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
Mac & Cheese and Chex on massive sale at Harris Teeter and upscale brand of Kroger's collection of grocery stores. These are definitely cheaper than store brand, but they could be on sale as well. Thinking BigFood is feeling the pain of SNAP. Not a holiday sale, that will come next week.
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Mac & Cheese and Chex on massive sale at Harris Teeter and upscale brand of Kroger's collection of grocery stores. These are definitely cheaper than store brand, but they could be on sale as well. Thinking BigFood is feeling the pain of SNAP. Not a holiday sale, that will come next week.
Proud great-granddaughter and granddaughter of immigrant Priests (yes Byzantine Catholics priests could marry until 1950). They were immigrants who supported immigrants through War, strikes, death, marriage, baptism, and much more. While I don't practice, I am still proud. #immigrants
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Proud great-granddaughter and granddaughter of immigrant Priests (yes Byzantine Catholics priests could marry until 1950). They were immigrants who supported immigrants through War, strikes, death, marriage, baptism, and much more. While I don't practice, I am still proud. #immigrants
In my US community immigrants build houses and rent. They can't afford the new houses being built or the older ones up for sale. New immigrants rent and strive to own...like many Americans.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
In my US community immigrants build houses and rent. They can't afford the new houses being built or the older ones up for sale. New immigrants rent and strive to own...like many Americans.
I struggle with 1930s hand writing! Deciphering handwriting is hard and skill we still need.
Them: "People had such wonderful legible handwriting in the 1900s! Clerks were hired for their beautiful penmanship you know!"
Me: So explain this.
Me: So explain this.
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I struggle with 1930s hand writing! Deciphering handwriting is hard and skill we still need.
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Proposal: instead of pouring resources into AI, tech companies first figure out a way for people to be able to copy slides from one PowerPoint presentation to another without the formatting getting all fucked up
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Proposal: instead of pouring resources into AI, tech companies first figure out a way for people to be able to copy slides from one PowerPoint presentation to another without the formatting getting all fucked up
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We want you to study with us!
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We want you to study with us!
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
Our masters program in Public Environmental Humanities starts Fall 2026. This is a very special program that brings together research with taking research into public sphere.
Next online info session: Thurs 21 Nov 14.00 CET
www.uis.no/en/studies/t...
#envhum
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Toolkit for making comments at the Nov UC Regents meeting The UC has been presented with a series of unlawful demands from the federal government including the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Hi...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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As a historian who studies botulism....how does this even happen? Botulism is soil born not something that humans introduce to products like e coli or other food born infections. It is a horrific disease mostly seen in HOME Canning not commercial canning/processing.
ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, recalled all of its products sold nationwide days after some batches were recalled in an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.
ByHeart recalls all baby formula sold nationwide as infant botulism outbreak grows
Baby formula manufacturer ByHeart recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday. The move comes days after some batches were recalled amid an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As a historian who studies botulism....how does this even happen? Botulism is soil born not something that humans introduce to products like e coli or other food born infections. It is a horrific disease mostly seen in HOME Canning not commercial canning/processing.
Not so fun fact, some rural communities in the US have no grocery store, so the only place to buy food is at the gas station. These are the same communities who rely on SNAP
Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Not so fun fact, some rural communities in the US have no grocery store, so the only place to buy food is at the gas station. These are the same communities who rely on SNAP
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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.
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.
Reposted by Gabriella M. Petrick, Ph.D. 🍇🍇🍇
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...