Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 5hOn the left: President Trump false claims of violent crime in Chicago (as prelude for laying a pretext) On the right: Most recent official stats showing Chicago success in back-to-back years of historic reductions in violent crimes 16493183
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 20hGetting 2005 energy from these White Sox 8304
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If this is true, then no one should speak to a reporter from USA Today or Gannett ever again  010
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldePeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The rise in dengue in the US was predicted a quarter century ago by #climate scientists in the first US National Climate Assessment. This article doesn't mention climate change. thehill.com/policy/healt...thehill.comFlorida’s dengue outbreak reportedly largest US has seen in decadesA dengue fever outbreak in the state of Florida appears to have grown to the largest in the continental U.S. in decades, totaling 252 reported cases this year in the Sunshine State according to an … 214881
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeStephen Stirling @sstirling.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Proud to be at a news organization where reporters help set the rules for how AI is used. 🤖 No AI generated imagery/videos 🤖 No AI mimicking employees 🤖 Right to remove byline from any AI-content 🤖 A guild-staffed advisory committee www.inquirer.com/business/phi...inquirer.comPhiladelphia Inquirer employees secure new union contract with raises and AI protectionsUnder the new three-year contract, members will see healthcare costs increase for the first time in 20 years, the union said. 8753156
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Once again, for any journalist who may still be on my feed: if your parent or grandparent was talking this way, you would be discussing assisted living options with your family  021
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Cognitive impairment" is a judgment-free term, and it is absolutely appropriate here. I'm only halfway through this transcript and I'm stunned. 000
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Man who could order a nuclear attack. From Eric Cortellessa TIME interview. time.com/article/2026... H/t @katzish.bsky.social 1615352
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One thing that’s interesting about this is that it shows that despite insisting the wokes overinterpet everything, conservatives are actually aware of and agree with their critics about how coded racist appeals work, they just like them bsky.app/profile/newr... 312887640
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeAPA Journals @apajournals.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Another excellent resource from @apastyle.bsky.social! Check it out ⬇️ 011
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tell me you don't have children in your house without telling me, etc. That fridge would look like the inside of a looted McMansion after a week 010
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"Best of" lists are supposed to stir disagreement, so let's get right to it: "Breaking Bad"? Really? 100
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeTim Jesper Suhrhoff @climatejesper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For a century, we’ve essentially been running an Enhanced Weathering field trial. In our Nature paper out yesterday, we show that agricultural liming in the Mississippi River Basin acted as a net CO₂ sink—while offering a rare century-scale analogue for EW. www.nature.com/articles/s41... 33317
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldePeter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In an Uber. Driver having loud phone conversation with someone in Spanish. A little annoying, but it happens. He hangs up. Says, “Mi hermano. La Migra.” And starts weeping. 1665768959
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 20/09/2026See now this is the Bears we know and love  000
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Help request—I received this image from a person filing for unemployment in Missouri. The ID verification asks "Are you of Haitian heritage?" I've been unable to confirm additional info w the state or find others who saw it. Any info, reach out: Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co 14387175
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeJonah Busch @jonahbusch.bsky.social · 17/09/2026-man finds stray kitten -feeds it noodles, rice, and eggs -realizes it’s wild -takes it to animal sanctuary -sanctuary runs genetic tests -IT’S AN ENTIRELY NEW SPECIES OF CAT! www.nbcnews.com/science/envi...nbcnews.comNew wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers sayA type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest. 021
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is 1) well worth your time to read; 2) bleak as hell; and 3) but a glimpse of what is surely to come, barring some spine from the likes of Google, regulators and others 120
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Trump's attacks on US higher ed, and Chinese scholars in particular, has been a gift to China's efforts to surge past the US on science and innovation. One report from Renmin University summed it up: "Thank Trump." 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/china-than...donmoynihan.substack.comChina: “Thank Trump”The big winner of Trump’s assault on higher ed is America’s chief geopolitical rival 19961366
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Welp. Haven’t busted this one out in a while. But today is that day 010
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 10/09/2026BUT, industrial harvesting and drainage turn these food oases into flammable tinderboxes. When we destroy them for cheap garden compost, we lose our best natural flood defense and unleash millennia of stored carbon. This fall, skip peat-based garden soil and protect our soggy climate heroes. 5/ 28519
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is a case of a lot of things being true at the same time that many people can't seem to wrap their brains around. True, nature can absorb massive amounts of C from the atmosphere, and yes, we can reliably measure that uptake. And true, some C-reduction projects have been crap/scams, and ... 100
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeRoy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump told 9/11 families that he was rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center -- an obvious and shocking lie. Here's how the New York Times reports it. This is like reporting George Wallace's "segregation forever" speech as "Governor speaks at inauguration. Some remarks controversial." 1271950661
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 08/09/2026New: a secretive DHS predictive policing unit is analyzing Americans' financial activity, feeding those names to police, then having cops pull them over. Not suspected of any particular crime We're revealing the unit name too: Predictive Intelligence Targeting Team www.404media.co/a-secretive-...404media.coA Secretive DHS ‘Predictive Policing’ Unit is Analyzing Americans' Financial Habits and Pulling Them Over404 Media is revealing the name of Border Patrol's predictive policing units, which analyze financial data and have local cops pull people over. The people are not suspected of any particular crime. 461285797
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Cool. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comInside a Conservative Operation to Hijack Your Social-Media FeedA service run from Latvia offers payment for short, social-media-friendly clips designed to look like grassroots GOP support. 012
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026When I die and go to hell, this is what will be playing on repeat  variety.com/2026/digital...variety.comChicago Cubs Sets Rom-Com Series ‘Nine Innings to Love’The Chicago Cubs are entering scripted content with 'Nine Innings to Love,' a rom-com series which is set to debut on TikTok. 010
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Headlines that employ the word “may” by definition could just as well say “may not.” Speculative headlines like these almost always telegraph a preconceived framing, which is faulty at best and malignant at worst 120
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's not often you can pinpoint real, positive change a journalist has caused. But as Turkmeni sources state, @dpcarrington.bsky.social's persistent and probing coverage of this issue has been critical to a change of policy, with massive implications. Big congrats www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaksSecretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas 261995575
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And her peers and colleagues, cowed into silence, will do and say absolutely nothing about it 000
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA 227147282820
Reposted by Bruno Vander Veldemtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Have you seen any reporting on how solar power generation in the USA is 5 times higher than it was in 2020 in mainstream outlets? If not, why do you think this is not being widely covered the same way other large technological changes are? 412468596
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 27/08/2026A future in which the police exist solely to protect the apparatus of the surveillance state and focus exclusively on punishing those who dare to fight back. 514557
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/08/2026The Trump administration is responding to public blowback on data centers by ... giving the public fewer opportunities to speak.nytimes.comE.P.A. Moves to Curb Public Input on Air Pollution Permits for Data CentersUnder the proposal, states would no longer need to provide public notice or solicit comments on air pollution permits for data centers and other projects. 1019271
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeBoze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP. 40118023396
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I am neither a sentimentalist nor a fan of George Will's broader work, but he nailed this one. There was some dust in my eye at the end ... wapo.st/4zxUR7fwapo.stOpinion | Dolly Parton: Gifted in song and storytelling, she got the rainbowThe music superstar grew up steeped in the ethic of self-reliance. 011
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 24/08/2026I’m glad someone finally articulated what this pipeline is and how it works for those who don’t know 000
Bruno Vander Velde @brunovelde.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Every day is a new opportunity to say, "What's the dumbest and worst thing we can do?" and then do that 000
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeLeo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 24/08/2026The daily global average sea surface temperature has just reached its highest level on record, per C3S. "The timing of the record is particularly notable. Global ocean temperatures are typically highest in March and April, following the austral summer, yet this record has been reached in August." 214497
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeKevin Connor @kevintconnor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The thing about deep sea mining is, market prices for the targeted metals already spiked and fell below a level that would be profitable because operating at sea is expensive AF… which coincidentally makes it a really attractive industry to launder money. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...americanprogress.orgThe Trump Administration’s Deep-Sea Mining SchemeFrom the Pacific Islands to the ocean floor, the Trump administration’s deep-sea mining scheme could reshape the future of America’s territories and surrounding waters. 134
Reposted by Bruno Vander VeldeDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards. 6422226