Eliyahu and McLuhan

My favorite part of the Passover seder -- we had a wonderful seder last night at our in-laws in Manhattan -- is when we welcome Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet) to our gathering.

Paul Levinson

In case you missed it... here are some of the stories featured on SustainabilityOnline.net over the past week. Featuring news from Mondelēz International, Immfly, Agronomics, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and more. ⭐

Keep up to date with all the latest news and insights at www.sustainabilityonline.net – a business news website with a sustainable mindset. 🌍 #icymi #news #business #sustainability #esg

(#ICYMI) Today's #PS3 #XMB Game Preview is from the UK Game Disc of XBlaze Code: Embryo, a game developed by Arc System Works, published by Funbox Media, and released from 2014. This game preview has no sound on #PlayStation3.
https://youtube.com/shorts/rafvoTsNVTw

#ICYMI: “It’s pretty facially an attempt to mollify the White House post Charlie Kirk’s assassination. … What I’m seeing is the unfettered use of these very powerful tools and these very powerful statutes, absent any sort of norms or guardrails that normally would be in place to guard against overreach.” https://www.texasobserver.org/prairieland-antifa-verdict-threatens-anti-trump-resistance/

#Trump #politics #USpol #FreeSpeech #antifia #terrorism #law #Texas #NorthTexas #ICE

How the Prairieland 'Antifa' Verdict Threatens the Anti-Trump Resistance

Last week's convictions related to a July 4 ICE detention center demonstration raise red flags about the right to protest. “This can happen to you, and if they can do it to you, they will.”

The Texas Observer
#ICYMI, next hour we're bringing you a replay of The Variety Vault with Paul merrell. Even though it's a replay, you're still very welcome to toot on Mastodon using the #MushroomFm hashtag. Listen online here: https://MushroomFm.com/listen
Ways to Listen | Mushroom FM

Artemis II: NASA’s First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years - NASA

Meet the Artemis II crew and learn how NASA’s 10-day lunar flyby mission will test deep space systems and pave the way for future Moon landings.

NASA
(#ICYMI) Today's #PS3 #XMB Game Preview is from the Japanese Game Install Disc of Ōkami HD (大神 HD), a game developed by HexaDrive and Cacpm, published by Capcom, and released in 2012. This game preview has no sound on #PlayStation3.
https://youtube.com/shorts/r72xFMW1aKQ
(#ICYMI) The #demo i checked out this week is the #Switch version of #Rubato, from #dconn. it's the intro, tutorial, and first area, but doesn't say if the save carries over. i enjoyed the look and level design but found the controls a little tricky.
https://qtegamers.blogspot.com/2026/04/dpt-rubato-switch.html

#icymi

"France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste"

"The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates.

Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to charities and food banks, which will provide the hungry with millions of more meals. Just a 15% increase in donated food will mean 10 million more meals per year."

#waste #foodWaste

https://recycle.ab.ca/newsletterarticle/france-becomes-first-country-to-ban-supermarket-food-waste/

EDIT: much more recent than 2016 news about programs in the US (poor results so far)
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/14/nx-s1-5112435/food-waste-bans-climate-change-study

dashboard for US state programs; most of the emphasis seems to be on avoiding methane production in landfills, rather than getting food to food banks and people (see link below)
https://www.climatepolicydashboard.org/policies/industry-materials-waste/food-waste-bans

252 state policies from 51 states; only two policies explicitly promoted the donation of healthy foods and beverages
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8958359/

France Becomes First Country to Ban Supermarket Food Waste | Recycling Council of Alberta

The French senate has unanimously passed a law that stops grocery stores from throwing away and intentionally spoiling food that approaches best-buy dates. Instead, they’ll have to give all of this food to...

Recycling Council of Alberta