ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33

Literally Jesus’s parents had to flee to another country with their baby to avoid the imperial police

“Braiding memoir, pop science and true crime, Fraser delivers a remarkable, persuasive narrative about how good-old-fashioned American values . . . turned into a literally toxic combination.” @latimes.com on @calfraser.bsky.social's MURDERLAND www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

A team of 43 scientists says pesticide and plastic regulation needs a major overhaul. Full commercial formulations—often containing petrochemical waste and heavy metals—can be far more toxic than the tested active ingredients. They call for stricter limits, full-formulation testing, & public data.

Anyone defending execution as a reasonable punishment for drug smuggling is a Nazi. Pass it on.

rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.

slate.com/culture/2025... Lovely for #Murderland to be on this list!

Sweet! Thomas Pynchon and #Murderland!

#Murderland on LitHub’s list of year-end faves!

Author of MURDERLAND @calfraser.bsky.social joins @99pi.org for an incredible interview about her book, and the history of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest. Learn more about MURDERLAND: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741809...

Across the world, 460M people live in sacrifice zones — rings of smoke and sickness around fossil fuel sites. Amnesty says billions are harmed so a handful can profit. This is the cost of the old world. It cannot continue.

Patient-blaming rhetoric is baked into alternative medicine. The idea is that if you could just... “Change your mindset” “Live naturally” “Eliminate toxins” (with supplements) “Resolve trauma” ...then you can avoid serious health conditions such as cancer.

Anyone looking for a great holiday gift—you can’t go wrong with Megan Marshall’s AFTER LIVES, a beautifully-written memoir in the form of essays on the meaning and craft of biography. “Dead men tell no tales,” she begins. “But dead women do—at least to me.”

Be careful what you wish for, dudes. What goes around comes around.

#Murderland made it to the Final Round—if you’re so inclined, do vote: www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

In Italy, the murders of women killed for misogynistic reasons will now be punishable by life in prison, after lawmakers ratified a law introducing the crime of femicide into the country’s criminal code. nyti.ms/3XXYMZn

Nevada regulators have accused Elon Musk’s Boring Co. of nearly 800 environmental violations in the last two years as it digs a sprawling tunnel network beneath Las Vegas for its Tesla-powered “people mover.” By @anjeanette-damon.bsky.social and Dayvid Figler

Murderers

I Sell Strikes pulpcovers.com/i-sell-strik... Covers, Detective Fiction, Emmett Watson, Magazine, Mystery

Again, every elected Democrat needs to put out a video stating exactly what Kelly and the others said. If ever there were a line to draw in the sand, it’s here. The military is not the president’s Praetorian Guard.

Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.

Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:

In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...

The "Nazi problem" the current Republican Party has is that a lot of people in it are Nazis. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health. Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.

50 notable works of nonfiction from 2025 - The Washington Post, including #Murderland!

www.nytimes.com/interactive/... Exporting #Murderland

Looking forward to talking about #Murderland at the Miami Book Fair this coming Saturday, 4pm—see you there.

It was all #Murderland —smelters, leaded gas, heavy metals.

Part 2

Montage of 19 clips of Trump insulting, berating, demeaning and attacking female reporters over the past few months. Part 1.

Sharon Wilson and Justin Mikulka work for a small nonprofit named Oilfield Witness that documents methane released from oil and gas infrastructure. Many of these methane plumes are not leaks: “Those are intentional releases to protect the equipment and maintain operation,” Wilson said.

Disgusting ⤵️

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...

Coal, gas, fossil fuels, heavy metals=serial killers #Murderland

You cannot be serious

Horrifying—Recycling Lead for U.S. Car Batteries Is Poisoning People www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

#Murderland! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-lists/b...

Twin Peaks: The eerie stairway and ceiling fan at the Palmer house.

This is the most glamorous opening to an article about a white supremacist flattering journalist who lied to her readers and editors while having an affair with narcissistic crank who eats roadkill, swims in sewer water, will cause children to die, and is 50 years her senior that I've ever read.

Wow

If you’re so inclined, vote for #Murderland in the Goodreads Choice Awards—https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/readers-favorite-nonfiction-books-2025

Thanks @jessiejessup.bsky.social Love the dog! #Murderland

Pigeons are awesome.

AI=evil

“So, what would you like for me to say?” the woman asked. “Honestly, my next question is, are you pro-life? Is your church pro-life?” Monroe asked. The church hung up. thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/11/t...

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