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  1. Over October New Single ‘Manatili’ Out on April 17

    A heartfelt track about the moments you wish could last forever or even just a little longer. The song began with a scene. Two people at the end of a good date, neither quite ready to say goodbye. From there, the band expanded the idea together, shaping it into something more layered. What started as a romantic prompt slowly opened up into a reflection on time, presence, and the emotions that come with knowing something will eventually pass. The word itself carries weight. “Manatili” is […]

    soulitudemnl.com/2026/04/16/ov

  2. A Month After #Trump Doubles Down on #Atrazine, #WHO Dubs It ‘Probably #Carcinogenic to Humans’

    “It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous #poison in the United States,” said the Center for Biological Diversity’s environmental health science director.

    Jessica Corbett
    Nov 21, 2025

    "Just a month after the Trump administration doubled down on the alleged safety of atrazine, a United Nations agency said on Friday that the pesticide—which is banned by dozens of countries but commonly used on #corn, #sugarcane, and #sorghum in the United States—probably causes #cancer.

    " 'It is outrageously irresponsible that we still allow use of this dangerous poison in the United States,' said Nathan Donley, the Center for Biological Diversity’s environmental health science director, in a Friday statement. 'This finding is just the latest indictment of the industry-controlled US #pesticide oversight process that is failing to protect people and #wildlife from chemicals linked to numerous health harms.' "

    commondreams.org/news/atrazine

    #CommonDreams #EPAFail #Bayer
    #ToxicPesticides #Monocrops
    #Monocrap #BigAg #BigChem #Poison #USPol #WorldPol #Pesticides #CenterForBiologlicalDiversity

  3. There is a new issue of Food & History 🎉 One article immediately caught my eye:

    (Re)Mapping the Columbian Exchange. Suggestions for an Updated Cartography

    by Maya Bhagat, Zachary Nowak, Adam Spitzig and Kari Roynesdal

    The project has its own website including what they call "New-Columbian-Exchange-Maps" for #tomato, #sweetpotato, #sugarcane, #maize and #quinine:
    zacharynowak.com/pubs/remappin

    #foodhistory #columbianexchange #foodexchange #histodons
    #foodstudies