@claraycho.bsky.social
data lead at WRI, working to reduce emissions from food and shift diets | passionate about my pets, the Adirondacks and frisbee | all views my own
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IF you are going share something about RFK Jr., this is the story to share. I don't really give a shit who the man fucks. He is killing us. His "work" results in death and suffering among children. He is the worst human ghoul.
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
IF you are going share something about RFK Jr., this is the story to share. I don't really give a shit who the man fucks. He is killing us. His "work" results in death and suffering among children. He is the worst human ghoul.
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
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A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA - Nature Sustainability
The rapid expansion of AI server installations in the United States poses sustainability challenges in terms of water usage and carbon emissions. A study now quantifies these potential impacts and out...
www.nature.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A new state-by-state evaluation of the projected energy and water use of "AI" data centers in the US. Looks… real bad. Like, "undoing tech sector climate gains" bad.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
Strongly recommends immediately ensuring any & all new "AI" data centers to run on existing & expanded renewables grids. Which… yeah.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
northern lights from NJ!
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
northern lights from NJ!
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🚨BREAKING: Maine voters rejected a Republican-backed ballot initiative Tuesday that would have imposed new photo ID rules and severely limited mail-in voting — a decisive win for voting rights advocates who said the measure threatened to upend the state’s tradition of accessible elections.
Maine Rejects Anti-Voting Ballot Measure, Reaffirms Voting Access
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
🚨BREAKING: Maine voters rejected a Republican-backed ballot initiative Tuesday that would have imposed new photo ID rules and severely limited mail-in voting — a decisive win for voting rights advocates who said the measure threatened to upend the state’s tradition of accessible elections.
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Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
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Four weeks into the federal shutdown, rent is about to be due and next month’s SNAP benefits are at risk.
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
A guide to giving and receiving help in D.C.
Where to find all kinds of assistance, from legal aid to food donations to political organizing.
51st.news
October 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Four weeks into the federal shutdown, rent is about to be due and next month’s SNAP benefits are at risk.
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
We previously made this list of ways to give and receive help locally — but need your help: Where else can our neighbors find food?
Share any meal or grocery distributions you know of ⬇️
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SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
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“Food assistance used by >40M Americans will not be distributed from November due to the ongoing government shutdown.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is used by 1/8 of all Americans.
The administration declined to draw on a contingency fund that would have continued benefits…”
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is used by 1/8 of all Americans.
The administration declined to draw on a contingency fund that would have continued benefits…”
Food stamps: US government says it will stop paying for food aid next week - BBC News
Food stamps will not be distributed from November due to the ongoing shutdown, it said.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“Food assistance used by >40M Americans will not be distributed from November due to the ongoing government shutdown.
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is used by 1/8 of all Americans.
The administration declined to draw on a contingency fund that would have continued benefits…”
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is used by 1/8 of all Americans.
The administration declined to draw on a contingency fund that would have continued benefits…”
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24 million Americans are about to see their health insurance premiums double.
40 million Americans are about to see their SNAP benefits expire.
But I'm glad to her he's fully focused on his ugly-ass gold ballroom.
40 million Americans are about to see their SNAP benefits expire.
But I'm glad to her he's fully focused on his ugly-ass gold ballroom.
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
24 million Americans are about to see their health insurance premiums double.
40 million Americans are about to see their SNAP benefits expire.
But I'm glad to her he's fully focused on his ugly-ass gold ballroom.
40 million Americans are about to see their SNAP benefits expire.
But I'm glad to her he's fully focused on his ugly-ass gold ballroom.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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Having been involved with this report for the past 5 years, overall takeaways IMO are:
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
BREAKING: The #StateOfClimateAction 2025 finds the world is failing to act fast enough to combat the climate crisis and secure a livable future, with no indicators of global climate action currently on track for 2030. 🌏🌡️
Read the report to learn more: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
Read the report to learn more: bit.ly/4o6hPwm
October 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Having been involved with this report for the past 5 years, overall takeaways IMO are:
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
- Good news: we know (in great detail) the things the 🌎 needs to do to stay w/in 1.5°C!
- Good news: we are doing many of the things!
- Bad news: we’re not doing ANY of the things at the necessary speed or scale!
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3. No, local food production, while it might have other virtues, does not translate into lower environmental impact. Food miles are a tiny proportion of overall impact. WHAT you eat is far more important than WHERE it comes from.
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
3. No, local food production, while it might have other virtues, does not translate into lower environmental impact. Food miles are a tiny proportion of overall impact. WHAT you eat is far more important than WHERE it comes from.
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Trump crushed our overseas ag markets last time.
He promised to do it again this time.
Farmers voted for him anyway, assuming he'd bail them out again.
OK fine. But don't say you don't want handouts when you are counting on them.
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
He promised to do it again this time.
Farmers voted for him anyway, assuming he'd bail them out again.
OK fine. But don't say you don't want handouts when you are counting on them.
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trump crushed our overseas ag markets last time.
He promised to do it again this time.
Farmers voted for him anyway, assuming he'd bail them out again.
OK fine. But don't say you don't want handouts when you are counting on them.
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
He promised to do it again this time.
Farmers voted for him anyway, assuming he'd bail them out again.
OK fine. But don't say you don't want handouts when you are counting on them.
@mikegrunwald.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
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My new NYT essay is about the essence of Trumpism: Bailing out farmers who can’t sell soybeans to China because of his tariffs, while bailing out Argentina so it can sell more soybeans to China. It’s the economic equivalent of pardoning pals and prosecuting enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
Opinion | They’re Small, Yellow and Round — and Show How Trump’s Tariffs Don’t Work
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My new NYT essay is about the essence of Trumpism: Bailing out farmers who can’t sell soybeans to China because of his tariffs, while bailing out Argentina so it can sell more soybeans to China. It’s the economic equivalent of pardoning pals and prosecuting enemies.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/o...
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“You’d 100% get more decay, especially in children in low-income communities,” Dr. Randa Jundi-Samman, a retired dentist, said about halting fluoridation. “We already see it in people who don’t have fluoride in their water.”
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
On the Front Line of the Fluoride Wars, Debate Over Drinking Water Treatment Turns Raucous
After decades of fluoridating drinking water to improve public health, some communities are wavering on the practice. In one Michigan county, the medical director is mirroring Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...
www.propublica.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“You’d 100% get more decay, especially in children in low-income communities,” Dr. Randa Jundi-Samman, a retired dentist, said about halting fluoridation. “We already see it in people who don’t have fluoride in their water.”
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.
"Together, the messages reveal a culture where racist, antisemitic and violent rhetoric circulate freely — and where the Trump-era loosening of political norms has made such talk feel less taboo among those positioning themselves as the party’s next leaders."
Can't call them fascists?
Can't call them fascists?
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
There is simply no equivalent, not even close, of this anywhere on the center or far left. There is no ‘both sides’ here, media.
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We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.
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Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids
Her Kids Are U.S. Citizens. Trump's Admin Disappeared Them Anyway
Donald Trump's Customs and Border Protection (CBP) disappeared an immigrant mom living in Portland and her four U.S. citizen children.
www.rollingstone.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Searching for Jackie Merlos: What happened when the Trump administration disappeared an immigrant mother and her four U.S. citizen kids
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GOP candidate for NJ Gov complains about suburban “overdevelopment.”
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
October 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
GOP candidate for NJ Gov complains about suburban “overdevelopment.”
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
Reality: suburban NJ cities & towns are developing at a very slow pace www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
In the NYC region, wealthy suburban cities like those in NJ continue to exclude subsidized housing www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...
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“A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism,” says Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh
Ditto Shepherds pie
Feel free to add your own below 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Ditto Shepherds pie
Feel free to add your own below 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Veggie burgers’ could be off the menu as MEPs vote to ban plant-based food terms
Vote is victory for MEPs who want to strengthen position of farmers in food supply chain
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
“A beef tomato doesn’t contain any beef … Ladies’ fingers are not made of actual ladies’ fingers. Let’s trust consumers and stop this hotdog populism,” says Austrian MEP Anna Stürgkh
Ditto Shepherds pie
Feel free to add your own below 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Ditto Shepherds pie
Feel free to add your own below 👇
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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This is an extremely common food-GHG pattern for food providers in North America and Europe, but it never fails to surprise people the first time they run the numbers and see it!
Just one food, beef, can account for 40-50% or more of the GHG emissions related to an organization’s food purchases.
Just one food, beef, can account for 40-50% or more of the GHG emissions related to an organization’s food purchases.
A reality check for me was working with students on an internal carbon accounting platform that Bon App our food provider uses. Beef was less than 5% of our purchases but around 50% of our food emissions even with international work to be plant forward.
apnews.com/article/plan...
apnews.com/article/plan...
A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say
Scientists are presenting new evidence that the worst effects of climate change can’t be avoided without a major transformation of food systems.
apnews.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
This is an extremely common food-GHG pattern for food providers in North America and Europe, but it never fails to surprise people the first time they run the numbers and see it!
Just one food, beef, can account for 40-50% or more of the GHG emissions related to an organization’s food purchases.
Just one food, beef, can account for 40-50% or more of the GHG emissions related to an organization’s food purchases.
found some fall up north!
October 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
found some fall up north!
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.