thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Yup, this week's title is a play on that famous saying. But my answer differs from the usual one, which is "one bite at a time". This is because we're talking about a different elephant here: power in food systems, who has it, who doesn't, and how to tackle it. news.thin-ink.net/p/how-to-eat...

Read this and was absolutely gobsmacked by the contortions the writer went through to come to this conclusion.

As Artie the Producer said about Hank Kingsley on The Larry Sanders Show, "The New York Times has hit rock bottom, broken through, and fallen down to some new bottom that I'm not aware of."

I love this essay, so much great stuff in here - inspiration, yes, also the deep understanding that comes from years of in-depth reporting.

😬Are our food systems globally a disaster? "I’m not sure I would say disaster, but definitely broken," says investigative journalist @thinink.bsky.social. Listen to her conversation with host Malka Older on @issuesinst.bsky.social's podcast Not Now, But Soon.

If you want to hear more from @thinink.bsky.social, she joined me on the Not Now But Soon podcast to talk about food and fiction and how they intersect in the propaganda of authoritarian governments: issues.org/not-now-but-...

I'm changing gears for this issue: featuring a project & an analysis. Both are about building fairer, healthier & more sustainable food systems from the ground up. After some heavy issues, I needed inspiration & they did the trick. I hope it'll work for you too. news.thin-ink.net/p/markets-me...

"When I first discovered.. I was carrying twins.. our entire family was overjoyed. The early months were brutal with severe morning sickness: dizziness, vomiting, heart palpitations & inability to eat. But our family relied solely on my income, so taking a break from work was simply not an option."

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.

This week, I revisited the ever-growing list of tabs I’ve added to my “Thin Ink” window. These tabs are for the avalanche of interesting stuff published over the past couple of months but which I’ve had to set aside because of that old chestnut: not enough time. news.thin-ink.net/p/our-food-s...

Friendly reminder that Tidal ($10.99) is now cheaper than Spotify ($11.99), delivers better audio quality, pays its artists 2x as much, and generally doesn't allow AI slop. You can move your entire music library over in a matter of minutes.

I'll be in Vienna next week to co-facilitate "Climate journalism in shrinking democratic spaces" workshop on Oct 24. It's an invite-only event, so if you're interested, please contact IPI. Otherwise, drop me a line if you're in Vienna & want to chat about all things food systems (or Myanmar).

Die tolle @thinink.bsky.social hat uns bei der Recherche beraten. Ihr Newsletter ist einer der besten, den ich zum Thema Ernährungssysteme kenne. bsky.app/profile/thin...

kite-tales.org/en/article/b... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

An exiled Myanmar journalist on funding cuts: "Last year my newsroom secured money from the United States that meant I could finally begin planning to reunite with my mother. Then Donald Trump began slashing support for independent media & all my dreams unravelled." kite-tales.org/en/article/b...

This week's issue is about a very timely cross-border investigation that illustrated the shortfalls of the current system in protecting a crucial asset of European agriculture: farm workers. Full disclosure: I played a small role mentoring the team behind this. news.thin-ink.net/p/how-europe...

In Jan 2019, a group of eminent scientists, unveiled, for the first time, an ‘ideal diet’ for both a healthy population & a sustainable food system. It recommended a doubling of consumption of nuts, fruits, vegetables & legumes, & a halving of meat & sugar intake. news.thin-ink.net/p/the-planet...

Listen to the latest episode of my new @issuesinst.bsky.social podcast, NOT NOW BUT SOON, in which I talk to @thinink.bsky.social about global food systems, the authoritarian takeover of Myanmar, and other disasters. Search "The Ongoing Transformation" wherever you get your podcasts!

It's not up on the website yet, but the new episode of my podcast, NOT NOW BUT SOON, is already up on spotify and probably other podcast platforms! In this edition, I talk to the amazing @thinink.bsky.social about the disasters including global food systems and the authoritarian takeover in Myanmar

A Yangon journalist, who stayed on after the coup, wrote of feeling "like a trapped rat" & finally making the heartbreaking decision to leave her home. "As the plane takes off, I look out the window. The sight tugs at my heart. This is the city I grew up in." kite-tales.org/en/article/h...

I’ve been wanting to do an issue on food systems in Palestine for a while. I also wanted to do it with somebody who's very much deep in the food culture, storytelling, & preservation issues. This week, I finally managed to do it with Vivien Sansour. news.thin-ink.net/p/i-dont-see...

Glad to have got this over the line How Tony Blair is lobbying on behalf of Big Tech His Institute (TBI) is pushing AI solutionism on Starmer’s govt, which is embracing it w open arms, as TBI donor & tech billionaire Larry Ellison is set to reap the benefits www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

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Our fellow in northern Shan State wrote in vivid detail about the terrifying night when soldiers & police conducting house-to-house searches reached her home, & turned it upside down. They were looking for those responsible for bombing a local police station. kite-tales.org/en/article/e...

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

Last week, I shared a wide-ranging interview with @jennifer on Titans of Industrial Agriculture. This week, I’m staying focused on this topic and sharing an excerpt from the book. Thanks again @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social ! news.thin-ink.net/p/power-and-...

If you're on LinkedIn, you'll probably want to switch this toggle to 'off'.

Such an honour to be interviewed by the awesome and insightful @thinink.bsky.social about some of the big themes in my new book, Titans of industrial Agriculture. Link below!

Regular readers of Thin Ink know I’m a big fan of @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social's work. So of course when her latest book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture, came out earlier this year, I had to read it. It's a bit of a magnum opus: 13 chapters nearly 500 pages. news.thin-ink.net/p/its-about-...

It's a terrible tragedy that a young man was murdered in an act of political violence, which this absolutely was, and that his child is now without a father and wife without a husband. But if you think a line was crossed *just* today, well, you're part of the problem.

Scott Jennings, in an emotional moment with Tapper, mentioned a bunch of political violence directed at GOPers and Tapper had to remind him that Dem MN lawmakers were assassinated just three months ago. Jennings said a line was crossed today and Tapper had to remind him it was *already* crossed.

rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words

MAGA 3 days ago: Chicago is about to find out the meaning of WAR MAGA today: the left needs to stop condoning violence

"I was never someone who grew up saying: “When I grow up, I want to be a journalist.” Now I can’t imagine doing anything else," wrote a Kachin journalist affected by Trump admin's aid cuts that crippled Myanmar exiled media. A new tale on #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar kite-tales.org/en/article/j...

Nice analogy from @hannahdaly.ie demonstrating the unfairness of the grandfathering that is inherent in the "temperature neutrality" approach being used by some countries with high livestock methane emissions, such as Ireland and New Zealand. www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Path to a Livable Planet news.thin-ink.net/p/path-to-a-... Look no further if you want to read something about food systems this weekend. Thanks to @thinink.bsky.social for her sustained efforts in sharing thought-provoking information on food systems with us every week. It's a lot of work to do so!

“Progressive messages often lead with "no" & "don't". We rely on fear & anger- reactive emotions. To sustain long-term movements, we must shift from cataloguing what we're resisting to painting a desirable portrait of the world we seek." - @anatosaurus.bsky.social news.thin-ink.net/p/path-to-a-...

New diary from @kitetalesmm.bsky.social, from a former journalist affected by the devastating earthquake earlier this year #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

I’ll be honest. I thought hard (but not v. long) about doing another heavy issue, since this was yet another week where cowards with lethal weapons targeted journalists & food aid. It also marks 8 years since Myanmar military's brutal attack on the Rohingya. news.thin-ink.net/p/eight-year...

💡 Essential reading on power & hunger in @thinink.bsky.social ! From #Gaza to global grain markets, it shows how starvation is weaponized, and how opaque giants like the ABCDs, controlling up to 70% of food trade, profit while others suffer. 👇

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including freelance journalist who worked for AP.

John Oliver and his team continues to do some of the best journalism I've seen www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lzf...

New event! 📆25th Aug 🕢7:30pm Myanmar time 📍Online (FB live on WPN's page) @womenspeacenetwork.org Hold panel "The Ongoing Violence, Silence and neglect in Rakhine state" to mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance day W/ @khinohmar.bsky.social @waiwainu.bsky.social @thinink.bsky.social & Tun Khin.

It's been 10 years since we started out as a scrappy little newsroom with a lot of ambition, passion, & dedication, but little else! Kudos to the team, esp. over the past few years when the environment for journalism was - & continues to be - incredibly challenging. myanmar-now.org/en/news/myan...

Jack White is a badass.

After a 2-week break, this week's Thin Ink is earlier than usual. 🍽️ 🆘 Famine has been declared in Gaza. “Over half a million people in the Gaza Strip are facing catastrophic conditions characterised by starvation, destitution and death”: IPC report out today. news.thin-ink.net/p/another-su...

www.fao.org/newsroom/det... www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/us... "More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths"