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Lyndsey Layton

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Climate editor, NYT

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I appreciate @zhonggg.bsky.social and @rjnskl.bsky.social for bringing Kelvin Waves into the vernacular. It's a concept that even those in Earth and environmental sciences (besides physical oceanographers) struggle to grasp, but everyone should be exposed to real scientific explanations.
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See How El Niño Is Washing Ashore in California (Gift Article)
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Americans love their national parks. The Trump Administration has been messing with them www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/c...
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How Trump Has Disrupted National Parks (Gift Article)
Maintenance projects have been put off around the country and resources diverted to the president’s favored projects in Washington.
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Mira Rojanasakul @rjnskl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: A record 29% cars sold globally this year will be electric Meanwhile... China is exporting more E.V.s than the U.S. exports cars of any kind Latest w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social → www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A stacked area chart of global car sales by drivetrain from 2000 to 2026, in which electric vehicles grow from near zero to over a quarter of the market. Hybrid vehicles make up about another tenth of sales by 2026. And gas and diesel vehicle sales, in absolute numbers, will reach their lowest levels since the early 2000s this year.A chart that shows Chinese passenger electric vehicle (including plug-in hybrid) exports shooting up from nearly zero in January 2018 to  over over 9 million by June 2026. Chinese E.V. export values jump particularly quickly after the Strait of Hormuz closure. A second line plots all U.S. passenger vehicle exports, which remain fairly steady between 3 and 6 million across the same time period.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Dream job alert!! Come join us job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...
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Reporter, The Economics of a Warming World
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The Trump regime has withdrawn federal funding for the Arctic Report Card, an annual report that compiles data from hundreds of scientists and specialists, highlighting the region’s warming, dwindling sea ice, and other environmental transformations.
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Trump Administration Kills Annual Arctic Report Card (Gift Article)
The top of the world is warming faster than any other region. For 20 years, the Arctic Report Card chronicled the extraordinary transformation.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
One side effect of the Iran war: sales of electric motorcycles have exploded in countries where gas prices are high. @chicoharlan.bsky.social traveled to Pakistan for this tale
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Amazon had pledged to be net zero by 2040. It just invested in what could be the largest source of climate pollution in the U.S.
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New Amazon Data Center Stokes Worry It Would Be the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (Gift Article)
The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Amid the concern about noise, water usage & electric bills, there's another feature of data centers that's almost hidden: added air pollution.
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Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 11/07/2026
Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/b...
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Independent journalism is great but we will always need strong corporate media who have the resources to fight authoritarian governments.
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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media (Gift Article)
The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
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F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry
A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
The move could open up habitats to drilling and mining, and hasten the demise of many imperiled animals, experts say.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Trump Administration Taps Climate Science Critic to Oversee Flagship Report
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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He Wanted to Track Microplastics in the Sea. The E.P.A. Fired Him.
The official urged requiring a fish farm to monitor for the tiny plastic particles. The E.P.A. said he had taken steps to embarrass the agency.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Mandatory three-minute cooling breaks. Climate-controlled benches for substitutes and staff at outdoor stadiums. Matches rescheduled to evening hours. It's the Word Cup in the age of climate change. Read it for free here: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/c...
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Also Expected to Take the Field at the World Cup: Hazardous Heat
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
NEW: Leading Democrats are struggling over how to talk about climate change, a signal that the war in the Middle East and spiking inflation has scrambled the politics of energy. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/c...
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Democrats Once Vowed to Stop Oil and Gas. Now They’re Not So Sure.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
NEW: The Trump administration is poised to do what no other nation has: permit industrial mining of the ocean floor. Here's how that would work, from @harrystevens.bsky.social @sachimulkey.bsky.social and junho lee www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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See What Deep-Sea Mining Actually Looks Like, Over 2 Miles Down (Gift Article)
A mining company sent an advanced ship to try to vacuum up valuable minerals from the deep ocean. Here’s how it worked.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16/05/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com In forcing Stephen Colbert out of “The Late Show” and shutting down a 33-year late-night franchise, Bill Carter writes in a guest essay, “CBS is assenting to its own diminishment.”
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Opinion | Stephen Colbert’s Late Show Cancellation and the Fall of CBS
In shutting down a 33-year late-night franchise, CBS is assenting to its own diminishment.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The idea that my former employer is racist against white people would be hilarious if it weren’t so clearly another pretextural attack on a journalism institution that hasn’t fallen in line with the administration. Using the power of government to attack the press violates the First Amendment.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Appreciate this detail from CBS News reporter Jennifer Jacobs. It's an important part of the story that seems to be missing from a lot of comments & coverage.
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The shooting happened on the level above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents Association dinner was. 
I don't think people hearing about this -- or even those of us in the room -- realized how far from the president, VP and other guests this incident was. It was on another floor, up some stairs and several sets of security away. 
Because the Washington Hilton's hotel and other public spaces were open for other functions, the entire building wasn't secured by the Secret Service, just the specific areas where the WHCA dinner was held, law enforcement officials told @CBSNews
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Do think it’s notable here that the pool report—the journalists not attending the event, but actually covering it—was the correct one
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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Taken by Salwan Georges, photojournalist recently fired from the Washington Post.
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
You can go to space but you cannot escape Microsoft Office
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
good hed, NBC www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud
Investigating voter fraud claims, Harry Wait requested the ballots of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
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Administration to Convene ‘God Squad’ With Power to Override Environmental Law
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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Who stands to profit as energy prices are rising due to the escalating war in the Middle East? NYT and FT quoting our research on the 2022 energy crisis! Spoiler: in the West it's mainly affluent shareholders. High time to dust off the discussions on excess profit taxes & strategic price controls.
Text excerpt from NYT article linked in second skeet saying: “Most of the profits are flowing to the very affluent Americans, who are not subject to this cost-of-living crisis anyway because they’re so rich. They’re getting richer, and everyone else is dealing with inflation,” said Gregor Semieniuk, associate professor of University of Massachusetts Amherst who led the study.

The United Kingdom responded to fossil fuel companies’ bumper year by adding a windfall tax designed to capture some of the excess profits and use the money to ease the burden on households facing higher bills.

Semieniuk’s team calculated what would have happened if the U.S. government redistributed the portion of the fossil fuel industry’s 2022 profits that exceeded its 2021 returns. They found that the move would send $1,715 to every American household, which, they argued, could have helped ease the burden of inflation on lower-income households.Text excerpt from the FT article in the second skeet saying: 
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	Research on the oil and gas crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 showed that the gains of the boon on energy producers were not equally shared.

The wealthiest 1 per cent of the US population eventually received more than 50 per cent of energy companies’ windfall from that particular surge in prices, according to a paper published in September 2025.

“If anything [the US has] become a more powerful exporter and producer of fossil fuels since 2022. And of course, their oil majors are active globally. So I think [US shareholders] are poised to take advantage even more [now],” said Gregor Semieniuk, a professor at the University of Massachusetts who was one of the authors of the research. “Wealth distributions don’t change overnight.”
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Subscribe to real journalism, says NYT publisher A.G. Sulzberger — even if it isn’t us. A classy ad. www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/new-...
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New York Times runs in-house ad asking listeners to “support any news organization dedicated to original reporting”
The New York Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger has voiced a new ad encouraging listeners to support any news organization dedicated to original reporting — even if it's not the Times. It's Sulzberger's...
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Jill Filipovic @jillfilipovic.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Not including this person's handle because I don't want to start a big pile-on but there is such a deep media literacy problem on the left. "The New York Times" is not "supporting" any of the things linked; individual writers on their *opinion* pages are making the case for these positions.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Oil prices rise 10% as markets open, underscoring the economic risks of the widening conflict in the Middle East. @rfelliott.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/b...
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Oil Prices Jump 10% After Iran Attack, Pointing to Economic Risks
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Elizabeth Kolbert @elizkolbert.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
“The American dream turns into the American nightmare as we start to look at what we’re doing to biodiversity and systems that we depend on as humans."
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Birds Aren’t Just Declining. They’re Declining Faster, a New Study Finds.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
The NYT won three Polk awards, including this one. I’m sure it will make some heads explode, but it’s not wrong.
The National Reporting award goes to The New York Times for relentless and unflinching coverage of a White House that defied standards and norms in expanding executive power, issuing Presidential pardons, extracting lucrative profits from governmental action, withholding funds to punish localities and institutions deemed politically unfriendly, criminally prosecuting perceived enemies, abandoning environmental and public health safeguards, curtailing scientific research and regularly misleading courts and the public about initiatives like deportation of supposed felons and gang members or bombing of Venezuelan boats to curb drug trafficking.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Does anybody out there write with as much heart and immersive detail as Eli Saslow? One of my favorite writers when he was at the Washington Post, and kicking ass at the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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To Stay in Her Home, She Let In an A.I. Robot
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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Literally cannot stress enough that if I, a climate scientist, were running a scam it would be a lot more fun than this
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Karen Zraick @karenzraick.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
The Federal Judicial Center deleted a chapter on climate science from a reference manual for judges. I spoke to one of the authors of the chapter. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/c...
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Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Another good one from @sulliview.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/margaret...
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Yes! THIS is how it's done, New York Times
Much more blunt truth-telling, please
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Science will break your heart. But there's so much heroism in the trying. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/c...
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Deep Inside an Antarctic Glacier, a Mission Collapses at Its Final Step
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Jan Lee @janleewriter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This one really worries me. People want to know the facts about climate change, but last year there was even less media coverage than the previous year. Thanks to @lyndseylayton.bsky.social of @nytimes.com for pointing out that reader interest is actually on the rise.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
We had twice that many in Fairfax alone back in the day. And it mattered. Reporters are the eyes and ears of the community, keeping tabs on people in power. We were there for every supervisors meeting and every school board meeting. We pored through planning commission documents and campaign filings
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The great Peggy Noonan on the demise of the @washingtonpost.com: "The capital of the most powerful nation on earth appears to be without a vital, fully functioning newspaper to cover it. That isn’t the occasion of jokes, it’s a disaster." www.wsj.com/opinion/a-la...
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Opinion | A Lament for the Washington Post
The most powerful capital in the world has no major fully functioning newspaper. That’s a huge absence.
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Boom. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/t...
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The amazing Carlos Lozada reminds us of Eugene Meyer's seven principles for the Post and asks if they will survive. "I hope that The Post will endure, even thrive, as a business, but I worry that it may do so at the cost of its essence, its heart, its core." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/o...
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Opinion | An Elegy for My Washington Post
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Sixty years of excellent work at the Washington Post; a beloved figure there. The Bezos team just laid him off. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I have so many thoughts about what was unleashed on @washingtonpost.com and many of my @postguild.bsky.social siblings yesterday. The most productive thought is to support them. Please give generously with me to help these dedicated journalists who are paying the price for others’ cowardice.
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Nick Miroff @nickmiroff.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
"The Post is all of our “we”—the journalists fighting for it, the ones competing against it, those of us in the diaspora, and especially the community that counts on it and the nation that turns to it." Thank you @ashleyrparker.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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The Murder of The Washington Post
Today’s layoffs are the latest attempt to kill what makes the paper special.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
JUST IN: Lawyers file declaration in federal court from first-hand witness to immigration agents' shooting of a US citizen onlookers today. Minneapolis Mayor Frey said details would be used to bolster case for ousting ICE from city. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
And another declaration from a medical doctor who was on scene and attempted to treat the man who was shot. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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#109 in Tincher v. Noem (D. Minnesota, 0:25-cv-04669) – CourtListener.com
DECLARATION of Witness No. 2 re 108 Declaration in Support by John Biestman, Alan Crenshaw, Janet Lee, Abdikadir Noor, Susan Tincher, Lucia Webb . (Fisher, Caitlinrose) (Entered: 01/24/2026)
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John Schwartz @jswatz.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The beauty of this, the riskiness, the audaciousness of the science are all breathtaking. @zhonggg.bsky.social and Chang W. Lee are doing amazing reporting from Antarctica www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/c...
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Skies Clear, and a New Outpost Springs Up at the Bottom of the World
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The NYT has a reporter & a photographer aboard an expedition in Antarctica, part of a long tradition of reporting from the frozen continent www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/c...
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From Seal Meat to Ice Sheets: A Century of Reporting From Antarctica
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Lyndsey Layton @lyndseylayton.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
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How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
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