Anyway, our school is making all the faculty sit through a 2.5-hour workshop on Monday, so if you hear a shrieking sound coming from the Cape, don't worry, it's just me absolutely losing my mind.

the epidemic of men launching podcasts about nothing has gotten out of control to combat this I am launching a podcast WITH A WOMAN (veteran climate journalist Tracy Wholf) to talk about stuff that actually matters (the planet being destroyed by the worst people alive) Find subscribe links here:

"Replanting" is craaaaazy.

Our semester at Mass Maritime Academy starts on Monday (we start late because of the ship schedule, she explains for the 100th time). Every single person I've emailed related to getting ready for the semester has responded with "I'm so sorry, I will work on this, but I still don't have power."

Oh, wow. (It still seems unclear how this will end but what a plot twist!)

Sorry, I can't do anything today. All my energy is going to willing Logan airport to fully open so I do not miss my flight to warmer weather tomorrow.

The ride-out team from the Mystic Aquarium just sent us these shots. We wish them the best as they dig out! Ride-out teams are an essential part of disaster preparation for many facilities. They are their facilities’ first responders.

"...researchers reported that the ideal conditions for major wildfires are now aligning across different parts of the world at more than double the rate they did nearly 50 years ago." Well, yeah. That's not surprising, but it's always good to have your spidey-sense confirmed by data.

Tell me you're a homeland security researcher, not an emergency management researcher, without telling me... "...'all-hazards' approach to scenario planning-an approach that has emerged as the predominant system of characterizing threats in the years following Katrina" Sweet, sweet children.

what even is the fucking point

I am too pessimistic to think Kevin Guthrie is going to end up in jail for running a concentration camp. I do think there's a good chance he ends up in jail for some kind of financial crime. www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

I -- Whew. 😅 www.wwltv.com/article/news...

"But many Floridians — particularly those who have moved here since 1998 and have no prior experience with wildfires on a massive scale — don’t see these signs and don’t comprehend the omens. They arrived ready to worry about hurricanes, but might not think of fire in the same hazardous terms."

Noem et al seem to simply be ignoring the court's order to fund BRIC grants. That's so fun for everyone! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It's extremely important for people to understand that FEMA currently has enough money to keep paying out long-term recovery costs. Noem is simply choosing not to spend it and blaming it on the shutdown. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

This is a must read.

I AM VERY EXCITED TO READ THIS!!

Emergency management research is long overdue for a paradigm shift in how we're thinking about and approaching mitigation.

I saw Fran Lebowitz last night, and during the Q&A, someone asked, "I recently heard you on NPR, which is really cool. I was wondering how you ended up getting to go on the show?" ASKING FRAN LEBOWITZ HOW SHE GOT TO BE A GUEST ON NPR IS THE FUNNIEST POSSIBLE QUESTION TO ASK ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.

#FEMA has canceled employee travel — including some #disaster & #recovery work — until the #DHS shutdown ends, according to emails sent to staff. Shutdowns usually don’t impact response staff, because response is funded through a dedicated relief fund, not the budget. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...

This is a somewhat popular post going around Instagram that was made and is being shared by big Climate accounts. It is wrong. I'll explain in this thread why it's wrong and how I think they got here.

I'd prefer it not have taken decades but personally I like blows being struck against elite impunity and would like that for us in the US very much

I’ve been locked out of my work email for 48 hours and have not lifted a finger to fix it and don’t see that I will for the foreseeable future. 🤷‍♀️

This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades. It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.

Announcement: I am watching Greenland 2: Migration. I’m considering making myself a cocktail to get through this.

Starting at minute 24, John Oliver does a good job of summarizing how being within DHS is preventing FEMA from being able to operate effectively. As I always argue, removing FEMA from DHS is a first step for more comprehensive emergency management reform. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...

Millions of Epstein files suggest the existence of a 'global criminal enterprise' that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity, a panel of independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council says.

Man-made climate change intensified the rain that fell over Spain’s Valencia region in 2024, when flash floods and landslides caused at least 230 deaths and an estimated €29 billion in damages FREE read via @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

DHS is holding a 2-month-old BABY at a detention facility in Texas. Last night, Juan Nicolás was rushed to the hospital after choking on his own vomit & being unable to breathe. This demands accountability — not a blank check for more cruelty.

I do not have the time to dig through my files to show you that these arguments are pretty much the same as were made prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment so please just take my word for it. And also I'll probably break down and find examples anyway.

I got a new phone yesterday and they put one of those privacy screen protectors on it. I feel like I’m hallucinating? There is constant glare. If I slightly tilt my phone I can’t see anything. Before I rip this off… is this something you get used to?

I need to cut Titanic down from 3 hours to 90 minutes for my film class. This means I am fulfilling my lifelong dream of getting to edit James Cameron. That man needs to learn how to hurry up and get to the point.

The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...

Writing is thinking. It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.

Saw “Death Becomes Her” on Broadway today and was horrified to learn the most iconic line from the movie didn’t make the cut.

ICE using the same ruse that Ted Bundy used to kidnap people should tell you something.

An astonishing account of recklessness and maladministration at the highest levels. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/u...

Vought and Musk must never know freedom again after their mass murder of millions.

Unreal.

Another headline to rewrite: "Money meant for starving children used to provide security theater escorts for OMB Director."

DHS is shutting down because it refuses to obey the law. They are tear-gassing schools, killing American citizens, and disappearing legal immigrants. Democrats shouldn’t fund an out of control ICE.

This is the person who is effectively running FEMA right now.

It would be embarrassing under any circumstances to spend a year on this reactionary horseshit, but to have spent the year in which graduate students were sent to concentration camps for op-eds and the federal govt launched a no hold barred attack on academic freedom is just beyond

tell it to the hague, buddy

i sincerely think we should all block people like this. reasonable white men who get off on civility saying that we should all pretend like the absolute liars, fascists and sex abusers promoting a technology that is actively destroying our environment "may have some good points" is just gross.

Babe, wake up, new sarcastic but entirely worthwhile internet abbreviation just dropped

Incredible update: "This article was updated to note that CNN reports there were at least four party balloons shot down by DOD, not just one." gizmodo.com/one-mexican-...

Just the dumbest people on earth.

These people are morons www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...