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Dr. Shaina Sadai
@scienceshaina.bsky.social
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Climate scientist and critical physical geographer. Works on climate and sea level projections, corporate accountability, climate litigation, and climate justice.
Queer, disabled, vegan🌱🌈 She/her
Views expressed here are mine
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Dr. Shaina Sadai @scienceshaina.bsky.social · Mar 18
🚨New paper🚨
We attribute present day air temperature and sea level rise, as well as future projected sea level rise to the Carbon Majors, the 122 largest industrial fossil fuel and cement producers…more details below! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 1/n
🧪 #scicomm #ClimateSky #ClimateChange
Global mean temperature rise (left) and global mean sea level rise (right) compared across the control scenario (which has full historical emissions forcing) and the three counterfactuals where emissions from the Carbon Majors are removed. All counterfactual scenarios have lower temperature and sea level at present day. The 1854 and 1950 scenarios are similar and have the lowest present day temperature and sea level. Image via Sadai et al., 2025
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chanda.blacksky.app
Democracy dies in broad daylight under billionaire ownership
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 2h
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security. n.pr/4qAlWBj
Bezos orders deep job cuts at 'Washington Post'
The Washington Post embarked on severe cuts despite appeals by the newsroom to owner Jeff Bezos. The paper is to narrow its focus largely to politics and national security.
n.pr
February 4, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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gbrockell.bsky.social
We need more worker-governed news collectives NOW.

I WANT an editor.
I WANT a fact checker.
I NEED an attorney to defend my reporting against the fascist regime.

Freelancing is a nightmare right now, y’all. I can’t make enough to survive and I could have published 3X the news were I on staff.
karenho.bsky.social Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 2h
A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
February 4, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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jewishcurrents.bsky.social
Proud to co-publish this with The Guardian. Read our version of the report, with more details about timeline and process, here: jewishcurrents.org/researchers-...
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
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johnrplatt.bsky.social
Toxins beneath the rubble of Gaza: electronic waste is a silent bomb threatening people’s lives www.thecanary.co/global/world...
Toxins beneath the rubble of Gaza: electronic waste is a silent bomb threatening people's lives
Gaza’s war rubble hides a deadly threat: thousands of tonnes of toxic electronic waste poisoning land, water, and bodies
www.thecanary.co
February 3, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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colesci.bsky.social
And the planet by extension
NOAA CSL: 2025 News & Events: Within 15 years, plummeting satellites could release enough aluminum to alter winds, temps in the stratosphere
NOAA CSL 2025 News & Events: Archives of news, features, highlights, meetings, events, workshops, symposiums
csl.noaa.gov
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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jackmirkinson.bsky.social
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.

We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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andrewdessler.com
This is some shady sh*t: using gmail to avoid FOIA requests.

Also, not very successful since you're reading the email right now.
From: Steven Koonin <steven.koonin@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, August 4, 2025 10:53 AM To: climateman60@gmail.com; roy.spencer@nsstc.uah.edu; ross.mckitrick@gmail.com; 'Judith Curry' <curry.judith@gmail.com> Subject: keeping it to ourselves Importance: High We should be mindful that our email communications that go to DOE addresses are subject to FOIA. While I don't think we've been saying anything untoward in our recent group exchanges, one never knows how they might be twisted by those of nefarious intent. I'd therefore urge that we keep our future email communications restricted to the authors (except, of course, for matters that directly involve the DOE - like the recent Al query from the New Yorker). Steve Koonin PS Roy- is there are gmail address we can use for you, rather than the UAH address (which may itself be subject to FOIA)?
January 23, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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andrewdessler.com
to clarify, I did not reject the report b/c of their names. I read the report and concluded it was incompetent and biased, and rejected it for that reason.

See this for the receipts: essopenarchive.org/users/260056...
Climate Experts’ Review of the DOE Climate Working Group Report
In response to the Department of Energy's recent climate report, more than 85 scientists came together to submit a detailed rebuttal. Our motivation was simple: the DOE report misrepresents the state ...
essopenarchive.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 AM
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emorwee.bsky.social
Wrote myself a pep talk to get back to work tomorrow. It helped me. Hope it helps you.
I don't know how to do this
But I'm going to keep doing it anyway.
heated.world
January 26, 2026 at 12:19 AM
scienceshaina.bsky.social
"In both Israel & the US, the full force of the government has been engaged in pushing the alternative narrative & denying reality...They refuse to investigate the killings as they deflect & deny all evidence & pressure, signaling through this obstinance that their agents will enjoy full impunity"
January 26, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
"The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. ...

"Next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Stella Carlson said that before the shooting, the man was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather. "The gentleman I was standing next to was focused on helping people who were coming into Nicollet Avenue understand that they needed to take it slow and helping them get through. The ICE agents approached us, told us to back up, back up. I'm not even sure why we were helping them, if anything. And I got on the snow bank, and next thing I knew, they shot him," Carlson said.
January 24, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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jeffrueter.bsky.social
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
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pnas.org
Climate-driven changes in pine cone availability trigger mass movements of pine siskins known as irruptions, which can predict outbreaks of salmonellosis, a bacterial infection that can lead to severe illness in humans and other animals. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/w7ju50XWUyl
Pine siskin in Sherborn, Massachusetts. Stock photo.
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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pipagaopoetry.bsky.social
Thanks for writing, @juliametraux.bsky.social, in honour of Alice.

Crips for eSims for Gaza is in the red again, but you can donate here:

bit.ly/eSimsRUs

#ConnectingGaza
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The 16-year-old was dragged away and arrested by Worcester PD because she kicked the car ICE was holding her mother in as her mom was taken away. The day earlier, ICE had taken her dad as well.
May 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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zacklabe.com
2025 was the hottest year on record for ocean heat content. Unfortunately, we now say this every year. 🥹

"In addition to setting a new record in 2025, the global
ocean continues to show sustained and intensified warming."

+ #OpenAccess Study: doi.org/10.1007/s003...
+ Data: www.ocean.iap.ac.cn
Bar graph showing global ocean heat content change in the upper 2000 m from the late 1950s through 2025. There is a long-term warming in the time series, which is using IAP/CAS data.
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
As someone who has reported on deepfakes for years now, I’ve had a few moments while reporting on Grok where I feel sick to my stomach thinking about the continued escalation of sexual abuse with this technology and where it’s going. We’re not ready for this. And it didn’t have to be this way.
January 10, 2026 at 2:16 AM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
I reached out to more than three dozen X advertisers, xAI investors, politicians, and government agencies about the growing library of sexualized deepfakes generated with Grok—now including Renee Good. I only heard back from four, with three declining to comment.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-deepf...
Why isn't there a bigger Grok boycott?
Advertisers, politicians, and investors are still all-in on X, despite a sexual abuse crisis.
spitfirenews.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:04 PM
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manishakrishnan.bsky.social
New from @kattenbarge.bsky.social: X influencers are using Grok to unveil Muslim women in hijabs and show them being beaten by men. Women in sarees are also being stripped: www.wired.com/story/grok-i...
Grok Is Being Used to Mock and Strip Women in Hijabs and Sarees
A substantial number of AI images generated or edited with Grok are targeting women in religious and cultural clothing.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:51 AM
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boghuma.bsky.social
We are in the worst flu season in over a decade. Children have died. Hospitals are filled with people sick from flu.
13 million fewer Americans have taken the flu shot this season compared to last year.
www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-...
RFK Jr. says it may be "better" if fewer children receive the flu vaccine
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed there is "no scientific evidence" the flu vaccine prevents hospitalizations or death in children, despite previous CDC guidance.
www.cbsnews.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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newyorkstateag.bsky.social
I'm filing two lawsuits against the Trump administration for illegally trying to stop construction on offshore wind projects off Long Island that will power over a million homes.

New Yorkers deserve clean energy, good-paying union jobs, and a government that follows the law.
January 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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parismarx.com
Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.

It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.
Elon Musk’s X must be banned
Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world
disconnect.blog
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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tinylongwing.bsky.social
This winter's @instbirdpop.bsky.social thank you card might be my favorite one yet! I painted a pair of Sandhill Cranes investigating Ackerson Meadow in #Yosemite, where ongoing restoration of the meadow did actually draw in some of these birds during our 2025 banding season!

🎨 🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt 🌎
Digital painting of a pair of Sandhill Cranes in summer copper-stained plumage. They stand in shallow water running over meadow grasses, next to blooming larkspur, irises, and corn lily. In the background, Ackerson Mountain with its prior burn scar rises above a forest of conifers. The meadow is bordered with clumps of willow.
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Minneapolis public schools canceled classes officials after Roosevelt High School said armed Border Patrol officers came on school property during dismissal Wednesday and began tackling people, handcuffed two staff members and released chemical weapons on bystanders
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt
Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.
www.mprnews.org
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM