Chris Mack
@ccmack.bsky.social
Environmentalist, atheist, swimmer, vegan, a follower of science, animal intelligence, believer in freedom of movement, equity of speech, and equality for all. NUFC. Cohabit with one dog and two humans. Views my own
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Our latest research paper reveals a simple and surprising strategy that can more than double the sales of the Greggs vegan range. Find out more in this short explainer video.
You can read the full paper using the link below.
doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1656336
Thank you for your support.
You can read the full paper using the link below.
doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1656336
Thank you for your support.
February 9, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Our latest research paper reveals a simple and surprising strategy that can more than double the sales of the Greggs vegan range. Find out more in this short explainer video.
You can read the full paper using the link below.
doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1656336
Thank you for your support.
You can read the full paper using the link below.
doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2025.1656336
Thank you for your support.
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29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
August 17, 2026 at 1:25 PM
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
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Bro. People are cool as fuck.
August 13, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Collecting eggs may have been symbiotic in the past, but unfortunately that is no longer the case as our selective breeding has altered these animals in terrible ways (explained in more detail in the short video below).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFz...
Why don't vegans eat backyard eggs?
YouTube video by Earthling Ed
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July 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Collecting eggs may have been symbiotic in the past, but unfortunately that is no longer the case as our selective breeding has altered these animals in terrible ways (explained in more detail in the short video below).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YFz...
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Do octopus brains work like humans’
— or is there another way to be smart?🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.
— or is there another way to be smart?🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.
May 13, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Do octopus brains work like humans’
— or is there another way to be smart?🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.
— or is there another way to be smart?🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Just like vertebrates, cephalopods — such as octopuses and squid — have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.
Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought
A series of stunning findings about great apes’ mental capabilities in recent years has transformed how we see our closest relatives
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Bonobos enjoy pretend tea parties and chimps think rationally: why apes are more like us than we ever thought www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
January 29, 2026 at 9:35 PM
PSA: Here's how the anti-net zero sausage gets made:
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
1. Oil companies fund climate denial groups
2. which incubate fake experts
3. who write policy papers for 'think tanks'
4. which get blurbed by politicians
5. & reported uncritically by right-wing media.
Voila!
www.desmog.com/2026/01/28/c...
The Plastic Patriots’ Love Affair with Russia subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/t...
The Plastic Patriots’ Love Affair with Russia – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
Why do so many on the British far-right profess to worship Winston Churchill butmake excuses for Vladimir Putin? By James Bloodworth
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January 28, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The Plastic Patriots’ Love Affair with Russia subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/t...
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
How to Write a “Political Correctness Run Amok” Article juliaserano.medium.com/how-to-write...
How to Write a “Political Correctness Run Amok” Article
I know why you’re here. Something has happened that has pushed you over the edge. You know, with regards to “political correctness.” Or…
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January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
How to Write a “Political Correctness Run Amok” Article juliaserano.medium.com/how-to-write...
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Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais
Israel turns the violence up and down at will, maintaining full dominion over Gaza and the West Bank, then calls each pause a generous ‘ceasefire’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Where is the Gaza ‘peace process’ really going? | Ahmad Ibsais www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
“Now Scientific American has updated and re-released what it calls the “classic graphic” that shows that a human on a bicycle—able to coast, or freewheel, without pedaling—remains the world’s most energy effecient traveler.” @carltonreid.com on the re-release of the iconic graph in @forbes.com.
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🥗 Vegan diets and health
A new study reviewing trials found vegan diets help people lose weight and lower cholesterol and blood sugar, especially in those with type 2 diabetes.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Nutrition 🧪
A new study reviewing trials found vegan diets help people lose weight and lower cholesterol and blood sugar, especially in those with type 2 diabetes.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Nutrition 🧪
The green plate effect: Systematic review and meta-analyses of vegan diets and metabolic health in adults- findings from randomized controlled trials
The increasing global interest in consuming plant-based diets, especially the vegan diet, is fuelled by ethical, health, and environmental concerns. A…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🥗 Vegan diets and health
A new study reviewing trials found vegan diets help people lose weight and lower cholesterol and blood sugar, especially in those with type 2 diabetes.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Nutrition 🧪
A new study reviewing trials found vegan diets help people lose weight and lower cholesterol and blood sugar, especially in those with type 2 diabetes.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#SciComm #Nutrition 🧪
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🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
The Misleading Panic over Misinformation
People can’t agree on how to define misinformation and its related terms, making regulation nearly impossible. Instead, free expression serves as a better tool for discovering truth.
www.cato.org
June 27, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🧵 THREAD: Why the Cato Institute’s new paper on “misinformation panic” is dangerously wrong, and why it completely misunderstands the real crisis we face.
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
www.cato.org/policy-analy...
August 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
@852dude.bsky.social Any chance of removing all the FPL posts from the NUFC group?
August 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@852dude.bsky.social Any chance of removing all the FPL posts from the NUFC group?
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The BBC helped kill Anas al-Sharif. Its reporting will kill more journalists.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-bbc-he...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-bbc-he...
The BBC helped kill Anas al-Sharif. Its reporting will kill more journalists
The media are legitimising the murder of journalists by Israel – and they are doing it because they are racist propagandists for a system of western colonial control in the Middle East
jonathancook.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The BBC helped kill Anas al-Sharif. Its reporting will kill more journalists.
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-bbc-he...
Read my latest here: jonathancook.substack.com/p/the-bbc-he...