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“No,” said Frog.

megan i wish you were in charge of everything

condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.

Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.

Hello friends, especially Chicago friends. Today for @grist.org, @wbez.org, and @insideclimatenews.org, we've published an investigation into Chicago's lead pipe crisis and an accompanying interactive map. You can read the story here: grist.org/accountabili...

A quick 🧵 follows.

Important reminder re: climate change from a @coveringclimatenow.org session this AM. This is a big reason behind our solutions journalism approach!

He was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time' Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u...

Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @governor.ca.gov news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, a strawberry delivery driver with no criminal record and just there to drop off fruit to a tea room.

This is his story

www.latimes.com/california/s...

I'll never be as good at writing as I want to be, but the process is the deeply absorbing and satisfying work I've loved most for my whole entire life

From @fridagarza.bsky.social: Trump's tariffs (of nearly 50%!) will make your morning coffee more expensive.

Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.

"The air pollution burden in these areas could lead to more emergency room visits and hospitalizations — which itself poses significant financial problems for residents lacking adequate health insurance coverage."
From @fridagarza.bsky.social:

The science behind cultivated salmon — and where you can try it - Soundside Cultivated salmon, or lab-grown salmon, has already hit restaurants in Portland and Austin.

GFI’s Claire Bomkamp joined Grist’s @fridagarza.bsky.social on @kuow.org to discuss the first-ever launch of cultivated salmon at 3 U.S. restaurants and how this one step is part of longer-term journey toward a truly sustainable seafood supply chain. Listen now 🔈

Healthcare Is a Human Right Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill is going to take healthcare away from millions.

money has been tight over here lately. if you wanna support an indie journalist who covers the climate crisis thru the lens of the oppressed, consider subscribing to my newsletter

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I’m old enough to remember when reporters like @yessfun.com were mocked for arguing that environmental conditions in the camps presented extraordinary risks to detainees

Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight | Defector I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it, and now I really love it,” though I do mean that a little bit. I mean I get it get it. Like, I...

this felt like one of the most vulnerable things I've written, and I'm so grateful for the reaction to it defector.com/taylor-swift...

A long-awaited rule to protect workers from heat stress moves forward, even under Trump While labor experts say the regulation is progressing quickly, advocacy groups wonder what has taken so long

OSHA could withdraw its landmark draft regulation on heat protections, but it hasn’t and is currently in the middle of soliciting input from the general public about the proposed policy, reports @fridagarza.bsky.social at @grist.org

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The vanishing of Lower Manhattan’s community fridges: Where are they now and how has their absence affected the homeless? | amNewYork Community fridges first popped up in the East Village and other New York neighborhoods just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to ravage the Big Apple in 2020,

"Fast forward to 2025, and nearly all of these Lower Manhattan mutual aid experiments have vanished, almost as if they were never there at all. But the local memory does not fade so easily." www.amny.com/news/lower-m...

2 Catholic dioceses say immigrants can skip Sunday Mass over ICE raid fears Dispensations from attending Mass for large populations are rare

NEW: Two Catholic dioceses say immigrants can skip Mass over ICE raid fears

screenshot from G/O media website saying: "G/O Media Epilogue: This week the sale of Kotaku to Keleops, the buyers of Gizmodo, was announced. Coming on the heels of Redbrick, a Canadian company, buying both Quartz as well as The Inventory, this leaves G/O Media with just The Root. And while The Root is a wonderful site and a very good business it is now abundantly clear that G/O Media is and has been working towards a full wind down."

to give you an idea of the state of the media industry, three out of four of my previous workplaces have been killed by G/O media (née gizmodo media née gawker), where jim spanfeller made of habit of buying up websites only to run them dry. the consolidation of the news economy continues apace

what do you mean nature valley granola bars aren’t healthy. they’re literally in a green box

The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out.

The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.

How Two Groundbreaking Books Capture the Power of LGBTQ+ Place-Makers and Mold Breakers Over the last decade, the question of what makes food or a restaurant gay has permeated food media. In their new books, writers John Birdsall and Erik Piepenburg prove the importance of queer placemak...

Happy Pride! I interviewed @johnbirdsall.bsky.social and Erik Piepenburg, authors of of two amazing books on queer food out today, about the queer life of everything from the Automat to Edna Lewis www.eater.com/2025/6/3/244...

The midlife crisis is coming for millennials lol How millennials are freaking out about being halfway to death, when everyone’s broke and already in therapy.

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2025) www.vox.com/culture/4150...

i've been saying there's nothing more mexican than a hot dog for years, ty texas monthly

When it comes to ag policy, what's the difference between MAGA Iowa and Supermajority Democrat Illinois?

*squints*

Story by @juanpab.bsky.social & @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org

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How California’s farmers can recharge the aquifers they’ve drained Agriculture requires a lot of water. In the drought-stricken Central Valley, farmers and researchers are teaming up on a solution.

Agriculture requires a lot of water. In the drought-stricken Central Valley, researchers have found a win-win for growers. @fridagarza.bsky.social reports for @grist.org:

is there anything worse than mid pizza in ny

Disco Fries Fever Why disco fries are taking over the menu.

Just imagine this piece about disco fries went with my original headline, Burn Baby Burn, Disco In-Fry-No www.eater.com/24415596/dis...

Millions of U.S. measles cases forecast over 25 years if shots decline Measles, once virtually wiped out in the United States, could become commonplace again if declining vaccination rates continue, a new model shows.

oh good www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain From El Paso, Texas to Richmond, Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

The unregulated link in a toxic supply chain.

From El Paso, #Texas, to Richmond, #Virginia, warehouses are leaking ethylene oxide, a cancer-causing chemical. Almost no one knows about them.

grist.org/health/ethyl...

#Health #Cancer #Environment #ElPaso #Richmond #VA #TX