ANFS Prof Arsenault

Professor, Animal Scientist, Biochemist, Farm Boy, Foot Soldier in the War on Ag; take a One Health perspective, consider the consequences, and call me tomorrow

[Simon Maechling @simonmaechling]

Soil organic carbon stocks potentially at risk of decline with organic farming expansion.

Expanding organic farming might reduce the potential for soil carbon sequestration.

https://t.co/xDcG93BXoN

[ANFS Prof Arsenault @agforceone]

"203,620 (empirical 95% CI 180,882–224,613) deaths attributed to cold and 20,173 (17,261–22,934) attributed to heat"

[Patrick Moore @EcoSenseNow]

The journal “Lancet” published the chart on left with unequal Y-Axis to downplay fact that cold causes 10X more deaths than heat in Europe. Björn Lomborg corrected this with chart on right.
This is disgraceful for a supposedly scientific journal.

[ANFS Prof Arsenault @agforceone]

We need an immediate congressional investigation!

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

"Egg prices fall at steepest rate since 1951" https://t.co/cizO8m7Yzf
Egg prices: 📉📉📉
Big Egg generosity: 📈📈📈
#ThankYouBigEgg

[Matt Glassman @MattGlassman312]

It's a widely-known social science finding across disciplines that large firms often like government regulation, because it gives them various market advantages and tends to shut out competition. How that's a surprise to anyone on the Hill is beyond me.

[ANFS Prof Arsenault @agforceone]

Almost no one understands how this "AI" works. My concern has shifted from what it will generate to the unquestioning trust people place in it. Remember before "self driving" cars it was questioned if people would trust them. People instantly decided to take a nap while driving.

[Be the change you want to be @AgBioWorld]

A confused professor handed out failing grades to his whole class because he misunderstood how AI chatbots work https://t.co/l4YGJPgxX6

[Zion Lights @ziontree]

In The Economist: German energy policy killed more people than Covid-19 last winter.

[ANFS Prof Arsenault @agforceone]

The problem started with "experts" asking people to avoid macronutrients. The food industry dutifully tried to find alternatives, now we have to avoid the alternatives (trans fats, artificial sweeteners, etc.) Let's go back to normal fat, carbs and protein.

[Clare Wilson @ClareWilsonMed]

We're not supposed to eat fat. Not supposed to eat sugar either. Now we can't have sweeteners, according to WHO. https://t.co/oP68BJ6P2H Oh and there is no safe level of booze apparently. What the hell is left?

[Ealy Lab @ealy_alan]

Scientists Produce First Calf Resistant to Major Viral Disease https://t.co/i6JhOSbQHW

[Alex Trembath @atrembath]

"An average American today is more than twice as wealthy as an average American was the year The Population Bomb was published, yet generates 30 percent fewer carbon emissions and uses 50 percent less land for their diet."

https://t.co/wFuo1NBYdn

[Frédéric Leroy @fleroy1974]

Of course there are many on that list with "ties to animal agriculture" 🙄 and here's why: they actually *study* animal agriculture. It's their expertise. They're improving it. Using the best science. In other words, they know what they're talking about (in contrast to others👇)

[George Mack @george__mack]

What is ignored by the media -- but will be studied by historians?

8 more examples:

[Geoffrey Hinton @geoffreyhinton]

In the NYT today, Cade Metz implies that I left Google so that I could criticize Google. Actually, I left so that I could talk about the dangers of AI without considering how this impacts Google. Google has acted very responsibly.

[Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66]

IARC has certainly demonstrated a lack of commitment to scientific methods, seems to be an ongoing concern for this out of date agency.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Amazing what a little deregulation can do

[Jay Joseph @jayjoseph22.bsky.social @jayjoseph22]

The failed behavioral candidate gene era provides a fresh example of how a scientific structure can produce thousands of gene-discovery claims over two-plus decades, and then come crashing down upon the discovery that the structure produced only false-positive non-findings.

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

The Great Galveston Hurricane in 1900 killed between 8,000 and 12,000 people. In 1915, another storm similar in strength struck Galveston and killed only 53 people. How did Galveston reduce hurricane fatalities by 99% in 15 years?

In a word, adaptation.
https://t.co/cbV46K0c73

[Preston Cooper @PrestonCooper93]

Insane chart from @MarcGoldwein: We're on track to spend nearly a trillion dollars on student debt policies - triple what we spend on financial aid for low-income students.

https://t.co/EWcauA51Ie

[Bjorn Lomborg @BjornLomborg]

Today is World Tuberculosis day

It kills 1.4m/year

Yet, we can almost end TB by 2030 by investing an additional $6.2bn/year

Saves 27 million lives by 2050!

Each dollar delivers $46 of social good

One of the world's best investments

https://t.co/v3j55PKrvi

[Stuart Smyth @stuartsmyth66]

@Greenpeace What about the criminal actions of Greenpeace? You've vandalized a UN Heritage Site. If you donate to Greenpeace, please consider donating to organizations that don't support criminal behaviour.

[Human Progress @HumanProgress]

Deforestation is not unique to the modern world. Humans have been cutting down trees for millennia.

Reforestation, however, is modern. Once countries reach a certain level of economic development, forests begin to rebound.

#ForestDay

Explore the data: https://t.co/GzKlzeUE1H