisted!
a local pub had a 'meat is murder' veggie burger on the menu until recently
41 years ago today
Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by English post punk band the Smiths, released on this day in 1985.
#punkrock #postpunk #thesmiths #history #postpunkhistory #otd
Meat Is Murder is the second studio album by English post punk band the Smiths, released on this day in 1985.
#punkrock #postpunk #thesmiths #history #postpunkhistory #otd
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
a local pub had a 'meat is murder' veggie burger on the menu until recently
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The renegotiation of our agreement with Eby’s NDP was a litmus test on their touted pro-worker values. They failed. The BC Greens are the party to take on the 1% and fight for working people. Thread on our CARGA proposal for year two — that the NDP unilaterally vetoed /1 🧵#bcpoli
February 11, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The renegotiation of our agreement with Eby’s NDP was a litmus test on their touted pro-worker values. They failed. The BC Greens are the party to take on the 1% and fight for working people. Thread on our CARGA proposal for year two — that the NDP unilaterally vetoed /1 🧵#bcpoli
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& if I could broadcast one message to the world it would be that there is absolutely no good reason to mass produce another mammal for its breast milk. It will never not be an unmitigated atrocity. And I can't believe how poorly understood it still is among those who should know better
gift link:
gift link:
The life of a dairy cow
The surprising truth about milk is hiding in plain sight.
www.vox.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 AM
& if I could broadcast one message to the world it would be that there is absolutely no good reason to mass produce another mammal for its breast milk. It will never not be an unmitigated atrocity. And I can't believe how poorly understood it still is among those who should know better
gift link:
gift link:
– almost spiritual –
"Huge numbers of bees suffer in a variety of ways from their exploitation by humans"
www.animal-ethics.org/exploitation...
"Huge numbers of bees suffer in a variety of ways from their exploitation by humans"
www.animal-ethics.org/exploitation...
February 11, 2026 at 12:01 AM
– almost spiritual –
"Huge numbers of bees suffer in a variety of ways from their exploitation by humans"
www.animal-ethics.org/exploitation...
"Huge numbers of bees suffer in a variety of ways from their exploitation by humans"
www.animal-ethics.org/exploitation...
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While many of you are likely yelling "GO PATRIOTS" or "GO SEAHAWKS!" I'm yelling “GO READ the new GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard if you have significant land-sector activities in your operations or value chain so you are fully prepared when it goes into effect in January 2027!”
February 9, 2026 at 12:50 AM
While many of you are likely yelling "GO PATRIOTS" or "GO SEAHAWKS!" I'm yelling “GO READ the new GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard if you have significant land-sector activities in your operations or value chain so you are fully prepared when it goes into effect in January 2027!”
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Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read articles was this opinion piece about bitcoin’s worst crash since 2022.
Ever since its creation, bitcoin has been on a journey that will end, splattered on the ground, writes Jemima Kelly. ft.trib.al/KjU0fdA
Ever since its creation, bitcoin has been on a journey that will end, splattered on the ground, writes Jemima Kelly. ft.trib.al/KjU0fdA
February 9, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Good morning, Asia. While you were sleeping, one of our most-read articles was this opinion piece about bitcoin’s worst crash since 2022.
Ever since its creation, bitcoin has been on a journey that will end, splattered on the ground, writes Jemima Kelly. ft.trib.al/KjU0fdA
Ever since its creation, bitcoin has been on a journey that will end, splattered on the ground, writes Jemima Kelly. ft.trib.al/KjU0fdA
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I don’t really care about the game so I’m going to bed. May the team that hits the most home runs win.
February 8, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I don’t really care about the game so I’m going to bed. May the team that hits the most home runs win.
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The thing that gets me is that there is exactly zero self-reflection coming from the alternative food movement. Read the Michael Pollan interview that ran yesterday in the NYT and he's like: "MAHA and me share some ideas! Huh! Weird!"
MAHA is the food movement's ecofascist Frankenstein monster.
MAHA is the food movement's ecofascist Frankenstein monster.
if I see one more of you share some Whole Earth Catalogue bullshit from a, let's say, Nazi-curious beef farm tradwife whose follows evince a less than perfect understanding of vaccine science because it has the word 'natural' in it I swear 2 god
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...
Opinion | We Shouldn’t Want to Eat Like Our Great-Great-Grandparents
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The thing that gets me is that there is exactly zero self-reflection coming from the alternative food movement. Read the Michael Pollan interview that ran yesterday in the NYT and he's like: "MAHA and me share some ideas! Huh! Weird!"
MAHA is the food movement's ecofascist Frankenstein monster.
MAHA is the food movement's ecofascist Frankenstein monster.
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Amsterdam will ban fossil fuel and meat advertisements in public spaces and on public transport starting May 1st. 🥳
The European city banning all fossil fuel and meat adverts in public
Amsterdam initially proposed the move in 2020, becoming the first city in the world to do so.
www.euronews.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Amsterdam will ban fossil fuel and meat advertisements in public spaces and on public transport starting May 1st. 🥳