John Ryan
@heyjohnryan.bsky.social
KUOW Public Radio environment reporter. Seattle. Is this thing on?
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· Jan 30
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Listen, it’s anyone’s game but I still think Phoenix is going to be the first big U.S. city to be unlivable (broadly defined) because of failure to take climate action.
November 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Listen, it’s anyone’s game but I still think Phoenix is going to be the first big U.S. city to be unlivable (broadly defined) because of failure to take climate action.
LOL!
Except in this case, it's warmer temperatures that have caused the shrinkage 🫠
Except in this case, it's warmer temperatures that have caused the shrinkage 🫠
Washington state: it's just really cold right now! I swear!
The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study.
November 26, 2025 at 12:55 AM
LOL!
Except in this case, it's warmer temperatures that have caused the shrinkage 🫠
Except in this case, it's warmer temperatures that have caused the shrinkage 🫠
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Washington state: it's just really cold right now! I swear!
The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study.
Mount Rainier shrinking (just a bit), new study finds
The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study.
www.kuow.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Washington state: it's just really cold right now! I swear!
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The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study.
Mount Rainier shrinking (just a bit), new study finds
The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study.
www.kuow.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The Pacific Northwest’s highest peak is a little less lofty than it used to be, according to a new study.
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Highly recommend setting aside some time to read the full investigation into Oregon's AI-fueled toxic drinking water crisis by @rollingstone.com and @thefern.org
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
‘The precedent is Flint’: How Oregon’s data center boom is supercharging a water crisis | Food and Environment Reporting Network
In the spring of 2022, Jim Doherty kept having the same conversation with folks at the only grocery store in Boardman, his eastern Oregon hometown, or at the grain depot where he picked up food for…
thefern.org
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Highly recommend setting aside some time to read the full investigation into Oregon's AI-fueled toxic drinking water crisis by @rollingstone.com and @thefern.org
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
It’s one of the most important pieces of accountability reporting I’ve seen this year
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
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Now that NCEI data is flowing again, it is time to take a look at just how warm September 2025 was statewide:
September was the warmest September in WA back to at least 1895! Temperatures were +5.2ºF above normal statewide for the month.
Source: NCEI Climate at a Glance
September was the warmest September in WA back to at least 1895! Temperatures were +5.2ºF above normal statewide for the month.
Source: NCEI Climate at a Glance
November 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Now that NCEI data is flowing again, it is time to take a look at just how warm September 2025 was statewide:
September was the warmest September in WA back to at least 1895! Temperatures were +5.2ºF above normal statewide for the month.
Source: NCEI Climate at a Glance
September was the warmest September in WA back to at least 1895! Temperatures were +5.2ºF above normal statewide for the month.
Source: NCEI Climate at a Glance
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The importer, Rad Power Bikes Inc., of Seattle, Washington has refused to agree to an acceptable recall. Given its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers.
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The importer, Rad Power Bikes Inc., of Seattle, Washington has refused to agree to an acceptable recall. Given its financial situation, Rad Power Bikes has indicated to CPSC that it is unable to offer replacement batteries or refunds to all consumers.
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CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
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On Friday, Washington reported that the person hospitalized with the bird flu H5N5 has died.
The CDC's bird flu tracker hasn't updated to include the death. I haven't seen a press release. Last year, that would have at least been scheduled by now. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
The CDC's bird flu tracker hasn't updated to include the death. I haven't seen a press release. Last year, that would have at least been scheduled by now. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
Grays Harbor County resident dies from complications of avian influenza
For immediate release: November 21, 2025 (25-140) Contact: DOH Communications The person was infected with the H5N5 virus; the risk to the public remains low OLYMPIA – A Grays Harbor County resident w...
doh.wa.gov
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
On Friday, Washington reported that the person hospitalized with the bird flu H5N5 has died.
The CDC's bird flu tracker hasn't updated to include the death. I haven't seen a press release. Last year, that would have at least been scheduled by now. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
The CDC's bird flu tracker hasn't updated to include the death. I haven't seen a press release. Last year, that would have at least been scheduled by now. doh.wa.gov/newsroom/gra...
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"Cars are not safe for human beings. The average vehicle on the road now is about equivalent to the size and weight of a German Panzer tank during World War II." @jessimckenzi.bsky.social interviews David Obst about what he believes is the existential threat of "Big Car." @thebulletin.org
How 'Big Car' poses an existential threat to humanity
While Big Car kills many of us quickly, in deadly collisions, it is killing many more of us slowly, by polluting the environment, warming the Earth, sowing misinformation and doubt about climate scien...
thebulletin.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Cars are not safe for human beings. The average vehicle on the road now is about equivalent to the size and weight of a German Panzer tank during World War II." @jessimckenzi.bsky.social interviews David Obst about what he believes is the existential threat of "Big Car." @thebulletin.org
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It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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"The United States was conspicuously absent from this year's talks, known as COP30... the conference delivered only modest progress on international efforts to curb global warming" - @npr.org @michaelcopley1.bsky.social @juliaradio.bsky.social @rhersher.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
U.N. climate talks end without agreement on phasing out fossil fuels
Dozens of countries had called for a clear "roadmap" to transition away from the use of coal, oil and gas. The U.S. did not participate in the negotiations.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"The United States was conspicuously absent from this year's talks, known as COP30... the conference delivered only modest progress on international efforts to curb global warming" - @npr.org @michaelcopley1.bsky.social @juliaradio.bsky.social @rhersher.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/11/22/n...
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New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
Marisa Kabas is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi’s tale of dysfunction and deceit
Colby Hall’s Mediaite commentary about Olivia Nuzzi is winning a lot of praise. The redoubtable Jay Rosen goes so far as to call it “the best thing I have read about her.” Sign up…
dankennedy.net
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New at Media Nation: @marisakabas.bsky.social is the alternative to wallowing in Olivia Nuzzi's tale of dysfunction and deceit. There are 42,000 journalists across the U.S., and the vast majority are performing honorably and ethically. dankennedy.net/2025/11/22/m...
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And what does the science say? It is clear. We must phase out fossil fuels not for the sake of the planet, but to ensure a livable future for us all. And "all" includes the inhabitants of those countries who prevented this phrase from being included in the final agreement.
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And what does the science say? It is clear. We must phase out fossil fuels not for the sake of the planet, but to ensure a livable future for us all. And "all" includes the inhabitants of those countries who prevented this phrase from being included in the final agreement.
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This can’t be stressed enough.
my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This can’t be stressed enough.
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A) Phil’s a hero of the free, crusading press
B) That’s a good question to ask yourself even if what you wanted was not to expose neo-Nazis
B) That’s a good question to ask yourself even if what you wanted was not to expose neo-Nazis
This morning, a friend posted a video in which he shared a quote, “Do you remember when you wanted what you have?” That hit home because, despite the unrelenting stream of harassment from neo-Nazis over the last few days, I am doing what I always wanted to do. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A) Phil’s a hero of the free, crusading press
B) That’s a good question to ask yourself even if what you wanted was not to expose neo-Nazis
B) That’s a good question to ask yourself even if what you wanted was not to expose neo-Nazis
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This morning, a friend posted a video in which he shared a quote, “Do you remember when you wanted what you have?” That hit home because, despite the unrelenting stream of harassment from neo-Nazis over the last few days, I am doing what I always wanted to do. 1/
November 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This morning, a friend posted a video in which he shared a quote, “Do you remember when you wanted what you have?” That hit home because, despite the unrelenting stream of harassment from neo-Nazis over the last few days, I am doing what I always wanted to do. 1/
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Much better than blowing it up.
The Siletz tribe took apart the 20,000 pound humpback after it was euthanized Monday.
‘An incredible privilege and a daunting task’: Oregon tribe harvests beached whale for the first time in generations
The Siletz tribe took apart the 20,000 pound humpback after it was euthanized Monday.
www.oregonlive.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Much better than blowing it up.