MSFT *is* the carbon removal market, so if this is anything more than a brief pause, it's a v. big deal & v. bad news for an already shaky sector. via @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social heatmap.news/carbon-remov...

"The dawn of the Intelligence Age."

New: The escalating cost of California's climate-driven wildfires now adds $41 to the average monthly power bill for residential customers of PG&E, the state's largest utility - nearly 20% of the bill. Such "climateflation" undermines electrification of the state economy. Free link bloom.bg/4dGjG8M

We don't have this kind of relationship AI tools.

One of my favorite films ever and probably the most accurate portrayal of how journalism works … the disembodied voices on the other end of the phone … the scene in Library of Congress where they go through reams of cards only to come up empty

Posting on X is for people who have humiliation fetishes

NEW: ICE facilities’ medical staff repeatedly failed to diagnose critical illnesses and misdiagnosed patients, @kolyncheang.bsky.social and I found, during a six month investigation that we have just published. www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

I typed out and re-read several times "about 200 times smaller than the thickness of ...." and then realized there's a word for that: It's thinner.

“If you read that New York Times article on my resignation, some guy I’ve never met who’s calling me “Kate” — I guess we’re on first-name terms, guy I’ve never met — he’s saying it’s all the scientists’ fault.“ 😂

Periodic check-in: Helion has two years & one month left to deliver on its commercial fusion promise. ⌛ From 2023:

listen folks if you're going to get mad that I, a reporter, convey information without always making my views about it explicit, that's an instant block -- you do not understand the function of journalism-as-fact-surfacing & you are part of the decay of our overall media ecosystem

How could someone be so adept at gathering evidence for debunked conspiracy theories in the dumbest corners of the Internet, but somehow incapable of executing a basic Google search before owning themselves online?

I'm about 6,000 words into a 4,000 word story.

Pro-fire flank of the anti-science party.

i don’t understand where this expectation came from that all media must hold your hand and explicitly say “this is bad - you know this is bad right?” in order to explain why bad things are bad

I got an exclusive first look at both documents for @theatlantic.com: www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...

We are launching a big project today with MIT — The Electricity Price Hub! You can view monthly electricity prices per kwh and avg. bills for every major utility in the country going back to Jan 2020. electricity.heatmap.news

People in Nigeria and India are strapping iPhones onto their heads and recording themselves doing chores.

Happy trans visibility day ❤️👌

In Minnesota, we stand tall with our neighbors in the face of hatred.

this is HILARIOUS therepublicjournal.com/essays/ai-an...

"A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter."

Looking for anyone willing to have a 30 min convo about the present-day impacts of climate change in their home areas/communities! Shoot me a message here or at [email protected] if interested. Thank you!

I may overuse the word wild, but this one is truly wild: @antonioregalado.bsky.social gets the inside scoop on a stealthy startup's pitch to create brainless human clones that act as backup bodies.

I think journalism's job is to skewer obviously pretentious nonsense, but so much food writing opts to rationalize and celebrate it instead.

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I don't think people fully appreciate how apocalyptic things are for US science. I haven't had any new funding since 2024, but I'm still ok since typical grants are for three years. This means next year I will be completely out of funding and will have to fire everyone in the lab. It's not great.

🚨 NOTUS just posted 8 new editing and reporting jobs for our expanding newsroom. • Deputy Congress editor • Evening news editor • Copy editor • Economics reporter • Climate/energy reporter • DHS reporter • Health policy reporter • Digital producer www.notus.org/about-us/jobs

*sigh*

Super disappointed/jealous I never thought to pitch this idea myself. But don't miss this @rachellevinsf.bsky.social's interview with OpenSnow’s founder & Tahoe forecaster, Bryan Allegretto, on AI, avalanches and more.

Visiting Chicago. Quickly reminded that Midwest drivers don't share the same 'pedestrians have the right of way' perspective as Californians.

Occurs to me that the last two years can be read as a period of jock ascendence in the eternal jock-nerd struggle for dominance. And it’s offering a pretty good reminder of the value nerds offer.

Thanks to @drkatemarvel.bsky.social for speaking with me this morning about why she decided to leave NASA, the work she was doing, her concerns about federal science and also what gives her hope. 🧪

Look at us go! Now on YouTube!

Uncommonly good headline

New CBS News ratings are catastrophic for Bari Weiss, reports @oliverdarcy.bsky.social. “Under the 41-year-old’s watch, the network’s two flagship daily news programs are seeing their audiences collapse." The network just suffered its worst quarter of ratings in 25 years.

I'm a professional ski instructor as well as climate journalist. Even as winters become warmer and shorter, the snowsports industry isn't taking a strong stand to protect our jobs. The outdoor industry should form a huge lobby for climate action! yaleclimateconnections.org/2026/03/the-...

I just resigned from NASA. It breaks my heart to leave, but I’ve become convinced the best path forward is to do the best science I can, and that can’t be here anymore. I’m still in love with the promise of those four magic letters. Ad astra per aspera, and remember: Earth is the only good planet.

As Paul notes in a reply, skepticism is warranted, but it's striking to ear people at NASA even talking about this kind of stuff.

The US Government Accountability Office put up a two-pager on solar geoengineering, which seems notable — and hence I am noting it.

"Rebuke" means sharply criticize or reprimand, per the folks at @merriam-webster.com. The federal court didn't just sharply criticize the Pentagon. The court said Pentagon policy was unconstitutional. What you mean to say is "Undeterred by a court order to stop violating constitutional law..."

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

In what should be a surprise to no one, the US and Israeli attack on Iran has serious climate consequences. Our new analysis, covered in @theguardian.com this morning, tallies the climate costs of the first two weeks of the attacks.

THREAD: Cherise Doyley was in her 12th hour of contractions at the hospital when a tablet was brought to her bedside. On the screen was a Zoom call with a judge and several lawyers and doctors. She was in court, a nurse told her. The reason? For failing to agree to a C-section.

Good to see Gemini giving YouTube proper credit for its role in in, uhh, cultural burning practices???

BREAKING: Judge voids Pentagon's new press policy that led most outlets to surrender their credentials. In suit brought by NYT, Judge Paul Friedman (Clinton/DC) says policy violates 1st Amendment because it's designed to "weed out disfavored journalists." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...

Freelance journalists and writers: @technologyreview.com has a new call for pitches, for its Kids issue. Pitches due Friday April 3. Please share! More details here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rcourt...

Strap in. All signs point to an ever lengthening conflict. Bloomberg Exclusive: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Did climate change increase the likelihood of the heatwave decimating our snowpack, draining our frozen reservoirs & creating alarming fire conditions? Yup, by "a factor of about 800. This means that without climate change it would have been virtually impossible for the event to occur," says WWA.

PinkNews says it is moving "away from having a reporter-led newsroom" and there "isn’t a need for the reporter role.” Not sure what that could possibly look like, but ok