Colin Schultz
@colinschultz.bsky.social
Newsy guy @ bioGraphic https://www.biographic.com/story-type/news/
Pitch me a story: Someone doing something for a reason.
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Don't send me press releases.
Pitch me a story: Someone doing something for a reason.
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Don't send me press releases.
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Colin Schultz
@colinschultz.bsky.social
· Oct 25
Doing News the Hakai Magazine Way
If ever a blog post deserved a “Sorry I haven’t posted in a while,” this might be it. In December, I wrapped up nearly a decade of work as the news editor at Hakai Magazine. We ha…
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For years, I've been using these same resources to explain to writers what made Hakai Magazine's admittedly odd news section tick. It's the same viewpoint I've carried over to @biographic.bsky.social, and I'm happy I finally put it somewhere permanent
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We want to highlight the incredible science reporting being done at the local and regional level. Please submit your work for the Victor McElheny Award, which comes with a $10,000 prize. ksj.mit.edu/mcelheny-awa...
The Victor K. McElheny Award for Local and Regional Science Journalism
The Victor K. McElheny Award honors outstanding local and regional journalism covering issues in science, public health, technology, or the environment.
ksj.mit.edu
December 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We want to highlight the incredible science reporting being done at the local and regional level. Please submit your work for the Victor McElheny Award, which comes with a $10,000 prize. ksj.mit.edu/mcelheny-awa...
Reason #34792 why you should never have heroes mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
The man who mistook his imagination for the truth
The disappointing reality of one of my (ex-)heroes, Oliver Sacks
mariakonnikova.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Reason #34792 why you should never have heroes mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...
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From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
"All told, the [Trump] administration is evaluating the potential for mining exploration or commercialization across more than 104.5 million acres, a combined area comparable to the entire state of California."
grist.org/global-indig...
grist.org/global-indig...
What changed for deep-sea mining in 2025? Everything.
Trump reshaped the industry this year, even as it faced opposition from the United Nations, scientists and Indigenous peoples.
grist.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"All told, the [Trump] administration is evaluating the potential for mining exploration or commercialization across more than 104.5 million acres, a combined area comparable to the entire state of California."
grist.org/global-indig...
grist.org/global-indig...
I have finally achieved my dream of buying a NAS
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have finally achieved my dream of buying a NAS
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You've gotta hand it to Bari Weiss -- she's got people excited about watching 60 Minutes again
Here’s the highest-quality upload of the 60 minutes CECOT segment I’ve found so far:
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9w8gyi
www.dailymotion.com/video/x9w8gyi
Banned 60 minutes segment on CECOT
Dailymotion video by fond_.mhb423
www.dailymotion.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
You've gotta hand it to Bari Weiss -- she's got people excited about watching 60 Minutes again
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The banned S ! XtyM1nut3s segment is proliferating across the non-US web and I love that for them.
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The banned S ! XtyM1nut3s segment is proliferating across the non-US web and I love that for them.
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
WWIII is going to be spicy
First all the drones, www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/...
now this:
Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon — it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
First all the drones, www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/...
now this:
Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon — it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
From the Cyberpunk community on Reddit: City in Ukraine completely covered in fiber optic cables due to drone warfare
Explore this post and more from the Cyberpunk community
www.reddit.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
WWIII is going to be spicy
First all the drones, www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/...
now this:
Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon — it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
First all the drones, www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/...
now this:
Japan trials 100-kilowatt laser weapon — it can cut through metal and drones mid-flight
www.livescience.com/technology/e...
"Next year will begin to reveal if the rules that rise from Trump’s regulatory demolition in 2025 survive judicial review." www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump gutted climate rules in 2025. He could make it permanent in 2026.
The president’s swift destruction of regulations in his first year could help him make lasting changes, with the Supreme Court’s help.
www.eenews.net
December 22, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"Next year will begin to reveal if the rules that rise from Trump’s regulatory demolition in 2025 survive judicial review." www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
This is _fascinating_
"readers who arrive via chatbots ... spend significantly more time with our articles than those coming from other platforms. They appear to be checking the source, reading closely, and staying."
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
"readers who arrive via chatbots ... spend significantly more time with our articles than those coming from other platforms. They appear to be checking the source, reading closely, and staying."
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
The value of journalism in the AI era
The arrival of generative artificial intelligence has unsettled journalism in familiar ways. Traffic models look fragile. Copyright is contested. The marginal cost of producing words has collapsed. It...
news.mongabay.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is _fascinating_
"readers who arrive via chatbots ... spend significantly more time with our articles than those coming from other platforms. They appear to be checking the source, reading closely, and staying."
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
"readers who arrive via chatbots ... spend significantly more time with our articles than those coming from other platforms. They appear to be checking the source, reading closely, and staying."
news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-...
"As robotic weapons become increasingly autonomous, calls have arisen to ensure human operators maintain control at all times."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Safeguards for military robotics are impeded by the realities of warfare
For much of human history, weapons were passive instruments that became lethal only through human action. But thanks to, and in part, because of robotics, many modern weapons have taken on a life of t...
www.science.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
"As robotic weapons become increasingly autonomous, calls have arisen to ensure human operators maintain control at all times."
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US
grist.org/energy/utah-...
grist.org/energy/utah-...
A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US
The discovery could bolster efforts to make the U.S. less dependent on China for minerals essential for renewable power.
grist.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A huge cache of critical minerals found in Utah may be the largest in the US
grist.org/energy/utah-...
grist.org/energy/utah-...
“The results reinforce the idea that pre-Columbian management practices left a lasting ecological legacy, capable of sustaining greater biomass even under the most severe droughts of the century,” Peripato said.
eos.org/articles/how...
eos.org/articles/how...
How Ancient Indigenous Societies Made Today’s Amazon More Resilient - Eos
Portions of the forest managed by pre-Columbian populations hold higher biomass and are more able to withstand climate change.
eos.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“The results reinforce the idea that pre-Columbian management practices left a lasting ecological legacy, capable of sustaining greater biomass even under the most severe droughts of the century,” Peripato said.
eos.org/articles/how...
eos.org/articles/how...
"Marsican brown bears have been isolated from other European brown bears since the Roman era, cut off by expanding farms and cities. Over centuries they became smaller and less aggressive than other brown bears"
e360.yale.edu/digest/itali...
e360.yale.edu/digest/itali...
Living Near Humans, Italian Bears Evolved to Be Less Aggressive
e360.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Marsican brown bears have been isolated from other European brown bears since the Roman era, cut off by expanding farms and cities. Over centuries they became smaller and less aggressive than other brown bears"
e360.yale.edu/digest/itali...
e360.yale.edu/digest/itali...
"The Trump administration’s assault on climate action has been far from symbolic." grist.org/internationa...
2025: The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us
While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced to build renewables and commit to climate action.
grist.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"The Trump administration’s assault on climate action has been far from symbolic." grist.org/internationa...
"Nova Scotia could be a future offshore wind hot spot, as New England looks to its Canadian neighbor for an energy source that the Trump administration is quashing in the U.S." www.eenews.net/articles/new...
New England eyes Canada for energy as US offshore wind flounders
Nova Scotia has launched an ambitious plan to open its coast to wind development — and send some power south to the U.S.
www.eenews.net
December 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Nova Scotia could be a future offshore wind hot spot, as New England looks to its Canadian neighbor for an energy source that the Trump administration is quashing in the U.S." www.eenews.net/articles/new...
Offshore Wind Farm in China Becomes a Haven for Oysters, Barnacles, and More, Study Finds
www.scientificamerican.com/article/offs...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/offs...
Offshore Wind Farm in China Becomes a Haven for Oysters, Barnacles, and More, Study Finds
A wind farm off the coast of China appeared to boost fish numbers and supported colonies of oysters and barnacles, according to new research
www.scientificamerican.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Offshore Wind Farm in China Becomes a Haven for Oysters, Barnacles, and More, Study Finds
www.scientificamerican.com/article/offs...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/offs...
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
December 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
At least we have the foreign press to tell us how it is
What I think a lot of people don't quite understand is that a lot of what has passed for "the media" for the past 15 or so years has just been outlets recycling the content of a dwindling group of reporters doing actual, original, on-the-ground journalism
December 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
What I think a lot of people don't quite understand is that a lot of what has passed for "the media" for the past 15 or so years has just been outlets recycling the content of a dwindling group of reporters doing actual, original, on-the-ground journalism
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60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
FRONTLINE | PBS | Official Site | Documentary Series
Watch full episodes of FRONTLINE, the PBS documentary series, and explore news investigations from FRONTLINE's award-winning journalism team.
www.pbs.org
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
60 Minutes is one of only two documentary-style public affairs programs left on the air. The other is Frontline on PBS, which saw its funding gashed by the Trump admin and Congress. They have a matching donation rn.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full: