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Curbing your enthusiasm for overeating

Signals between our gut and brain control how and when we eat food. But how the molecular mechanisms involved in this signaling are affected when we eat a high-energy diet and how they contribute to obesity are not well understood. Using a mouse model, a research team led by a biomedical scientists has found that overactive endocannabinoid signaling in the gut drives overeating in diet-induced obesity by blocking gut-brain satiation signaling.

Millions of cardiovascular deaths attributed to not eating enough fruits and vegetables

Preliminary findings from a new study reveal that inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption may account for millions of deaths from heart disease and strokes each year. The study estimated that roughly 1 in 7 cardiovascular deaths could be attributed to not eating enough fruit and 1 in 12 cardiovascular deaths could be attributed to not eating enough vegetables.

There Is Something Called “Forever Chemicals” Coursing Through the US Food Supply

These chemicals take millennia to break down, have negative health consequences, and Tuesday the FDA revealed they exist throughout the US food supply. Concerns about per- and polyfluoroalykyl substances (PFAS), have typically been associated more with water than food. But when the FDA decided to look at the food supply, they found considerable levels of […]

Why You’re Not Hearing About America’s Wars

James Foley, a 38-year-old former prison literacy teacher, went to Syria in 2012 to cover a civil war in which the United States was a major player—and which Americans were largely ignoring. He believed in the power of witnessing, and in the human capacity for empathy. “Journalism in a war zone should not be just […]

Democratic Candidates Seem Pretty Confused About Medicare for All

The lead author of the House of Representatives’ Medicare for All bill has been reaching out to Democratic presidential campaigns in an effort to remedy what she views as misrepresentations of the legislation by some of the candidates. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) tells Mother Jones that while she’s thrilled to see so many serious White […]

Thinking about how intimidating Mastodon can seem because you have to scroll through a huge list of instances and pick one and try your luck, rather than just going to "the bird website" or "the facebook" and signing up.

But then, like - that's how it always used to be? That's what forums were like, you found one randomly, you took your chances, and it worked out or it didn't.

How quickly big tech conditioned us to fear choice and mistrust the unknown, I guess. Anyway uhhh piss piss ass piss ass

Missouri Governor Mike Parson on Requiring Pelvic Exams Before Abortions

Of course they’re necessary.

Clearing the Room

Who cares about your actual constituency when there’s swing voters out there?

The State of Social Media Today

Every year, Bond Capital’s Mary Meeker produces an immense slide deck of internet trends. You can see the whole thing here. I’ve chosen two slides to highlight. First, there’s this one. Before you look, see if you can figure out what I find interesting about it. Granted, this is only two years of data, but […]

What desktop Mastodon client are people using? I mostly use Tootle but it's simply too bugy; I'm tired of it. Is there anything else that is not some electron trash?

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Ways and Means Committee Chair Doesn’t Want Medicare-for-All Hearing to Mention “Medicare for All”

Rep. Richard Neal told fellow Democrats on the committee that the hearing should instead focus on ways to achieve “universal health care.”

The post Ways and Means Committee Chair Doesn’t Want Medicare-for-All Hearing to Mention “Medicare for All” appeared first on The Intercept.

Hundreds of Thousands of People Want the DNC to Have a Climate Debate

The pressure for a debate on climate change is only escalating since the Democratic National Committee rejected a call to devote one of its dozen debates to a subject that’s grown in urgency and salience among the Democratic base. Frontrunner Joe Biden has seemingly threw his support behind a climate change debate, saying “I’m all […]

Forest twice size of UK destroyed in decade for big consumer brands – report | Global development | The Guardian https://prismo.xyz/posts/77865bfd-6039-47b3-b55c-66eaed9eff4c

ICE Is Sending Asylum-Seekers to the Private Prison Where Mother Jones Exposed Abuse

In 2016, Mother Jones reporter Shane Bauer took readers inside a Louisiana private prison where he spent four months working as a guard. His award-winning investigation exposed a dehumanizing institution plagued by rampant violence and medical neglect. Now the Trump administration is using the same facility to detain asylum-seekers who seek protection at the southern border. Mother […]

Pirates Press releases 4-way splie with CRIM, Antagonizers ATL, NOI!SE, and Rude Pride

The fine folks over at Pirates Press Records recently released a 4-way split 7″ featuring CRIM, Antagonizers ATL, NOI!SE, and Rude Pride. You can give it a listen below, and if you like what you hear, you can pick up a copy for yourself here.

The post Pirates Press releases 4-way splie with CRIM, Antagonizers ATL, NOI!SE, and Rude Pride appeared first on Dying Scene.

How Russia Can Spend Money to Influence the 2020 Election—Legally

In April 2018, a steel pipe manufacturer called Wheatland Tube gave $1 million to the super-PAC supporting Donald Trump’s reelection and the campaigns of Trump-allied Republicans. Around the same time, the CEO of its parent company, Barry Zekelman, dined with Trump and his son Donald Trump Jr. in a private dining room at the Trump […]

Is Our EPA Chief Stupid or Evil?

In most studies of new drugs, half the patients are given the experimental drug and the other half are given a placebo. It’s a “blinded” study because the patients don’t know which they’ve been given. In a double-blinded study, the doctors don’t know either. Andrew Wheeler, head of the EPA, is a wee bit confused […]