Derek Beres
@derekberes.bsky.social
🎙Co-host: Conspirituality
✍️ Writer (bylines: NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone)
✍️ Writer (bylines: NY Times, The Guardian, Time, Mother Jones, Rolling Stone)
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Derek Beres
@derekberes.bsky.social
· Sep 9
Opinion | You Might Have Already Fallen for MAHA’s Conspiracy Theories
www.nytimes.com
How does someone become an anti-vaxxer or come to believe that chemotherapy is more dangerous than cancer?
I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
I’ve spent all year working with Alexander Stockton and The NY Times trying to answer that question. Here’s our findings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/o...
One of the many beautiful moments during Bad Bunny's performance.
www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/...
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Before this couple got married during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, they got engaged in Oregon
The couple that got married in front of Bad Bunny and the world at the Super Bowl has a romantic connection to Oregon.
www.oregonlive.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 AM
One of the many beautiful moments during Bad Bunny's performance.
www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/...
www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/...
Kennedy calls supplements suppressed when they’re nearly completely unregulated.
Now, through the MAHA coalition, he’s about to open the door for his supplements-selling friends to make a killing by forcing insurance companies to pay for them.
derekberes.substack.com/p/here-comes...
Now, through the MAHA coalition, he’s about to open the door for his supplements-selling friends to make a killing by forcing insurance companies to pay for them.
derekberes.substack.com/p/here-comes...
Here comes Big Homeopathy
MAHA's true goals are becoming clear
derekberes.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Kennedy calls supplements suppressed when they’re nearly completely unregulated.
Now, through the MAHA coalition, he’s about to open the door for his supplements-selling friends to make a killing by forcing insurance companies to pay for them.
derekberes.substack.com/p/here-comes...
Now, through the MAHA coalition, he’s about to open the door for his supplements-selling friends to make a killing by forcing insurance companies to pay for them.
derekberes.substack.com/p/here-comes...
Why are they all so weird.
February 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Why are they all so weird.
America as one perfect statistic.
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
America as one perfect statistic.
I spent over a decade working as a global music journalist and DJ.
The really cool thing about songs in other languages is you can learn what those words mean instead of just complaining about your ignorance.
The really cool thing about songs in other languages is you can learn what those words mean instead of just complaining about your ignorance.
February 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I spent over a decade working as a global music journalist and DJ.
The really cool thing about songs in other languages is you can learn what those words mean instead of just complaining about your ignorance.
The really cool thing about songs in other languages is you can learn what those words mean instead of just complaining about your ignorance.
Bad Bunny just created the most American halftime show ever.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Bad Bunny just created the most American halftime show ever.
Ebo Taylor - Love and Death
YouTube video by accentpresse
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February 8, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The fact that only 30% of eligible Americans got their shingles vaccines is bewildering. It’s one of the first things I did when turning 50.
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apple.news/A8kjdbHF3TiK...
We have a miraculous anti-aging vaccine. Why aren’t more people getting it? — Vox
An elixir for keeping our brains and bodies younger may already be sitting on pharmacy shelves across the United States — if only we’d take advantage of it.
apple.news
February 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
The fact that only 30% of eligible Americans got their shingles vaccines is bewildering. It’s one of the first things I did when turning 50.
apple.news/A8kjdbHF3TiK...
apple.news/A8kjdbHF3TiK...
Serious haul today at Music Millennium.
February 8, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Serious haul today at Music Millennium.
Kennedy has always surrounded himself with the best people.
February 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Kennedy has always surrounded himself with the best people.
Do I know these people? No. Will I invade their picnic, lie on their blanket, and gnaw on this woman? That’s who I am.
February 8, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Do I know these people? No. Will I invade their picnic, lie on their blanket, and gnaw on this woman? That’s who I am.
Rainy Saturday vinyl listening session: Maxinquaye
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Rainy Saturday vinyl listening session: Maxinquaye
2 new MAHA-approved bills would force insurance companies to cover supplements and shield homeopathic manufacturers from liability while allowing them to make more health claims.
This is what Kennedy has always been aiming for.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-maha-is-a-supplements-grift
This is what Kennedy has always been aiming for.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-maha-is-a-supplements-grift
Brief: MAHA is a Supplements Grift — Conspirituality
Two new MAHA-approved bills would force insurance companies to cover supplements and shield homeopathic manufacturers from any liability while allowing them to make more health claims. As Derek argues...
www.conspirituality.net
February 7, 2026 at 2:40 PM
2 new MAHA-approved bills would force insurance companies to cover supplements and shield homeopathic manufacturers from liability while allowing them to make more health claims.
This is what Kennedy has always been aiming for.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-maha-is-a-supplements-grift
This is what Kennedy has always been aiming for.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/brief-maha-is-a-supplements-grift
Maybe I’m old school, but I would much rather age gracefully than “optimize my healthspan.”
February 7, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Maybe I’m old school, but I would much rather age gracefully than “optimize my healthspan.”
Big Homeopathy about to catch a Big Break from MAHA.
February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Big Homeopathy about to catch a Big Break from MAHA.
LOLOLOLOLOL
"CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss has resisted dropping Attia, citing concerns about cancel culture despite crude emails he exchanged with Epstein."
"CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss has resisted dropping Attia, citing concerns about cancel culture despite crude emails he exchanged with Epstein."
February 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
LOLOLOLOLOL
"CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss has resisted dropping Attia, citing concerns about cancel culture despite crude emails he exchanged with Epstein."
"CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss has resisted dropping Attia, citing concerns about cancel culture despite crude emails he exchanged with Epstein."
We look at how the MAGA propaganda machine dehumanizes opposition and demands loyalists not trust the evidence of their own eyes and ears on today's Conspirituality.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/294...
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/294...
294: ICE Resistance — Conspirituality
We look at how the MAGA propaganda machine dehumanizes opposition and demands loyalists not trust the evidence of their own eyes and ears. In segment two, Matthew will look into how renegade religious...
www.conspirituality.net
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
We look at how the MAGA propaganda machine dehumanizes opposition and demands loyalists not trust the evidence of their own eyes and ears on today's Conspirituality.
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/294...
www.conspirituality.net/episodes/294...
MAHA considers removing foods from SNAP recipients a "win."
While there's always talk about replacing these foods with "healthy options," there's been a whole lot of inaction around actually doing so.
While there's always talk about replacing these foods with "healthy options," there's been a whole lot of inaction around actually doing so.
February 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
MAHA considers removing foods from SNAP recipients a "win."
While there's always talk about replacing these foods with "healthy options," there's been a whole lot of inaction around actually doing so.
While there's always talk about replacing these foods with "healthy options," there's been a whole lot of inaction around actually doing so.
This dude keeps me sane.
February 5, 2026 at 2:51 AM
This dude keeps me sane.
RFK Jr claiming the keto diet can cure schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is wild sht but not unexpected.
February 5, 2026 at 12:27 AM
RFK Jr claiming the keto diet can cure schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is wild sht but not unexpected.
MAHA is a Trojan horse for the supplements industry.
February 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
MAHA is a Trojan horse for the supplements industry.
The volunteer organization @healthcareforallor.bsky.social is promoting a lot of anti-ICE activism, like keeping ICE out of hospitals mining for people to arrest.
Because they understand ICE is not just unconstitutional and disgusting, but extremely dangerous to public health.
Because they understand ICE is not just unconstitutional and disgusting, but extremely dangerous to public health.
February 4, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The volunteer organization @healthcareforallor.bsky.social is promoting a lot of anti-ICE activism, like keeping ICE out of hospitals mining for people to arrest.
Because they understand ICE is not just unconstitutional and disgusting, but extremely dangerous to public health.
Because they understand ICE is not just unconstitutional and disgusting, but extremely dangerous to public health.
"Yoga" pops up over 1,800x in the Epstein files. Most of it just "I'm taking this class" stuff, but my god, whoever writes "you've been fed misinformation" before explaining yoga's "benefits" is 🤯
February 3, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"Yoga" pops up over 1,800x in the Epstein files. Most of it just "I'm taking this class" stuff, but my god, whoever writes "you've been fed misinformation" before explaining yoga's "benefits" is 🤯
Gonna need a tracker for all Joe Rogan guests in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Gonna need a tracker for all Joe Rogan guests in the Epstein files.