John Ryan
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· Jan 30
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*TRUMP SAYS US TO DECERTIFY ALL AIRCRAFT MADE IN CANADA
January 29, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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American paramilitary units are on the cover of international newsmagazines.
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
January 30, 2026 at 12:24 AM
American paramilitary units are on the cover of international newsmagazines.
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
But please, come visit and invest.
We’re “open for business.”
@economist.com
www.economist.com/leaders/2026...
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It’s fascinating to see Canadian media finally be more open about the US being a major disinformation threat. The nature of it has changed, but it’s long been the case.
It brings to mind when we were discussing foreign interference, but they would only discuss China and India, not US and Israel.
It brings to mind when we were discussing foreign interference, but they would only discuss China and India, not US and Israel.
The next American threat you might not see coming
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
It’s fascinating to see Canadian media finally be more open about the US being a major disinformation threat. The nature of it has changed, but it’s long been the case.
It brings to mind when we were discussing foreign interference, but they would only discuss China and India, not US and Israel.
It brings to mind when we were discussing foreign interference, but they would only discuss China and India, not US and Israel.
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A senior White House official has called the weather modeling and predicting agency one of the country's “largest sources of climate alarmism.”
As the Trump administration targets NCAR, scientists rally to defend the ‘mothership’ of atmospheric research
A letter published by the National Science Foundation asks for ideas to dismantle the research hub. Scientists are responding en masse.
n.pr
January 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A senior White House official has called the weather modeling and predicting agency one of the country's “largest sources of climate alarmism.”
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CA's Gubernatorial Candidates Focus on Affordability at Climate Forum
“If you’re not going to be bold in an EnviroVoters convo, where are you gonna be bold? It’s not enough to be singing in the shower, get out on stage.”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
“If you’re not going to be bold in an EnviroVoters convo, where are you gonna be bold? It’s not enough to be singing in the shower, get out on stage.”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
California’s Gubernatorial Candidates Focus on Affordability at Climate-Focused Forum | KQED
The candidates promised action as climate disasters mount across California, but were short on big ideas.
www.kqed.org
January 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
CA's Gubernatorial Candidates Focus on Affordability at Climate Forum
“If you’re not going to be bold in an EnviroVoters convo, where are you gonna be bold? It’s not enough to be singing in the shower, get out on stage.”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
“If you’re not going to be bold in an EnviroVoters convo, where are you gonna be bold? It’s not enough to be singing in the shower, get out on stage.”
@kqednews.kqed.org @kqedscience.bsky.social
www.kqed.org/science/1999...
I saw this photo before reading the caption and thought it was ICE breaking into a car
In the wake of the massive snowstorm across the U.S., #SEJournalSEJNews offers resources for winter storm reporting in your region. Headlines, Toolboxes and TipSheets for local climate coverage: www.sej.org/publications... @sejorg.bsky.social @ejtodaynews.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:29 PM
I saw this photo before reading the caption and thought it was ICE breaking into a car
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"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
Q: Can you be specific about how many ICE and CBP agents are currently operating in the state?
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
HOMAN: 3,000. There's been some rotations. They've been in theater a long time. Day after day, can't eat in restaurants, people spin on you, blowing whistles at you. But my main focus now is draw down
January 29, 2026 at 5:59 PM
"In theater" is a military term that refers to a wartime theater of operations. ICE and CBP agents are in Minnesota, which is one of the United States. The enemy in this military operation are citizens of Minnesotans and the United States.
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The Trump regime has delayed finalizing the repeal of the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, which allows greenhouse gases to be regulated under the Clean Air Act, due to concerns it may not withstand a court challenge.
Trump’s biggest climate rollback stalls over fears it will lose in court
Trump officials have delayed finalizing the repeal of the agency’s “endangerment finding” over concerns the proposal is too weak to withstand a court challenge.
wapo.st
January 29, 2026 at 6:23 PM
The Trump regime has delayed finalizing the repeal of the EPA’s 2009 endangerment finding, which allows greenhouse gases to be regulated under the Clean Air Act, due to concerns it may not withstand a court challenge.
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BIG SCOOP @heatmap.news: The Trump administration is now going after renewable energy projects on both public and private lands by indefinitely delaying water permits … on grounds that the projects might have bad “aesthetics”
Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly
Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly
The Trump Administration Is Now Delaying Renewable Projects It Thinks Are Ugly
The Army Corps of Engineers is out to protect “the beauty of the Nation’s natural landscape.”
heatmap.news
January 29, 2026 at 6:11 PM
BIG SCOOP @heatmap.news: The Trump administration is now going after renewable energy projects on both public and private lands by indefinitely delaying water permits … on grounds that the projects might have bad “aesthetics”
Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly
Yes, they’re hurting renewable energy projects by calling them ugly
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Rule of law on the ropes in Minnesota
"The chief federal judge in Minnesota excoriated ICE saying it had violated nearly 100 court orders and had disobeyed more judicial directives in January alone than 'some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence.'"
Judge in Minnesota Says ICE Has Violated Nearly 100 Court Orders
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Rule of law on the ropes in Minnesota
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Protected speech made my agents murder these people, says federal official
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Protected speech made my agents murder these people, says federal official
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i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom
Gas projects in the US pipeline explicitly linked to data centers increased by almost 25 times over the past two years, according to new research from Global Energy Monitor.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:38 PM
i was actually shocked to see the numbers on new research from Global Energy Monitor on new gas projects in the US: nearly 100 gigawatts of power—enough to power tens of millions of homes—are currently in development explicitly to power data centers. At the end of 2023 that number was 4 gigawatts
(Judge Schiltz was appointed by Republican Pres. George W. Bush)
Federal judge in Minnesota today:
ICE has violated AT LEAST 96 court orders in 2026 alone.
"This should give pause to anyone...ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE has violated AT LEAST 96 court orders in 2026 alone.
"This should give pause to anyone...ICE has likely violated more court orders in January 2026 than some federal agencies have violated in their entire existence." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 29, 2026 at 3:03 AM
(Judge Schiltz was appointed by Republican Pres. George W. Bush)
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turns out that getting stinking rich running a shopping website does not make you any better than any other out-of-their depths dilettante at running a serious newspaper anywhere but into the ground
“What’s the plan after this?” a former Post reporter wondered. “You cut however many hundreds of people to solve the fact that you’re still losing lots of money. Then what?”
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Inside the Washington Post’s Existential Meltdown
“There’s no vision for why it should exist.”
nymag.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
turns out that getting stinking rich running a shopping website does not make you any better than any other out-of-their depths dilettante at running a serious newspaper anywhere but into the ground
Next best thing to a Secret Police Decoder Ring:
EXCLUSIVE: These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities
theintercept.com/2026/01/28/i...
These Patches Are Clues to Identifying Immigration Agents
We built a guide to patches worn by ICE and CBP to help the public determine which federal agents are in their communities.
theintercept.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Next best thing to a Secret Police Decoder Ring:
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As a climate scientist I am quite sure I could use this reply at least two dozen times per week.
January 28, 2026 at 6:15 PM
As a climate scientist I am quite sure I could use this reply at least two dozen times per week.
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The Washington Post is a national treasure producing some of the best and most important journalism in the country. I hope Jeff Bezos can understand that.
January 28, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Washington Post is a national treasure producing some of the best and most important journalism in the country. I hope Jeff Bezos can understand that.
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Been thinking about how we’re not okay here in Minnesota and how events and the state of affaires are echoing in our day to day world. A thread.
cw: suicide
cw: suicide
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Been thinking about how we’re not okay here in Minnesota and how events and the state of affaires are echoing in our day to day world. A thread.
cw: suicide
cw: suicide
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They're also removing the remaining glaciers from Glacier National Park.
National park signs related to Native Americans, climate change to be removed
Among the national parks targeted in the new removal orders are some of the country’s most iconic: Grand Canyon, Glacier, Big Bend and Zion.
wapo.st
January 27, 2026 at 7:31 PM
They're also removing the remaining glaciers from Glacier National Park.
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NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...
ICE Abducted A Father In Shoreline In Front Of His Child, En Route To Daycare
A difficult day. Today I was present as ICE agents detained a father a mile from my house--while his two-year-old son sat scared in the backseat.It began with an early phone call from immigrant day la...
www.theburnerseattle.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
NEW: ICE abducted a father in Shoreline in front of his young son. Here's a chilling, firsthand account from the man who drove his car away from the scene, the abducted man's packed lunch still warm in the passenger seat www.theburnerseattle.com/post/ice-abd...
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Norway maple, Acer platanoides, is now a Class C Noxious Weed in Washington. This popular street tree takes a while to start to impact forests, but when it reaches sexual maturity they quickly outcompete native understory plants.
www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/norway...
#pnw #invasiveplants
www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/norway...
#pnw #invasiveplants
January 27, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Norway maple, Acer platanoides, is now a Class C Noxious Weed in Washington. This popular street tree takes a while to start to impact forests, but when it reaches sexual maturity they quickly outcompete native understory plants.
www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/norway...
#pnw #invasiveplants
www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/norway...
#pnw #invasiveplants
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People in 2050 would give trillions of dollars just to have the climate that we enjoy today.
Number of people living in extreme heat to double by 2050 if 2C rise occurs, study finds
Scientists expect 41% of the projected global population to face the extremes, with ‘no part of the world’ immune
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:31 PM
People in 2050 would give trillions of dollars just to have the climate that we enjoy today.
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Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.