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Whitney Bauck

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Award-winning freelance journalist reporting @ the Guardian, Grist, WaPo, Bloomberg, etc Particularly interested in climate, ag, transit, grassroots movements and fungi https://whitneybauck.substack.com/

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 26d

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.

‘They Kept Us Alive for Thousands of Years’: Could Saving Palestinian Seeds Also Save the World?
THE GUARDIAN | WRITING
Whitney Bauck, with Bridget Badore

Read the winning story here.

This short feature profiles Vivien Sansour, founder of the West Bank-based Palestine Heirloom Seed Library. As journalist Whitney Bauck reports, Sansour’s mission is twofold: to honor Palestinian heritage and culture in the face of violence that threatens both, and to contribute to food security worldwide, with Palestinian seed varieties that are well-adapted to extreme weather. Bauck expertly weaves a host of complex topics, including war and conflict, food systems, biodiversity, and justice issues faced by the people living on the front lines of both the climate crisis and a literal war zone. While frank about the horrors of Gaza, Bauck’s nuanced and warm characterization of Sansour also suggests that repair is possible, making this story, in a way, “a breath of fresh air” and “beautiful,” judges said.

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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 8h

Aftonbladet's interview with Greta Thunberg is now available in English - it raises many serious questions, not least about the Swedish govt. effectively abandoning its citizens to torture because it doesn't agree with their politics. A thundering disgrace.
www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/25...

Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”

– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar

www.aftonbladet.se

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

There are a tremendous number of ICE watchers out in Rogers Park this afternoon after some early morning abductions.

People are guarding churches and patrolling alleyways. Ran into Alderperson Hadden. First timers tell us they're primed and ready to use their whistles.

Know your rights flyer in Spanish on street pole

Alderperson Maria Hadden on street corner

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Weevil_AL @adsteinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Fully internalizing the statement "genre is marketing" will set you free

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re in New Jersey and not yet registered to vote, do it today! Voters have until the end of the day to register in time to help choose the state’s next governor.

NJ DOS - Division of Elections

The State of NJ site may contain optional links, information, services and/or content from other websites operated by third parties that are provided as a convenience, such as Google™ Translate. Google™ Translate is an online service for which the user pays nothing to obtain a purported language translation. The user is on notice that neither the State of NJ site nor its operators review any of the services, information and/or content from anything that may be linked to the State of NJ site for any reason. -Read Full Disclaimer -->

voter.svrs.nj.gov

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 1d

I first wrote about Denver’s ebike rebate program in 2022 and it’s been very cool to watch the trajectory since www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

“Living car-free is the most impactful behavior by far in terms of reducing emissions.”

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 2d

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 4d

I have never heard of "sporror" before — creepy books with a fungal focus — but it feels a fitting moniker considering how many authors take inspiration from mushrooms. reactormag.com/creeping-fun...

Creeping Fungus: Nine Works of Sporror - Reactor

If you love mushrooms or just want some creepy reads to add to your TBR, this list is for you!

reactormag.com

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Wendy Miller @burrowingowl.bsky.social · 5d

New burrowing owl behavior for me today-- taking a bath in the rain! So cool! 🪶

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 6d

"Social media platforms face significantly less regulation and legal accountability than traditional news sources, which makes them more vulnerable to misinformation" — and yet more and more people are coming to rely on social media for their news climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

What are the top sources of news for Global Warming’s Six Americas?

19% of Americans say social media is their most important news source. Out of the Six Americas, the Concerned have changed the most in their top news source from 2021 to 2025.

climatecommunication.yale.edu

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 6d

It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 7d

"This election might as well have been designed in a lab to test whether the national climate movement can rally attention and support around a key state race."

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 7d

Today on Volts: hey listen up! The most important election of the year is happening in Georgia next month. Two seats on the (currently all-GOP) Public Service Commission are up & rising electricity prices are on everyone's mind. This is a bellwether for next year's governor & midterm elections!

Pay attention to the most important political race of 2025

With energy affordability set to dominate national politics, Peter Hubbard and Brionté McCorkle explain why a down-ballot Georgia race is ground zero for the fight.

www.volts.wtf

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Ethan Freedman @ethanpfreedman.com · 7d

Obviously, these charts can't be equal (it's important to cover big events) -- but I know so many underemployed science journalists, so it's not as if there aren't reporters who could make these charts more aligned

Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 8d

Does the news reflect what we die from?

The image presents a comparison of the leading causes of death in the United States for 2023 and the media coverage these causes receive from three news outlets: The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fox News.

In the footer, it notes the data sources, indicating that the information is based on media mentions from Media Cloud (2025) and death data from the US CDC (2025) and the Global Terrorism Index, with a clarification that values are normalized to sum to 100%.

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 7d

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 7d

Jason contributed a story to print for every issue I edited at Atmos, and he was always an absolute JOY to edit—his ideas are creative, he files clean and timely copy, he's responsive to edits and fact-checking notes, and he's just all around a pleasure to work with. Hire + commission him!!!!

Jason Dinh @byjasonpdinh.bsky.social · 8d

Some sad news: Yesterday, @atmosmag.bsky.social notified me that they eliminated their climate editor position. After 2.5 years there, I’m out of a job. 🧪🌎

I’m surprised and saddened by the suddenness. But I’m proud of the work I produced there.

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · Sep 19

Everybody makes money out of academic authors except the authors...News.

Wiley is the latest academic publisher to reach a multi-million deal to allow access to its content to AI developers, with no opt out, let alone payment, for the authors who created that content.

Wiley set to earn $44m from AI rights deals, confirms “no opt-out" for authors

The US publisher is the latest to capitalise on deals to give tech firms access to its authors’ content to train their Large Language Models (LLMs).

www.thebookseller.com

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 8d

“Last year was our biggest year ever for the citizen science surveys,” said Dr Aileen Baird. “People’s interest in fungi is definitely growing, and we wouldn’t have found these new locations without them.”

Community science 4ever: www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Fungi finds: UK citizen scientists make rare pink and purple discoveries

Plantlife charity enlisted help of 850 volunteers to look for waxcaps in places such as private gardens

www.theguardian.com

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 11d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 11d

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 11d

My latest Eco Files post features work by @whitneybauck.bsky.social @dell.bsky.social @katiesurma.bsky.social @josephvlee.bsky.social @sumauma.com @ninalakhani.bsky.social @globalwitness.org & Jia Zhang-ke

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Eco-Roundup: Could climate conspiracy theories be doing the work of divide and conquer?

Every month, I assemble a round-up of stories I’m following and issues I’m covering, with palate cleansers at the end. Please consider a paid subscription so I can keep up my independent reporting. C...

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 12d

We love when fungi help !

Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 13d

"You literally are really bad at being alive,” Stewart jokingly told the ungainly saguaro before him. “But the fungi are helping."

Love to see fungi highlighted in climate stories! This one by @wyattmyskow.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2206202...

Searching for Hidden Fungi in the Sonoran Desert - Inside Climate News

Mycorrhizal fungi are vital to ecosystems around the world, but remain largely understudied, especially in arid regions. They may prove critical to the survival of fragile deserts stressed by climate ...

insideclimatenews.org

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall in 2024: “Let us pray for the end of conflict, especially the genocide of the people of Gaza. And for those risking their lives to help the wounded and feed the hungry and care for the animals suffering as a result of human violence, cruelty and war.” www.salon.com/2025/10/01/j...

Jane Goodall's work with chimps changed how we see humanity - Salon.com

Jane Goodall dies at 91 — her discoveries about chimps transformed our relationship with the animal world

www.salon.com

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Whitney Bauck @whitneybauck.bsky.social · 13d

What a legacy. She loved the creatures she worked with so much that the rest of us learned to love them too

Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 13d

RIP to Jane Goodall, who opened the world's eyes to our closest relatives. (Photo by NatGeo's Hugo Van Lawick)