Shifting Baseline Syndrome: Capitol Hill Staffer edition "Each generation accepts a more eroded version of governance, making the next step away from democracy harder to recognize and easier to justify." thehill.com/opinion/cong...

"God Squad"? ... "Death Panel" would be closer to the mark. "Never before in the 50-year history of the ESA have national security justifications been used to waive endangered species protections and over such a huge area." www.publicdomain.media/p/endangered...

As I (and many others) have been saying, the populist antipathy to AI and data centers promises to usher in an interesting trans-partisan politics civileats.com/2026/03/30/h...

An Australian mining company has staked tens of thousands of acres of rare earths claims just outside Joshua Tree National Park. The metals could help build wind turbines and electric vehicles: www.latimes.com/california/s... via @alex-wigglesworth.bsky.social

It seems that in the all too near future people will be divided between those who insist on thinking for themselves and those who have succumbed to “cognitive surrender” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/o...

Seriously wondering: Do the architects of AI and virtual reality ever go see live music? Because if they did, they would know that their creations, no matter how “intelligent,” will never match the frisson of live performance, the communal spirit of the crowd, the fecund scent of vape and sweat…

The biodiversity crisis is as urgent as the climate crisis.

Crowd steadily filling in for little ol Bellingham’s 1 pm rally and march #NoKingd

I’m on Bike Brigade/traffic control tomorrow. Sign is done and ready to go. #NoKings

As always, @naomiaklein.bsky.social is brilliant in her recent interview with Ezra Klein, which I've now listened to twice. What really stuck with me was this part --> Why?... a short 🧵

From March 15 through March 26 there have been... More than 100 monthly records & more than 700 daily records broken or tied. Since March 1 there have been more than 1,100 daily records broken or tied across the nation. Some record heat will remain through the weekend for areas of the Southwest.

It’s still only March. There’s gonna be a drumbeat of these in 2026

Important scoop here from @adamfederman.bsky.social. According to FBI documents, the federal govt doesn’t actually believe antifa is a threat to national security inthesetimes.com/article/prai...

Hey everyone! You have until MARCH 30, 2026 to file a claim in the Anthropic Settlement. If you have questions about filing--or if you aren't sure if you've filed correctly--call the settlement administrator at 1 877-206-2314.

Truly great. And inspirational. Take 5 minutes to give it a read

As is often the case, the accusation is actually a confession ... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Thanks to the good folks at Daily Climate for featuring my recent piece for @therevelator.org about climate change accountability in their newsletter today. Appreciate it! therevelator.org/climate-chan...

The Trump Admin has nominated a longtime corporate executive to run the National Park Service. What could go wrong? Jimmy Tobias of Public Domain delivers a history lesson to answer that question www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-park...

My thoughts exactly.

As an author with a new book on its way into the world (The Earth Said Remember, coming this July!), this piece hits very close to home. I just got a lovely speaking invite from a library--but then spent 10 minutes confirming it wasn't a fraud before I replied ... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

I like this contrarian take via @wudan.bsky.social "If the trail changes, hikers who choose to experience it ought to change alongside it—to shift our expectations, to prepare ourselves for the hazards these changes might present." www.rei.com/blog/camp/hi...

This 2019 piece by @jasondovemark.bsky.social is very, very good on individual/collective action and why it's so hard to strike the right balance in messaging. But the bottom line is: Do both.

This is madness. Important reporting here via @thatsmohrlikeit.bsky.social www.hcn.org/articles/uta...

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

Big Oil companies really don’t want the evidence of their climate deception to go before a jury. In fact, the industry's "dogged campaign for immunity can seem like an implicit admission of guilt," writes @jasondovemark.bsky.social.

Important piece via @mikegrunwald.bsky.social: "Nobody’s really stopping you from buying electric vehicles, installing solar panels or using less fuel. ... [Trump] he isn’t forcing you to drive a massive S.U.V. to the mall, and neither is Exxon." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/o...

"At stake is whether communities like Boulder County — and, by extension, people like Erica Solove — will ever have a chance to demand justice for what many people say is among the greatest crimes in human history." therevelator.org/climate-chan...

I’m a longtime listener, first time caller…. Psyched to finally contribute to The Revelator!

Came home from a long time away to find some amazing-looking books waiting in the mail for me, converging on themes of evolution and revolution. @galbeckerman.bsky.social @jasondovemark.bsky.social @dghaskell.bsky.social

Paging @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Incredibly, even *more* locations across U.S. are today experiencing their warmest March temperatures on record--many by a wide margin, with some even breaking April records. This includes most or all of: AZ, UT, CO, NM, WY, NE, KS, MO, IA, plus portions of many other states. 🫠

Reality finally caught up with the hype. Anyone who's spent a day working a vegetable field (including yours truly!) knew that indoor farming was a sham. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/b...

This broadfork is one of my favorite tools, but now that my garden is established and I’m in a low till mode I rarely use it. Came in handy today while prepping a new bed for asparagus.

One piece of evidence that they view your disempowerment as necessary for their survival is that their entire messaging strategy is to persuade you that there is nothing you can do but submit to their domination, and to threaten you with dire consequences if you don't medium.com/center-on-pr...

The March 2026 heat wave is likely to become a reference point in the same vein as the 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest ... When it is this hot — and, more importantly, when it is this hot this soon — the effects compound, touching everything heatmap.news/climate/marc...

Only the Best People ...

This. Is. Not. Normal.

Shut Out: Dept of Interior blacklists SF Gate for its coverage of National Park issues www.sfgate.com/national-par...

In Memory of #ChuckNorris, here's a clip from Walker, Texas Ranger where he broke up some illegal toxic dumping www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGNS...

This is why I'm glad that my local ski resort (Mt Baker) is famly owned and independent www.levernews.com/powder-grab-...

Time to park your car privilege

One of the chief virtues of the book is that it’s nearly the only remaining form of media that isn’t constantly being interrupted by ads. Between the covers is the last place on earth where no one is trying to sell you shit, a place where you can still be a human being rather than a mark.

Powwows are open to the public! Eat some frybread, build some solidarity, get some cultural exposure, just check yr awkward fragility at the door. 👍 www.underscore.news/culture/poww...

Just got turned onto this new print magazine dedicated to long-form, narrative driven, international reporting and it looks ... RAD! nowvoyagermag.com

The Arc of the Energy Universe is Long, but It Bends toward Decarbonization

Smart Thread

In his latest Lookout column, @jasondovemark.bsky.social traces how the nomination of businessman Scott Socha — the director of a private National Park Service concessionaire — to become the next NPS director, further reveals the Trump administration’s warped view of what national parks are for.

The San Rafael Valley is a national treasure. Building a wall thru the middle of it is nothing short of vandalism www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The National Park Service is not a hot dog stand. Just like the US Postal Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the Internal Revenue Service, and the Secret Service, the National Park Service doesn’t exist to turn a profit for shareholders. www.earthisland.org/journal/inde...