As avian flu surges again, advocates in California believe it’s imperative that farmworkers receive more protective gear and training on the virus in their primary language. @greymoran.bsky.social reports:

C. Brandon Ogbunu calls for rethinking how research is rewarded, evaluated, and shared to strengthen science from within.

Huh, I missed this until now. Great piece @tamarhaspel.bsky.social. Cheap and abundant GLP-1s could improve overall health (less junk food/smaller portions, more whole foods even??) AND environmental impacts (less meat consumption)

We gained two new donors today! Thank you to @scottlange.bsky.social and Anonymous. Now is the most critical time to pledge your support to human-powered coverage of global health and environmental disparities. We are nine tax-deductible monthly members away from meeting our February target!

Can you simmer down over there babe?

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. promised that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans would look different from years past and they do. The new food pyramid puts red meat at the top, but the guidelines themselves are a bit more confusing, and contradictory.

The reason I hate debates is that I don't care about the panache of your debating style I just want to see the evidence like the boring ass elder that I am. Do I have to just read exclusively footnotes from now on or what?

How do vegans get enough protein but make it prehistoric www.discoverwildlife.com/dinosaurs/ho...

Had to do it. Donut Run back open in Takoma DC.

Fascinating look @ Iowa's struggle to regulate factory farms: "The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...

Critics warn that new reporting requirements for foreign interactions could chill routine scientific exchange at a time when global research cooperation is vital. Originally published by @propublica.org 

Meat was everywhere in 2025, but let’s take a closer look at why the once scrutinized protein source charged with compromising health, climate and animal welfare became cool again.

Fun fact: Mark Hyman was (is?) also closely aligned with the Clintons, plenty o' Democrats and leading environmental groups.

Good to see news coverage of recalled bag lettuce include the links to livestock operations and their manure lagoons. www.huffpost.com/entry/you-ma...

"There are too many shots. I take maybe five steps towards the chairs, I am behind the last row. It is the closest thing I can find to cover. I lie on the grass, on top of the little girl." I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy to see this aspect of water pollution covered in the NYT, and appreciate @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making the point that factory farms should be regulated like other polluting industries. It's not that wild to say so, even a shill like Mike is agrees! (kidding) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...

hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news my email is [email protected]

“these companies have found a hidden way to make millions of gallons of waste effectively disappear — at least, in the eyes of the law — with no oversight or accountability as to where it ends up or what pollution it causes. Welcome to the world of manifesting.” sentientmedia.org/trick-lettin...

I suppose we have to hear from the attacker, but it's important that we also learn about the people he attacked. See, for example, this history of the Jackson Jewish community from the ISJL Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, with lots of detail about CBI. www.isjl.org/mississippi-...

Are we doing this for the next four years?

Does the Nobel Peace Prize even know about the war on protein? We are finally at peace with protein! These are unprecedented times.

Hey climate action experts -- if you had to staff a climate table at a community day of action event, what would you do? What I've noticed is people want to do something, and in the past I've mostly given them info (I'm a journalist, whadya want) but if you have tips to make it more fun/action, lmk!

I'm doing Dry January but luckily the world right now is like a giant fucking hallucination.

My motto for 2026 is meh, not this again.

CNN has a NY Eve segment out of Harbin, a place in China known for its ice city but there is also this wild history from Dara Horn. www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...

As a Jewish person I kind of like a New Years where you get to be as vain as you want.

Shabbat Shalom

The comments and quote posts on this are…disgusting?? It’s a Hanukkah party? We eat fried foods in Hanukkah because the oil burned for eight days so we use oil to commemorate it is?? This isn’t even lavish it’s just a holiday meal?? Can y’all be normal about Jews?? Fuck Trump and also this ain’t it

old enough to remember when

💜 The Solidarity Guard of the @standing-together.bsky.social was deployed this evening on dozens of buses in Jerusalem to protect Palestinian bus drivers from Kahanist and racist attacks that in recent weeks have sent many drivers to hospitals. 🧵 @alonlee.bsky.social @3-weeks-plan.bsky.social

it's taken me a while to put this together. but I hope, if you've never heard of her, or even if you have, this tribute to Alice Wong buoys your heart and gives you a good sense of who this incredible person was. www.coyotemedia.org/remembering-...

Please consider not reposting the worst takes on rising antisemitism and instead think more about the measured ones, even if you disagree with them.

For millions of us, this was the first time we ever saw Rob Reiner. …When he became “Meathead” on “All in the Family.” He was brilliant from Day One.

Mexico’s president Claudia Sheinbaum touts her climate science background, but a review of the 2026 budget shows funds earmarked for climate and renewables flowing instead to oil, gas and infrastructure — including double-counted spending that overstates environmental investment.

Thanks for the heads up about Mark Cuban, Bluesky. I thought he was a man of the people. I thought he was my friend. I’d be so lost without this site. ❤️

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Manure digested projects are everywhere, despite evidence suggesting they aren’t very effective at reducing emissions or manure pollution. sentientmedia.org/manure-to-fu...

The good news is USDA isn't touting regenerative ag as a way to make beef climate-friendly. The bad news is that's probably only because USDA is no longer mentioning climate change at all. www.usda.gov/about-usda/n...

I Love LA is that rare show that makes me actually laugh, so I assume it will be canceled shortly. In other news, I am watching the new Vanderpump Rules and I don't hate it.

I am deceased.

Cool, why use science to protect children anyway? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...

Hi. I can't technology anymore. Is there a simple way to make it so apps on your iphone show new activity but do not send an alert? I thought by selecting no notifications for everything that would do it, but alas, now I just get - hey you have a text that I will not be showing you but it's here.

Animal Ag Alliance, a group that "maps" nonprofits using random lines and calls it tracking animal rights extremists, has just sent out a donation request, citing the "$865 million" spent by animal advocate funders. How does anyone think the meat industry could be threatened by even $100 mil?

I've been trying to clean up my open tabs for the past two weeks. Send help.

Wait this seems like a trick question

It was the evening before Thanksgiving...and EPA dropped a final rule granting oil & gas companies more than a year to comply with some Biden-era mandates to replace leaky equipment & routinely monitor for escaped methane. Story w/gift link @bloomberg.com: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bluesky ain't just the best place to *consume* articles... this site also (nearly single-handedly) revived traffic-driving connection between news publishers and social media yet another reason why folks flocked over here.