Alexander J. Stein

(2/2) … organic #agriculture without externalising negative #environment impacts to other countries by importing food, its people need to eat less #animal products, i.e. #milk, #eggs or #meat, and its #livestock numbers must decrease: doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...

Expansion of #organic agriculture may be limited by its dependence on external #nitrogen sources, such as conventional #manure & imported feed, as it prohibits the use of industrial #fertiliser. If France wants to achieve 25% of agricultural land under… (1/2) doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... #France

(2/2) … analyses of single farms or products (e.g. feeding more feed concentrates from arable land to #dairy cows can lower farm GHG footprints per litre of #milk but decrease global production of calories & proteins). GHG emissions must be addressed as a global proble: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...

#Agriculture is a key contributor to GHG #emissions. The overall efficiency of food production depends on how much arable land is dedicated producing #livestock feed rather than food for direct human consumption. Such system interactions are not captured in… (1/2) doi.org/10.1016/j.sc... #landuse

Animal welfare in non-anthropocentric cost-benefit analysis and social welfare functions: A critical review to guide practical application Abstract. Cost-benefit analysis and social welfare functions are two closely related methods to evaluate policy impacts. In this critical review, we presen

Agricultural & other #policies may affect producers, consumers, #animals, the environment, climate & other entities. Better representing animals in policy #evaluations is an important step to improve #animalwelfare, a political goal e.g. in the Farm to Fork Strategy: doi.org/10.1093/erae... #CBA

I guess most of that is polygyny, not polyandry or several husbands & wives... So no gender equality but men taking several wives each.

Frontiers | Association of plant-based food intake in daily diets and hypertension in Older Adults: A Cohort Study Abstract Introduction: Hypertension is a major health concern among older adults, linked to high morbidity and mortality. While plant-based diets may offer h...

Hypertension is a major #health concern among older adults, linked to high #morbidity and #mortality. Higher adherence to a #plantbased diet was significantly associated with a reduced risk of #hypertension in older adults: www.frontiersin.org/journals/pub... #diets #nutrition

That you have healthy horses and so far were lucky with bird flu is one thing (good for you individually), but it doesn't mean that at a more global level keeping animals is not bad for food security, environment & climate. You miss the point (maybe because you have a conflict of interest).

Meta-analyses based on high-quality cohort studies suggest a dietary pattern emphasizing healthy #plantbased foods while limiting intake of unhealthy plant foods & animal foods is linked to a modestly lower risk of #dementia & cognitive impairment: doi.org/10.1016/j.ad... #diets #nutrition #health

So you counter a post with a well-referenced and evidence-based article by saying that you just know it better, based on a personal anecdote? Very constructive and totally convincing.

Cultured meat is commercially available, but there's no commercial fusion. Given that it's "real" meat, also flavour-wise, it may sway more people than plant-based, i.e. it should be welcomed & supported (like nuclear). Opposition just drives up prices & red tape to become self-fulfilling prophecy.

Yes, scaling up still needed, and (for/by that) costs should come down. But more than an idea.

(2/2) … emissions from #diets show even a negative association with life satisfaction indices >> Higher dietary emissions—of more #meat -based diets—may not contribute to greater #wellbeing. Rather, reducing emissions—by shifting to a #plantbased diet—could even enhance it: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Addressing #climatechange requires major reductions in #emissions, so how can individuals maintain a high quality of life while lowering their #carbon footprints? A new study finds that life satisfaction is not significantly linked to total carbon #footprint, and the… (1/2) doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

The most damaging farm products? Organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb Analysis: You may be amazed by that answer, but the area of land used for grazing is vast compared with the meat and milk produced

Feeding crops to animals is inefficient and thus bad for the environment & food security, but feeding forage at scale is bad for the climate (www.theguardian.com/environment/...) and ignores the opportunity costs of the land used for forage (which could be used for crops, biomass, rewidling, etc.)

The science of cultivated meat | GFI Learn about the science of cultivated meat and the challenges that must be addressed for commercial production.

Clean meat is not just an idea: "As of July 2025, cultivated meat can be sold in Singapore, the United States, and Australia. A total of five companies… received regulatory clearance to sell multiple different cultivated meat products": gfi.org/science/the-...

Environmental Sustainability of Cultivated Meat Cultivated meat is developed as an alternative to livestock meat in reducing the negative externalities of the animal-based food systems. Prospective life cycle assessment studies have been used to es...

(2/2) Reduction of #foodwaste, switching to #plantbased diets, more #sustainable agricultural practices, stopping fossil fuel & #deforestation, tackling farmland #biodiversity loss, and considering alternative #protein sources are needed: doi.org/10.1007/10_2... #cleanmeat #cultivatedmeat

Environmental Sustainability of Cultivated Meat Cultivated meat is developed as an alternative to livestock meat in reducing the negative externalities of the animal-based food systems. Prospective life cycle assessment studies have been used to es...

Cultivated #meat can reduce #environment impacts vs #pork & #beef. Innovations can reduce impacts further. But cellular #agriculture may not provide feasible solutions before 2030, i.e. changes in all parts of the #foodsystem are needed… (1/2) doi.org/10.1007/10_2... #cellularagriculture #innovation

(2/2) For every 100 #calories of grain fed to animals, just 3-25 calories of #meat or #dairy are produced. But feeding grain to animals is a waste not just of these crops but of the scarce land, water & energy used to produce them: www.ciwf.com/media-and-ne... #foodsecurity #landuse #foodwaste

If we stopped feeding grain to #animals, we could feed an extra 2 billion people per year, 1/4 of the world’s population. In addition, land the size of Mexico would be freed to grow food for people. Using #grain for farmed animals is hugely inefficient… (1/2) www.ciwf.com/media-and-ne... #livestock

Carbon footprint of food production: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Carbon footprint of food production: a systematic review and meta-analysis

#MetaAnalysis: In the face of the #climate crisis, food production is a significant contributor to GHG #emissions. An analysis of 118 life-cycle assessments shows that red #meat is consistently the highest-impact food group, and fruits & #vegetables the lowest: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #LCA

Zinc-based agronomic bio-fortification strategies for soybean in the North Eastern Himalayas of India - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Zinc-based agronomic bio-fortification strategies for soybean in the North Eastern Himalayas of India

#India: Agronomic #biofortification of soybeans thru zinc #fertilization can help achieve higher #yields and #nutrition quality, thus offering a promising solution to #malnutrition in the North-Eastern Himalayas where #soybeans are widely consumed: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #fertilizer

Screenshot of categories for moderation: Adult Content, Sexually Suggestive, Non-sexual Nudity, Sexually Suggestive (Cartoon)...

Yes, but why do they have a detailed list of categories if anything that is "naked" is deemed explicit sexual? (Never mind what sick minds must be behind that.) If they flagged a painting as "Non-sexual Nudity", fine. But they only ever use the "Adult Content" category, no matter how innocuous.

Screenshot where moderation.bsky labelled an artistic nude as "Adult Content", i.e. as explicit sexual image.

... as they did here, in this feed...

When I click on it it's moderation.bsky.app, and I commented on the original posts with them in copy to ask what's going on (no reply).

For instance in Ireland: "The term ‘Grass Fed’ for beef products means that the diet of the animal is composed of at least [only] 90% grazed grass and legumes (pasture) *or* grass and legume forage (silage, haylage, hay) (on a fresh weight basis)": www.bordbia.ie/contentasset...

Photo of a baby sleeping on the (naked) back of its (presumable) father. The baby itself is dressed and there is nothing "explictly sexual" in the photo at all.

… or a photo of a baby sleeping on the back of their (presumable) father that is certainly not an "explicit sexual image". So is the Moderation team right in hiding all this as "Adult Content", or does this go into the direction of censorship as it makes accounts think twice about what they post?

A painting of a nude woman by the surrealist painter Margritte; the woman is half blue and the lower half lacks much detail, so nothing sexual and nothing explicit about the painting.

… or a photo of a painting with little detail and in unnatural colours (that would fall in the category "Non-sexual Nudity" that is foreseen for "e.g. artistic nudes") …

Photo showing a mammography, where one breast is exposed, but in a clearly medical/technical context. Certainly not an explicit sexual image.

… I would not expect to find explicit sexual images in my timeline from the accounts I follow, but more recently images in different posts where blocked as "Adult Content". However, when I then checked, they were a photo of a mammography with a clearly medical/technical context…

Is it just me or does @moderation.bsky.app overreach when categorising posts as "Adult Content"? According to their own rules this covers only "Explicit sexual images", and there are other/better categories, all listed & explained in their profile: bsky.app/profile/mode... --> I just wonder because…