Lela Nargi

@lelanargi.bsky.social

Environmental journalist covering food + ag systems/food + water insecurity/climate science #SEJ
Kids science author repped by @essiewhite.bsky.social #scbwi
Clumsy on land
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@taniel.bsky.socialReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

If you're in these states, *TODAY* is deadline to register to vote. Arizona, Arkansas Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas. Even if you think you've registered: doesn't hurt to check! And there's a lot happening across them. A thread with stakes on each. ā¬‡ļø

@marynmck.bsky.socialReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

Cornell police edited Jane Doe's statement. Are we in pitchforks and torches territory yet? I think we are close. "As we now know, Cornell police also condensed down Doe's statement, omitting crucial details including the fact that she said she was 100 percent confident sheā€™d been raped."

@mollytaft.comReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

i did a little Climate Week postmortem on data centers: co2 emissions are far & away the most alarming part of the buildout. but there hasn't been much of a reckoning beyond climate spaces kind of wondering when it'll enter the larger convo, if at all, and what that may look like

wired.comThe Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isnā€™t YetClimate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilitiesā€™ impact on the atmosphere.
@marynmck.bsky.socialReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

Fake. USDA. Seals.
Used by an NC meat processing plant on 83.5 TONS of meat. Produced entirely outside the federal inspection system, according to news reports.

We are pretty close to The Jungle (second ed.) now, no?

www.scrippsnews.com/life/recalls...

scrippsnews.comInteractive: Meat recall linked to fake USDA labelsPork, beef and goat products are being recalled after a company allegedly used fake USDA inspection labels. Explore our interactive guide to see which products are affected and what to look for.
@kennytorrella.bsky.socialReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

You might've heard about the Save Our Bacon Act. Turns out that the main group lobbying for it--Natl. Pork Producers Council--has taken $66M from a farmer fund intended to promote pork, & which legally cannot be used for lobbying. 40% of the $66M hasn't been previously reported. (Gift link below.)

@brian-goldstone.bsky.socialReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

A Labor Day reminder: having a job is no longer enough to protect millions of Americans from homelessness. For many workers, the greatest threat isn't losing their job. It's that their job will never pay enough, never provide enough hours, never offer enough stability to keep them housed.

nytimes.comOpinion | America Is Pushing Its Workers Into Homelessness (Gift Article)The working homeless are casualties of our prosperity.
@rexlibris.bsky.socialReposted by @lelanargi.bsky.social

Edmonton adopted a harsh policy of removing encampments a few years ago, while Calgary did not. A study of the first year following that shift found a five-fold increase in emergency amputations in Edmonton over previous years with no change in Calgary's rate.

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