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
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Another example of how messing with people's food is going to cause anger, backlash, and perhaps riots. LOTS of pasta is make in Italy & imported, will kill some brands & store brands--as store brands are made in the same factories. Pasta night just got way more expensive.
Not only is Trump making war on the past, but now he is making war on the pasta.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Another example of how messing with people's food is going to cause anger, backlash, and perhaps riots. LOTS of pasta is make in Italy & imported, will kill some brands & store brands--as store brands are made in the same factories. Pasta night just got way more expensive.
The sciences have thrown the humanities under the bus since at least the 1980s, esp as women, POC and LGBQ+ scholars were hired. Our pay also split, we make LOTS less! Tho bring in more revenue/student.
It’s no coincidence that most of the aggressively obedient administrators, including those involved here (as well as those being hired into admin roles elsewhere), do not have a liberal arts and sciences background
Press Release: IU Administrators Are Using SEA 202 to Stifle Intellectual Diversity
The state law requires that university professors be disciplined or denied tenure and promotion if they fail to “foster a culture of free inquiry, free expression, and intellectual diversity.” Howe…
iubaaup.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The sciences have thrown the humanities under the bus since at least the 1980s, esp as women, POC and LGBQ+ scholars were hired. Our pay also split, we make LOTS less! Tho bring in more revenue/student.
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If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If we go on strike, our union of 12,000 workers are calling on customers to NOT BUY STARBUCKS.
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
Sign our pledge to not cross a picket line and we'll send you local calls to action - nocontractnocoffee.org
I never assigned a textbook if I could avoid it. (Nutrition class I couldn't) Had copies in the library to check out, had one they could borrow, gave links to 2nd-hand bookstores, encouraged reselling to classmates anything so if they didn't want to keep the books, it was almost free.
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I never assigned a textbook if I could avoid it. (Nutrition class I couldn't) Had copies in the library to check out, had one they could borrow, gave links to 2nd-hand bookstores, encouraged reselling to classmates anything so if they didn't want to keep the books, it was almost free.
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65% of November SNAP to go out Thursday, Governor Youngkin says >>>
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/65-november-snap-go-out-thursday-governor-youngkin-says/
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/65-november-snap-go-out-thursday-governor-youngkin-says/
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
65% of November SNAP to go out Thursday, Governor Youngkin says >>>
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/65-november-snap-go-out-thursday-governor-youngkin-says/
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/65-november-snap-go-out-thursday-governor-youngkin-says/
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Why aren't those of us who authored articles (9 by me) part of the settlement?
AUTHORS!!
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Remember that case where a bunch of authors sued AI for stealing their work? And WON?
Well, the settlement money has been announced. Each WORK that got thefted will be compensated $3k (split 50/50 bw publisher + author). So authors will be compensated $1500 per WORK stolen.
More here:
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Why aren't those of us who authored articles (9 by me) part of the settlement?
Oh WOW!!!! I've been trying to figure out how to get this data for a while. Been looking at US satellite imagery, but this will be super helpful, especially for the devastating hailstorms in Bordeaux in the 1950s & 1960s.
The 50th Anniversary of the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald: A New Perspective on an Old Storm: cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-bl...
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Oh WOW!!!! I've been trying to figure out how to get this data for a while. Been looking at US satellite imagery, but this will be super helpful, especially for the devastating hailstorms in Bordeaux in the 1950s & 1960s.
BUT you pay more interest over the life of the loan and it will be difficult to sell--take longer--as less equity built up.
INGRAHAM: Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea?
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
TRUMP: It's not even a big deal. You go from 40 to 50 years. All it means is you pay less per month
November 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
BUT you pay more interest over the life of the loan and it will be difficult to sell--take longer--as less equity built up.
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Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA gives families facing food hardships pet food >>>
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/charlottesville-albemarle-spca-gives-families-facing-food-hardships-pet-food/
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/charlottesville-albemarle-spca-gives-families-facing-food-hardships-pet-food/
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Charlottesville-Albemarle SPCA gives families facing food hardships pet food >>>
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/charlottesville-albemarle-spca-gives-families-facing-food-hardships-pet-food/
https://www.29news.com/2025/11/10/charlottesville-albemarle-spca-gives-families-facing-food-hardships-pet-food/
Quick reminder his healthcare company committed medicare, medicaid and other government fraud.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Quick reminder his healthcare company committed medicare, medicaid and other government fraud.
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What Makes Danish Baking So Special? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
What Makes Danish Baking So Special?
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:04 AM
What Makes Danish Baking So Special? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
The truly sad things is we will still know from food bank statistics. Both prices & hunger will continue to rise, especially for fresh foods, as winter & tariffs bite.
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The truly sad things is we will still know from food bank statistics. Both prices & hunger will continue to rise, especially for fresh foods, as winter & tariffs bite.
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USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 AM
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
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Guillotine earrings, ca. 1793
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Guillotine earrings, ca. 1793
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These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
To understand JD Vance, you need to meet the “TheoBros”
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
www.motherjones.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
These extremely online young Christian men want to end the 19th Amendment, restore public flogging, and make America white again.
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Today in marine invertebrates
Armored worms and death-ball sponges among array of life newly documented from the deep sea
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/armo...
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/armo...
Armored worms and death-ball sponges among array of life newly documented from the deep sea
In the darkness of the deep ocean, where pressure crushes and light fails, an expedition has found an astonishing array of life, including a carnivorous “death-ball” sponge (from the genus Chondroclad...
news.mongabay.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Today in marine invertebrates
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My daughter's taking the SATs tomorrow for the first time. She got an email from the College Board with a $15 gift certificate for a meal due to the SNAP benefit interruption. Make sure that your kids are applying for fee waivers for the SAT/ACT/college applications, whatever, if you need it.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My daughter's taking the SATs tomorrow for the first time. She got an email from the College Board with a $15 gift certificate for a meal due to the SNAP benefit interruption. Make sure that your kids are applying for fee waivers for the SAT/ACT/college applications, whatever, if you need it.
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UK photographer Shirley Baker documented the city of Manchester's streets in the 1960s #WomensArt
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
UK photographer Shirley Baker documented the city of Manchester's streets in the 1960s #WomensArt
Hungry soldiers is not a good idea. These spaces are very cheap because we don't pay enlisted soldiers very much. Many on SNAP, so a double hit.
Millions of servicemembers and veterans rely on the commissary system for basic needs. The tax-free grocery stores offer a substantial savings on many items and also comes with the benefit of the Star Card, a defense system credit card used at the commissary and PX (like a Target/Walmart).
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hungry soldiers is not a good idea. These spaces are very cheap because we don't pay enlisted soldiers very much. Many on SNAP, so a double hit.
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Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.