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Data and visual journalist, New York Times climate team
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Carl Quintanilla
about 22 hours ago
“.. Members of the group Patriot Front ride the metro on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence in Washington, D.C.”
@reuters.com
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Kyle Griffin
10 days ago
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAYER'S BID TO LIMIT LAWSUITS IN STATE COURT CLAIMING ITS ROUNDUP WEEDKILLER CAUSES CANCER
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David Ho
13 days ago
François Primeau, a UC Irvine professor, developed mathematical and computational ocean models that helped us understand the ocean's role in global climate. He was killed on his bike by someone driving a car. 🌊
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Orange County bicyclist fatally struck by hit-and-run driver in Santa Ana
It happened at around 6:15 p.m. Friday near the intersection of Standard Avenue and Warner Avenue, Santa Ana Police Department officers said in a news release shared on social media.
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/santa-ana-deadly-bicyclist-hit-and-run-warner-standard-avenue-francois-primeau-irvine/
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eke
13 days ago
this is so insane
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michael h keller
13 days ago
Our latest investigation: How giant trucks and SUVs are far deadlier for pedestrians. “Before the driver knows what’s happened, the pedestrian’s head is under the wheel.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sFA.B2P8.9xsnSQzT4Qjr&smid=url-share
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from
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/21/us/trucks-suv-pedestrian-crashes.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sFA.7xKt.YlEWR8tGGmSn&smid=url-share
13 days ago
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Dr. Thrasher wishes you a militant pride!
21 days ago
Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight.
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Lincoln Michel
21 days ago
Fireworks going off instantly here in Brooklyn
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Beautifully presented look at how oil and gas exploration can affect wildlife
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
by Katherine Chui &
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Dive Into a Very Noisy Sea With Some Very Rare Whales
Fewer than 100 Rice’s whales remain on Earth. Researchers say sonic blasts from oil exploration are a top threat to the species. See and hear why.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/01/climate/gulf-oil-gas-whale-sounds.html
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Carl Quintanilla
28 days ago
PELLEY: “.. And about four hours after our deadline, Bari Weiss sends an email to my boss, Tanya Simon. Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent?”
@nytimes.com
#$PSKY
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦
29 days ago
💥 In Donetsk region, birds are building nests from drone fiber optics.
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Chris Osieck
29 days ago
Analysis by
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on Israel’s use of white phosphorus in Lebanon and the dangers it poses to public health and the land, with a reference to
@baydoun.nl
's visual database documenting its use and commentary from
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What Visual Evidence Tells Us About Israel’s Use of White Phosphorus in Lebanon
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/06/world/middleeast/white-phosphorous-israel-lebanon.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oFA.YxND.Y-aDiOCP_zgb&smid=nytcore-android-share
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David Wessel
about 2 months ago
New Fed SHED survey: 6% percent of homeowners went without homeowners insurance, a majority because of cost. Among owners with insurance, 20% said they could not afford as much coverage as they wanted, while 14% said they struggled to afford the premiums.
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Lauren McGaughy
about 2 months ago
NEW: More than half the U.S. is in drought. But few places are dealing with the kind of crisis facing Corpus Christi, Tex., which could see water demand outstrip supply w/in a year. One official told me: "This is actually the canary in the coal mine. 🎁:
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...
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A Texas City Bet Big on Industry. Now It’s Running Out of Water.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/texas-corpus-christi-water-crisis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iFA.V1dq.z9YAIRfCMhgb&smid=url-share
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Taniel
about 2 months ago
Georgia's governor signs a comically transparent law. It makes local elections in 5 big blue counties nonpartisan, to give GOP candidates a chance to win without a party label in places like Atlanta. And it doesn't change anything in the rest of the state, for red counties to know who's GOP.
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Brian Kemp signs law making many metro Atlanta races nonpartisan
The law applies to most local government races in Democratic-dominated areas. A court challenge is expected.
https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/05/brian-kemp-signs-law-making-many-metro-atlanta-races-nonpartisan/
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The Long Journey From the Strait of Hormuz to the Gas Tank
Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopened today, oil would still take more than a month to reach consumers. The economic shock from the Iran war could take far longer to ease.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/07/world/middleeast/oil-tanker-strait-hormuz-iran-war.html
about 2 months ago
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Sarah Boon
2 months ago
What we lose when the Forest Service is decimated.
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As Wildfire Risks Rise, Forest Service Shutters Labs That Study Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/climate/forest-service-labs-wildfire-research.html
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Joe Murphy
2 months ago
This is wild. Someone made a terminal-based interface / dashboard that visualizes NASA data – wildfires, ISS, other weather events.
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In President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer to get approved and getting denied more often, especially for blue states 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/c...
from
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2 months ago
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Phil Lewis
2 months ago
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana postpones May 16 House primaries after US Supreme Court rolls back Voting Rights Act.
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Hamed Aleaziz
2 months ago
Scoop: The DOJ has identified nearly 400 foreign-born Americans whose citizenship it wants to revoke, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations by assigning the cases to prosecutors in dozens of U.S. attorney’s offices across the country.
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Justice Dept. Targets Hundreds of Citizens in New Push for Denaturalization
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/us/politics/justice-dept-citizens-denaturalization.html
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Minnesota Star Tribune
3 months ago
Newly released records on the police response to the assassination of Melissa Hortman show officers knew a woman was lying motionless on the top of the stairs inside the Hortman home but waited 30 minutes to physically check on her.
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Newly released records detail police response to lawmaker attacks
Authorities first identified Vance Boelter as a suspect within three hours of the start of the politically motivated rampage.
https://bit.ly/4tZHKZ5
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Penny Rosenberg
3 months ago
“Speed was vital, he said, because environmental regulation was going to be very expensive for states and the power industry. The sums involved could approach $480 billion, he asserted, and industry groups would have to start preparations immediately.” And how much has a warming planet cost us?🎁 🔗
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Jeff Goodell
3 months ago
"Every month, Rebecca Michalski takes a deep breath before opening her electric bill. She lives on a fixed income, and heating her small house this winter has been staggering: Her February charge was $940.08 — more than her check."
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Ian James
3 months ago
How much water lies beneath our feet? After years of research, scientists have an answer, and a new, detailed national map of groundwater. I spoke with
@reedh2o.bsky.social
of
@princeton.edu
and Laura Condon of
@uarizona.bsky.social
about their fascinating research:
www.latimes.com/environment/...
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How much water do we have? Scientists map the water beneath our feet
How much water does the United States have underground? After years of research, scientists have an answer, with a new, detailed national map of groundwater.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2026-04-09/mapping-groundwater
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Scott Dance
3 months ago
Thin mountain snowpack quickly vanished during a record-hot March across the West. Now the region is facing a summer of drought and fire.
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Heat Wipes Out Western Snowpack, Raising Fears of Drought, Wildfire
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/climate/heat-snow-drought-west.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZVA.Y1Z9.hUv1R88sPQfa&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Bellingcat
3 months ago
On this week's Stage Talk
@foeke.bsky.social
spoke about uncovering wildlife traffickers selling protected animals… on Facebook. Not the dark web. Not hidden forums. In plain sight—using coded language to avoid detection. Learn how by searching 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat':
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Daniel Pomarède
3 months ago
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. 🧪🔭
#Artemis
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Bill McKibben
3 months ago
Since the headline is a bit confusing, the NYT is reporting that on the same day we hit the girl's school in Minab, we also sent a missile full of tungsten steel pellets at a girl's volleyball tournament hundreds of miles away in Lamerd. Twenty one dead.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/w...
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New U.S. Missile Hit Iranian Sports Hall and School, Analysis Shows
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middleeast/us-precision-strike-missile-iran-lamerd.html
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The New York Times
3 months ago
The Trump administration is full of people who have questioned the legitimacy of elections. Here is a look at some of the election deniers President Trump has installed in the federal government and how they could play a role in undermining future elections.
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Where Trump Has Installed 2020 Election Deniers in Government
His administration is stocked with people who have questioned the legitimacy of elections, including some who have claimed that the 2020 presidential race was stolen.
https://nyti.ms/4uV5u1M
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Maxine Joselow
3 months ago
Confirming my scoop from last week, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced this deal with TotalEnergies today. Story w/
@bradplumer.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...
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Anthony Edwards
3 months ago
There is no precedent for this rate of March snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada. Many stations have lost more than 12 inches of snow water equivalent in 30 days, including
@cssl.bsky.social
. Half of that came in the past week. Statewide snowpack is at ~30% of normal, precisely when typically peaks.
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How the War in Iran Is Raising Concern About Water in the Middle East
Millions of people in the Persian Gulf depend on desalination plants for their water, but recent fighting has highlighted the system's vulnerability.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/14/climate/iran-war-water-supply-desalination.html
4 months ago
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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
4 months ago
Americans with weaker credit histories, usually from missed payments or high amounts of debt, now pay significantly more for home insurance, regardless of where they live.
@nytimes.com
@hclairebrown.bsky.social
@rjnskl.bsky.social
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The Hidden Factor Behind Your Home Insurance Cost: Your Credit History (Gift Article)
In many states, homeowners with “excellent” credit scores are charged less for home insurance than those with worse scores, even if they live in a disaster-prone area.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/09/climate/home-insurance-credit-scores.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SVA.cXUx.yC__qQwrh1sa&smid=url-share
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Ben Keys
4 months ago
Great work by Claire Brown and
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at
@nytimes.com
in their deep dive on credit scoring and homeowners insurance! See more on our new paper in the thread below…
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Upshot
4 months ago
Via Claire Brown and
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How Rising Home Insurance Costs Are Linked to Credit Scores (Gift Article)
In many states, homeowners with excellent credit scores are charged less for home insurance than those with worse scores, even if they live in a disaster-prone area.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/03/09/climate/home-insurance-credit-scores.html?unlocked_article_code=1.R1A.HSOc.UZbQln9ezHZu&smid=url-share
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Marie Patino
4 months ago
We looked at where and how the ultra-rich are buying and combining two – sometimes three – adjacent townhomes to convert them into single-family housing (often featuring an elevator and a flashy central staircase.)
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The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion
In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-nyc-billionaire-mansion-conversions/?srnd=homepage-americas
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Al Shaw
4 months ago
NEW: Over the past year, we've been collecting thousands of financial disclosure documents from across the Trump administration. Now we're making them searchable. Look up names, assets, former employers across 1,500+ Trump appointees and 3,000+ ethics documents.
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Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees - ProPublica
Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-team-financial-disclosures/
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Our World in Data
4 months ago
A growing number of people are interested in switching to plant-based alternatives to dairy. But are they better for the environment, and which is best?
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5 months ago
The American Academy of Actuaries warns that dismantling NCAR would degrade the catastrophe models insurers depend on to price climate risk—driving up premiums and threatening coverage availability nationwide. "Uncertainty carries a positive cost."
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Trump's Climate Supercomputer Plans Threaten US Insurance Market: Actuaries
A new letter from the American Academy of Actuaries draws a direct line between the planned dismantling of NCAR and higher homeowners insurance costs for US consumers.
https://www.riskmarketnews.com/trumps-climate-supercomputer-plans-threaten-us-insurance-market-actuaries/
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Costa Samaras
5 months ago
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end-of-does-grid-work-in-puerto-rico/
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Oliver Darcy
5 months ago
Before The Washington Post layoffs came down, a group of wealthy D.C. locals approached CEO Will Lewis with a proposal.
@passantino.bsky.social
has the details in his Saturday
@status.news
column:
www.status.news/p/washington...
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Tim Meko
5 months ago
News: I was cut yesterday in a newsroom-wide layoff affecting 300+ staff at The Washington Post. I spent the last decade leading and building the award-winning Graphics team. I'll miss them. I'm now exploring senior graphics, cartography, or leadership roles. Intros welcome.
timmeko.com
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Tim Meko - Visual Journalist & Graphics Editor - Tim Meko
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Simon Willison
5 months ago
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions! This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub
simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
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Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/
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Shannon Osaka
5 months ago
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
https://www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington-post-climate-bezos?utm_source=substack&publication_id=2864955&post_id=186887322&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=26mpf&triedRedirect=true
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Maria Popova
5 months ago
We all have an "antilibrary." You know, the stack of yet-unread books we might never read. Here is Umberto Eco's wonderful and counterintuitive take on why that unread stack might be as essential for our inner lives as the read
www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/u...
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Umberto Eco’s Antilibrary: Why Unread Books Are More Valuable to Our Lives than Read Ones
How to become an “antischolar” in a culture that treats knowledge as “an ornament that allows us to rise in the pecking order.”
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/03/24/umberto-eco-antilibrary/
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Peter Baker
5 months ago
Trump calls on Republicans to "take over the voting" in 15 states, presumably those run by Democrats, an escalation in his effort to assert control over American elections.
@reidepstein.bsky.social
@nytnickc.bsky.social
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Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/us/politics/trump-nationalize-elections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Isaac Chotiner
5 months ago
New Interview:
www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...
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