Trump administration cuts, layoffs and restructurings have cast a shadow over U.S. participation in a major international climate modeling initiative -- a collaboration that federal scientists have been at the forefront of for decades. My story today: www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Tickets available at www.cantorinewyork.com 🎟️🎟️🎟️
Dispatch from my other life: Our upcoming concerts (Mar 13 & 14!) celebrate composer & long-time Cantori collaborator Adolphus Hailstork. I wrote a lil note on the program, which explores themes of freedom, resistance to tyranny & rebuilding after devastating conflict. 👇
www.van.org/articles/Can...
"The world as a hedge fund, where everything can be a derivative. Greed is good."
Iran is widening attacks on energy infrastructure in Gulf region, which could cause maximal pain to Trump's political fortunes at home when gas prices head for the stratosphere. "The mother of all nightmare scenarios for the global oil market was this." www.eenews.net/articles/nig...
A tiny island inhabited by gazelles is the key to Iran's entire economy and funding for the brutal war machine of the regime. It's so sensitive that both Israel and U.S. forces have avoided destroying it for decades.
www.eenews.net/articles/the...
"Reporting and writing are two different skill sets and rare - RARE - is the occasion when it's wrapped into one person."
Rare is the occasion when I'm actually speechless but ???? Having both those skills at once is... literally... the job description???
Pay for however many newsletters you want, please, give all those writers money
But you can't replace a whole journalism ecosystem with a series of freelancers, you just can't. There also needs to be support for serious papers, magazines, online newsrooms, and nonprofit reporting
I largely agree with the spirit of this thread. But the idea that local and regional newsrooms are training grounds, rather than a place where real work rooting out everyday corruption takes place, is (imho) a *huge* part of how we got here
The Washington Post's description of the bodycam video of his arrest last year, and the translation of Mr. Shah Alam's comments, is gutting. Remember, he was entirely blind in one eye and could only see three feet in the other, and he spoke virtually no English.
He spent a year in jail for this.
Breaking WaPo:
Pro-Trump activists who say they are in coordination with the White House are circulating a 17-page draft executive order that claims China interfered in the 2020 election as a basis to declare a national emergency that would unlock extraordinary presidential power over voting.
US Customs & Border Protection statement: “He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues or disabilities requiring special assistance."
The man was nearly blind and did not speak English.
www.reuters.com/world/us/nea...
Here's that latest study. Catch me channeling my aggressive eldest-daughter energy today into badgering my older relatives (for the umpteenth time) about getting this vaccine
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A paved pathway at twilight flanked by snowy forest on either side. A handful of people are walking on the path, illuminated by streetlights.
A snow family — two human snow figures and two snow-pets of undetermined species. There’s a snow-covered gate and trees in the background.
A tall snow-covered tree in the foreground and a snowy field filled with people in the background.
A view of a dark tunnel looking out to the exit on the other side, with a glimpse of snow, trees and people walking on a path, illuminated by streetlights.
A+ evening constitutional
It is lit at Prospect Park this snowy evening. Immaculate vibes, as the kids say.
It looks like the U.S. newspaper industry lost about 8 percent of its remaining employees in just one year in 2025.
I wish I could say that was unusual, but as this recently updated graphic shows, it has been going on for a long time...
My story here: reportearth.substack.com/p/2025-was-a...
"A pending bill, sponsored by several of Spartanburg County’s state representatives, seeks to prevent hospitals and doctors from questioning or interfering 'in any manner' with a patient’s right to refuse treatments or vaccines."
"The state’s hospitals have reported only 20 measles-related admissions, or about 2% of cases. ...But the CDC estimates about 20% of measles cases will result in admissions... 'A hospitalization rate at 2% is ludicrous,' said Dr. Paul Offit"
www.propublica.org/article/sout...
Saw this project posted on LinkedIn, feel like a lot of folks here would find this useful. A database of independent journalists, searchable by topic/platform, and looks like there’s also a form to submit nominations. Cool stuff journalismatlas.com
By Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence. It reminded me again how college journalism programs are failing to prepare students for the workforce. I mentioned this in a column before, and readers asked me to explain
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
The Trump administration pushes for more AI--but what does that mean for communities on the ground?
For @politico.com Magazine, I tell the story of one VA county where local politics is struggling to reign in data center impacts on residents' health/peace of mind
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Climate denialists claimed victory when the Trump administration published an unprecedented report reliant on decades of debunked claims. The administration just proved it has no confidence their work could withstand scrutiny in a legal fight over climate regulations www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
So, has anyone out there actually seen the text of the endangerment finding rollback? Because they haven't put it out. And I'm told Zeldin might not even have signed it yet?
on Signal at jchemnick.01
Here's what EPA just put up on the endangerment finding repeal: www.epa.gov/newsreleases...
Oh gosh, this was kind of a sad read. (Harold and Maude is my favorite movie and I rewatch it every year around Valentine’s Day, so my annual screening is coming up.)
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/m...
if you are a current or former wapo worker and have any idea about how this came about, my signal is mollytaft.76 :)
NEW: This was the last essay I was supposed to publish at the Washington Post. But they fired me.
I'm publishing it anyway-- about my family's connection to a sword the British looted from Ghana in 1874.
If youve ever wondered why I love swords, here's why.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
I dunno what I expected this article to be about when I clicked on the headline (something else, to be sure), but anyway TIL what the term "desire path" means. Fun story ❤️
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
2/9 PM UPDATE: Joining the list of AJC layoffs are:
· Alia Pharr, a metro Atlanta local government reporter
· Maya T. Prabhu, a statehouse reporter whose last day will be the end of the ongoing state legislative session
Again: every single person laid off has been a woman and/or a person of color
This chart. Wow. reportearth.substack.com/p/the-washin... via @chriscmooney.bsky.social
