Jessica McKenzie
@jessimckenzi.bsky.social
editing & reporting climate stories @thebulletin.org // outdoorsy newsletter: http://pinchofdirt.substack.com // tips: [email protected] or [email protected] or jessimckenzi.01 on signal
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There are more than ~1.2 million objects larger than one cm circling the planet, all traveling at ~29,000 kph. Even a screw-sized fragment can tear a satellite apart, threatening the systems modern life depends on, from GPS and weather forecasting to internet, aviation safety, and disaster response.
Space trash: Orbit shows where the circular economy breaks down
Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what happens after their useful life. The result is a growing halo of waste around...
thebulletin.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
There are more than ~1.2 million objects larger than one cm circling the planet, all traveling at ~29,000 kph. Even a screw-sized fragment can tear a satellite apart, threatening the systems modern life depends on, from GPS and weather forecasting to internet, aviation safety, and disaster response.
have also recently added kessler syndrome to my list of Serious Concerns
January 20, 2026 at 5:46 PM
have also recently added kessler syndrome to my list of Serious Concerns
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🚨 JUST IN: As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland and seems ready to break the transatlantic alliance, the crisis should serve as a catalyst for deeper and smarter Europeanization of defensive and strategic efforts, German lawmaker Roderich Kiesewetter writes.
#Greenland
#Greenland
The "Donroe Doctrine" moved to the Arctic. Europe must now redefine burden sharing
As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland and seems ready to break the transatlantic alliance, the crisis should serve as a catalyst for deeper and smarter Europeanization of ...
thebulletin.org
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 AM
🚨 JUST IN: As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland and seems ready to break the transatlantic alliance, the crisis should serve as a catalyst for deeper and smarter Europeanization of defensive and strategic efforts, German lawmaker Roderich Kiesewetter writes.
#Greenland
#Greenland
There are more than ~1.2 million objects larger than one cm circling the planet, all traveling at ~29,000 kph. Even a screw-sized fragment can tear a satellite apart, threatening the systems modern life depends on, from GPS and weather forecasting to internet, aviation safety, and disaster response.
Space trash: Orbit shows where the circular economy breaks down
Despite decades of warnings, governments and private companies have continued launching missions with little plan for what happens after their useful life. The result is a growing halo of waste around...
thebulletin.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
There are more than ~1.2 million objects larger than one cm circling the planet, all traveling at ~29,000 kph. Even a screw-sized fragment can tear a satellite apart, threatening the systems modern life depends on, from GPS and weather forecasting to internet, aviation safety, and disaster response.
still thinking about the person on here who lashed out at journalists for "reminding" trump about greenland by "just asking questions" two weeks ago and then blocked me when i pointed out how dumb that was
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
still thinking about the person on here who lashed out at journalists for "reminding" trump about greenland by "just asking questions" two weeks ago and then blocked me when i pointed out how dumb that was
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Two men in ICE detention say they saw guards kill a fellow detainee. Now the Trump administration is trying to deport the witnesses.
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
DHS seeking to deport two men who said fellow ICE detainee was killed
The two men’s eyewitness accounts of the Jan. 3 death of Geraldo Lunas Campos at a Texas detention camp differ from the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the incident.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Two men in ICE detention say they saw guards kill a fellow detainee. Now the Trump administration is trying to deport the witnesses.
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
This looks a lot like a cover-up. We need an independent investigation NOW. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
idk that this feels like a bright spot to me
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
idk that this feels like a bright spot to me
ok a couple hours later and a lot of brine in the one with a weight but not so much in the other one...
January 20, 2026 at 12:25 AM
ok a couple hours later and a lot of brine in the one with a weight but not so much in the other one...
just made kimchi for the first time and stressing about there not being enough brine to cover the veg
January 19, 2026 at 9:38 PM
just made kimchi for the first time and stressing about there not being enough brine to cover the veg
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I’m the one in the brown hat.
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
This is what happened in our neighborhood yesterday. ICE snatched a human being off of our streets, roughed them up badly, and then pepper sprayed legal observers as they documented it all. This is a daily occurrence happening all throughout Minnesota right now.
January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I’m the one in the brown hat.
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
What you might not see is the victim in the car. His feet are pointing out the open car door. An agent is sitting on one of his legs. He’s only wearing crocs.
Bystanders found his legal work visa in his abandoned car.
#AbolishICE
ok when you click first time watch on letterboxd are you saying this is a first time watch or that you've seen it before? because as soon as you click that button it says "ive seen this film before" with a checkmark
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
ok when you click first time watch on letterboxd are you saying this is a first time watch or that you've seen it before? because as soon as you click that button it says "ive seen this film before" with a checkmark
eh i don't trust the platforms to get this right. remember when twitter kept asking if you had "read the article" when you *wrote it*
Feature idea: A mild electrical shock when you try to respond to someone but you haven’t read the article.
January 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
eh i don't trust the platforms to get this right. remember when twitter kept asking if you had "read the article" when you *wrote it*
how could this be?? i thought all those people the nyt interviewed gave him an A
Pollster: 58% of Americans say Trump's second term has been a failure. A year into term number two, Trump's numbers look worse than any other president. Trump is even worse than George W. Bush after Katrina and a long period in the Iraq War. This is really, really bad.
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
how could this be?? i thought all those people the nyt interviewed gave him an A
this would be funny if it wasn't so upsetting!!!!
Trying to explain why something is wrong to the right: 'this is like something a minority would do'
guy who's only seen a really racist version of boss baby:
January 16, 2026 at 6:44 PM
this would be funny if it wasn't so upsetting!!!!
now where have i heard that before
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 PM
now where have i heard that before
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In pulling out of the UNFCCC, President Trump has sent a clear signal that the US will have no part in multileral debates about climate change. But this is a sharp divergence from past Republican administrations.
My latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
My latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Trump’s Withdrawal from UN Climate Body Breaks Bipartisan Consensus on Multilateral Efforts
Washington, D.C., January 15, 2026 - President Donald Trump’s recent withdrawal from the foundational United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Intergovernmental Panel on Cli...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
January 15, 2026 at 8:22 PM
In pulling out of the UNFCCC, President Trump has sent a clear signal that the US will have no part in multileral debates about climate change. But this is a sharp divergence from past Republican administrations.
My latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
My latest for the @nsarchive.bsky.social:
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
It's been a real pleasure to work with Ben over the past few months. An extremely strong, clear voice in a dark time. You can find all the articles he has written for @thebulletin.org here:
January 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
It's been a real pleasure to work with Ben over the past few months. An extremely strong, clear voice in a dark time. You can find all the articles he has written for @thebulletin.org here:
once again asking why flashbangs are legal www.propublica.org/article/flas...
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 PM
once again asking why flashbangs are legal www.propublica.org/article/flas...
omg google ai is so dumb
January 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
omg google ai is so dumb
hilarious autosave draft from when word crashed earlier this week
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
hilarious autosave draft from when word crashed earlier this week
"The hysterical pussy hats were right." still thinking about this quote three days later, and probably will be for a while...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"The hysterical pussy hats were right." still thinking about this quote three days later, and probably will be for a while...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...
y'all trump is the most "give a mouse a cookie" president of all time. people need to stop giving him cookies!!!!!
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
y'all trump is the most "give a mouse a cookie" president of all time. people need to stop giving him cookies!!!!!
always interesting to see which rural voices get top billing in these "talked to people in diners" stories.
it is POSSIBLE to open with the woman kept awake at night by renee good's last words, who sees that the state is under attack.
or even the pre-ICE republican troubled by the shooting
it is POSSIBLE to open with the woman kept awake at night by renee good's last words, who sees that the state is under attack.
or even the pre-ICE republican troubled by the shooting
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
always interesting to see which rural voices get top billing in these "talked to people in diners" stories.
it is POSSIBLE to open with the woman kept awake at night by renee good's last words, who sees that the state is under attack.
or even the pre-ICE republican troubled by the shooting
it is POSSIBLE to open with the woman kept awake at night by renee good's last words, who sees that the state is under attack.
or even the pre-ICE republican troubled by the shooting
she was too stunned to speak
BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good last week in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition.
ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say
Jonathan Ross, who shot Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, suffered internal bleeding after the incident, two officials said, though it's not clear how extensive the bleeding was.
cbsn.ws
January 14, 2026 at 8:07 PM
she was too stunned to speak