Bite Me


April 28, 2025

Daily Edition:

Is Your Snack Secretly Killing You?

Good Monday morning!

I’ve always loved shortcuts. Cooking shortcuts, work shortcuts, even life shortcuts (hello, snooze button).

But today, we’re talking about a shortcut that’s apparently taking us straight to an early grave: ultra-processed foods. Every bite of your midnight snack or ready-made meal bumps up your risk of early death.

We’ll unpack that alarming research in today’s issue, along with a chilling tragedy in Vancouver and Trump’s whirlwind first 100 days—because hey, Mondays are already tough enough without surprises.

Have a nice week,
Fatih Taskiran


In this issue:

U.S.

Demolition Man


Americas

Vancouver’s Darkest Night


Health

Bite-Sized Danger


Beyond the Core

Rarest Baby Names

U.S.

Demolition Man

Just 100 days in, Trump 2.0 is redefining what it means to hit the ground running—or bulldozing, depending on who you ask. Elon Musk's metaphorical chainsaw through government agencies, economic policies that send the stock market into a daily panic, and immigration crackdowns that land detainees in far-flung prisons without trials: Trump is leaving nothing to chance—or unshaken.

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Courts are overloaded, allies are alarmed, and even Wall Street is wary. Supporters cheer this aggressive makeover, but critics worry about the erosion of democracy. One thing's clear: this isn't just governance, it's shock therapy.

Canada

Darkness Descends

Joyous celebrations in Vancouver ended abruptly when a speeding SUV plowed into the crowd, killing 11 and injuring dozens. During Lapu Lapu Day, celebrating Filipino heritage, festivalgoers witnessed unimaginable horror as the driver, Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, deliberately accelerated through the crowd.

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Investigators ruled out terrorism, citing the suspect’s extensive mental health history. Prime Minister Mark Carney called it “every family’s nightmare.” Survivors grapple with haunting images of what happened that night as Vancouver grieves.

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Health

Bite-Sized Danger

You might be cutting more than just your cooking time with those midnight snacks and microwave dinners. A huge new study of over 240,000 people confirms what many have feared but ignored: eating highly processed food makes you die younger.

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Your risk of early death jumps by about 3% for every 10% increase in calories from these chemical-packed conveniences. Over half of American diets are ultra-processed, so it's time to wonder if convenience is really worth dying for.

How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems.
Daniel Webster

💬 Beyond the Core

Hawkward

New details about the Black Hawk helicopter-American Airlines jet crash revealed by the New York Times investigation. (Gift Article)


Sign Meets

During Pope Francis' funeral, Trump and Zelenskyy had a one-on-one, and the photos are... well, signs of something.


Book it

Ivanka Trump's spring break book picks are definitely getting people talking.


Dick Tate

Check out your state's rarest baby names.


📸 Lens to Life

Love letters to the women of Lebanon – in pictures.


🗓️ Flashback

1611

Establishment of the Royal University of Santo Tomas, the world's largest Catholic university and the oldest in Asia.


1770

British Captain James Cook, aboard HMS Endeavour, first lands in Australia at Botany Bay.


1789

Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny on HMS Bounty against its captain, William Bligh, in the South Pacific.


1910

The first night air flight by Claude Grahame-White takes place in England.


1937

First commercial flight across the Pacific, operated by Pan Am.


1977

After nearly two years in court in Stuttgart, Germany, Andreas Baader and members of the Red Army Faction (Baader-Meinhof Gang) were jailed for life.


Fatih Taskiran

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