It's really incredible how often lately I am shocked and also not surprised.

Earthquake off coast of Russia revised to magnitude 8.7 from prior estimate of M8.0. Tsunami threat to U.S. West Coast being evaluated. Standby.

Are you a federal PIO who’s been unable to communicate with journalists or the public in the way you once did due to administration directives? I’d love to hear from you. Signal link is below. If this isn’t you please help me spread the word! signal.me#eu/438ElmYwe...

Just thinking about that time when a man I was sitting next to at a journalism conference happy hour ignored my existence for a full 15 minutes but then reached across my body to try to introduce himself to another man who’d sat on the other side of me. Being a woman in this industry is neat.

I spoke to former NOAA officials and current staffers about the two high-ranking officials just put on leave and none of them believes this was tied to performance as a spox for the agency claimed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

By me and @gabriellecanon.bsky.social Outcry over wildfires and farming as US agriculture department to cut salaries and relocate staff, as Trump’s dismantling of federal agencies continues apace

A USDA spokesperson just told me that out of the 1,400 USFS staffers with firefighting qualifications who took voluntary resignations and retirements this year, they were able to get only 65 back into active duty.

I’m listening to Richardson’s testimony and so far every single thing he has said is either a lie or wrong. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ www.c-span.org/program/hous...

IKYMI: There are dangerous vacancies in firefighting at the USFS even as agency leaders continue to assure Congress and the public that it is fully staffed. Internal data shows more than 26% of positions are unfilled across the US. My story (pubbed yesterday): www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Five federal firefighters, who spoke anonymously because they are barred from speaking publicly, were asked if their agencies were ready for fire season. The answer was a resounding “no”. “If this turns out to be a major fire year, it’s going to be a shit show.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Wildfires are spreading to places once thought safe. Research shows that 115 million Americans live in areas at risk, and the situation is getting worse. @gabriellecanon.bsky.social dives into the issue in @us.theguardian.com, showing how cities and suburbs are now prime targets.

All the times I quietly wished someone would just launch Katy Perry into space I didn’t really see it going quite like this

Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science “This proposal will cost lives. When a room full of doctors tell you that it’s cancer, firing the doctors does not cure you.” #climatecrisis Story by @gabriellecanon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

In this story, @gabriellecanon.bsky.social talks to two former Assistant Administrators (i.e., directors) of NOAA's Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) — Craig McLean and Rick Spinrad — who affirm that eliminating OAR would be disastrous and make both the US and the world less safe.

Noaa fires hundreds of climate workers after court clears way for dismissals Letters went out to hundreds of workers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) on Thursday, informing them their jobs had been terminated – again. @gabriellecanon.bsky.social buff.ly/JCEApMu

“White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’ ” by Dharna Noor and @gabriellecanon.bsky.social for @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

White House ends funding for key US climate body: 'No coming back from this' - @dharna.bsky.social @gabriellecanon.bsky.social @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Expert panelists include: - @gabriellecanon.bsky.social, The Guardian - Bernadette Woods Placky, @climatecentral.org - Alan Sealls, @ametsoc.org CCNow's David Dickson will moderate 👨🏻‍💻

Last Tuesday, I was set to give a talk on 'climate change in the Northeast' at a retirement home but had to cancel due to hourly job threats. After nearly two weeks of overwhelming uncertainty, today it happened. I was fired from my dream of working at NOAA. I'm so sorry to everyone also affected.

All probationary federal employees at NOAA’s EMC that’s responsible for keeping all US weather model systems running have been fired with 1 hours notice. And that includes me and colleagues. We will not go quietly because we care about the NOAA mission to protect the public.

I’ve spoken to more than a dozen staffers at land management agencies this week about how devastating the federal firings will be to the lands we all love. It’s been an important reminder of how much these ppl do behind the scenes and the sacrifices they continue to make on our behalf.

“Those releases had absolutely zero to do with anything to do in Los Angeles,” @gregspierce.bsky.social commented to @gabriellecanon.bsky.social in new @theguardian.com story on Trump-ordered water releases. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I talked to @niemanlab.org about independent journalism, bluesky and the problems with legacy media. Full convo here: www.niemanlab.org/2025/02/an-i...

Are you a federal contractor or grant recipient that has invoiced the government for payment in the last few days? If so, have you had payments withheld? Or were they paid as normal? Please reply here w/updates this week. I know several journalists who would be very interested in your experience. 🔌💡

The End of Term Archive team @eotarchive.org crawled millions of federal webpages! If you are worried about a page going down or changing information on it, you can check to see if it is saved in the Internet Archive's @waybackmachine.bsky.social. 1/2

Astonishing how rapidly climate change was wiped from the USFS (and more broadly USDA) websites after Trump’s order yesterday. If you are a federal scientist and you want to talk about what this means for your work I’m here. Your safety is my highest priority. I’m on Signal signal.me#eu/438ElmYwe...

If you listen to one thing about the LA fires today, make it this conversation with @gabriellecanon.bsky.social slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Headed to the Bay last night for a few days rest from covering the fires in LA. But as the enormous plumes of smoke fell farther into the distance the enormity of the past week started to sink in. It’s hard to stop my mind from swirling with worry, with grief, with the feeling like I should do more.

When politicians (or ya know, the world’s richest man who just decided he’s in charge now) call for a government shutdown — during the holidays no less — it shows how little they actually care about Americans who could be severely impacted if they miss a paycheck or service right now.

breaks my heart. I rescued a common murre that was in bad shape on the beach in SF a few years back and got him to the experts at WildCare. They nursed him back to health and he ended up fostering a chick also in their care. They were rehabbed released but I think about my murre buddy all the time

Speaking as someone who has spent the last week being sick what if we just invented nostril-sized tampons to shove up there rather than using 8 million tissues to slowly remove all the skin from our noses

There are THREE! Count em THREE memoirs coming out in 2025/2026 by women/non-binary folks who have worked as wildland firefighters or hotshots. Here they are, for those interested in pre-orders or learning more about the authors.

Feeling like a predatory subscription model because my boyfriend never signed up for the live news feed that is dating me and he is having a hard time figuring out how to mute notifications (me following him around the house telling him things)

I made my first tik tok video, about the relationship between private prison corporations and Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda. It’s full of primary sources. Video editing is way harder than I thought 😬 check out the full video at the link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTY5uM61X/

Mistaken message on tsunami danger sent to thousands in Bay Area, highlighting region’s messy response w/ @mgafni.bsky.social and Jack Lee for @sfchronicle.com

Just had a great convo with Dave Snider at NTWC so I asked him about this and he said: “Ideally we would serve new unfolding places, including Bluesky, but it’s a challenge to be in all the spots all the time.” Here is his full transcribed response:

God bless whichever NOAA scientist slapped this sick beat behind the tsunami detection explainer video 🕺https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mKbFORiDzg&list=PL3BDBAAAA7D4EB2DA

This is a dangerous and closed-minded view of journalism. There are never two sides to a story—there are multitudes. Our job is to deliver context, expert analysis and facts so readers have enough insight to make up their own minds. Dumbing down info and rating it leaves little room for nuance.

I love the Internet because you’ll be like five reels deep in some algorithmic black hole of electro-house music set to pictures of crabs in outerspace and they’ll still hit you with a loud ad that’s like —HERE’S HOW I TURNED MY OLD UGLY FACE INTO AN UNRECOGNIZABLE GOO!

A couple of follow-ups re: today's California #quakes: 1) There was actually only one significant quake as of 1pm PT--the M7.0 SW of Eureka. The far northern Sonoma County quake was actually ~M4.1 but initially registered higher due to conflicting data. [1/3]

Really impressed with today’s #earthquake warnings and hope everyone who got them heeded them. For anyone unsure about what to do when shaking starts I wrote up this guide: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/a...

The tsunami warning centers really need to get on BlueSky. That was messy.

Don't forget to fill out whether you felt it or not! (Especially if you didn't feel it since helps the false positive for alerts) bsky.app/profile/vrub...

Earthquake alert came in with enough time to get under a table before shaking started here in the Bay Area. Hoping everyone’s alright up north—USGS registering a 6.6 in northern Cal! earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

California cracks 500: #USDA confirms 11 more #H5N1 #birdflu infected dairy herds in the Golden State. Brings CA's total to 504 herds and the cumulative national total to 718 in 15 states. www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-po...

It's a big day for us tomorrow and here are a few people who support our cause to save the Observer. Thanks so much to @wmarybeard.bsky.social, @richardcoles.bsky.social and @carolinelucas.bsky.social to name a few. We’ll be sharing news throughout the day so make sure you follow us for updates

This is a bit out of pocket but wondering if any scientists out there can help me. If a medication alters gene expression, what happens when the medication is stopped? Looking at longterm Metformin use and its impact on Magnesium absorption, per this study: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Remarkable precipitation disparity between NorCal and SoCal past 90 days. Near-record wet (even record wet in Sonoma Co.!) in parts of NorCal, thanks mainly to single prolonged #AtmosphericRiver event, but very anomalously dry (& close to records) in parts of SoCal.#CAwx #CAwater

This is a story a lot of reporters have been chasing: Starting in 2015, a massive cyberespionage campaign targeted some of America's most prominent environmentalists. Now, we can reveal that the FBI has been probing whether a longtime Exxon lobbyist was involved. www.reuters.com/business/ene...