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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this year, the Trump administration killed NOAA's billion-dollar disaster database - one of many attempts to censor climate change in the federal gov

But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 6d

The database - which shows the US had 14 separate billion-dollar disasters in the first half of 2025 - is available here: www.climatecentral.org

And my story can be found here for subscribers of Insurance Insider: www.insuranceinsiderus.com/article/2fhn...

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 6d

Earlier this year, the Trump administration killed NOAA's billion-dollar disaster database - one of many attempts to censor climate change in the federal gov

But the climatologist who compiled the program just revived it, launching just this morning with the folks
@climatecentral.org

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · 6d

The database can be found here: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...

And subscribers of Insurance Insider can view my story here: www.insuranceinsiderus.com/article/2fhn...

U.S. Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters | Climate Central

Explore U.S. billion-dollar weather and climate disasters since 1980, including total costs, trends, and impacts.

www.climatecentral.org

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Felipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 6d

Federal agents are staging a massive operation downtown near Canal street. Show of force with reportedly dozens of agents from agencies including ICE, FBI, IRS, DEA, etx

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talia jane ❤️‍🔥 @taliajane.bsky.social · 6d

After this far-right propagandist put an inflammatory spotlight on vendors on Canal Street, ICE agents were spotted at the location making indiscriminate arrests of anyone they think looks like a delivery person or vendor (ie: not white)

Savanah Hernandez
@sav_says_
WATCH: A huge group of African illegal immigrants are operating a black market on the corner of Broadway and Canal St in New York City.
The entire sidewalk is filled with illegals who state they are from Senegal and I watched as they fled police.
This corner looks exactly like the streets of Paris and the migrants even became angry and tried to tell me I couldn't film (similar to Paris).
As I was reporting, the migrants began scrambling to pick up their items before fleeing into vehicles or on foot due to police presence in the area.
One of the migrants explained to me that they're operating "without a license" and if the police catch them, they'll confiscate all of their items.

There were at least 20-30 illegals in the area conducting business that they know is against the law, however, this seems to be a common occurrence on this street and business is booming.
Perhaps @ICEgov should go check this corner out
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megan farokhmanesh @megannicolett.bsky.social · Sep 10

as someone who's seen the up-close video and deeply wishes she had not, really REALLY recommend doing this right now

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · Sep 10

settings > content & media > autoplay video & gifs = off

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · Sep 10

If I have any credibility with you from 20 years of reporting on rightwing & fascist movements, please listen when I beg you not to celebrate Charlie Kirk getting shot. Leave aside morality: this isn’t a match in dry grass, it’s a torch. We do not want what this could ignite & we would not win.

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Aug 4

www.landmark.earth/p/trump-epa-...

Unpacking the legal justification for Trump’s attack on the foundation of U.S. climate regulations

The 2009 "endangerment finding" has been used to justify key climate regs. Relying on recent SCOTUS decisions, Trump says the EPA has overstepped its authority.

www.landmark.earth

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Aug 4

My latest, analyzing the legal justification for the Trump admin’s latest attack on climate regs, just posted.

Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:

What was less clear heading into the announcement was exactly what this proposed repeal would look like. More importantly, it was unclear how exactly the agency would try to justify a move that basically contradicts the vast majority of climate science that points to greenhouse gases as the cause of climate change, and climate change as a deadly and costly growing phenomenon.
Those questions have finally been answered, at least somewhat: The proposal largely dodges questions of science and focuses on the legal argument that Congress never gave the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The argument relies heavily on interpretations of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have together already restricted the powers of administrative agencies like the EPA.
“It’s hard to avoid the thought that EPA and the administration are beckoning to the court to make new law here,” Joe Goffman, a former assistant administrator in the EPA’s office of air and radiation during the Biden administration, told Landmark.

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Aug 4

I can vouch for the em-dash here. We’ve known each other for years.

I have photos with the em-dash from college in the early 2010s — it DJ’ed parties on an iPod. It played MGMT and The Blow (I think that was because the em-dash had a thing for Parentheses though).
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations

“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

www.mcsweeneys.net

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Aug 4

www.landmark.earth/p/trump-epa-...

Unpacking the legal justification for Trump’s attack on the foundation of U.S. climate regulations

The 2009 "endangerment finding" has been used to justify key climate regs. Relying on recent SCOTUS decisions, Trump says the EPA has overstepped its authority.

www.landmark.earth

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Aug 4

My latest, analyzing the legal justification for the Trump admin’s latest attack on climate regs, just posted.

Featuring commentary from Joe Goffman, a former Biden EPA air & radiation office official:

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Aug 2

I’m in Rwanda for the first time. Very surprised to see so many Uhauls with Arizona license plates tbh

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Alexa Gagosz @alexagagosz.bsky.social · Jul 30

EXCLUSIVE: Brown University has reached an agreement with the Trump administration to restore the university’s federal research funding and address allegations that it failed to do enough to stop the harassment of Jewish students. @bostonglobe.com

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...

Brown University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal research funding - The Boston Globe

The deal settles three open investigations into the university, and does not require the Ivy League institution to admit any wrongdoing or make a payment to the federal government.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 18

I would NEVER draw a picture!

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jul 18

and another thing: i don't draw pictures. please dont put in the newspaper that i draw pictures.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Jul 18

“Also, I don’t draw pictures”

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jul 18

I’d say that @stephencolbert.bsky.social is (with the lone exception of @maddow.msnbc.com) the most brilliant, humane person I’ve encountered in broadcasting. His mind works faster than anyone else’s at a level of sophistication that is unmatchable. Genuinely a generational talent.

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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · Jul 17

NEW: Our study in @theguardian.com shows that the new $1T Pentagon budget in Trump’s bill— paid for by cuts to education, food stamps, disaster management, etc—will raise its carbon emissions higher than the entire country of Ethiopia, and cause 47B in damages.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows

Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries

www.theguardian.com

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 17

Email filters may be the world's great equalizer.

Just switched to a new email at work and whether you're emailing me from an "@amazon1claimservices.freestuff.com" or "@harvard.edu" account... it's all junk now!

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 16

NEW: A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration for illegally eliminating FEMA’s BRIC pre-disaster grant program.

Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.

The lawsuit comes just short of two weeks after devastating floods hit Texas communities, and killed over 100 people.

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 16

Here’s a link to the lawsuit filed by Massachusetts, Washington and other states today: www.mass.gov/doc/fema-bri...

www.mass.gov

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 16

Either way, the funds at issue are a big deal— every $1 spent in pre-disaster mitigation saves $6 down the road, studies show.

And insurers - and therefore the economy - see mitigation as a very important tool to fight climate change.

If not FEMA/the feds… where is the money going to come from?

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 16

The states argue that the admin’s move was illegal in a few ways:

Mainly: it violates the U.S. Constitution, which gives the power of the purse to Congress (not agencies).

Also: Cameron Hamilton, the former acting FEMA administrator, wasn’t nominated to run the agency (or confirmed by the Senate)

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Clark Mindock @clarkmindock.bsky.social · Jul 16

NEW: A coalition of 20 Democratic-led states have sued the Trump administration for illegally eliminating FEMA’s BRIC pre-disaster grant program.

Billions of dollars needed to fortify communities against hurricanes, floods and earthquakes (among other climate change risks) are at stake.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food

Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

www.theatlantic.com

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