The lack of historical understanding among journalists is a huge problem for their reporting on politics, society, and the economy, and the consequence of ignorant journalists is an ignorant public. Everyone is easier to fool, & rightwingers exploit that.

Such a widespread and extreme heatwave has no previously recorded analogs at all in the USA during March. Almost 1/3 of US weather stations set new monthly records. In no previous March did more than 10% of stations simultaneously set a record. 11/

It’s a wonky term, but “polycrisis” helps us remember that climate change, economic injustice, and far right reactionary politics are not separate, nor are they really analogies or metaphors for one another.

every mushroom foraging guidebook: This is Woodland Pot Roast, a tasty little mushroom that adds a delightful flavour to soups and stews. Note that it is often mistaken for Satan’s Fistula, a mushroom that erases the last 9 generations of your family from God’s ledgers.

Powerful words: "Spring is billions of birds quieter than a century ago, and there’s no sign that these losses will slow. When a bird goes extinct, a language goes with it; bells fall silent without their ringers. It’s not enough to love the song but forget the singers." thewalrus.ca/billions-of-...

This story isn’t as flashy as war, but it’s (arguably) more consequential. The collapse of the AMOC would radically transform Earth—and not to our benefit.

"SpaceX bought 1,279 Cybertrucks in Q4 2025, representing over 18% of Tesla’s total US sales during the quarter. That’s not fleet expansion—that’s a bailout wearing corporate camouflage" www.gadgetreview.com/spacex-bough...

This village uses its solar income on free communal lunches, buses and other communal efforts.“If you divide money as individual income, people feel disconnected. People who didn’t know each other for years now get to know each other within days” I love everything about this.

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

‘Research… finds that if fertiliser prices rise from roughly $300–$350 a tonne to around $900–$1,000 and remain elevated, global food prices could increase by 60 to 100 per cent, pushing up to 100mn additional people into undernourishment’ ☹️ www.ft.com/content/27e0...

1/ Why is atmospheric CO₂ accelerating faster than fossil fuel emissions are growing? The answer is buried in the data, and it's more worrying than most people realise. A thread. 🧵👇

may this be the beginning of something

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Woman in Cambridge, MD hired some contractors and then called ICE on them just before they finished so she wouldn't have to pay them the $10k she owes them. She even provides ICE a ladder to help them get the contractors.

Just an extremely important piece from @emorwee.bsky.social in the Heated newsletter here. Oil prices have *ALWAYS* been fantastical and absurd, because it never factors in the shocking costs of what happens when you use it heated.world/p/the-true-p...

"“This is not a war for security. It’s a war for the political economy of fossil fuels – and the people paying the price are Iranian civilians and working‑class communities around the world.”

Q for scientists & researchers: what percentage of the most consequential research in your field is actually getting funded? Are funders identifying the areas where their support might do the most good? (Quick 🧵)

I'm excited to announce this new paper we have in Nature Climate Change, establishing the core principles of a post-growth climate mitigation scenario that can achieve rapid decarbonization and high well-being. nature.com/articles/s41...

You really need to read this. via The Honest Sorcerer on Substack: open.substack.com/pub/thehones...

Garbage move.

I realize that to people outside the PNW this is just an interesting news item, but if you're in the PNW, where tracking orca pods is a local religion, this is basically like being visited by alien gods

On today’s episode of Cartoonishly Overt Sign We’re the Baddies: they’re taking the olive branch off the dime because it presents peace

We are the mightiest military in the WOORRRLLLD *fails to plan for most obvious tactic possible*

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 11 Advocate While complaining about the costs associated with trans servicemembers transitioning, study shows Pentagon under free-spending SecDef Hegseth spends more on lobster in 1 month than it does on trans servicemembers in 1 year.

"We have to learn to operate under extreme levels of uncertainty." Te Pūnaha Matatini Principal Investigator @jdtonkin.bsky.social joined @jessedamiani.bsky.social on @urgentfutures.bsky.social to discuss his pivot toward solutions for biodiversity loss 🧪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTv7...

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Metaculus v Polymarket predicting the Iran attack -- @kikollan.llaneras.es in @elpais.com: elpais.com/actualidad/n...

NEW: Watch this report just in from CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen. It is raining oil in Tehran this morning. A city of 10 million is being actively poisoned. (🎥 CNN)

Hitting desalination plants is so bad. Not just evil but strategically incomprehensible. Without desalination 75% of the entire population of the Middle East will be refugees. Israel and Kuwait depend on desalination for 90% of their water and other Middle East states aren’t far behind.

Had to doublecheck the date on this

Imagine all the cool, fast trains we could have with the billions we spend on bombs.

These warnings about food security are happening almost weekly now But does anyone think the government is taking a blind bit of notice The UKs 3 worst harvests have been in the last 5 years By 2050, the number of calories per head globally could be halved www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Quite an opening paragraph.

Polymarket pulled nuclear detonation markets after public backlash. There's a right way to forecast existential risks and a wrong way. The right way: aggregate judgment for reliable foresight. The wrong way: let anonymous wallets profit from mass death--or worse, corrupt the decisions themselves.

Today on Volts: for the next few decades, we'll be in the "mid-transition," with clean energy systems growing as FF systems decline. Those FF systems will not decline smoothly -- there will be thresholds, "cliffs," where they suddenly crumble -- so maybe we should, I dunno, plan for it?

Congratulations to 2028 Democratic National Convention keynote speaker Ben Affleck www.bostonglobe.com/2026/03/04/n...

Should we be gambling on war? For so many reasons, no.

holy fuck holy fuck holy FUCK

STUDY: Despite conventional wisdom that increases in vehicle fuel efficiency results in decreased gasoline consumption, Jevons’ Paradox holds. For every 1 mile per gallon of increased fuel efficiency there’s an associated 1.2 mile increase in vehicle miles travelled. Better cars = higher emissions.

“I might have written 18 books over the past four decades, but it’s really all just one book on fairness, justice and equity,” @drrobertbullard.bsky.social, the father of environmental justice. His nature.com interview ends the Changemakers Q&A series, started by @kendallsciwrite.bsky.social.

Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

I first thought "there aren't words" when I first saw this story. but there are

Quite a flex to host Brendan “We Can Do This the Easy Way or the Hard Way” Carr as the headline speaker for your ‘Restoring Trust in Media’ conference…

Here’s my ask: if you’re a climate denier, please explain this.

new from me at @curbed.com: everyone ICE did business with in New York City last year www.curbed.com/article/ice-...