Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇
@gpetrick.bsky.social
Food Systems Historian, Environmental Humanities. Sensory History of Taste. Trying to understand all things Food & Wine & Sci/Tech, MSCA Alum UStavanger Now at Ruhr U Bochum. New project on wine and climate change. #envhist #foodstudies #foodhistory
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Check out my new article from our special issue with @gfitz.bsky.social on The Senses and the Environment in @eandhwhp.bsky.social doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envirohist #envhum
As American as Apple Pie vs Apple Pie American. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 🦃🦃🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧
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Why Americans Love Their Apple Pie
How did a humble dessert become a recipe for democracy?
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November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
As American as Apple Pie vs Apple Pie American. Happy Thanksgiving 🦃 🦃🦃🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧🥧
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It is feeling very 1900-1920. Listeria, Botulism, bird flu in milk. TB in milk likely to make a come back! This is what happens with deregulation. We relate food & drugs because they don't just kill people, but a lot and mostly the young & old.
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Boar's Head, Locatelli brand cheese items recalled over listeria risk
The recalled Boar's Head and Locatelli-branded cheese items were sold at some grocery stores around the country. See affected products.
eu.usatoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
It is feeling very 1900-1920. Listeria, Botulism, bird flu in milk. TB in milk likely to make a come back! This is what happens with deregulation. We relate food & drugs because they don't just kill people, but a lot and mostly the young & old.
eu.usatoday.com/story/money/...
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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My book Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums came out this month!
I’m so happy with how gorgeous it is in full color with 90 photos.
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I’m so happy with how gorgeous it is in full color with 90 photos.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 AM
My book Ghosts Behind Glass: Encountering Extinction in Museums came out this month!
I’m so happy with how gorgeous it is in full color with 90 photos.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
I’m so happy with how gorgeous it is in full color with 90 photos.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Environmental Humanities | Centre for Study Abroad | University of Bristol
Examine our relationships with nature, why stories about our wild world matter and how we can build hope in the face of environmental crisis.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving. Missing all my family and friends.
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Happy Thanksgiving. Missing all my family and friends.
"But the orders have invited backlash from mostly rural communities who see traditional burials are part of their culture." A singularly tone-deaf statement. Funerary right are culture not something that can be dictated.
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Rare protest breaks out in China as video shows villagers defying government order
China has imposed sweeping funeral reforms to phase out ground burial
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"But the orders have invited backlash from mostly rural communities who see traditional burials are part of their culture." A singularly tone-deaf statement. Funerary right are culture not something that can be dictated.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/g...
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/g...
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But this issue isn't new. Industry has struggled to manage the risks of lead recycling since the early 20th c, when Alice Hamilton first helped spotlight the issue.
See the first chapter of my book, Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future.
www.charged-the-book.com
See the first chapter of my book, Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future.
www.charged-the-book.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
But this issue isn't new. Industry has struggled to manage the risks of lead recycling since the early 20th c, when Alice Hamilton first helped spotlight the issue.
See the first chapter of my book, Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future.
www.charged-the-book.com
See the first chapter of my book, Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy Future.
www.charged-the-book.com
I also remember the first time I ever saw the Milky Way it was in Canberra. I lived is so much light pollution it was never visible. My Aussie friends were astonished.
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s dark skies.
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I also remember the first time I ever saw the Milky Way it was in Canberra. I lived is so much light pollution it was never visible. My Aussie friends were astonished.
If you want to know more about light pollution see @sarabpritchard.bsky.social new book!
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s dark skies.
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
Industrialization in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has some residents pushing for protection of the region’s celestial splendor.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you want to know more about light pollution see @sarabpritchard.bsky.social new book!
I miss Norwegian Christmas cookies. They are so yummy!!! German, not so much but will explore more Baumkuchen is pretty tasty.
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I miss Norwegian Christmas cookies. They are so yummy!!! German, not so much but will explore more Baumkuchen is pretty tasty.
It is not just water but also land use. Data Center drive up the cost of land as well as take it out of production. Taking it out of production may or not be a good thing, but rewilding or other conservation measures are better uses.
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
It is not just water but also land use. Data Center drive up the cost of land as well as take it out of production. Taking it out of production may or not be a good thing, but rewilding or other conservation measures are better uses.
As Thanksgiving approaches for USians, here is a bit about Apple Pie and the struggle to define "American". Food for thought as our communities are torn apart by the government.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
Why Americans Love Their Apple Pie
How did a humble dessert become a recipe for democracy?
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As Thanksgiving approaches for USians, here is a bit about Apple Pie and the struggle to define "American". Food for thought as our communities are torn apart by the government.
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture...
When Cincinnati, Chicago & KC were meat packing centers, workers could move from plant to plant, but when Meatpackers make are the only job in town, it destroys communities. I know I grew up as the steel industry collapsed and destroyed W PA for 2 generations.
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
Tyson's beef plant closure in Nebraska will impact a reliant town and ranchers nationwide
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 AM
When Cincinnati, Chicago & KC were meat packing centers, workers could move from plant to plant, but when Meatpackers make are the only job in town, it destroys communities. I know I grew up as the steel industry collapsed and destroyed W PA for 2 generations.
My aunt had the flu when she was giving birth to my cousin Timmy. He aspirated some of the vaginal fluid and got an infection that left him severely disabled. He couldn't walk talk, or sit up. 1 month later there was a treatment that could have spared him the pain of his short life. Get vaccinated.
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My aunt had the flu when she was giving birth to my cousin Timmy. He aspirated some of the vaginal fluid and got an infection that left him severely disabled. He couldn't walk talk, or sit up. 1 month later there was a treatment that could have spared him the pain of his short life. Get vaccinated.
Immigrants aren't taking jobs, they are making jobs. This is a loss to the local economy, the community, and all Americans
South Chicago family taken by ICE and their daughter liquidating their store. See details posted by @pilsenfreestore on IG.
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Immigrants aren't taking jobs, they are making jobs. This is a loss to the local economy, the community, and all Americans
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
This was a sweet wine.
1950 California Burgundy wine advertisement by the Wine Advisory Board
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This was a sweet wine.
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House by the Railroad - 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103257
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November 25, 2025 at 6:32 AM
House by the Railroad - 1925
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103257
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3103257
Congratulation Sara!!! Remember when it was just a twinkle in your eye.
November 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Congratulation Sara!!! Remember when it was just a twinkle in your eye.
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Either way we are sad.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Either way we are sad.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Farmworkers sue Trump administration in California over threat to wages
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November 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Farmworkers sue Trump administration in California over threat to wages
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