The tide is turning on OOI. Today, 11 senators (including one Republican) and 23 House members sent letters to NSF demanding they stop the dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.

Truly fascinating the level of hostility toward Graham Platner on bluesky, compared to Threads which is usually nastier but has more open dialogue on him. He’s got a lot of baggage but he’s also being royally smeared. Maine’s a small state. People know him and they’ll make the right decision.

This is not getting enough attention. It’s insane that a medical association would forcibly remove and bar scientific experts from a conference simply for sharing information challenging Trump’s policies on medical research.

Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:

What we don’t know will hurt us. Such willful ignorance and destruction of the US’ scientific capabilities and infrastructure.

As farmers turn to regenerative farming practices that foster biodiversity and build soil health, researchers and startups are developing AI tools to help them measure the effectiveness of their practices. Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

Remind me how Democrats were allegedly going to take away your hamburger because they're all vegan maniacs? www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

"Oceans are changing so quickly, we’ve had 98 percent drops in fish populations over two years." With fewer NOAA staff and no ability to do the climate modeling and predicting we’ve always relied on, we'll see more such impacts. ~ Linda Behnken, a fisher, Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association.

A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.

Remembering Amal Khalil

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Genuinely depressing to me that your partner has to Doordash to raise money for your cancer treatment when you get old. What happens if you don't have a partner? Are we just working to pay a landlord and save up for a medical emergency when we're elderly?

If you still haven’t cancelled your Amazon Prime membership, here’s a another sad reminder why you should. And this isn’t the first time a worker has died at an Amazon warehouse.

Finfish aquaculture faces a slew of challenges, including disease outbreaks, high mortality rates, and water pollution. AI systems are being introduced to tackle these issues, particularly in the U.S., but the solutions are newly emerging and not yet widely adopted. @megwilcox.bsky.social reports ⬇️

I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

“WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as ‘a search engine for the best webinars,’ is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit.” Everyone’s business model is just crime now.

I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing. Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service: cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...

Last night was a big night for offshore wind: Vineyard Wind finished construction and Revolution Wind began sending power to the grid @wbur.org #energysky www.wbur.org/news/2026/03...

Trump tried to take these five offshore wind farms down. They’re all hitting huge operations and construction milestones this month.

This is chemical warfare and not at all about liberating or helping civilians. Utterly barbaric. billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-dark-and...

An #endocrine #disruptor found in widely used epoxy resins remains largely unregulated. We spoke with reporter @megwilcox.bsky.social about her prizewinning reporting on the topic, in #SEJournalInsideStory www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social

New drone footage from @floodlightnews.org - the fossil methane power plant Musk built specifically to create abusive and racist material on his social media website is still wildly breaching EPA regulations even after a ruling against using them -->>> floodlightnews.org/thermal-dron...

Deep ocean aquaculture may be coming to the U.S. Maddie Voorhees, @envdefensefund.bsky.social says, "We don’t have the data to say [whether] it's the right move... and it’s going to be safe and environmentally sound. But we also don’t have the data to say that it’s not.” @civileats.com

Trump EPA: "nothing to see here."

Thanks @sejorg.bsky.social for featuring me in this week's issue of the magazine--and of course for the award! It's such an honor. And thank you @ehnewsroom.bsky.social and Brian Bienkowski, now at @thenewlede.bsky.social for working with me on the series. www.sej.org/publications...

He's right: in light of Republican policies, rural Americans will have decreasing access to real healthcare. They will have to settle for some garbage chatbot selling them snake oil. It shouldn't be this way, but it absolutely will be this way if Republicans stay in power.

Tom Philpott @tomphilpott.bsky.social is my go-to guy for critical ag journalism. Here he and his colleagues respond to a critique of their latest work.

And this is only government scientists. University scientists are leaving for other countries because of lost research dollars and the hostile environment here. Talked to one yesterday. What short-sighted insanity.

Babies born to mothers living near mountaintop removal are 42% more likely to have birth defects, probably due to the ultrafine dust from blasting. It’s good to see new studies connecting more dots.

so chris madel was providing legal advice to ICE agent jonathan ross after he killed renee good in minneapolis, but after alex pettri gets killed by border patrol, madel is out of the governor’s race because the federal government is going too far? www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...

Make America Sick Again. What stupidity.

FY2026 NOAA/NASA/NSF budgets approved in Congress—a sharp rebuke to the White House (Project 2025) plans, with funding mostly maintained, safeguarding national labs, plus a 10% boost to NWS to "support full staffing" (anti-DOGE). No NCAR guarantee though balancedweather.substack.com?utm_source=n...

Ugh such a bad development. What a feeding frenzy under Trump 2.0

As covered by the Public News Service this morning, a word from Jay Feldman, executive director of Beyond Pesticides: "... companies should be held accountable when consumers are harmed." #FailuretoWarn 🗣️ Click this link to listen to the audio of the interview: https://ow.ly/iCKJ50XY4Xi

Judge reverses Trump order halting Revolution Wind - POLITICO www.politico.com/news/2026/01...

Fully agree: the budget is a huge win AND things are definitively not OK. An entire generation of early career scientists has been severely affected, many more senior scientists have been pushed out of jobs, and there’s a lingering air of uncertainty that will affect decision-making for *years*.

It's refreshing to see a reporter telling the plain truth in plain language, without the jive, highly affected "impartiality." "raid on an American city" would likely get an NYT reporter yelled at, insane as that fact is.

If Burgum cared squat about the east coast he’d know that killing offshore wind will only drive our high electricity prices even higher. The region needs to diversify off natural gas.

The Trump appointee who signed the letter is a former fossil fuel lobbyist who hasn’t been approved by the senate.

To prevent spread of bird flu, Maurice Pitesky, @ucanr.edu poultry specialist, recommends poultry owners wear protective gear, get flu shot and call a veterinarian if birds show signs of illness. See article by @megwilcox.bsky.social @civileats.com

In a Q&A with Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social, @ucdavis.bsky.social’s Maurice Pitesky discusses how backyard bird raisers can protect their flocks and themselves from avian influenza.

Good news for the northeast!

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

Important study found ag pesticides all throughout wildlife refuges in the Sacramento Valley. Location within reserves had no impact on pesticide presence, suggesting no place within these protected areas is safe from such contamination. Not great. 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Bird flu is becoming endemic in dairy cows. It replicates in their udders and spreads easily from cow to cow. H5N1 is making startling and alarming advances. My latest for @civileats.com civileats.com/2025/11/25/w....

They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.

Phew. Now come to the table and negotiate a bipartisan agreement to end the shutdown.

Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...

Great to see @washingtonpost.com cover cancer rates in the Corn Belt but nitrate pollution is mentioned as an aside while glyphosate is the "center of the controversy." This ignores reporting from @sentientmedia.org @investigatemidwest.bsky.social & others and research from... wapo.st/3Le1yXo