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Chad Small

@smallthoughts.bsky.social
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Atmospheric Sciences Grad student | Freelance Reporter | Presently: Climate Fellow @bulletinatomic.bsky.social | Fmr: Data Fellow @gristnews.bsky.social linktr.ee/chad_small

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/09/2026
Class solidarity.
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing "political" content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 22/09/2026
We were raised to treat spelling mistakes and bad grammar as a sign of a lack of intelligence but in 2026 the absolute worst, most thoughtless content is LLM-written posts with perfect grammar and spelling
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
One of the coolest things about people who don't have a lot of power taking a principled stand is it lays bare the complete cowardice of the ones who actually *do* have power when they fail to do even a fraction as much.
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Tamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 14/09/2026
btw Kanye did a song Heil Hitler and no one stepped in to oppose his tour(s), which is ongoing. In fact, Kanye is scheduled to perform at one of the stadiums Macklemore has been stopped from being at.
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
He cooked Ed Sheeran on IG
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Ed was in a fucked up position. He knew it. His typical apolitical stance was being challenged in a way it never had been before. He told me that the words
"Free Palestine" and the image of the Palestinian flag were hurtful to a lot of people he spoke with. I told him that if those words were more offensive than tens of thousands of Palestinian children being killed by Israel, then there was a fundamental disconnect between where those people stood and where I stood. But he couldn't get past his public facing, "I don't take sides."
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The response to the country having a Black woman as a presidential nominee has been to resegregate every institution possible. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/b...
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Trump Moves to Strip Tax Exemption From Schools That Aid Minority Students
The Treasury Department released rules that would prevent schools with race-based programs from qualifying for tax-exempt status, a threat to both higher education and other private schools.
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
"hero" gets me every single time
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Carey @careylikemariah.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This isn't just a matter of political gamesmanship. The leadership of the BK Dems controls the selection of local judges, who have enormous, often *life-changing* impacts on the lives of everyday NYCers. And now they're insulating that process even further from any kind of democratic accountability.
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404 Media @404media.co · 18/08/2026
ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people. @evystadium.bsky.social has more. Read the story by @jasonkoebler.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...
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Michael Brown @mjibrown.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
A government actively (and not just passively) against science and scientists is producing predictable results in the US. jobs.physicstoday.org/article/phys...
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Briefing: Physics PhDs Are Leaving the US at a Record-high Rate | Physics Today Jobs
Briefing: Physics PhDs Are Leaving the US at a Record-high Rate - read this article along with other careers information, tips and advice on Physics Today Jobs
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026
This chart has so much explanatory power, I could post it everyday
A NYTimes headline reading “10 Columnists and Writers Rate What Mattered in Trump’s First Full Month” with a chart showing DEI as the only issue being positioned over the “positive impact” axis
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Vaccine benefit in children "Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children younger than 5 years of whom 101 million were infants younger than 1 year." www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... The most striking benefit was for vaccination vs measles (Figure)
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
whenever someone tells you that it's simply impossible for police to be charged with misconduct or criminal charges, you can tell they're wrong because some cops do get charged regularly — when they are whistleblowers or reformers prosecutors are actually extremely eager to help drum them out!
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/07/2026
an ideologically driven effort to destroy an independent institution and replace its serious and broad-minded approach to american history with MAGA slop
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Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 22/07/2026
Well now it’s really clear why my cover letter reminding The Atlantic of its abolitionist roots and the importance of reviving that perspective amidst a moment of rising white supremacy and political polarization didn’t get me an interview when I applied for a gig
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
it's fascinating that the Atlantic is not fine with DSA but fine with Hanania
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
In November ICE broke into a New York family’s apartment. Their children are still dealing with the emotional fallout.
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'I Don't Wanna Remember That Anymore': ICE Enforcement Takes Mental Toll on Immigrant Children
In November ICE broke into a New York family’s apartment. Their children are still dealing with the emotional fallout.
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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.blacksky.app · 21/07/2026
And between these various conversations of "Black voters are more conservative" and "Time to start ignoring the groups", it's become increasingly obvious that (as Chad is pointing out) white reconciliation is the unstated assumption running through a lot of these proposed Democratic strategies.
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Thinking about how so many people I know said Don’t Look Up was so stupid and over the top and ridiculous but my environmental scientist brother was like “Nope, that’s exactly how it feels”
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
This returns every year and I have feelings about this (particularly as a black specialized high school alum). I could get into the idea of what is fair and how this disenfranchises the vast majority of public school students in NYC, etc., but I have 2 questions 1/x gothamist.com/news/just-3-...
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Just 3 Black students admitted to NYC's elite Stuyvesant High School, data shows
An advocate said the woeful diversity data felt like "Groundhog Day.”
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Summer Brennan @summerbrennan.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I ran an absolutely 100% human, zero AI-involvement at any stage passage of my writing through an "AI detector," curious if it could really tell human from AI work, and it said my own writing was "84% AI written" then asked I wanted to pay to have it "humanized." So there's that to keep in mind.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
France could record its hottest day ever in the coming days, exceeding the 30°C mark nationwide for the first time on record. A truly historic heatwave is on the way.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/06/2026
i think it is really great that the civil rights division is now dedicated to rooting out any attempt to do outreach to nonwhites in education www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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CUNY’s Black Male Initiative Facing Federal Investigation
The Justice Department is investigating a program at City University of New York that offers support for men from underrepresented backgrounds for alleged racial discrimination.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 07/06/2026
Pelley and 60 minutes really were the gold standard for Serious Journalism and that they already felt the need to “balance” a story about the murder of innocent civilians by federal goons by implying they deserved it is an indictment of the entire industry
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 07/06/2026
Tired: Crime is down because of Trump. Wired: Crime is down because of Mamdani. Inspired: Crime is down because of Brunson.
“They say the crime is down…”“…in the city since May…”“…because of Brunson.”
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
There is no legal recourse the Supreme Court will allow. It’s “white’s win always” and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. thehill.com/regulation/c...
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Supreme Court clears way for Alabama Republicans to use congressional map for midterms
The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Alabama Republicans to remove the state’s second majority-Black congressional district for the midterms, handing the party a pickup opportunity in a…
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 01/06/2026
Europeans are so much more enlightened than Americans, I’m sure their deportation camps will have fresher food
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My latest looking at this new AI-based wetlands detection tool being used by both agricultural and conservation interests in Washington in @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/2905202...
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 29/05/2026
It’s truly astonishing to see how comprehensively the US government is tearing down every part of the system that has made it up until now a world-leading power in science, research, and technological development. The entire world will suffer from this wanton destruction.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 28/05/2026
So if I have this correct, since the end of 2024, the following news outlets have gutted their climate desks: CBS CNN Hakai Magazine (folded into Biographic after losing its namesake funder, which also lost its major funder recently) NPR Washington Post Have I missed anyone lol
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 25/05/2026
"Over time it became difficult to distinguish the policies of Black and white mayors, as both were beholden to the police and corporations in their cities and thereby unwilling (and often lacking any real power) to advance policies to help rank-and-file Black Americans." Whew. That's Andre Dickens.
As the Democratic Party became increasingly concerned that advancing Black concerns turned off white voters, Black Democratic politicians and prominent activists faced a choice: advance in the party by downplaying and sidelining Black concerns, or advocate Black interests at the expense of their careers. Many chose the former. Contrary to conservative pundits who claim that he stoked racial conflict, Obama actually spoke far less about racial issues than his Democratic predecessors. Prominent activists shifted from pressuring Democratic politicians to being very defensive of them. Sharpton and others negotiated with mayors, presidents, and corporations, but grew unaccountable to Black America at large—operating more like celebrities than community activists. Over time it became difficult to distinguish the policies of Black and white mayors, as both were beholden to the police and corporations in their cities and thereby unwilling (and often lacking any real power) to advance policies to help rank-and-file Black Americans.
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Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Science journalists, science communicators, science folks of all stripes — if you read nothing else today, read this post by @chriscmooney.bsky.social : 🧪
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The scientific "study story" has a questionable future. That may be a good thing
The way we do science journalism is going to change
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
So honored that my piece on Ukraine wildfires won the @nmwprize.bsky.social for Interactive Narrative for Social Good. I thank the judges for recognizing this work, and I'm overwhelmingly grateful to everyone at @grist.org (particularly @compatibilism.bsky.social) for bringing this piece to life.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Sure looks like Republicans redrew the map in Tennessee to stop Memphis from sending Justin J. Pearson to Congress, who is/was poised to win the primary after fighting like hell against Elon Musk's methane-spewing data centre monstrosities in South Memphis. Craven, desperate and racist as hell.
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NIMBYs when a city tries to install a bike lane: "You can't do that! What about emergency response?!?!?" NIMBYs when a city tries to take parking to improve emergency response: "You can't do that!"
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
The acting head of the CDC has canceled publication of a study showing the Covid vaccine sharply cut hospitalizations and emergency visits last winter.
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
New in @science.org ‼️ In the most comprehensive study to date, we show that wildlife trade is driving animal-to-human zoonotic spillover at a planetary scale, with +1 spillover per host every 10 years. Live animal markets and illegal trade pose even greater risks. 🔓 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Wildlife trade drives animal-to-human pathogen transmission over 40 years
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
[shocked pikachu.jpeg]
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Justin Pomeranz @pzecology.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It's going to be a wild summer.
Map of watershed basins in the Western United States. Basins are color-coded to show SNOTEL estimates of snow-water equivalency compared to the median from 1991-2020 as of April 8 2026. Nearly all the colors are red (<50%; Covering AZ, NM, CO, NZ, Northern CA, WA, and most of WY)), with some orange (50-69%) and yellow (70-89%). in the Northern regions (Montana, Idaho, and parts of Washington)
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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.
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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Markets are treating the war in Iran, and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, like they treat climate change: not totally ignoring it, but not acknowledging the full scale of the crisis, either newrepublic.com/article/2082...
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Markets Are In Denial About the War in Iran
​Investors have been weirdly chill about a spiraling crisis that shows no signs of ending. Remind anyone of climate denial?
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 26/03/2026
Guest post: How declining cloudiness is accelerating global warming ✍️ By @pauloceppi.bsky.social Read this new article here ➡️ buff.ly/oLxKacO
Cumulus clouds over the ocean. Credit: Felipe Sanchez / Alamy Stock Photo.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing
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The NYPD is not required to protect New Yorkers, city lawyers argue in court filing
The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who attacked her in Crown Heights in 2025.
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Documented @documentedny.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I took a momentary break from science writing to write about how ICE raids are affecting my home neighborhood back in Staten Island for @documentedny.bsky.social documentedny.com/2026/03/23/i...
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In Staten Island’s ‘Little Mexico,' ICE Presence Rattles a Community - Documented
The raids have changed the lives of immigrants in the area, from how they work to how they acquire food and clothing.
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Chad Small @smallthoughts.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Happy to share the first part of my PhD research "Madden-Julian Oscillation and Atmospheric Rivers: New Insights on Water Source and Transport for Extreme Rainfall Over the Western U.S". Many thanks to my co-authors for guidance with this work agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Madden‐Julian Oscillation and Atmospheric Rivers: New Insights on Water Source and Transport for Extreme Rainfall Over the Western U.S.
Large-scale convection linked to the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a major water vapor source for wintertime atmospheric rivers (ARs) ARs are about twice as likely to occur when MJO convecti...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Last post I'll do on people lecturing me about X/Twitter. I worked at the Washington Post for 11 years. The amount of racist hate I would get in story comments and emails was astounding. I don't remember anyone telling me to leave the Washington Post because of racist comments and toxicity.
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