Mattie John Bamman
mjbamman.bsky.social
Mattie John Bamman
@mjbamman.bsky.social
Author, food journalist, and nonprofit consultant. Homesteading in Waldo County Maine.
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Today in @nytimes.com , @juliabelluz.bsky.social and I share our thoughts on our toxic food environment, what to do about it, & how MAHA leadership is falling short by promoting wellness products & industry cooperation instead of better science, policy & regulation. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...
Opinion | It’s Not You, It’s the Food
www.nytimes.com
September 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing. 👇
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
February 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Spring 2025 virtual, US, and London tour dates for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY are on my website! More details as I learn them.
1/5. 💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #18thCentury
www.surekhadavies.org/booktour
January 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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(Checks to see if my publisher is part of this suit)

FUCK YEAH MACMILLAN GET THESE MOFOS

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...
Publishers sue state of Idaho over library book bans
Lawsuit says its definition of ‘harmful materials’ forbidden to under 18s is ‘vague and overbroad’ and puts librarians at risk
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The protest is part of a nationwide movement at state capitals across the nation in response to Trump’s executive orders, as well as Project 2025.
Anti-Trump protest draws hundreds to State House Wednesday
"I went to bed and woke up in a different country," said one protester.
www.pressherald.com
February 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Must we relearn these lessons?
February 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Did anyone elect Elon Musk?
 
Has Congress confirmed him for an actual position?
 
No? Then why was he given sweeping, unfettered access to the U.S. Treasury payment systems?
apnews.com/article/dona...
Elon Musk's DOGE commission gains access to sensitive Treasury payment systems: AP sources
The move by DOGE means it could have wide leeway to access important taxpayer data, among other things.
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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"This is a problem that goes beyond and predates fracking. Oil and gas development has always brought a lot more to the surface than just oil and gas."

Thanks to Justin Nobel for this important effort to hold Big Oil and Gas to account.
The oil and gas industry’s radioactive problem: Q&A with Justin Nobel
“Of all the levels of radium in produced water or brine around the world that I’ve looked at, I have encountered none that are consistently as high as what comes out of the Marcellus Shale.”
www.ehn.org
January 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I went to post about the National Japanese American Memorial in D.C., which is beautiful but usually missed by tourists. It is a deeply staggering admission of guilt and a warning to future Americans. I went to link to the inscriptions and-

Well, they took the site down. www.nps.gov/places/japan...
January 31, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mutual aid can defeat fascism. Time to brush up and find your local community service providers lithub.com/we-only-have...
We Only Have Ourselves: The How-Tos and DOs and DON’Ts of Mutual Aid
For all of humanity’s many, many flaws, one of our most redeeming characteristics as a species is an almost-universal desire to connect with one another. When terrible things happen and communities…
lithub.com
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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So if I’m understanding today correctly, the world’s richest person Elon Musk, whom no one elected, is taking over federal payment systems and employee data while the federal employees who investigate and prosecute public corruption are being fired en masse.
January 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Chiefs keep benefitting off bs calls. Refs of last two games are deciding the playoff
January 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM