September sunrise.

“This is kind of a case study on how not to handle situations like this,” Kenney said. “They kind of screwed it up from beginning to end.”

Some of the best radio reporting advice I’ve received came third hand, from my doppelgänger. I enjoyed writing this column about the other Murray Carpenter for @bangordailynews.bsky.social www.bangordailynews.com/2025/09/12/o...

Looking forward to moderating this forum Sunday with four Democrats aspiring to be the next governor of Maine: Shenna Bellows, Troy Jackson, Angus King III, and Hannah Pingree. Please join us and bring your questions for the candidates. www.midcoastvillager.com/news/politic...

"Our research shows that kids who drink beverages with non-sugar sweeteners consume just as many calories as those who drink sugary ones." By Allison Sylvetsky and Priya Fielding-Singh for @statnews.com: www.statnews.com/2025/09/11/m... via

It was great discussing my @mitpress.bsky.social book Sweet and Deadly, about Coke, health and disinformation, with Peter Biello of Georgia Public Broadcasting for the Narrative Edge podcast: www.gpb.org/podcasts/nar...

Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u...

This Morro Bay assault takes the conflicts between paddleboarders and surfers to a whole other level. By @clojooo.bsky.social for The Tribune, in San Luis Obispo: www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/a...

Wild street success--no traffic deaths in Helsinki last year. By @jersiegel.bsky.social for @theworld.org: theworld.org/segments/202...

‪"Since Bobby's rise, the rest of his family has displayed a mix of atomization and passivity, along with the occasional outburst of righteous resistance, that resembles liberalism's broader, muddled response to the second Trump term..." Good reporting on the Kennedys, w/family tree. Via @nymag.com

Juvenile sand tiger shark, about 3 feet long, in Maine’s Penobscot Bay yesterday.

@whysharksmatter.bsky.social I think this is a sand tiger shark. Can you see enough in these images? I also have some video.

Medomak River estuary, Waldoboro, Maine.

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to talk with us and the @midcoastvillager.bsky.social! If you haven't been able to join us on our Listening Tour to share your thoughts on how we serve you, you still can! Check out our Facebook page to see our next stops. Photos courtesy of John Blodgett.

I enjoyed discussing my @mitpress.bsky.social book about Coke and health with Anna Glowinksi, live in Spain!

Maine Senator Susan Collins got an earful at a public event in Waldo County yesterday. via @midcoastvillager.bsky.social www.midcoastvillager.com/news/collins...

"People have lost the art of not tailgating," says a polite caller on Maine Calling, on @mainepublic.org

Tonight in Belfast!

The coffee/soft drink synergies haven't panned out. "The reshuffle ends a decade of caffeine-fueled empire-building that failed to deliver strong returns." Simon Pellejero reports for @reuters.com www.reuters.com/commentary/b...

NPR journalists "were allowed to record in some hallways, barred from other hallways, and denied entry to spaces designated for the public." Strong reporting from @ximenabustillo.bsky.social, with Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and Sarah Ventre, for @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/08/25/n...

Fun Muskeg show last night at Toddy Pond Farm in Monroe, Maine.

A few more shots of the amazing Erin swell in southern Maine Friday. #Maine #surf #Erin

For Two or Three Days, a Surfer’s Paradise in and Around New York City www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/n...

Clean and friendly early waves from Erin in southern Maine. @margot-carto.bsky.social

This. Vance wasn’t here for a holiday.

Good morning from Penobscot Bay

Paul Theroux on tourism: "Who the hell needs another golf course?" Theroux's observations on tourism and expats in this episode of Travel with Rick Steeves: www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-l...

So great to paddle across Penobscot Bay from Bayside to Islesboro alongside six swimmers raising $ for Lifeflight of Maine. Clear and glassy!

This summer, The Maine Monitor is hitting the road! We will travel across Maine to meet people in different communities to talk about news in Maine. With Executive Director Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, Monitor reporters Kristian Moravec, Yasmeen Khan and editor of The County Paula Brewer.

"Recent attempts at soda regulation have mostly been concentrated in blue cities. Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg infamously tried to ban the sale of supersized sugary drinks in 2013, prompting Republicans to decry his “nanny state” tactics." @thehill.com thehill.com/policy/healt...

American Nazi says Trump “awakened a lot of people to the issues we’ve been raising for years,” Stout told Reuters. “He’s the best thing that’s happened to us.” Kudos to @reuters.com for this reporting: www.reuters.com/investigatio...

More on the EPA plan to end SOLAR FOR ALL - a $7 billion dollar program to increase residential and community solar, reduce energy bills, and cut greenhouse gases. Thank you @carleysanya.bsky.social and @costasamaras.com With my brilliant colleague @jeffbradynews.bsky.social @npr.org ☀️⚡

Calm morning on Millinocket Lake, beneath Katahdin.

Such a cool word: “The word estuary has appeared in 25 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Sept. 17 in ‘Mapping the Decline of Eelgrass Along Maine’s Coast’ by Murray Carpenter. The article discusses efforts to survey eelgrass beds.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/l...

The presence of #sharks is an indicator of a healthy ecosystem, according to shark biologist Kyle Oliveira, a Ph.D. candidate at @umaine.bsky.social. Between late 1800 and mid-1900, the #whiteshark population took a hit due to overfishing, meaning fewer sightings along the East Coast.

Roberts’s "leadership post offers a window into the delicate, potentially fraught dance between a president and a powerful jurist who is, by all accounts, smitten with the Smithsonian." By Graham Bowley, et al: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

I really enjoyed chatting with @kevinh-phd.bsky.social about his new book, what happened after he left NIH, the problems with MAHA's approach to food dyes, and much more — including which ultra-processed foods he happily eats www.statnews.com/2025/07/30/k...

Collision course: Ship strikes jeopardize the endangered North Atlantic right whale's survival via @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

The old alcohol/caffeine switcheroo: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Saskatchewan smoke over Penobscot Bay. #Maine

Caffeine remains poorly understood. "De Lie dared on a caffeine bomb... He loaded with a head-smashing 200mg caffeine in the hour before his leadout assembled." That "head-smashing" "caffeine bomb" is about equal to 10 ounces of Starbucks coffee. velo.outsideonline.com/road/road-ra...

If you've purchased Poppi beverages within the past five years, you may be entitled to some cash as part of a class action settlement.

A good look at the myths about cane sugar. “Replacing one sugar with another isn’t going to have much of an effect on health,” said Dariush Mozaffarian, of Tufts University. By @rachelroubein.bsky.social and @caitlingilbert.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4lJtiR7

Friday morning on Penobscot Bay.

CBS News Names New Executive Producer for ‘60 Minutes’ As @emmettlindner.bsky.social reports, an insider is taking the reins. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/b...

Remarkable look behind the scenes at turbulence in the DOJ. “Bove says ‘and if some court were to issue some order that prevents that from happening, we would have to consider telling that court, quote, fuck you.’” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Great to see Troy Bennett’s reporting and photos for the @themainemonitor.org.