TIL Subway is the largest buyer of shredded lettuce in the United States.

Lots of brands affected.

Reps. Pramila Jayapal, Chris Deluzio, and Pat Ryan have introduced a bill to break up meat monopolies. Good. Right now, 4 meat processing corporations control 80% of the market, allowing them to squeeze customers and farmers alike. Minimal competition means maximal price gouging.

This, from food safety attorney Bill Marler, is so much better than anything I've seen from the FDA.

I am still hustling to get Assigned Media back on track after our big platform change. If you've been meaning to subscribe, maybe a lazy Sunday morning is just the time?

and you were thinking there wasn't any good news anymore. apnews.com/article/tate...

“In previous outbreaks, we have received additional assistance from CDC, and we have not in this particular outbreak," Michigan's medical chief told me. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Sobering and realistic understanding of fire fighting that my husband learned & explained to me years ago (via his fire-guy era).

Every time they make it harder for foreign students to study here, they're just jacking up the tuition costs for American students and robbing America of incredible new talent too.

Yesterday, WIRED learned that Madison Square Garden was suing us for our accurate reporting. We stand by our work. That’s why we’re removing the paywall from two of the MSG stories they don’t want you to read, making them free for everyone.

Thread: Taylor Farms has a long history of outbreaks

Today, Taylor Farms announced that it was recalling iceberg lettuce from its farms in Mexico, suspected of being the source of at least some of the current outbreak of illness caused by the parasite, cyclospora. 1/5

They keep telling us that the armed psychos who keep killing and wounding us are actually there to protect us.

For no reason whatsoever, I checked my voter registration today, and if you are a US citizen I encourage you to do the same/update that voter registration if necessary/register to vote if you have not already done so: www.vote.org

"The first wildfire update from the Ontario authorities on Friday morning was dire. It said that 20 new fires had emerged overnight and that some existing ones had merged, continuing to burn “out of control.” It said a total of 190 fires were burning, 80 of them uncontrolled." (gift article)

Has anyone come up with a term for when a reporter absolutely refuses to take a "both sides" approach to a story?

to be absolutely clear, this taylor farms lettuce finding is **preliminary and not confirmed** so there could be other sources. i also recommend reading this

Taylor Farms again.

L train in the wildfire smoke

Take care out there.

Okay okay okay let’s go

“Canciones” is one of her best. But even after all the money Linda made for her label, they hated the idea of a Spanish-language album. “You owe me this,” she said. “Canciones” was for years “the biggest-selling non-English language album in US history, going double platinum and earning a Grammy” ✨

WHOA! Nancy Pelosi says she will vote for Massie's amendment to withhold arms from Israel despite calling it "ill-conceived!" "The American people are rightly demanding an end to a perpetual cycle of war, and the Netanyahu government cannot maintain its current course. "

HASSAN: If the president instructs you to break the law, will you follow the president's instruction? SCHWARTZ: The president would never ask me to not follow the law HASSAN: There are multiple examples of the president instructing people to break the law, so it's not a satisfactory response

Dr. Erica Schwartz, nominee for CDC director, told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/h...

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request submitted by the Union of Concerned Scientists, the NNSA chose to fully redact an unclassified summary of a recent, congressionally mandated, study on the aging of plutonium in the United States’ nuclear arsenal.

The photo is a little deceptive as washing isn't guaranteed to remove the parasite.

pretty incredible, and telling, that these studies are yet to be covered in several leading Australian news outlets. www.science.org/content/arti...

Great response to #OMB www.defendpublichealth.org/press-releas...

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Biddeford, Maine today

Holy COW. Text analysis of comments on the OMB rule: overwhelming opposition, overwhelmingly not form letters. (But 9 in 10 comments supporting the rule ARE form responses, LOL) Whatever happens next, folks have stepped up.

When you spend on Harry Potter

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

it has not even been seven days since the last time ICE agents killed someone, then claimed without evidence that the person had "weaponized" their car, and also were not wearing body cameras

Law enforcement agencies in Maine are investigating after eyewitness reports and an elected official indicated that an ICE agent shot and killed someone in a vehicle in Biddeford.

I don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...

Lindsey Fitzharris does such consistently good work in this area.

So far we're getting the best information on this from everyone but the federal government. Surely, this pattern should tell them something about the distributer? (If you wonder, I live in the stand out state of North Carolina:)

Heroes come in many shapes.

#FoodSafety #PublicHealth #WeArePublicHealth #Cyclospora #Cyclosporiasis Search the Feed & Pin it! US Food Recalls + Safety *145? 2,000? 10? The Cyclospora Numbers Don't Add Up ~ FSN 7-9-26 📎👇 www.foodsafetynews.com/2026/07/publ...

I wonder who neglected it… 🤔

No shit: "Cyclosporiasis is now considered an "important neglected parasitic infection" by CDC."

"Under the rule, destroying an endangered species’ nest or habitat would no longer be considered illegal." (gift article)

Google may be approaching a tipping point of enshittification.

Sigh. True.

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK NOOOOO https://ca.pcmag.com/news/16760/fcc-approves-reflect-orbitals-giant-mirror-satellite-that-astronomers-hate

This is an excellent recommendation.

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