Lisa Song
@lisalsong.bsky.social
Climate/environment reporter at ProPublica. Cartoon me by Laila Milevski. Pro-cats, anti-carrots. Contact: lisasong.42 on Signal
There's a local angle to everything
February 19, 2026 at 10:39 PM
There's a local angle to everything
Alysa Liu's career is basically one giant infomercial for mental health and I am here for it.
She came back to the sport on her own terms, said she didn't care about medals in recent interviews and then won gold. www.nbcolympics.com/news/live/20...
She came back to the sport on her own terms, said she didn't care about medals in recent interviews and then won gold. www.nbcolympics.com/news/live/20...
2026 Olympic figure skating women's free skate live updates: Alysa Liu wins Olympic gold in women's singles and snaps 20-year American medal drought
Visit NBCOlympics.com for Winter Olympics live streams, highlights, schedules, results, news, athlete bios and more from Milan Cortina 2026.
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February 19, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Alysa Liu's career is basically one giant infomercial for mental health and I am here for it.
She came back to the sport on her own terms, said she didn't care about medals in recent interviews and then won gold. www.nbcolympics.com/news/live/20...
She came back to the sport on her own terms, said she didn't care about medals in recent interviews and then won gold. www.nbcolympics.com/news/live/20...
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So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
February 18, 2026 at 1:21 PM
So after Trump pardoned Honduras's narco-president, the admin didn't just let him out--they canceled an immigration hold and sent a specialized team to **chauffeur him to the $1k/night Waldorf Astoria.**
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“It's "absolutely fucking nuts,” said one official
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Ramadan Mubarak!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
February 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
Ramadan Mubarak!
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
Kung Hei Fat Choi!
Laissez bon temps rouler!
Hodesh Adar tov!
Y'ALL
⭐
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Imagine being a child, thinking you're going to the "Most Magical Place on Earth" ...and instead you and your mom end up in “Dilleylandia”: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
How a Planned Disney World Vacation Turned Into Four Months in Immigration Detention
A 9-year-old shares her story of being held at the nation’s only operating detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.
www.propublica.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Imagine being a child, thinking you're going to the "Most Magical Place on Earth" ...and instead you and your mom end up in “Dilleylandia”: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
Professors in the Epstein Files Begin to Face Consequences
Several faculty members who spoke regularly with Epstein have been stripped of their titles or teaching duties.
www.insidehighered.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Shout out to the student journalists that have tirelessly covered their professors' ties to Epstein. My job would be much harder without them. See thread for some of my favorite recent student news pieces.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
#AcademicSky #HigherEd
Proud to join my colleagues yesterday to push for a fair contract. We just want the same rights as our peers in other unionized newsrooms.
(That's not me in the mouse (rat?) costume, though I wish it was.)
(That's not me in the mouse (rat?) costume, though I wish it was.)
February 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Proud to join my colleagues yesterday to push for a fair contract. We just want the same rights as our peers in other unionized newsrooms.
(That's not me in the mouse (rat?) costume, though I wish it was.)
(That's not me in the mouse (rat?) costume, though I wish it was.)
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A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
February 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
A high-speed car chase involving a federal agent in St. Paul ended with a multi-vehicle crash and injuries to the fleeing driver, who was taken away in an ambulance. bit.ly/4kvJo0M
📸: Leila Navidi
📸: Leila Navidi
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1/ Our members are practicing picketing @propublica.org offices in multiple cities right now to demand job security protections and guardrails around AI. We are ready to do what it takes to get a fair contract.
February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
1/ Our members are practicing picketing @propublica.org offices in multiple cities right now to demand job security protections and guardrails around AI. We are ready to do what it takes to get a fair contract.
Why would judges need to know anything about climate science as they’re reviewing cases about climate accountability 👀🙈
By @abrahm.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/fede...
By @abrahm.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/fede...
a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
Alt: a cartoon dog is sitting at a table in front of a fire with the words it 's fine everything is fine
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February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Why would judges need to know anything about climate science as they’re reviewing cases about climate accountability 👀🙈
By @abrahm.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/fede...
By @abrahm.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/fede...
Everything I know about stoats, I learned from Redwall. So yes, these stoats could take out the majority of previous Olympic mascots.
I wrote about the Olympics
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Which Other Olympic Mascots Could Italian Stoats Tina And Milo Slaughter In Cold Blood? | Defector
Apologies to all otters, ferrets, badgers, ferret-badgers, weasels, fishers, polecats, wolverines, martens, and grisons, but the mustelid of the moment is the stoat. The mascots of the 2026 Winter Oly...
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February 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Everything I know about stoats, I learned from Redwall. So yes, these stoats could take out the majority of previous Olympic mascots.
Nine-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra, from Colombia, drew a portrait of herself and her mother wearing their detainee ID badges. A note on the side said, “I am not happy, please get me out of here.”
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Nine-year-old Maria Antonia Guerra, from Colombia, drew a portrait of herself and her mother wearing their detainee ID badges. A note on the side said, “I am not happy, please get me out of here.”
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This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
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Every Winter Olympics I think of Surya Bonaly. I hope she is thriving.
February 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Every Winter Olympics I think of Surya Bonaly. I hope she is thriving.
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Guess I'm rooting for the Polish figure skaters now...
Unless the US team comes up with a better mascot.
Unless the US team comes up with a better mascot.
IMPORTANT OLYMPIC NEWS:
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
THE POLISH FIGURE SKATING TEAM HAS A PLUSH PIEROGI
February 6, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Guess I'm rooting for the Polish figure skaters now...
Unless the US team comes up with a better mascot.
Unless the US team comes up with a better mascot.
A huge loss. WaPo was one of the few places left with a big climate team.
Support laid-off WaPo journalists: there are 2 funds: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo... and www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Support laid-off WaPo journalists: there are 2 funds: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo... and www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
February 6, 2026 at 6:22 PM
A huge loss. WaPo was one of the few places left with a big climate team.
Support laid-off WaPo journalists: there are 2 funds: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo... and www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
Support laid-off WaPo journalists: there are 2 funds: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo... and www.gofundme.com/f/standing-t...
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One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
February 6, 2026 at 12:12 AM
One reason Minneapolis remains in the world's eye is we have one of the most robust & independent media ecosystems remaining in the country. You all need this...and more! @mprnews.org @startribune.com @sahanjournal.bsky.social @minnesotareformer.com @minnpost.bsky.social @racketmn.com etc.
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We have launched a new fundraiser to support The Washington Post's courageous international employees and local staff who were laid off, who are not eligible for Guild protections, and who face additional logistical challenges and security risks.
Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
gofund.me
February 5, 2026 at 3:33 PM
We have launched a new fundraiser to support The Washington Post's courageous international employees and local staff who were laid off, who are not eligible for Guild protections, and who face additional logistical challenges and security risks.
Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
Please give & share widely:
gofund.me/e765aab9f
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Proud to have signed this pledge alongside nearly 120 of my colleagues. Our work is so important, and we deserve a fair contract.
Several of our top managers had similar protections as the ones we're fighting for -- back when they were union members in their prior newsrooms. We deserve the same!
Several of our top managers had similar protections as the ones we're fighting for -- back when they were union members in their prior newsrooms. We deserve the same!
1/ READY TO STRIKE: More than 80% of our members signed a pledge saying we are prepared to strike unless @propublica.org agrees to a fair contract.
www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
The ProPublica Guild is Ready to Strike for a Fair Contract — ProPublica Guild
The ProPublica Guild is prepared to strike. We have shown up and compromised at the bargaining table for more than two years, but our newsroom’s management has slow-walked negotiations , offering w...
www.propublicaguild.org
February 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Proud to have signed this pledge alongside nearly 120 of my colleagues. Our work is so important, and we deserve a fair contract.
Several of our top managers had similar protections as the ones we're fighting for -- back when they were union members in their prior newsrooms. We deserve the same!
Several of our top managers had similar protections as the ones we're fighting for -- back when they were union members in their prior newsrooms. We deserve the same!
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We stand in solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social. Jeff Bezos, do better. #SaveThePost
February 5, 2026 at 12:06 AM
We stand in solidarity with @postguild.bsky.social. Jeff Bezos, do better. #SaveThePost
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“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Pursued by federal agents, suburban ICE observers remain resolved
After a frightening pursuit by federal agents, suburban ICE observers say fear hasn’t stopped them from protecting their communities.
www.mprnews.org
February 4, 2026 at 3:45 PM
“If I am killed doing this, throw my body at the White House, martyr the shit out of me & raise hell. Do not be sad. Do not think I would do anything differently. I would do it over & over again — this is too important to sit down & shut up and not do anything.” www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...
www.propublica.org
February 4, 2026 at 11:46 PM
our government used a Blackhawk helicopter in a major American city, detained children and zip-tied U.S. citizens all to target... squatters
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
and the alleged Tren de Aragua presence? "It was a brutal lie against the American public."
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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as a journalist, the gutting of wapo makes me anxious; as an american, it makes me terrified
February 5, 2026 at 12:22 AM
as a journalist, the gutting of wapo makes me anxious; as an american, it makes me terrified