Earlier this year, the USDA removed webpages that share climate risk maps used by farmers to prepare for extreme weather. After a lawsuit from environmental & farming groups, the agency agreed to release the data behind those maps. 📰 @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org: grist.org/food-and-agr...

popped back onto twitter for a bit and everyone is arguing about mexican food. thankfully i'm blessed in the knowledge that mexicans are everywhere and mexican food is whatever we want it to be

"In a dreadful era for journalism jobs, the Post’s bloodbath stands out: last week may have been the biggest one-day wipeout of journalists in a generation." washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/a...

as a lapsed musician who would not have survived K-12 education without music classes, I felt and recognized the power the inmates spoke about. A great essay from Alex and I'm glad Luke published it.

Setting aside that to be Puerto Rican is to have an inherently politicized identity, the show was full of political gestures. www.thecut.com/article/bad-...

This x10000. If you’re an editor, commission Puerto Rican writers — there are many of us!!

One of the scariest aspects of the Trump administration is that they continue to make us vulnerable to an ever lengthening list of disasters that haven't happened yet but eventually will.

I miss Dan so much. I'm so glad we could celebrate his life together today.

One more comment on the Post debacle: this hurts journalism broadly. Good journalists will go do something else. The rest will be fighting for fewer jobs and everyone will earn less. Fewer people will take up the career. The damage done is to the ecosystem, as well as the paper.

Here's who the Washington Post just laid off.

NEWS: The cuts were so severe that at least one department head asked to leave The Post rather than be included in the planning. Peter Finn, The Post's international editor, requested that he be laid off once he learned about the scope of the cuts to his section. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...

as a journalist, the gutting of wapo makes me anxious; as an american, it makes me terrified

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

Here's an opportunity to support the other journalist arrested today; Georgia Fort, who will have far fewer resources available to her than Don Lemon.

some (rare) good news for the journalism industry: The Philadelphia Inquirer is profitable www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

SCOOP: Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti WIRED obtained Slack conversations + an updated internal Palantir wiki defending the company's work for ICE to outraged workers. More here: www.wired.com/story/palant...

Voted for ICE funding

Wrote about COP30 with @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist this week about what the protests mean in context of land tenure and deforestation grist.org/global-indig...

it happened to me: i bought a new shirt and i have worn it every day since

"Whatever the reason, the result is clear: By dismissing Wholf and her team, Ellison has effectively told CBS News it’s no longer responsible for keeping the public informed about climate change." heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...

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.

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!

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.

"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:

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 🔈

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 www.possibilities.news/healthcare-i...

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

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...

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 grist.org/labor/federa...

"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...

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

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.

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...

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

Read the story:

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

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

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. grist.org/health/ethyl... #Health #Cancer #Environment #ElPaso #Richmond #VA #TX

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