Jim Morrison
@jimmor12.bsky.social
freelance writer focusing on the climate crisis and investigations. Contributor to The Washington Post, Wired, Smithsonian, Yale e360, many others.
https://jimmorrison.contently.com
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A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
January 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM
A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:
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BREAKING: Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
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Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
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January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
BREAKING: Federal health officials on Monday announced dramatic revisions to the slate of vaccines recommended for American children, reducing the number of diseases prevented by routine shots to 11 from 17.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
in conclusion from Dreyer. open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
in conclusion
[49 final thoughts for 2025]
open.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:23 AM
in conclusion from Dreyer. open.substack.com/pub/benjamin...
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“Is the Cuban government the Trump administration’s next target?”
Marco Rubio: ‘The Cuban government is a huge problem … I think they’re in a lot of trouble, yes’
Marco Rubio: ‘The Cuban government is a huge problem … I think they’re in a lot of trouble, yes’
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“Is the Cuban government the Trump administration’s next target?”
Marco Rubio: ‘The Cuban government is a huge problem … I think they’re in a lot of trouble, yes’
Marco Rubio: ‘The Cuban government is a huge problem … I think they’re in a lot of trouble, yes’
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Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
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Aside from the fact that this is grossly insipid and jingoistic, it's also schlocky writing.
If you've written "Franklin's famous line,"* you're signaling, loudly, that you have nothing to say worth listening to.
*Also, it was a remark; "line" rather implies that it's something he wrote.
If you've written "Franklin's famous line,"* you're signaling, loudly, that you have nothing to say worth listening to.
*Also, it was a remark; "line" rather implies that it's something he wrote.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Aside from the fact that this is grossly insipid and jingoistic, it's also schlocky writing.
If you've written "Franklin's famous line,"* you're signaling, loudly, that you have nothing to say worth listening to.
*Also, it was a remark; "line" rather implies that it's something he wrote.
If you've written "Franklin's famous line,"* you're signaling, loudly, that you have nothing to say worth listening to.
*Also, it was a remark; "line" rather implies that it's something he wrote.
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"You dumb fucking potato"
It's hard to keep up with the many excellent take downs of this Tony Dokoupil /MAGA pinky promise video. Here's another barn burner. This one by @glegum.bsky.social for @wonkettemedia.bsky.social:
It's hard to keep up with the many excellent take downs of this Tony Dokoupil /MAGA pinky promise video. Here's another barn burner. This one by @glegum.bsky.social for @wonkettemedia.bsky.social:
January 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
"You dumb fucking potato"
It's hard to keep up with the many excellent take downs of this Tony Dokoupil /MAGA pinky promise video. Here's another barn burner. This one by @glegum.bsky.social for @wonkettemedia.bsky.social:
It's hard to keep up with the many excellent take downs of this Tony Dokoupil /MAGA pinky promise video. Here's another barn burner. This one by @glegum.bsky.social for @wonkettemedia.bsky.social:
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This tired blame the media tactic that attracts the aggrieved billionaire set is not what the regular audience wants and displays an astonishing ignorance of what it does want. Most of all, it’s insider to the point of boredom and the opposite of creative.
January 2, 2026 at 8:12 AM
This tired blame the media tactic that attracts the aggrieved billionaire set is not what the regular audience wants and displays an astonishing ignorance of what it does want. Most of all, it’s insider to the point of boredom and the opposite of creative.
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My man looks like the narrator from a high school performance of Our Town
December 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My man looks like the narrator from a high school performance of Our Town
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Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
Listening is such a lost skill. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
Opinion | Don’t Blow Up, and Other Tips for Arguing With Your MAGA Uncle
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December 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Listening is such a lost skill. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/o...
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Musk let DOGE run roughshod over Social Security at the expense of functionality and consumer services. If he ran his companies this carelessly and stupidly, he wouldn’t be rich. He’d be a bankrupt failure. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4pheQks
How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
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December 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Musk let DOGE run roughshod over Social Security at the expense of functionality and consumer services. If he ran his companies this carelessly and stupidly, he wouldn’t be rich. He’d be a bankrupt failure. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4pheQks
Chesapeake hospital sued for allowing this monster to continue practicing for years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/h...
Hundreds Sue Virginia Hospital and Executives Over Unneeded Surgeries
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December 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Chesapeake hospital sued for allowing this monster to continue practicing for years. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/h...
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Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time.
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A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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December 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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From @theathletic.com: Uncomfortable Instagram messages with women and emotional outbursts with staff paint a picture of a coach who had become increasingly volatile. nyti.ms/4p6WFxK
December 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
From @theathletic.com: Uncomfortable Instagram messages with women and emotional outbursts with staff paint a picture of a coach who had become increasingly volatile. nyti.ms/4p6WFxK
An excellent piece of reporting exploring so many themes. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
‘It’s Just Us’: The Firefighter, His Son and a Treacherous Choice
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December 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
An excellent piece of reporting exploring so many themes. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Sara spoke at a conference I attended earlier this month. Data for thought. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/17/c...
Column: Gov.-elect has roadmap to address housing costs
Voters gave the next governor a mandate on affordability; new data gives her a roadmap for housing, the National Zoning Atlas’s Sara Bronin writes in a guest column.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sara spoke at a conference I attended earlier this month. Data for thought. www.pilotonline.com/2025/12/17/c...
Unbelievable. The center, founded in 1960, is responsible for many of the biggest scientific advances in humanity’s understanding of weather and climate. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center
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December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Unbelievable. The center, founded in 1960, is responsible for many of the biggest scientific advances in humanity’s understanding of weather and climate. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...
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"The global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US."
Coal demand reaches new annual record as US output rises
IEA forecasts a decline in years to 2030 despite ‘many uncertainties’
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December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"The global coal demand increase of about 40mn tonnes this year was largely due to the US."
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GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
Large solar farms in Virginia can produce ‘rapid’ stormwater runoff, researchers find virginiamercury.com/2025/12/12/l...
Large solar farms in Virginia can produce ‘rapid’ stormwater runoff, researchers find • Virginia Mercury
Virginia Tech’s preliminary report is part of an ongoing study funded by the state to address growing concerns.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Large solar farms in Virginia can produce ‘rapid’ stormwater runoff, researchers find virginiamercury.com/2025/12/12/l...