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Managing Producer of Possibly on Ocean State Media

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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
My friend Lina Prestwood produced this audio piece which (and I don't usually say this), you absolutely have to listen to.

It's a poem about what it is to grow up in Gaza, written by someone (who is remaining anonymous) from Gaza.

It's called 1001 Stabs. An incredible piece of writing and audio
XMTR Festival Selects: 1001 Stabs — (( XMTR ))
Lina Prestwood (UK, 2025)
www.xmtr.fm
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Had a lot of fun reporting this piece about the Endeavor, a ship that has facilitated a TON of research (a boatload of research if you will?) in the Atlantic, especially, the Gulf Stream!
October 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This map rocks!!
Oh hey, we made a cool tool to help you track where various offshore wind projects in New England stand and understand which actions from the Trump administration have affected their progress.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/10... @wbur.org
What's up with offshore wind in New England? Here's a map
The Trump administration is bringing big changes to the U.S. offshore wind industry. Use this map to help keep track of where projects in New England stand.
www.wbur.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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if you’re not calling bullshit on obvious lies what is the point of being a journalist
September 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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This morning in East Somerville, MA masked agents who told bystanders they were from Homeland Security abducted a man who lives in the neighborhood while he was on his way to do laundry.

Video shared directly with me of the moments after he was detained and put in an unmarked vehicle:
September 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Last month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means for Rhode Islanders: our clean energy, jobs, and utility bills.
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What does the stop-work order on Revolution Wind mean for Rhode Islanders? - TPR: The Public's Radio
Last month the Department of the Interior stopped construction on a Rhode Island wind farm that was 80% complete. This week on Possibly we break down what the order means clean energy, jobs, and your ...
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September 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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It’s like buying a car “and then running it into a tree after a few years, just to save the price of tank of gas,” said David Crisp, a former scientist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/c...
Two Valuable Satellites Are in ‘Perfect Health.’ They May Be Scrapped.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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“Most of us are Trump voters, and we still believe in a leader who builds. That’s why we’re asking President Trump to reverse the stop-work order issued to Revolution Wind by Interior.”
‘It’s madness’: Trump-voting fishermen oppose Revolution Wind halt
The Rhode Island offshore wind project, now nearly finished, employed 80 fishermen to help with construction. With Trump's pause, they are losing vital…
www.canarymedia.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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A Trump administration official said the federal government may try to take over Boston's South Station "for more security and cleanliness." Commuters there said they aren't on board with that idea.
Boston commuters aren't sold on a federal takeover of South Station
A Trump administration official said the federal government may try to take over Boston's South Station "for more security and cleanliness." Commuters there said they aren't on board with that idea.
www.wbur.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Say her name @apnews.com - Maryam Abu Daqqa risked her life working for you, yet now you refuse to say her name while spouting the same old IDF lies. Shame on the AP and all the mainstream media silent amid the slaughter of >250 Palestinian journalists - that's more than 20 colleagues each month.
August 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.

NYT just covered it. 1/n

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Part three of my series on the Big Beautiful Bill and the clean energy transition is out now.

The short of it is if you're considering an EV, solar panels, heat pump, etc, you still have time to get a big tax credit, but not much time!
President Trump’s tax bill is about to end a number of tax credits for homeowners who install clean energy appliances. But some people are racing to beat the deadline. This week on Possibly @nathardy.bsky.social explains what homeowners need to know.

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What does the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for homeowners? - TPR: The Public's Radio
President Trump’s tax bill is about to end a number of tax credits for homeowners who install clean energy appliances. But some people are racing to beat the deadline.
thepublicsradio.org
August 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
First story in a series I reported about what Trump's de facto repeal of the Inflation Reduction Act will mean for New England consumers is out now. This week solar and wind, next week we tackle EVs
In July, President Trump signed the 'Big Beautiful Bill' into law, making major changes to how solar and wind power are funded. This week on Possibly we break down what the legislation means for your utility bill and the future of clean energy in the US.
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What does the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ mean for renewable energy? - TPR: The Public's Radio
Back in July, President Trump signed a major tax bill into law, which will make it significantly more expensive to build wind and solar projects around the country.
thepublicsradio.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Florida is committing "enforced disappearance," a very serious violation of international human rights law.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...
July 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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What many of us warned, & what is unavoidably clear now, is that there is no privileged sphere of "real life" that is sheltered, separate from the information environment. It's narratives all the way down -- even to the point that they shape *how people experience their own material circumstances*.
May 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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“She said, ‘I think this is going to be the last time I get to visit you,’” Öztürk’s friend recalled. “I told her, ‘No, no, you’re going to be able to come again, don’t worry, and I’m going to come visit you.’ That all turned out to be wrong.”

By @hannahallam.bsky.social
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have…
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Listen to the final episode of our series on home insurance and the climate crisis to hear from US Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov, @cadavejones.bsky.social and Professor Ishita Sen about what we can do about this looming crisis.

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How do we solve the climate change home insurance crisis? - TPR: The Public's Radio
This week on Possibly, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse helps explain what options we have to address climate change’s impact on the home insurance industry.
thepublicsradio.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Home insurance is supposed to help us recover from natural disasters, but climate change is disrupting the industry, causing higher rates and non-renewals.

Regulation of the industry falls on the states. Learn how they're responding in our latest:
Featuring Ishita Sen & @cadavejones.bsky.social
Climate change is messing up our home insurance prices. What can states do? - TPR: The Public's Radio
Home insurance is supposed to help us recover from natural disasters, but climate change is disrupting the industry. This week on Possibly, we look at how states are responding to this problem.
thepublicsradio.org
April 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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🚨UPDATE: Rümeysa Öztürk has now suffered three separate asthma attacks while in DHS custody.

She has not received her required asthma medications—a violation of her fundamental right to medical care.

This is cruelty, it is neglect, and it is a damning moral and legal failure.
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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In this week's episode of Possibly, Juliana Merullo and Nat Hardy spoke with @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social's @cadavejones.bsky.social to explain how, and why, the insurance industry is responding to climate change.

Listen now: thepublicsradio.org/possibly-pod...
April 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Top Wall Street institutions are prepping for global warming that blows past the Paris Agreement.

"We now expect a 3°C world," Morgan Stanley analysts wrote, a scenario in which harvest failures are widespread and sea-level rise is measured in feet rather than inches.
www.eenews.net/articles/big...
Big banks predict catastrophic warming, with profit potential
Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan and an international banking group have quietly concluded that climate change will likely exceed the Paris Agreement's 2 degree
www.eenews.net
March 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM