I’ve been reading these books every year as they come out — excellent. Can’t wait for the series.
Colson Whitehead@colsonwhitehead.com · 5d agoAnd the official announcement — variety.com/2026/tv/news...
Colson Whitehead@colsonwhitehead.com · 5d ago
Saw The Odyssey last night at Universal CityWalk and extending my journey to the ancient world by driving past the Citadel Outlets
The year is 2048. Travel guides to the US note the abundance of hulking gas cars, a global oddity. "Renting one is an experience, but not cheap"
Reverend Genes@reverendgenes.com.au · 2w ago"Well this is awkward". The US used to to make 95% of international cars. Now about 18% and falling. ICE cars are low tech, high pollution & too expensive to buy & run. US makes 5% of EVs. China makes 75%. Oops. #Time4ChangeUSA #TheTankIsEmpty #2026MidTerms ⚖️ 🇺🇸
Insane new research. Scientists gave asthma patients free electric stoves to replace their gas stoves, then checked to see if symptoms improved. Not only did symptoms improve, ditching gas was *better than medicine.* Details in today's newsletter: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/electric-s...
Researchers used electric stoves to treat asthma. It worked.
The latest evidence that gas is bad for your health.
climatecoloredgoggles.com
NEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
The Fraud of “Clean” Natural Gas | Center for Climate Integrity
How Big Oil and Gas Created the Myth that Natural Gas is a Climate Solution
climateintegrity.org
Elon Musk’s cuts to U.S.A.I.D. led to some 700,000 deaths, Atul Gawande says. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
The Human Cost of DOGE’s War on U.S.A.I.D.
Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and the “public man-made death” that they’ve caused.
newyorker.com
Franchise of Jackie Robinson won’t let one of its most beloved players say he’s not going to the White House because he doesn’t want to hang out with a racist who terrorized his city, forcing him to come up with a BS excuse instead. Really pathetic of the Dodgers. www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
Kiké Hernández on why he'll miss Dodgers' White House visit
Injured Dodgers utility player Kiké Hernández will not be with the team when it visits the White House later this month to celebrate its 2025 title.
latimes.com
On Melrose Ave by Pacific Design Center, a large Minion has risen atop the Guess Jeans boutique.
Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite
An Iron Chef-style matchup between the Lindt chocolatier and the new Hershey Chocolate artisan
I would expect fire season across the interior West to kick into high gear quite soon, with at least 6 consecutive upcoming days or critical or near-critical fire weather (a mix of hot, dry, windy, plus some dry lightning) aligning with widespread severe to extreme drought.
You thought #largeasphaltrepair was bad? Now L.A. city has inexplicably shifted to repaving streets already in good condition in rich neighborhoods... because where there are no sidewalks, there's no requirement for wheelchair ramps. #youcantmakethisshitup
Streetsblog L.A.@streetsblogla.bsky.social · 2mo agoApparently to avoid ADA & #MeasureHLA, L.A. City is now only repaving streets without sidewalks. This means the city is repaving streets in well-off neighborhoods, even many blocks where the pavement is already in good shape & doesn't need to be repaved. la.streetsblog.org/2026/06/04/l...
When I posted this week that NPR is shrinking its climate reporting staff it got a big reaction on here. Please help me also share that there remain dozens of climate & energy reporters at LOCAL public media outlets all across the U.S. whose work deserves props and support. Here are 20. Plz repost!
On the alumni listserv, an offer for two mid-tier seats to the USA v Paraguay group game for $2700
NPR is shrinking its newsroom through layoffs and buyouts and is reducing staff dedicated to covering both climate and science. "The climate desk no longer exists separately but has been folded into the National Desk," writes Neela Banerjee, who headed the climate desk but was just laid off.
I thought I'd get maybe 25 replies to this request and use two or three of them. We're now at 1400. The column, which is 4600 words long (blame yourselves), is finished, but this thread should be studied by future historians. No era has ever been as utterly annoyed, as molecularly fed up, as we are
Brian Phillips@brianphillips.lol · 2mo agoI'm working on a column about the tech annoyances that drive us crazy, and I want it to be as universal as possible, so tell me yours! E.g. scanning a QR code to read a menu, never receiving the one-time passcode they supposedly texted you, "verify you're human" by IDing tiny motorcycles, etc.
I saw Rollins play at Royce Hall my freshman year at UCLA, in 2007. Even then the sax seemed too heavy for him as he came out hunched over, but as soon as he started playing he set the house ablaze. What a legend. RIP.
Sonny Rollins@thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
PSA: “Where Eagles Dare” screening on TCM tomorrow for Memorial Day
When Disney promised to convert Autopia to electric vehicles, it wasn't just an act of corporate goodwill. Turns out California had issued an air quality "notice of violation" concerning modified engines. I've got exclusive details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/disneyland...
Exclusive: Disneyland's air quality mishap
The whole truth about Autopia.
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The rate at which Trump's war on Iran is fulfilling UN and Obama/Biden energy policy goals is just breathtaking. Check out the latest Zero pod with @akshatrathi.bsky.social 🎁🔗 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Iran War Speeds Up the Trickiest Part of the Clean Energy Transition
Professor Emily Grubert joins the Zero podcast to discuss the difficulty of maintaining fossil-fuel supplies while clean energy is ramped up.
bloomberg.com
"When Trump attacks democratic institutions, he does so in the manner of a car wreck — so flagrantly destructive as to command public attention. When SCOTUS undermines our democracy ... it feels more like a slow poisoning: the attacks may be harder to notice, but they are just as deadly."
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 3mo agoJust rereading my MS NOW piece from last October www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
She gave him a torch? SHE GAVE HIM ONE OF OUR TORCHES???
UCLA’s STOP Methane Project reviewed public satellite data from Carbon Mapper showing 3,000 methane plumes from 700 waste sites worldwide to ID the highest methane emission rates detected in 2025. Each site is a huge chance for operators to fix mega-leaks. law.ucla.edu/news/spotlig...
UCLA Emmett Institute@uclalawemmett.bsky.social · 4mo agoNEW: Satellites are exposing the world's top methane plume sites in the waste sector in 2025. We reviewed public satellite data from Carbon Mapper showing 3,000 methane plumes from 700 waste sites worldwide to ID the highest methane emission rates detected in 2025. law.ucla.edu/news/spotlig...
It’s worth noting that the Obama environmental policy that so frightened the chief justice into launching the “shadow docket” was actually so weak that the power sector ended up exceeding the clean energy targets even with the regulation on hold. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
Remarkable SCOTUS reporting in the NYTimes, which pretty much confirms what observers have always assumed, but still astonishes. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court
nytimes.com
Happy Tax Day folks. As I pointed out here, the technical arguments about having free tax filing is over. Direct File proved it. What we are seeing now is just rent-seekers bribing policymakers to be allowed to keep extracting money from you. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-d...
What the death of Direct File tells us about state capacity
We CAN have nice things - if we want them
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More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 4mo agoSen. Mike Crapo blocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren's last-ditch attempt to preserve the IRS's free Direct File program. In the last election cycle, Crapo was the top GOP congressional recipient of campaign contributions from the corporate PAC of TurboTax's parent company.
US voters worried about high food prices in 2024. This admin has: 1) taxed food & fertilizer imports 2) deported farmworkers 3) canceled food/climate investments 4) started a war that spiked energy/fertilizer prices 5) increased crop-based biofuel mandates 6) released dietary guidance centering meat
I just got new numbers for the Hollywood Bowl. In 2025, *41 percent* of the Hollywood Bowl audience arrived without a car, using only buses and shuttles. That's up from 36 percent in 2024. Something to think about as you try to get to Dodger Stadium this season 😇
Alissa Walker@awalkerinla.bsky.social · 2y agoAs everyone goes into freakout mode about Dodger Stadium traffic, this magical place is getting fans out of their cars a few miles away. Last season, 29 percent of the Hollywood Bowl audience used buses and shuttles — this season, that number went up to 36 percent! www.torched.la/the-super-bo...