Friday, November 28, 2025

SAMA HOOLE: The red meat isn't the problem. The seed oils you cook it in and the processed carbohydrates you eat it with are the problem.

"Red meat will give you colon cancer." Actual mechanism proposed: Heme iron creates reactive compounds when cooked at high heat. What they don't tell you: This only happens when cooked in seed oils at extreme temperatures. Meat cooked in butter or tallow doesn't show this effect. What they also don't tell you: The studies showing red meat and cancer correlation didn't separate cooking methods, didn't control for bun and seed oil consumption, and found that unprocessed red meat eaten without processed accompaniments shows no association. What they definitely don't tell you: Populations eating the most red meat historically (Maasai, Mongols, Inuit) had zero colon cancer until Western processed foods were introduced. The red meat isn't the problem. The seed oils you cook it in and the processed carbohydrates you eat it with are the problem. But blaming red meat is more profitable than blaming the food industry's primary products

HEARTBREAKING 💔: A motorcade leaves Medstar Washington Hospital, transporting the remains of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom - one of the West Virginia National Guard troops shot in DC yesterday.

"Are you a stupid person?" 

Thursday, November 27, 2025

The Largest Economies in the World from 1700 to 2025

Thank you to J. Michael Waller for this terrific interactive chart

NICK SORTOR: Over 350K Haitians must leave the country by February 3rd or face deportation and a lifetime ban

Look at this.  It can be done.  

Deadlines . . . en masse.

SAMA HOOLE: We're 10,000 years in and still living with the consequences [of Agriculture]. Your crowded teeth: Agricultural nutrition deficiency. Your chronic disease: Agricultural diet mismatch. Your 40-hour work week: Agricultural labor inheritance

Here's why agriculture was a disastrous trade deal for humanity: What we gained: - Population can grow 10x - Food supply more predictable (when crops don't fail) - Ability to support specialists (potters, weavers, priests, soldiers) - Foundation for "civilisation" What we lost: - 6 inches of height - Robust bone density - Perfect teeth - Freedom from chronic disease - Freedom from epidemic disease - 20+ hours per week of leisure time - Political freedom and autonomy - Nutritional quality - Social equality The trade: Support more people by making each person worse off. This only makes sense if you value population growth over individual wellbeing. And we didn't consciously choose it. We stumbled into it by eliminating megafauna, then couldn't reverse it because population had grown beyond hunting capacity.


We're 10,000 years in and still living with the consequences: - Your crowded teeth: Agricultural nutrition deficiency - Your chronic disease: Agricultural diet mismatch - Your 40-hour work week: Agricultural labor inheritance - Your social hierarchy: Agricultural inequality structure - Your government: Agricultural coercion system Every problem of modern civilisation traces back to this: We're agriculturalists trying to thrive on a system our bodies aren't designed for. We haven't evolved to digest grains well in 10,000 years. We won't evolve to do so in the next 10,000 either. The devil's bargain was made by our ancestors. We're still paying the price. And wondering why we're so sick.