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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

California now has a second satellite tracking methane pollution hot spots from space. State officials have already been using the first satellite to force oil and gas facilities to fix leaks: www.latimes.com/environment/... via @blancabegert.bsky.social

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California gets a new eye in the sky to track planet-warming methane

A second satellite, launched Thursday, will double California's chances of detecting climate-changing methane releases.

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A police search of Flock producing 50 individual records of a woman's whereabouts across the country for an entire month violated her Fourth Amendment rights, Judge Sara E. Hill of Oklahoma's Northern District ruled yesterday. "Why is it the government’s business where everyone goes all the time?"

To be sure, ALPR technology does not provide the same precision in
location information as cell phones. But it could still reveal a lot about a
person’s whereabouts, and it is easy to imagine the kinds of sensitive
information it collects. It could track and log a couple struggling to start a family at the fertility clinic. It could show how often someone visits a liquor store or casino. It could show which doctor someone goes to or what lawyer’s office someone visits. It also collects mundane information about people’s commutes, but it collects a tremendous amount of such information all the time. It is possible that a dedicated team of law enforcement officers could

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constitutionally collect this information about one car—and its driver—by following that vehicle on public roadways over a month. But this leaves the question of why is it the government’s business where everyone goes all the time? The government cannot go snooping through our personal lives and business without an adequate basis to do so. That is what the Supreme Court has said since its decision in Katz through its decision in Chatrie this year, nearly sixty years later. It is not too much to draw the line at indiscriminate mass surveillance.

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Ben Green @benzevgreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The first copies of Algorithmic Realism: Data Science Practices to Promote Social Justice have arrived! It's pretty surreal to hold a physical copy after years of staring at Word docs and PDFs. The book comes out next week, so get your preorders in now! mitpress.mit.edu/978026205570...

A picture of Ben Green hold up a physical copy of the book Algorithmic Realism: Data Science Practices to Promote Social Justice.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy to report I’m doing my bit. Plus no expensive parking fees on campus.

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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026

Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I haven't had a dog since 1998, but we just got one. Today my husband came home from Petco with pictures of a STICK-FLAVORED NYLON STICK and what is this, this is not a future I want to be part of, what did you people do

An image of the "benebone maplestick" "the stick that never splits"
It is "maple wood" flavor" and it looks like a y-shaped pipe made of suede. It is a sad and terrible sight.

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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Our super talented friend and collaborator @noahjodice.bsky.social has another installment for @interruptcrim.bsky.social's "Imagining Overground Railroads" series. I shared this one with folks this weekend: the theme is "Learning Together." millionexperiments.com/zines/overgr...

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Overground Railroads

Do you see any “overground railroads” where you are? What systems, networks, and relationships come together around you to bring people closer to liberation? The different pieces of your railroad may...

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Build Soil, Collect Water, Emerge from the Ashes. @buildsoil.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

So I am teaching a unit of a climate justice class and early in the class we are focused on context of power and safety while approaching difficult topics. Can everyone send me their favorite Climate memes and jokes that don’t punch don’t punch down?

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen.

a slide that says 6 days until the doors close -- 6 reasons we can keep them open, save-the-academy.org @savetheacademy

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It's like they WANT people to go "welp" and fire up Bittorrent again.

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In the progressive era, muckrakers took down various powerful entities without ever having access, it can be done! Having investigated companies that won’t talk to me I can confidently say it is very possible to report on people who don’t invite you to their press conferences. This is not to say…🧵

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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Stunned and honoured by where my love letter to life living has reached. My profound thanks to everyone who made it possible: from beloveds who roared with me without reading a word, to the readers and judges who so kindly did, and found it worthwhile. I’m delighted to be in such company.

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Sammy Roth @sammyroth.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Want to understand why journalists and politicians get so excited about AI doomsday predictions but mostly ignore climate change? It's called *information pollution.* Thank you to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for coining this important new term and writing a book about it, and explaining it to me!

climatecoloredgoggles.com

Artificial insanity

A conversation with investigative journalist Amy Westervelt that is NOT about AI killing us all.

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Climate people just find different things surprising than AI reporters at the NYT do

"The mismatch is striking. On one side, warnings of existential risk, maybe a 10 percent chance of the end of civilization. On the other, government paralysis."

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Rabbi Mike Rothbaum @ravmike.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Something you can do RIGHT NOW before Shabbos: 350,000 Haitian TPS holders are facing widespread family separation. @haitianbridge.bsky.social — "S. 4814 will extend Haitian TPS for the next three years... call your senator and urge them to VOTE YES." Here in CA, Schiff is STILL not a cosponsor.

THE CALL SCRIPT
U.S. CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD
(202) 224-3121

Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME], and I am your constituent from [YOUR CITY/TOWN]. I urge you to support designating TPS for Haiti. The House passed the bipartisan legislation in April, and now Senators Markey and Blunt Rochester have introduced a bill (S.4814) to get this done in the Senate. This measure would extend TPS for Haiti for three years, which would mean saving lives and bringing safety and peace of mind to the more than 350,000 Haitians who are beloved neighbors, parents, faith leaders, and integral members of our communities.
Our Haitian community members in [CITY/TOWN] care for our neighbors, check in on the elderly, and pitch in for those who are struggling. My community in [CITY/TOWN] supports keeping our beloved Haitian community members home, so we urge you to support extending TPS and vote yes on the bill S.4814.

This bill has 30 cosponsors - 28 Democrats, 2 Independents - plus its sponsor.

D Markey, Edward "Ed"(D-MA, 2013-2026]
Primary Sponsor

D. Alsobrooks. Angela D-MD. 2025-2030]
Original Cosponsor

D Bennet, Michael D-CO. 2009-2028
Original Cosponsor

D Blunt Rochester, Lisa (D-DE. 2025-2030]
Original Cosponsor

D Booker, Cory [D-NJ, 2013-2026]
Original Cosponsor
Judiciary
DI Coons, Christopher (D-DE, 2010-20261
Original Cosponsor
Judiciary
D Duckworth, Tammy ID-IL, 2017-20281
Original Cosponsor

D Gillibrand, Kirsten [D-NY 2009-2030]
Original Cosponsor

D Hirono, Mazie [D-HI, 2013-2030]
Original Cosponsor
Judiciary
D Kim. Andy [D-NJ. 2024-2030]
Original Cosponsor

King, Angus (l-ME.2013-2030]
Original Cosponsor

D] Murray. Patty_[D-WA. 1993-2028]
Original Cosponsor

Di Reed, John F. "Jack" [D-R|, 1997-2026]
Original Cosponsor

D Schumer, Charles "Chuck" [D-NY. 1999-2028]
Original Cosponsor

Van Hollen, Chris D-MD. 2017-2028
Original Cosponsor

DWarnock, Raphael /D-GA.2021-20281
Original Cosponsor

Warren. Elizabeth (D-MA.2013-2030]
Original Cosponsor

D Welch, Peter (D-VT. 2023-2028]
Original Cosponsor
Judiciary
D Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI. 2007-2030]
Original Cosponsor
Judiciary
D Blumenthal. Richard (D-CT, 2011-2028]
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Judiciary
D Cortez Masto, Catherine/D-NV.2017-2028]
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D Merkley. Jeff [D-OR. 2009-2026]
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D Schatz, Brian (D-HI. 2012-2028]
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Hickenlooper, John [D-CO. 2021-2026]
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DI Padilla, Alejandro "Alex" [D-CA. 2021-2028]
July 15, 2026
Judiciary
D Smith, Tina [D-MN, 2018-2026]
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D Durbin, Richard (D-IL, 1997-2026]
July 21, 2026
Judiciary Ranking Member
I Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" /I-VT. 2007-20301
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Luán, Ben D-NM. 2021-2026)
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D Wyden, Ron [D-OR, 1996-2028]
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D Cantwell, Maria (D-WA,2001-2030]
July 28,2026

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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

One of the definitions of the "surveillance state" that I operate under is when a government turns *all* methods of data and information collection---no matter what purpose it was supposed to serve, into surveillance intended for punishment.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.

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Alix Hui @alixhui.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Trying so hard to not shout BUT OUR BOOK COVER IS UP SO I CAN FINALLY POINT YOU ALL TO THE MOST GRATIFYING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT EVER. @emilypawley.bsky.social Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625... #envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystorians

mitpress.mit.edu

A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World

The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Writing a book feels like that dream where you show up to work naked 🙈. Will people laugh? Will they get it? Hate it? Think it's dumb? It's a vulnerable spot! So what a RELIEF when someone like @markhertsgaard.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org really gets it: coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...

coveringclimatenow.org

The Tech Bros’ War on Climate Action — Covering Climate Now

We live in a time, journalist Amy Westervelt laments in her new book, Brought To You By, when “millions of people have been convinced that it is patriotic to be antidemocracy [and] that doctors are no...

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Global battery demand hit 1TWh by the end of July. That took 12 months in 2023, 11 in 2024, 9 in 2025. This year, 7. Grid storage is up 28% even as Chinese demand fell 6%. China's share: 60% in 2025, 37% now. The rest of the world is catching up. Data: Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

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Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Today, the Heritage Foundation, the org behind Project2025, took credit for driving Lonnie Bunch out the Smithsonian Institution. Bunch was the first African American and first historian to serve as head of the Smithsonian. But sure, tell me again how it’s not about racism.

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land.

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Jasmine W. @mythjae.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Currently reading The Transitive Properties of Cheese by Ann LeBlanc, which has been really fun so far!

the cover for The Transitive Properties of Cheese, a cyberpunk cheese-heist novella by Ann LeBlanc

cover art by Drew Shields, which depicts a cyborg lady holding up a big wheel of cheese, along with a blurb by Maya Deane, who called it "Marvelously inventive"

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 06/09/2026

We remember Botham Jean. It’s been 6 years to this day when he was killed while sitting on his couch eating ice cream.

A picture of Botham Jean in a suit and tie

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Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Obviously, love this celebration of my partner in crime, @mkn.bsky.social, and to hear an update on @herberthistory.bsky.social's book!

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Yuliya Komska @ykomska.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

This. At my R1 employer, the provost is obsessed with the Oxbridge tutorial model and pays lips service to it constantly. But whenever faculty (leadership) brings up that this is, de facto, an underenrolled—read: cancelled—humanities class, he stares blankly. The talk is of merging, not hiring

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Full-sized SUVs are pedestrian killers. New research finds that they're more than twice as likely to kill or seriously injure a pedestrian than other cars. (Notably, vehicle height—not weight—was the biggest risk factor.) doi.org/10.1016/j.js...

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 04/09/2026

A British government that is dropping Net Zero and supporting fossil fuels while doing nothing about rocketing food prices suggests that Brits should stockpile food against a coming climate emergency. You have to wonder what these people think their job is. I mean, do they just sit on Twitter?

theguardian.com

Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning

Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergencies

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If you haven't already, share this with every Philadelphian you know. I want to raise enough hell that Drexel will have no choice but to continue supporting the museum.

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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 04/09/2026

It's rare to see a mainstream news broadcaster explicitly referencing loss-and-damage finance, climate justice and big-emitter responsibility in its reporting. So this moment on the BBC's News at Ten really caught my attention. Report by @azadehmoshiri.bsky.social in Nepal

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Emily Pawley @emilypawley.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My first years are expressing confusion about lecture notes, and so I'm looking for some basic rules for them. Please help! So far I have 1. If a professor writes something the board, you should probably write that down too.

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Audra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A heads' up that at least one university press is doing this, in violation of the infringement clause. Check your contracts, write to your publisher, and upload your documentation to the settlement administrator's site.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026

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Ryan J Hollister @phaneritic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dubious developers are trying pressure the NPS into building a road THROUGH Yosemite to connect their mostly undeveloped $4mil ranch property (surrounded public lands) to HWY 120 in Yosemite. Why is it a terrible idea? 1/n www.sfgate.com/national-par...

Screenshot of forest service topo map showing Hazel Green Ranch private land parcel outlined in orange. The eastern edge abuts Yosemite.

A zoomed out screenshot of the CalTopo map app showing a very windy and circuitous path from Highway 120 over gravel national Forest roads to get to the Hazel green Ranch property. It looks like it’s six or 7 miles maybe more of windy roads I don’t think anyone in history has stayed at the ranch or lived at the ranch as a jumping off point to Yosemite.

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13enster @13enster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

we can repair US-Canada relations by inviting them to burn the ballroom to the ground for old time's sake

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Someone’s Skin ☠️🕷️👻 @simoneskeen.xyz · 01/09/2026

I had my dissertation defunded and a career path as a USAID technical advisor destroyed and I still detest performative dooming. 1/3 of international student enrollment down? A dire self-inflicted humiliation but the remaining 2/3 don’t need to hear “it’s over forever” they need solutions. And hope

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It'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/...

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‘Breakthrough’ as Turkmenistan starts fixing ‘mindboggling’ methane mega-leaks

Secretive state begins repairs on ageing facilities after being revealed as worst country for leaks of potent greenhouse gas

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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Google’s policy has made a few decisions that are now being shown as flawed, most directly: it assumes sources of neutral truth exist, and that the USA (and probably EU) will provide those sources.

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alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social @alexvonwitzleben.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Within two years, Australia has managed to drastically reduce its use of fossil fuels because #batteries supply the electricity at peak times. We need much more #energystorage for the energy transition! #ActOnClimate #ClimateActionNow

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Aruna Chandrasekhar @arunacsekhar.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This project was born out of our frustration at how people are absent from the visual and written lexicon of heat. Scan stock photo sites for “India heatwave”: it’s either poor kids doing backflips into a polluted river, or a woman in a sari holding an umbrella, waiting for rain.

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