Miriam Cosic
@miriamcosic.bsky.social
Journalist. International relations, political philosophy, war. Press freedom. Unions. Art, music, botany.
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Metareview links decline in diet quality & 12 health conditions, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, depression and cancer
Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn
- by Jennifer Rigby
#health #food #diet #contemporarydiet
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn
- by Jennifer Rigby
#health #food #diet #contemporarydiet
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
November 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Metareview links decline in diet quality & 12 health conditions, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, depression and cancer
Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn
- by Jennifer Rigby
#health #food #diet #contemporarydiet
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Ultra-processed foods are danger to global public health, experts warn
- by Jennifer Rigby
#health #food #diet #contemporarydiet
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
So saddened to hear of the death of Robert Gray, a superb poet and an absolutely lovely man. Vale ...
#literature #poetry
#literature #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
So saddened to hear of the death of Robert Gray, a superb poet and an absolutely lovely man. Vale ...
#literature #poetry
#literature #poetry
This one. He was in Mallacoota.
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This one. He was in Mallacoota.
You sent me back to my photo archive. The view from my windows in Nov and a Dec 2019. It was awful.
The press photo of that teenager steering his motor boat to safety through the smoke stays with me ...
The press photo of that teenager steering his motor boat to safety through the smoke stays with me ...
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 AM
You sent me back to my photo archive. The view from my windows in Nov and a Dec 2019. It was awful.
The press photo of that teenager steering his motor boat to safety through the smoke stays with me ...
The press photo of that teenager steering his motor boat to safety through the smoke stays with me ...
My god, it smells like a good day during Black Summer back in 2019 overlooking the water in Elizabeth Bay.
Looked up the Rural Fire Service for burning off. And, yep:
Looked up the Rural Fire Service for burning off. And, yep:
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
My god, it smells like a good day during Black Summer back in 2019 overlooking the water in Elizabeth Bay.
Looked up the Rural Fire Service for burning off. And, yep:
Looked up the Rural Fire Service for burning off. And, yep:
The headline on this analysis by Gidi Weitz:
Israel's Top Court Abandoned the Attorney General Once Again, Exposing Its Own Moral Collapse
#Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel's Top Court Abandoned the Attorney General Once Again, Exposing Its Own Moral Collapse
#Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The headline on this analysis by Gidi Weitz:
Israel's Top Court Abandoned the Attorney General Once Again, Exposing Its Own Moral Collapse
#Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel's Top Court Abandoned the Attorney General Once Again, Exposing Its Own Moral Collapse
#Israel
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Love the headline in the paper:
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Love the headline in the paper:
And when Trump says he "will not allow" trans athletes to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics, which I'm just hearing reported, how does he have the authority to decide any such thing?
Or is he just mouthing off in his presumption of absolute monarchy again?
#USPolitics
Or is he just mouthing off in his presumption of absolute monarchy again?
#USPolitics
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
And when Trump says he "will not allow" trans athletes to compete in the Los Angeles Olympics, which I'm just hearing reported, how does he have the authority to decide any such thing?
Or is he just mouthing off in his presumption of absolute monarchy again?
#USPolitics
Or is he just mouthing off in his presumption of absolute monarchy again?
#USPolitics
The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
- by Ella Creamer
#Booker #literature
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Another snippet of historical knowledge from the man running the most powerful nation on earth ...
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Another snippet of historical knowledge from the man running the most powerful nation on earth ...
Andrew Hastie, by George Brandis
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Andrew Hastie, by George Brandis
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Architecture Digest and The Pratt Institute will be having a serious eye roll together ...
(And the nouveau riche think money can buy style.)
(And the nouveau riche think money can buy style.)
November 9, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Architecture Digest and The Pratt Institute will be having a serious eye roll together ...
(And the nouveau riche think money can buy style.)
(And the nouveau riche think money can buy style.)
They're not my professional qualifications, Robb. Just my personal obsession, magnified by the mess we humans are creating in the world.
This weekend I'm re-reading sections of Robert Macfarlane's latest. The combination of poetry and environmental law/politics keeps calling me back ...
This weekend I'm re-reading sections of Robert Macfarlane's latest. The combination of poetry and environmental law/politics keeps calling me back ...
November 8, 2025 at 2:39 AM
They're not my professional qualifications, Robb. Just my personal obsession, magnified by the mess we humans are creating in the world.
This weekend I'm re-reading sections of Robert Macfarlane's latest. The combination of poetry and environmental law/politics keeps calling me back ...
This weekend I'm re-reading sections of Robert Macfarlane's latest. The combination of poetry and environmental law/politics keeps calling me back ...
Oceans and forests are my preoccupations, Robb. Being an only child, I devoured my parents' grownup books and Richard St Barbe Baker's writing became an obsession for me. And I became gripped by recent deep ocean research as it grew until James Bradley's book last year dazzled me.
#environment
#environment
November 8, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Oceans and forests are my preoccupations, Robb. Being an only child, I devoured my parents' grownup books and Richard St Barbe Baker's writing became an obsession for me. And I became gripped by recent deep ocean research as it grew until James Bradley's book last year dazzled me.
#environment
#environment
Not just liberals, but communists, marxists, and socialists too.
What has happened to the American education system that the common public discourse has no idea what the definition of common political terms is any more?
#USPolitics #publicdiscourse
What has happened to the American education system that the common public discourse has no idea what the definition of common political terms is any more?
#USPolitics #publicdiscourse
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Not just liberals, but communists, marxists, and socialists too.
What has happened to the American education system that the common public discourse has no idea what the definition of common political terms is any more?
#USPolitics #publicdiscourse
What has happened to the American education system that the common public discourse has no idea what the definition of common political terms is any more?
#USPolitics #publicdiscourse
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Find this for Bluesky if you can. A wonderful video from Mamdani in his 20s, explaining how his brand of socialism cares for the dignity of everyone. And compare and contrast ...
#USPolitics
#USPolitics
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Find this for Bluesky if you can. A wonderful video from Mamdani in his 20s, explaining how his brand of socialism cares for the dignity of everyone. And compare and contrast ...
#USPolitics
#USPolitics
Aftab Pureval, who was re-elected with an 81.7% majority in Cincinnati 👇
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Aftab Pureval, who was re-elected with an 81.7% majority in Cincinnati 👇
Wow, 81.7% for Aftab Pureval over JD Vance's half-brother in the Cincinnati mayoral election
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Wow, 81.7% for Aftab Pureval over JD Vance's half-brother in the Cincinnati mayoral election
P1 of @washingtonpost.com and bullet points in the "Live" column include:
* New York City has highest voter turnout for local election since 1969
* Sherrill halts New Jersey’s recent rightward shift with gubernatorial win
* New York City has highest voter turnout for local election since 1969
* Sherrill halts New Jersey’s recent rightward shift with gubernatorial win
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
P1 of @washingtonpost.com and bullet points in the "Live" column include:
* New York City has highest voter turnout for local election since 1969
* Sherrill halts New Jersey’s recent rightward shift with gubernatorial win
* New York City has highest voter turnout for local election since 1969
* Sherrill halts New Jersey’s recent rightward shift with gubernatorial win
Final straw from AI overviews heading every search page came last night when a personal question, rephrased, returned two opposite answers.
I try to ignore machine-generated text, but the eye often falls on them willy nilly.
Just found this and - Eureka! - no AI overviews.
I try to ignore machine-generated text, but the eye often falls on them willy nilly.
Just found this and - Eureka! - no AI overviews.
November 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Final straw from AI overviews heading every search page came last night when a personal question, rephrased, returned two opposite answers.
I try to ignore machine-generated text, but the eye often falls on them willy nilly.
Just found this and - Eureka! - no AI overviews.
I try to ignore machine-generated text, but the eye often falls on them willy nilly.
Just found this and - Eureka! - no AI overviews.