Isaac Stone Simonelli
@simonelli.bsky.social
Journalist focused on domestic extremism, threats to democracy | @ASU Investigative Journalism Master’s | Former Reporter @ArizCIR; Editor Kodiak Daily Mirror, M.E. Phuket Gazette.
Likes rocks. Likes mushrooms. Likes being outside.
Likes rocks. Likes mushrooms. Likes being outside.
With historic Salish Sea corals, researchers at the University of Washington unlocked important insights into ocean acidification, which has economic, biological and cultural impacts in the region.
@uwnews.uw.edu
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...
@uwnews.uw.edu
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...
Cold water corals in Salish Sea unlock new insights into ocean health | Cascadia Daily News
Study: Acidification in the Pacific foreshadows world's other waters
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
With historic Salish Sea corals, researchers at the University of Washington unlocked important insights into ocean acidification, which has economic, biological and cultural impacts in the region.
@uwnews.uw.edu
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...
@uwnews.uw.edu
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/13/...
🧵 Recent story for @cascadiadaily.com: A female detective with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is alleging a decade of workplace discrimination, retaliation and hostility, including the circulation among co-workers of a sexual AI-generated video of her.
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/10/...
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/10/...
Detective alleges co-worker made ‘disgusting’ AI video of her, shared around Sheriff’s Office | Cascadia Daily News
$30M tort claim details decade of hostility in Whatcom County agency
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🧵 Recent story for @cascadiadaily.com: A female detective with the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office is alleging a decade of workplace discrimination, retaliation and hostility, including the circulation among co-workers of a sexual AI-generated video of her.
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/10/...
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/nov/10/...
Inspiring profile about my talented colleague Eric Trent overcoming addiction and finding his way to journalism. Many paths lead to this field, and it's all the richer and more compassionate because of it.
salish-current.org/2025/11/10/l...
Great work by @matt-benoit.bsky.social on the piece!
salish-current.org/2025/11/10/l...
Great work by @matt-benoit.bsky.social on the piece!
Life in sobriety 'works out well' for news producer
Eric Trent spent 12 years as a drug addict. He’s turned his sobriety into a successful career in journalism.
salish-current.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Inspiring profile about my talented colleague Eric Trent overcoming addiction and finding his way to journalism. Many paths lead to this field, and it's all the richer and more compassionate because of it.
salish-current.org/2025/11/10/l...
Great work by @matt-benoit.bsky.social on the piece!
salish-current.org/2025/11/10/l...
Great work by @matt-benoit.bsky.social on the piece!
A REAL Department of Homeland Security press release headline: "This Halloween These Monsters Are Off American Streets Thanks to the Brave Men and Women of ICE Law Enforcement" ...
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
A REAL Department of Homeland Security press release headline: "This Halloween These Monsters Are Off American Streets Thanks to the Brave Men and Women of ICE Law Enforcement" ...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Welcome to Decoherence Media, an independent nonprofit founded by @jennefer.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee that investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
Welcome to Decoherence Media!
We're an independent, journalist-founded nonprofit investigating authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
decoherence.media
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Welcome to Decoherence Media, an independent nonprofit founded by @jennefer.bsky.social and @tristanl.ee that investigates authoritarian and anti-democratic movements using open-source and data-driven methods.
A break from difficult stories to remind folks to get outside, document cool mushrooms and make contributions to science this week!
@cascadiadaily.com
@mycotae.bsky.social
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/15/...
@cascadiadaily.com
@mycotae.bsky.social
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/15/...
Fungi enthusiasts invited to join mushroom documenting quest this week | Cascadia Daily News
10-day Continental MycoBlitz helps improve science’s understanding of the kingdom
www.cascadiadaily.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A break from difficult stories to remind folks to get outside, document cool mushrooms and make contributions to science this week!
@cascadiadaily.com
@mycotae.bsky.social
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/15/...
@cascadiadaily.com
@mycotae.bsky.social
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/15/...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
A peaceful protestor was arrested yesterday in Portland and taken across state lines to a jail in Vancouver, WA. Her husband had no clue where she was at and didn’t find out until 2AM this morning that she was taken to Washington state.
#portland #washington
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
#portland #washington
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
October 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
A peaceful protestor was arrested yesterday in Portland and taken across state lines to a jail in Vancouver, WA. Her husband had no clue where she was at and didn’t find out until 2AM this morning that she was taken to Washington state.
#portland #washington
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
#portland #washington
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
grist.org
October 11, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New report examines fossil fuel ties of dozens of Trump administration hires.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
grist.org/accountabili...
#Politics #Oil #FossilFuel #Politics #Report #News
🧵 There's nearly a decade's worth of history leading up to this moment at the AltaGas LPG terminal at Cherry Point...
The facility is the only major LPG exporter on the West Coast, a strategic advantage for supplying butane and propane to Asian markets.
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/12/...
The facility is the only major LPG exporter on the West Coast, a strategic advantage for supplying butane and propane to Asian markets.
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/12/...
Environmentalists challenge county over fossil fuel terminal’s impact on Salish Sea | Cascadia Daily News
Whatcom County defends ‘robust’ assessment of AltaGas expansion
www.cascadiadaily.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🧵 There's nearly a decade's worth of history leading up to this moment at the AltaGas LPG terminal at Cherry Point...
The facility is the only major LPG exporter on the West Coast, a strategic advantage for supplying butane and propane to Asian markets.
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/12/...
The facility is the only major LPG exporter on the West Coast, a strategic advantage for supplying butane and propane to Asian markets.
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/oct/12/...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare
A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...
www.404media.co
October 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Great analysis of the broader budget landscape by @simonelli.bsky.social
‘Doing less with less people’ — local governments brace for cutbacks | Cascadia Daily News
Declining revenue, higher costs and federal money gone put elected leaders in tough spot
www.cascadiadaily.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Great analysis of the broader budget landscape by @simonelli.bsky.social
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Did you miss our "Earthquakes and Tsunamis 101" webinar?
Thank you to everyone who attended and asked questions- using this opportunity to learn about earthquake and tsunami hazards and preparedness before the Great ShakeOut on 10/16!
Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Ty...
Thank you to everyone who attended and asked questions- using this opportunity to learn about earthquake and tsunami hazards and preparedness before the Great ShakeOut on 10/16!
Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Ty...
Washington Earthquakes and Tsunamis 101
YouTube video by EMDPrepare
www.youtube.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Did you miss our "Earthquakes and Tsunamis 101" webinar?
Thank you to everyone who attended and asked questions- using this opportunity to learn about earthquake and tsunami hazards and preparedness before the Great ShakeOut on 10/16!
Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Ty...
Thank you to everyone who attended and asked questions- using this opportunity to learn about earthquake and tsunami hazards and preparedness before the Great ShakeOut on 10/16!
Here's the recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Ty...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
A recently published paper investigates how to counter misinformation about voter and election fraud. Turns out, CDN's mini series last year was on point. So, we're bringing it back.
Pre-bunking an effective way to combat election misinformation | Cascadia Daily News
CDN prepares to dust off award-winning breakdown of Whatcom County election system
www.cascadiadaily.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A recently published paper investigates how to counter misinformation about voter and election fraud. Turns out, CDN's mini series last year was on point. So, we're bringing it back.
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Seattle City Light is pushing to further delay the relicensing of its dams on the Skagit River “to allow time to resolve outstanding matters.” Non-disclosure has obscured the complex process that sets to chart the future of the Skagit for decades to come.
Relicensing of Skagit hydroelectric dams delayed | Cascadia Daily News
Nondisclosure agreement obscures ‘new issues’ in City Light hold up; letter to Seattle mayor claims ‘bad faith negotiations’
www.cascadiadaily.com
September 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Seattle City Light is pushing to further delay the relicensing of its dams on the Skagit River “to allow time to resolve outstanding matters.” Non-disclosure has obscured the complex process that sets to chart the future of the Skagit for decades to come.
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
September 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals.
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
grist.org/science/us-m...
#Mining #Climate #Mines #Lithium #EV #Batteries #Minerals
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
grist.org/science/us-m...
#Mining #Climate #Mines #Lithium #EV #Batteries #Minerals
US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals
The U.S. discards vast quantities of critical minerals in mine waste each year - including enough lithium to power 10 million EVs.
grist.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
US mines are literally throwing away critical minerals.
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
grist.org/science/us-m...
#Mining #Climate #Mines #Lithium #EV #Batteries #Minerals
There’s enough lithium in one year of U.S. mine waste to power 10 million electric vehicles.
grist.org/science/us-m...
#Mining #Climate #Mines #Lithium #EV #Batteries #Minerals
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe said it withdrew its support of the relicensing of Seattle City Light's hydroelectric dams in a letter to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell sent in July.
The tribe alleged the public utility company had been negotiating in "bad faith."
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/17/...
The tribe alleged the public utility company had been negotiating in "bad faith."
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/17/...
Relicensing of Skagit hydroelectric dams delayed | Cascadia Daily News
Nondisclosure agreement obscures ‘new issues’ in City Light hold up; letter to Seattle mayor claims ‘bad faith negotiations’
www.cascadiadaily.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe said it withdrew its support of the relicensing of Seattle City Light's hydroelectric dams in a letter to Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell sent in July.
The tribe alleged the public utility company had been negotiating in "bad faith."
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/17/...
The tribe alleged the public utility company had been negotiating in "bad faith."
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/17/...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much.
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
grist.org/global-indig...
#Climate #Indigenous #Tribes #Environment #GreenSky
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
grist.org/global-indig...
#Climate #Indigenous #Tribes #Environment #GreenSky
Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much.
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
grist.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Defending the Earth is deadly work. A new report illuminates how much.
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
grist.org/global-indig...
#Climate #Indigenous #Tribes #Environment #GreenSky
Nearly 150 land and environment defenders were killed or disappeared last year, most for standing up to mining and logging.
grist.org/global-indig...
#Climate #Indigenous #Tribes #Environment #GreenSky
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Today is my book's birthday! 🎂 It happens to be around $12 on Amazon right now, which is a steal (if you can handle Amazon).
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
The Highest Law in the Land by Jessica Pishko: 9780593471319 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Shortlisted for Columbia Journalism School’s J. Anthony Lukas Award A Publishers Lunch NonFiction Buzz Book| Named Most Anticipated by Los Angeles Times A leading authority on sheriffs investigat...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Today is my book's birthday! 🎂 It happens to be around $12 on Amazon right now, which is a steal (if you can handle Amazon).
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/707263...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
A bill introduced by Michigan lawmakers last week would ban pornography, ASMR, depictions of transgender people, and VPNs for anyone using the internet in the state.
🔗 www.404media.co/michigan-por...
🔗 www.404media.co/michigan-por...
Michigan Lawmakers Are Attempting to Ban Porn Entirely
The "Anticorruption of Public Morals Act" proposes a total ban on porn in the state, and also targets the existence of trans people online, content like erotic ASMR, and selling VPNs in the state.
www.404media.co
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A bill introduced by Michigan lawmakers last week would ban pornography, ASMR, depictions of transgender people, and VPNs for anyone using the internet in the state.
🔗 www.404media.co/michigan-por...
🔗 www.404media.co/michigan-por...
Mount Vernon restaurant owner illegally bought black bear parts — two dozen paws with the claws still attached, six livers and 13 gall bladders — from undercover WDFW officers, according to court documents. @cascadiadaily.com
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/15/...
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/15/...
Skagit woman pleads guilty to illegally trafficking in black bear parts | Cascadia Daily News
Despite months of undercover work, 8 charges dropped
www.cascadiadaily.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Mount Vernon restaurant owner illegally bought black bear parts — two dozen paws with the claws still attached, six livers and 13 gall bladders — from undercover WDFW officers, according to court documents. @cascadiadaily.com
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/15/...
www.cascadiadaily.com/2025/sep/15/...
Reposted by Isaac Stone Simonelli
Get this book by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social it is really helpful for understanding the time we are in.
September 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Get this book by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social it is really helpful for understanding the time we are in.