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Peter Aldhous
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Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Teach: @ucscscicomm.bsky.social. Ex: BuzzFeed News, berkeleyjournalism.bsky.social, @newscientist.com, @nature.com, @science.org.
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Touched by the hand of Ofra Haza ...
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Temple of Love - 1992
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January 27, 2026 at 5:26 AM
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A team effort today on the winter storm's wide reaching impacts, climate change, FEMA cuts and the health hazards of extreme cold. Stay warm and check on your elderly and unhoused neighbors!

insideclimatenews.org/news/2601202...
A Winter Storm Fueled by Global Warming Tests U.S. Disaster Response - Inside Climate News
A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the secon...
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January 27, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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🧵All of our @ucscscicomm.bsky.social students' pieces from the fall news features class have now been published @mercurynews.com. Here they are:
1/ Olivia Maule on an app to track Monarch butterflies fitted with tiny bluetooth tags
www.mercurynews.com/2025/12/06/l...
Would you like to see where the monarchs are? There’s an app for that.
For the first time in California, citizen scientists can join the effort to track monarch butterflies thanks to Blu+, a new generation of ultra-light tags that communicate using Bluetooth technolog…
www.mercurynews.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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Anti-ICE protesters fill the streets of downtown Minneapolis during an "ICE Out" rally on Jan. 23.

📷️ Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Continuing coverage: bit.ly/3ZsrBxQ
January 23, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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How Trump Has Pocketed $1,408,500,000
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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NEW in @mercurynews.com from our @ucscscicomm.bsky.social news features classes:
@pepperstclair.bsky.social on efforts to engineer a comeback for the endangered and beautiful San Francisco garter snake
www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/22/s...
Stunning California snake endangered since the 1960s prepares to make a comeback
Listed as endangered since 1967, San Francisco garter snakes are found only on the Peninsula and in northern Santa Cruz County.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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Nicely done @burritojustice.bsky.social!
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January 22, 2026 at 2:17 AM
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Deeply disturbing
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Immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge's warrant, memo says
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.
apnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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I’m used to these two being closely aligned. Watching developments with alarm
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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In the cuts DOGE made, there is a clear pattern of ideological and partisan targeting.
Look at federal jobs. @adambonica.bsky.social has documented that DOGE job cuts were higher in agencies seen as serving progressive goals. "The efficiency rationale was a cover for ideological restructuring."
graph showing deeper job cuts in more liberal agencies
January 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change
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Ocean Damage Nearly Doubles the Cost of Climate Change - Inside Climate News
The global cost of greenhouse gas emissions are nearly double what scientists previously thought, according to a study published Thursday by researchers at the University of California San Diego’s Scr...
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January 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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NEW in @mercurynews.com from our news features classes @ucscscicomm.bsky.social:
Daniella García Almeida on a push to understand California's coastal fog
www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/13/p...
Bay Area researchers hope to unlock the secrets of coastal fog — and understand how it’s affected by climate change and pollution
With a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the Heising-Simon Foundation, the Pacific Coastal Fog Research project is poised to lift the veil on the secrets of fog.
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January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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Immigration Agents Are Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
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January 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
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The people who live here fly a few different flags. First time I’ve seen Greenland
January 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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👀 "[T]he laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status to fool adversaries into dropping their guard, then attacking and killing them."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
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January 13, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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January 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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City looking fine this evening
January 11, 2026 at 1:21 AM
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Climate Cooperation Will Suffer as the U.S. Disengages From International Commitments
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Climate Cooperation Will Suffer as the U.S. Disengages From International Commitments - Inside Climate News
Experts say pulling the U.S. out of more than 60 global organizations will weaken international governance structures and lead to further fragmentation of global power.
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January 10, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Visual investigations reporting teams reaching the same conclusion:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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🧵Context/analysis on Venezuela and Greenland from @insideclimatenews.org colleagues:
1/ Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say
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Oil Industry Will Eye Venezuela Warily, Experts Say - Inside Climate News
Given Venezuela’s murky political future, few analysts expect a rush to invest the billions needed to pump more oil from the world’s largest reserves.
insideclimatenews.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Reposted by Peter Aldhous
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In addition to the UNFCCC and IPCC exits, Treasury just announced it's withdrawing from the global Green Climate Fund, calling it a "radical" organization
Trump Expands US Climate Retreat With Exits From UN Bodies
President Donald Trump extended the US retreat from global cooperation on climate action by signaling a withdrawal from flagship international organizations, including the main United Nations and scie...
www.bloomberg.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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LATEST from our @ucscscicomm.bsky.social news features classes in @mercurynews.com:
Albert Chern on preventing fentanyl overdoses in Santa Cruz county and the role played by harm reduction amid opposition from some community groups
www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/08/f...
Fentanyl deaths are down across the Bay Area. One county’s harm reduction group says it’s proof their strategy is working.
Across the Bay Area, coroners are reporting about half as many overdose deaths from the synthetic opioid fentanyl than during the peak of the crisis in 2023. In part, public health experts attribut…
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January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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Until the tech stack changes enough that the LLMs are no longer able to provide useful answers for a lack of training materials.
sungkim.bsky.social Sung Kim @sungkim.bsky.social · 25d
I guess StackOverflow is done.
January 4, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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NEW in @mercurynews.com from our news features classes
@ucscscicomm.bsky.social:
Kari Goodbar on the surfing economy of Santa Cruz and threats from climate change and coastal defense
www.mercurynews.com/2026/01/02/s...
Surfing generates nearly $200 million a year for Santa Cruz — and coastal changes could put it at risk
Surfing generates nearly $200 million a year for Santa Cruz, but a new report warns that climate change and coastal planning decisions could threaten the city’s iconic waves.
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January 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM