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
https://lelanargi.com/
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Kids science author repped by @essiewhite.bsky.social #scbwi
Clumsy on land
https://lelanargi.com/
Signal: LelaNargi.67
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NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
Trump Administration Demands States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
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We sent a message to management today with a Slack icon change. More than half of our union participated and are demanding management reinstate the four people who were unjustly fired.
Ready to show your own support? Reach out to Condé Nast management telling them to reinstate the fired four.
Ready to show your own support? Reach out to Condé Nast management telling them to reinstate the fired four.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We sent a message to management today with a Slack icon change. More than half of our union participated and are demanding management reinstate the four people who were unjustly fired.
Ready to show your own support? Reach out to Condé Nast management telling them to reinstate the fired four.
Ready to show your own support? Reach out to Condé Nast management telling them to reinstate the fired four.
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If you're in Colorado, there are resources:
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you're in Colorado, there are resources:
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if you can't handle journalists asking clarifying follow up questions you have no business managing reporters. go run a dick's sporting goods
Jake Lahut, a Wired reporter who from the Nancy Mace airport story last week, was among those fired.
During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.
During the incident, CN's HR chief asked staff not to congregate outside his office. Lahut asked "what's your definition of congregating?" and was let go later on Wednesday.
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
if you can't handle journalists asking clarifying follow up questions you have no business managing reporters. go run a dick's sporting goods
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I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was one of the four people who got canned.
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
In the interim, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Straight From The Hut. No paywall, but feel free to choose the pay to support model. I'm not going anywhere — the show goes on, and I'll be back on MSNBC Saturday night. straightfromthehut.substack.com
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Why are so many people being pushed into homelessness?
☑️ Nearly half of all U.S. workers now earn less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment.
☑️ In CA, workers must earn nearly $50 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment.
☑️ Nearly half of all U.S. workers now earn less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment.
☑️ In CA, workers must earn nearly $50 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment.
NLIHC (@nlihc.org)
#FOTW: In 18 States, Renters Must Earn More Than $30 an Hour to Afford A Two-Bedroom Apartment at Fair Market Rent
buff.ly
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why are so many people being pushed into homelessness?
☑️ Nearly half of all U.S. workers now earn less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment.
☑️ In CA, workers must earn nearly $50 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment.
☑️ Nearly half of all U.S. workers now earn less than the hourly wage needed to afford a modest one-bedroom apartment.
☑️ In CA, workers must earn nearly $50 an hour to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
You've heard of school and community gardens. But school and community orchards are also taking off across the country. My latest for @foodprintorg.bsky.social foodprint.org/blog/how-urb...
How urban orchards improve a community's access to fresh, healthy food
A growing movement aims to increase access to fresh produce by planting orchards in schools and other urban spaces.
foodprint.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
You've heard of school and community gardens. But school and community orchards are also taking off across the country. My latest for @foodprintorg.bsky.social foodprint.org/blog/how-urb...
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The shutdown, combined with loss of USDA staff under Sec Rollins, is making it hard for farmers to plan for next year. Tariff and trade uncertainty + no Farm Bill making it even harder.
Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers' Bottom Line Hard dailyyonder.com/government-s...
Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers' Bottom Line Hard dailyyonder.com/government-s...
Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers' Bottom Line Hard | The Daily Yonder
For Wendy Johnson, a livestock and organic grain farmer in Charles City, Iowa, October is usually the time she visits her local Natural Resources
dailyyonder.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The shutdown, combined with loss of USDA staff under Sec Rollins, is making it hard for farmers to plan for next year. Tariff and trade uncertainty + no Farm Bill making it even harder.
Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers' Bottom Line Hard dailyyonder.com/government-s...
Government Shutdown, Trade Wars Hit Farmers' Bottom Line Hard dailyyonder.com/government-s...
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Nandy, a 22-year-old in Kentucky, has Type 1 Diabetes. Foods he's supposed to eat are more expensive, he said. He goes to Walmart and Kroger trying to find lowest prices. He's been eating one meal a day to stretch food out. It's impacting his health: “It’s like a death sentence for people like me”
More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP
“We’re trying to make it, but it’s been hard.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nandy, a 22-year-old in Kentucky, has Type 1 Diabetes. Foods he's supposed to eat are more expensive, he said. He goes to Walmart and Kroger trying to find lowest prices. He's been eating one meal a day to stretch food out. It's impacting his health: “It’s like a death sentence for people like me”
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Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and ...
www.nature.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Great article from @virginiagewin.bsky.social showing that across the Federal science ecosystem, research that benefits the American public is being delayed or completely halted, and remaining programs are being consolidated under close partisan political control. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Oh NY Post, you make me laugh so hard
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh NY Post, you make me laugh so hard
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How urban orchards improve a community’s access to fresh, healthy food, by @lelanargi.bsky.social: foodprint.org/blog/how-urb...
How urban orchards improve a community's access to fresh, healthy food
A growing movement aims to increase access to fresh produce by planting orchards in schools and other urban spaces.
foodprint.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
How urban orchards improve a community’s access to fresh, healthy food, by @lelanargi.bsky.social: foodprint.org/blog/how-urb...
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
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Ah. Who could have guessed this might become a problem?
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ah. Who could have guessed this might become a problem?
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Folks, while we're all procrastinating waiting for election night, consider this: Our journalism at Bolts has no paywall, but it requires a lot of resources. We're a nonprofit, and we thrive with your support, gifts, subscriptions.
And right now is the GOLDEN time to make your support multiply:
And right now is the GOLDEN time to make your support multiply:
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“As the government shutdown enters its second month, and about 42 million low-income Americans prepare to go without their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy food for the holiday season, human rights organizations are stepping in to assist.’ people.com/one-fair-wag...
Labor Advocacy Group Launches Emergency Fund for Service Workers Losing SNAP Benefits
The Service Workers SNAP Emergency Fund offers direct cash assistance, access to food resource partners and tools to organize for higher wages.
people.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“As the government shutdown enters its second month, and about 42 million low-income Americans prepare to go without their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy food for the holiday season, human rights organizations are stepping in to assist.’ people.com/one-fair-wag...
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“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Condé was content to hold Teen Vogue up as a prop for diversity, youth representation and progressive ideals when it benefited it, and then to unceremoniously discard the entire publication”
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
a sad, too-fucking-familiar story
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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SNAP update:
Partial payments, delayed payments, not tapping section 32 for full payments
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Partial payments, delayed payments, not tapping section 32 for full payments
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
SNAP update:
Partial payments, delayed payments, not tapping section 32 for full payments
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Partial payments, delayed payments, not tapping section 32 for full payments
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Today's a good day to remember the people working so hard to ensure kids get ample nutritious food to learn + thrive. I have copies of Miss Betti to give away to the first 5 teachers or librarians at Title 1 schools to ping me. @kristenuroda.bsky.social @debbieohi.com #PictureBooks #KidLitMegaFeed
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Today's a good day to remember the people working so hard to ensure kids get ample nutritious food to learn + thrive. I have copies of Miss Betti to give away to the first 5 teachers or librarians at Title 1 schools to ping me. @kristenuroda.bsky.social @debbieohi.com #PictureBooks #KidLitMegaFeed
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
anyone with cash looking to help the cause—and I can't emphasize enough how badly you're needed right now—i'd seriously recommend funding @propertyofthepeople.org.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
we desperately need people with a specific set of skills strictly focused on gathering inside knowledge of the admin's plans.
A March 2025 executive order from the White House designating potash a “critical” mineral — along with a boost from loan guarantees and expedited permits — may lead to more U.S. production of this fertilizer. Is that actually a good thing? My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/env...
The Clash Over Potash - Offrange
As the Trump administration fast-tracks mining for this potent fertilizer, advocacy groups sue over lack of environmental oversight.
ambrook.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A March 2025 executive order from the White House designating potash a “critical” mineral — along with a boost from loan guarantees and expedited permits — may lead to more U.S. production of this fertilizer. Is that actually a good thing? My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/env...