Because a lot of people might be talking about journalistic ethics this holiday weekend, I want to put out there how my editor at the NYT does anon sourcing for our stories. If something is stated and attributed to an unnamed person, she wants us to have at least three people verify it.

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

🧪Hey everyone, I am a science journalist looking for folks with experience with making vertical video & other social media content and campaigns about climate & conservation for Instagram, Tiktok, etc.--for a reporting project on marine mammals. Looking for some parameters around time, cost.

If you’re looking to do a PhD in the US, it’s a mess out there. Words by me ⬇️

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Willamette Week brings you the man behind the Portland chicken costume. www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

“When these glaciers die off, we will be the first humans to see ice-free peaks in Yosemite.” www.latimes.com/environment/... by @ianjames.bsky.social

This is a fascinating analysis/call to arms.

Climate.us just stood back up the Fifth National Climate Assessment website! nca5.climate.us

It’s difficult to find the words to express how our unit is feeling right now, but we’ll take a stab at it: shocked, disappointed, angry, gutted. @cascadepbs.bsky.social’s choice to eliminate long-form written reporting is a massive loss for our community in a critical moment. tinyurl.com/LayoffFund

It’s #FatBearWeek again at Katmai National Park and Preserve. Thinking about the excellently chunky bears and the federal workers at national parks who have struggled amid cuts, freezes, layoffs, etc this year. Glad this celebration is still on. www.instagram.com/katmainpp?ig...

One of the most strongly worded editorials from a legacy newspaper that I've ever seen.

Linguistics.

“Under a third of American adults are Trump voters, and 53% are Trump disapprovers — with 48% intensely opposed.”

Recently, Mayor Bruce Harrell mocked his challenger Katie Wilson's proposal to fund local media with a democracy voucher-style program as a pointless giveaway to irrelevant "blogs." Losing local news coverage is a tragedy, and elected leaders shouldn't mockingly dismiss proposals that could help.

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🌍 Climate change & health New research shows human-caused climate change has already led to millions of deaths, illnesses, and economic losses worldwide. Heat, air pollution, infectious disease, & extreme weather are among the major drivers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s415... #SciComm #ClimateHealth 🧪

This conversation between Remnick and Colbert is powerful, I think. Also when Putin attacked the free press, he started with comedians. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfGe...

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

This is really unbelievably messed up. www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

Spoiler: the answer was no, at least for now.

“Eventually all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.” I am thinking of this final scene of the 1992 movie Redford directed. “I am haunted by waters.” youtu.be/OsDnrFBpsBk?...

Environmental reporting is the most dangerous field of journalism after war reporting, according to UNEP. www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

The massive extreme marine heatwave continues to stretch across the entire northern Pacific Ocean. In fact, the magnitude of the sea surface temperature anomalies even grew in August 2025 compared to earlier in the summer. Yikes... 🫠 Data from OISSTv2.1 (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...). 🌊

Thanks to Amelia Macapia for this lovely review!

From communities in Alaska losing ground to the storm-ravaged Cape Cod coast, we have all experienced changes in our local environment. @madelinevo.bsky.social's new book, “At Home On An Unruly Planet,” explores how natural disasters connect communities across the globe: go.whoi.edu/ostrander

59% of Americans say journalists are important to society, but about the same number think they are biased. www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

"A retired CDC official ... said he worried about the long-term impact the attack would have on young scientists’ willingness to go to work for the government" ... on top of numerous additional factors that are discouraging the next generation of scientists.

DC is not a thought experiment for armchair commenters. Hundreds of thousands of people live here. None of us have representation at the federal level.

It appears that cats have once again figured out how to game the system. (I wish this meant that outlook in science publishing was better for cats, rather than just disturbing for humans.)

Warning. Don’t! Once you upload your data to a 3rd party app, it is no longer protected by HIPAA. Do not comply, there’s no getting privacy back once its gone. And your health privacy is paramount for so many reasons.

New York becomes first state to commit to all-electric new buildings. The state finalized rules ensuring most new edifices will install electric heat pumps and stoves instead of gas appliances, lowering costs and improving air quality. grist.org/energy/new-y... #NewYork #NY #Climate #Buildings

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and the Trump admin policies are going to make this that much worse.🧪

This is the coolest wonky analysis of the potential for community based sustainability. Also this idea was basically the theme of my book! "These seeds are currently marginal but, under the proper conditions, might catalyze larger sustainability transformations." www.nature.com/articles/s43...

As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)

My latest for @rollingstone.com I went to rural Louisiana and New Orleans to see what Trump's Big Mega Tax Bill will mean for environmental and climate justice. It will be deadly. "They proved that they didn't care whether we survived or not." - Robert Taylor www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

I woke up in the middle of the night after a disturbing dream about ICE that I can no longer remember. I can only begin to imagine how terrorized and haunted the immigrant community feels. This seems like a small but at least useful gesture toward transparency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

It's hot, dry and about to get windy! www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.

Jeffries referenced this John Lewis quote: “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble."

🧵The highest #HumanRights court in the Americas has just provided legal precedent for climate litigation saying states must take action on #climate. The Court has clarified strong climate action isn't just good policy, it's a legal requirement under human rights law. corteidh.or.cr/tablas/OC-32...

Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" will slaughter America's clean energy industry. It's so goddamned frustrating that you might be tempted to look away. But surrendering to despair is not the answer. I've got details on the bill, and ideas for what comes next: www.latimes.com/environment/...

UPDATE: Jeffries has been speaking on the House floor for more than five hours.

I would like a dinner invitation from some orcas; article from the amazing Lynda Mapes. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This @motherjones.com story makes me think of the classic mid-20th-century Harry Harlow experiments. Not saying that using an "AI tutor" is quite the same as substituting a wire mom for a real one, but are these folks forgetting that children are humans? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The ever-escalating devastating costs of the Trump presidency: Global Banks Increase Fossil-Fuel Funding as Climate Pledges Crumble. www.wsj.com/articles/glo... via @WSJ

There are many ways to estimate the economic costs of climate change by colleagues from Harvard, Stanford etc. But they all have one finding in common: The cost of climate change is much much larger than the infrastructure change towards a renewable energy system. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I get annoyed at the narrative that all the awareness and work on climate change hasn't done anything. Yes, global CO₂ emissions indeed continue to climb, but we don't know the counterfactual. When I was in grad school, we were on track for 5°C of warming. Now it's below 3°C. That's progress.