Nov 11, 2022
A few weeks ago the White House hosted a conference on hunger, nutrition and health. One of the key organizers of the conference — Dariush Mozaffarian, Dean of the Tufts School of Nutrition — had just finished spending 3 years and millions of dollars designing a new food pyramid. His findings? Lucky Charms are healthier than steak.
Americans have a massive obesity and disease problem. Are we really not understanding why?
According to the Tufts Food Compass — which they tout as “the most comprehensive and science-based nutrient profiling system to date” — Lucky Charms are healthier than whole milk, more than twice as healthy as beef, and better for you than a baked potato or cooked green peas.
google maps changed the name of “lake ontario” following direction from… the u.s. government. threads users aren’t taking it well.
a history of the most important social phenomenon of the late 2010s: the campaign to censor dissident speech on every major platform, and the end of the open internet as we knew it
dsa victories across the country have sparked a national discussion: what do socialists actually believe? i enrolled in ‘socialism 101’ on reddit to find out