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Deleted a post about “what’s your least favorite song” because the vibes are bad enough already. Instead: what’s your favorite song that has a long title, say at least 6 words long? Mine: “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (Pearl Jam)

I'm totally pinching myself announcing this, but a film about my life journey rewilding a West Cork farm, An Irish Atlantic Rainforest, will get its first screening at the Dublin International Film Festival on Saturday the 28th of this month. Tickets are available here: www.diff.ie/programme/an...

Most people are worried about climate change - but most don't hear or talk about regularly. That's why I started my free newsletter Talking Climate. Every week I share good news, not so good news, and what people can do. If you aren't a reader yet, see below. I have 6 different ways to subscribe!

I know everyone means well with their 'scoop this reporter up immediately' endorsement posts but christ — who's doing the scooping? What's left? Thinking about our industry this way, like this is a momentary setback and there are ample open roles, obscures the truth about the rot at its core.

This is 100% the vibe in our household and among all of our friends here right now.

It’s good to see that not all men are shitty. Two academics, Norman Finkelstein and Joseph Chaney, are in the Epstein files calling out who he is. 💪

Liverwort in the woods. These are some of the oldest terrestrial plants on Earth, with fossil evidence indicating they were among the first organisms to colonize land around 475 million years ago. Try wrapping your head around that. The magic of an Irish rainforest. 🌏

I said we were done asking for rent money. But today I heard the horrifying fact that there are zero family shelter beds in the entire state of Minnesota. So we are going to try something new. We are going to do peer to peer funding. You take on urgent‼️ funding for one family. You send to them.

We've paid 12 families rents in less than two hours. I will keep taking signal requests for people that want to do this because it's the first thing that is working pretty seamlessly.

We've paid 32 families rent today. Thank you to the random one of you who paid like half of those.

These are all spectacular, but my favorite is the crab riding the jellyfish. Micromobility for the win!

Oil-rich Saudi Arabia as a battery storage powerhouse? Never going to happen many have thought. Yet new data shows Saudi Arabia has gone from zero grid-scale batteries in 2024 to one of the world’s top deployers in 2025, adding almost 3 GW in a single year and commissioning a 7.8 GWh mega-project.

I think the #1 thing people who aren't freelance reporters don't understand about freelance reporting is how laughably bad the pay rate/hours worked is – you can pitch many publications and get published, make a few hundred bucks. But to earn a living wage requires hours that do not exist in a day.

Feels like we’ve arrived.

If this doesn’t change things—if we don’t revoke the social license to operate to a ruling class who cultivated ties to Epstein—then nothing means anything anymore. There are no rules if they don’t apply to everyone. These powerful men have proven themselves to be without judgement, without merit.

so hooman makes no commitment to actually leaving minneapolis, recommits to mass deportations, threats to arrest anyone impeading. calling the NYT headline: Administration commits to force drawdowns in Minneapolis

@sammyroth.bsky.social reporting that the Post cuts include 14 climate journalists: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

Did you know air pollution is the top preventable cause of premature death + ill-health in the world today: killing nearly 10 million people per year? And 2/3 of air pollution comes from burning fossil fuels? For more surprising & powerful facts on health and climate, follow @maibached.bsky.social

Everyone loves solar power.

It is worse than this, I think. Bezos would be eminently capable of getting good value for the paper in a way that would leave his personal wealth intact. He is disfiguring it because he believes owning it, and doing *this,* best serves his interests.

There's zero reason for this. WoPo is owned by the 3rd richest person in the world. 🤬

The Washington Post was consistently doing some of the best climate reporting out there in recent years. This is a huge loss (h/t @sammyroth.bsky.social) open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

If you ever want to feel like you live in “the ruins of a once great civilization,” then read a local daily paper from the middle of last century — our predecessors had more and better knowledge of their neighbors, their societies, and their local democracies than we do about our own.

The treatment Ms. Rahman suffered at the hands of her own government is absolutely sickening. Elected leaders must pursue accountability to the fullest extent of the law.

insane that they seemingly can’t figure out a way to monetize the fucking sports section

If you honestly believe there should be no secret police in America why is it so hard to simply call for them to be abolished. Shameful.

Some of us independent journalists and newsletter writers were talking about the devastating Post layoffs and were thinking-- would folks find it useful at all if we held a little information session on the ins and outs of going indy, starting + running a newsletter or website, etc?

Immigrants pay hundreds of billions of dollars more in taxes than they receive in benefits says the [checks notes...] the arch-conservative Cato Institute.

From former WaPo publisher Marty Baron himself: yes, this is just as craven & stupid as it appears.

What's wild about these conservative guys is that they seem to fashion themselves Tough and Manly *because* they are scared of everything all the time. As though seeing grumpkins and snarks around every corner is a species of courage. It's so bizarre to me.

starting soon! Talking with Yanis Varoufakis about deep fakes, digital doppelgangers, real doppelgangers, abandoning your personal brand...

i am in a salon today because i almost had a breakdown dealing with my hair last night and i have meetings to take today. don’t leave your hair in a bun for three weeks. and it’s so crazy, to be in a pretty fancy salon in a gentrified part of town and everyone is talking about ICE.

A consulting detective agency called Maslow & Maslow’s Hierarchy of Leads

4 out of 12 families already covered!

Talking to Yanis tomorrow about his Doppelganger trouble!

One of the upsides of walking the mountain on a day of Atlantic showers!

Metaphor check: Without looking it up, do you know what the Rosetta stone is and why it was important?

Alberta Does Not Have Grievances. It Has Issues AB doesn’t need a new constitutional deal or separation. It needs better politicians than Danielle Smith and Jason Kenney. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/alberta-do...

We just had a federal agent pull a gun on a random pickup truck while directing traffic during an illegal traffic stop while a separate federal agent was aggressively intimidating a legal observer, so ICE can just fully GTFO ASAP please.

Definitely pretty wild to see people celebrating Saudi Arabia's battery storage investments. Human rights violations aside, it's a v v good reminder that we should be asking: what charged the battery? You cannot assume "more batteries = more climate action" ember-energy.org/data/electri...

1859 was a momentous year: The Comstock Lode discovered in Nevada. Edwin Drake drilled 1st US oil well in Titusville, PA. The Suez Canal begins construction. Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published. And the Sun exploded. Let's talk about the Carrington Event of 1–2 September 1859.

Absolutely gutting to see what's happened at the Post. These are some of the best working journalists out there. The best. The layoffs have nothing to do with the quality of the work. These are political decisions about what and what not to cover made by a billionaire.

Democracy dies of heatstroke. What a tool Bezos is--imagining having that kind of money and still being afraid of Dear Leader. www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...

An important and underappreciated fact of electricity economics: The US average *wholesale* electricity price is ~5 c/kWh, or ~25% of the average *retail* price of ~19 c/kWh. The other ~75% of the electricity prices we pay is about poles, wires, transformers, generation capacity, and utility profit.

These 'gender reveals' are getting out of control! Let's talk about why this bolete mushroom is changing color on exposure to air. I can't be certain of the species, but there are a number of "bluing boletes" including Gyroporus cyanescens. Some are edible, others at least mildly toxic.

Modal filters are some of my favorite things when cycling in urban areas. I'd like to make a tour of all the modal filters in London. Tell me your favorites.

Irish national parks remain an utter farce.

#Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through January 2026... + Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 47/48=coldest (blue) + Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...

People often ask me why I left the U.S. and there are various reasons but the thing that made me start really making an exit strategy was when journalists covering Standing Rock were being arrested. Historically a very bad sign for democracy. Seeing it get worse and more blatant is scary and sad

Siemens is pumping $1 billion into manufacturing fossil fuel infrastructure on the bet that power demand from ultra-inefficient text, image and video generation based off plagiarised internet content will grow massively in the future Gift link -->> www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...

Jeff Bezo's destruction of the Washington Post brand is the worst brand destruction since.... Elon Musk destroyed both Twitter and Tesla, which was the worst brand destruction since... Trump destroyed the USA.

Terrible day for many amazing, hard-working, intelligent journalists at the Washington Post. I'm still here and trying to figure out how to best support my colleagues who have lost their jobs. If you feel able to share or contribute, please do: www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...

I have found that I am developing something resembling revulsion at anyone with a platform, power, and/or privilege who is not using them to speak out about / push back on everything that's happening right now

Reducing - and enforcing - speed limits for ALL vehicles to 30km/hr in urban areas & cameras to detect cars breaking traffic lights would save scores of lives annually, but it might annoy some motorists so instead we get this performative BS from gov’t. www.thejournal.ie/e-bikes-scoo...

This all sounds very familiar!

This Bonaire v Netherlands climate ruling is *fascinating*. Also hugely recommend signing up for @isabellakaminski.bsky.social’s newsletter if you have even a passing interest in climate cases, it’s terrific! www.the-wave.net/r/ee9c1bff?m...

“Elizabeth has flu-like symptoms, while her mom has broken out in hives, Gutierrez said. Neither has been given any medicine or testing” —> this, in the facility with a measles outbreak.

"AI doesn't work" is incorrect. It functions perfectly as a plausible-looking bullshit generator used by fascists and pseudoscientists to inflict major damage on societies.

January 2026 #Arctic sea ice extent was statistically tied (with last year) for the 2nd lowest on record for the month... This was 1,310,000 km² below the 1981-2010 average. January ice extent is decreasing at about 2.85% per decade. Data: @nsidc.bsky.social (nsidc.org/data/seaice_...)

Why is @zeitlin.bsky.social of @heatmap.news covering Travis Fisher as an "energy scholar at the Cato Institute," when Fisher is a fossil-energy lobbyist who coordinated the climate-denying DOE report justifying repeal of the Endangerment Finding, ruled unlawful by a Federal judge just last Friday?

Side note: really feel like we need to just call dumb things dumb more. We went off track with being nice about dumbness

"The planned hyperscale facilities of north and west Texas, if fully built out, could be among the largest emissions sources in both the country and the world, Bird said" “I’d be hard-pressed to think of a bigger emitter"

I forgot I actually have four MORE ways you can follow Talking Climate. Talking Climate is also an audio podcast, read by the amazing Anne Cloud. Subscribe on: YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCHf... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/583MdhA... BuzzSprout: talkingclimate.buzzsprout.com And Apple:

No, dude. You regret getting caught. You don't regret all the gross shit you did with a known pedophile.

I'll see some of you in person tomorrow at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach! This event will also be livestreamed (and open to all); a link will appear on the page below when the event begins. It will also be recorded and available later on YouTube!

Your 'doom quote' for today: "Never before have people been so infantilized, made so dependent on the machine for everything; as the earth rapidly approaches its extinction due to technology, our souls are shrunk and flattened by its pervasive rule." www.thriftbooks.com/w/future-pri...

Who the Hell Cares About Industrial Carbon Pricing? You should. Export markets like China and the EU are beefing up their carbon markets and regulations. Alberta's system doesn't work. I'm skeptical @abdaniellesmith is committed to fixing it. #abpoli markhamhislop.substack.com/p/who-the-he...

ha they redacted "Donald Trump" (not the Epstein Files here, just the emergency $21 million no-bid contract awarded to KBR to help build up the migrant concentration camp at Ft. Bliss in March 2025)

i understand why people share news like this but failing to note it stands no chance of becoming law right now feels like fear mongering

If ICE guys are miserable, they can quit today and testify against their bosses tomorrow.

The entire history of everything tells us that the billionaires ruin everything, why do we refuse to learn this lesson?

Oh no

Look I'm not saying anyone needs to get opportunistic and I was just posting about needing to build collective power as journos but this is 100% a layup for a newsletter pitch for Caroline should she choose—Jeff Bezos fired me from my job covering Amazon. Now I'm going indy to do it no holds barred

Regarding Epstein, the one thing we can be certain of is that our media will deliberately fixate on the individuals and studiously ignore the mechanisms designed to enable more Epsteins. Lest we forget, Ghislaine Maxwell's dad was first and foremost a crooked media baron.

"'We learned that narwhals go quiet or move away when a ship is within about 20 kilometers of the site. They also stopped eating." 🌎🧪

The current 1-year running mean for the temperature anomaly is just under 1.45°C. According to the Climate 8-Ball, the 1-year running mean should bottom out at about 1.40°C by early Summer before making a sharp turn back up later this year, finishing the year above 1.52°C.

The Washington Post has laid off least 14 climate journalists, newsroom sources told @sammyroth.bsky.social, effectively decimating one of the most important reporting teams in American climate journalism. A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.

An overview of my recent findings about how Resistance 2.0 is getting more confrontational (and why it gives me hope), including my recent article in @theguardian.com and the new Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast danarfisher.com/2026/02/04/r...

Danish lukewarmer Bjorn Lomborg showing up in the #epsteinfiles for trying and failing to capture Jerry’s attention was not on my 2026 bingo card but I loved reading @roycerk2.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social piece on it drilled.media/news/lomborg...

This may be hard to believe given how cold it’s been, but the coldest air of the season is still to come in the Northeast this weekend. Wind chills to -30°F or lower Sunday morning. -22 in NYC!! Holy moly. #cold #winter #ArcticBlast #snow

you would not believe the number of people who tell me (a scientist who studies climate feedback loops) that we should despair about climate change because of climate feedback loops

The only “Coalie” merch I’d buy…

"Nearly half the places that once hosted the Winter Olympics may not have the right climate conditions to ever do it again." www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Every single executive at Via Rail should be flown to Japan and be given the privilege of experiencing both local and shinkansen rail services here so that they go home feeling shame enough to change things.

things are not great when i do not have my husband to force me to put my phone and computer down and go to sleep. i am 2% sleepy. i have an entire day of meetings tomorrow.

It's extremely difficult to tell, but it appears that the location of the Rubaya mine collapse and landslide is 1.56728° S, 28.88571° E as seen in thiese @planet.com satellite images (landslide moves S to N). The entire region is pockmarked with mines, including on slopes (like this one was). 🧪⚒️

You've probably heard that a group of CA tech guys wants to build a brand new port city in northern CA. The project is called "California Forever" & it's apparently breaking ground this year. Lots of folks are skeptical! On Wed., I'm going to talk with Jan Sramek, the founder/CEO. Got questions?

This is who runs this account 😄

“It seems like the Olympics aren’t ready to be the positive force for change that they have the potential to be,” Norwegian skier Nikolai Schirmer said after handing 21,000 signatures over to the IOC. “So I just hope this can be a little nudge in the right direction, but we will see”

the Epstein files are what patriarchy is when it is stripped of its pretense

Your 'moment of doom' for Feb. 4, 2026 ~ Dark black truths. “The scale of the buildout is staggering. In 2025 alone, China commissioned more coal power capacity than India did over the entire past decade.” www.euronews.com/green/2026/0...

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team. The Post sent layoff notices to at least 14 #climate journalists. open.substack.com/pub/climatec...

Trends in February temperatures over land areas for the last 50 years... Data from NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...)

I'm old enough to remember when "America" and "investor confidence" weren't antonyms.

Whether it’s Hank Green, Khan Academy, PBS, or NPR, I think our media and educational content should be a non-profit, public good. Going to clicks, ad revenue, and investor returns always gets in the way of the mission. And we all lose out.

Today on Volts: Taiwan is a small, mountainous island that imports virtually all of its energy and supports a massive, world-dominating superconductor manufacturing industry that absolutely can not afford power reliability problems. How do you decarbonize *that*? I talk to a local expert about it.

Trends come and go, but the waste stays… piling up in landfills and polluting our planet. The solution? Buy less, wear longer, repair, swap, and choose circular fashion. Here are other ways to reduce waste in the fashion industry: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Clearly there are other things going on 😮‍💨 but this did pass today with a shit ton of money for Metro. I am assured this is for passenger-focused, transit-relevant improvements, but trying to get a more detailed breakdown

In and around Deputy Fitzmaurice blowing a gasket live on-air, I did manage to squeeze in a few points relating to #flooding and nature-based solutions last night.

Democrats want you primaried