PBS NEWS WEEKEND has been cancelled and 34 jobs will be cut at WETA in Washington D.C. The NEWS HOUR West Coast bureau will also close and the updated daily West Coast broadcast will end. “We cannot fully compensate for the scope of the federal funding loss.” current.org/2025/11/weta... #PBS

Just an incalculable loss from which we won’t soon recover. Alice was the best of us and I hope we all do (or keep doing) the kind of good work that burnishes her memory. Fuck ableism. “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.”

"The newly released e-mails also contain numerous communications between Epstein and well-known scientists and academics, among them astronomer Lawrence Krauss, economist and former secretary of the treasury Lawrence Summers and linguist Noam Chomsky..."

If you've seen headlines about an AI-generated song somehow topping the country music charts, the reality is more about how AI slop can top one specific Billboard chart through just $3,000 in digital song sales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGre...

"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official. How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar. www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...

Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:

Scoop from @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social & me: new docs obtained by @weareoversight.bsky.social show DHS trying to obtain drivers license data from all 50 states to weaponize Trump’s false claims of voter fraud & possibly remove voters from rolls before midterms www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Climate change factors into the growing risk of developing a meat allergy from tick bites. “A large and increasing population of the United States is being exposed to the Lone Star tick, both because the tick is moving north and because there are now large populations of deer in many states."

Would be fantastic to see induction stoves become the standard in housing nationwide. Seems like the Copper stoves being developed for NYC public housing would also be designed with that broader market in mind.

"The growing trend in younger women in the U.S. looking to leave their country is not evident in other advanced economies."

I am shooting my shot. I love writing op-eds. @teenvogue.com was my main outlet, but if there are any others (especially independently ran) that are looking for a contributing writer on race, gender, and the economy, I'd love to work with you. Signed, A Black woman who writes for the public

New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings “Big tech has made their choice” www.404media.co/google-has-c...

Another Africa ICE removal underway, via a private jet operated by Journey Aviation. Like Journey’s ICE trip to Liberia last week, this is likely a third-country removal. In the six weeks the South Sudan 7 were stuck in Djibouti, this aircraft was used to swap out ICE guards every few weeks.

"Even as it feels like our social safety nets are crumbling, I see in these workers a sharp stewardship of resources, a special sort of hospitality, and — despite government red tape and political divides — a deep commitment to community care."

Good thread from Dave about the new IEA "Current Policies Scenario" making a lot of the headlines. Here is a very quick mock-up I made of what this scenario assumes for solar PV additions through to 2035, with historical context. I'll let you decide whether this seems likely.

arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review. This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month. Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.

One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean: "United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."

Not too surprising but still grim.

I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy. "I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."

Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

Also if you're like, what what the heck is going on? I got you. I helped put together this timeline of the two dozen stories I've done about the work Trump has done to block funding to SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/u...

Being anti-fascist should always be in fashion. "The fedora, angled just so, is his homage to French Resistance hero Jean Moulin."

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

A bit of good news following Hurricane Melissa, and a glimpse of how solar power enhances community resilience to extreme weather.

The Trump administration is still fighting to withhold SNAP funds that help feed 42 million Americans, with the latter including many active-duty military personnel, members of the National Guard and Reserves, and their families. Not to mention veterans...

Decent marine wildlife news: recent surveys spotted a few vaquita calves in the Gulf of California. The last count found only six to eight remaining in the wild. A glimmer of hope, maybe. www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-...

Remembering how the Secretary of Defense recently posted a "US Department of War" video montage featuring the Lord's Prayer and scenes of him praying with the troops, along with a lot of US military aircraft, tanks and warships.

Read about WHY Ketanji Brown Jackson stayed the SNAP order. Her move is probably the best solution for getting SNAP benefits approved quickly. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...

This Virginia election result is an eye-opener for me, even though I've covered the environmental and health impacts of AI and data centers for quite a while. 👀

“Speaking in English, and reaching a US audience directly, the pope reiterated the Catholic belief that every Christian will ultimately be judged on how they welcomed "the foreigner". (Luke 10:25-37)

Among other things, young people are students who are often having to do “critical triaging” around basic needs, parents trying to feed their kids, & human beings who need food for themselves. When you don’t have access to critical resources like SNAP, “it can have ripple effects even beyond food.”

This is the last piece I filed before my brilliant editor, @leximcmenamin.com, was laid off alongside many other members of the amazing team. Can’t express how much I admire Lex’s writing & how they approach their work. Please hire Lex, and the rest of the incredible team who was laid off, ASAP:

When you book a flight through major travel sites, a data broker owned by U.S. airlines will sell details about your flight—your name, credit card used, and where you’re flying to the government. We found out how to opt-out of ARC selling your travel data. A guide: www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...

For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate. Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day. certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

A reminder that less than two months ago, the Trump administration abruptly ended the federal government's 27-year practice of collecting data on hunger and food insecurity.

@bellingcat.com found "seven [videos] that appeared to show the use of riot control weapons when there was seemingly no apparent immediate threat by protesters and no audible warnings given." "Nineteen showed use of force, such as tackling people to the ground when they were not visibly resisting."

As US military forces amass near Venezuela, the arrival of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford next week is especially notable: "'It’s going to start a clock ticking and Trump will have about a month or so to make a major decision on a strike before he has to move' the vessel elsewhere."

Point worth reiterating: “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien."

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

"The administration has focused in particular on combating the fentanyl crisis, as deaths related to the drug in the U.S. have soared in recent years. That synthetic opioid, though, is produced in Mexico with Chinese precursors. There is no evidence Venezuela produces or traffics fentanyl..."

UCLA mathematician @teorth.bsky.social on US government's research cuts: "But in the worst case scenario, which I didn't even think was on the radar... maybe if the institution closes down, I can no longer fund my students... I have to find another option." youtu.be/yLvO070E_dI?...

FL is moving forward w/ plan to end all childhood vaccine mandates. Starting with hepatitis B, chickenpox, and the bacteria causing meningitis and pneumonia. Then next year GOP FL legislature is expected to revisit 1977 law re: whooping cough, measles, polio, rubella, mumps, diphtheria, and tetanus.

NEWS: CBS News gutted its climate team as part of the big Paramount layoffs this week. These journalists had been doing incredible reporting on extreme heat, flooding, clean energy investments and more. I've got details for Climate-Colored Goggles: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/cbs-news-g...

will kim is still in ICE detention

I could never have done the science I have done without the presence of scientists and students on visas.

SCOOP: The decorated rear admiral who was heading the critically important Office of Naval Research, and who brought lengthy experience in Navy tech-leadership to the job, "is being replaced by a 33-year-old former DOGE employee with no apparent naval experience." www.thebulwark.com/p/scoop-trum...

“Some former employees speak of the company like refugees of a once-great city, grief-stricken and a little bewildered by how it all came undone. They point to moments — a clinical trial result, an election outcome, the selection of a presidential Cabinet member — that could have changed everything”

Last call before the deadline. Accepting applications until filled.. #academicbluesky 🧪🏡

How exactly did Donald Trump end up in the AI slop trenches? And who, exactly, is sourcing and posting these bizarre, offensive AI videos on the president's social accounts? @jakelahut.writes.news is on the case: