frida garza
@fridagarza.bsky.social
food and agriculture reporter at @gristnews.bsky.social // el pasoan in nyc // views expressed here are my own
fgarza@grist.org
fgarza@grist.org
it happened to me: i bought a new shirt and i have worn it every day since
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
it happened to me: i bought a new shirt and i have worn it every day since
"Whatever the reason, the result is clear: By dismissing Wholf and her team, Ellison has effectively told CBS News it’s no longer responsible for keeping the public informed about climate change." heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
The fall of the CBS News climate team
David Ellison, the new pro-Trump chief executive of Paramount Skydance, has dismantled the best climate change reporting team in cable news.
heated.world
November 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Whatever the reason, the result is clear: By dismissing Wholf and her team, Ellison has effectively told CBS News it’s no longer responsible for keeping the public informed about climate change." heated.world/p/cbs-news-k...
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condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
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Hello friends, especially Chicago friends. Today for @grist.org, @wbez.org, and @insideclimatenews.org, we've published an investigation into Chicago's lead pipe crisis and an accompanying interactive map. You can read the story here: grist.org/accountabili...
A quick 🧵 follows.
A quick 🧵 follows.
Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mapped
Here's what the data reveals about who's most at risk.
grist.org
August 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hello friends, especially Chicago friends. Today for @grist.org, @wbez.org, and @insideclimatenews.org, we've published an investigation into Chicago's lead pipe crisis and an accompanying interactive map. You can read the story here: grist.org/accountabili...
A quick 🧵 follows.
A quick 🧵 follows.
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Important reminder re: climate change from a @coveringclimatenow.org session this AM. This is a big reason behind our solutions journalism approach!
August 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Important reminder re: climate change from a @coveringclimatenow.org session this AM. This is a big reason behind our solutions journalism approach!
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Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @governor.ca.gov news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, a strawberry delivery driver with no criminal record and just there to drop off fruit to a tea room.
This is his story
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is his story
www.latimes.com/california/s...
He was delivering strawberries in L.A. when Border Patrol stopped him. 'The wrong place at the wrong time'
Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios was delivering strawberries to a tearoom in Little Tokyo when Border Patrol agents massed nearby where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference. Minguela ended u...
www.latimes.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Last week, Border Patrol agents massed outside of a @governor.ca.gov news conference. They wound up arresting Angel Rodrigo Minguela Palacios, a strawberry delivery driver with no criminal record and just there to drop off fruit to a tea room.
This is his story
www.latimes.com/california/s...
This is his story
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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I'll never be as good at writing as I want to be, but the process is the deeply absorbing and satisfying work I've loved most for my whole entire life
“AI is great because the process of becoming good at drawing or writing or making music is so miserable”
…No?
…No?
August 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I'll never be as good at writing as I want to be, but the process is the deeply absorbing and satisfying work I've loved most for my whole entire life
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From @fridagarza.bsky.social: Trump's tariffs (of nearly 50%!) will make your morning coffee more expensive.
August 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
From @fridagarza.bsky.social: Trump's tariffs (of nearly 50%!) will make your morning coffee more expensive.
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"The air pollution burden in these areas could lead to more emergency room visits and hospitalizations — which itself poses significant financial problems for residents lacking adequate health insurance coverage."
From @fridagarza.bsky.social:
From @fridagarza.bsky.social:
Factory farms don’t just stink — they make it harder to breathe, too
New maps show that where animal feeding operations exist, higher percentages of Latino and uninsured residents also live.
grist.org
August 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"The air pollution burden in these areas could lead to more emergency room visits and hospitalizations — which itself poses significant financial problems for residents lacking adequate health insurance coverage."
From @fridagarza.bsky.social:
From @fridagarza.bsky.social:
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GFI’s Claire Bomkamp joined Grist’s @fridagarza.bsky.social on @kuow.org to discuss the first-ever launch of cultivated salmon at 3 U.S. restaurants and how this one step is part of longer-term journey toward a truly sustainable seafood supply chain. Listen now 🔈
The science behind cultivated salmon — and where you can try it - Soundside
Cultivated salmon, or lab-grown salmon, has already hit restaurants in Portland and Austin.
omny.fm
August 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
GFI’s Claire Bomkamp joined Grist’s @fridagarza.bsky.social on @kuow.org to discuss the first-ever launch of cultivated salmon at 3 U.S. restaurants and how this one step is part of longer-term journey toward a truly sustainable seafood supply chain. Listen now 🔈
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money has been tight over here lately. if you wanna support an indie journalist who covers the climate crisis thru the lens of the oppressed, consider subscribing to my newsletter
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Healthcare Is a Human Right
Donald Trump's Big Ugly Bill is going to take healthcare away from millions.
www.possibilities.news
August 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
money has been tight over here lately. if you wanna support an indie journalist who covers the climate crisis thru the lens of the oppressed, consider subscribing to my newsletter
www.possibilities.news/healthcare-i...
www.possibilities.news/healthcare-i...
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I’m old enough to remember when reporters like @yessfun.com were mocked for arguing that environmental conditions in the camps presented extraordinary risks to detainees
Fiancée of someone currently detained in Alligator Alcatraz details how her loved one has been in there for nearly a month. Conditions are so bad that he tried to commit suicide, and he has fungus due to constant water intrusion into the tent where he is caged.
August 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I’m old enough to remember when reporters like @yessfun.com were mocked for arguing that environmental conditions in the camps presented extraordinary risks to detainees
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this felt like one of the most vulnerable things I've written, and I'm so grateful for the reaction to it defector.com/taylor-swift...
Taylor Swift Turned Me Straight | Defector
I finally get Midnights. I don’t just mean, “Oh, I thought this album was whatever when I first heard it, and now I really love it,” though I do mean that a little bit. I mean I get it get it. Like, I...
defector.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
this felt like one of the most vulnerable things I've written, and I'm so grateful for the reaction to it defector.com/taylor-swift...
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OSHA could withdraw its landmark draft regulation on heat protections, but it hasn’t and is currently in the middle of soliciting input from the general public about the proposed policy, reports @fridagarza.bsky.social at @grist.org
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A long-awaited rule to protect workers from heat stress moves forward, even under Trump
While labor experts say the regulation is progressing quickly, advocacy groups wonder what has taken so long
grist.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
OSHA could withdraw its landmark draft regulation on heat protections, but it hasn’t and is currently in the middle of soliciting input from the general public about the proposed policy, reports @fridagarza.bsky.social at @grist.org
grist.org/labor/federa...
grist.org/labor/federa...
"Fast forward to 2025, and nearly all of these Lower Manhattan mutual aid experiments have vanished, almost as if they were never there at all. But the local memory does not fade so easily." www.amny.com/news/lower-m...
The vanishing of Lower Manhattan’s community fridges: Where are they now and how has their absence affected the homeless? | amNewYork
Community fridges first popped up in the East Village and other New York neighborhoods just as the COVID-19 pandemic began to ravage the Big Apple in 2020,
www.amny.com
July 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
"Fast forward to 2025, and nearly all of these Lower Manhattan mutual aid experiments have vanished, almost as if they were never there at all. But the local memory does not fade so easily." www.amny.com/news/lower-m...
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NEW: Two Catholic dioceses say immigrants can skip Mass over ICE raid fears
2 Catholic dioceses say immigrants can skip Sunday Mass over ICE raid fears
Dispensations from attending Mass for large populations are rare
trib.al
July 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEW: Two Catholic dioceses say immigrants can skip Mass over ICE raid fears
to give you an idea of the state of the media industry, three out of four of my previous workplaces have been killed by G/O media (née gizmodo media née gawker), where jim spanfeller made of habit of buying up websites only to run them dry. the consolidation of the news economy continues apace
July 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
to give you an idea of the state of the media industry, three out of four of my previous workplaces have been killed by G/O media (née gizmodo media née gawker), where jim spanfeller made of habit of buying up websites only to run them dry. the consolidation of the news economy continues apace
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what do you mean nature valley granola bars aren’t healthy. they’re literally in a green box
June 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
what do you mean nature valley granola bars aren’t healthy. they’re literally in a green box
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The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
June 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The head of the FDA tells us they're taking a look at the dietary guidelines and that the food pyramid is out.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
The food pyramid has not been in use since 2011 when MyPlate replaced it.
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Happy Pride! I interviewed @johnbirdsall.bsky.social and Erik Piepenburg, authors of of two amazing books on queer food out today, about the queer life of everything from the Automat to Edna Lewis www.eater.com/2025/6/3/244...
How Two Groundbreaking Books Capture the Power of LGBTQ+ Place-Makers and Mold Breakers
Over the last decade, the question of what makes food or a restaurant gay has permeated food media. In their new books, writers John Birdsall and Erik Piepenburg prove the importance of queer placemak...
www.eater.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Happy Pride! I interviewed @johnbirdsall.bsky.social and Erik Piepenburg, authors of of two amazing books on queer food out today, about the queer life of everything from the Automat to Edna Lewis www.eater.com/2025/6/3/244...
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Me and You and Everyone We Know (2025) www.vox.com/culture/4150...
The midlife crisis is coming for millennials lol
How millennials are freaking out about being halfway to death, when everyone’s broke and already in therapy.
www.vox.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2025) www.vox.com/culture/4150...
i've been saying there's nothing more mexican than a hot dog for years, ty texas monthly
June 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
i've been saying there's nothing more mexican than a hot dog for years, ty texas monthly
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When it comes to ag policy, what's the difference between MAGA Iowa and Supermajority Democrat Illinois?
*squints*
Story by @juanpab.bsky.social & @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org
*squints*
Story by @juanpab.bsky.social & @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:40 PM
When it comes to ag policy, what's the difference between MAGA Iowa and Supermajority Democrat Illinois?
*squints*
Story by @juanpab.bsky.social & @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org
*squints*
Story by @juanpab.bsky.social & @fridagarza.bsky.social for @grist.org