Tory Stephens
@torystephens.bsky.social
Climate Storytelling | Husband, Dad, Hopeful Wu-Tang Clan Member 🤞🏾 | Publishing and curating climate fiction stories @grist.org Former @HealthPolicyHub / Community Catalyst
Open call for for submissions 🥳🚀💥: Dominion II: Speculative Stories of Black Resistance from Africa and the African Diaspora. The sequel to the legendary Dominion anthology which began it all. Payment, 8c per words for up to 17500 words. Submissions open till Black history month, February 2027
"US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say" www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
EXCLUSIVE: US has used 'virtually all' of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war, sources say
The U.S. Army has used up much of its stockpile of highly accurate long-range missiles during its five-month war with Iran, according to three people familiar with the data, raising concerns about the...
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Next week I’ll be in San Francisco to talk books with @tkrex.bsky.social. Should be a super fun conversation www.eventbrite.com/e/when-world...
When World-Bending Sci-fi Authors Collide: Meet TK Rex & Andrew Dana Hudson
Mind-blowing alternative futures and speculative disasters abound in *Absence* by Andrew Dana Hudson and *The Wildcraft Drones* by TK Rex
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I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use.
USA TODAY Opinion@usatodayopinion.usatoday.com · 2d agoOpinion: Mamdani's idea may sound appealing, but it's NYC taxpayers who will take the hit, subsidizing discounts they may never even use.
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
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I am making it a habit to always look for the labor story behind these nasty scandals. The consumers are almost never the only ones being harmed.
The Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced Labor
The lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak.
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Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.
Inside the NYC Courtroom Where Detained Children Face Deportation Without Attorneys
Around 20,000 unaccompanied minors nationwide are set to lose legal services when the federal government ends a contract Friday. One NYC immigration court shows us what that will look like.
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It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
4 things to know about cyclospora and climate change
A fragile food system, uneven public health messaging, and global warming are all working to supercharge the parasite’s spread.
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Russian ballistic missiles killed at least nine people in Kyiv, officials said on Saturday. Ukraine’s supply of Patriot missile interceptors is dwindling, and on Friday, President Trump backed away from his promise to let Ukraine make them itself. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/01/w...
Ballistic missiles tore into five districts of the Ukrainian capital before dawn Saturday. President Trump is now walking back a promised boost to Ukraine's missile defense systems. n.pr/450Rgkk
Overnight Russian barrage kills nine in Kyiv, as air defense struggle with U.S. continues
Ballistic missiles tore into five districts of the Ukrainian capital before dawn Saturday. President Trump is now walking back a promised boost to Ukraine's missile defense systems.
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FINAL WEEK! Submit by Friday the 31st!
Annalee Newitz@annaleen.bsky.social · 3w agoOnly two more weeks to enter your sci-fi stories for the Protopian Prize, given to works that imagine positive futures for humanity, w/tech that serves the public interest. (I'm one of the judges!) Two winners get $5000 US each, and publication in an anthology from MIT Press! protopianprize.com
Only two more weeks to enter your sci-fi stories for the Protopian Prize, given to works that imagine positive futures for humanity, w/tech that serves the public interest. (I'm one of the judges!) Two winners get $5000 US each, and publication in an anthology from MIT Press! protopianprize.com
The Protopian Prize | The Fiction Contest
The Protopian Prize is a fiction contest inviting you to share your vision of people working toward liberatory futures, meeting obstacles, and making real change. “Protopian”—a word coined by Kevin ...
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This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City. This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
Speaking of independent magazines that need your support, please help @khoreo.bsky.social reach their base funding goal: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
khōréō: Year 6
Help us sustain and grow an award-winning magazine of speculative fiction and migration!
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I signed this petition organized by Activist Evenings Brookline. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well? www.mobilize.us/activisteven...
de-ICE Hanscom Air Field · Activist Evenings Brookline
PETITION TO GOVERNOR HEALEY Since September, 2025, ICE has been operating detention flights out of Hanscom Air Field in Bedford, Massachusetts, which is operated by MassPort. The Hanscom Field Advis...
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ICE agents shot and killed an unarmed civilian in Houston, Texas. The victim was a construction worker, a father of three US citizens, had lived in the US for 35 years and was applying for a work permit. He panicked and tried to flee when he mistook masked, armed ICE agents for thieves.
YAC News@yacnews.bsky.social · 4w agoICE guns down an unarmed father in Houston, Texas, family calls for an investigation www.yacnews.com/ice-guns-dow...
Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.
Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.
The coalition of voters who helped elect Trump to clean up America's food system is growing more disenchanted with the president.
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El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific
El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific
From India to Peru to California, the powerful weather phenomenon is creating winners and losers across the fishing industry.
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Never forget that when Seoul, Korea removed the Cheonggyecheon expressway in 2003 and replaced it with a restored stream, 1000 acre park and improved public transit, not only did it TRANSFORM the city’s public life and economic success, but the car traffic got better. The car traffic got BETTER.
The Supreme Court dealt Big Brother a blow on Monday with a landmark ruling for digital privacy rights in Chatrie v. United States. Justices agreed 6-3 that police need a warrant to search your location data.
SCOTUS just issued its biggest privacy ruling in a decade
Justices agreed 6-3 that police need a warrant to search your location data.
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Journalists! Join us for a free webinar in half an hour (starts at 11am ET / 5pm CET) for a conversation about how to cover this summer’s extreme heat — from making the climate connection to selecting the right photographs for a piece. RSVP: coveringclimatenow.org/event/press-...
Press Briefing: Deadly Heat, Vital Reporting — Covering Climate Now
As millions of Europeans swelter under record-shattering heat and North America faces similar temperatures next week, civic-minded reporting can literally save lives. As journalists, we’re part of the...
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Maybe bipartisan consensus isn't so hard to come by. (Check out our episode last week!) Opposition to data centers is uniting neighbors across the U.S. Their concerns? High electric bills, pollution, and water use. Is there a way for these projects to actually benefit the community and the grid?
When Your New Neighbor Is… a Data Center
Across the country, developers are racing to build huge new buildings to house computers to fuel the AI boom, creating an explosive demand for new energy. While some hyperscalers seek renewable energy...
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Fire survivors say “it’s morally reprehensible,” and experts worry the wagering could lead to arson.
People are betting on wildfires. Should they? - High Country News
Fire survivors say “it’s morally reprehensible,” and experts worry the wagering could lead to arson.
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The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird
The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird
Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated waterway.
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