John Ryan
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social
KUOW Public Radio environment reporter. Seattle. Is this thing on?
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· Jan 30
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Agreed!
i find it so off-putting when you watch journalists interviewing politicians and you can tell they’re friendly, all in a big club that doesn’t serve the public’s interests. access journalism is the opposite of accountability journalism.
November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Agreed!
In the annals of dumb crimes, add this one:
November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
In the annals of dumb crimes, add this one:
in which the President of the United States excuses the murder of a journalist and childishly insults and threatens others:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
Trump Berates One Reporter and Tells Another,‘Quiet Piggy’
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
in which the President of the United States excuses the murder of a journalist and childishly insults and threatens others:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
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abject cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
abject cowardice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/b...
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First Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 40 years ago yesterday. 🐯 👦🏼
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
First Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 40 years ago yesterday. 🐯 👦🏼
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The stakes: Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The stakes: Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Politico: “‘President Trump has nothing to hide, but the Democrats should be very scared because they have secrets to hide,’ said a second White House official, granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking.”
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
Not for nothing but if you’re gonna print the Trump White House’s attack strategy verbatim you might want to offer an assessment of whether it will actually work? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘Democrats are going to come to regret this’: After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack
The White House is frustrated about being backed into a corner on the Epstein vote. They plan to punish Democrats for it.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Politico: “‘President Trump has nothing to hide, but the Democrats should be very scared because they have secrets to hide,’ said a second White House official, granted anonymity to discuss internal thinking.”
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
This is malpractice. You don’t grant officials anonymity to lie.
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As if the millions of deaths from Trump & Musk shutting USAID weren't enough, Trump is going to kill at least a million more with his climate-change-accelerating policies - must-read from @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Anti-Green Agenda Could Lead to 1.3 Million More Climate Deaths. The Poorest Countries Will Be Impacted Most.
Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
As if the millions of deaths from Trump & Musk shutting USAID weren't enough, Trump is going to kill at least a million more with his climate-change-accelerating policies - must-read from @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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And David Ellison, the new owner of CBS.
TIME magazine owner Marc Benioff was among the dignitaries dining last night with Mohammed bin Salman, who approved the murder of a journalist. e.ejewishphilanthropy.com/deliveries/d...
Good Wednesday morning!
e.ejewishphilanthropy.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
And David Ellison, the new owner of CBS.
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Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun. n.pr/48nQMqI
Killing the whole field?
I'm not dead yet.
I'm not dead yet.
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Killing the whole field?
I'm not dead yet.
I'm not dead yet.
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Spill-response crews planned to start digging up a blueberry farm near Everett on Tuesday to find the cause of a jet-fuel spill that shut down the Pacific Northwest’s primary oil pipeline.
Jet fuel spill shuts down Northwest's main oil pipeline
Spill-response crews planned to start digging up a blueberry farm near Everett on Tuesday to find the cause of a jet-fuel spill that shut down the Pacific Northwest’s primary oil pipeline.
www.kuow.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Spill-response crews planned to start digging up a blueberry farm near Everett on Tuesday to find the cause of a jet-fuel spill that shut down the Pacific Northwest’s primary oil pipeline.
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literally one of those moments where i am agog and aghast at the state of things. this is not how you talk to people! this is not how ANYone ANYwhere should talk to people, let alone a politician, let alone a president, and it's a nothingburger!!!
i think 'quiet piggy' is an impeachable offense
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
literally one of those moments where i am agog and aghast at the state of things. this is not how you talk to people! this is not how ANYone ANYwhere should talk to people, let alone a politician, let alone a president, and it's a nothingburger!!!
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They're right. Please record in landscape.
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
They're right. Please record in landscape.
This morning I could get upset at all the stunningly unethical and harmful behavior by powerful people, or I could get upset at how many people who should know better keep saying "between you and I."
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I have chosen the latter.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I have chosen the latter.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This morning I could get upset at all the stunningly unethical and harmful behavior by powerful people, or I could get upset at how many people who should know better keep saying "between you and I."
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I have chosen the latter.
BETWEEN YOU AND ME, I have chosen the latter.
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I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I attended a talk by a scientist at a Chinese University and realized that all the background climate data that she used came from the US (CO₂ Keeling Curve, global temperature time series, etc.). Although China funds a lot of research, the destruction of US science will affect science globally.
RIP Dead Guy Ale 💀
kmun.org/rogue-brewer...
kmun.org/rogue-brewer...
Rogue Brewery closes at Pier 39, other locations - KMUN
Oregon brewery Rogue Ales and Spirits abruptly ceased operations at all of its facilities Friday morning. Employees learned about the closure that same morning. The company operates pubs in Astoria, ...
kmun.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
RIP Dead Guy Ale 💀
kmun.org/rogue-brewer...
kmun.org/rogue-brewer...
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Importantly, this is the first time in recent memory that none of the major U.S. broadcasters — CBS, (which fired it's entire climate desk), NBC, ABC, and Fox — bothered to send anyone to Belém, Brazil for the ongoing COP30 global climate conference
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Importantly, this is the first time in recent memory that none of the major U.S. broadcasters — CBS, (which fired it's entire climate desk), NBC, ABC, and Fox — bothered to send anyone to Belém, Brazil for the ongoing COP30 global climate conference
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"During his first day at FEMA, Richardson held an all-hands meeting that quickly made headlines. He told thousands of staff members listening in: 'Don’t get in my way.'"
What he meant was: Don't get in my way to the exit.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
What he meant was: Don't get in my way to the exit.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
FEMA head resigns. Richardson had been hard to reach during Texas floods.
David Richardson resigned Monday after a brief tenure leading the Federal Emergency Management Agency
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"During his first day at FEMA, Richardson held an all-hands meeting that quickly made headlines. He told thousands of staff members listening in: 'Don’t get in my way.'"
What he meant was: Don't get in my way to the exit.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
What he meant was: Don't get in my way to the exit.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet
bookshop.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I’m sorry to be self promoting but I a) have never been seduced by a fascist with a brain worm b) am capable of crafting a decent sentence and c) wrote a book that did not earn me a fawning profile in the newspaper but is still pretty good
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
bookshop.org/p/books/huma...
If you missed it, here's what it was like to see, hear, and (if you were Eba the research dog) smell last week's orca superpod: www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you missed it, here's what it was like to see, hear, and (if you were Eba the research dog) smell last week's orca superpod: www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
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Earlier this week, we were thrilled to witness back to back days of a Southern Resident superpod. Here is our map covering their movements over the course of three days.
A true superpod occurs when all members of the J, K, and L pods gather together in the same location. That’s 74 whales!
#orcas
A true superpod occurs when all members of the J, K, and L pods gather together in the same location. That’s 74 whales!
#orcas
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Earlier this week, we were thrilled to witness back to back days of a Southern Resident superpod. Here is our map covering their movements over the course of three days.
A true superpod occurs when all members of the J, K, and L pods gather together in the same location. That’s 74 whales!
#orcas
A true superpod occurs when all members of the J, K, and L pods gather together in the same location. That’s 74 whales!
#orcas
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Superpods—all-inclusive family reunions—are important for the endangered orcas.
They let the whales breed across their three different pods and boost the small, inbred population’s waning genetic diversity.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
They let the whales breed across their three different pods and boost the small, inbred population’s waning genetic diversity.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
Rare orca superpod comes to Seattle
They came together Sunday evening not far from Port Townsend. Why, no one can say for sure, except the participants themselves — and no humans speak their language.
www.kuow.org
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Superpods—all-inclusive family reunions—are important for the endangered orcas.
They let the whales breed across their three different pods and boost the small, inbred population’s waning genetic diversity.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
They let the whales breed across their three different pods and boost the small, inbred population’s waning genetic diversity.
www.kuow.org/stories/rare...
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If you ask historians of medicine what keeps them up at night, many will not say a new plague or bioterrorism, they will answer, "antibiotic resistance."
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If you ask historians of medicine what keeps them up at night, many will not say a new plague or bioterrorism, they will answer, "antibiotic resistance."