Jan Dutkiewicz
@jandutkiewicz.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Pratt Institute
Contributing Writer at Vox
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Feed the People! (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) in 2026 from Basic Books
A book on meat in the works
www.jandutkiewicz.com
Contributing Writer at Vox
Contributing Editor at The New Republic
Feed the People! (w/ Gabriel Rosenberg) in 2026 from Basic Books
A book on meat in the works
www.jandutkiewicz.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
Proponents of animal welfare point to survey after survey showing Americans care about animal welfare, but while that's the case, Americans tend to know next to nothing about the food system. That's why "humane," "free-range," and other claims appeal, because they seem like viable options.
so the washington post is now basically the new york post
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
so the washington post is now basically the new york post
Does anyone else feel that the "AI sentience" stuff is first going to be really used in a court of law so that companies can shunt legal responsibility for actions like these (or worse) onto the machine itself? It wasn't me, it was the dog. Put the dog down.
This conversation between ChatGPT and the young man it encouraged to commit suicide is just...my god
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Does anyone else feel that the "AI sentience" stuff is first going to be really used in a court of law so that companies can shunt legal responsibility for actions like these (or worse) onto the machine itself? It wasn't me, it was the dog. Put the dog down.
Reposted by Jan Dutkiewicz
The world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, claimed in its adverts: "Bacon, chicken wings and steak with net-zero emissions. It’s possible."
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30
JBS’s false advertising settlement comes as Big Ag prepares to spread propaganda at the U.N. climate conference.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, claimed in its adverts: "Bacon, chicken wings and steak with net-zero emissions. It’s possible."
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Brazilian meat giant JBS just settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG for a million dollars. It's a small win, but it shines a light on the pervasiveness of greenwashing by the meat industry, which will only get worse at COP30.
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
The Meat Advertising Case That Should Be Talked About at COP30
JBS’s false advertising settlement comes as Big Ag prepares to spread propaganda at the U.N. climate conference.
newrepublic.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Brazilian meat giant JBS just settled a false advertising lawsuit with the NYAG for a million dollars. It's a small win, but it shines a light on the pervasiveness of greenwashing by the meat industry, which will only get worse at COP30.
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
My latest @newrepublic.com
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
"While ultra-processed plant-based foods are less healthy than whole plant foods, they may offer better cardiometabolic outcomes than unprocessed animal-based products. [P]roducts such as plant-based milks, meat analogs, and margarine may facilitate dietary shifts."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Ultra-processed Plant Foods: Are They Worse than their Unprocessed Animal-Based Counterparts? - Current Nutrition Reports
Purpose of the Review This review aims to compare the impact of unprocessed animal foods with ultra-processed plant-based alternatives, particularly plant-based milks, plant-based meat analogs, and ma...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"While ultra-processed plant-based foods are less healthy than whole plant foods, they may offer better cardiometabolic outcomes than unprocessed animal-based products. [P]roducts such as plant-based milks, meat analogs, and margarine may facilitate dietary shifts."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
There's been no love for this post, but I want to stress that in making pre-K free and introducing free school breakfasts and lunches Bill De Blasio did more for New Yorkers' family budgets and food security than any other mayor. Incredible political legacy, whatever you personally think of the guy.
Also bears noting now that he's being talked about that it was Bill De Blasio who brought universal school lunches to NYC in addition to universal pre-K. Say what you will about his tenure, but these were transformative policies that are now taken for granted. Put some respect on the man's name.
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
There's been no love for this post, but I want to stress that in making pre-K free and introducing free school breakfasts and lunches Bill De Blasio did more for New Yorkers' family budgets and food security than any other mayor. Incredible political legacy, whatever you personally think of the guy.
Universal school lunches are the single best policy to tackle food insecurity for kids and families, improve scholastic performance, and reduce the stigma of state aid for lower-income students. We know this because it was briefly universal during Covid. More of this.
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Universal school lunches are the single best policy to tackle food insecurity for kids and families, improve scholastic performance, and reduce the stigma of state aid for lower-income students. We know this because it was briefly universal during Covid. More of this.
tapping the sign
douthat is neither a capital D nor a lower-case d democrat. you can all safely stop listening to him or talking about him or blasting screenshots of his op-eds and twitter posts onto my timeline, even if it's to critique him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
tapping the sign
I have a lot of thoughts about the tensions discussed in this article. I may actually be writing my next book about these tensions. But for now I'll just say that this is an important case to read about and grapple with if you care about animal issues and politics.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Runaway Monkeys Upending the Animal-Rights Movement
A troop of macaques escaped one of the largest primate-breeding facilities in America. Now a strange coalition of uncompromising activists and MAGA loyalists is demanding that all lab animals be set f...
www.newyorker.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I have a lot of thoughts about the tensions discussed in this article. I may actually be writing my next book about these tensions. But for now I'll just say that this is an important case to read about and grapple with if you care about animal issues and politics.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Some good news for once! JBS, the world's biggest meat company and one of agriculture's biggest methane emitters, has settled a false advertising lawsuit for $1.1 million from @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for making false claims about producing "net zero" beef.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Attorney General James Secures $1.1 Million for Climate-Smart Agriculture from World’s Largest Beef Producer
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $1.1 million settlement with JBS USA Food Company and JBS USA Food Company Holdings (JBS
ag.ny.gov
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Some good news for once! JBS, the world's biggest meat company and one of agriculture's biggest methane emitters, has settled a false advertising lawsuit for $1.1 million from @newyorkstateag.bsky.social for making false claims about producing "net zero" beef.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
goddamit montreal. you were meant to be the good one.
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
goddamit montreal. you were meant to be the good one.
douthat is neither a capital D nor a lower-case d democrat. you can all safely stop listening to him or talking about him or blasting screenshots of his op-eds and twitter posts onto my timeline, even if it's to critique him.
November 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
douthat is neither a capital D nor a lower-case d democrat. you can all safely stop listening to him or talking about him or blasting screenshots of his op-eds and twitter posts onto my timeline, even if it's to critique him.
Reposted by Jan Dutkiewicz
Carnivore influencers misunderstand not just where ancient humans got their animal protein, but also how much of it they ate. Gabriel Rosenberg and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social report for @vox.com:
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The myth of the carnivore caveman
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Carnivore influencers misunderstand not just where ancient humans got their animal protein, but also how much of it they ate. Gabriel Rosenberg and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social report for @vox.com:
buff.ly/O7RVO04
buff.ly/O7RVO04
"At no other point in human history could someone opt for the meat of their choice for three meals every day, without getting any blood on their own hands, and then post about it on social media to claim they are living like their ancestors."
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The myth of the carnivore caveman
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"At no other point in human history could someone opt for the meat of their choice for three meals every day, without getting any blood on their own hands, and then post about it on social media to claim they are living like their ancestors."
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future.
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
The myth of the carnivore caveman
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Myths about our ancestors' meaty diets animate modern politics and culture wars about food and identity. But the history of human diets tells a different story about food's past and lets us be more rational about its future.
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
@gnrosenberg.bsky.social & I for @vox.com
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
Reposted by Jan Dutkiewicz
In 1850 the weight of all the world's wild mammals equalled the weight of humans and our livestock
Today they are outweighed 1 to 20
Reconfiguring life on this planet to produce cheap meat and dairy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today they are outweighed 1 to 20
Reconfiguring life on this planet to produce cheap meat and dairy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
In 1850 the weight of all the world's wild mammals equalled the weight of humans and our livestock
Today they are outweighed 1 to 20
Reconfiguring life on this planet to produce cheap meat and dairy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Today they are outweighed 1 to 20
Reconfiguring life on this planet to produce cheap meat and dairy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Not sure if the political science literature covers cases where one province in a democratic federal system becomes a hybrid regime, but I think that's what we're seeing in Canada as Alberta sees astonishing democratic backsliding under the UCP.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Striking Alberta teachers forced back to work by fast-tracked legislation, notwithstanding clause | CBC News
Bill 2 passed early Tuesday morning after a long night for lawmakers in the provincial legislature. Premier Danielle Smith’s government introduced the legislation the day before.
www.cbc.ca
October 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Not sure if the political science literature covers cases where one province in a democratic federal system becomes a hybrid regime, but I think that's what we're seeing in Canada as Alberta sees astonishing democratic backsliding under the UCP.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
New astroturf "animal and environment" front group just dropped that happens to oppose animals and the environment. Seems to be focused entirely on opposition to cellular agriculture and Prop 12.
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
New astroturf "animal and environment" front group just dropped that happens to oppose animals and the environment. Seems to be focused entirely on opposition to cellular agriculture and Prop 12.
If any other technology had this sort of error rate we would scrap it.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If any other technology had this sort of error rate we would scrap it.
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
People want hacks for health, but it really comes down to this: "proper nutrition is best achieved through diet." Rather than worrying about superfoods, supplements, and other nonsense, food politics should be about making nutritious food widely accessible.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Herbal supplements were supposed to make them healthier. Instead, they got sick
Common compounds like turmeric and ashwagandha can overwhelm the liver and lead to health complications
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
People want hacks for health, but it really comes down to this: "proper nutrition is best achieved through diet." Rather than worrying about superfoods, supplements, and other nonsense, food politics should be about making nutritious food widely accessible.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
I always forget this certified Warszawa banger has animal rights bars. I was looking for an epigraph for my book.
"W kolejce w mięsnym stoimy spokojni
Wiesz jak traktują zwierzęta w ubojni
My obojętni wobec tych zbrodni
Jesteśmy wszyscy jeszcze bardziej głodni"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhR8...
"W kolejce w mięsnym stoimy spokojni
Wiesz jak traktują zwierzęta w ubojni
My obojętni wobec tych zbrodni
Jesteśmy wszyscy jeszcze bardziej głodni"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhR8...
Molesta - Martwie Sie ft. Ero, Pablopavo
YouTube video by MOLESTAtv
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October 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I always forget this certified Warszawa banger has animal rights bars. I was looking for an epigraph for my book.
"W kolejce w mięsnym stoimy spokojni
Wiesz jak traktują zwierzęta w ubojni
My obojętni wobec tych zbrodni
Jesteśmy wszyscy jeszcze bardziej głodni"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhR8...
"W kolejce w mięsnym stoimy spokojni
Wiesz jak traktują zwierzęta w ubojni
My obojętni wobec tych zbrodni
Jesteśmy wszyscy jeszcze bardziej głodni"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhR8...
Reposted by Jan Dutkiewicz
Everything you actually need to understand about the Consumer Reports protein powder report (threading a gift link!) -- plant-based protein powders are fine, and do not, ffs, allow them to push you to get whey protein
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Everything you actually need to understand about the Consumer Reports protein powder report (threading a gift link!) -- plant-based protein powders are fine, and do not, ffs, allow them to push you to get whey protein
You may have read that your protein supplements are giving you lead poisoning. That's not the case. If you want to have protein shakes, that's fine. But whether you need to and whether they're safely regulated is a different story. My latest for @vox.com.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
No, your protein powder isn’t poisoning you
New testing finds two-thirds of popular protein powders exceed lead limits — especially plant-based brands. What you need to know before your next scoop — and why the reality is different.
www.vox.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
You may have read that your protein supplements are giving you lead poisoning. That's not the case. If you want to have protein shakes, that's fine. But whether you need to and whether they're safely regulated is a different story. My latest for @vox.com.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...