You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

NEW: During a week at immigration court in Connecticut, I didn't see ICE once. During a day at the Federal Plaza in New York City, ICE was everywhere. My tale of two immigration courts, with illustrator Matt Stevens, at @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

NEW: Humanitarian officials staged a last-minute plea to Trump officials at their fancy hotel to re-start food aid $ for a huge refugee camp in Kenya. The Trumpers blew it off and babies starved. @annamaria.bsky.social & Brett Murphy www.propublica.org/article/keny...

cluesbysam is my latest obsession. Loved the lazy reindeer today. 🦌

People say you’re driving a moral panic, that you’re blocking good regulation, that there’s no point in resisting. And then you enforce a phone ban and miracles happen (qualitatively): nymag.com/intelligence...

Charities are rewriting their mission statements to remove or minimize language tied to race, inequity and historically disadvantaged communities. Great nonprofit data reporting from @emsimani.bsky.social, gorgeous design by @zisiga.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/dele...

Don’t let the robots take our jobs

"This was something different: an American-made hunger crisis. So far this year, community health workers have referred almost 12,000 malnourished children for immediate medical attention." Crucial reporting by Brett Murphy, @annamaria.bsky.social, 📸 by Brian Otieno

1/ After two years of bargaining, @propublica.org management has resisted our proposals to bring transparency and accountability to our disciplinary process. You can support our union by sharing this post and signing our petition for a fair contract! actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

In DC, Trump officials celebrated the decimation of USAID with a sheet cake. In South Sudan, USAID budget cuts closed a health clinic in the middle of a cholera outbreak. Tor Top had to take his sick mother to the hospital, 8 hours away. She died on the way. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

Brown Daily Herald providing the best updates on the evolving active shooter situation at Brown right now: www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

When a well-off, widely respected pillar of the community and member of the hospital’s board can’t get the care he needs at the town’s only hospital, it raises the question: Who can? Read the 5th and final part of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series:

Was not expecting the 👻 at the end of this. A little levity for your day. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/08/z...

When I first saw the photos Annie took during the inversion, I immediately thought of historical photos from pre-EPA days. But these were taken in 2025. The Trump EPA has halted rules meant to reduce pollution in this community and others. Here's what we found: www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

NEW: Last year we found the acceptable level of exposure to formaldehyde set by the EPA left people at risk for cancer. Now the Trump administration has roughly doubled it www.propublica.org/article/epa-...

"Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud." 👀 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

“This was like a fucking machine,” said assistant St. Louis County attorney Mike Ryan, “that was basically trying to roll over these girls.” A bit of BTS on the reporting of my story about the abuse of children in a little-known church community in Minnesota: www.propublica.org/article/minn...

It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.

Doesn’t seem great that all the animals are turning to booze.

Sometimes this is what goes into changing one word.

"Poor life choices" actually he looks more relaxed than most of us right now, so I applaud his choices

We found that the BLM skipped environmental review on 75% of its grazing land. Our new @propublica.org story explains the ”loophole” that allows BLM to bypass enviro reviews. www.propublica.org/article/graz...

One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.

"Today, family separations are back, only now they are happening all across the country."

Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails. Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging

NEW: I spent a week in Connecticut’s only immigration court, where thousands of people each year learn if they can stay in the United States. The court doesn’t allow photography, so I took an illustrator. My latest for @ctinsider.bsky.social — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

NEW: In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant. She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency. Then she died. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

NEW: The White House intervened on behalf of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate during a federal investigation. “It was so offensive to what we’re all here to do, to uphold the law and protect the American people,” one official involved said. www.propublica.org/article/andr...

After a bird flu outbreak tore through Midwestern barns, killing millions of chickens and spiking egg prices, the federal government didn’t investigate if the virus was airborne. So ProPublica did. Absolutely terrifying reporting from @natlash.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/bird...

Elon Musk is set to make more than every U.S. elementary teacher combined

FEMA chief Richardson departs agency thehill.com/policy/energ...

"They spent a month in detention before she gave up on her asylum case and asked to be sent back to Venezuela. Mejías later told me her son cried for his father and refused to eat the food served in jail. He lost weight." Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social

“He believed in the rule of law and due process,” Martha White said of her grandfather. (Charlotte's Web, btw, has the best opening sentence of any book. 'Where's Papa going with that ax?' will haunt me forever)

This lede is an entire article on its own. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

How Kendra feels about mayo is how I feel about carrots ❌ Looking forward to future episodes on food textures, climate change and cute animal stories.

So much to unpack here. But importantly: the first rule of journalism is to get the name of the cat, or dog. Or in this case, the horse. "The ad’s aesthetic sits somewhere between a political campaign ad and a Jeep commercial..." is ✨ writing www.propublica.org/article/kris...

Flooding at the COP30 venue...that's not too on the nose, or anything...

You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants. We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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Love this. Teens keeping the town informed in Pulaski, WI wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisc...

Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”

hi, can you do me a favor? take a picture of your pet and then take a picture again while you sing to them thank you, this is for science here is my contribution

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

We have reached the time of year where the COP30 PR emails makes me want to hide in the woods without internet for a month.

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

"Live insects crawled through the facility’s production workshop, while dead ones lay on the floor. Condensation from rust-covered pipes dripped into a water tank waiting to be mixed with raw ingredients." 🤢 😮 --> by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @bxroberts.org www.propublica.org/article/fore...

Reporting this story, I heard near universal concern from Heritage staff of discrimination against unmarried women. Then I obtained a letter to the Heritage board from anonymous staffers that alleged the same thing — and more. Heritage is aware that alleged behavior could create legal trouble.

you can just go ask crows stuff instead of asking chatgpt

NEW: We reviewed 700+ videos, hours of footage from ICE protesters and counterprotesters in Portland. In 2 months before Trump said he was sending the National Guard, federal officers fire on, grab, pepper-spray or tear gas people 20 times -- without charging anyone. "Gratuitous," one expert said.