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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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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This slop (I don't even know what to call it) is particularly concerning when you consider CBS has consistently led climate coverage by major networks, accounting for 50% of all broadcast time devoted to climate change in 2024.
This is from one of the new CBS news correspondents hired by Bari Weiss.
I’m genuinely not sure what to make of it
open.substack.com/pub/jannalev...
I’m genuinely not sure what to make of it
open.substack.com/pub/jannalev...
January 27, 2026 at 8:00 PM
This slop (I don't even know what to call it) is particularly concerning when you consider CBS has consistently led climate coverage by major networks, accounting for 50% of all broadcast time devoted to climate change in 2024.
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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.
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A sign at California's Muir Woods National Monument explaining that redwoods soak up planet-warming greenhouse gases has been removed by the Trump administration. One of many ways the National Park Service is now silencing science and history: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...
How the National Park Service Is Deleting American History
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:26 AM
A sign at California's Muir Woods National Monument explaining that redwoods soak up planet-warming greenhouse gases has been removed by the Trump administration. One of many ways the National Park Service is now silencing science and history: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...
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Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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"The new, nihilistic E.P.A. position is that environmental safeguards have essentially no benefits. " www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
Opinion | The Trump Administration Now Thinks Clean Air Is Worthless
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
"The new, nihilistic E.P.A. position is that environmental safeguards have essentially no benefits. " www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/o...
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i often hear “Bezos just doesn’t care” as an explanation of his looming evisceration of the paper, but is that really the leading theory here? he’s approving this out of apathy? a man worth $249B who oversees a global business empire is giving a 🤷🏼♂️ to this being an unforgettable part of his legacy?
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
i often hear “Bezos just doesn’t care” as an explanation of his looming evisceration of the paper, but is that really the leading theory here? he’s approving this out of apathy? a man worth $249B who oversees a global business empire is giving a 🤷🏼♂️ to this being an unforgettable part of his legacy?
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From Paul Farhi at the other site. Former media reporter there.
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
From Paul Farhi at the other site. Former media reporter there.
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news you can use as they say
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:51 PM
news you can use as they say
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Normal thing for a major urban American newspaper to have to post.
Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Normal thing for a major urban American newspaper to have to post.
Really helpful explanation
(sorry @kairyssdal.bsky.social)
(sorry @kairyssdal.bsky.social)
Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common | @hausfath.bsky.social #CBarchive
Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
Read here: buff.ly/SjC9yQm
Factcheck: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common - Carbon Brief
In a new analysis, Carbon Brief shows that few places in the world have seen an increase in extreme cold days over the past 55 years.
buff.ly
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Really helpful explanation
(sorry @kairyssdal.bsky.social)
(sorry @kairyssdal.bsky.social)
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I know there's A Lot on at the moment, but the AMOC slowing to a collapse will likely make the entire North Atlantic largely uninhabitable within a matter of decades, and really nothing matters more than limiting climate change, ever www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...
Ventilation of the North Atlantic is Weakening
20 January 2026 / Kiel. The renewal of deep waters in the North Atlantic has slowed markedly over the past three decades. This is shown by a new study from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Resear...
www.geomar.de
January 26, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I know there's A Lot on at the moment, but the AMOC slowing to a collapse will likely make the entire North Atlantic largely uninhabitable within a matter of decades, and really nothing matters more than limiting climate change, ever www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...
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Admirably clear @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Admirably clear @peterbakernyt.bsky.social
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A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A thread of MAGA protesting with guns and not getting murdered for it...
Arizona, November 2020
Arizona, November 2020
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Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
Alex Pretti: Analysing Footage of Minneapolis CBP Shooting - bellingcat
Bellingcat has analysed video of the shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The footage appears to contradict statements made by the Department of Homeland Security.
www.bellingcat.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
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On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social, I spoke with
@josephcox.bsky.social about ICE’s growing arsenal of surveillance tools
&
@drewharwell.com about the agency’s massive recruitment/propaganda campaign:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
@josephcox.bsky.social about ICE’s growing arsenal of surveillance tools
&
@drewharwell.com about the agency’s massive recruitment/propaganda campaign:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Trump's Plan to Tank America | On the Media | WNYC Studios
Children as young as five have been detained by immigration agents in Minnesota. On this week’s On the Media, how I.C.E. uses technology to surveil the public and recruit more members...
www.wnycstudios.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
On this week’s @onthemedia.bsky.social, I spoke with
@josephcox.bsky.social about ICE’s growing arsenal of surveillance tools
&
@drewharwell.com about the agency’s massive recruitment/propaganda campaign:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
@josephcox.bsky.social about ICE’s growing arsenal of surveillance tools
&
@drewharwell.com about the agency’s massive recruitment/propaganda campaign:
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 10:36 AM
15 years ago I borrowed a bulletproof vest from a reporter so I could report from a war zone. I held onto it after I returned.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
Last week the reporter finally asked for it back because he is headed to Minneapolis.
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"John Mitnick, who once was the head attorney at the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration, criticized his former agency on Saturday night. 'I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty,' he wrote" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
Update from Hamed Aleaziz
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"John Mitnick, who once was the head attorney at the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration, criticized his former agency on Saturday night. 'I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty,' he wrote" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
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The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month. n.pr/3YXDGLu
Man shot dead by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis
The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month.
n.pr
January 24, 2026 at 9:05 PM
The incident, which was caught on video, marks the second deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis in less than a month. n.pr/3YXDGLu
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Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
January 24, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Chief Strategist for Rand Paul.
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NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html
January 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
NYT video analysis confirms victim’s gun was removed before he was shot. So he was unarmed. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-federal-agents-video.html