As the planet warms, tick populations, and the diseases they spread, are exploding. Farmers are at an elevated risk for tick-borne illnesses, which can have devastating health and economic consequences. Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

Tick Populations Surge as the Climate Warms, and Farmers Bear the Brunt

Farmers are at an elevated risk for tick-borne illnesses, which can have devastating health and economic consequences.

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We analyze the share of corn production in the U.S. going to animal feed. It's growing every year. The USDA should reconsider its mission statement "we are feeding the world" to "we are feeding the world's livestock."

Simon Oldridge@sioldridge.bsky.social · last yr.

Miles & miles of maize but 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 insect—in 2 days of 🚴‍♀️🚴in Brittany. Maize is mainly 🐄 feed. Linked to high pesticide use—and damaging soil erosion. Governments must be honest about the hidden costs of meat. @georgemonbiot.bsky.social warned about maize a decade ago 👇

Reminder that on his last day of his first term, Trump awarded a commendation to Dr Fauci "in recognition of his exceptional effort on Operation Warp Speed"

We found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

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This scares the absolute living shit out of me, and it should be the same for everyone else with even half a brain.

Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've never seen anything like it. Salta, Argentina, has just recorded its hottest night on record during the climatologically coldest time of the year. The minimum overnight temperature did not fall below 26°C (78.8°F), pulverizing the previous monthly record by 7°C.

Home compostables could help more people cut down on plastic pollution using their own backyard piles. But unresolved issues remain with how these products break down, and the research and standards continue to evolve. Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

Should You Compost Bioplastics in Your Backyard?

Home-compostable bioplastic products remain a work in progress.

civileats.com

Grim reminder of acute vulnerability of intensive livestock systems to soaring global temperatures, not to mention the hellish conditions suffered by so many animals. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Extreme heat wave in France kills hundreds of thousands of poultry

Record temperatures have been causing mass poultry deaths in western France since June 22, Reuters reported. The heat wave, with temperatures exceeding 40° Celsius (104° Fahrenheit), is also behind th...

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NEW: He was picking up a work crew to take them to construction site at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning. ICE showed up. And now this small business owner, the father of three American citizens, is dead. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-h...

He Lived Here for 35 Years. Put Three Kids in College. ICE Killed Him.

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was picking up a crew for a construction project when ICE shot him. It now claims he was the aggressor.

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"24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think | Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds" www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think

Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds.

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A University of Hawaiʻi report says that building more solar farms with battery storage is the most cost-effective way to power Oʻahu, rather than building new power plants. The electricity company doesn’t agree. Lol.

UH Report: Oʻahu Needs More Solar, Not New Power Plants

Economists say solar plus battery storage is the best option for Oʻahu.

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Terrible ruling for public health. Kinda surprised that Kagan And Sotomayor voted with the majority.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 2mo ago

The Supreme Court sided with the maker of the Roundup weedkiller Thursday in a ruling expected to block thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people the product could cause cancer. https://to.pbs.org/43VOkVA

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

Climate.us Home

independent, nonprofit, and immune to politics

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“Scientists should stop trying to be neutral and instead embrace their values,”says a group of top climate scientists, including @katharinehayhoe.com. The neutrality myth is harming the reputation of science right when we need it most.” #ClimateCrisis Science isn’t neutral. It’s science.

Prominent climate scientist argues it's time to ditch the 'myth of neutrality' | CBC Radio

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bob McDonald about the polarization of science and why she thinks scientists should stop pretending to be neutral when it's our planet at risk.

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If you have commented already, spread the word. If you haven't yet commented, take a step now: actionnetwork.org/letters/oppo...

Oppose OMB Proposal to Put ALL Federal Government Funding Decisions in the Hands of Political Appointees

On May 29, 2026, the Office of Management and Budget issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), OMB-2026-0034, Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. The scope of this proposed regulation is...

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The tide is turning on OOI. Today, 11 senators (including one Republican) and 23 House members sent letters to NSF demanding they stop the dismantling of the Ocean Observatories Initiative.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A bipartisan group of senators plans to introduce legislation to halt NSF's dismantlement of the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), a network of ocean sensors crucial for tracking ocean circulation, marine ecosystems, climate change, and extreme weather. 🌊🧪

Truly fascinating the level of hostility toward Graham Platner on bluesky, compared to Threads which is usually nastier but has more open dialogue on him. He’s got a lot of baggage but he’s also being royally smeared. Maine’s a small state. People know him and they’ll make the right decision.

This is not getting enough attention. It’s insane that a medical association would forcibly remove and bar scientific experts from a conference simply for sharing information challenging Trump’s policies on medical research.

Greg Folkers@gregfolkers.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NYT: Police Remove Diabetes Experts From Conference for Distributing Critique of Trump Administration by Dani Blum @nytimes.com nyti.ms/4az5fRh

Full statement of Scott Pelley after he's fired from CBS 60 Minutes, detailing the sort of corruption of journalism Bari Weiss has brought to CBS News:

What we don’t know will hurt us. Such willful ignorance and destruction of the US’ scientific capabilities and infrastructure.

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Scientists: We desperately need long, unbroken records of North Atlantic currents to see how close we are to a #climate tipping point. US government: sending ships to rip 900 deep-sea sensors out of the water. Congress voted twice to keep them funded. They're being pulled anyway.

As farmers turn to regenerative farming practices that foster biodiversity and build soil health, researchers and startups are developing AI tools to help them measure the effectiveness of their practices. Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

Could AI Be a Boon to Regenerative Agriculture?

Proponents say artificial intelligence tools can help farms and biodiversity, despite the environmental costs.

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Remind me how Democrats were allegedly going to take away your hamburger because they're all vegan maniacs? www.politico.com/news/2026/05...

‘$30 for a hamburger’: Trump’s facing no good options on beef prices

The president is caught between pleasing ranchers, a loyal GOP constituency and addressing voters' affordability concerns.

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The Roberts Court, the Trump White House, and the national GOP are acting like this is their one big shot. Either they secure the lasting end of US Constitutional democracy, or they’re in very serious trouble from the backlash. And they’ve already gone so far that there’s no other possibility.

GOLIKEHELLMACHINE@golikehellmachine.com · 3mo ago

all this sweaty calvinball horseshit feels like hysterical panic from the court

"Oceans are changing so quickly, we’ve had 98 percent drops in fish populations over two years." With fewer NOAA staff and no ability to do the climate modeling and predicting we’ve always relied on, we'll see more such impacts. ~ Linda Behnken, a fisher, Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association.

Civil Eats@civileats.com · 3mo ago

NOAA hasn’t been dismantled, as experts feared, but its ability to carry out its duties—monitoring and conserving fish stocks, managing coastal waters, and predicting changes in weather, climate, and the oceans—is diminished. Contributor @megwilcox.bsky.social reports. ⬇️

A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.

Remembering Amal Khalil

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

Genuinely depressing to me that your partner has to Doordash to raise money for your cancer treatment when you get old. What happens if you don't have a partner? Are we just working to pay a landlord and save up for a medical emergency when we're elderly?

If you still haven’t cancelled your Amazon Prime membership, here’s a another sad reminder why you should. And this isn’t the first time a worker has died at an Amazon warehouse.

Ryan Haas@ryanjhaas.bsky.social · 4mo ago

For more than a week, Amazon has managed to keep a death at its Troutdale, Oregon, facility out of public view. Workers I spoke to are pissed.

Finfish aquaculture faces a slew of challenges, including disease outbreaks, high mortality rates, and water pollution. AI systems are being introduced to tackle these issues, particularly in the U.S., but the solutions are newly emerging and not yet widely adopted. @megwilcox.bsky.social reports ⬇️

Will AI Be a Net Positive For Aquaculture?

The US and Norway lead the world in developing AI tools for the farmed fish industry. Some of these are beginning to gain traction.

civileats.com

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.

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2