++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

Vaccines save lives. And no, they do not cause autism.

As the US looks to produce new protein-packed meat alternatives in combat zones #vegan options get a shout (despite Hegseth's phony manly-man rhetoric) @lelanargi.bsky.social reports Still, “The intent of the MRE is to eat the entire thing & if people don’t like what’s in them, they ratfuck them.”

Vegan MREs for the Troops

Starting in 2027, the U.S. military will offer four plant-based Meals Ready-to-Eat. Troops asked for them.

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The press dinner with Trump as the guest is tonight. The anonymous journalist below... kinda says it all for me. www.cnn.com/newsletters/...

‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... Deplorable.

‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining

Habitat destruction strongest driver of species loss, with legislation keeping 99% of listed species from going extinct

theguardian.com

Anyone with book-loving kids looking to fill an hour on July 14, please (virtually) join me at the NYPL for a reading of Miss Betti: What Is This?, along with a fun craft and a chance to ask me questions. Hope to see you there! globallib.nypl.org/blog/2026/07...

Janae Walls lost access to food stamps, and her kids have noticed: They ask her, “Why don’t we have a bunch of food in the house like we used to?” Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is at fault: https://bit.ly/4f3FI45

The Trump Administration Is Making It Nearly Impossible to Get Food Stamps

New work requirements and restrictions on SNAP have kicked millions off the benefit rolls, with more reductions to come.

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Yes it’s climate change, stop asking

"If we continue to allow the fossil fuel industry to profitably poison us to death, this will be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives" coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor... @coveringclimatenow.org @patrickgaley.bsky.social

“The Coolest Summer for the Rest of Our Lives” — Covering Climate Now

Fifty years ago, the recent deadly heatwave that shattered temperature records across Europe would have been “virtually impossible.” That’s according to a new scientific study by the nonprofit, World ...

coveringclimatenow.org

The UN on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. 18 people died while in ICE detention in the first five months of this year.

Deaths in US immigration custody must be investigated: UN rights chief

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday called for stronger independent oversight of the United States immigration detention system and investigations into all deaths in US Immigra...

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Anyone who writes about agriculture in the U.S. has butted their head up against farmers who won't say the words "climate change." In my latest for @foodprintorg.bsky.social, political ecologist Margiana Petersen-Rockney explains why foodprint.org/blog/margian...

Researcher Margiana Petersen-Rockney on Farmers’ Resistance to “Climate Change”

Petersen-Rockney’s “Farmers and Climate Change” examines the factors behind climate reticence in agriculture.

foodprint.org

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Knowable Magazine@knowablemag.bsky.social · last mo.

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NEW: The US is about to deport a 78-year-old retired and sick pastor to Uganda - a country near the center of the Ebola crisis, where the CDC has recommended against travel. This is horrific, plain and simple. read @telliotter.bsky.social

The US Is About to Deport an Immigrant to the Center of the Ebola Crisis

Edward Nalwamba is a 78-year-old retired pastor whose health has rapidly declined while in detention, his attorney says.

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"cuts to research funding and federal agencies like NOAA have already undermined the federal government’s essential role in monitoring, responding to, and understanding harmful algal blooms...just as climate change helps them proliferate."

Trump’s Algae Problem Is a Lot Bigger Than the Reflecting Pool

The Trump administration is trying to further defund the monitoring of harmful algal blooms. It’s fitting that the president would be faced with an algal bloom in his own backyard.

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BREAKING: The US Supreme Court shields Bayer from claims that its Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk

Supreme Court Shields Bayer From Roundup Cancer-Warning Suits

The US Supreme Court shielded Bayer AG from tens of thousands of claims that its Roundup herbicide should have been labeled as a cancer risk in a ruling that will help end a decade-long flood of lawsuits that have cost the company more than $10 billion.

bloom.bg

That's right, friends! STARLOG is back and I'm the editor-in-chief. We have so much good stuff for you in our first issue, coming this November!! Science! Sci-fi! Fantastic weirdness! Plus you can subscribe now to our podcast hosted by @jhoffman.bsky.social and @da7e.com!

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THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.

Climate.us is live. Built by members of the team behind Climate.gov, this new independent nonprofit website keeps trusted climate information easy to find, easy to use, and harder to erase. #ClimateForUs #ClimateUS

Ugh.

Phil Plait@philplait.bsky.social · last mo.

Welp. I don't know what this means for the magazine's future, all the people involved, or my own writing personally. I'll let y'all know when I find out more.

California legislators are considering a dangerous bill that would undermine public records access and allow requesters to be sued. As California goes, so goes the nation. Don't let AB 1821 set an ugly precedent for government accountability across America.

Fees for public records? A bill could kneecap state transparency laws

Oakland City Council backed a draft of the bill that would give governments more time to respond to requests.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who rode on a float wearing a Knicks jersey during the ticker-tape parade for the team, told the crowd outside City Hall to savor the moment. Follow updates. nyti.ms/44jIrS2

Officials have banned reporters covering protests at Delaney Hall from wearing gas masks and carrying bags with other protective gear. These kinds of bans are dangerous and wrong. We spoke to journalists who told us why.

PPE bans not only risk reporters. They risk the public’s right to know

Journalists who cover protests across the U.S. told us how personal protective equipment keeps them safe and helps them report the news

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I'm soooo thrilled to announce that my book The Lonely Goose, illustrated by @annehunterstudio.bsky.social, is a Bank Street best children's book of the year! educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/36/

The Best Children's Books of the Year [2026 edition]

Includes more than 600 titles chosen by the Children’s Book Committee as the best of the best published in 2025. In choosing books for the annual list, committee members consider literary quality and ...

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A school nutrition director will remove bananas from her lunch program next year because of the farm bill's Buy American mandate, which will become more stringent if wording in the House-passed version makes it through the Senate. My latest for The Guardian US www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Bananas could vanish from school lunch menus. Here’s why

New Farm Bill places caps on non-US foods; nutritionists say it restricts availability of healthy meals for kids

theguardian.com

Should be screaming national headlines everywhere that one of the most respected journalists in modern era goes ON RECORD with accusation of corporate bribery of Trump.

Nathan Newman- Working to 8647, the Pedophile Rapist@nathansnewman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Scott Pelley on record that Trump and CBS previous owners should be indicted for criminal bribery "last thing previous ownership did was pay a multi-million-dollar bribe to the president...somehow the Trump administration approved the sale" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m...

Offshore wind power cables can affect sensory system of sharks and rays: studies

Offshore wind power cables can affect sensory system of sharks and rays: studies

As offshore wind farms expand rapidly in the global renewable energy transition, scientists are studying how these large marine infrastructure projects affect ecosystems beneath the waves. Research…

news.mongabay.com

Flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Possible flesh-eating screwworm infection detected in South Texas, USDA says

If confirmed, it would be the fly's first breach of the US-Mexico border.

arstechnica.com

Hard to know who to trust here, the veteran investigative journalist or the woman who quit the New York Times and acts like they fired her

Justin Baragona@justinbaragona.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In a statement to @benmullin.bsky.social, Scott Pelley disputes what Bari Weiss said in this morning's editorial meeting, claiming he was never offered "a way back" as she claimed. "These executives cannot gain the trust of the staff with lies. This is antithetical to everything we stand for..."

As I said, "it was a political hire." We know that because Bari Weiss had no experience in broadcast news, and none as a reporter. That by itself is astounding. Now the people from CBS still fighting have to make sure that the "political hire" story comes out. Variety: variety.com/2026/tv/news...