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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My entirely unscientific prediction: the effects of this will be so obvious and expensive and terrifying that climate change will finally emerge as a central issue in 2028 election.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The coming El Nino is not going to be like anything we've ever experienced...

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If you're a soccer fan (or soccer parent) watching the new season of #TedLasso, consider wading into my @nytimes.com magazine story from this spring. It's valuable context for Coach Chilton's backstory. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s? (Gift Article)

For years, ligament tears have been a crisis among young athletes — even though a few simple exercises can prevent them.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

MORE: "It’s become popular in AI industry circles to view this as a PR problem: to say that AI needs 'better marketing.' I reject this framing completely. People are worried about AI because they *correctly* perceive that its risks are real..."

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The other thing not getting anywhere near the policy attention it demands even as the clock keeps ticking ...

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Wow. MUST READ. Anthropic CEO *begging* for AI regulation: "Government should have the power to block or deter deployment of an (AI) model if it is determined, in light of 3rd-party assessment, to present unacceptable risks." What an extraordinary moment. darioamodei.com/post/policy-...

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Dario Amodei — Policy on the AI Exponential

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Last night, in a not-dissimilar situation, my now 17-year-old merely looked at me dead-eye and said, "Ya think?" Feels like she's letting the creativity slip. I should tell her that. I think she might be receptive.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

5 years ago this week, NatGeo published a piece about one of my strangest adventures ever: A search to find the planet's southernmost tree. Not the species. The specimen. (Luckily, it didn't require our original plan: repelling off the Cape Horn headwall above the most treacherous seas on Earth.)

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

"If getting a good campsite becomes a race for who has the most computing power, can we really say public land is for everyone?"

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Terrific, maddening @hhansman.bsky.social story. Bots are clicking on outdoor rec permits, so u can't, and not using them. But the contractor running the website profits off every transaction. How much? The Forest Service won't say. More journos should follow this. www.republic.land/wreck-dot-gov/

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Wreck Dot Gov

The government recreation website was supposed to make access to public lands more equitable and streamlined. Instead, it’s rife with bots and inequality, while a government contractor benefits.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Several decades on, this continues to be me on every story. @newyorker.com

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 10/04/2026

Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 5th lowest on record (JAXA data)... • about 350,000 km² below the 2010s mean • about 720,000 km² below the 2000s mean • about 1,220,000 km² below the 1990s mean • about 1,740,000 km² below the 1980s mean More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...

Line graph time series of 2026's daily Arctic sea ice extent compared to decadal averages from the 1980s to the 2010s. The decadal averages are shown with different colored lines with purple for the 1980s, blue for the 1990s, green for the 2000s, and white for the 2010s. Thin white lines are also shown for each year from 2000 to 2025. 2026 is shown with a thick gold line. There is a long-term decreasing trend in ice extent for every day of the year shown on this graph between March and May by looking at the decadal average line positions.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Love John Branch’s @nytimes.com piece, too. Jim’s description of fighting altitude on Everest was 🔥 “Even with oxygen tanks, we were sucking air. Put a pillow on your face, run around the block and try to suck oxygen through that pillow. It will give you an idea.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/s...

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Jim Whittaker, First American to Reach Everest’s Summit, Dies at 97

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Extraordinary obituary of one of the PNW players (along with Fred Beckey, of course, and his twin brother Lou) who put U.S. mountaineering on the map—Seattle native "Big Jim" Whittaker, the first American to summit Everest. What a life. www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/08/...

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Famed mountaineer Jim Whittaker, first American atop Mount Everest, dies at 97 | Cascadia Daily News

Longtime Port Townsend resident inspired generations of alpinists, defined an active NW outdoor lifestyle

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Huh. This was a year ago today. Not feeling a whole lot different.

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Brian Banks Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @brianbanks.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

I posted this elsewhere yesterday: my first job in journalism was at a startup computer trade paper in 1984. I had no background in journalism or tech (I was a geographer). The guy who hired me told me to read The Soul of a New Machine, and begin learning from that. Great book, great advice.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

A true master. His Iowa Writers’ Workshop classmates included Denis Johnson and T.C. Boyle. Wow. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b...

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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I agree. This event has been meteorologically astonishing, and its impacts will be felt long after it ends in terms of record low snowpack, sharply increased wildfire risk, and extreme low watershed runoff/streamflow into summer and beyond.

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

536 miles of this

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Gail Cornwall @gailcornwall.com · 05/03/2026

The AI voice reading me this article pronounced ACL “tears” as rhyming with “fears,” and I can’t say it’s wrong, given the content of the story. @craigwelch.bsky.social puts the promise and pity of the FIFA 11+ in context for @nytimes.com. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In the NYT Magazine: Over 4 years, a dozen of my daughter’s current and former teammates (including my child) ruptured a combined 19 ACLs. Knee injuries have become a global crisis for teen girls. Yet we’ve known for 25 years how to reduce ACL tears. What went wrong? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

See story online below or in Sunday, March 1 issue.

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Both an incredibly reported and devastatingly personal piece - kudos @craigwelch.bsky.social 🎁 link

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Damakant Jayshi @damakant.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A must read from my friend and fellow Nieman @craigwelch.bsky.social Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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acallan1, god emperor of the Unites States @acallan1.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

a great story on the devastating growth of ACL injuries which can be prevented for many through effective active warm up regimens like the FIFA11+ routine

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Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

A stunning story by @craigwelch.bsky.social with an equally striking comment thread, full of people who can relate to Craig, his daughter Edie and her teammates: ▪️"My daughter has your daughter's story verbatim" ▪️"After three of my teammates tore their ACLs in a single week" ▪️"I tore my ACL twice"

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

As one expert told me, "It’s probably the biggest youth sports issue in the world right now, apart from concussions.” And we've known how to address for 25 years, yet injuries just keep rising. My new piece in this weekend's New York Times Magazine.

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

My daughter, too. Very solid piece.

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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

My friend @craigwelch.bsky.social wrote this fascinating, lucid, sometimes enraging, sometimes heartbreaking but ultimately half-hopeful story about the spike in ACL injuries among teen girls — including his daughter. Gift link! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

My labor of love and heartbreak coming Sunday in The New York Times Magazine. A hard one to write, but proud of my teen. When I asked if we should share her story, she only had one question. “Do you think it might help someone?” Here’s hoping it does

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Brent Roraback ✊🇺🇸 @doublepower.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Have a kid (or know one) in youth sports? Excellent piece by @craigwelch.bsky.social in @nytimes.com on the rise in ACL injuries. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

In 4 years, a dozen of my daughter's current and former teammates tore a combined 19 ACLs. It’s a global crisis for teen athletes, yet we’ve known for 25 years how to reduce ACL tears. How did we get here? And what can we do? Our story, in the NYT Sunday Magazine: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/m...

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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?

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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Two reminders: 1) While we deal with ...waves arms at everything...climate change appears likely to be *accelerating* 2) The @washingtonpost.com, recently gutted by layoffs, has consistently done VERY good #climate reporting. @shannonosaka.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

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Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.

The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

NEW this am: Turns out there WAS a list, just not by Epstein. It was compiled by Trump’s FBI. And guess who is on it? Also: Did Kash Patel lie to Congress? More groundbreaking reporting from @jkbjournalist.bsky.social www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

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Who were the other men in the Epstein files? This is the FBI’s own list

FBI employees shared a PowerPoint presentation in the summer of 2025 covering the Epstein case, including a slide about 11 powerful men.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Fired while literally trying to inform us about threats to democracy, even through the cold darkness.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

HUGE loss. These are some of the strongest climate journos in the country, tracking a story that challenge us in thousands of ways every day—even if we face too much other chaos to think about it. But climate change is still there, doing its devilish thing, whether we're paying attention or not.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Or perhaps someone else can buy this paper from Bezos—since he seems to view it as an albatross—and donate it to a foundation established to run it as a nonprofit. Bezos gets a capital loss, the buyer/donor is a hero, the rest of us get a world class newspaper. The Knight Institute is ready to help.

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Kristen Evans @paperalphabet.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

i know that this is an unpopular take, but everyone starting their own newsletter as a revenue stream is not a sustainable model for writing and reporting or for people who love and want to pay for media.

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Craig Welch @craigwelch.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Everything about how we got here is just heartbreakingly, mind-bogglingly, irredeemably, self-servingly stupid. So much incredible work done under trying conditions for low pay by smart people to educate us when we desperately need it, just tossed aside. And for what? www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n...

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Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'

The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The records suggest that the island meeting with Lutnick and Epstein did occur. A day after it was supposed to happen, an Epstein assistant forwarded Lutnick a message from Epstein. “Nice seeing you,” it said. 5/6

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I reached Lutnick on his cell phone today. He said he could not comment because he had not seen the documents, claimed that he had “spent zero time with” Epstein, and then hung up. 4/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein’s Island

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

But the new Epstein files show a series of subsequent interactions. That included this email from Lutnick about bringing his family and others to visit Epstein at his private island, Little St. James. 3/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Last year, Lutnick said in an interview that he visited Epstein’s home around 2005 and was so troubled by what he saw that he decided never to associate with him again. “So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.” 2/6

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