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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 2d

truly an iconic Portland photo

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Trump wants to cut federal aid to Portland as his anger with protesters grows

U.S. President Donald Trump has directed his team to review federal aid to Portland, Oregon, that can be cut as his anger with the city's anti-government and anti-fascism protesters mounts, the White House said on Friday.

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Martina Igini @martinaigini.bsky.social · 5d

New research found that climate change caused about 36% of Super Typhoon Ragasa’s direct economic damage in southern China.

Climate change boosted Ragasa’s peak wind speeds at landfall by 7% (approximately 13 km/h or 8 mph) and rainfall from the typhoon’s eyewall by 13%.

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Warmer Climate Made Typhoon Ragasa 36% More Destructive

Climate change was behind more than a third of the economic damages from Typhoon Ragasa in southern China, according to a new study.

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Martina Igini @martinaigini.bsky.social · 5d

Spain saw 3,800 additional deaths (!) this year amid a rise in extreme, deadly heat.

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Extreme Summer Heat Caused an 87% Rise in Deaths in Spain

Spain’s scorching summer resulted in more than 3,800 additional deaths this year as extreme heat becomes increasingly deadly, according to the country’s health ministry.

www.bloomberg.com

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 7d

See also: Gila monster slobber, origin of glp-1 drugs

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

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Liam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 8d

We're living in the worst era of wildfire in California history. My colleagues and I found that an astounding 22,500 homes burned down in the five most destructive fires in the state from 2017 through 2020. Just 38% of them have been rebuilt. www.latimes.com/homeless-hou...

22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face

Just 38% of the 22,500 homes burned down in California's five most destructive wildfires from 2017 to 2020 have been rebuilt, The Times found.

www.latimes.com

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 7d

This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important

Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 9d

⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...

China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes

A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.

interestingengineering.com

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Dimitri Drekonja, MD, MS @dimitridrekonja.bsky.social · 7d

I work with Veterans. If I told them that they "killed people and broke things for a living" they would (rightfully) tell me to go to hell.

Those that have had to kill someone in the line of duty most often view it with sadness, regret, and one of the worst experiences of their lives.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "A few months ago I was at the White House when President Trump announced his liberation day for America's trade policy. It was a landmark day. Well, today is another liberation day. The liberation of America's warriors ... you kill people and break things for a living."

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8d

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Chip Mitchell @chipmitchell1.bsky.social · 9d

Today I spoke with Greg Bovino, a top U.S. Border Patrol chief, as he led dozens of feds in military gear through downtown Chicago.

He said they were arresting folks based on “how they look.”

“How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said, referring to me.

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Feds march into downtown Chicago; top border agent says people are arrested based on ‘how they look’

Immigration agents wearing tactical gear and carrying long guns made arrests in downtown Chicago and the River North neighborhood Sunday. “This is not making anybody safer — it’s a show of intimidatio...

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 11d

Many thanks to @agu.org for recognizing my piece on sea level rise for @newyorker.com with this year's Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism - features.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Our Very Strange Search for “Sea Level”

As the oceans ebb and surge, staggering ingenuity has gone into inventing the measure.

www.newyorker.com

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Sarah Gilman @sarahmgilman.bsky.social · 13d

I drew a poem about this summer, living in between worlds with my dearest bud www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/09/24/t...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 24d

Recommended read: @nytimes.com unpacked how and why a group of students from the Pacific Islands took a climate case to the International Court of Justice.

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How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

They watched climate change ravage their home countries as rich, polluting nations did nothing. Then they had an idea.

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 13d

Gift link to this very helpful reframing of the autism "epidemic"

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...

Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.

www.nytimes.com

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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 14d

The piece by @brookejarvis.bsky.social about the island-nations case before the International Court of Justice is a good companion that shows that the climate movement is much bigger. (Print headline: The Big Weight of Small Islands)

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Robert D. Bullard @drrobertbullard.bsky.social · 27d

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 28d

“For us, it was quite clear that climate change does impact our basic human rights."

For the NYT Magazine's climate issue, I wrote about a group of law students from the South Pacific whose clarity and tenacity helped reshape international law

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...

How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 29d

Here's my recent piece on what our new era of bigger, hotter, more frequent fires means for even fire-adapted ecosystems bsky.app/profile/broo...

Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Aug 26

Here's a gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...

In the Scars of L.A.’s Wildfires, Ecological Lessons Bloom

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · 29d

What a stat: Worsening wildfires have killed nearly a fifth of the world's mature sequoias just since 2020 www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/u... / www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency...

Firefighters Race to Save a Treasured Sequoia Grove in California

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Brian McNoldy @bmcnoldy.bsky.social · Sep 8

The ocean heat content averaged over the Gulf of Mexico is now the highest on record -- surpassing even the crazy-high values we saw just last year.
bmcnoldy.earth.miami.edu/tropics/ohc/
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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 29d

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Sep 7

Such a breathtaking confluence of societal failures in this Hannah Dreier story. You've got crippling healthcare costs, lack of worker protections, worsening climate-fueled wildfires, poverty, lack of opportunity for young men... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/u...

‘If I Live to 25, I’ve Lived a Good Life’

www.nytimes.com

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Brooke Jarvis @brookejarvis.bsky.social · Sep 7

Today Australia observes threatened species day, the day that the last known tasmanian tiger died (in captivity, in 1936). Resharing this piece I wrote about the tiger and its true believers for @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...

The Obsessive Search for the Tasmanian Tiger

Could a global icon of extinction still be alive?

www.newyorker.com

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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · Sep 2

Here's one really big headline and one really little headline from this morning's WSJ homepage

Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains

Trump Family Amasses $5 Billion Fortune After Crypt Launch

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Luke Kelly @ltkelly.bsky.social · Aug 29

A thoughtful look at fire, resilience and the future of ecosystems in SoCal and beyond.

It was a pleasure joining @brookejarvis.bsky.social in the field for this @nytimes.com piece, with @mwtingley.bsky.social, @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social & Miroslava Munguia Ramos.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/m...

What the Bloom After L.A.’s Wildfires Reveals About Our Ecological Future

www.nytimes.com

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