What does the Iran war mean for clean energy transition?

I looked into if Medicaid-funded providers who oversee disabled people living independently are ready for worsening climate events. The support they need from the federal government isn’t there, and it’s worsened under Trump. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Even as trans people are being targeted by legislation, they're being erased. @jollyette.bsky.social's story describes not just what data was removed, but why it's essential. And as ever, it's illuminating and urgent, and well worth your time.

NEW: A newsletter from the Board of the American Medical Association states the group has requested a public correction after the paper characterized a statement about trans youth care as having "endorsed restrictions" on such care. h/t @lyolyon.bsky.social www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

As @drkatemarvel.bsky.social explains here, when the US admin ended the NASA climate modeling group's office lease, they were kicked out of their building -- and "have been kind of couch surfing at various NYC universities and libraries" since then. Unbelievable. Read more here:

Important update on this reporting. AMA does NOT concur and the original reporting (from the NYT) was a mischaracterization. Their position on GAT is unchanged. I’ve not been reporting on this, but the wonderful @assignedmedia.org have so give them a follow. bsky.app/profile/assi...

For years my readers have told me that they wished it was possible for them to have one place to sign up for all the newsletters they read, with one payment for everything. I'm pleased to announce that is now possible! trustfnd.com/katelynburns...

The American Medical Association directly responds to New York Times coverage mischaracterizing their posiiton on gender affirming care for trans young people. cloud.e.ama-assn.org/newsletter?u...

Wikipedia does what is essentially a full ban on AI content: www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

"The initiative puts community members at the center of local journalism through activities such as deliberative journalism, participatory storytelling, and media literacy workshops, creating opportunities for residents to shape the stories and information in their communities."

Holy cow my investigation into Riley Gaines for @pablo.show was nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Sports Journalism!!! Cannot stop dancing around my apartment. Here's the show if you missed it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKUl...

I'm sorry but if y'all can't give up Happy Potter to help out trans people I have zero faith that you're going to do literally anything else to help us. You're well within your rights to decide that you don't want to support trans people, but that is the choice you're making and the thing we see.

Excellent news from the Klamath Tribes’ Ambodat Department (fisheries): the first documented observation of naturally hatched c’iyaal’s (Chinook salmon) in tributaries of Upper Klamath Lake in over a century!

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

Amazing list of stuff America could buy with the additional $200 billion Trump and Hegseth want for war on Iran. Starting with salaries for 2.8 million public school teachers... www.motherjones.com/politics/202... from @timothypmurphy.bsky.social @inaeoh.bsky.social @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social

lots of jarring statistics and heartbreaking stories I could share from this story, but this particular anecdote made me tear up when @jonathanwosen.bsky.social first shared this story with me For more details from our survey of ~1000 nih-funded researchers, read the report below

Great article. Can't choose what I want to quote because it is all so good.

1/ Today, we overwhelmingly voted to authorize a STRIKE as we fight for a fair contract with @propublica.org.

this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE) www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

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this is interesting reporting but i think it’s worth pointing out that even if ai were to blame, humans would still be to blame www.semafor.com/article/03/1...

41 people have died in ICE detention since the start of the second Trump administration. 12 of those deaths have occurred since January 1, 2026, roughly one every six days. Adam Sawyer and I mapped every death. Here's what the data shows. 🧵

Big Oil is no longer trying to convince us they want to preserve a safe & stable climate Now, they're focused on convincing us that the world is only safe & stable if they're in charge That's the thesis of a new @cleancreatives.bsky.social report analyzing 2000 oil ads, exclusively in HEATED today

I'd like to speak with trans adults (18+) whose access to transition care has changed due to state and/or federal policy changes. DM, email [email protected] or Signal joyurcaba.91

"Something design people always try to say...is that every single thing that happens in the country needs a building. So every time you hear about a kid being removed from his parents, somebody had to make that choice, and somebody had to produce those plans and those blueprints.”

Antizionist Jew here to say explicitly: they're gonna kill Jews over this. American Jews who have no ties to Israel. And some of that blood will be on the hands of Jewish zionists who allowed themselves to be used as shields by Christian Nationalist Zionists.

SCOOP: The #1 "Justice Facility" architecture firm in the country, DLR Group, has committed not work on ICE detention or deportation facilities, after workers raised ethical objections to a deal to turn an an old private prison in Oklahoma into a new ICE jail. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Finished 2nd round graduate school finals 👍 Here are some of my favorite readings from the quarter (minus some more technical readings on KO/metadata): "Posttruth, Truthiness, and Alternative Facts" www.jstor.org/stable/26561...

A new study finds that texting a random stranger is probably better to mitigate loneliness than talking to an AI-powered chatbot www.404media.co/chatgpt-lone...

After seeing dueling signs on a road near his home, environmental journalist Henry Carnell spoke to two Oregon farmers that are diametrically opposed about the future of agrivoltaics—solar on agricultural land. You can read Henry's full report here: https://bit.ly/4sIkUV6

Video about my agrivoltaics story up, huge thanks to bestie @peter-berger.bsky.social

NEW: Fossil fuel pollution and other toxic chemicals from the war in Iran will spread across the region and last for decades just as smoke from burning oil wells went as far as the Himalayas following the Gulf War 35 years ago FREE read on @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

This is worth a read. The future of the energy transition hinges on navigating these tensions well and building renewables not just at scale but also building them right.

ICYMI - this story is incredible. Ultimately I think it's yet another reminder that it's v v important to have a clear purpose and public clarity around why we're building renewable energy technology, because without that clarity it's easy for friction and opposition to fester

Forgot to drop this contextualizing stat in the thread: the USDA estimates no more than one percent of total domestic farmland would be required to significantly contribute to the nation’s renewable energy targets.

I did not end up using a lot of it in my story, but there is some interesting qualitative research on these diverging opinions as well that is worth a read: "“Farming the sun” or “coal legacy”? Social perspectives on solar energy projects in Appalachia"

There is a lot of great reporting and research on the benefits of agrivoltaics—increased crop yields, soil health improvement, affordable energy—but it remains a hotly contested topic in rural areas. I wanted to figure out why. 1/x

💯 Community Notes (CNs) aren't a replacement. We've been tracking X's CNs using our NoteTracker app, a database of crowdsourced fact-checks. What we found is that out of 1.9M notes submitted, only ~11% ever become visible, the remaining 89% never see the light of day. notetracker.socialmedialab.ca

The 2026 National Science Foundation budget is $8.75 Billion.

A former top Chevron executive was super tight with Delcy Rodriguez. He told the CIA to back her instead of Venezuela's democratic opposition,. The agency told Trump. Now Ali Moshiri is ready to cash in. He's raising $3 billion to get back in Venezuela's oil game. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

I spent the last year following a proposed solar project on farmland and taking to the farmers on either side of the issue. Read for an inside look into the debate that is taking over farming communities across the country and an update on some of the latest research on agrivoltaics.

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out: www.404media.co/ai-is-africa...

I'm suing Grammarly over its paid AI feature that presented editing suggestions as if they came from me - and many other writers and journalists - without consent. State law requires consent before someone's name can be used for commercial purposes. www.wired.com/story/gramma...

🥁🥁🥁 Newly out from us today in Science Advances: “Biased AI Writing Assistants Shift Users’ Attitudes on Societal Issues”. Large Language Models are providing users with autocomplete writing suggestions on many platforms. Could these suggestions shift users’ own attitudes? (spoiler: YES) (1/7)

The DOJ sent subpoenas to 20+ providers of gender-affirming care. At least 7 of these have been successfully challenged in federal court. The DOJ has appealed most of these decisions, but it only asked to expedite one: The sole case where its opponent is a small practice without in-house legal.

I think about this all the time and Anna did a really great job articulating it.

“Dr Levi has made a number of easily disproved statements about his baseless belief that mRNA Covid-19 vaccines are harmful, despite having little or no education, training or experience in public health”. My quote. Hence I could not be happier that ACIP will not be discussing COVID19 vaccines.

"The disaster at Three Mile Island could be dismissed as human error. The disaster at Chernobyl (as it was then spelled) could be dismissed as the product of human error and inferior Soviet technology. Fukushima was different."

Fucking creepshow. An updating list of the scientists found in the Epstein files: fancycomma.com/2026/03/07/h... by Sheeva Azma on @fancycomma.bsky.social

This is extremely predictable, and started quite some time back. In some training data, the Natural News alt-health site vastly outranked credible medical sources like the Mayo Clinic. www.jmberger.com/extremism/li...