Michael Tlusty
@tlustym.bsky.social
Prof of sustainability and food solutions. Type 1 diabetic. Focused on stopping illegal wildlife trade.
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”For sustained growth, governments often reach for tried-and-tested ideas, such as loosening regulations to build more roads or expand airports — giving less thought as to whether that growth is inclusive or undermines sustainability goals”
#Growth
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Growth
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
End GDP mania: how the world should really measure prosperity
The obsession with economic output as a measure of human development puts sustainability on the back burner. Researchers can now help to devise better indicators.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
”For sustained growth, governments often reach for tried-and-tested ideas, such as loosening regulations to build more roads or expand airports — giving less thought as to whether that growth is inclusive or undermines sustainability goals”
#Growth
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Growth
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
@flydelta.bsky.social - what is going on? #1- I flew MCO to PMC last night and now you are asking me to check back in? Our flight he was delayed 4 H last night and I barely made it here. The trip you suggest I should check into is nonsensical- MCO to ATL to PNC then BOS To PMC?
September 1, 2025 at 8:34 PM
@flydelta.bsky.social - what is going on? #1- I flew MCO to PMC last night and now you are asking me to check back in? Our flight he was delayed 4 H last night and I barely made it here. The trip you suggest I should check into is nonsensical- MCO to ATL to PNC then BOS To PMC?
Super interesting piece by @knibbs.bsky.social on ant smuggling #IWT. If only there were a solution. Oh wait - @andrewlrhyne.bsky.social and I created one.
www.wired.com/story/usda-a...
www.wired.com/story/usda-a...
Government Staffing Cuts Have Fueled an Ant-Smuggling Boom
“It’s getting out of hand,” one seller says. “They realize the US market is a gold mine.”
www.wired.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Super interesting piece by @knibbs.bsky.social on ant smuggling #IWT. If only there were a solution. Oh wait - @andrewlrhyne.bsky.social and I created one.
www.wired.com/story/usda-a...
www.wired.com/story/usda-a...
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#UNFSS4 wrapped this week with a clear message:
We need bold, urgent action to address #hunger, #inequality & ecological breakdown.
Our Calls to Action offer a roadmap for real change:
🌱 Inclusive governance
🌱 Investment in #agroecology
🌱 Equity + sustainability
📖 futureoffood.org/publication-...
We need bold, urgent action to address #hunger, #inequality & ecological breakdown.
Our Calls to Action offer a roadmap for real change:
🌱 Inclusive governance
🌱 Investment in #agroecology
🌱 Equity + sustainability
📖 futureoffood.org/publication-...
How to Transform Food Systems: 7 Calls to Action
A roadmap for food systems transformation with seven actionable pathways to drive structural change and sustainability.
futureoffood.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#UNFSS4 wrapped this week with a clear message:
We need bold, urgent action to address #hunger, #inequality & ecological breakdown.
Our Calls to Action offer a roadmap for real change:
🌱 Inclusive governance
🌱 Investment in #agroecology
🌱 Equity + sustainability
📖 futureoffood.org/publication-...
We need bold, urgent action to address #hunger, #inequality & ecological breakdown.
Our Calls to Action offer a roadmap for real change:
🌱 Inclusive governance
🌱 Investment in #agroecology
🌱 Equity + sustainability
📖 futureoffood.org/publication-...
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The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪
- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands
- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands
How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore
By 2050, an area of land twice the size of India will be converted to agriculture. A four-pillared approach can ensure the world meets growing demand for food and fuel without destroying the environme...
www.wri.org
October 21, 2024 at 2:50 PM
The world is facing a global land squeeze as food, feed, fiber and fuel demand rises. How to manage it? 🧪
- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands
- PRODUCE more food and fiber sustainably on existing working lands
- PROTECT remaining natural ecosystems
- REDUCE waste and growth in demand for land-intensive goods
- RESTORE degraded lands
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If you're new around here: The actions taken by the Trump administration against FEMA have made it impossible for FEMA to effectively respond to any large disaster.
This is what we have been warning about for the past six months. I'll drop some links if you need to catch up.
It's alot.
This is what we have been warning about for the past six months. I'll drop some links if you need to catch up.
It's alot.
July 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
If you're new around here: The actions taken by the Trump administration against FEMA have made it impossible for FEMA to effectively respond to any large disaster.
This is what we have been warning about for the past six months. I'll drop some links if you need to catch up.
It's alot.
This is what we have been warning about for the past six months. I'll drop some links if you need to catch up.
It's alot.
Hey #science - let’s not lose sight of the damage pulling grants has done. Can we start using a +/- index for our grants? I had 2 EPA and 1 USAID grants pulled from me, so I’m -3. What is your #SciencePlusMinus?
July 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey #science - let’s not lose sight of the damage pulling grants has done. Can we start using a +/- index for our grants? I had 2 EPA and 1 USAID grants pulled from me, so I’m -3. What is your #SciencePlusMinus?
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Happy Monday! The interactive ATLAS and StoryMap of the 5th National Climate Assessment can still be reached on Esri servers at
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
🧪
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
🧪
June 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Happy Monday! The interactive ATLAS and StoryMap of the 5th National Climate Assessment can still be reached on Esri servers at
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
🧪
nca-atlas-nationalclimate.hub.arcgis.com and
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0c8f...
NCA5 will soon be at www.ncei.noaa.gov/nca2023/ after NOAA finishes security scans
🧪
#BWPUC - anyone know how to fix overlooked species? I have Baltimore Orioles at my feeder (Massachusetts) and the PUC barely records them. Also pretty sure we don’t have bluebirds.
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
#BWPUC - anyone know how to fix overlooked species? I have Baltimore Orioles at my feeder (Massachusetts) and the PUC barely records them. Also pretty sure we don’t have bluebirds.
When you sample the product all your lagers turn large. Go Fleet! #beer @pwhlfleet.bsky.social
April 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When you sample the product all your lagers turn large. Go Fleet! #beer @pwhlfleet.bsky.social
Global biodiversity monitoring such a cool figure from @gbif.org data reported by @mongabay.bsky.social. Also shows inherent biases on global science. imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/u...
March 31, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Global biodiversity monitoring such a cool figure from @gbif.org data reported by @mongabay.bsky.social. Also shows inherent biases on global science. imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/u...
1% research finding for aquaculture globally. Thanks to John Hargreaves plenary at WAS2025.
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
1% research finding for aquaculture globally. Thanks to John Hargreaves plenary at WAS2025.
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Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
March 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro
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New WRI expert note: The United States should not turn food into aviation fuel. 🧪
The United States Should Not Turn Food Into Aviation Fuel
Emissions from domestic aviation are responsible for 3 percent of annual US greenhouse gas output and are expected to increase by 2–3 percent per year through midcentury unless the course is corrected...
www.wri.org
February 1, 2025 at 2:29 PM
New WRI expert note: The United States should not turn food into aviation fuel. 🧪
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here's where you will find it.
go to home, scroll at the bottom and you will see newsletters/subscribe
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go to home, scroll at the bottom and you will see newsletters/subscribe
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January 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
here's where you will find it.
go to home, scroll at the bottom and you will see newsletters/subscribe
(2)
go to home, scroll at the bottom and you will see newsletters/subscribe
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For the academics in the audience- Anyone teaching #sustainability this semester? What messaging are you using about the current US actions? We start next week and I’m trying to figure out what our students need most.
January 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
For the academics in the audience- Anyone teaching #sustainability this semester? What messaging are you using about the current US actions? We start next week and I’m trying to figure out what our students need most.
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How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
How much do we really know about the scale of the legal wildlife trade? Find out in our new paper: The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival 🌎🧪🌐 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Hornbills are increasingly threatened by loss of habitat and the illegal wildlife trade. We are working to counter the illegal trade, but need your support.
Please help us save the gardeners of the forest on @globalgiving goto.gg/63224
#donate #support #wildlife #birds #conservation #hornbills
Please help us save the gardeners of the forest on @globalgiving goto.gg/63224
#donate #support #wildlife #birds #conservation #hornbills
Saving the gardeners of the forest
Indonesia's hornbills are threatened by poaching and habitat loss, pushing them towards extinction, impacting forest ecosystems reliant on their seed dispersal. Monitor's efforts to collect and disseminate data on the illegal trade in hornbills will help combat this detrimental trade and protecting these magnificent birds.
goto.gg
January 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hornbills are increasingly threatened by loss of habitat and the illegal wildlife trade. We are working to counter the illegal trade, but need your support.
Please help us save the gardeners of the forest on @globalgiving goto.gg/63224
#donate #support #wildlife #birds #conservation #hornbills
Please help us save the gardeners of the forest on @globalgiving goto.gg/63224
#donate #support #wildlife #birds #conservation #hornbills
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"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"A study of federally funded research projects in the United States estimated that principal investigators spend on average about 45% of their time on administrative activities related to applying for and managing projects rather than conducting active research"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
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I agree with much of what Michael wrote, yet deplore a lack of vision. We show no sign of eating less meat, as he writes, because so few journalists explain to us the huge benefits this would bring, for the planet, our health, our wallets. Such articles are rare: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Some jerk wrote an essay in the NYT claiming industrial agriculture is actually good for forests and the climate. That jerk is me! Here’s a free link: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/o...
Opinion | We’re Going to Have to Learn to Love Factory Farms (Gift Article)
Every farm, even the scenic ones with red barns and rolling hills, is a kind of environmental crime scene, an echo of whatever wilderness it once replaced.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 11:58 PM
I agree with much of what Michael wrote, yet deplore a lack of vision. We show no sign of eating less meat, as he writes, because so few journalists explain to us the huge benefits this would bring, for the planet, our health, our wallets. Such articles are rare: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🇺🇸 better off Danish!
December 25, 2024 at 6:37 PM
🇺🇸 better off Danish!
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Going back and watching clips of her from earlier this year, stumbling through short, prepared remarks, with this context.
She was chair of House Appropriations, one of the most important jobs in Congress.
She was chair of House Appropriations, one of the most important jobs in Congress.
December 22, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Going back and watching clips of her from earlier this year, stumbling through short, prepared remarks, with this context.
She was chair of House Appropriations, one of the most important jobs in Congress.
She was chair of House Appropriations, one of the most important jobs in Congress.