Being an American during the 250th Aniversary of the United States feels a lot like if the terrorists in Die Hard demanded that the hostages continue having their Christmas party.

Off To Bed 😴🌙 #synthart #art

Join us on Thu, May 21 for a virtual event on how and where to find accurate & timely wildfire information amid an evolving information landscape. Featuring Kevin Fetterman (Watch Duty), Zeke Lunder (The Lookout), & Daniel Swain (@ucanr.edu). surveys.ucanr.edu/su...

Je Chen (b.1973, China) Green Meditation. Mixed media on canvas

Cyril Cox (b.1958) Mid Summer Stream. acrylic on canvas.

Summer Rain - by Hasui Kawase. 1932, Japan

The nonprofit that runs the successful, Pulitzer-winning Baltimore Banner is going to take over the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Of all the possible outcomes here, this is likely the best we could have hoped for. apnews.com/article/pitt...

My big takeaway from reporting this story is that it's not JUST about the Forest Service. The closure of these stations threatens to upend a delicate system of mutually beneficial collaboration and resource sharing, and the impacts will ripple out far beyond the Forest Service itself.

We need to talk a bit about how utterly absurd the March heatwave was in the USA. This heatwave would have been impossible without a boost from climate change, but even with climate change it remains a deeply unlikely event. A thread looking at some of the numbers. 🧵

I've excerpted a ~5 minute segment from my recent livestream discussing my deepening concerns regarding on the ongoing (and accelerating) threats not only to weather and climate science, but American science leadership and continuity at large.

I couldn't agree more with Kate that it's okay--even necessary--to get mad, stay mad, and channel that anger along any number of constructive avenues in this disconcerting moment.

Trump’s EPA chief delivers the keynote at a conference of climate change deniers [via @theguardian.com]

In his blog, UCS’s Julian Reyes explains how Forest Service restructuring is irreversibly damaging the federal scientific enterprise. It leaves the nation facing growing climate threats with fewer experts to manage wildfires just as risks are surging across the US. 🔗 act.ucsusa.org/4sqD11s

Amidst everything else, the Trump regime has quietly killed off the U.S. Forest Service 🌲 “One hundred and ninety-three million acres of your national forests… just handed, on a silver platter, to the people who’ve spent their entire careers trying to destroy it.” www.hatchmag.com/articles/tru...

Geophysicists say there is an increased risks of destructive floods and wild fires due to climate change. A guy who thinks he was teleported to a Waffle House says there's nothing to worry about. For busy Americans, it can be hard to know who to trust.

“The food my roommate made was delicious.” But, same.

In Japan, festivals to celebrate the appearance of sakura (cherry blossoms) occur in spring and are known as hanami. Sakura were a favourite subject of Japanese woodblock prints so I thought I'd put together a virtual hanami (flower viewing) thread for #FolkyFriday today. Please enjoy. 1/5

How can this go on for another 3 years?

Kahului Airport (Maui) has received 13.6 inches of rain in the past 72 hours. That's more than the city's entire 2025 total (or any year since 2021). Another 6 inches of rain is forecast through Monday afternoon. It will wind up as Kahului's wettest month in recorded history, and it won't be close.

$645 million taxpayer dollars for anything called “doodie calls” is wild work. 😒 💩

Well, you can see why the GOP was afraid to depose Hillary Clinton in public www.tiktok.com/t/ZTh7rGJFa/

I wrote about the prediction markets. I am not a fan.

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10

The USDA proposed a rule to allow meat plants for pork and poultry to increase the speed of the kills lines that process chicken, turkey, and pork. While simultaneously relaxing rules for prevention of salmonella. The higher speed w/o increased staffing will cause more injury and sloppy processing.

1. Numerous transgender people in Kansas are reporting that the state has sent them a letter demanding the immediate surrender of drivers licenses. Those driving could be arrested, charged, and see privileges revoked. Subscribe to support our journalism. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Godspeed to all the journalists, captive audiences, informed citizens, and masochists planning on listening to “the speech”. 🇺🇸 🫡

Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.

Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.

Veterans, former FBI agent warn Minneapolis is a 'testing ground' for federal abuse of power The veterans who spoke during the gathering said tactics they witnessed overseas are appearing at home. | KARE 11 www.kare11.com/article/news...

Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...

Downfall Bovino Edition. You're welcome.

Referencing this youtube.com/shorts/r68sX...

After decades of decline, endangered coho salmon have returned to the Mendocino coast in numbers that more than double the targets set by habitat restoration projects. #cawater mendovoice.com/2026/01/last...

These are our neighbors.

Most of us feel like we should somehow singlehandedly be able to fix the world and when we can’t, it’s crushing. That’s how you know you’re a decent person.

JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Incredible data-viz in this @nature.com story about the Trump administration's demolition of science in the US, tracking losses of grants and a 20% cut in staff at federal science agencies www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

they are actively trying to get these officers killed and have been for some time

“The speed, the scope and the severity of the attacks on science are beyond anything we’ve ever seen,” says @gretchentg.bsky.social. My @nature.com story on the human toll of the 2nd Trump presidency. Thx to @dochfroehlich.bsky.social, @briannosek.bsky.social, @katharinehayhoe.com & others.

On the anniversary of the devastating Palisades & Eaton fires in Los Angeles, I wanted to share this @ichotiner.bsky.social Q&A published in the immediate aftermath. The lightly edited transcript reflects my initial reactions, but remains relevant even a year later.

And there ya have it… Officials from top Wall Street firms will be traveling to Venezuela to investigate “investment prospects” of the country. “The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors.”

"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."

"Science is being destroyed across many agencies" say federal researchers. For my latest @nature.com piece, I spoke to 19 different scientists across EPA, NOAA, NIH, NASA, and USGS to document how science is being dismantled across US federal agencies.

In Chicago, a woman was driving to get coffee when a DHS vehicle fleeing an angry crowd crashed into her car. Armed agents jumped out of the vehicle, yanked her door open, pulled her by the legs out of her car at gunpoint, held her incommunicado for hours, then released her with no charges.

Slip slidin’…

From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.