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Articles by Jess Zimmerman

Jess Zimmerman was the editor of Grist List.

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  • Giant smiley measures a city’s mood

    The Fühl-o-meter (Feel-o-meter), also known as the Public Face, is an art installation, which is probably good because if it were an official civic amenity it might be a little Orwellian. But as art it’s cool! The idea is that cameras scan the faces of people passing through the city, and analyze their expressions to […]

    Jess Zimmerman Cities

  • Insane Disney WWII propaganda video boosts Big Ag

    Ever wonder why U.S. agriculture gets such huge subsidies for things like corn and wheat? It turns out it's because we're trying to smother Nazis under flour drifts and build a corn bridge from London to the Black Sea. At least, that appears to be the contention of Disney animators in 1942. This video illustrates […]

    Jess Zimmerman Agriculture

  • Infographic: Fracking violations in Pennsylvania

    The orange dots here are natural gas extraction operations with one or more environmental violations. But, you know, deer and rainbows! Click through to NPR's interactive graphic to find out more about each operation and how many laws they're flouting. (You can also get more detailed maps and information by county.)

    Jess Zimmerman Energy

  • Congress passes the wrong pipeline bill

    It turns out Republicans and Democrats truly can work together to craft a bipartisan pipeline safety bill that satisfies both parties! And then they can accidentally pass the old version instead. The bill, which laid out new penalties for pipeline safety violations following a deadly explosion last year, was laboriously hashed out in a bipartisan […]

    Jess Zimmerman Politics