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3D-printed vegan seafood could someday be what’s for dinner | Food Manufacturing

…Recently, Huang and his research group at the National University of Singapore used legume protein to develop better seafood mimics. And they replicated the flakiness and mouth feel of real fish by 3D printing a protein-based ink with a food-grade 3D printer. Depositing the edible ink layer by layer created different textures, some fatty and smooth and others fibrous and chewy, in a single product.

“We printed salmon filets with protein from red lentils because of the protein’s color, and we’ve printed shrimp,” says Huang. “Now, we wanted to print something else interesting with the potential for commercialization — calamari rings…”

Source: 3D-printed vegan seafood could someday be what’s for dinner | Food Manufacturing

(ME: Personally, I favor just using plant protein and not mimics because of additives and artificial flavorings, as well as added sugars and salts but keep track of developments for others and to track if they can mimic meat healthfully.)

‘I Should Have Run Over Them Motherf—ers’: Unrepentant Florida Man Found Guilty of Hate Crime Charges for Attempting to Mow Down Six Black Men In Rosewood, Site of Racial Massacre

A Florida man has been convicted of multiple counts of federal hate crime charges for his racially motivated attack on a group of Black men who were
— Read on atlantablackstar.com/2023/08/14/florida-man-found-guilty-of-hate-crime-charges-in-rosewood/

‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial | Montana | The Guardian

…“In a sweeping win for our clients, the Honorable Judge Kathy Seeley declared Montana’s fossil fuel-promoting laws unconstitutional and enjoined their implementation,” she said. “As fires rage in the west, fueled by fossil fuel pollution, today’s ruling in Montana is a game-changer that marks a turning point in this generation’s efforts to save the planet from the devastating effects of human-caused climate chaos…”

Source: ‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial | Montana | The Guardian

Raid on Kansas newspaper was troubling and possibly illegal – Los Angeles Times

…It was the sort of conduct one usually associates with totalitarian governments: Law enforcement officers swarm a newspaper office and confiscate computers, servers and cellphones of reporters and editors. Yet this raid took place not in a faraway autocracy, but in a small town in Kansas, despite a federal law prohibiting such searches in most cases.

On Friday, police acting on a warrant searched the offices of the Marion County Record, a weekly newspaper with seven employees and a circulation of about 4,000. Simultaneously, officers searched the home of Eric Meyer, the publisher and co-owner, seizing computers, his cellphone and the home’s internet router, according to Meyer. Meyer’s 98-year-old mother — a co-owner of the newspaper who lived with him — collapsed and died Saturday. Meyer blamed her death on the stress of the raid on their home…

Source: Raid on Kansas newspaper was troubling and possibly illegal – Los Angeles Times

Amazon removed from key list of climate-conscious companies – Los Angeles Times

…The Science Based Targets initiative, a United Nations-backed entity that validates net-zero plans, has removed Amazon from its list of companies taking action on climate goals after the tech behemoth failed to implement its commitment to set a credible target for reducing carbon emissions.

Amazon said in 2019 that it would eliminate or offset all of its carbon emissions by 2040, and a year later the company committed to submitting its goals through SBTi’s verification process. The retailer and cloud-computing company is working to electrify its last-mile vehicle fleet and remove fossil fuels from its electricity sources, but hasn’t offered a detailed road map for how it plans to eliminate the other sources of carbon from its business…

Source: Amazon removed from key list of climate-conscious companies – Los Angeles Times

Federal judges review Alabama’s new congressional map – Los Angeles Times

…Former U.S. Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr., chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, said in a statement that Alabama’s new map “denies Black Alabamians their lawfully protected rights.”

“Alabama’s latest congressional map is a continuation of the state’s sordid history of defying court orders intended to protect the rights of Black voters,” Holder said…

Source: Federal judges review Alabama’s new congressional map – Los Angeles Times