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
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Kids science author repped by @essiewhite.bsky.social #scbwi
Clumsy on land
https://lelanargi.com/
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Block Communications, which owns the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has shut down the Pittsburgh City Paper, an alt-weekly that's been around for 34 years. City Paper staffers should look at @racketmn.com, started by folks who were laid off when the Minnesota Star Tribune shut down City Pages.
The Pittsburgh City Paper is ceasing operations after 34 years
Block Communications said the decision to shut down the publication was made for financial reasons.
www.cbsnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Block Communications, which owns the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, has shut down the Pittsburgh City Paper, an alt-weekly that's been around for 34 years. City Paper staffers should look at @racketmn.com, started by folks who were laid off when the Minnesota Star Tribune shut down City Pages.
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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It is irresponsible and dangerous for the CMS Administrator (a physician who knows better) to downplay the importance of getting the flu vaccine.
Reminder: The US had ~38,000 flu deaths in the 2024-25 season.
Reminder: The US had ~38,000 flu deaths in the 2024-25 season.
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 30, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It is irresponsible and dangerous for the CMS Administrator (a physician who knows better) to downplay the importance of getting the flu vaccine.
Reminder: The US had ~38,000 flu deaths in the 2024-25 season.
Reminder: The US had ~38,000 flu deaths in the 2024-25 season.
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"Dilley is no place for children."
"[C]hildren are weak, faint, pale, and often crying because they are so hungry."
"1 hour of education here per day during the weekdays. They just draw."
#NewYork #Texas #USA #Healthcare #Food #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[C]hildren are weak, faint, pale, and often crying because they are so hungry."
"1 hour of education here per day during the weekdays. They just draw."
#NewYork #Texas #USA #Healthcare #Food #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
A Queens Woman Describes What It’s Like to Be Held in Immigration Detention With Her First Grader
In an affidavit filed from detention in Dilley, Texas, the woman describes filth, cruelty, medical neglect, and negligible schooling.
hellgatenyc.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Dilley is no place for children."
"[C]hildren are weak, faint, pale, and often crying because they are so hungry."
"1 hour of education here per day during the weekdays. They just draw."
#NewYork #Texas #USA #Healthcare #Food #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"[C]hildren are weak, faint, pale, and often crying because they are so hungry."
"1 hour of education here per day during the weekdays. They just draw."
#NewYork #Texas #USA #Healthcare #Food #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
Trump has revoked legal status for at least 1.6 million immigrants over the past year by cancelling programs like TPS and student visas.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
Remember: these are people who entered the country legally.
Trump never cared about “legal immigration" — just inflicting cruelty.
December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
This is totally underreported. Trump is not just going after "illegals." He's going after people who were here legally, by changing their status.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
These are people who entered the US the right way, and never broke a law. Now they are subject to Trump's whim, his ICE goons, and inhuman detention.
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🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
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Department of Veterans Affairs quietly implements abortion ban
A VA spokesperson confirmed to MS NOW that the ban was in place following a Department of Justice memo issued last week.
www.ms.now
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨🚨 SCOOP @ms.now : The Department of Veteran Affairs has quietly implemented its abortion ban following a DOJ memo issued last week.
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
This will affect 9 million veterans and their dependents, and has been a long time coming: It was outlined in Project 2025.
Read/share 👇
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"Each dot here represents the movement of someone arrested or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year."
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
December 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Each dot here represents the movement of someone arrested or deported by Immigration and Customs Enforcement this year."
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
• 67,000 transfers per month
• 23,000 removals per month
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Just one month into the government’s 43-day shutdown, SNAP funding ran out with no promise of replenishing the program from the Trump administration. In our latest, @lelanargi.bsky.social explores how hungry Americans coped: foodprint.org/blog/how-sna...
How SNAP recipients ate when the benefits ran out
When the government shutdown hit, SNAP-dependent households and food banks had to improvise. Read the full story.
foodprint.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just one month into the government’s 43-day shutdown, SNAP funding ran out with no promise of replenishing the program from the Trump administration. In our latest, @lelanargi.bsky.social explores how hungry Americans coped: foodprint.org/blog/how-sna...
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
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~42 million people spent the govt shutdown without SNAP benefits, stretching, scrimping, searching for new ways to access cheap groceries. Many families will redeploy these desperate strategies when the OBBB kicks in, maybe for the long haul. My latest for FoodPrint
foodprint.org/blog/how-sna...
foodprint.org/blog/how-sna...
How SNAP recipients ate when the benefits ran out
When the government shutdown hit, SNAP-dependent households and food banks had to improvise. Read the full story.
foodprint.org
December 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
~42 million people spent the govt shutdown without SNAP benefits, stretching, scrimping, searching for new ways to access cheap groceries. Many families will redeploy these desperate strategies when the OBBB kicks in, maybe for the long haul. My latest for FoodPrint
foodprint.org/blog/how-sna...
foodprint.org/blog/how-sna...
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#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
Ending Item Price Tests on Instacart | Instacart
Over the past couple weeks, there’s been a lot written about Instacart and how pricing works on our platform . Some of that coverage raised fair questions. Much of it included misconceptions and misin...
www.instacart.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#BREAKING: Instacart says it will halt a practice that used AI to adjust the cost of groceries for different shoppers after a study found some customers were paying as much as 23% more for the same items.
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Tanya Simon, the E.P. of "60 Minutes" told the show's staff she stood by the shelved segment but could not allay the concerns of the network’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
‘I ultimately had to comply’: ‘60 Minutes’ EP faces fallout after Bari Weiss shelves story
CBS News postponed a “60 Minutes” segment about El Salvador’s CECOT prison one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tanya Simon, the E.P. of "60 Minutes" told the show's staff she stood by the shelved segment but could not allay the concerns of the network’s editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
"She wanted changes, and I ultimately had to comply."
Updated w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social:
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American food safety could be headed for a breakdown. Story by @sarah-todd.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...
American food safety could be headed for a breakdown
More Americans will be exposed to foodborne illness as a result of this year's funding cuts, food safety experts predict
www.statnews.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
American food safety could be headed for a breakdown. Story by @sarah-todd.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/12/22/a...
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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Caveats apply, as this data is only through November, but so far, this year, 92% of the new power plants built in the U.S. have been solar/batteries/wind.
92%! In the year Trump tried to destroy clean energy!
More in this week's chart for @canarymedia.com:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
92%! In the year Trump tried to destroy clean energy!
More in this week's chart for @canarymedia.com:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Chart: Clean energy remains dominant in the US — despite Trump
Trump spent much of 2025 boosting fossil fuels and blocking renewables, but 92% of new power additions through November were solar, wind, or batteries.
www.canarymedia.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Caveats apply, as this data is only through November, but so far, this year, 92% of the new power plants built in the U.S. have been solar/batteries/wind.
92%! In the year Trump tried to destroy clean energy!
More in this week's chart for @canarymedia.com:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
92%! In the year Trump tried to destroy clean energy!
More in this week's chart for @canarymedia.com:
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
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Scientists: I’m looking for sources who think that some (or all?) of the changes to scientific funding, agency research agendas, or STEM training over the last year had merit or were needed reforms. If this is you, I’d like to interview you.
December 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Scientists: I’m looking for sources who think that some (or all?) of the changes to scientific funding, agency research agendas, or STEM training over the last year had merit or were needed reforms. If this is you, I’d like to interview you.
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Big day in court. Today, the U.S. District Court of Appeals granted Climate United’s petition for rehearing en banc, to reconsider a previous ruling in favor of the EPA's $20 billion climate funding freeze.
I reported on the case for @rollingstone.com in April.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I reported on the case for @rollingstone.com in April.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Big day in court. Today, the U.S. District Court of Appeals granted Climate United’s petition for rehearing en banc, to reconsider a previous ruling in favor of the EPA's $20 billion climate funding freeze.
I reported on the case for @rollingstone.com in April.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
I reported on the case for @rollingstone.com in April.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
For 13 years dairy farmers have fought to get whole milk back into school meals, to put more $ in farmers’ pockets and as a corrective to a "poor nutritional decision that's had adverse effects on children’s health." They're about to get their wish. My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/leg...
Getting Whole Milk Back in the Cafeteria - Offrange
There’s been a push to restore whole and 2 percent milk to school meals ever since they were disallowed in 2012. That effort is about to pay off.
ambrook.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
For 13 years dairy farmers have fought to get whole milk back into school meals, to put more $ in farmers’ pockets and as a corrective to a "poor nutritional decision that's had adverse effects on children’s health." They're about to get their wish. My latest for Offrange ambrook.com/offrange/leg...
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NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: Without USAID funding to help buy food for refugees, the World Food Program rushed to prioritize families based on need, determining that only half the population would get food.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
Refugees learned which half they were in from a number stamped on the back of their ration card.
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NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Farmworkers Are Frequently Exploited. But Few Farms Participate in a Program That Experts Say Could Prevent Abuse.
Experts say the Fair Food Program has helped improve conditions for farmworkers. But farms and produce buyers across the country have resisted joining.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW: A lax regulatory environment has led to the widespread abuse of farmworkers — including threats of violence, stolen wages and forced labor.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
Experts say the Fair Food Program's reforms could help.
But few farms have signed on.
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Real reporting:
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
Rubio has repeatedly insisted the govt is restarting life-saving foreign aid.
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Real reporting:
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
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Me in the @startribune.com today: "The main problem with this program is that it’s like all of the other farm subsidy programs. It’s sending money to the largest farms, and it’s not going to help people who are really struggling with this economic uncertainty.” www.startribune.com/what-to-know...
What Trump’s bailout means for Minnesota farmers
President Donald Trump unveiled an $11 billion bailout earlier this week. The aid package might not be enough to make up for farming losses.
www.startribune.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Me in the @startribune.com today: "The main problem with this program is that it’s like all of the other farm subsidy programs. It’s sending money to the largest farms, and it’s not going to help people who are really struggling with this economic uncertainty.” www.startribune.com/what-to-know...