Peter Aldhous
@peteraldhous.com
Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org.
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"Fucking magnets, how do they work?"
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November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
"Fucking magnets, how do they work?"
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A cave. (This one cost me nothing.)
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
A cave. (This one cost me nothing.)
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Wishing you all a happy Carl Sagan Day (born this day in 1934).
Fascinating to see his note summarizing the key topics he planned to discuss during his 1977 meeting with President Carter. ("Wonder"!) 🧪🔭
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Fascinating to see his note summarizing the key topics he planned to discuss during his 1977 meeting with President Carter. ("Wonder"!) 🧪🔭
www.loc.gov/collections/...
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Wishing you all a happy Carl Sagan Day (born this day in 1934).
Fascinating to see his note summarizing the key topics he planned to discuss during his 1977 meeting with President Carter. ("Wonder"!) 🧪🔭
www.loc.gov/collections/...
Fascinating to see his note summarizing the key topics he planned to discuss during his 1977 meeting with President Carter. ("Wonder"!) 🧪🔭
www.loc.gov/collections/...
Antifa with broomsticks
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Antifa with broomsticks
Utterly grim
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
Hundreds of dolphins found dead in Amazon lake were in water hotter than a jacuzzi, study finds
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Utterly grim
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
www.cbsnews.com/news/dolphin...
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Great way to track how the Trump adm is faring in court on enviro issues. So far: 6 wins, 5 losses & 3 more a mixed ruling. This chart is regularly updated so stay tuned as the courts steer the future of the planet @mlavelle.bsky.social @peteraldhous.com
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Inside Climate News
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
insideclimatenews.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great way to track how the Trump adm is faring in court on enviro issues. So far: 6 wins, 5 losses & 3 more a mixed ruling. This chart is regularly updated so stay tuned as the courts steer the future of the planet @mlavelle.bsky.social @peteraldhous.com
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
November 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
If we do not seriously move away from burning fossil fuels, hurricanes like Melissa will only become worse. Already today Melissa tested the limits of what preparedness and adaptation can do. These limits are very real for everyone in the Caribbean. www.worldweatherattribution.org/climate-chan...
Election roundup from @mlavelle.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org
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Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs - Inside Climate News
Voters’ frustration with high power bills helped propel Democrats to victory in New Jersey, Virginia and Georgia. Climate advocates stressed how Trump’s rollbacks of clean energy add to the pain.
insideclimatenews.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Election roundup from @mlavelle.bsky.social @insideclimatenews.org
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Looking good, San Francisco
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Looking good, San Francisco
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NEW from
@insideclimatenews.org and thanks to @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
@insideclimatenews.org and thanks to @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard - Inside Climate News
Tracking federal lawsuits on climate and environmental actions and policies in which the Trump administration is a party.
insideclimatenews.org
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
NEW from
@insideclimatenews.org and thanks to @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
@insideclimatenews.org and thanks to @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
The Nonprofit Feeding the Entire Internet to AI Companies
Common Crawl claims to provide a public benefit, but it lies to publishers about its activities.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:15 PM
NEW: Common Crawl, the massive archiver of the web, has gotten cozy with AI companies and is providing paywalled articles for training data. They’re also lying to publishers who have asked for material to be removed. “The robots are people too,” CC’s exec director told us when we asked about this.
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At @insideclimatenews.org, we're keeping track of environmental lawsuits involving the Trump administration thanks to great work by my colleagues @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social. Keep this one handy: insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At @insideclimatenews.org, we're keeping track of environmental lawsuits involving the Trump administration thanks to great work by my colleagues @peteraldhous.com and @mlavelle.bsky.social. Keep this one handy: insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEW from @insideclimatenews.org:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
An updating tracker of federal lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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Imagine splitting open a rock and seeing this.
A paper in Scientific Reports presents the origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell. go.nature.com/48OT5DX #Paleosky ⚒️ 🧪
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Imagine splitting open a rock and seeing this.
NEW with @mlavelle.bsky.social:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
@insideclimatenews.org updating tracker of lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
@insideclimatenews.org updating tracker of lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
November 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
NEW with @mlavelle.bsky.social:
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
@insideclimatenews.org updating tracker of lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
Trump 2.0 Environmental Case Scorecard
@insideclimatenews.org updating tracker of lawsuits involving the Trump administration
insideclimatenews.org/news/0411202...
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New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
Shame on Sheffield Hallam University
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Shame on Sheffield Hallam University
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🗣️📈 Today, I'm happy to release a new tool empowering chatbots like AnthropicAI's Claude to create charts with Datawrapper, a leading newsroom tool for publishing data.
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
🗣️📈 Today, I'm happy to release a new tool empowering chatbots like AnthropicAI's Claude to create charts with Datawrapper, a leading newsroom tool for publishing data.
Congrats Jeff Kelly Lowenstein of ccij.io for election to board of @gijn.org!
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gijn.org/stories/gijn...
Welcome - Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism
We are a nonprofit media organization that convenes and leads global investigations ground in strategic mentorship.
ccij.io
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congrats Jeff Kelly Lowenstein of ccij.io for election to board of @gijn.org!
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gijn.org/stories/gijn...
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Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting!
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
Captured - Inside Climate News
insideclimatenews.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grateful to Peter for his stellar data analysis work, which produced maps letting people see how many lbs. of two highly toxic pesticides, including the carcinogen 1,3-D, growers applied near their kids' schools. It's an invaluable public service CA regulators should have been providing all along.
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Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
SPJ NorCal Honors 2025 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners « SPJ NorCal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025
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October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Honored to share an @spj-norcal.bsky.social Excellence in Journalism award for investigative reporting with @peteraldhous.com for our @insideclimatenews.org Captured series, which shows how pesticide regulators serve industry over health. Congrats to the other winners! spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting!
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
Captured - Inside Climate News
insideclimatenews.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Pleased to pick up an @spj-norcal.bsky.social award with @lizagross.bsky.social for investigative reporting!
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
spjnorcal.org/2025/10/30/s...
For this @insideclimatenews.org series:
Captured: How pesticide regulators place industry profits above public health
insideclimatenews.org/project/capt...
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Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated. Trump Halted Efforts to Fix It.
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...
www.propublica.org/article/epa-...