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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

New investigation: what it's like to live in the shadow of a coal plant staying online to meet data center demand 1/🧵 #environmentaljustice

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

When Christina Allen came home from work in February 2025, the sky above her Camden, New Jersey, neighborhood had turned dark. “It looked like it could be a big fire cloud,” Allen said. “It looked like something from out of a movie scene.” buff.ly/BwsNirN

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Camden cut a deal with a junkyard to protect residents from fires. It didn't.

“It looked like it could be a big fire cloud,” Christine Allen said. “It looked like something from out of a movie scene.” When Christina Allen came home from work in February 2025, the sky above…

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Melanie Sill @melaniesill.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

What happens when a corporation gets all the information it needs, but the public is in the dark? A data center announcement that comes as a surprise: Tenacious reporting by @curiousscout.bsky.social for @theassemblync.bsky.social

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Louisiana could lose 75% of its remaining coastal wetlands by 2070. New Orleans could end up surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the century, say Tulane University researchers in Nature Sustainability. But communities aren't waiting to act. Join us tomorrow to learn more: buff.ly/ZMZOuWS

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Are you interested in reporting on communities on the frontlines of environmental and climate injustice? Pitch us! 1/🧵 buff.ly/GMDiFGa

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The reception to my latest coverage on #NoKings in North Carolina has been measurably more hostile. Dozens of Facebook comments across three groups. 1/🧵

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Today's Reliable Sources lead: The Pentagon goes quiet as the Iran war intensifies The Pentagon has not held a press briefing about the war in Iran in a week and a half... cnn.it/4ccKwUG

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

In Conservative Lee County, NC protestors participated in their first #NoKings March through Downtown Sanford. The last two #NoKingsProtest were only rallies.

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Walter watched the chemical smoke roll in from less than three miles away, enveloping every house, every car as it moved towards his home. He'd sent his family to Florida. But Walter had stayed. www.instagram.com/reel/DWSFld7...

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The Margin @themarginus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

$1.5 billion. That's what Seattle City Light agreed to spend on the Skagit River watershed and neighboring Tribes.

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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 13/02/2026

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

On Nov. 16, a mental health counselor recorded in Kamilla’s medical records that her mother reported the girl had lost her appetite after being “served food that contained worms.”

A week later, the couple said, children were told to gather in the gym for what they believed would be a Thanksgiving celebration. Excitement spread as families saw tables set with turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, they said. The children waited expectantly. But when a parent asked when the celebration would begin, Oksana said, staff told them the holiday meal was for employees, not detainees.

The children, she said, watched despondently as the feast was packed away.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Just filed: @knightcolumbia.org mandamus petition—second one in this case—asking Eleventh Circuit to bar Judge Cannon from ordering the destruction of Jack Smith’s Mar-a-Lago report, as Trump’s co-defendants have asked her to do. knightcolumbia.org/documents/z8...

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 09/02/2026

The global economy must be radically transformed to stop it rewarding pollution and waste, UN secretary general António Guterres has warned.

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Journalists: Emergency Mode for News aims to better understand your experiences with extreme weather and climate change, and how newsrooms of all sizes prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Please fill out our survey 🌎@opennews.bsky.social @nclocal.bsky.social airtable.com/appdBrRLZEwx...

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Aura Bogado @aurabogado.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Georgia Fort's is chilling, and it's being overshadowed by the equally chilling arrest of Don Lemon. A GoFundMe is being set up for Fort. In the meantime, you can support her work directly – without paying massive fundraising platform fees – through her website: www.georgiafort.com/support

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Rex Huppke @rexhuppke.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

This much is clear: Stephen Miller is in charge. They've shipped off Bovino, they're hanging Noem out to dry, Trump is using slightly conciliatory language...and Miller is still running a blitzkrieg in Minnesota. He, not Trump, is in charge. And he is the one Democrats should fight to remove.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

A reminder that ICE hasn’t slowed down in Minneapolis at all. Outside of Minnesota, it might feel like everything has changed since Alex Pretti’s murder. But ICE hasn’t actually lost any power and they’re continuing to terrorize our communities.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/01/2026

Something important to understand about ICE thugs in the Twin Cities is that they're harassing innocent kids and parents at bus stops and schools every single day. Even after the Pretti shooting. It's terrorism.

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Latest from me! "It's an interesting and curious feeling, waiting for the monks. It's anticipation, for sure. A sort of joy and eagerness, like Christmas Eve or, more appropriately, when you're on the cusp of a snow day." #WalkOfPeace #BuddhistMonks thecuriousscout.beehiiv.com/p/who-wander...

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'Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost': On Peace, the Past and the Path Forward

I (finally) got a compass with my favorite J.R.R. Tolkien quote tattooed on my arm. A week later, I watched more than a dozen orange-robed monks walk for peace through Pittsboro, NC—past the courthous...

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 22/01/2026

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Pittsboro is turning out for the Monks #WalkForPeace! It’s a mild 50 degrees and folks are still showing up! I’ve been watching their journey since November 💕 Way to go, North Carolina

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

IS ANYONE ELSE GETTING BOMBARDED WITH SALES AND SPAM CALLS?! I’ve got 20 calls in the last 24 hours NOPE MAKE THAT 21 LITERALLY AS I WAS TYPING THIS WTH

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

a heavily armed paramilitary force with legal immunity is occupying a city and going door to door kidnapping non-white adults and children in furtherance of an explicitly white nationalist political project

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 16/01/2026

See America? It is possible

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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 15/01/2026

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.

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joeymaier 🌊 @joeymaier.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#Coralrestoration Corals grown in mid-water nurseries face fewer predators and less smothering sediment... Some species...can double in size several times annually when suspended on “coral trees” or attached to floating lines." share.google/UubtlL4Vwwuo...

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Millions Of Coral Fragments Grown In Underwater Nurseries Are Rebuilding Reefs, Sheltering Fish And Restoring Ocean Life

Around her, rows of coral fragments sway on thin ropes like laundry hung out in a gentle underwater breeze. A parrotfish crunches in the background, a

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

How it’s going

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 13/01/2026

INBOX: Atlanta City Council will introduce legislation next Tuesday to rename Old Wheat Street to Cornelius Taylor Street. Cornelius Taylor was bulldozed to death by City of Atlanta employees during a homeless encampment sweep in 2025 to make way for dignitaries attending MLK Day festivities.

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Man killed during clearing of homeless encampment honored at public visitation

Family, friends and community members gathered at a public visitation for a man who was killed during the clearing of a homeless encampment.

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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

I am so very sorry to hear about the passing about my friend and colleague Professor Kimuli Kasara. She was a brilliant scholar and a bright, funny, warm person. I remember first meeting her as the only other Black woman/faculty at the Columbia political econ seminar and feeling relief/happiness

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The Onion @theonion.com · 28/12/2025

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society theonion.com/historians-quibbling-o…

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 10/12/2025

The effect of wind on world politics surprised Author Simon Winchester the most. Swedish scientists picked up radioactive traces carried by an atypical wind from Chernobyl — a shift that exposed the disaster instead of letting the Soviet regime hide it, Winchester tells Jason P Dinh.

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Lessons on Climate Futures from Wind’s Tempestuous Past: An Interview with Author Simon Winchester

A newly published history of the wind turns to sea gods and early wind turbines to show how today’s challenges to renewable energy repeat a centuries-old pattern.

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

The session pitches rolling in for the 2026 NC News Summit are 🔥 Got ideas on transparency, news innovation, climate, DEI or community engagement? Only 3 weeks left to get your pitch in! Deadline: Dec 31 bit.ly/PitchNCNewsSummit26 #NCNews #localnews #climatejournalism #localjournalism #northcarolina

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John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

First thing on every undocumented worker’s mind upon arriving in the United States: use a huge stockpile of cash to make a down payment and lock into a 30-year mortgage.

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Diara J. @curiousscout.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Sometimes the best way to understand authoritarianism is through a Thanos metaphor 😆 My latest newsletter on SNAP benefits, election victories, and why nothing is 'inevitable.' The SNAP: When Power Becomes Tyranny thecuriousscout.beehiiv.com/p/trump-powe...

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The Snap: When Power Becomes Tyranny

When reality turns to dust, who will resist? New from The Curious Scout.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/11/2025

NEW: The governor of West Virginia says that two members of the state National Guard shot today in DC have died.

Tweet from West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey:

It is with great sorrow that we can confirm both members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot earlier today in Washington, DC have passed away from their injuries. These brave West Virginians lost their lives in the service of their country. We are in ongoing contact with federal officials as the investigation continues.
Our entire state grieves with their families, their loved ones, and the Guard community. West Virginia will never forget their service or their sacrifice, and we will demand full accountability for this horrific act.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 26/11/2025

A tornado that raced through residential areas north of Houston damaged more than 100 homes, tearing off roofs, moving garages off their foundations and smashing windows, authorities in Texas said.

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Torn roofs and smashed windows among damage to over 100 homes in a tornado near Houston

A tornado has damaged over 100 homes north of Houston, tearing off roofs and moving garages off foundations.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 24/11/2025

I'm just glad that Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong caught the last chopper out of The Atlantic because what the hell is this

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