Sign in

Paul Tullis

@tullis.bsky.social
66 followers 39 following 87 posts

dormant account of ex-journalist contact and archive: paultullis.net

PostsRepliesMedia
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Winding down my 10+ years of longform journalism explaining scientific and technological solutions to policymakers & the public: www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...
canarymedia.com
Europe’s quest for green steel
Facing new regulations and stiff competition from China, Sweden and other EU countries are racing to decarbonize steel production. It all hinges on green…
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Who is this guy who just sent Orbán into retirement? Check out this profile I worked on with colleagues from Brussels-based investigative journalism outlet Follow The Money www.ftm.eu/articles/orb...
ftm.eu
Orbán’s rival is calling for an EU reset. Here’s why Brussels should be wary
All eyes in Europe are on Hungary’s upcoming elections in April – but an investigation into the chequered past of Viktor Orbán’s main rival suggests that Brussels should brace itself for continued cla...
010
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
On my way home from Garamba National Park DRC with Thyss (pilot) and Tom (wildlife patrol trainer). Got my lede, kicker, 2 narrative threads, a midpoint reversal and some unbelievable imagery. Editors that rejected this pitch gonna be hella bummed
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Will the new hire be getting hardship pay?
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
...which would have had some, er, issues, without Jessica's superb factchecking
010
Reposted by Paul Tullis
Jessica McKenzie @jessimckenzi.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
New must-read @tullis.bsky.social feature @thebulletin.org: Mycorrhizal fungi networks supply plants with essential nutrients and water and help sequester carbon, but they're facing many threats. Why scientists are racing to understand—and protect—the biodiversity under our feet.
thebulletin.org
The underground network: Prehistoric fungi feed the world’s plants and resist climate change, but face an uncertain future
Trillions of miles of tiny fungal tubes embedded in soil transport nutrients to crops and other plants and fight climate change by storing carbon. Scientists are racing to understand how these fungi—i...
1117
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
You might not feel sympathy for Nick Reiner, but 1000s of folks with mental illness in the US commit no crime until the cops show up, who haven't been trained in how to manage PWMI. To be sick and tossed in jail without a trial, treatment, or meds for MONTHS--that is an actual crime. 5/5
110
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Nick Reiner might be ill enough to kill his parents but not so ill that he can't understand the charges against him or the court process. Then he'll be one of the lucky ones--going to trial. 4/5
110
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Detainees have spent months waiting for a bed while getting zero treatment. At least one killed themself. States have paid at least $86.7m in court-ordered fines. 3/5
110
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
This experience often causes detainees' mental health to get even worse, increasing the length of stay when a bed does open up--which extends the time in jail w/o treatment for those still waiting. 2/5
110
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
If Nick Reiner is found unfit to stand trial by reason of mental incompetency, he'll go to a psych hospital until declared fit. Unless there aren't any beds-which happens ALL THE TIME, as I wrote for @TheAtlantic Then it's jail, likely w/o treatment www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... 🧵
111
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I will stop trolling you now 😜
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
30-40% of middle-class people in metro Albany can't afford basic necessities brook.gs/4pOQhvQ
100
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
And by tax rate I mean share of income actually paid in taxes, not the IRS marginal rate
010
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
We should meet for borrel and compare notes!
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
I think the list of policies that enable US acquisition of wealth and do not not compromise acquisition of a decent life for working-class people where they don't pay $7500 a year for crap health insurance, work 50 weeks a year, and drink lead for breakfast is very short.
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Europe's choosing a different path doesn't mean its policies are a failure because it doesn't make it easy to be a financier making $1m/yr who pays a lower tax rate than an electrician making 40k
100
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Isn't part of what makes the US "rich" that it doesn't take care of ordinary people? Its policies foster growth, enabling acquisition of "wealth" for a few, but at the expense of the well-being of the many. Low taxes mean not enough money to fund infrastructure.
100
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
You mean the lack of material wealth? Or maybe we have different definitions of "working class." I live in Amsterdam and used to live in upstate New York and I saw a lot of broken-down cars in driveways, collapsing porches, and billboards for opioid rehab.
010
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Growing faster to what ends? At whose expense?
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
"The US is sort of the perfect place to open a plasma center, not only because there’s fewer regulations on frequency and it allows payments, but it’s an environment where people are frequently financially desperate.”
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
How Impoverished People Selling Their Blood Fuels Drug Profits My latest, for Bloomberg Businessweek www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
120
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Last week was not the first time Tanzania's government violently repressed its people, as I reported for @bw in 2023 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I am not explaining this to you btw but to other readers of the comments.
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
LBJ had a Dem Senate and Dem house the entire time he was in office, and the opposition party didn't use the filibuster to torpedo anything they didn't like. Granted the Democratic Party had some conservatives then, but the Republicans included some liberals (a majority voted for VRA)
100
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
I'm totally owning this www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
newyorker.com
It’s Cool to Have No Followers Now
As social media has become older, more manipulable, and more automated by artificial intelligence, flouting online popularity has gained a new cachet.
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
You missed my only newsletter of 2025, and you are despondent. Fret not! You can read it (and subscribe to future editions) here: paultullis.net/so/b1P4JdLx4...
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
As I wrote last month in @motherjones.com (with @moranb.bsky.social), Israel is pushing forward a bill to advance govt control of news media www.pressreader.com/israel/jerus...
pressreader.com
PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
Digital newsstand featuring 7000+ of the world’s most popular newspapers & magazines. Enjoy unlimited reading on up to 5 devices with 7-day free trial.
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
"[This is] how patronage works when it’s filtered through capitalism. The harder you have to work to sustain yourself, the harder it is to keep asking the big questions that can create political change."
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I always thought Substack was the new version of magazines asking you to write for free because instead they'd give you "exposure" and now the always brilliant Ana Marie Cox has articulated for me what the newsletter subscription model means for journalists talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/patro...
talkingpointsmemo.com
Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News
Writing about the failure of patron-supported journalism is itself a kind of...
100
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A logistics hub under the Champs-Elysees--crazy, right? But if done correctly it could reduce traffic congestion and GHG emissions. Paris is about to find out. My latest, for Bloomberg CityLab www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
The Retail Storage Hiding Under the Champs-Elysees
As parking lots empty out in Paris's city center, retail logistics hubs are moving in. From there, goods can be transported a short distance by bike.
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Percentage of new electricity capacity installed in 2022 that was renewable: 83 in 2023: 86% in 2024: 92.5% column by @christianstoecker.de www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
spiegel.de
Meinung: Energiewende: Diese Fakten werden Ihr Weltbild verändern
Auch gut informierte Menschen in diesem Land haben eine massiv verzerrte Vorstellung davon, wie sich die Welt gerade entwickelt. Gehören Sie dazu?
000
Reposted by Paul Tullis
Longreads @longreads.com · 17/10/2025
4. "Israeli Media’s Distorted View of the War in Gaza," @moranb.bsky.social @tullis.bsky.social @motherjones.com "Barkai and Tullis introduce Ronen Argov as a rare voice of dissent against the Israeli media’s dominant narrative of the war." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Israeli media's distorted view of the war in Gaza
While global news showed a humanitarian disaster, most outlets in Israel remained silent.
101
Reposted by Paul Tullis
Moran Barkai @moranb.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
When the media blinks first and a government goes unchecked, you can expect the worst. The piece I wrote, together with @tullis.bsky.social for @motherjones.com about how this disaster looks in Israel and the consequences for Gaza. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Israeli media's distorted view of the war in Gaza
While global news showed a humanitarian disaster, most outlets in Israel remained silent.
041
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
As Israel pulls back from Gaza, many are asking: What took so long? One explanation is that Israeli citizens didn't see the war the rest of the world saw My latest, in @MotherJones www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
motherjones.com
Israeli media's distorted view of the war in Gaza
While global news showed a humanitarian disaster, most outlets in Israel remained silent.
58232
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Hi, my name's Paul! I write about science for NYT, Bloomberg, SciAm, Nature, The New Yorker, Nat Geo... paultullis.net/features Thanks
paultullis.net
Longform journalism by Paul Tullis | paultullis.net
features journalism by Amsterdam writer Paul Tullis
000
Reposted by Paul Tullis
Journalismfund Europe @journalismfund.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Chickens now grow 400% faster than before, causing a lof of suffering. Just two companies – Aviagen & Cobb-Vantress - control the genetics of 95% of chickens worldwide. They downplay or ignore the benefits of slower-growing breeds. Read more: t.ly/hE7fQ #AnimalWelfare #earthinvestigations
111
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
with @axellepb.bsky.social and @wildjourno.bsky.social
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Genetic selection for chickens' fast growth-3x faster than 75 years ago-led to painful lameness, disease & deformity. EU scientists say slower=better & NGOs are pushing for abandoning fast-growth breeds, but industry resists. My latest for @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
How Generations of Selective Breeding Created Miserable Chickens
Genetic selection has made “probably the biggest animal welfare problem we have in all animal husbandry.”
121
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
with @axellepb.bsky.social
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Great day training training scientists @maxplanck.de Institute for Animal Behaviour with thought leadership writing trainer Rhea Wessel. As I once heard Branford Marsalis say when he was opening for Sonny Rollins @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, I love it and I get a gig and a lesson on the same day
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The best assignment I ever had was 10 days following #JaneGoodall around Gombe, Burundi, and her 80th birthday party in San Francisco. She was a one of a kind scientist, teacher, leader, and activist. RIP www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/m...
nytimes.com
Jane Goodall Is Still Wild at Heart (Published 2015)
031
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Heidelberg is a cool little city with lots of cultural offerings and close to nature, the charming French city Strasbourg, and the natural hot springs in Baden-Baden
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Are you a science journalist who'd like to get the hell out of the US for 3-6 months and get paid €18000-36000 not to publish a single story? The journalist in residence program might be for you. www.h-its.org/media/journa...
h-its.org
HITS Journalist in Residence Program - HITS
About the Program Our institute offers a paid stay for experienced journalists who focus on natural science, mathematics, or computer science. ...
111
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
yeah I don’t think denying corporate media $0.0001 in revenue in order to remain uninformed is going to end capitalism - but you do you
100
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
My 2016 article "offers both a thrilling glimpse into the future of microbiome research and an invitation to reflect on the vast complexities and ethical dimensions of studying life at its most fundamental levels," according to an LLM. Why do I not feel flattered? www.nature.com/articles/534...
nature.com
The man who can map the chemicals all over your body - Nature
Pieter Dorrestein uses mass spectrometry to eavesdrop on the molecular conversations between microbes and their world.
020
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
All AI-generated images should be labeled as such, no matter how innocuous-seeming
0200
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
I was saying this - publishing this - literally 20 years ago. And still, nothing
230
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
When I was working downstairs from @WIRED 's original offices in 1995, this the kind of thing we imagined when we thought about the future of the internet. Somehow nobody could conceive of deepfakes, decapitation videos, or Elon Musk www.instagram.com/creek_crawle...
000
Paul Tullis @tullis.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Til the Trump-Musk cuts, US foreign aid was about $69 per citizen, according to Oxfam. I'm donating $280 for my family of four to these programs - vetted by USAID staff - to do our part to make up for the dumb, cruel cuts, which are literally killing innocent people proimpact.tools/rapid-response
proimpact.tools
Rapid Response — Project Resource Optimization
000