@nws.noaa.gov warns of “extremely critical” fire danger Saturday in portions of eastern Oregon and Washington. This is only the third time in the past two decades that the agency has issued this level of warning for Washington state.

Anthony Edwards@edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · last wk.

Eek. Not what the Northwest needs. Elevated to critical fire weather conditions forecast Saturday, Aug. 1 as a dry cold front whips up strong winds east of the Cascades. #WAwx #ORwx #IDwx

Striking before/afters showing what the heat waves did to UK vegetation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

UK heatwaves: Satellite images show how UK landscape has changed

BBC Verify's analysis indicates “vegetation stress” in many areas, which may affect wildlife and farming.

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Billionaires having much more success making Earth like Mars than the other way around

Paul Byrne@theplanetaryguy.com · 3w ago

Left: Venus, 1 March 1982 Centre: Titan, 14 January 2005 Right: Boston, 15 July 2026

I don’t understand all the FIFA rules, but I believe our loss to Belgium today means we are required to adopt their street design standards

Qagggy!@qagggy.bsky.social · last mo.

USA v Belgium is a tough one for me because on the one hand I’m American and on the other hand…

ok, props to @apnews.com for this headline apnews.com/article/neil...

Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a 1-ton seal who respects nothing

Neil, a 2,200-pound elephant seal, has returned to his birthplace on the Australian coast, causing quite a stir.

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I'll have a live update on Mon, Jun 29 at 3pm PT on the severe and still-expanding wildfire outbreak across the interior West, including role of both long-term climate & short-term weather in driving extremely critical risk. Plus: live satellite imagery.

Live update on severe & expanding interior Western US wildfire outbreak: Causes, Context, & Outlook - YouTube

The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive #weather and #climate-focused "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain. 06/29/2026 topic: I...

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One year ago this month, the MSC Elsa 3 was sailing up the Indian coast when it began to tilt dangerously to its right side. The next morning, the ship sank, spilling more than 70,000 bags of a particularly pernicious cargo of tiny plastic pellets known as nurdles www.biographic.com/no-one-knows...

No One Knows How to Handle Nurdle Spills - bioGraphic

A year after a shipwreck flooded India’s beaches with tiny plastic pieces, scientists fear the environmental damage has just begun.

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It was so hot inside our old Seattle house during the heat dome that we slept outside, underneath towels we'd soaked and then frozen in the freezer. I'll never forget the incredible relief of waking up in the middle of the night to the cool breeze that broke the heat.

Meade Krosby@meadekrosby.bsky.social · last mo.

It’s five years this week since the PNW heat wave killed hundreds, wreaked havoc on ecosystems, and left Lytton BC in ashes after hitting 49.6 °C / 121.3 °F. As adaptation and mitigation lag, loss and damage - the things climate change takes from us that we can’t get back - will continue to grow.

The Colorado River’s endangered fish have become a living proxy of its health. When they struggle, it often means the river itself is struggling. And in 2026, nearly every indicator is flashing red. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...

A river crisis is unfolding in the American West

The Colorado has been struggling for decades. This summer could bring it to the brink, threatening endangered wildlife and communities.

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anybody who follows climate policy remembers the "wedges" paper

ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

This is just to say, I am on the coolest and weirdest reporting trip. And it involves more poop than ever before, which is saying something.

And they say there's no good news

New Scientist@newscientist.com · 2mo ago

As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe – but that might take longer than we thought

The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.

Trump is taking aim at forest and wildfire research just as the West is poised to burn

The president is trying to downsize the U.S Forest Service and eliminate wildfire and smoke research as the American West is facing a potentially epic summer fire season.

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This is a work of art: the headline of the obit of Lee Raymond, ExxonMobil CEO and a leading architect of predatory delay on climate. He helped launch the Global Climate Coalition, a well-funded anti-climate industry front group, in 1989. heatmap.news/daily/lee-ra... ht @gwagner.com

During the pandemic I wrote about the wild and crazy whirlwind that is the cherry harvest, and what it says about the agricultural workers we depend on utterly but take for granted. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/m...

The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks (Published 2020)

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The sweet taste of freedom* *cow shit

ProPublica@propublica.org · 2mo ago

NEW: Regulators have linked Mark McAfee’s raw dairy farm to more than a dozen recalls and outbreaks that left hundreds of people ill. “I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital,” McAfee said. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.”

Let's try to wrap our heads around these numbers again, shall we. One million seconds from now it will be a week from Tuesday. One billion seconds from now it will be February... in 2058. One trillion seconds from now won't arrive for almost 32,000 years.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo ago

Elon Musk’s net worth of $1.1 trillion is five million times as large as that of the typical family. The median American household had a net worth of just under $200,000 in 2022, the year with the most recent data available from the Federal Reserve. nyti.ms/4aL8sNH

Periodic reminder that Teapot Dome, the worst scandal in American history prior to Watergate, involved $9 million changing hands. That’s adjusted for inflation. This story by itself is 55500% bigger than Teapot Dome. That’s not a typo.

Herb Scribner@herbscribner.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project, watchdog group finds www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

During the pandemic I wrote about the wild and crazy whirlwind that is the cherry harvest, and what it says about the agricultural workers we depend on utterly but take for granted. www.nytimes.com/2020/08/12/m...

The Scramble to Pluck 24 Billion Cherries in Eight Weeks (Published 2020)

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No joke, it would be cheaper to pay every coal miner $5m every year to not mine coal. There are only 40,000 coal miners, while the coal industry produces >$500 billion in external costs every year, including by routinely burning coal just to burn it despite it costing more ("uneconomic dispatch").

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 2mo ago

President Donald Trump is preparing to use Cold War-era authorities to dole hundreds of millions of federal dollars to support coal-fired electricity as well as US exports of the fossil fuel

Refinishing some 100+ year-old oak dining chairs I got for $15/each. They're have slightly different histories, and I counted 12 different fabrics, from 90s polyester stripes to 70s corduroy through the damask/satin mid-century...

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Woman held by ICE for 25 days, despite U.S. citizenship claim, gets a passport

Attorneys for Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales had presented a Maryland birth certificate and other documents as proof of her U.S. citizenship.

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There's not even really any rationale given? Just wanton destruction of knowledge for wanton destruction's sake. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/c...

Trump Administration to Dismantle Ocean Monitoring System

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We've got a big feature out today (with gorgeous photographs) about the Ukrainian conservationists working to save a herd of bison from the ongoing Russian invasion. It's about the hope that conservation can offer in times of war, and the ways that animals' lives are entangled human geopolitics.

Saving Bison as Bombs Fall - bioGraphic

Amid the destruction of war, Ukrainian conservationists remain determined to help a European bison herd persevere.

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“.. The U.S. is now spending more on data center construction than on public transportation infrastructure, according to new Census Bureau figures out today.” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List. The net result: a slate of 22 new one-star admiral nominees that bears little resemblance to the broader force these officers will help lead. Of special note: The list has no women. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/u...

Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List

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The BART dragon dance started as a whimsical idea for a wall scroll painting a few years ago, and is now a real life prop that I bring to Bay Area transit-related rallies and celebrations. 🚃🚃🚃

Michelle Merrill, PhD@perplexedprimate.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Joined rally in #SanFrancisco with @carterlavin.bsky.social of @transbaycoalition.bsky.social, calling ‪@governor.ca.gov‬ to demand @airresources.bsky.social rejects changes that would take $ away from #Transit, #AffordableHousing, #CleanAir and #CleanWater, and put it in the pockets of #BigOil. 1/4

A family member sent this pic of a full-page ad in Virginia's oldest continually publishing newspaper (The Recorder covers Bath and Highland Counties in western Virginia, the two least populated counties in the state, 76.5% and 71.3% Trump voters in 2024)

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

Forbes@forbes.com · 2mo ago

Scientists have reached a consensus that human behavior is a big driver of climate change—but Americans aren't buying it.