Jessica McKenzie
@jessimckenzi.bsky.social
editing & reporting climate stories @thebulletin.org // outdoorsy newsletter: http://pinchofdirt.substack.com // tips: jmckenzie@thebulletin.org or jsmckenzie@protonmail.com or jessimckenzi.01 on signal
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A perfect firestorm: The social, political, and climate forces that keep Athens burning
Athens and its suburbs have lost 37 percent of its forests and grasslands to wildfire since 2017. What will it take to keep the city from burning?
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A few assorted observations from my latest story about wildfires in Greece: thebulletin.org/2025/08/a-pe...
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The photographer Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home. See more of his images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/AzEaHO
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The photographer Daniel Pullen offers beautifully composed and striking images of the destruction that climate change has brought to his lifelong home. See more of his images: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/AzEaHO
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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Opened my dissertation with a quote from Larry Summers arguing that the Global North should just offshore all industrial waste dumping to Africa. Yes he is and always has been a piece of shit, weird that he's been taken seriously only until his name has been attached to Epst*in.
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Opened my dissertation with a quote from Larry Summers arguing that the Global North should just offshore all industrial waste dumping to Africa. Yes he is and always has been a piece of shit, weird that he's been taken seriously only until his name has been attached to Epst*in.
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From the "Ice Age waltz" to the "fast greenhouse tango," Earth's ever-fluctuating climate "now follows our lead," write Benjamin Santer and David W.J. Thompson of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social.
It's dangerous to normalize aberrations in the climate record, they continue, just as it is for politics.
It's dangerous to normalize aberrations in the climate record, they continue, just as it is for politics.
The comforting but dangerous fantasy of ‘normal’ climatic and political aberrations
"We can’t let mature science be drowned out by the wacky argument that a snowball on the floor of the US Senate invalidates the existence of human-caused climate change."
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November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
From the "Ice Age waltz" to the "fast greenhouse tango," Earth's ever-fluctuating climate "now follows our lead," write Benjamin Santer and David W.J. Thompson of @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social.
It's dangerous to normalize aberrations in the climate record, they continue, just as it is for politics.
It's dangerous to normalize aberrations in the climate record, they continue, just as it is for politics.
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New op-ed by Benjamin Santer and David Thompson up at @thebulletin.org.
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
The comforting but dangerous fantasy of ‘normal’ climatic and political aberrations
Our current political climate is just as unusual and concerning as the current state of our planetary climate.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New op-ed by Benjamin Santer and David Thompson up at @thebulletin.org.
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
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Yeah, but at least it's an environmental catastrophe with absolutely no regulation, so a handful of dirtbags can have even more money they'll never be able to spend.
ChatGPT Now Linked to Way More Deaths Than the Caffeinated Lemonade That Panera Pulled Off the Market in Disgrace
ChatGPT has been publicly linked to at least eight deaths. OpenAI has announced no plans to take it off the market.
futurism.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Yeah, but at least it's an environmental catastrophe with absolutely no regulation, so a handful of dirtbags can have even more money they'll never be able to spend.
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One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One of many costs to US murder (sorry, no better word for it) in Caribbean:
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
"United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal."
literally why even spam call people if the computer on the other end malfunctions when i do pick up. i don't understand, what's the point
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
literally why even spam call people if the computer on the other end malfunctions when i do pick up. i don't understand, what's the point
incidentally, this reminds me of a short post i wrote in 2023 thebulletin.org/2023/07/dont...
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
incidentally, this reminds me of a short post i wrote in 2023 thebulletin.org/2023/07/dont...
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
New op-ed by Benjamin Santer and David Thompson up at @thebulletin.org.
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
The comforting but dangerous fantasy of ‘normal’ climatic and political aberrations
Our current political climate is just as unusual and concerning as the current state of our planetary climate.
thebulletin.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New op-ed by Benjamin Santer and David Thompson up at @thebulletin.org.
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
With COP negotiations ongoing and the US gov't poised to resume "normal" activity post-shutdown, this piece couldn't be more timely or relevant:
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
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"The decision by the United States not to send high-level representatives to COP30 illustrates the uneven global commitment to climate diplomacy and the persistent challenges in mobilizing support for developing nations." #COP30
Can Latin America find common ground at COP30?
Although Latin America contributes only about 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, many of its territories rank among the most climate-vulnerable on the planet.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"The decision by the United States not to send high-level representatives to COP30 illustrates the uneven global commitment to climate diplomacy and the persistent challenges in mobilizing support for developing nations." #COP30
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I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The Shutdown Surrender
I just... I mean... Whatever.
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I scribbled down all my shutdown-related intrusive thoughts and put them in a blog post.
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
saw some posts about fetterman and low key couldn't even remember when he was ever supposed to be progressive so i did some background reading...
...and this shit REALLY brings out the conspiracist in me
...and this shit REALLY brings out the conspiracist in me
Fetterman flight: from Sanders-style progressive to Trump-adjacent senator
Fellow Democrats are riled by the Pennsylvania maverick who now denounces the sort of politician he once was
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
saw some posts about fetterman and low key couldn't even remember when he was ever supposed to be progressive so i did some background reading...
...and this shit REALLY brings out the conspiracist in me
...and this shit REALLY brings out the conspiracist in me
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Today, after more than a decade, global climate negotiations return to Latin America.
María de los Ángeles Orfila writes that COP30 "represents a political test for the region: Can Latin America this time speak with a more united and recognizable voice in global climate governance?"
María de los Ángeles Orfila writes that COP30 "represents a political test for the region: Can Latin America this time speak with a more united and recognizable voice in global climate governance?"
Can Latin America find common ground at COP30?
Although Latin America contributes only about 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, many of its territories rank among the most climate-vulnerable on the planet.
thebulletin.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Today, after more than a decade, global climate negotiations return to Latin America.
María de los Ángeles Orfila writes that COP30 "represents a political test for the region: Can Latin America this time speak with a more united and recognizable voice in global climate governance?"
María de los Ángeles Orfila writes that COP30 "represents a political test for the region: Can Latin America this time speak with a more united and recognizable voice in global climate governance?"
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I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I heard from a bunch of federal employees last night and this morning. They aren't happy.
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something. All this for a fucking meaningless vote."
the writer who brought us "the cruelty is the point" is back with another banger
America’s chickenshit elites problem continues to be the biggest obstacle to fighting Trump www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
the writer who brought us "the cruelty is the point" is back with another banger
The annual UN climate summit returns to Latin America this week for the first time in over a decade. Many of the region's countries have disparate priorities and concerns—but can they find enough common ground to speak in a more unified regional voice? Bulletin climate fellow Maria Orfila's report:
Can Latin America find common ground at COP30?
Although Latin America contributes only about 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, many of its territories rank among the most climate-vulnerable on the planet.
thebulletin.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The annual UN climate summit returns to Latin America this week for the first time in over a decade. Many of the region's countries have disparate priorities and concerns—but can they find enough common ground to speak in a more unified regional voice? Bulletin climate fellow Maria Orfila's report:
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One of the most important provisions of the ACA was eliminating pre-existing conditions exclusions from insurance plans.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
November 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
One of the most important provisions of the ACA was eliminating pre-existing conditions exclusions from insurance plans.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
Folks need to be reminded that if the ACA goes away, so does that provision.
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If there’s one thing @schumer.senate.gov knows how to do it’s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If there’s one thing @schumer.senate.gov knows how to do it’s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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The most exciting part of Lord of the Rings was when Gandalf let the Balrog pass
Trump: I'm dismantling the Constitution, building a paramilitary fascist army loyal only to me, demolishing the White House, and blowing up the US economy for my billionaire cronies
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
Schumer: Okay, but you have to extend subsidies for corporate health care
Trump: No
Schumer: Okay
November 9, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The most exciting part of Lord of the Rings was when Gandalf let the Balrog pass
don't you hate when you go out of your way to buy direct from a manufacturer and it ships from amazon anyway??
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
don't you hate when you go out of your way to buy direct from a manufacturer and it ships from amazon anyway??