Ted Fischer

What goes into great coffee? My new book connects global tastemakers’ quest for quality to the lives and desires of Maya farmers in Guatemala in a story of terroir and taste, quality and craft, justice and necessity, worth and value. #coffee #value ucpress.edu/book/978052038…

Swimming in Denmark: Chemicals, Cultural Norms, and the Politics of Pool Hygiene somatosphere.net/swimming-in-de…

X ruined my last big announcement (lulz) with a blank thumbnail so here's take 2... SOFI White Paper. Read and enjoy over a cuppa por favor and share share share @SpecialtyCoffee @effischer @CoffeeboardI aramse.coffee/pages/sofi-whi…

🚦 One year after Amsterdam reduced speed limits to 30 km/h on 500 streets. 🤕 injury-related crashes dropped 11%, 🚗 single-vehicle accidents fell 18%. 📈 support rose to more than 60% Let's unpack: #Amsterdam #30kmh #TrafficSafety

What would care look like if we prioritized cultural context and emotional health as cultural context and emotional health as much as pharmacology? Interested in knowing more? Check out our new report to learn more! bit.ly/4mFrVDU #type2diabetes #HealthEquity

Over the next two weeks, we will analyze section one of our new report on LinkedIn and encourage you all to connect with us on LinkedIn. Let's take actionable steps to rethink how we understand and treat #type2diabetes. linkedin.com/company/vander…

We are excited to announce the launch of our new report, Improving Diabetes Care: Cultural Contexts, Global Comparisons, and Colonial Legacies. It offers cultural insight and actionable policy recommendations to move beyond pharmaceuticals and blame. bit.ly/4mFrVDU

hmm. public opinion changes based on how things are phrased. so when my ideological opponents phrase things effectively, they're manipulating the outcome. but when my messages do well, I'm surfacing true voter preferences!

On the subject of regulating cannabis, TN's feckless legislature in the session just ended once again chose nanny-state provincialism over giving the people what they want. My latest column up today at @TNLookout. tennesseelookout.com/2025/04/30/don…

Research published in Nature Medicine estimates that over 400 million people worldwide have developed Long COVID at some point, resulting in an annual global economic cost of $1 trillion.

Saying ‘pandemic is over,’ NIH cutting Long Covid and other Covid research | Science | AAAS science.org/content/articl…

How can cultural insights help improve public #health? Check out our annual report to learn how WHO/Europe leveraged behavioural science and cultural insights for health: bit.ly/41GiP1i

How can insights from #BehaviouralScience help improve public #health? Discover our annual report to learn how WHO/Europe leverages behavioural science and cultural insights for health: bit.ly/41GiP1i #BCI

How is renaming BNA for DJT like renaming the GOM for USA? My latest column up today at @TNLookout. tennesseelookout.com/2025/02/03/the…

How we think about childhood matters. Our one-pager explores how Western norms shape childhood policies & practices—and why we need a shift. Interested in learning more? Read here: bit.ly/423BOBm #ChildWellbeing #PublicHealth #GlobalIdeas

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Amsterdam pilots optical road marks to suggest roads are narrower than they really are. It helps car drivers respect the new 30 km/h speed limit.

@JordanBuch_anan @DailyCoffeeNews Great piece. Xue serves a very solid coffee—and has a great selection of single-origin chocolates to boot.

My new article on specialty coffeeshop culture in the international airport in Bogotá, Colombia with @DailyCoffeeNews 🇨🇴☕ dailycoffeenews.com/2024/11/18/a-b…

In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day 2024 you are invited to a presentation on studying K'iche' Maya at Vanderbilt. Come and hear Assistant K'iche' teacher Roberto Tahay and Mareike Sattler talk about the K'iche' Maya language in Guatemala, and have a first K'iche' lesson!

Vote Megan Barry for Congress—she will be the representative we need—and support the campaign by giving if you can meganbarryforcongress.com