June 2012
15 posts
“stLike the fact of tides, the democratization — the availability — of real food...”
– Brilliance from Elissa Altman (Poor Man’s Feast), which starts with a rant on the dismal state of road food in this country and turns into a careful, moral elucidation of the politicization of food. Brava.
The Fact of Tides: My Road Food Rant Redux
EU bans disposal of fishing bycatch... →
By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor, 13 June, 2012
…Celebrity chef and TV personality Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall: “It’s right to describe today’s commitment by EU ministers to a discards ban as a ‘massive breakthrough,’ and our Fish Fighters should be delighted that our message has been not only heard, but acted on. Well done Mr. [Richard] Benyon [the UK’s fisheries minister] and the...
China's dirty secret – soil pollution... →
Jonathan Watts
Tues 12 June 2012
Nowhere is the global push to restore degraded land likely to be more important, complex and expensive than in China, where vast swaths of the soil are contaminated by arsenic and heavy metals from mines and factories.
Scientists told the Guardian that this is likely to prove a bigger long-term problem than air and water pollution, with potentially dire...
UK Olympics opening ceremony: animals, cricket,... →
Please God, no Morris dancers.
Owen Gibson, Olympics editor
Tuesday 12 June 2012 06.33 EDT
A village cricket team, 12 horses, 10 chickens, 70 sheep, a model of Glastonbury Tor, two mosh pits, and the largest harmonically tuned bell in the world are among the sights that will greet the world when the curtain comes up on the London Olympics, it has been revealed. The surreal vista of a...
really important read re forcing all... →
by Adam Sheingate
(ht @bittman)
…food safety is part of a larger struggle in American politics. Across a range of issues, be it health care, retirement security, or consumer finance, individuals and their families are forced to bear a greater share of the risks associated with modern life. The battles over food safety reflect this broader trend: Both industry and government, perhaps for...
“(from the blog The Pixar Touch. ht @IndreVis)
SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2011 AT 03:39PM...”
– The Pixar Touch - history of Pixar - Blog - Pixar story rules (one version)
Red rag, meet bull: "Britain’s tea addiction is... →
by Jonathon Gatehouse on Thursday, June 7, 2012 11:44am
Britain’s tea addiction is sparking an ecological crisis. The country’s 62 million residents consume 165 million cups of the hot beverage every single day, and the soggy leftovers are piling up. Wrap, the U.K.’s national recycling and garbage reduction body, estimates that tea bags are now the single largest food waste contributor,...
11 babies infected, 2 dead of neonatal herpes from... →
Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus Infection Following Jewish Ritual Circumcisions that Included Direct Orogenital Suction — New York City, 2000–2011
Weekly June 8, 2012 / 61(22);405-409
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection commonly causes “cold sores” (HSV type 1 [HSV-1]) and genital herpes (HSV-1 or HSV type 2 [HSV-2]); HSV infection in newborns can result in death or permanent...
IMPORTED LARYNGEAL AND CUTANEOUS DIPHTHERIA IN... →
(Another reason to check your shots before traveling. Related: People still get diphtheria?)
Eurosurveillance, Volume 17, Issue 23, 07 June 2012
IMPORTED LARYNGEAL AND CUTANEOUS DIPHTHERIA IN TOURISTS RETURNING FROM WESTERN AFRICA TO SWEDEN, MARCH 2012
E Lindhusen-Lindhé ()1, L Dotevall1, M Berglund2 Department for Communicable Disease and Control, Västra Götaland Region, Sweden Departement...
“A conglomerate heap of trash, that’s what I am. But it burns with a high flame.”
– An utter must-read, stuffed with gems: A long-lost interview with Ray Bradbury, revived and published just two years ago. If the ending does not make you cry, you have no heart.
(h/t @leHotz, @jason_pontin)
Paris Review - The Art of Fiction No. 203, Ray Bradbury
