There is no equivalent on the Democratic side for the pure, undiluted nihilism coming from the federal government right now. We basically have one party of technocrats and one party of Branch Davidians.

If you're wondering what's happening with the US Forest Service and why it matters, read this:

This....

“Research from Gloria Mark, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, indicates that our attention spans are about one-third as long as they were in 2004, with the biggest drops happening around 2012.”

Added to the current Iran war and oil market shocks, glad we elected a President who doubled down on climate denial while ceding our clean energy market to China. Great job everyone.

Here's the exchange in which Rep Adam Smith says all Dems should oppose any more funding for the war. Smith is generally moderate, so for him to unload this way is a big deal: newrepublic.com/article/2080...

Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10,000 to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving. My cover story on the online betting boom that's warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

OPINION by MS NOW contributor @pbump.com "At the outset, it’s appropriate to recognize that the recent uptick in rhetoric about the importance of America’s 'heritage' is nothing more than repainted racism." READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...

“If you can get the Supreme Court to rule that carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.” - @volts.wtf putting John Roberts led MAGA #scotus on the spot. / via @atrupar.com

‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a very annoying article which really should not be published in 2026. It is a settled matter that Trump is a fascist. But the distinction that you can only be a fascist, or a mob boss, and that these are distinct models of authoritarianism, is worth discussing.

"Because the U.S. entered the UNFCCC with advice and consent of the Senate in 1992, it’s our legal view that it also must be exited using the same process in reciprocation... Letting this lawless move stand could shut the U.S. out of climate diplomacy forever" www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:

Microplastics are released from plastic when exposed to heat, including leaching from tea bags into hot tea and plastic containers releasing nanoplastics when microwaved. While health effects are still unclear, minimizing heating plastic is a simple way to reduce exposure.

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

“Good sir! Are you asking me treat minorities with respect and dignity! I would rather give up my constitutional liberties!”

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The male tendency to view debates as adversarial contests that must be won at all costs is what may help to create a more alarming antiscience dynamic in the manosphere,” writes Adam Frank, a professor of astrophysics.

As far as many people are concerned this is the text of the First Amendment

Here's a gift link opening up access to everybody. (Some fraction seem to be prompted to regisiter) www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...

Kirk, climate angle, from @Jane Mayer's excellent 2017 article on his organization: 'Turning Point distributed a guide for college students with a foreword by Kirk, titled “10 Ways Fossil Fuels Improve Our Daily Lives.”'

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

"Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback -- Researchers say DOE report [yes, #JudithCurry is one of the 5 authors] cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases" via #Science: www.science.org/content/arti... "

Theo Von. by Marc Maron.

The Grateful Resurrected

LaGuardia has had one of the best glow-ups I’ve seen. I also think Boston Logan is underrated.

As Americans swelter in extreme heat and dig out from devastating floods, the Trump administration is moving ahead with destroying the legal backbone of U.S. climate policy. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/the-...

That new usual suspects (Curry, Spencer, Christy, McKitrick, Koonin) Trump EPA climate denier report? (www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...)? I asked chatGPT to evaluate it. It had no trouble producing a succinct and convincing refutation:

This is akin to shooting yourself in the foot after blindfolding yourself. Depressing lobbyist-funded attack on science and climate change actions that is another example of the United States rejecting reality and international alliances. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

Why is #GlobalWarming fundamentally a "rate of change" problem? It's happening very fast relative to most natural episodes of climate warming and cooling on Earth, and too quickly for ecosystems & societies to easily adapt. Therein lies the problem. www.youtube.com/watc...

From EPA’s website: “The mission of EPA is to protect human health and the environment.” This action is diabolical.

Science tells the truth, Donald Trump lies. Firing EPA scientists will mean more pollution, higher energy costs, more cancer, and more lies from Lee Zeldin. EPA scientists protect us from toxics and illness and dirty air and water. Stand up for them because they stand up for you.

When I said dig it out I didn’t mean literally

In the past two years, with surprisingly little notice, renewable energy has suddenly become the obvious, mainstream, cost-efficient choice around the world.

The Mets tonight

It’s a win-win for republicans, because they like it when people die and they like it when government seems inefficient (it doesn’t matter that the GOP is the cause of both the inefficiencies and the deaths)

"Is climate change causing deadly weather events?" | I spoke with @cathynewman.bsky.social of @channel4news.bsky.social earlier today: www.channel4.com/news/is-clim...

Things are getting very concerning

"The bill includes the most aggressive assault on climate action of any legislation in history. In fact, it represents a profound shift in policy. Trump and Republicans are not just ignoring climate change — they’re actually trying to make it worse." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social

talking a lot about race-science shit, like IQ or “human biodiversity” or how bad affirmative action is, *should* be totally discrediting, a sign of lazy and shallow thinking that undermines anything else someone says but there’s so much internalized racism among American elites that it’s not

I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy. I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

There’s a Race to Power the Future. China Is Pulling Away. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

For no particular reason, thinking about some of the major aspects of NHC operations that came out of the NOAA/OAR research labs and the Cooperative Institutes. I've probably missed some key ones, but the first ones that come to mind are...

Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind. I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why. Please share! This is really important!!! @heatmap.news

What actor’s expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life? static1.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp...