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"The MAHA movement is less an unstoppable powerhouse than a dysfunctional governing coalition, doing considerable damage to faith in vaccines and public health but incapable of staging even superficially persuasive vaccine-advisory meetings..."
Excellent stuff here 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Excellent stuff here 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Opinion | The MAHA Coalition Is Falling Apart
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2026 at 12:26 AM
"The MAHA movement is less an unstoppable powerhouse than a dysfunctional governing coalition, doing considerable damage to faith in vaccines and public health but incapable of staging even superficially persuasive vaccine-advisory meetings..."
Excellent stuff here 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Excellent stuff here 🎁
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
“The CDC peddled pseudo science in the middle of a pandemic,” Bhattacharya wrote on X in 2024, criticizing agency leaders’ past claim that widespread masking could end the coronavirus outbreak.
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White House taps Jay Bhattacharya, CDC critic, to lead agency for now
The co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration, which rebuked CDC’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, will oversee the nation’s leading public health agency.
wapo.st
February 18, 2026 at 10:55 PM
“The CDC peddled pseudo science in the middle of a pandemic,” Bhattacharya wrote on X in 2024, criticizing agency leaders’ past claim that widespread masking could end the coronavirus outbreak.
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NYT: Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop. #TimeCapsule2076
Glad to see our group's work featured in this @nytimes.com article on how different methane emission categories are changing over time. 🧵↓
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...
Methane Hunters Track Swamp Gas That Is Driving Climate Warming
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:11 PM
NYT: Methane emissions from wetlands are rising faster than those from industrial sources, prompting concerns about a climate feedback loop. #TimeCapsule2076
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"So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity."
www.reuters.com/world/allega...
www.reuters.com/world/allega...
Allegations in Epstein files may amount to 'crimes against humanity,' UN experts say
Millions of files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein suggest the existence of a "global criminal enterprise" that carried out acts meeting the legal threshold of crimes against humanity,...
www.reuters.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM
"So grave is the scale, nature, systematic character, and transnational reach of these atrocities against women and girls, that a number of them may reasonably meet the legal threshold of crimes against humanity."
www.reuters.com/world/allega...
www.reuters.com/world/allega...
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An interesting interpretation of George Washington that changes how we see him. He was an amazing personal creation. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-u...
The Uncanny Artifice of George Washington
I got a number of fascinating replies to yesterday’s post about the...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:18 PM
An interesting interpretation of George Washington that changes how we see him. He was an amazing personal creation. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-u...
"[...] he offered a vision of unity based on a misty idea of inherited “Western civilization”—Dante, Shakespeare, the Sistine Chapel, the Beatles—which would fight against the real enemies: not Russia, not China, but rather migration, the “climate cult,” and other forms of modern degeneracy."
!["[...] he offered a vision of unity based on a misty idea of inherited “Western civilization”—Dante, Shakespeare, the Sistine Chapel, the Beatles—which would fight against the real enemies: not Russia, not China, but rather migration, the “climate cult,” and other forms of modern degeneracy."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ambnwpswdsnwv4snf4focghl/bafkreidg5y44zvdh52txx4twpzcmi43z4b3654eobpuvzex5233bjs7vyu@jpeg)
February 17, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"[...] he offered a vision of unity based on a misty idea of inherited “Western civilization”—Dante, Shakespeare, the Sistine Chapel, the Beatles—which would fight against the real enemies: not Russia, not China, but rather migration, the “climate cult,” and other forms of modern degeneracy."
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America’s hard turn against renewables and climate action won’t be decisive for the climate future as long as other countries continue to move ahead...all MAGA will do is help make the United States backward, poorer, sicker and irrelevant" - @paulkrugman bluevirginia.us/2026/02/mond...
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 PM
America’s hard turn against renewables and climate action won’t be decisive for the climate future as long as other countries continue to move ahead...all MAGA will do is help make the United States backward, poorer, sicker and irrelevant" - @paulkrugman bluevirginia.us/2026/02/mond...
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On the second anniversary of his murder by Putin, reupping this tribute to Navalny:
Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny wapo.st/4alxEL3
Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny wapo.st/4alxEL3
Opinion | Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny
Alexei Navalny dreamed of a free Russia. Barbaric dictators such as Putin can kill men, but they cannot kill ideas.
wapo.st
February 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
On the second anniversary of his murder by Putin, reupping this tribute to Navalny:
Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny wapo.st/4alxEL3
Goodbye to my fearless friend, Alexei Navalny wapo.st/4alxEL3
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Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.
Alexei Navalny was killed by Russia with frog toxin, 5 European countries say
There is “no innocent explanation” for the presence of the toxin in Navalny’s body, the U.K. said on Saturday.
www.politico.eu
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Russia poisoned opposition politician Alexei Navalny with a toxin from a poison dart frog, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom said today.
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Just watched our Secretary of State laud the Scientific Revolution and deride climate science as a “cult,” almost in same breath.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Just watched our Secretary of State laud the Scientific Revolution and deride climate science as a “cult,” almost in same breath.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
The distorting effect of fossil fuel’s corrupt influence is astounding, like a warped fun-house mirror.
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Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
What Energy Secretary Wright gets wrong about the grid
Chris Wright trashed solar and wind for not providing much power during Winter Storm Fern — and ignored basic facts about how much renewables contribute…
www.canarymedia.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.
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Higher electricity costs for consumers is on purpose — paying back Trump’s big donors with your money. They hope you won’t see their game.
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Higher electricity costs for consumers is on purpose — paying back Trump’s big donors with your money. They hope you won’t see their game.
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Especially important in light of today's EPA news.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Especially important in light of today's EPA news.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
On how the privatization of climate data is creating a world where the best understanding of risk lives inside corporations, while the institutions of democracy increasingly struggle to insist upon full data and understanding. Essential reading.
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“Should the Arctic be refrozen?” (Gift article)
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
Should the Arctic be refrozen?
It is possible. But as an end in itself, it is not advisable
economist.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“Should the Arctic be refrozen?” (Gift article)
economist.com/science-and-...
economist.com/science-and-...
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“The move could leave American automakers even more dominated by gas-guzzling trucks and sport utility vehicles…as China and other nations continue to shift toward cleaner electric cars. That could leave them at a competitive disadvantage in coming years. “Our automakers are not going to survive,”
With Latest Rollback, the U.S. Essentially Has No Clean-Car Rules
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
“The move could leave American automakers even more dominated by gas-guzzling trucks and sport utility vehicles…as China and other nations continue to shift toward cleaner electric cars. That could leave them at a competitive disadvantage in coming years. “Our automakers are not going to survive,”
“We’re not continuing on the same path we had before,” said Robert Rohde, chief scientist at Berkeley Earth. “Something has changed.”
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Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened.
The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.
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February 14, 2026 at 11:31 PM
“We’re not continuing on the same path we had before,” said Robert Rohde, chief scientist at Berkeley Earth. “Something has changed.”
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colorado plays a linchpin role in weather and climate research. Weather and climate research are inseparable—climate is essentially the long-term statistics of weather. Unfortunately, the first step to dismantle NCAR seems to be underway...
A Climate Supercomputer Is Getting New Bosses. It’s Not Clear Who.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Colorado plays a linchpin role in weather and climate research. Weather and climate research are inseparable—climate is essentially the long-term statistics of weather. Unfortunately, the first step to dismantle NCAR seems to be underway...
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New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
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Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.
What the National Center for Atmospheric Research means to the atmospheric sciences
Born out of a time of great need for the federal government, NCAR plays a role with few analogues.
physicstoday.aip.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Great piece out today in Physics Today on historical origins, contemporary relevance, & fundamental irreplaceability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, which remains at imminent risk of dismantling for partisan political reasons.
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This was one of the most important stories of the day -- and one of the most underplayed.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30eddef...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30eddef...
Canada not on track to meet any climate targets, study finds
Country has moved away from its climate goals thanks to ‘a slackening of policy effort over the past year’
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 PM
This was one of the most important stories of the day -- and one of the most underplayed.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30eddef...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/30eddef...
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Trump and his enablers in the Republican Congress are slowing climate progress. The result will be real damage and loss of life from coastal inundation from rising sea levels, intensifying storms, more destructive wildfires and searing heat waves. But it won’t put a stop to global climate action.
Trump’s EPA can’t simply erase climate change — and we’ll all pay the price
On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency reversed its “endangerment finding," which found that greenhouse gases are a threat to human health.
www.sfchronicle.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Trump and his enablers in the Republican Congress are slowing climate progress. The result will be real damage and loss of life from coastal inundation from rising sea levels, intensifying storms, more destructive wildfires and searing heat waves. But it won’t put a stop to global climate action.
NYT: The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
#TimeCapsule2076 #KidsGaze
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The Trump EPA has fully abandoned its duty to protect the American people from greenhouse gas pollution and climate change.
The only winners today are Trump’s fossil fuel megadonors.
The only winners today are Trump’s fossil fuel megadonors.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:51 AM
NYT: The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.
#TimeCapsule2076 #KidsGaze
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This shameful abdication—an economic, moral, and political failure—will harm Americans’ health, homes, and economic well-being.
It ignores scientific fact and common-sense observations to serve big political donors.
It ignores scientific fact and common-sense observations to serve big political donors.
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.
Live updates: Trump's EPA revokes scientific finding that underpinned US fight against climate change
The Trump administration revoked a scientific finding at the center of U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, a significant rollback of regulations.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:17 PM
This shameful abdication—an economic, moral, and political failure—will harm Americans’ health, homes, and economic well-being.
It ignores scientific fact and common-sense observations to serve big political donors.
It ignores scientific fact and common-sense observations to serve big political donors.
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Hey folks:
This morning’s podcast episode on Contempt and Power—and the many ways that folks in power are showing contempt for We the People.
www.youtube.com/live/Vl1vsCu...
This morning’s podcast episode on Contempt and Power—and the many ways that folks in power are showing contempt for We the People.
www.youtube.com/live/Vl1vsCu...
Contempt and Power
YouTube video by Dr. Joanne Freeman
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Hey folks:
This morning’s podcast episode on Contempt and Power—and the many ways that folks in power are showing contempt for We the People.
www.youtube.com/live/Vl1vsCu...
This morning’s podcast episode on Contempt and Power—and the many ways that folks in power are showing contempt for We the People.
www.youtube.com/live/Vl1vsCu...
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It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Documents offer new details about the origins of the EPA's attempt to deregulate pollution
MS NOW has reviewed documents revealed as a result of an earlier lawsuit filed last August by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
www.ms.now
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.