More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Who knew! "Americans consume more shrimp than any other seafood, about 5.5 pounds/person/year; about 40% of it comes from India. Indian shrimp exports to the U.S. totaled more than $2.5 billion in the 2023-24 fiscal year, according to the Indian Ministry of Commerce." www.npr.org/2025/09/23/n...

The Dirty Truth: new @sierraclub.org report shows utilities are backsliding on climate commitments. @jeffstjohn.bsky.social @canarymedia.com 1/

We joined 2,000 people in Toronto as part of Canada-wide protests calling on the new Liberal government to prioritize the climate, Indigenous rights, migrants & workers ahead of the fall budget. #DrawTheLine

The Trump administration has gutted environmental review for projects needing federal approval, dramatically limiting the public’s ability to raise concerns. A proposed Nevada gold mine will be the first hard rock mine to benefit. A scoop from me: insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...

Your 'moment of doom' for Sept. 20, 2025 ~ The blob. "The sea surface temperature difference from average across the entire North Pacific smashed an all-time record for the month of August, with reliable data stretching back to the late 19th century." www.accuweather.com/en/climate/t...

Great reporting from ICN on energy industry lobbying expenditures and political influence: insideclimatenews.org/news/0809202...

Thanks to everyone who canceled their Disney Plus subscriptions we’ve had over 50,000 people confirm they’ve canceled!

The Executive Order does not appear to exempt professors (who are exempt from various other working visa conditions) from the 100,000 USD fee. That means that no university will hire foreign professors. American academia is toasted.

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

Power is the rock on which truth founders. The mainstream media, with a few exceptions, is a single-issue lobby group, whose purpose is to assert the rights of capital. Here's what I've learnt about the industry in 40 years in journalism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"On Friday, a hard-fought global treaty to protect the “cornucopia of biodiversity” living there cleared a final hurdle and will become international law...The High Seas Treaty allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

This does not get at the bottom of this issue. The main problem is the extractive nature of the pay-walled internet. How many things an individual customer can subscribe to? Why is there not a pooled/packaged media service that is affordable and good quality? How much profit media companies expect?

The most impactful way to complain about Kimmel. Fellow Portlanders: We do have a Sinclair station, and it's katu.com (ABC). (Reposting for alt-text).

Dear Prime Minister... "It is critically important that you and your Government stand up to President Trump and challenge him about his dangerous and irresponsible approach to #climate change, which is damaging the best interests of current and future generations in this country.”

It was great to chat with @emilypont.bsky.social @heatmap.news about my book EXTRACTION. We discussed why mining is so conflictual, the power relations of extractive frontiers, how organized communities fare better & why we should use the public sector to proactively plan + govern. Link ⬇️

👋 Hey friends — it’s Day 2 of the #Grist50 launch! We’re spotlighting this year’s class of innovators, builders & dreamers shaping a better future. 🌱⚡ Check them out : grist.org/fix/grist-50... #Leadership #Climate #GreenSky #Policy #Art #Farming #Tech #Solar #Renewables #Justice

When John Yoo, the so-called "Torture Lawyer" who drafted memos justifying water boarding and other extreme measure during the Iraq war, says you've gone too far, you've definitely gone too far.

according to an immigration attorney representing several arrested workers, ICE agents chose to arrest the Korean workers to fulfill the quota of 3,000 daily immigrant arrests set by Stephen Miller www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... The free speech crusade will continue until complete conformity and submission are achieved.

i have said this before but when “getting rid of race in admissions” for the administration means “you can’t even try to reach out to underrepresented communities and encourage them to apply and if you do it is illegal discrimination against white people” then the actual goal here is segregation

Bluesky Friends: Another reason to stop subscribing to the oligarch's fancies!

Spare a thought or two for instructors who refuse to play this game! But the root cause is in the customer service mentality that higher education administrators bring to the business... #HigherEd

“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”

Public records about North Cork Creameries - a company that is a "leading supplier of butter to the internationally renowned Kerrygold brand" - paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

Social media isn’t built to protect your #mentalhealth. Consider these tips to reduce your exposure to graphic imagery: 🛑 Turn off autoplay 🔕 Use filters 🧘 Curate your feed where possible ⏸ Take breaks theconversation.com/how-to-avoid...

Make no mistake, the global turn toward authoritarianism is heavily oil-funded. drilled.media/news/casey-m...

India's environment ministry has issued an order stating mining for critical minerals can go ahead without public hearing. Historically, these hearings are where local communities raise concerns about land rights and environmental issues www.downtoearth.org.in/mining/criti...

posters joking about charlie kirk were held to a higher standard than the wall street journal this week

What centrist libs can't seem to internalize is that the US contains a large, longstanding, well-funded political movement that *wants political violence and authoritarianism*. It does not need to be provoked in any way in order to pursue those goals.

Folks, we are so close to a very important comment milestone, but they close very soon. If you live in New York State, take 15 seconds to send a comment for 15 GW ASAP! ⚡️ publicpowerny.org/take-action/

"The EPA proposal would end requirements for thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills & other industrial facilities. It has been collecting this data since & it is a key tool to track CO2, CH4, other gases that are driving climate change." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/c...

kirk was killed by a dropout engineering student afflicted by brainrot but to the free press that is no reason not to slander the nation’s institutions of higher education

EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country? TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.

Wise words that should be taught in every school, college, and should be part of every discussion on free speech. Bigotry cannot be protected by free speech.👇🏽

Not only are combustion engine "hybrid" cars a pretty nasty marketing scam run by car companies to trick well-meaning consumers into burning fossil fuels, the gap between reality and their claims is getting *worse* every year: www.transportenvironment.org/articles/plu...

Sensible decision, especially under the current context. “We could spend the next eight weeks politicking — with harmful rhetoric or nasty attack ads," he wrote. “Or we could get back to what really matters.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/11/m...

Unequal access to renewables, disparate light distribution, and poorly-maintained infrastructure were key concerns. Fears about safety, unreliable energy infrastructure, and risks like fires shaped participants' visions for the future. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"The advisory opinion of the ICJ made it clear that going down the fossil fuel production expansion is an internationally wrongful act under international law," Regenvanu said. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

“I’m going to pray,” Betty Osceola said, near the entrance to the Florida Everglades concentration camp three miles from her home. “I’m not doing a protest.” Around her neck, next to her reading gl...

As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently. I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵

The U.S. Forest Service posted notice of its intention to roll back significant protections on some 45 million acres of mid-elevation forestland, and will accept public comments through Sept. 19 to gauge Americans’ appetite for the change.

Turned this into a blog post, adding a dash of Alinsky as well, just to get the ideas out of my head and down on paper. (Some people smoke as a stress-reliever. I quote Schattschneider and Alinsky.) open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...

News just broke that the Venezuelan boat that Trump struck was not, in fact, headed to the U.S. with drugs. But this story is disturbing for other reasons, and you need to know why. It's another sign of Trump's growing lawlessness. And it's bad counter-narcotics strategy.

US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals. There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles grist.org/science/us-m... #EV #Climate #Science #Mines #Batteries #Lithium

The funny thing is Trump's acolytes constantly talk about how this is the next American revolution and no one in the press seems to believe they are serious even though they could not be more obviously serious.

When Campus Reform and Turning point came after professors and created the professor watchlist, administrators didn't pay attention..Now they are being fired and attacked. Maybe institutions should have done more to protect academic freedom....