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Peter Aldhous
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Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org.
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... at a party balloon. Well done everyone. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...
Customs and Border Protection Said to Have Fired Anti-Drone Laser That Triggered Airspace Closure
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:20 AM
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insideclimatenews.org
The Guadalupe River flooded catastrophically in 1998. This was before the fracking boom put hundreds of massive oil tanks in its floodplains in the Eagle Ford Shale. Now, locals worry a repeat could trigger an environmental disaster.
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain - Inside Climate News
Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.
insideclimatenews.org
February 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
peteraldhous.com
Anything under 15 minutes doesn’t do it justice
February 11, 2026 at 7:28 AM
peteraldhous.com
Strong student reporting from the Epstein files
thedailytexan.com/2026/02/10/f...
Former professor requested thousands from Jeffrey Epstein Foundation to fund campus rape policy conference
Content warning: This story contains discussion of pedophilia, sexual assault, harassment, rape and suicide. A former UT Classics professor requested over $10,000 from Jeffrey Epstein’s charitable org...
thedailytexan.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:10 AM
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sambrasch.bsky.social
NEW: There's been another round of layoffs at the lab formerly known as NREL.

Weeks after scrubbing “renewable energy” from its name, the National Laboratory of the Rockies in Golden has cut 134 staffers.

www.cpr.org/2026/02/09/n...
National Lab of the Rockies, formerly NREL, lays off more than 130 employees
The cuts impacted staffers engaged in both research and operations at the lab.
www.cpr.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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cspolar.bsky.social
You gotta appreciate a reporter who gets a tip from ... a nun.
Hear @dylanbaddour.bsky.social explain his tipster and his latest data-rich investigation about the effect on fracking on Texas floodplains. He and @peteraldhous.com are on ICN's Sunday Morning: insideclimatenews.org/news/0802202...
Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain - Inside Climate News
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, Texas reporter Dylan Baddour and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss ICN’s new investigation into how the fracking boom put an ...
insideclimatenews.org
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
peteraldhous.com
Here's @texastribune.org with our @insideclimatenews.org story on flood hazards to tank batteries and other oil industry infrastructure in the Guadalupe River Basin. w/ @dylanbaddour.bsky.social
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/09/t...
Fracking boom put oil field in Texas river’s floodplain
Lack of a state floodplain policy enabled oil companies to build in parts of Texas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.
www.texastribune.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
peteraldhous.com
ICYMI at the weekend: @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I on flood hazards to oil industry infrastructure in the Guadalupe River floodplains insideclimatenews.org/news/0802202...
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain - Inside Climate News
Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.
insideclimatenews.org
February 9, 2026 at 3:50 PM
peteraldhous.com
EXTRA: @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I were interviewed about our story on flood hazards for oil infrastructure in the Guadalupe River basin by @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social for the @insideclimatenews.org Sunday Morning video:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0802202...
Disaster Looms on the Guadalupe River Floodplain - Inside Climate News
Go behind the scenes with managing editor Jamie Smith Hopkins, Texas reporter Dylan Baddour and data journalist Peter Aldhous as they discuss ICN’s new investigation into how the fracking boom put an ...
insideclimatenews.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:26 PM
peteraldhous.com
NEW from @dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I for @insideclimatenews.org
‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain
insideclimatenews.org/news/0802202...
February 8, 2026 at 4:21 PM
peteraldhous.com
One small mercy in all of this mess is that to my knowledge we have been spared Lawrence Krauss's planned book on #MeToo
February 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM
peteraldhous.com
Synthesis of the murky world of Epstein, Tech Bros, Science Bros, Edge/Brockman Bros. Glad to see the extensive links, including to my reporting from 2018-19.
www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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It's a conundrum ...

(Background: www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pete...)
February 7, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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1/3) To add to @danvergano.bsky.social's reporting: In 2014-15, Epstein ($250K) & Leon Black ($2M) were funding L. Krauss' Origins Project as a strategy to gain influence [via @peteraldhous.com)
buzzfeednews.com/article/pete.... SciAm EIC @mdichristina.bsky.social was Origins board member at time.
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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danvergano.bsky.social
Epstein files show a complicated relationship with science and journalism

Jeffrey Epstein aggressively sought access to publishers, mentions of Scientific American and other media in Department of Justice files show

www.scientificamerican.com/article/epst...
Epstein files show a complicated relationship with science and journalism
Jeffrey Epstein aggressively sought access to publishers, mentions of Scientific American and other media in Department of Justice files show
www.scientificamerican.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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simonwillison.net
The CIA just stopped publishing their World Factbook and took every page, including the archived copies of previous versions!

This sucks. It was public domain, so I recovered the 2020 edition (the last one published as a zip file) and shared it to GitHub simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/t...
Spotlighting The World Factbook as We Bid a Fond Farewell
Somewhat devastating news today from the CIA: One of CIA’s oldest and most recognizable intelligence publications, The World Factbook, has sunset. There's not even a hint as to why they …
simonwillison.net
February 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
peteraldhous.com
👀 Martin Nowak, Harvard mathematical biologist, was supposed to get $5 million from Jeffrey Epstein's estate
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Epstein’s Trust Reveals Who Would Inherit His Fortune
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
peteraldhous.com
Perhaps the current owners are departing via vertical take off, performing a couple of barrel rolls, and therefore not leaving that particular fixture behind
February 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Accidental SVG art from a current project
February 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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ICYMI from the weekend:
@dylanbaddour.bsky.social and I on a surge in pollutant emissions from oil and gas facilities in Texas in the big freeze
insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather - Inside Climate News
As freezing temperatures swept over West Texas last week, leaky pipeline systems in the Permian Basin of West Texas began to suck in air, spoiling their products, risking an explosion and leading oper...
insideclimatenews.org
February 2, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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cspolar.bsky.social
Four days of icy weather in Texas = oil, gas and petrochemical facilities released 1.6 million pounds of regulated pollutants. Companies were allowed to vent or burn off pollutants, because of "enforcement discretion" during the big freeze. ICN did the data: insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather - Inside Climate News
As freezing temperatures swept over West Texas last week, leaky pipeline systems in the Permian Basin of West Texas began to suck in air, spoiling their products, risking an explosion and leading oper...
insideclimatenews.org
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM
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kevincollier.bsky.social
Every journalist whose theat model includes this administration/the federal government needs to be aware of this. Signal for desktop + touch ID + they have a warrant = the feds can read any of your signal messages that haven't disappeared.
runasand.bsky.social Runa Sandvik @runasand.bsky.social · 11d
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 11:37 PM
peteraldhous.com
NEW from me with @dylanbaddour.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org:
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather
insideclimatenews.org/news/3101202...
Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather - Inside Climate News
As freezing temperatures swept over West Texas last week, leaky pipeline systems in the Permian Basin of West Texas began to suck in air, spoiling their products, risking an explosion and leading oper...
insideclimatenews.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:50 PM
peteraldhous.com
Touched by the hand of Ofra Haza ...
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Temple of Love - 1992
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January 27, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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keertigopal.bsky.social
A team effort today on the winter storm's wide reaching impacts, climate change, FEMA cuts and the health hazards of extreme cold. Stay warm and check on your elderly and unhoused neighbors!

insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...
A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response - Inside Climate News
A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the secon...
insideclimatenews.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM