“Even though Mayor Zohran Mamdani declared a state of emergency that banned all but essential vehicles like ambulances, police cars and utility trucks from the roads, the 80,000 deliveristas were among those exempt.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/n...
The big pander?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
In the lead up to Extreme Heat Awareness Day, I spoke to @australia.theguardian.com about some of the risks #fooddelivery riders face
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Really useful piece by Richard J Buning, Dorina Pojani & @tylerriordan.bsky.social on the category confusion shaping the ebike discourse and inquiry in QLD, and the equity implications of licensing pedelec bicycles
theconversation.com/should-e-bik...
I wrote about the archaeology 🏺of porridge in Africa and what it means for food systems with Alison Crowther.
If you're interested in interactions between culture, food, and biogeography, and their evolution over time - give it a skim (open access).
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...
Following Haaland's work on “porridge and pot” cuisine and Stahl's “cartographies of taste” as a means of exploring cultural and ecological dynamics, this pa...
Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.