Pete Scarborough
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Professor of Population Health | University of Oxford | Sustainable Healthy Diets & Transformers
Alt-rock, alt-country, alt-modes... If you're interested in all things alternative, then try
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
seminar at 4pm today on Alternative Proteins! Dr Cleo Verkuijl will talk about environmental impact and economic viability of plant-based meat and dairy alternatives.
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Alternative proteins: Progress, pitfalls and possibilities
Future of Food seminar: Cleo Verkuijl
https://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/alternative-proteins-progress-pitfalls-and-possibilities
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"Ray, when somebody asks you 'Would you like to do a genetic analysis of a sample of Hitler's blood for a TV show' you say NO!"
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I've been dubious of the predictive ability of some genetic research, but "this sample of Hitler's blood suggests there is a strong chance he never had normal sexual relations with a woman" is something else entirely
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Dr. Drew Brayshaw 🌊🪨
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Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time
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Ketan Joshi
4 days ago
politicians, media and large institutions deciding to stop saying 'climate change' hasn't materially reduced public conern about it or support for actions to tackle it turns out people genuinely do not want to be baked alive by the atmosphere they're in!!!
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I'd do a lot more peer review if logging in to journal editorial management sites wasn't like Goldfinger trying to break into Fort Knox
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A checkerboard axis cube looks like a mean little robot
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"The only visible banner was an advert for Pancho’s Award Winning Burritos"
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Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much?
Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/08/silence-over-sudan-manchester-city-owners-football
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Got to the end-of-level email boss but I swear I will never finish this bloody game
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OMG the pressure. I don't even know which way is 'off'
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Richard Waite
9 days ago
Reminder that 1) we need to cut fossil fuel emissions immediately and sharply and 2) even if fossil emissions were eliminated immediately, food system emissions could still prevent the world from keeping warming below 1.5-2C. So big changes to food production and consumption are also necessary.
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Global food system emissions could preclude achieving the 1.5° and 2°C climate change targets
Concerted efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from food production are necessary to limit increases in global temperature.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aba7357
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Found this at the bottom of some conference note paper. Think it might work as my email signature
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Hannah Forde
12 days ago
A reminder that we are still accepting applications to this funded DPhil post! Deadline 2nd Dec, though we recommend getting in touch before then. Do please share!
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We had a great seminar about food provision in 'asylum hotels' last night. Next seminar is on 13th November and all about the economics of alternative proteins. Please come and join us in person or online. Details below.
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Oxford Future of Food
15 days ago
Interested in
#AlternativeProteins
? Come along and join us for a talk from
@cleoverk.bsky.social
on Thursday 13 November. Bookings:
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/altern...
In person or online. All welcome. cc:
@petescarbs.bsky.social
@oxmartinschool.bsky.social
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TABLE
15 days ago
Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins? TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by
@oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social
. Check out the report here:
buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
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Oxford Future of Food
24 days ago
Save the date! The LEAP conference will return on 22 April 2026. Come and join us at Worcester College in Oxford to discuss meat and dairy production and consumption. We are thrilled that
@suepritch.bsky.social
and
@martinwhite33.bsky.social
will be delivering keynotes.
@oxmartinschool.bsky.social
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MRC Epidemiology Unit
16 days ago
(1/2) The Mandala Consortium is conducting a range of research projects across Birmingham to investigate how the food system is changing Research has found that the expansion of free school meals to all children would bring significant economic & social benefits as well as tackling food insecurity
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Mark O'Connell
15 days ago
'Things were about to turn video nasty!' - Timothy Dalton, LICENCE TO KILL / 1989 HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all Bond agents, allies and pals!
#Halloween
#JamesBond
⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚪️🔴
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Anthony Painter
15 days ago
This was all kicked off by Bill Gates's nonsense earlier this week. As if adaptation - moving entire populations, transitioning natural and food systems, upgrading public services and infrastructure, changing our financial system and dealing with huge economic costs - is some sort of easier route.
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We're told that being in the Royal Family isn't a luxury, it's a life of service and intrusion that the family must endure. Yet we're also told that removing Andrew from the Royal Family is a terrible punishment. So which is it?
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Lizzy Price
15 days ago
It’s interesting that he *can* be stripped of the title prince when we were constantly told by the bbc & others that that wasn’t possible because being a prince was a fact, as the son of a queen. We live in such an unquestioning, classist, deferential society.
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Removing the title of Prince and free accommodation in a mansion is not a punishment, unless we all can call ourselves Prince and stay in publicly funded mansions
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Heard a report that middle-aged men only listen to music they heard first when they were teenagers. But that's garbage
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Phantom from Defenders of the Earth: "By jungle law, the ghost who walks calls forth the power of ten tigers" Ming the Merciless: "Release eleven tigers"
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Lauren Bandy and I got a short piece in BMJ arguing that the proposed changes to UK sugar drink tax target the wrong end of the market. Changing the threshold where tax is applied from 5g sugar/100mL to 4g only hurts those that have ALREADY reformulated and changes nothing for high sugar drinks.
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Changes to UK soft drinks tax are a missed opportunity for public health
The government’s decision not to introduce a higher rate tax for the most sugary drinks is good news for industry but not for public health, argue Lauren Bandy and Peter Scarborough In the 2024 autu...
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj-2025-086062
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If you heard the
#BBCRadio4Today
report about living conditions in asylum hotels and want to learn more, then come along to our seminar. Dr Claire Thompson will talk about food experiences. 4pm Oxford Martin School (or online), 30th Oct. Register at the link below.
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
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Experiences of food provision in UK ‘asylum hotels’ and the implications for health
Future of Food seminar: Dr Claire Thompson
https://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/experiences-of-food-provision-in-uk-asylum-hotels-and-the-implications-for-health
19 days ago
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Remake of Hackers, but the lead characters are just trying to navigate a leisure centre's website and successfully book a swimming session during half term
20 days ago
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Who is Ned Spot? And why does Lady Macbeth hate him so much?
21 days ago
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Just gonna say that I'm disappointed at the lack of crossover between fans of Finnish football and Transformers on this site.
22 days ago
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I have a new favourite Finnish football team that has no patience with turbo-revving young punks.
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Claus Wilke
24 days ago
We need to have a conversation about random seeds. Don't use 42.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/if-your-ra...
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If your random seed is 42 I will come to your office and set your computer on fire🔥
Figuratively. More likely you'll get a stern talking to.
https://blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/if-your-random-seed-is-42-i-will
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The LEAP conference is back in Oxford on 22nd April 2026. We have
@martinwhite33.bsky.social
and
@suepritch.bsky.social
as keynote speakers. Abstract submissions will open early next year. Save the date!
@oxfutureoffood.bsky.social
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LEAP conference 2026
Date for the 2026 LEAP conference
https://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/article/leap-conference-2026
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Metal Gear Solidarity
24 days ago
Next time I'm before the judge, I am going to ask if I can give up the honorific title "Mister" instead of going back to Prevent.
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George Monbiot
24 days ago
1. It's fascinating to see, as you can from the responses to the post below, how many daft things people believe, to justify their continued meat eating. So let's examine a few of the common myths in the following thread. 🧵
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Hannah Forde
25 days ago
📣New paper led by Dr Ru Jia! We conducted an RCT on an online supermarket to assess the effects of brand-matched alcoholic & NoLo adverts on drink selections Exposure to adverts for brand-matched NoLos increased brand recall, but inconclusive impact on alcohol selection
doi.org/10.1111/add....
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Effects of brand‐matched alcoholic and alcohol‐free and low‐alcohol drinks adverts on drink selections: A United Kingdom‐based randomised controlled trial in an experimental online supermarket
Background and aims Restricting alcohol advertising may reduce alcohol consumption and related ill-health. However, advertisements for alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks (NoLos) with brand-matched ...
https://doi.org/10.1111/add.70210
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Dorothy Bishop
26 days ago
New blogpost on my concerns about Wellcome LEAP new $50m program on autism/microbiome links.
deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-le...
#autism
#microbiome
#biomarkers
#diagnostic
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A LEAP into the future, or off a cliff: Wellcome LEAP's new $50M program
A few days ago, I saw this post on LinkedIn: How does the gut microbiome shape early brain development? That’s what FORM, a new $50 million...
https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-leap-into-future-or-off-cliff.html
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Karl Jacoby
27 days ago
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the
@nytimes.com
today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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Zarah Sultana MP
28 days ago
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
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England will never be rid of its pathetic deference culture without jettisoning the Royal Family
28 days ago
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The Royal Family are an embarrassing joke. Andrew says "I'm so sorry. To show how sorry I am, I'll become more like you filthy plebs, who I despise. Except I'm still a Prince".
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David Ho
29 days ago
Lol that the London No Kings event is called No Tyrants because…you know…
www.nokings.org#map
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The most tragic moment in film history is when Deacon and his friends ditch Napoleon in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
29 days ago
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Quantum Of Silliness
29 days ago
What's your favourite James Bond snow sequence?
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Oxford Future of Food
30 days ago
Still time to sign up to our seminar this afternoon with Professor Harry West from
@exeter.ac.uk
. Come and learn about terroir, cheese and cider making! Bookings:
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/how-pl...
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Thijs van Rens
30 days ago
Great podcast with
@petescarbs.bsky.social
on healthy and sustainable diets. Features some of my work among many other things.
@warwickecon.bsky.social
@sustainweb.org
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I had a chat with Alisha Wainwright for a Wellcome Trust podcast about the challenges of achieving sustainable diets and their potential for health benefits. It was fun. If you listen to podcasts then you could listen to this podcast.
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When Science Finds a Way | Podcast | Wellcome
Join botanist-turned-Hollywood actor Alisha Wainwright as she meets the trailblazing scientists and researchers changing the world, alongside the people who have inspired and contributed to their work...
https://wellcome.org/insights/podcast
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Jess Renzella
about 1 month ago
Excited to share that our research group is advertising 2 DPhil projects for 2026 entry. We’d love to hear from prospective applicants!
shorturl.at/I6SrW
*FUNDED*
shorturl.at/lh4tB
*Successful apps eligible for uni funding*
@hannahforde.bsky.social
@ashakaur.bsky.social
@petescarbs.bsky.social
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Sustainability or Spin? The prevalence, impact, and regulation of 'Green claims' on foods in the UK
https://www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/dphil/graduate-research-projects/sustainability-or-spin-the-prevalence-impact-and-regulation-of-green-claims-on-foods-in-the-uk
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Cancelled train into London. The next one is half an hour away and will be totally rammed, so I'm getting some work done resting on a fucking piano
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The Living Daylights but shot from Kara Milovy's viewpoint. Directed by Hitchcock with Doris Day as Kara, Cary Grant as Bond and James Mason as Koskov
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