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The Xylom@thexylom.com · 20h agoNEW: The vulnerable peatlands that protect Kenyan communities on the edge of Lake Victoria from floods are also among the Earth’s richest carbon stores. Identifying them is easier said than done; conserving them, even harder. www.thexylom.com/post/kenya-l...
Scientists attribute much of Lake Victoria’s rising water levels to climate change and heavier rainfall across its vast catchment, much of which lies in the Kenyan Highlands. Water from inland rivers drains into the lake, raising levels along its shores. www.thexylom.com/post/kenya-l...
Lake Victoria's Peatland Conundrum
“Worst of all is that the floods have forced people to lose their traditions and ancestral lands. I think nature is reclaiming its lost glory.”
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Even with my (relative) awareness and involvement in prison abolition and improving conditions for incarcerated people, I wasn't aware until this post that prisons are exempt from the ACA. Not surprised, but damn. (This is why independent journalism is important, follow The Xylom)
The Xylom@thexylom.com · 15h agoMost states outsource prison healthcare to for-profit contractors, meaning profit shapes every level of care. Since the federal Affordable Care Act protections do not apply to prisons, incarcerated people are not guaranteed regular checkups, prescriptions, or access to doctors.
Most states outsource prison healthcare to for-profit contractors, meaning profit shapes every level of care. Since the federal Affordable Care Act protections do not apply to prisons, incarcerated people are not guaranteed regular checkups, prescriptions, or access to doctors.
‘We Are Such a Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind…
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NEW: The vulnerable peatlands that protect Kenyan communities on the edge of Lake Victoria from floods are also among the Earth’s richest carbon stores. Identifying them is easier said than done; conserving them, even harder. www.thexylom.com/post/kenya-l...
Lake Victoria's Peatland Conundrum
“Worst of all is that the floods have forced people to lose their traditions and ancestral lands. I think nature is reclaiming its lost glory.”
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Was trying to do an annual update, but it has come to my realization that Trump wiped everything between FY2024 and FY2026 from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. @thexylom.com now has one of the last independent copies of data re: H-1B skilled workers in America's top higher education institutions.
The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions
A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate...
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The Xylom@thexylom.com · 10mo agoEXCLUSIVE: A new analysis by The Xylom's @alexip718.com shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate balance might be disrupted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration.
This week on The Roots: Our Editorial Intern Zoe Beketova shares what it took to reveal what it looks like to get sick and age inside the carceral system. Join us every Sunday as we discuss one of the week's top news stories: newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/what...
What It Takes to Report on America's Elderly Prison Healthcare Crisis
Our Editorial Intern shares what it took to reveal what it looks like to get sick and age inside the carceral system
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AllatRa frequently uses real scientists to give legitimacy to its work, sometimes manipulating their opinions to do so. Experts featured in a 2025 documentary say their comments on plastic’s impact on planetary health were twisted to support its predetermined, pseudoscientific conclusions.
In Parliaments, TikTok and COP Summits, This Atlanta-Based Doomsday ‘Cult’ Spreads Climate Disinformation
AllatRa, a “religious cult” founded in Ukraine and now headquartered in Atlanta, has spread climate misinformation from parliaments and TikTok to COP summits, including the false claim that…
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“The issue with prison is, you don’t go to nursing school and think, I’m going to work in a prison,” said Colin Creveling, a registered nurse supervisor at a Pennsylvania prison. “There’s a stigma, people think what they think based on what they see on TV.” www.thexylom.com/post/washing...
‘We Are Such a Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind…
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“If you commit a crime and the judge says you’re going to spend 20 years in prison, that is the sentence: taking away your liberties, your right to vote, to do other things. The sentence didn’t include losing your leg from diabetes or losing your life from poor care.” Story via @thexylom.com
‘We Are Such a Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decad...
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Research shows that in Nepal from 2000 to 2020, conflicts between humans and four large mammals — elephants, rhinos, tigers and common leopards — claimed 887 human lives and led to the killing of 1,139 animals. www.thexylom.com/post/leopard...
Living With Leopards in the Himalayas
Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.
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This week on The Roots: Our Editorial Intern Zoe Beketova shares what it took to reveal what it looks like to get sick and age inside the carceral system. Join us every Sunday as we discuss one of the week's top news stories: newsletter.thexylom.com/archive/what...
What It Takes to Report on America's Elderly Prison Healthcare Crisis
Our Editorial Intern shares what it took to reveal what it looks like to get sick and age inside the carceral system
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This weekend on The Shoots: · Broken promises on drug treatment and coal ash in KY · South Texas and northern WV struggle to find resources for flood response · Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts are turning to sex work to survive Read and subscribe to our news digest for free:
‘They’re Tryna Kill Me, I Believe That’
Dear Reader, Happy weekend. Here’s a news digest on the world’s most pressing health and environmental disparities: 🧓 NEW from The Xylom: ‘We Are Such a...
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Conflicts with Nepalese residents are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push leopards into human settlements. There are solutions to try. This story by @scigat.bsky.social was first published by @knowablemag.bsky.social. www.thexylom.com/post/leopard...
Living With Leopards in the Himalayas
Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.
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NEW: America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decades-long sentences begins to unravel. This story is copublished by @thenation.com:
‘We Are Such A Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind…
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Conflicts with Nepalese residents are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push leopards into human settlements. There are solutions to try. This story by @scigat.bsky.social was first published by @knowablemag.bsky.social. www.thexylom.com/post/leopard...
Living With Leopards in the Himalayas
Conflicts with people are growing as expanded forest land and climate change push the creatures into human settlements. There are solutions to try.
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Incarcerating a young person costs up to $70,000 annually. For an older person, this can soar up to between $100,000 and $240,000, according to a 2023 elder parole brief. These costs are funded entirely by the taxpayer, and often, people do not receive the level of healthcare they require.
‘We Are Such a Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decad...
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In prison, “elderly” begins at 55, according to studies from the National Institutes of Health, unlike in the community, where being over 65 typically defines the elderly. People aged 55 and over make up nearly 17% of the incarcerated population nationwide. In 1991, this number was just 3%.
‘We Are Such A Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decad...
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Myanmar’s menstrual health crisis reflects a pattern seen across conflict zones worldwide. In Gaza, the UN Population Fund estimates that nearly 700,000 menstruating women and girls face severe shortages of sanitary products, clean water, and private sanitation facilities amid ongoing conflict.
‘Who Thinks of Pads in the Middle of Airstrikes?’: Myanmar Women Fight for Menstrual Dignity
“Targeting menstrual products might seem small compared to bombings and executions, but it is a serious threat to women survivors of war who need menstrual supplies to stay healthy. This has become a…
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Incredible reporting by Zoe Beketova, '26, copublished on @thexylom.com and @thenation.com on the healthcare crisis older people face in US prisons: www.thexylom.com/post/washing...
‘We Are Such A Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decad...
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'Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead.' Originally published by @drilledmedia.bsky.social and re-published by @thexylom.com www.thexylom.com/post/tanzani... #CrudeOil #Africa #IndigenousLand
Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead
Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves.
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Our first editorial partnership with @thenation.com! Our intern Zoe Beketova from @mitsciwrite.bsky.social is doing urgent reporting on an issue that is both a ticking timebomb for taxpayers, and a moral stain on the American mass incarceration state:
The Xylom@thexylom.com · 5d agoNEW: America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decades-long sentences begins to unravel. This story is copublished by @thenation.com:
NEW: America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind decades-long sentences begins to unravel. This story is copublished by @thenation.com:
‘We Are Such A Punitive Country’: America’s ‘Death by Incarceration’ Machine
America’s prison population is aging into disability and disease. Understaffed clinics and delayed treatments turn serving life into a death sentence: as the system breaks down, the logic behind…
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In the past year, global public health has faced unprecedented institutional threats, which Hussain primarily attributed to the deluge of disinformation spread by U.S. President Trump through his global platform, as well as the drastic public health funding cuts his administration has carried out.
This Doctor Is Battling Health Misinformation One Wikipedia Edit at a Time
"I think the biggest misinformation spreader in the U.S. is the President of the United States himself. When he says something, it gets echoed in different magazines, newspapers, everywhere. And…
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This week on The Shoots: · U.S. military bases delay cleanup of toxic "forever chemicals" · EPA exempts power plants from acid rain regulations · A constitutional challenge to Canada's drug laws · Mysterious deaths of tuna fisherman in the Pacific Read and subscribe to our news digest for free:
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"Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead" was first published by @drilledmedia.bsky.social, a member of the Climate News Task Force: www.thexylom.com/post/tanzani...
Africa’s Longest Crude Oil Export Pipeline Isn’t Just Taking Indigenous Land, It Is Disturbing the Dead
Indigenous communities say burial sites are being disturbed by the EACOP project in Uganda and Tanzania, and compensation is not adequate to move graves.
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In 2025, major USAID programs were dismantled, forcing some local organisations to scale back services. “In war, people think survival means staying alive,” said nurse Wai Thin. “But survival means keeping your dignity, confidence, and sense of human being alive.” www.thexylom.com/post/myanmar...
‘Who Thinks of Pads in the Middle of Airstrikes?’: Myanmar Women Fight for Menstrual Dignity
“Targeting menstrual products might seem small compared to bombings and executions, but it is a serious threat to women survivors of war who need menstrual supplies to stay healthy. This has become a…
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