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Mark Bittman @bittman

Ex-NYTimes, author (How to Cook Everything, Animal Vegetable Junk, VB6 etc), team player @bittmanproject, host of "Food with Mark Bittman," grandpa!

Joined February 2009
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This is what I sent to Mike Lawler, R, NY-17 (my home district:
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Of all the awful headlines of the last year, this one might take the cake: nytimes.com/2026/01/12/clima…

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

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If you care about baseball, you really should subscribe to @BillyBall which is basically the funniest and best-written non-partisan baseball newsletter I know. billchuck.substack.com/

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Mark Bittman@bittman
15 Jul 2025
Bradley Tusk on why voting by phone is our best shot at saving democracy (12 minutes worth watching): ted.com/talks/bradley_tusk_w…

Why you should be able to vote on your phone

The US political system is broken — and the solution might be in the palm of your hands, says political strategist Bradley Tusk. Drawing on his deep experience with government and technology, he...

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Brilliant piece by Raj Patel ("although we may believe that our food is made for us, in every way that matters, we have actually been made for our food"): tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Counter-hegemony and polycrisis I: how to eat and how to think

Using Gramscian and Fanonian theories, this paper examines counter-hegemony through two 20th-century movements: Italian mondine (rice weeders) and the Black Panther Party. These movements met crise...

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Mark Bittman@bittman
20 Jan 2025
Also on MLK: grocerynerd.substack.com/p/g…

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Mark Bittman@bittman
20 Jan 2025
Great piece, with terrific links: notionscapital.wordpress.com…

Dr. King on the Roots of Economic Inequality

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) planned a Poor People’s Campaign for May 1968 to demand jobs, unemployment insurance, a fair minimum wage, affordable …

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My guy!! This’ll make the night feel a little less scary.
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4 Nov 2024
Let’s witness history together! Join me on Election Night Live With Brian Williams, November 5 starting at 5 p.m. ET on @PrimeVideo. #ElectionNightLive #BrianWilliams”
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31 Oct 2024
Replying to @realRFKJr
@realRFKJr's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign is a con--and a dangerous one. How can you know for sure? For a reason no one has talked about: zero opposition from the industries Bobby claims Trump has empowered him to cast out of Washington. 🧵 1/5
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Mark Bittman@bittman
11 Oct 2024
From a friend in Michigan - please read:
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This promises to be great. retroreport.org/citizen-nati…

Citizen Nation (Full Series) - Retro Report

We’re an independent, nonprofit newsroom creating trusted documentary videos and classroom resources.

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Mark Bittman@bittman
28 Aug 2024
Such good news: wgbh.org/news/local/2024-08-…

Experimental 'public kitchen' welcomes cooks and innovators in Upham's Corner

Activist design studio DS4SI has built an open kitchen — akin to a public library — in Dorchester.

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Mark Bittman@bittman
27 Aug 2024
Hi folks. @bittman was hacked yesterday (you didn't really think we were selling Macbooks did you?) but we're back. Not a recommended experience....
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Mark Bittman@bittman
18 Aug 2024
Really smart (and no paywall) nytimes.com/2024/08/18/opini…

Opinion | Trump Turned the Democratic Party Into a Pitiless Machine (Gift Article)

The former president’s victory made it ruthlessly pragmatic.

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The Lincoln Project
@ProjectLincoln
15 Aug 2024
MAGA wants to talk about stolen valor? We'll show you exactly what that looks like.
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12 Aug 2024
"when there is urgency and political will, change is possible." nytimes.com/2024/08/12/opini…

Opinion | The Harris-Walz Ticket Is Our Opportunity for Political Imagination (Published 2024)

The candidates are creating space for our most extravagant imaginings.

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One of NY's finest in the true sense of the word
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Cinema Scene
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5 Aug 2024
Replying to @DAVID_LYNCH
God bless you Mr. Lynch!❤️
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thank god. already sick of daily gregg
Marc Sessler@MarcSessler
6 Aug 2024
The seeds of a new revolution. Monday nears. HEED THE CALL ♥️
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