Tag: Politics

Kevin Hall et al. – Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake

Link to an article by Kevin Hall et al.:

“Ultra-Processed Diets Cause Excess Calorie Intake and Weight Gain: An Inpatient Randomized Controlled Trial of Ad Libitum Food Intake”

 

Bonus links: “Ultra-Processed Food: The Profitable Filth Capitalism Feeds Us” and “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023” and “Industry-influenced Study of the Week: Ultra-processed Foods are Good for You!” (see also: “Industry-funded Research #4: Why it Matters”) and “Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health: The Main Thesis and the Evidence” (“The totality of the evidence supports the thesis that displacement of long-established dietary patterns by ultra-processed foods is a key driver of the escalating global burden of multiple diet-related chronic diseases.”)

Sonali Kolhatkar – Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits

Link to an article by Sonali Kolhatkar:

“Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits”

 

(isn’t interest in A.I. primarily that of a fantasy of legal slavery?)

Bonus links: “The Dystopian AI Future Some Fear Is the Present-Day Reality Others Live” and Forces of Production: A Social History of Industrial Automation

Patrick Lawrence – US Still Nowhere with the Chinese

Link to an article by Patrick Lawrence:

“US Still Nowhere with the Chinese”

Bonus link: “Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator” (“So institutionally, we are engaging in the same sort of self-destructive behavior that Trump practices personally. Perhaps that is the real reason Democrats hate him. Despite decorating in gold, the essence of his behavior is not all that different than theirs.”)