"Why did you sext RFK Jr.?" "Liminality and the death drive." "We can work with that."

Watch him sue over the allegation that these were prescriptions rather than snake oil.

The world's biggest meatpacker, JBS, claimed in its adverts: "Bacon, chicken wings and steak with net-zero emissions. It’s possible." But it never seemed to have a plan to make this happen. So now it's paying $1.1 million to settle a false advertising case newrepublic.com/article/2028...

here's @hsouvainehorn.bsky.social on Michelle Wu's undersung accomplishments from this week's election newrepublic.com/post/202735/...

NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year. The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices. But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low. 🧵/

My "but Boston!" take is simple. -Michelle Wu is implementing progressive climate & housing policy. -This has pissed off business interests. -They came after her in the election and she slapped them down handily. -Watch this space. newrepublic.com/post/202735/...

Newsletter a'coming on this. I think this is a much bigger deal than most people realize—particularly for climate stuff.

“The cost of living goes up. Our pay doesn’t,” said Nakia Lomax, a massage therapist in Delaware. “My credit cards are maxed out from buying food. There’s been times where my husband and I, we’ve gone hungry just to make sure that our daughter and our son eat.” My latest:

I feel like a lot of people in American cities are in a constant tantrum over not being able to have the "Does Not Exist."

Crucial thread

"We didn’t get here because Democrats failed to talk about 'kitchen-table issues' on the campaign trail. We got here because Democrats believed talking about kitchen-table issues was the only thing they needed to do." 🔥 from @davekarpf.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2023...

"Elections are determined by four broad factors: (1) your message, (2) the messenger, (3) the media environment, and (4) the moment. The only thing that political campaigns have complete control over is the message." Fun, thoughtful piece from @davekarpf.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2023...

And actually astonishing when you think about it: The Trump administration's top officials are choosing to separate themselves from the public—more to the point: separate themselves from any visible protest—and live on military bases. Gift link here: www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I wrote a thing for @thenewrepublic.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2024...

wake up babe, a new way of saying "we just put 14,000 people out of a job" just dropped

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Back from tiny-human leave as of this morning. Please send me your climate/environment/ag/public health pitches! (And if you sent one in recent weeks and got an OOTO/silence but have not yet placed the piece elsewhere, feel free to re-send.)

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...