Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

The murderer’s name is Jonathan Ross. www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...

Climate Deniers of the 119th Congress and the Second Trump Administration A new CAP analysis finds that the federal government is rife with officials who deny climate change in leadership positions within the executive branch, presidential Cabinet, and Congress.

Analysis from @americanprogress.bsky.social has found that 119 members of Congress still reject the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change.

These elected officials have also received a total of $51,449,854 in lifetime contributions from the fossil fuel industry 👀

Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings

Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks in what Repro Uncensored call one of the “biggest waves of censorship” on its platforms in years.

Yeah for climate comms (my focus), resurrects greenwashing and decades old disinfo narratives debunkable through counter communication in the data, but I cant imagine the effect on time sensitive expert information-the models tend to "intuite" advice that hasnt been said in topics like recipes.

In my recent work, I am discoverings tons and tons of ai slop websites entering AI training data and the sources: this means that any "bad" advice can easily be reinforced in the models (especially important for fields with shifting expert led recommendations, like public health and emer. manage.)

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

"More than 5,000 fossil fuel lobbyists were given access to the UN climate summits over the past four years, a period marked by a rise in catastrophic extreme weather, inadequate climate action and record oil and gas expansion"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Reporter: Dr Oz said that—

Jeffries: Who? Nobody who is serious in this country takes Dr. Oz seriously… I’m not going to respond to any comments from randos like Dr. Oz who is woefully unqualified.

I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.

10 Years After the Paris Climate Agreement, Here's Where We Are (Gift Article) Has anything really changed in the decade since the Paris Agreement was reached? Actually, quite a lot.

Although we're not where we should be, we're on a significantly better trajectory than we were 10 years ago.

Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.

All you need to know about Bill Gates' long-standing and misguided take on climate change.
'The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from the fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns that are the “benevolent plutocrats.” They don’t exist.'
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Global use of coal hit record high in 2024 Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables

Global use of coal hit record high in 2024

- Bleak report finds greenhouse gas emissions are still rising despite ‘exponential’ growth of renewables

#climatecrisis
@worldresources.bsky.social
Story by @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Weather Archive Africa | Zooniverse - People-powered research Help catalogue vital meteorological data from across Africa as a vital step towards making it available for climate research.

You can help catalogue historical weather data from across Africa as a vital step towards making it available for climate research here 👇

www.zooniverse.org/projects/hea...

Climate disinformation in French and Brazilian mainstream media 529 cases detected in 8 months: climate disinformation is booming in French audiovisual media. The media and policymakers should take action.

Mapping climate disinformation in French TV and radio

- 529 cases found between January and August 2025

Report by @quotaclimat.org et al
#climatecrisis
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Current vs a plausible congressional seat map, if the Supreme Court heads in the direction it appears to be by killing elements of the VRA.

Now, Dems hold 7 of 33 US house seats (21%) across AL, LA, MS, SC & TN. Dems won 37% of 2024 presidential vote in those states.

Now Supreme Court may allow those states to eliminate >all< Dem seats by undermining the VRA www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Our democracy being chipped away, bit by bit.

Dozens of scientists find errors in a new Energy Department climate report More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.

🔎 More than 85 scientists have issued a joint rebuttal to a recent U.S Dept of Energy report on climate change, stating the authors cherry-picked or misrepresented climate science.

via @npr.org

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
#NASA #EarthScience #Climate #ClimateChange
arstechnica.com/space/2025/08/nasas-acti...

Trump admin strips ocean and air pollution monitoring from next-gen weather satellites | CNN The Trump administration will remove ocean and air pollution monitoring instruments from the upcoming fleet of weather satellites, and cut the number of satellites, as well.

The Trump administration is making us less well-informed now and in the future.

The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations

The Knight Foundation and others are trying to raise $50 million to rescue public radio and TV stations, prioritizing ones that historically received more than 30% of their funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and are among the only sources of information in their communities.

What happens when the professors and the srudents deploy a network of agents in an arms race of improving writing and grading papers? What could go wrong?

I'm delighted to serve as a Lead Author for the IPCC’s Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) in the Land Sector (AFOLU) Chapter under Working Group III. I'm looking forward to engaging with the wider community on this important multi-year scientific effort.
www.ipcc.ch/2025/08/18/p...

Also how many Americans are actually finding their way outside the US for that work?

LIVE: #INC52 #PlasticsTreaty plenary is happening now in Geneva. The new text from INC Chair @LuisVayasEc (released only 1 hour ago) does not mention "life cycle" or "chemicals" at all. It is a betrayal of the original mandate. #BreakFreeFromPlastic unep.org/inc-plastic-... (1/🧵

What is the real effect of all the government and tech layoffs on the job market? What is happening to all these folks, and their savings?

White House Orders NASA to Destroy Important Satellite The White House has instructed NASA employees to destroy two major, climate change-focused satellite missions.

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BLM Calls New Oil and Gas Rules ‘Noncontroversial,’ Exempts Them From Public Comment - Inside Climate News Environmentalists say the lack of public comment shows the administration’s disregard for maintaining public lands.

US Bureau of Land Management implemented 4 new rules to increase oil-gas drilling on public lands (adding extra yr of “life” to unused leases, preventing updated stipulations to leases & 18-month turnaround on offering leases) WITH NO PUBLIC COMMENT INPUT.

insideclimatenews.org/news/0108202...

INSANE HEAT IN MIDDLE EAST

Crazy MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 38.3C Tuz IRAQ

Dozens of stations allover Middle East (Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Emirates) with Minimums >35C

Max. temperatures expected up to 52C. Nights up to 40C !
Historic heat wave,one of the worst ever seen anywhere worldwide
it 'll last weeks

Reporting on this story was interesting because it forced me to check my own biases. I'm as anti-gun as they come, but my personal feelings couldn't get in the way of accurately sharing the facts. There's a story to be written about the morality of guns at protests, but this isn't that story.

Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this

Everything is an Onion article.