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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...

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.

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

Just Salad Introduces Market Plates, Bringing Elevated Entrées to the Fast-Casual Space /PRNewswire/ -- Just Salad, the fast-casual restaurant chain committed to making everyday health and sustainability possible, today announced the launch of its...

the latest innovation in bowls is plates www.prnewswire.com/news-release...

the city has frequently said they aim to make curbside composting the obvious, easy solution for food waste. it still has a lot of critics who say sending food scraps to become methane is not actually composting! curious to see how its messaging around this evolves over time

Asked to respond to these criticisms, [Vincent] Gragnani, the press secretary for DSNY, said, “Would the ‘local environmental advocates’ you spoke with prefer that we use fracked gas to heat homes and businesses? Unfortunately, their rhetoric can discourage participation and send more food and yard waste to release methane in faraway landfills.”

this is what DSNY said when i asked them to respond to criticisms about this practice:

the place that most of your food scraps go to, these giant digester eggs in greenpoint, produces methane -- ideally to heat homes, but sometimes when the digesters make too much methane, it gets flared off. in any case, it's not compost

As of now, food waste that gets picked up by DSNY will usually wind up in one of two places: a composting facility on Staten Island or a wastewater-treatment plant on the edge of Brooklyn and Queens. But last year, DSNY reported that only one-fifth of food waste collected actually makes it to the composting facility. The rest is sent to the wastewater-treatment plant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint. (Asked for updated figures, [DSNY press secretary Vincent] Gragnani said the department did not have a precise breakdown, as the numbers often fluctuate.)

in other cities that have been composting for a looong time, there's a "story" about what happens to your food scraps. they go in the bin, a hauler collects your smelly waste, some stuff happens, it becomes compost that gets used by farmers! in NYC, this only happens to 1/5 of your food waste

But critics say the city should focus more on educating residents on the benefits of composting. “My concern is that, instead of doing outreach, we’re focusing on fear-mongering,” said Lou Reyes, a local composting advocate.

one criticism i've heard of fining NYers for not separating their food scraps (aka "organics") is that it puts composting in the same bucket as other public nuisances you could get a ticket for - like riding your bike on the sidewalk

New York City is making people compost — or pay up New Yorkers can now get fined for not separating their food scraps. Some critics say that's not the right approach.

i wrote about curbside composting ramping up in nyc, which is contingent on getting people to care about compost (or at least fear getting a ticket) grist.org/food-and-agr...

photo of a red shopping basket filled with turnips, under the headline: If you’re worried about food tariffs, adopt a frugal mindset and cook smarter Learn to shop for groceries like a thrifter and work on eliminating waste By Sheryl Julian Globe Correspondent,Updated April 7, 2025, 7:21 a.m. caption: The big question is, writes Sheryl Julian, are we expected to remove all the pleasures from the table and turn the nightly dinner into a feast of locally grown turnips (above) and leafy greens?Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos

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i don’t really eat meat these days but sometimes i am hit with a craving for a corndog so intense i need to sit down

Abe image with yellow background and a plate of yummy vegan eggs. the text reads; Egg Prices Hit Record Highs . Are you ready to try a vegan Egg. On the left side eggs are being cooked.

Egg prices 🚀 while bird flu wreaks havoc. Suddenly, everyone's asking: 'Are vegan eggs any good?' 🍳🌱

A fascinating look at how crisis is sparking curiosity in alternatives. Thread 👇

#Eggs #Vegan #BirdFlu

Vehicle for Resentment In the armpit days of the 2010s, the Tesla was marketed as an advance in luxury electric vehicles, a savvy choice for moneyed people moderately concerned about climate change (or gas prices). Elon Mus...

"...one thing that’s been impossible for anyone to pretend their way out of is the fact that Tesla drivers are, almost exclusively, big-time losers." bars from - who else - @jawnita.bsky.social flaminghydra.com/vehicle-for-...

The Growing Allure of Insect Poop - Ambrook Research Bugs could connect the ends of the food system by eating waste and creating fertilizer. But the industry will take time to hatch, experts say.

Mealworm poop has shown off-the-charts results as a natural fertilizer, far outperforming its traditional counterparts. So why aren't we using it more?

@elissawelle.bsky.social looks into it:
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