Seriously? Not today, Worldle

My friend and former colleague @danvergano.bsky.social has seen it all in science journalism. The latest chapter on Scientific American is a sad one. johnhorgan.org/cross-check/...

Nice write-up from @grist.org on our @insideclimatenews.org @wbez.org collaboration on lead water service lines in Chicago go.grist.org/webmail/3995...

The pilot of our new Inside Climate podcast is out! Fav moments: The laugh-out-loud thing Stephen Colbert said to @insideclimatenews.org's David Sassoon after a Pulitzer win, & seeing what great hosts @kileyprice.bsky.social & @jakebolster.bsky.social are. insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...

Here's the first episode of @insideclimatenews.org new podcast: insideclimatenews.org/news/0507202...

Why archiving is important part 451. web.archive.org/web/*/https:...

This is shockingly bad open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Current status open.spotify.com/track/6sTJur...

“For full disclosure, this property was involved in the Novichok event that took place in 2018.”

Coming soon, new podcast from @insideclimatenews.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f0v...

Pleased to provide an analysis/chart of the snowpack in Western States for @insideclimatenews.org newsletter by @kileyprice.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/3006202...

New from @juanpab.bsky.social, @keertigopal.bsky.social, and me: Chicago has the most lead pipes of any U.S. city... and pays wildly more than anyone else to replace them: ~$31,000 per line, more than 6x the EPA's nat'l est. of $4,700. Officials can't fully explain why. grist.org/accountabili... 1/n

New Open Journalism Update: The Guardian releases the data behind its investigation into rising apartment fees, and @peteraldhous.com uses @dwillis.bsky.social Congressional press release data on a story about climate change. openjournalism.news/2026/06/29/o...

No, they should not www.hcn.org/articles/peo...

This new cheat sheet guides users on how to use OpenStreetMap data and related tools with R for: geocoding, routing, downloading base maps and datasets. You can download the PDF here: https://zenodo.org/records/20842874/files/cheatsheet_osm_r.pdf Many thanks […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Pride lasers

Vile and reprehensible petebuttigieg.substack.com/p/a-terrible...

Paris, the capital of France, has recorded more days above 40°C this week than during the 147-year period spanning from 1872 to 2019. Historic is an understatement.

ICYMI yesterday: for @insideclimatenews.org, I analyzed "climate hushing" among Democrats and messaging around energy affordability and clean energy insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...

First published use of Congress Press in the wild!

NEW for @insideclimatenews.org, I analyzed the extent of "climate hushing" among congressional Democrats — and the pushback against it insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

Satellite imagery shows multiple large & fast-spreading wildfires in UT, NV, AZ, NM, & CO--including a large pyrocumulonimbus plume from #CottonwoodFire in UT. This is a concerning look heading into a 5+ day period of adverse fire weather conditions amid severe -extreme drought.

Hire Dan, he’s great

“LabX Media Group wants to say goodbye to 15 of our hard-working colleagues, including 12 unit members—nearly one-third of our unit and 60% of our organizing committee.” www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti...

A very nice addition to the functionality of @datawrapper.de maps www.datawrapper.de/blog/arrows-...

This is the best punditry in the World Cup so far

Remembering a beloved and respected @insideclimatenews.org reporter. I didn't get to work with Jim, but have been moved by reading colleagues' heartfelt tributes and memories insideclimatenews.org/news/1906202...

Just awful www.politico.com/news/2026/06...

This is worth a read

Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/c...

Pleased to provide a small reporting assist for this @katiesurma.bsky.social story for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1706202...

San Francisco

Why has the cake not already been provided? This was first published in April, and was perfectly argued. Cake now!

Absolutely stunned by this thoughtful, creative, personal gift from my @ucscscicomm.bsky.social students! Thank you! Each roundel contains colors extracted from the cover art for one of my favorite LPs, listed at the bottom. There's a colored ring for each track.

Longtime energy reporter here. What's happening with virtual power plants has a momentum that surprising and encouraging, a pleasant kind of, "I didn't see that coming." Here's my latest: insideclimatenews.org/news/0406202...

Congrats to our graduating class @ucscscicomm.bsky.social! They’ll do great things. Follow their work! scicom.ucsc.edu/students-and...

Seems to me like the type of "misunderstanding" that should lead to the resignation of the CEO, a U-turn, plus a renewed commitment to quality control and price cuts to reflect the fact that people were paying for a name on the headstock that is now tainted and devalued. guitar.com/news/fender-...

Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season. A data-driven view for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/3105202...

NEW for @insideclimatenews.org: Why Wildfire Experts Are So Worried About This Year’s Fire Season insideclimatenews.org/news/3105202...

Pleased to pick up a regional Edward R. Murrow award for investigative reporting for our @insideclimatenews.org @grist.org @wbez.org series Chicago: Lead City www.rtdna.org/2026-regiona... Series here: insideclimatenews.org/project/chic... www.wbez.org/environment/... grist.org/accountabili...

Feck!

Drawing up plans to inflict wounds on the U.S. economy … thehill.com/homenews/adm...

As someone who went through the process, this seems madness

But better than having to work for a living!

A pleasure and privilege to have @susien.bsky.social visit our @ucscscicomm.bsky.social class yesterday to discuss the reporting behind the Pulitzer-winning SF Chronicle "Burned" series on California wildfire insurance and to provide students with feedback on their own work. Thanks Susie!

Unpresidented corruption, you might say… www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/o...

Utterly grim www.science.org/content/arti...

wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖

SSRN, the social-sciences preprint site, has five times higher hallucinated/fake citations than arXiv, bioRxiv etc, according to a new study (not yet peer-reviewed). By @stokel.bsky.social | @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...