Mariah Blake
@mariahblake.bsky.social
Journalist. Author, They Poisoned the World: Life and Death in the Age of Forever Chemicals, out now. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/554198/they-poisoned-the-world-by-mariah-blake/
https://www.mariahblake.com
https://www.mariahblake.com
Pinned
Mariah Blake
@mariahblake.bsky.social
· May 6
Today is the day! After eight long years, They Poisoned the World, is out. The book interweaves the moving story of a small town on the frontlines of an epic global crisis with a deep investigation of one the most brazen cover-ups in corporate history. 1/
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A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Epstein Emails Show How the Powerful Talk About Race
The files reveal the disgraced financier’s interest in “race science.”
www.theatlantic.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
A great piece from @alibreland.bsky.social on Epstein's race science obsession—one he shares with much of the contemporary right wing elite www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
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Headlines like this make me proud as hell to be New Mexican. The Epstein 'truth commission' would investigate crimes committed on Epstein’s NM ranch, exposing perpetrators and accomplices whose names have been redacted.
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
'This state ... is not playing': Epstein 'truth commission' heads to House floor
Lawmakers advanced a resolution for a truth commission into Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes in New Mexico to the House floor.
www.santafenewmexican.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Headlines like this make me proud as hell to be New Mexican. The Epstein 'truth commission' would investigate crimes committed on Epstein’s NM ranch, exposing perpetrators and accomplices whose names have been redacted.
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
Headlines like this make me proud as hell to be New Mexican. The Epstein 'truth commission' would investigate crimes committed on Epstein’s NM ranch, exposing perpetrators and accomplices whose names have been redacted.
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
'This state ... is not playing': Epstein 'truth commission' heads to House floor
Lawmakers advanced a resolution for a truth commission into Jeffrey Epstein's alleged crimes in New Mexico to the House floor.
www.santafenewmexican.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Headlines like this make me proud as hell to be New Mexican. The Epstein 'truth commission' would investigate crimes committed on Epstein’s NM ranch, exposing perpetrators and accomplices whose names have been redacted.
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legisla...
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there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say
February 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
there isn’t a better Books desk in the country than the one at the Washington Post. I’m not really sure there’s anything else to say
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Acht Jahre Recherche, interne Konzernakten und die Geschichten betroffener Familie - „Die Vergiftung der Welt“ von der Investigativjournalistin Mariah Blake, vorgestellt auf pfasdilemma:
pfas-dilemma.info/medien/101-p...
#pfas #VergiftungderWelt
@mariahblake.bsky.social @danieldrepper.bsky.social
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#pfas #VergiftungderWelt
@mariahblake.bsky.social @danieldrepper.bsky.social
Die Vergiftung der Welt – Mariah Blakes Buch über den globalen PFAS-Skandal
„Die Vergiftung der Welt“ auf pfas-dilemma.info: US-Journalistin Mariah Blake deckt den globalen PFAS-Skandal auf, beschreibt gesundheitliche Risiken, Vertuschung durch Industrie und Politik, die Folg...
pfas-dilemma.info
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Acht Jahre Recherche, interne Konzernakten und die Geschichten betroffener Familie - „Die Vergiftung der Welt“ von der Investigativjournalistin Mariah Blake, vorgestellt auf pfasdilemma:
pfas-dilemma.info/medien/101-p...
#pfas #VergiftungderWelt
@mariahblake.bsky.social @danieldrepper.bsky.social
pfas-dilemma.info/medien/101-p...
#pfas #VergiftungderWelt
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Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
February 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Predicting that this week we’ll hear more conciliatory words from the Administration regarding Minnesota (since they’re starting to realize that ICE has become politically toxic) but everyone outside of Minnesota needs to know that nothing on the ground has changed.
Also grateful to be part of this crucial conversation with two people I deeply admire @laurelschaider.bsky.social and @wbrangham.bsky.social 🙏
Grateful to be part of this important discussion on #PFAS with the amazing @mariahblake.bsky.social and hosted by @wbrangham.bsky.social, anchor of Horizons from PBS News. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfYN...
How PFAS harm our health — and why they’re everywhere
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Also grateful to be part of this crucial conversation with two people I deeply admire @laurelschaider.bsky.social and @wbrangham.bsky.social 🙏
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I'm speechless. They Poisoned the World is a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award! #PFAS
pen.org/press-releas...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I'm speechless. They Poisoned the World is a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award! #PFAS
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
I'm speechless. They Poisoned the World is a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award! #PFAS
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 PM
I'm speechless. They Poisoned the World is a finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award! #PFAS
pen.org/press-releas...
pen.org/press-releas...
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good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
January 29, 2026 at 12:59 PM
good morning. (quilt by Melissa Laranjeira, via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...)
YES
"Videos Contradict Federal Accounts of Fatal Shooting"
@nytimes.com just dropped the "appear to" in front of the "contradict[s]." Anyone who knows anything about NYT headline writing knows how big a deal that is.
@nytimes.com just dropped the "appear to" in front of the "contradict[s]." Anyone who knows anything about NYT headline writing knows how big a deal that is.
January 25, 2026 at 3:22 PM
YES
Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 25, 2026
January 24, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
January 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
It’s hard to accurately describe what is happening in Minneapolis without sounding crazy.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Unmarked rental vans all over the city, with people in military gear and no id jumping out of them to take captive anyone who looks nonwhite or who makes political speech they disagree with.
Don’t look away
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Don’t look away
A hugely important and hopeful story out of Minnesota. 3M, which had been the world's largest manufacturer of toxic #PFAS since 1950s, has officially gotten out of the business.
www.startribune.com/3m-end-pfas-...
www.startribune.com/3m-end-pfas-...
3M ends PFAS manufacturing on schedule
The Maplewood-based company announced in 2022 it would cease producing using the “forever chemical” in the span of three years, though it still expects to use third-party PFAS in some products.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:40 AM
A hugely important and hopeful story out of Minnesota. 3M, which had been the world's largest manufacturer of toxic #PFAS since 1950s, has officially gotten out of the business.
www.startribune.com/3m-end-pfas-...
www.startribune.com/3m-end-pfas-...
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This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
Some news, as they say: The German edition of They Poisoned the World comes out on Feb. 25. You can preorder here: www.oekom.de/buch/die-ver...
#PFAS
#PFAS
January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Some news, as they say: The German edition of They Poisoned the World comes out on Feb. 25. You can preorder here: www.oekom.de/buch/die-ver...
#PFAS
#PFAS
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The @nytimes omits the part where the agent calls Good a “fucking bitch” right after shooting her in the face. But it devotes four paragraphs to absurd claims from the Trump camp & conservative pundits that the shooting was justified. Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
New Cellphone Video Shows ICE Agent’s Perspective Before Minneapolis Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
The @nytimes omits the part where the agent calls Good a “fucking bitch” right after shooting her in the face. But it devotes four paragraphs to absurd claims from the Trump camp & conservative pundits that the shooting was justified. Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
The @nytimes omits the part where the agent calls Good a “fucking bitch” right after shooting her in the face. But it devotes four paragraphs to absurd claims from the Trump camp & conservative pundits that the shooting was justified. Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
New Cellphone Video Shows ICE Agent’s Perspective Before Minneapolis Shooting
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:18 AM
The @nytimes omits the part where the agent calls Good a “fucking bitch” right after shooting her in the face. But it devotes four paragraphs to absurd claims from the Trump camp & conservative pundits that the shooting was justified. Shameful.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
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So, where are the Epstein Files?
January 9, 2026 at 11:31 PM
So, where are the Epstein Files?
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Our Local Reporting Network is open again for proposals! We're looking for accountability journalism projects from around the country. We cover your salary (up to $80k plus a stipend for benefits) plus provide editing and other support. Apply here:
Local Reporting Network Fellow
Remote, United States
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January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Our Local Reporting Network is open again for proposals! We're looking for accountability journalism projects from around the country. We cover your salary (up to $80k plus a stipend for benefits) plus provide editing and other support. Apply here:
Man, I can’t wait for this book to be out in the world! Do yourself a favor and preorder it now! bookshop.org/p/books/catc...
January 8, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Man, I can’t wait for this book to be out in the world! Do yourself a favor and preorder it now! bookshop.org/p/books/catc...