Jeff Young
@jefftheyoung.bsky.social
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Journalist covering climate and clean energy at Newsweek's Better Planet. Author of "Appalachian Fall." Formerly: Living on Earth (and still living here). On Signal: @Jeff_Young.34 https://www.newsweek.com/better-planet
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Further adventures of the deadbeat "billionaire" Jim Justice. When we first reported on his delinquencies back in 2016 he was running for governor. Now he's in the senate but still running from the tax man.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
IRS files tax lien against Jim Justice
The former governor, who joined the Senate in 2025, has repeatedly brushed off questions about his finances.
www.politico.com
I love that part of the state. So pretty.
There will be much larger crowds at #nokings @indivisible.org events in big cities, but this is what interests me most: people turning out in small cities and rural, deep red places.
Pictured here: Charleston WV, and Pikeville and Morehead in eastern KY, coal mining Appalachian communities.
Every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll
Grabs the mic to tell me he'll die before he's sold
But I believe in this and it's been tested by research
He who f***s nuns will later join the church
Also got the first endorsement from Tribe Called Quest
...and just now looking at comments I see 20 other people already made the same joke.
That's some dark chocolate right there
Digable Planets
Youssou N'dour
Grant Lee Buffalo
Lucinda Williams
I'm reminded of the great line from Jerry Garcia explaining why the Dead took on rainforest conservation: "Somebody has to do something. It seems pathetic that it has to be us."
"Rebuilding" Climate(.)gov into Climate.us isn’t just about restoring—it’s about improving.

We want to start new blogs and bring back access to maps and data that explore climate trends and projections.

Support our work: https://donorbox.org/climate-us-protected-by-you
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"Rebuilding" Climate(.)gov into Climate.us isn’t just about restoring—it’s about improving.

We want to start new blogs and bring back access to maps and data that explore climate trends and projections.

Support our work: https://donorbox.org/climate-us-protected-by-you
Confused about fusion and the flurry of recent announcements about this nascent #cleanenergy technology?

I spoke with execs at 2 leading companies to get a better idea of what's happening with fusion and when it might deliver power (maybe sooner than we thought).
www.newsweek.com/how-a-boom-i...
How a Boom in Fusion Companies Could Speed Up the ‘Energy of the Future’
A boom in new companies and billions of dollars in private investment could make fusion power a reality in the coming decade.
www.newsweek.com
Multiple incidents of people being detained apparently for no reason other than expressing their 1st Amendment rights.
A musician, Oriana Korol, was peacefully playing clarinet with her protest band outside ICE facilities in Portland, OR.

When the band started playing “Ghostbusters,” ICE thugs suddenly poured outside, slammed her into the mud, arrested her and took her to a jail 9 miles away in Vancouver, WA.
Musician playing ‘Ghostbusters’ outside ICE facility is arrested by agents
‘Taking us citizens out of state to detain them without charge is a new action from the Feds and should be opposed,’ her band said
www.independent.co.uk
This is terrifying on many levels.
Wow — new AI-made articles online are already outnumbering human-generated content.
I plan on revisiting Vineland (it's been decades since I read it). My impression, though, is that unlike his version of Inherent Vice, which was quite faithful to the book, Anderson is mostly borrowing themes, character outlines and broad plot points from Pynchon for the new film.
In less than 20 years, ProPublica has won eight Pulitzer Prizes, five Peabody Awards, eight Emmy Awards and 16 George Polk Awards.
STEPHANOPOULOS: ProPublica reported that several members of the Trump administation have similar questions about their mortgages

VANCE: ProPublica is basically a left-wing blog

S: Do you dispute the facts they reported?

VANCE: I haven't read it. I have no idea. I certainly question the source
Also, FWW, Strangelove screenwriter Terry Southern was often compared to Pynchon, whose Vineland was source material for PT Anderson's film.
"Trump frames dissent — at Portland’s ICE facility, in the streets of Washington, even simply in the abstract — as a threat that demands a governmental and/or military response."
Food rec: Find one of the Casa del Abuelo places and have gambas and sweet wine.