Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 27m

“I think just killing people on boats, even if they are smuggling drugs, with zero due process, under a totally fakakta and obviously invented armed conflict that you just pull out of thin air—it’s just murder.”

7

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 27m

“Now I’m just going to level set here and put my cards on the table. I think we’re committing murder. I don’t even think it’s that close a call…” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

The Militarization of American Cities Under Trump with Mary McCord

Podcast Episode · Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast · 10/14/2025 · 59m

podcasts.apple.com

1 2

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 28m

“They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.” www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

1 3

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 4h

In the years from 1962 to 1973, global G.D.P. growth averaged 5.4 percent. From 1977 to 1988, it averaged 3.3 percent. From 1991 to 2000, it averaged 3 percent. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, it has grown even more slowly. www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/o...

Opinion | What Can Replace China as a Global Economic Engine? (Published 2023)

www.nytimes.com

1 4

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 1d

“The earth has reached its first catastrophic tipping point linked to greenhouse gas emissions, with warm water coral reefs now facing a long-term decline and risking the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people, according to a new report.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

10 170 290

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 3d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

690 2.4K 10K

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 3d

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an ‘astonishing rate,’ scientists have found.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN

Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

www.cnn.com

12 84 140

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 3d

Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

6 98 280

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 3d

“Health-related absences from work continued to track COVID-19 circulation and were 12.9% higher in the postpandemic period compared with before the pandemic.” jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

6 10

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 3d

12 44 180

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 3d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

320 2.7K 7.2K

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 3d

This spring, the E.P.A announced it would roll back regulations limiting the amount of lead and mercury and PFAS in American drinking water. This fall, they’re trying to figure out how to surveil our water systems for evidence that women are taking abortion pills.

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 4d

"Senior officials at the EPA directed a team of scientists over the summer to assess whether the government could develop methods for detecting traces of abortion pills in wastewater." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Under Trump, E.P.A. Explored if Abortion Pills Could Be Detected in Wastewater

www.nytimes.com

1 3 17

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 4d

there's a secret domestic terrorism watchlist if anyone cares
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/senator-wa...

Senator Warns of Trump's Secret Watchlist for Americans

NSPM-7 finally gets Congressional attention

www.kenklippenstein.com

30 290 850

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 4d

“A court in southern France has increased by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Man who appealed Pelicot rape conviction handed longer jail term

A French court increases by a year the jail term of the only man who challenged his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot.

www.bbc.com

2 12

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 4d

Cameraman: "You guys gonna share your names, too, or ya just gonna cover your face?"

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

2 31 120

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

1.4K 8.5K 15K

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 4d

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

trib.al

81 670 1.2K

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 4d

"Senior officials at the EPA directed a team of scientists over the summer to assess whether the government could develop methods for detecting traces of abortion pills in wastewater." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Under Trump, E.P.A. Explored if Abortion Pills Could Be Detected in Wastewater

www.nytimes.com

4 8 17

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 4d

My first foray onto YouTube for @wired.com, doing a deep dive into the state of immigration enforcement and deportation under the Trump administration.

youtu.be/uD9ETC80HDA?...

Where ICE Has Taken The Most People | On The Grid | WIRED

YouTube video by WIRED

youtu.be

5 73 170

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @bvigeant.bsky.social · 4d

somewhere along the line mass transit was bad faithed into luxury rides for the privileged versus the way anyone - generally middle and working class - gets around a city by neccessity, and it sucks!

Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 4d

You can tell Cuomo's campaign has cooked its brain on Twitter because it's repeating nonsense talking points from people like Andrew Fine and Reza who claim only rich people use transit.

As of 2017, bus riders in NYC earn an average salary of $28K, well under subway riders ($40K).

1 4 22

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 4d

“The creation of the ‘Biden Censorship Regime’ meme was an intentional process. The Twitter Files, the Murthy lawsuit, and the Weaponization Committee all drew from the same well of allegations, often recycled without verification.” www.lawfaremedia.org/article/spee...

Speech, Coercion, and the Myth of the Censorship Regime

Google's letter to Rep. Jim Jordan inadvertently provides evidence against the "censorship industrial complex" narrative he is using it to support.

www.lawfaremedia.org

1 3 7

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d

A partner to this similarly jaw-dropping chart...

1 19 56

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 5d

Just remembered this jaw-dropping graph by @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social showing the rate of change in CO2 during the previous two deglaciations of the Pleistocene (which, as a fun aside, featured ~400 feet of sea level rise) as compared with today

2 72 160

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 6d

19 520 1.3K

Reposted by David Wallace-Wells

Aaron Cozen @aaroncozen.bsky.social · 5d

“Students of political theory sometimes define the state as the entity that exercises a monopoly on violence; under Trump, the state seems to want to claim a monopoly on anonymity, too.”

David Wallace-Wells @dwallacewells.bsky.social · 5d

ICE has been pulling guns on civilians, spraying tear gas in the face of protestors who film them, shooting priests with pepper spray and pellets—and, increasingly it seems, targeting journalists and others trying to document their activities. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | ‘ICE Goes Masked for a Single Reason’

www.nytimes.com

2 4