Susan Monarez, the CDC director for 29 days, said RFK Jr. Kennedy told her “the childhood vaccine schedule would be changing starting in September, and I needed to be on board with it”. My story, with updates to come as this Senate hearing continues: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I wrote about all the Iranian civil rights activists people are ignoring when they talk about bringing regime change to Iran through bombs: newrepublic.com/article/1970... @newrepublic.com

As climate solutions reporter I find many 'solutions' don't scale- or reduce pollution at all. Which is why after months of reporting I want to tell you about Vienna. Vienna has found a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change, all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in. 🎧⬇️

Google’s AI Overviews will not only confirm that a gibberish idiom is a real saying, it will also tell you what it means and how it was derived -- often including reference links. www.wired.com/story/google...

The FDA is cutting inspections of milk (hi, cryptosporidium). Great reporting from @leahjdouglas.bsky.social www.reuters.com/business/hea...

This isn’t a story of corporate law firms breaking an honorable tradition of upholding the rule of law. It’s a story of Big Law showing its true colors.

This is not another dire wolf debunker. This is a dire wolf diatribe. New from @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social: newrepublic.com/article/1938...

Food safety regulatory enforcement is being reduced, by the way.

Incredible ad in Union Station in DC.

This is such an important article, about the simplistic visions now pushing aside scientific research and complex social issues. A must read. newrepublic.com/article/1933...

"Part of the Doge, we talked about this from the beginning, is we’re going to do 80% cuts, but 20% of those are going to have to be reinstated, because we’ll make mistakes." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.

The U.S. is the global hotspot of H5N1 right now. Here's why, and what it means for you — my new explainer for @thesicktimes.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2025/04/01/w...

"It's not productive to resist/ask people to resist—you just have to hope people recognize the need for small government now" might just be the worst take yet... www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/o...

"And it was tempting to tell myself that I was doing something that truly mattered as I worked on my book. But I also remember thinking that my obligation could not possibly end with 'Do exactly what you were going to do anyway'—something that still feels true today." - @nicolechung.bsky.social

I've read a slew of articles on how we got to this MAHA moment, and what they all seem to miss is how entrenched the nature-tech divide is and why it's a false dichotomy. This essay by @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and @garrettbroad.bsky.social really explains it well: newrepublic.com/article/1933...

Hearing from all corners of HHS this morning about a total bloodletting — firings of scientists, analysts and many more as delayed RIFs take effect. Many folks didn’t see early AM email and showed up, only to be turned away when badges didn’t work. Was sent this photo of long lines at one HHS site.

Provocative one from @garrettbroad.bsky.social and @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social about the parallels between tech and nature-based "solutionisms," and why this is a particularly important moment to be skeptical of them. Links regenerative beef, anti-vaxxers, AI hype: newrepublic.com/article/1933...

I hope you read the piece, but what we're trying to get at - and what we've been talking about for a while now - is the slippage from an appeal to nature fallacy in particular cases to an ideology that naturalizes "nature" as a universal solution akin to techno-solutionism. bsky.app/profile/jand...

It's not knee-jerk. It's an environmentally-destructive technology designed to fetishize idea over effort and excise artists from art in order to make techlords richer by plagiarizing pre-existing material made by *actual* creative people and not quote-unquote "prompt engineers."

“Immigration officials on Tuesday morning arrested 25-year-old union farmworker activist Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez … Juarez, who is a member of the Indigenous Mexican Mixteco community, has organized on behalf of farmworker rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old”

NEW: We spoke with friends, family members, and lawyers of ten men sent to an infamous Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. All reject that their loved ones are gang members. Instead, they say: The US is disappearing people, without due process, to a mega-prison because of their tattoos.

I had the honor of being part of the inaugural fellowship last year, and it was a fantastic investment in my career. You don’t have to be a food-systems guru — but you will want to be after this. Apply!

More than half of USDA's regional foresters plan to depart. For @politico.com with Jordan Wolman. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025...

They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

Dampening finding for grass-fed beef: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Congestion pricing works.

For those interested in community organizing stories right now, don't miss Marin Scotten's report on small towns battling cryptomines: newrepublic.com/article/1927...

Nationwide, bitcoin mines—the majority of which are powered by dirty fossil fuels—use 2% of the country’s electricity and may be consuming as much water per year as the entire city of Washington, D.C.

Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website, part of an effort across the Defense Department to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.

Meet Gracie Himes, age 20. Her goal: Fight cancer by developing new medicines. On March 3, her dreams were shattered when Trump admin cuts hit West Virginia University, which rescinded her PhD program offer. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

"the guy who sounded the alarm on microplastics, only to sit back and let them addle our brains and threaten our food supply" @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social's latest on RFK Jr: newrepublic.com/article/1927...

No words www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

standing behind my colleagues, current and former, and every word of this

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons to want more walkable streets.

Forest Service braces for another 7,000 job cuts. Scoop from my colleague @eenews.bsky.social Marc Heller. Comes after we reported the agency was firing more than 3,000 probationary employees. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

The Guardian's homepage right now:

DOGE just fired the head of the team that "passes information about harmful algal growth and toxicity on to municipal water treatment plants in time for them to protect people, pets, and businesses from being poisoned," @katearonoff.bsky.social reports: newrepublic.com/article/1923...

Bohemian waxwings questioning your behaviour #birds

"In a dissenting opinion, Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote that the majority had badly misread the text and history of the Clean Water Act’s provisions at issue." newrepublic.com/article/1923...

A bright spot in the New York City mayoral race: a near consensus among the candidates that the city should be the first to enact universal childcare earlylearningnation.com/2025/03/coul...

"Cities are a collective project, requiring public investment to succeed, and that’s one reason why, historically, their citizenry hasn’t formed the base of the Republican Party." @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social on the greater stakes of Trump v. congestion pricing: newrepublic.com/article/1921...

"...retail sales south of 60th Street have been $900 million higher in January 2025 compared to the same period last year. In addition, restaurant reservations are up 7 percent year over year, according to restaurant reservation app Open Table."

Update: After not responding to multiple requests for comment, this afternoon TNC changed what was formerly its "Gulf of America" landing page to "The Gulf" and issued a statement saying they're "required" to refer to it as the Gulf of America in the U.S. to "ensure our programs continue."

God, this is heartbreaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.

"...this pack’s quick and dramatic prey shift sent shock waves through the wildlife world: in just three years, they’d upended classic predator-prey dynamics and bent the supposed “rules” of their lives."

“I had strong relationships because of my union organizing ... So we had folks right away looking up, who are the hospital admin staff that made this decision... how do we start an email campaign to flood their inboxes... how do we get in touch with parents of patients that being affected by this?”