Journalist. Humanitarian. Educator. Antifracktivist. Indy media, peace, justice, and environmental sensibility activist. Actor, director, playwright. Refugee.
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Maura Stephens retweeted
This is painful. This is horrible and feels a bit like a betrayal. But I have no choice. Bobby Kennedy Jr. was my friend and co-author. I feel terrible about revealing these things. But our democracy truly is in the balance…. #RFKJr
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Maura Stephens retweeted
Stella Assange: "I hope journalists and editors and publishers everywhere realise the danger of the US case against Julian that criminalises, that has secured a conviction for, newsgathering and publishing information that was true, that the public deserved to know.
That precedent now can and will be used in the future against the rest of the press. So it is in the interest of all of the press to seek for this current state of affairs to change through reform of the Espionage Act.
Through increased press protections, and yes, eventually when the time comes - not today - a pardon."
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Get yer oily hands off #AFCON2023 @TotalEnergies. Stop your Africa greenwashing. We know you’re only there to extract oil and exploit African communities #KickTotalOutOfAFCON
Funny, but we have never gotten salmonella from eating our organic homegrown produce.
SALMONELLA OUTBREAK: 16 people sick in CT, MA, NJ, & NY after eating ground beef. Investigators are working to identify the source of the ground beef. Always cook ground beef to an internal temp of 160°F. More info: bit.ly/43JewA2
ALT An infographic with a photo of a burger. Text overlay, states: “Salmonella outbreak. Illnesses linked to ground beef. Investigators are working to identify the source of the ground beef that made people sick. • Cook ground beef to an internal temperature of 160°F. • Wash hands and surfaces after handling raw ground beef. • Use one cutting board for raw meat and another for produce or other foods that won’t be cooked. cdc.gov/foodsafety/outbreaks.”
Maura Stephens retweeted
Must-watch video from @MarkRuffalo urging @carlheastie & @Andreascousins to schedule a vote on the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Act (A5322a/S4246a) by @DeborahJGlick & @SenatorHarckham so we can pass the strongest plastic reduction law in the world before Leg. adjourns on 6/8!
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I want to take a moment to try to explain what the heck’s happening here. (Hint: it’s galactically stupid)
Why is Hochul pushing to gut the state’s climate law?!?!? 🧵
Read all about it
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Maura Stephens retweeted
Check out this amazing timelapse...make sure you watch till the end.
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
#ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #rewilding
Just when you think corporations have penetrated every aspect of public life . . . they find new bedfellows.
Sad but not surprised that the DOJ today sided with @Chevron to claim the company's prosecution of me after helping Amazon peoples win a historic $9.5b pollution case was permissible.
Merrick Garland is stating a corporation can act as a government prosecutor. Indefensible.
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Marisol sent this video of the garlic harvest in CA. The garlic is picked, cleaned up and placed into containers while the farm workers kneel. The ideal growing conditions for garlic means the harvest work is in extremely hot and dry conditions.
Maura Stephens retweeted
Strawberries are known as “stoop labor” as they require bending or kneeling. Most strawberry harvesters are paid by piece rates for volume picked, not by the hour.
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Here’s a picture from Parlier, CA (near Fresno) of a worker in the squash crop. It was 98 degrees but notice Amadeo is covering his skin with gloves and long sleeves.
That’s because squash vines are intensely irritating to the skin, especially as they get dry, close to harvest.
Maura Stephens retweeted
North American yams or sweet potatoes are often unearthed by harvesting machines, but still require sorting and cleaning by hand. (Same for regular potatoes.)
Here’s a video from Raquel who was sorting sweet potatoes in Livingston, CA.
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North American yams or sweet potatoes can be grown in hot dusty conditions or in muddy conditions like this. Ricardo sent this video of a rainy sweet potato harvest in Mississippi. At least he wasn’t hot!
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These workers were picking peas in an area experiencing wildfires. Some varieties are harvested mechanically, but most involve hand harvest.
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Asparagus requires bending and often causes repetitive strain injuries. This video is of an asparagus worker from Gonzalez, CA. Vid is from the end of harvest, she’s likely clearing the remaining few stems but it shows the mechanics of the labor involved.
Maura Stephens retweeted
This is video is pecan but walnut harvesting is similar. A hydraulic machine is often used to shake the trees, bringing the ripe nuts down to be collected. They’re then mechanically hulled/cracked/shelled then processed by hand to remove shell debris.
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Brussels sprouts grow on a very tough, woody stem— which means workers need both strength and precision to avoid chopping injury. Here’s a video!