Great #book event going on right now at Chicago’s Fulton Market Patagonia: @hillaryrosner.bsky.social is in conversation about her new book, “Roam,” with fellow science writer @emilysohn.bsky.social! All about wildlife connectivity and conservation success stories and hope (and yes, coyote 💩). 🧪

NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.

You know how everyone said that ICE wearing masks and not showing ID was going to lead to criminals impersonating ICE to do bad things? Well, it's happening. from @dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social

I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.

Full story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...

60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris 60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…

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When the suspects appear to be white guys, it’s not a bombing — it’s an intentional explosion.

We went to the #Seattle #Catrinas Festival last night (it’s happening today too!) and it was so joyful, touching, and inspiring. Just amazing. The food, the art, the costumes, the dancing, and an incredible mariachi band - loved every minute of it. #DiaDeLosMuertos #MexicanCulture

Dragging us back to Victorian quackery! So much winning. 🤦🏼‍♂️

“The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in. After the Trump administration threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.” Via @grist.org Elections matter. And not just to YOUR country.

Trump's "push for dominance has not only been ineffective, it has actually served to *weaken* the domestic energy industry and has even diminished its ability to produce the power needed to keep modern society running," writes @landdesk.bsky.social: www.hcn.org/articles/the... 🔌💡

@bgrueskin.bsky.social ICE roughed up protestors & sprayed them in the face with pepper spray in Durango *and are now admitting the man and his two children were arrested by mistake.* www.denverpost.com/2025/10/31/c...

CBS News — fresh off its acquisition by Skydance Media and the installation of anti-woke opinion writer Bari Weiss as editor in chief — fired most of the reporters who specialize in covering climate change.

I keep seeing people say, oh, trans people must take a hit for the greater good and, first of all, no, you don't get to discard someone else's rights and second, we know from past experience that marginalized communities like theirs are merely the first to be targeted. They'll come for you next.

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

The CDC has lost a third of its work force this year. The Trump administration maintains that the losses are necessary, but critics say that there is no real plan, only animosity. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Yikes. Again, why is this remotely acceptable? Pentagon admits it doesn't 'positively ID' people before boat strikes kill them: lawmaker www.rawstory.com/pentagon-boa...

Again, these are extrajudicial killings - no arrests, no trials, no convictions. Just blowing up boats and people that *might* be involved in drug trafficking - which is not a capital offense. Why is the press not emphasizing this?

Very good, informed take on a hugely problematic #climate memo. 🧪

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This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

A free, independent press that holds our public servants accountable for lies is the bedrock of democracy.

Sorry I refuse to entertain the complete non-existent world where white people don’t know that countless cultures, including some of their own but certainly diasporic racialized ones, call their mom’s cousin’s friend’s sister they grew up with “cousin” and call close women elders “aunt/auntie”

"According to his running club, the man, who is a U.S. citizen, was returning from a team run when agents pulled him out of his vehicle, tackled him to the ground and kneeled on top of him, allegedly breaking six ribs and causing internal bleeding"

#UCLawSF Prof. @doritreiss.bsky.social draws on her vaccine law research to comment on the misinformation and conspiracy theories that underpin hundreds of bills that state legislatures are considering across the country to roll back public health protections.

A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

"Less than a year ago, we were in a very different place. A year from now? Or three years from now? The truth is, we don’t know. All we can do is try to not give up." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I wish they said explicitly that there's $5 billion in emergency reserves they're refusing to use instead they're happy to let people - mostly children, the disabled, and elderly, starve.

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One thing that is clear from the kicker to this excellent WSJ story on the WH ballroom is that Trump himself can't believe how easy it is to run roughshod over rules and traditions. There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere. Free link: www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Absolute immunity from criminal law is non-existent under American law. Even SCOTUS's decision in Trump v US limits presidential immunity to "official acts." States have prosecuted federal officials for violations of state law for over 200 years. 1/

"The president’s statement announcing the relief funding emphasized the number of times he won Missouri’s electoral votes, as if there were some kind of connection between his political support in the state and his eagerness to provide disaster aid..." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Here in Seattle, furloughed NOAA employees were out in the pouring rain cleaning up beaches yesterday, part of a national week of service organized by federal workers who can't do their jobs due to the shutdown. Story by @heyjohnryan.bsky.social at KUOW, our federally defunded public radio station.

The amount is meaningless — less than one day of salary. But the principle is important: once the armed services are paid by the oligarchs, they become a private militia, and we no longer have a country. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Talk about burying the lede: “The bunker under the East Wing will also be upgraded, sources told CBS News. The White House Military Office is handling the renovation of the bunker, which is known as the President's Emergency Operations Center.” 10/22/25 www.cbsnews.com/news/demolis...

As folks are noting, $130m isn't anywhere near enough to actually pay the troops; the DoD spends something like $16bn on personnel costs per month. It is, however, more than enough to send everyone to prison for a couple of years under the antideficiency act for improperly appropriating funds.

Can't let this become normal. Only Congress can appropriate money. Nothing could be more clear. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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I obtained ~dozens of hours~ of previously unreported recordings of Russ Vought's briefings from 2021 to 2024. Want to hear the recordings yourself? Watch @propublica.org's new mini-documentary about Vought 👇 THE SHADOW PRESIDENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1Lu...

Nice evaluation of the MAHA Strategy Report w/ all its hypocrisies and bluster... Notably: "The strategy seems to have laid bare a rift among MAHA supporters, with several decrying what they saw as on undue focus on vaccination at the expense of measures to address food additives and pesticides."🛟

What is the Times doing calling this extrajudicial murder spree “cartel strikes”? On what evidence do they ape the killers’ propaganda? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

Update: The Chicago clergy letter decrying ICE's actions and voicing a willingness on the part of clergy to put their "bodies on the line" to protest ICE has reached 250 signatures — and now includes multiple evangelical pastors/leaders of evangelical institutions in the area.

How many examples like this do we need? Misrepresenting the news even 5% of the time would get you fired from most legit newsrooms and torch your credibility with readers. AI in its current form is just utterly unreliable for uses like this. It has no business being anywhere near news content.