What happens when a corporation gets all the information it needs, but the public is in the dark? A data center announcement that comes as a surprise: Tenacious reporting by @curiousscout.bsky.social for @theassemblync.bsky.social

Louisiana could lose 75% of its remaining coastal wetlands by 2070. New Orleans could end up surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the century, say Tulane University researchers in Nature Sustainability. But communities aren't waiting to act. Join us tomorrow to learn more: buff.ly/ZMZOuWS

City officials didn’t immediately have a clear picture of conditions on the ground. By the time they did, they said evacuation might not have been the safest option. 

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The reception to my latest coverage on #NoKings in North Carolina has been measurably more hostile. Dozens of Facebook comments across three groups. 1/🧵

Today's Reliable Sources lead: The Pentagon goes quiet as the Iran war intensifies The Pentagon has not held a press briefing about the war in Iran in a week and a half... cnn.it/4ccKwUG

In Conservative Lee County, NC protestors participated in their first #NoKings March through Downtown Sanford. The last two #NoKingsProtest were only rallies.

Walter watched the chemical smoke roll in from less than three miles away, enveloping every house, every car as it moved towards his home. He'd sent his family to Florida. But Walter had stayed. www.instagram.com/reel/DWSFld7...

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$1.5 billion. That's what Seattle City Light agreed to spend on the Skagit River watershed and neighboring Tribes.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

Just filed: @knightcolumbia.org mandamus petition—second one in this case—asking Eleventh Circuit to bar Judge Cannon from ordering the destruction of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report, as Trump’s co-defendants have asked her to do. knightcolumbia.org/documents/z8...

The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.

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Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon. A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website: www.georgiafort.com/support

This much is clear: Stephen Miller is in charge. They've shipped off Bovino, they're hanging Noem out to dry, Trump is using slightly conciliatory language...and Miller is still running a blitzkrieg in Minnesota. He, not Trump, is in charge. And he is the one Democrats should fight to remove.

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

Latest from me! "It's an interesting and curious feeling, waiting for the monks. It's anticipation, for sure. A sort of joy and eagerness, like Christmas Eve or, more appropriately, when you're on the cusp of a snow day." #WalkOfPeace #BuddhistMonks thecuriousscout.beehiiv.com/p/who-wander...

For the Daily Beast, I wrote about the Davos shit show. www.thedailybeast.com/mumbling-men...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

Pittsboro is turning out for the Monks #WalkForPeace! It’s a mild 50 degrees and folks are still showing up! I’ve been watching their journey since November 💕 Way to go, North Carolina

IS ANYONE ELSE GETTING BOMBARDED WITH SALES AND SPAM CALLS?! I’ve got 20 calls in the last 24 hours NOPE MAKE THAT 21 LITERALLY AS I WAS TYPING THIS WTH

a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project

For those looking for good news 🥳 #sinners #oscars

See America? It is possible

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

#Coralrestoration Corals grown in mid-water nurseries face fewer predators and less smothering sediment... Some species...can double in size several times annually when suspended on “coral trees” or attached to floating lines." share.google/UubtlL4Vwwuo...

How it’s going

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INBOX: Atlanta City Council will introduce legislation next Tuesday to rename Old Wheat Street to Cornelius Taylor Street. Cornelius Taylor was bulldozed to death by City of Atlanta employees during a homeless encampment sweep in 2025 to make way for dignitaries attending MLK Day festivities.

I am so very sorry to hear about the passing about my friend and colleague Professor Kimuli Kasara. She was a brilliant scholar and a bright, funny, warm person. I remember first meeting her as the only other Black woman/faculty at the Columbia political econ seminar and feeling relief/happiness

Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.

An ecosystem of smuggled tech holds Iran’s last link to the outside world

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society https://theonion.com/historians-quibbling-over-exact-definition-of-concentration-camp-sign-of-healthy-society/

The effect of wind on world politics surprised Author Simon Winchester the most. Swedish scientists picked up radioactive traces carried by an atypical wind from Chernobyl — a shift that exposed the disaster instead of letting the Soviet regime hide it, Winchester tells Jason P Dinh.

The session pitches rolling in for the 2026 NC News Summit are 🔥 Got ideas on transparency, news innovation, climate, DEI or community engagement? Only 3 weeks left to get your pitch in! Deadline: Dec 31 bit.ly/PitchNCNewsSummit26 #NCNews #localnews #climatejournalism #localjournalism #northcarolina

Democratic Senator Murray Condemns ICE After Agents Release Attack Dog on Constituent

First thing on every undocumented worker’s mind upon arriving in the United States: use a huge stockpile of cash to make a down payment and lock into a 30-year mortgage.

Need help shaping your pitch idea for the 2026 NC News & Information Summit? 🤔 Sign up for our Office Hours session happening THIS Thursday, Dec 4, at 12p ET! Cant wait to see what ideas you all have for the #NCNews & info ecosystem #localnews #opengovernment #journalism bit.ly/NCSummitOfficeHours

Sometimes the best way to understand authoritarianism is through a Thanos metaphor 😆 My latest newsletter on SNAP benefits, election victories, and why nothing is 'inevitable.' The SNAP: When Power Becomes Tyranny thecuriousscout.beehiiv.com/p/trump-powe...

NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.

A tornado that raced through residential areas north of Houston damaged more than 100 homes, tearing off roofs, moving garages off their foundations and smashing windows, authorities in Texas said.

Thinking about submitting a session idea for the 2026 NC News & Info Summit but not sure if it's the right fit? Join @nclocal.bsky.social and @ncopengov.org for our office hours session on Dec 5 at 12 p.m. ET! And let's get you ready to pitch! bit.ly/NCSummitOfficeHours #northcarolina #localnews

I'm just glad that Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong caught the last chopper out of The Atlantic because what the hell is this

Our office is aware of reports that the Border Patrol is bringing its operation to Raleigh.

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