Whitney Bauck
@whitneybauck.bsky.social
Award-winning freelance journalist reporting @ the Guardian, Grist, WaPo, Bloomberg, etc
Particularly interested in solutions-focused reporting on climate, grassroots movements and fungi
https://whitneybauck.substack.com/
Particularly interested in solutions-focused reporting on climate, grassroots movements and fungi
https://whitneybauck.substack.com/
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Whitney Bauck
@whitneybauck.bsky.social
· Sep 18
Such an honor to have my story on the Palestinian Heirloom Seed Library for @theguardian.com win a 2025 @coveringclimatenow.org award.
Such heartbreak that the horrors that prompted me to write the story are still ongoing.
I'm proud of many of my stories, but this one in particular means a lot.
Such heartbreak that the horrors that prompted me to write the story are still ongoing.
I'm proud of many of my stories, but this one in particular means a lot.
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what we're cutting:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
what we're cutting:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
health care
food stamps
preschool
environmental protections
international aid
scientific research
what we're buying:
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I will eventually shut up about this but Bad Bunny’s use of the power lines is an outstanding example of how to communicate about climate and energy issues. Not about who is the smartest nerd in the room and spewing numbers but about people’s actual lives. Genius.
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 AM
I will eventually shut up about this but Bad Bunny’s use of the power lines is an outstanding example of how to communicate about climate and energy issues. Not about who is the smartest nerd in the room and spewing numbers but about people’s actual lives. Genius.
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Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Bad Bunny is telling the world that the people in Puerto Rico are American citizens and deserve reliable and resilient electricity and infrastructure investment from the U.S. government.
Join your local mycological society. Like birding, but for mushrooms
February 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Join your local mycological society. Like birding, but for mushrooms
Ooooooh this looks good you always have the best book recs
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Ooooooh this looks good you always have the best book recs
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Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
Virginia’s New Governor Ends ICE Program. Local Contracts Remain, For Now. - Bolts
Abigail Spanberger left the 287(g) program, which empowered state law enforcement to detain immigrants. Will Democrats also bar local police and sheriffs from the program?
boltsmag.org
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Abigail Spanberger this afternoon ordered that all state agencies leave ICE's 287(g) program. This means that the state police (and some other agencies) will no longer be empowered to detain and arrest people for ICE. boltsmag.org/virginia-spa...
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the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
February 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
the Barbara Kruger mural the chase is happening in front of reads:
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
"WHO IS BEYOND THE LAW? WHO IS BOUGHT AND SOLD? WHO IS FREE TO CHOOSE? WHO DOES THE TIME? WHO FOLLOWS ORDERS? WHO SALUTES LONGEST? WHO PRAYS LOUDEST? WHO DIES FIRST? WHO LAUGHS LAST?"
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Climate reporters are some of the kindest, most selfless, and most hardworking people around.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Climate reporters are some of the kindest, most selfless, and most hardworking people around.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
We need MORE of their work, not less. I'm grateful to everyone who has read and subscribed to support any kind of climate coverage over the years, ours or another newsroom's. Thanks for not turning away.
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Hey writers! March 14 I'm bringing back From Research to Draft, where we'll talk strategies for organizing and writing from research that will make you a happier and better writer. Early bird pricing through 2/8! jaimegreen.net/classes
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Hey writers! March 14 I'm bringing back From Research to Draft, where we'll talk strategies for organizing and writing from research that will make you a happier and better writer. Early bird pricing through 2/8! jaimegreen.net/classes
This is climate action. It’s still happening, even as climate seems to be fading from the national discourse
Today in the Rockaways, I stood with NYCHA residents to announce a $38M investment to bring clean, reliable heat pumps to Beach 41st Street Houses.
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is climate action. It’s still happening, even as climate seems to be fading from the national discourse
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you’ll miss us when we’re gone
February 4, 2026 at 5:22 PM
you’ll miss us when we’re gone
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journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 PM
journalists are workers who deserve to be paid fairly for our labor and I think that far too few consumers of media recognize or even care about this fact
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No, I do not want to be a “creator journalist” or “influencer” or run a newsletter by myself
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
February 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
No, I do not want to be a “creator journalist” or “influencer” or run a newsletter by myself
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
I want health insurance and a decent editor to work under and a team of comrades to work with, attend union meetings with, do good with
Launch the billionaires into the sun and pass out their wealth
One thing's clear: the law may be twisted such that the government can deem anyone it wants to punish a “domestic terrorist”.
But law and order are “actually supposed to be a reflection of the values of society," as Estes told me, and the protests make clear this is NOT the will of the people. /fin
But law and order are “actually supposed to be a reflection of the values of society," as Estes told me, and the protests make clear this is NOT the will of the people. /fin
February 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
One thing's clear: the law may be twisted such that the government can deem anyone it wants to punish a “domestic terrorist”.
But law and order are “actually supposed to be a reflection of the values of society," as Estes told me, and the protests make clear this is NOT the will of the people. /fin
But law and order are “actually supposed to be a reflection of the values of society," as Estes told me, and the protests make clear this is NOT the will of the people. /fin
According to @nicke.bsky.social, we can understand what's happening now as "a war on solidarity":
"White supremacy is meant to control white people first and foremost. So if they’re not complying with the status quo, and they’re trying to defend immigrant neighbors, I see this as retaliation."
"White supremacy is meant to control white people first and foremost. So if they’re not complying with the status quo, and they’re trying to defend immigrant neighbors, I see this as retaliation."
February 4, 2026 at 5:23 PM
According to @nicke.bsky.social, we can understand what's happening now as "a war on solidarity":
"White supremacy is meant to control white people first and foremost. So if they’re not complying with the status quo, and they’re trying to defend immigrant neighbors, I see this as retaliation."
"White supremacy is meant to control white people first and foremost. So if they’re not complying with the status quo, and they’re trying to defend immigrant neighbors, I see this as retaliation."
Of course, the country has long targeted those who dissent. Civil Rights leaders were surveilled and jailed, etc. One prof told me: "What had been happening to immigrants and to African Americans … is now happening across the board to middle-class white people."
February 4, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Of course, the country has long targeted those who dissent. Civil Rights leaders were surveilled and jailed, etc. One prof told me: "What had been happening to immigrants and to African Americans … is now happening across the board to middle-class white people."
In recent history: 29 anti-protest bills passed during Trump’s first term; 25 passed under Biden. These often crop up in response to large protest mvmts (think BLM, pro-Palestine student encampments, climate/pipeline protests like NoDAPL) www.icnl.org/usprotestlaw...
US Protest Law Tracker - ICNL
The US Protest Law Tracker, part of ICNL’s US Program, follows initiatives at the state and federal level since November 2016 that restrict the right to protest. Click this link to see the full Tracke...
www.icnl.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:19 PM
In recent history: 29 anti-protest bills passed during Trump’s first term; 25 passed under Biden. These often crop up in response to large protest mvmts (think BLM, pro-Palestine student encampments, climate/pipeline protests like NoDAPL) www.icnl.org/usprotestlaw...
The federal gov is calling protestors—and ICE watchers who are killed in the street—"domestic terrorists."
But as much as this approach seems to have ramped up under Trump, the criminalization of protest is as American as apple pie. New from me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But as much as this approach seems to have ramped up under Trump, the criminalization of protest is as American as apple pie. New from me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The criminalizing of protest and dissent has a long history in America
The Trump administration is accusing protesters of ‘domestic terrorism’ but this brazen tactic is as old as the country itself
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
The federal gov is calling protestors—and ICE watchers who are killed in the street—"domestic terrorists."
But as much as this approach seems to have ramped up under Trump, the criminalization of protest is as American as apple pie. New from me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
But as much as this approach seems to have ramped up under Trump, the criminalization of protest is as American as apple pie. New from me: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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This is about The Washington Post but it is also about the slow death of movie theaters, of book stores—the rapid integration of AI into schools—the Kennedy Center—the way so many people in power are afraid of art (and wow even sports) for the power it has to give people common language and cause.
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 PM
This is about The Washington Post but it is also about the slow death of movie theaters, of book stores—the rapid integration of AI into schools—the Kennedy Center—the way so many people in power are afraid of art (and wow even sports) for the power it has to give people common language and cause.
There was a whole TikTok musical exploring the theme of Phil’s immortality vs his wife’s mortality back in like 2021(?) that was legitimately very good
February 2, 2026 at 4:16 PM
There was a whole TikTok musical exploring the theme of Phil’s immortality vs his wife’s mortality back in like 2021(?) that was legitimately very good
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“As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is a leading indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy,” said CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social.
Read more on the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
Read more on the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
January 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
“As an international organization, we know that the treatment of journalists is a leading indicator of the condition of a country’s democracy,” said CPJ CEO @jodieginsberg.bsky.social.
Read more on the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
Read more on the arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort: cpj.org/2026/01/cpj-...
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Uber Eats, 2 other food delivery apps to pay $5M settlement over NYC minimum wage rules https://gothamist.com/news/uber-eats-2-other-food-delivery-apps-to-pay-5m-settlement-over-nyc-minimum-wage-rules
Uber Eats, 2 other food delivery apps to pay $5M settlement over NYC minimum wage rules
An Uber Eats worker's electric bike in Manhattan in 2022
The settlement comes as the Mamdani administration boosts enforcement of the city’s protections for gig economy workers. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Uber Eats, 2 other food delivery apps to pay $5M settlement over NYC minimum wage rules https://gothamist.com/news/uber-eats-2-other-food-delivery-apps-to-pay-5m-settlement-over-nyc-minimum-wage-rules
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X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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They are all Black journalists and Black politicians. Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are journalists. Trahern Jean Crews ran for Minnesota's House District 66B. Jamael Lydell Lundy is running for Minnesota Senate District 65.
feds have arrested jamael lundy alongside journalists georgia fort and don lemon for the protest at a st. paul church led by an ICE agent
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
lundy is currently running for state senate district 65 in minnesota. his wife is anika bowie, a st. paul city councilmember
www.jlundyforsd65.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
They are all Black journalists and Black politicians. Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are journalists. Trahern Jean Crews ran for Minnesota's House District 66B. Jamael Lydell Lundy is running for Minnesota Senate District 65.