Dale Leftwich
@leftwichd.bsky.social
Policy Manager SaskOilseeds.
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. R.W. Emerson
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. R.W. Emerson
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4. So why the massive emphasis on food waste? Because it avoids confrontation with powerful economic interests. Everyone can agree that people should waste less. Intentionally or otherwise, it involves individuating blame for a systemic problem: a classic neoliberal gambit.
April 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
4. So why the massive emphasis on food waste? Because it avoids confrontation with powerful economic interests. Everyone can agree that people should waste less. Intentionally or otherwise, it involves individuating blame for a systemic problem: a classic neoliberal gambit.
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1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
April 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
1. This is a thread about why Food Waste is so often, and wrongly, identified as the major problem with the food system. Yes, it's an issue, but in the rich world, it's far smaller than many others. It’s massively over-emphasised, while other, far more important problems, are ignored and avoided. 🧵
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"Substituting butter with plant-based oils, particularly olive, soybean, and canola oils, may confer substantial benefits for preventing premature deaths."
Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cohort study. Nutrition research hard. Still, interesting...
Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cohort study. Nutrition research hard. Still, interesting...
Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality
This cohort study investigates associations of butter and plant-based oil intakes with risk of total and cause-specific mortality among US adults.
jamanetwork.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"Substituting butter with plant-based oils, particularly olive, soybean, and canola oils, may confer substantial benefits for preventing premature deaths."
Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cohort study. Nutrition research hard. Still, interesting...
Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Cohort study. Nutrition research hard. Still, interesting...
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How does health misinformation spread? www.cma.ca/healthcare-f... cc @scienceupfirst.bsky.social
Many forces, including:
- Confirmation Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Emotional Reasoning
"...stopping its spread requires us to be attentive & discerning consumers of online content."
Many forces, including:
- Confirmation Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Emotional Reasoning
"...stopping its spread requires us to be attentive & discerning consumers of online content."
How does health misinformation spread?
Health misinformation spreads rapidly through social media, online forums, and word-of-mouth, fueled by algorithms and cognitive biases. Learn how false health claims gain traction, why people believe...
www.cma.ca
February 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How does health misinformation spread? www.cma.ca/healthcare-f... cc @scienceupfirst.bsky.social
Many forces, including:
- Confirmation Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Emotional Reasoning
"...stopping its spread requires us to be attentive & discerning consumers of online content."
Many forces, including:
- Confirmation Bias
- Availability Heuristic
- Emotional Reasoning
"...stopping its spread requires us to be attentive & discerning consumers of online content."
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"Agricultural cold shower"
Most people with fantasy agrarian nonsense plans never even have the chance to run them into the ironclad facts.
The easiest bubble burst is the phrase ‘endless chores’ or a link to @tamarhaspel.bsky.social who is generally an agricultural cold shower
The easiest bubble burst is the phrase ‘endless chores’ or a link to @tamarhaspel.bsky.social who is generally an agricultural cold shower
January 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
"Agricultural cold shower"
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Last look, pretty sure my place will be fine but gonna sleep better complying with evac.
January 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Last look, pretty sure my place will be fine but gonna sleep better complying with evac.
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It was a great winter day - kayaking in the South Saskatchewan River this morning and nordic skiing this evening (plus chores and making supper in between).
December 28, 2024 at 5:30 AM
It was a great winter day - kayaking in the South Saskatchewan River this morning and nordic skiing this evening (plus chores and making supper in between).
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Enough with the f*cking seed oil noise!
Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Cancer
gidmk.medium.com/seed-oils-pr... by @gidmk.bsky.social
"...the study in question didn’t show that at all. This is quite a remarkable case in which the reporting is almost entirely divorced from the data at hand."
Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Cancer
gidmk.medium.com/seed-oils-pr... by @gidmk.bsky.social
"...the study in question didn’t show that at all. This is quite a remarkable case in which the reporting is almost entirely divorced from the data at hand."
Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Colorectal Cancer
Some of the worst media coverage of science I’ve ever seen
gidmk.medium.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Enough with the f*cking seed oil noise!
Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Cancer
gidmk.medium.com/seed-oils-pr... by @gidmk.bsky.social
"...the study in question didn’t show that at all. This is quite a remarkable case in which the reporting is almost entirely divorced from the data at hand."
Seed Oils Probably Aren’t Giving You Cancer
gidmk.medium.com/seed-oils-pr... by @gidmk.bsky.social
"...the study in question didn’t show that at all. This is quite a remarkable case in which the reporting is almost entirely divorced from the data at hand."
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Senior Citizen Center
Flaxton, ND
Flaxton, ND
December 9, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Senior Citizen Center
Flaxton, ND
Flaxton, ND
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That's one way to do it 🤣
December 9, 2024 at 11:13 AM
That's one way to do it 🤣
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So I would advise sticking it into any spare corner, with a little shelter from other shrubs if possible. Mahonia will do well in any ordinary decent soil, and it doesn’t mind a bit of shade. Both are out-of-door plants to be grown in anybody’s #garden.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
December 5, 2024 at 10:52 AM
So I would advise sticking it into any spare corner, with a little shelter from other shrubs if possible. Mahonia will do well in any ordinary decent soil, and it doesn’t mind a bit of shade. Both are out-of-door plants to be grown in anybody’s #garden.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
December 4, 2024 at 3:13 PM
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Good drainage is essential, meaning a number of holes drilled in the bottom, and then a 2” layer of broken crocks, and then a thick layer of fibrous leaf-mould half the tub deep, then on top of all that the main soil in which your plants will have to grow for years and years.
December 3, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Good drainage is essential, meaning a number of holes drilled in the bottom, and then a 2” layer of broken crocks, and then a thick layer of fibrous leaf-mould half the tub deep, then on top of all that the main soil in which your plants will have to grow for years and years.
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Bit hot & dusty out in the paddock today.
Tim looked at me sideways when I came in and just burst out laughing.
… I’ll take being remote, filthy and tired and going to bed early any day over city life and makeup 😝
#agsky
Tim looked at me sideways when I came in and just burst out laughing.
… I’ll take being remote, filthy and tired and going to bed early any day over city life and makeup 😝
#agsky
November 23, 2024 at 7:59 AM
Bit hot & dusty out in the paddock today.
Tim looked at me sideways when I came in and just burst out laughing.
… I’ll take being remote, filthy and tired and going to bed early any day over city life and makeup 😝
#agsky
Tim looked at me sideways when I came in and just burst out laughing.
… I’ll take being remote, filthy and tired and going to bed early any day over city life and makeup 😝
#agsky
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Our grasslands are as important (or more!) than our trees when it comes to carbon storage and biodiversity. So can we preserve what's left? www.realagriculture.com/2024/11/cana...
#westcdnag #agsky #conservation #soil #carbon #organicmatter
#westcdnag #agsky #conservation #soil #carbon #organicmatter
Canada’s grasslands aren’t coming back — can we keep what we have?
For the average Canadian, the long, lonely drive along the Trans-Canada Highway across southern Saskatchewan and Alberta is capital B boring. For those not from the Prairies, the seemingly endless, mo...
www.realagriculture.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Our grasslands are as important (or more!) than our trees when it comes to carbon storage and biodiversity. So can we preserve what's left? www.realagriculture.com/2024/11/cana...
#westcdnag #agsky #conservation #soil #carbon #organicmatter
#westcdnag #agsky #conservation #soil #carbon #organicmatter
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It’s been an interesting week in Tasmania. 120-200mm across NW cropping region could be a huge boost a month out from most harvests beginning or could spike disease after a long dry spell. Nervous week. Pea crops in my area first casualty. Harvest window came and went. #agsky #rainsky
December 3, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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This week's Talking Biotech Podcast is about MONKEYPOX or mpox. A great conversation with @JohnGRizk about the virus, its symptoms and current vaccines and therapies. share.transistor.fm/s/133f460d
November 30, 2024 at 1:31 PM
This week's Talking Biotech Podcast is about MONKEYPOX or mpox. A great conversation with @JohnGRizk about the virus, its symptoms and current vaccines and therapies. share.transistor.fm/s/133f460d
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December 1, 2024 at 12:59 PM
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November 28, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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A Peek inside #NotreDame
(Via @rebatirnotredamedeparis on Instagram)
(Via @rebatirnotredamedeparis on Instagram)
November 29, 2024 at 2:45 PM
A Peek inside #NotreDame
(Via @rebatirnotredamedeparis on Instagram)
(Via @rebatirnotredamedeparis on Instagram)