Jenny Splitter
@jennysplitter.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of @sentientmedia.org, the only nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet reporting on factory farms and alternatives to the status quo. Tips to sentientmediatips@proton.me
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Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution
The Department of Natural Resources division responsible for environmental oversight of 8,000 CAFOs hasn’t received a budget increase since 2016.
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Fascinating look @ Iowa's struggle to regulate factory farms:
"The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...
"The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...
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Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE
Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...
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HHS Secretary RFK Jr. promised that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans would look different from years past and they do. The new food pyramid puts red meat at the top, but the guidelines themselves are a bit more confusing, and contradictory.
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. promised that the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans would look different from years past and they do. The new food pyramid puts red meat at the top, but the guidelines themselves are a bit more confusing, and contradictory.
The reason I hate debates is that I don't care about the panache of your debating style I just want to see the evidence like the boring ass elder that I am. Do I have to just read exclusively footnotes from now on or what?
February 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
The reason I hate debates is that I don't care about the panache of your debating style I just want to see the evidence like the boring ass elder that I am. Do I have to just read exclusively footnotes from now on or what?
Had to do it. Donut Run back open in Takoma DC.
January 28, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Had to do it. Donut Run back open in Takoma DC.
Fascinating look @ Iowa's struggle to regulate factory farms:
"The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...
"The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...
Stretched Thin, Iowa Agency Issues Few Fines for Manure Pollution
The Department of Natural Resources division responsible for environmental oversight of 8,000 CAFOs hasn’t received a budget increase since 2016.
sentientmedia.org
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Fascinating look @ Iowa's struggle to regulate factory farms:
"The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...
"The state requires livestock producers to denote the exact fields for manure spreading...But review and enforcement of those plans is spotty, and a closer look at the type of fines levied reveals why." sentientmedia.org/iowa-agency-...
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Critics warn that new reporting requirements for foreign interactions could chill routine scientific exchange at a time when global research cooperation is vital. Originally published by @propublica.org
USDA Researchers Instructed to Investigate Foreign Colleagues
A Trump administration policy asks agency scientists to Google their co-authors and report foreign collaborations.
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January 27, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Critics warn that new reporting requirements for foreign interactions could chill routine scientific exchange at a time when global research cooperation is vital. Originally published by @propublica.org
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Meat was everywhere in 2025, but let’s take a closer look at why the once scrutinized protein source charged with compromising health, climate and animal welfare became cool again.
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Meat was everywhere in 2025, but let’s take a closer look at why the once scrutinized protein source charged with compromising health, climate and animal welfare became cool again.
Fun fact: Mark Hyman was (is?) also closely aligned with the Clintons, plenty o' Democrats and leading environmental groups.
Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Fun fact: Mark Hyman was (is?) also closely aligned with the Clintons, plenty o' Democrats and leading environmental groups.
Good to see news coverage of recalled bag lettuce include the links to livestock operations and their manure lagoons.
www.huffpost.com/entry/you-ma...
www.huffpost.com/entry/you-ma...
Ever Heard Of A 'Manure Lagoon'? Here's What To Know About Bagged Lettuce
Ever heard of a "manure lagoon"?
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January 27, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Good to see news coverage of recalled bag lettuce include the links to livestock operations and their manure lagoons.
www.huffpost.com/entry/you-ma...
www.huffpost.com/entry/you-ma...
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"There are too many shots. I take maybe five steps towards the chairs, I am behind the last row. It is the closest thing I can find to cover. I lie on the grass, on top of the little girl."
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
After the Bondi terror attack people keep calling me a hero. But I am not a hero. I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event | Jessica Rozen
My phone zoom helped me see better. One man was on the footbridge. He was holding a gun. It was pointed towards me
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January 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM
"There are too many shots. I take maybe five steps towards the chairs, I am behind the last row. It is the closest thing I can find to cover. I lie on the grass, on top of the little girl."
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a mum who was at a Hanukah event, writes Jessica Rozen
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Happy to see this aspect of water pollution covered in the NYT, and appreciate @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making the point that factory farms should be regulated like other polluting industries. It's not that wild to say so, even a shill like Mike is agrees! (kidding) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers
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January 20, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Happy to see this aspect of water pollution covered in the NYT, and appreciate @mikegrunwald.bsky.social making the point that factory farms should be regulated like other polluting industries. It's not that wild to say so, even a shill like Mike is agrees! (kidding) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...
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hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
January 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
hi! i would like to reup my request for ANY AND ALL PEOPLE FIGHTING DATA CENTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
i am now covering data center conflicts for @heatmap.news
my email is jael@heatmap.news
“these companies have found a hidden way to make millions of gallons of waste effectively disappear — at least, in the eyes of the law — with no oversight or accountability as to where it ends up or what pollution it causes. Welcome to the world of manifesting.”
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The Paperwork Trick Letting Factory Farms Pollute With Impunity
The practice called ‘manifesting’ lets CAFOs make manure pollution legally invisible and evade liability.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:15 AM
“these companies have found a hidden way to make millions of gallons of waste effectively disappear — at least, in the eyes of the law — with no oversight or accountability as to where it ends up or what pollution it causes. Welcome to the world of manifesting.”
sentientmedia.org/trick-lettin...
sentientmedia.org/trick-lettin...
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I suppose we have to hear from the attacker, but it's important that we also learn about the people he attacked.
See, for example, this history of the Jackson Jewish community from the ISJL Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, with lots of detail about CBI.
www.isjl.org/mississippi-...
See, for example, this history of the Jackson Jewish community from the ISJL Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, with lots of detail about CBI.
www.isjl.org/mississippi-...
January 13, 2026 at 2:15 AM
I suppose we have to hear from the attacker, but it's important that we also learn about the people he attacked.
See, for example, this history of the Jackson Jewish community from the ISJL Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, with lots of detail about CBI.
www.isjl.org/mississippi-...
See, for example, this history of the Jackson Jewish community from the ISJL Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities, with lots of detail about CBI.
www.isjl.org/mississippi-...
Are we doing this for the next four years?
Mayor Mamdani issued a fine statement denouncing an antisemitic arson attack against a synagogue in Jackson, MS, and half of the responses say he is at fault for refusing to denounce anti-Israel protests, while the other half say he is selling out Palestine by caring about antisemitism at all.
January 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Are we doing this for the next four years?
Does the Nobel Peace Prize even know about the war on protein? We are finally at peace with protein! These are unprecedented times.
January 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Does the Nobel Peace Prize even know about the war on protein? We are finally at peace with protein! These are unprecedented times.
Hey climate action experts -- if you had to staff a climate table at a community day of action event, what would you do? What I've noticed is people want to do something, and in the past I've mostly given them info (I'm a journalist, whadya want) but if you have tips to make it more fun/action, lmk!
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Hey climate action experts -- if you had to staff a climate table at a community day of action event, what would you do? What I've noticed is people want to do something, and in the past I've mostly given them info (I'm a journalist, whadya want) but if you have tips to make it more fun/action, lmk!
I'm doing Dry January but luckily the world right now is like a giant fucking hallucination.
January 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I'm doing Dry January but luckily the world right now is like a giant fucking hallucination.
My motto for 2026 is meh, not this again.
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 AM
My motto for 2026 is meh, not this again.
CNN has a NY Eve segment out of Harbin, a place in China known for its ice city but there is also this wild history from Dara Horn. www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...
Dara Horn's 'Cities of Ice': A Dispatch From Frozen Harbin, Where Jews Once Flourished, and Melted Away
Tablet Arts Top 5: An entirely subjective list, presented in no particular order, of our 5 favorite articles from Tablet’s Arts & Culture section in 2019. “Favorite” here means somewhere at the nexus ...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
CNN has a NY Eve segment out of Harbin, a place in China known for its ice city but there is also this wild history from Dara Horn. www.tabletmag.com/sections/art...
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As a Jewish person I kind of like a New Years where you get to be as vain as you want.
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As a Jewish person I kind of like a New Years where you get to be as vain as you want.
Shabbat Shalom
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Shabbat Shalom
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The comments and quote posts on this are…disgusting?? It’s a Hanukkah party? We eat fried foods in Hanukkah because the oil burned for eight days so we use oil to commemorate it is?? This isn’t even lavish it’s just a holiday meal?? Can y’all be normal about Jews??
Fuck Trump and also this ain’t it
Fuck Trump and also this ain’t it
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The comments and quote posts on this are…disgusting?? It’s a Hanukkah party? We eat fried foods in Hanukkah because the oil burned for eight days so we use oil to commemorate it is?? This isn’t even lavish it’s just a holiday meal?? Can y’all be normal about Jews??
Fuck Trump and also this ain’t it
Fuck Trump and also this ain’t it
old enough to remember when
reagan let people die of aids and started the gop down the road towards the full destruction of the safety net.
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
old enough to remember when