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Julian Hattem
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SHELTER FROM THE STORM: HOW CLIMATE CHANGE IS CREATING A NEW ERA OF MIGRATION out January 2026: https://thenewpress.org/books/shelter-from-the-storm/
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Julian Hattem @jmhattem.bsky.social · Sep 29
I am so incredibly thrilled to say that my book is coming out in January!

Shelter from the Storm is a deep, sprawling overview of the ways that climate change is creating a new era of human migration
jmhattem.bsky.social
add Tehran to the list of capitals that are or may be moved bc of environmental hazards: www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-pr...

also includes Indonesia (Jakarta--> Nusantara) and Belize (Belize City--> Belmopan)
Iran's president says capital must move from Tehran over ecological concerns
Experts warn drought and water mismanagement have made the city's development unsustainable
www.middleeasteye.net
November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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theathletic.com
Haiti qualified to compete in the men’s World Cup for the first time since 1974.

But travel bans imposed by the U.S. government mean many fans will not be able to attend their nation’s games in the United States next summer.
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
a classic segue for the ages
Air-quality alerts are becoming part of match prep. Athletes are used to adapting – it’s what we do. But adaptation is critical for us all in the face of climate change. That’s why I’ve joined Adapt2Win, a new global campaign backed by more than 40 athletes from around the world – from footballers to surfers, basketball players to runners, skiers to rugby players – calling on world leaders to invest in climate adaptation now. Because what’s happening on the pitch is only a glimpse of what’s happening off it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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joolia.bsky.social
I spoke to Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, his expulsion from Uganda, his son Zohran, and *that* NYT article.
Mahmood Mamdani on Zohran, Uganda and forced expulsion: ‘Who is part of the nation and who is not?’
After being expelled from his homeland in 1972, the academic has grappled with questions of political belonging – a major theme of his son’s mayoral campaign
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Asian national soccer teams are in a "naturalization arms race" to secure the talents of foreign-born players ahead of the expanded World Cup, reports the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
How World Cup expansion is driving Asia’s naturalisation arms race
As Asia’s allocation has doubled for the next World Cup many nations look to foreign-born talent to push them towards qualification
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
"The overhaul represents a striking departure for the behemoth agency that Congress created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks... Today, the Trump administration has remade the agency into a veritable Department of Deportation."
mhkeller.bsky.social michael h keller @mhkeller.bsky.social · 9d
The cost of Trump's immigration surge: Stalled investigations into child sexual abuse, Iranian oil smuggling and human trafficking, among others. My latest piece is a big team effort on how DHS has been transformed into the Department of Deportation.

Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
watching black mirror episodes like it's shark tank, looking for new ideas to invest in
cpaxton.bsky.social Chris Paxton @cpaxton.bsky.social · 12d
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
follows a similar policy from Benin earlier this year -- www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2...
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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shannonosaka.bsky.social
The Post (me and @kcrowebasspro.bsky.social) analyzed the social media posts and appearances of prominent politicians across the country.

We found that no one is talking about climate change anymore. In 2025, mentions are 60% lower than in 2024.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
This bar chart shows a decrease in mentions of 'climate' since a peak in August 2022, when Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Supreme Court DENIES former county clerk Kim Davis's request for the justices to take up her longshot bid to overturn 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges marriage equality decision. No justice even writes about the request.
25-125 DAVIS, KIM V. ERMOLD, DAVID, ET AL. The motion of Foundation for Moral Law for leave to file a brief as amicus curiae out of time is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
dedicated AP reporting on some of the Venezuelans killed in US boat strikes basically comes to the conclusion that they were generally low-level guys in an impoverished part of a troubled country who, yes, occasionally moved cocaine

apnews.com/article/trum...
In dozens of interviews in villages on Venezuela’s breathtaking northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had indeed been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists or leaders of a cartel or gang. The peninsula is part of Sucre state, one of Venezuela’s poorest. Sucre was once home to several fish processing plants, an auto assembly plant and a large public university, all of which offered well-paying jobs. Most have shuttered. The peninsula is dotted by the unfulfilled promises of 26 years of a self-described socialist government, including an abandoned shipyard and the rusted infrastructure meant for a natural gas complex. With its proximity to the Caribbean Sea, the area is a popular transit hub for cocaine making its way from Colombia to Trinidad and other Caribbean islands before heading to Europe. Colombian cocaine destined for the U.S. is generally smuggled out of Colombia through the Pacific coast. The larger economic pressures — and Sánchez’s goal of owning a boat engine — are what pushed the fisherman to accept an offer to help traffickers navigate the tricky waters he knew so well, friends and relatives said.
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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carlquintanilla.bsky.social
This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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inkstickmedia.com
Displaced Ethiopians making the journey through Somalia face exploitation, forced labor, and militant groups along the way.

inkstickmedia.com/along-somali...
Along Somalia's Overlooked Migration Trail, Dangers Lie in Wait
Ethiopians making the journey through Somalia face exploitation, forced labor, and militant groups along the way.
inkstickmedia.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani did Perfectly Imperfect today and recommended a vintage Arsenal third kit, which is incredible layers of on-brand
⚽2009-10 Arsenal Third Kit My favorite third kit of all time. Nicklas Bendtner against Barcelona. Thomas Vermaelen’s left foot. The swaggering arrogance of Robin Van Persie, before he broke our hearts. Arsenal came in 3rd that season. On November 4th, I’m coming in first.
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
this is essentially precisely the reason that many local police depts have avoided cooperating with immigration agents in the first place: because it can lead to a decrease in communities' trust in local cops

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/9...
Operation Midway Blitz linked to dip in 911 calls, especially in Little Village
The rate of 911 calls made in Chicago has dropped precipitously in the two months since the start of Operation Midway Blitz, a Tribune review of city data found, and nowhere is the decrease more pr…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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latimes.com
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
good Planet Money episode this week on "the remittance mystery" of why money transfers are way up to Central America amid greater deportations, but down to Mexico

www.npr.org/2025/10/29/n...
The remittance mystery : Planet Money
For decades, the U.S. has been the single biggest source of remittances worldwide. A remittance is a transfer of money, typically from an immigrant to their family in their country of origin. But we a...
www.npr.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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clientearth.bsky.social
📢The European Court of Human Rights has said Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil & gas before opening new oil fields.

This week, the ECtHR gave a ruling that will change how governments approach fossil fuel development 🧵

www.greenpeace.org/internationa...
October 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Everyone knows that US deportations have ramped up from within the country under Trump

What @ruizags.bsky.social makes clear in this new analysis is that this is the FIRST TIME IN A DECADE that more people have been deported from within the US than from at the border
Screenshot: To achieve its goal of mass deportations, the administration has increased coordination among federal agencies, elevated cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies, rapidly accelerated the build-up of detention capacity, expanded the use of fast-track removal powers, tapped the U.S. military, and established new agreements to repatriate returnees to third countries. As a result, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recorded more deportations from within U.S. communities during FY 2025 than the Border Patrol apprehended people crossing the Southwest border illegally—the first time since at least FY 2014, according to available data.
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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dell.bsky.social
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.

My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
For @migrationpolicy.bsky.social podcast on climate migration, I spoke w @marknevitt.bsky.social about the possibility climate change wipes entire countries off the map

What happens to those countries' inhabitants?
mpichangingclimatechangingmigration.podbean.com/e/climate-st...
Will Climate Change Push Some People into Statelessness?
October 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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pettertornberg.com
Overall social media use is declining.

Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.

A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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wxnb.bsky.social
NEW: Devastating imagery from Jamaica, before & after Category 5 Hurricane Melissa.

Black River — near total destruction.
October 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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nickbaumann.bsky.social
Wild how much can change in 10 years. In 2015, Mother Jones hailed Utah's success in using Housing First policies to reduce homelessness (www.motherjones.com/politics/201...). Now state is building a giant 'treatment center' to detain homeless + mentally ill people: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
jmhattem.bsky.social
Great collection of articles about how wildfires could fundamentally remake vast swaths of US life

Including looks at the insurance challenges compelling relocation, the tricky ways to order evacuations & the reality that many people are stuck in place
jeva.bsky.social Jeva Lange 🫎 @jeva.bsky.social · 29d
In case you missed it — I spent my last trimester working on this package for @heatmap.news on what happens after wildfires, from rebuilding to relocating. Grateful to all the survivors, hotshots, and fire experts who spoke to me for it, and proud of what came together!

heatmap.news/the-aftermath
The Aftermath
How to live with wildfires
heatmap.news
October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM