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Taylor Kate Brown
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Investigative and solutions climate journalism. Born the year of Star Trek IV and 347 ppm | taylorkatebrown.com | previously: ProPublica, SFChronicle and BBC. I can also make your emails not suck. Icon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Parisienne_(fresco)
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · Dec 31
A year in publishing, kind of: (to be clear this thread is more for me than for you).

I started the year with a holdover for work done in 2023 - and it became one of my most talked about pieces. I got to talk about it on the radio and the weather channel(!) grist.org/energy/in-ju...
In Juneau, Alaska, a carbon offset project that's actually working
Visiting Alaska is an emissions-heavy prospect. An innovative program has tourists ease that by helping buy heat pumps for locals.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 17h
I absolutely need to update this webpage, but get in folks, we're thinking about the passage of time in the specific place you live, big pine trees and the backordering of gas turbines www.theplanetyousave.com
The Planet You Save | Local climate action stories
Tired of climate news that makes you feel powerless? The Planet You Save is a weekly update about local climate action happening across the US
www.theplanetyousave.com
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 14h
The first time I realized California rentals did not require refridgerators, my brain short-circuited www.yahoo.com/news/article...
A fridge for every apartment in California, thanks to a new law
California renters will no longer have to hunt down a fridge. Starting next year landlords will be required to provide refrigerators and stoves with new leases.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 17h
I'm planning to send a newsletter editon again this week. It's a mix of climate stories I'm reading, other books and music I'm enjoying and writing that doesn't fit elsewhere. Also: you can only get it as a newsletter, as I'm not putting up archive right now -- www.theplanetyousave.com
The Planet You Save | Local climate action stories
Tired of climate news that makes you feel powerless? The Planet You Save is a weekly update about local climate action happening across the US
www.theplanetyousave.com
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 14h
was no one gonna tell me it was MacArthur grant day???? www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...
Tonika Lewis Johnson | 2025 MacArthur Fellow
YouTube video by macfound
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 15h
Rare pipeline company (Williams) versus pipeline company (Equitrans) fight for specific real estate ncnewsline.com/2025/10/06/f...
FERC analysis finds MVP Southgate natural gas project potentially redundant • NC Newsline
Another natural gas pipeline, the Southeast Supply Enhancement Project, could remove the need for Southgate, regulators say.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 17h
I absolutely need to update this webpage, but get in folks, we're thinking about the passage of time in the specific place you live, big pine trees and the backordering of gas turbines www.theplanetyousave.com
The Planet You Save | Local climate action stories
Tired of climate news that makes you feel powerless? The Planet You Save is a weekly update about local climate action happening across the US
www.theplanetyousave.com
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 17h
I'm planning to send a newsletter editon again this week. It's a mix of climate stories I'm reading, other books and music I'm enjoying and writing that doesn't fit elsewhere. Also: you can only get it as a newsletter, as I'm not putting up archive right now -- www.theplanetyousave.com
The Planet You Save | Local climate action stories
Tired of climate news that makes you feel powerless? The Planet You Save is a weekly update about local climate action happening across the US
www.theplanetyousave.com
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22h
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS @mkramer.bsky.social · 19h
A nice write up in @usa.streetsblog.org!

usa.streetsblog.org/2025/10/08/t...
This Newsroom Is Looking For Its Next Big Tip on the Train — Streetsblog USA
Investigative journalists at ProPublica are betting that the next big tipster is riding the rails right now — and reaching out to find them.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d
For someone in need: Does anyone know where women can get a free mammogram in Montgomery County, Maryland?
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 1d
This one's for all the parents who have told me they're going through hell trying to find Covid vaccines for their children: It's not just you! Gift link:
Seeking Covid Shots for Their Children, Some Parents Hit a Wall
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stacy-marie ishmael @smi.bsky.social · 1d
People of Columbus, OH: Samin Nosrat and Hanif Abdurraqib are in conversation on Friday October 10. I am wildly jealous that I can't attend this; this should be a great event www.capa.com/productions/...
An Evening with Samin Nosrat
Friday, October 10, 2025 | 8 PM Buy Tickets Plan Your Visit Spend an uplifting evening with Samin Nosrat as she discusses her new book, GOOD THINGS. Samin will share stories around the inspiration for...
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The 51st @51st.news · 3d
Two opportunities to get involved in the city this week, from @colleengrablick.bsky.social's Civics Roundup:
• Tuesday, Oct. 7: @freedcproject.bsky.social's Ward 3 campaign orientation
• Wednesday, Oct. 8: "Angry" hour for pissed-off optimists benefiting @peacefordc.bsky.social
Your weekly roundup of ways to get involved in D.C.
Plus, plenty of chances to plug into Free DC this week.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 3d
Speculating on .... what now?
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 3d
Hedge funds speculating on wildfire insurance claims in California were just dealt a legal blow, after the state adopted new legislation designed to stifle such bets
Hedge Funds Targeting Fire Insurance Hit a Wall in California
Hedge funds speculating on wildfire insurance claims in California were just dealt a legal blow, after the state adopted new legislation designed to stifle such bets.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 5d
hmmmmmmm www.retaildive.com/news/stanley...
Stanley launches take-back program
The brand, known for its tumblers, is furthering its “Built for Life” promise by offering a $5 discount code to customers who send back eligible products.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 5d
The DOJ award for Innovation in Torment Nexus studies
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d
comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting
the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher
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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 5d
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 6d
Oscar Guevara said he and his younger brother will head to El Salvador to bring their father cameras, clothes and other personal belongings.

“At least he is not dead, and that’s the only thing giving us hope,” Oscar Guevara said in Spanish.
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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 6d
BREAKING: Mario Guevara, the Atlanta-based Spanish-language journalist who was arrested covering an anti-Trump protest, has been transported to a Louisiana immigration facility, from where his family said he will be deported to El Salvador tomorrow at 11 a.m.

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👻HaunTed👻★ 韓聖安 @knowtheory.net · 6d
Tomorrow is #bandcampfriday!

I wanna hear your recs! I want to see them fill this feed I created!

bsky.app/profile/did:...

TELL US WHAT WE SHOULD CHECK OUT
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Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social · 11d
Just finished many hours of signing the books you all have preordered from @loyaltybooks.bsky.social. Shout out to those who got books not only for yourself but for your kids, your grandchildren, your students, and even the kid down the street who keeps riding his bike over your lawn. I’m grateful.
Clint stands behind a stack of signed books
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 6d
from reporting on energy I intuitively knew that energy/enviro impacts from AI data centers would be regionally contingent, but I'm glad somebody quantified it. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 6d
Also is its wild how much argumentation there was that EV + other electrification would increase demand so much it would have bad localized grid effects. And yet, here we are with AI data centers.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 6d
Three companies control 70% of the global market for gas turbines and they remain skeptical about whether the recent surge in demand for turbines will last long enough to recoup investments needed to build new manufacturing capacity." www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
AI-Driven Demand for Gas Turbines Risks a New Energy Crunch
Orders for turbines to power natural gas plants are vastly outpacing supply, threatening the world’s ability to keep pace with rising electricity demand.
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 6d
cc @justinmcelroy.bsky.social Munch Squad inbox
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Emily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 6d
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
A screenshot from Publisher's Lunch: Jennifer L. Armentrout and Hellmann's In a promotion designed for BookTok enjoyment, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s just-published THE PRIMAL OF BLOOD AND BONE is available in a special, limited-edition "garlic-scented copy, infused with Hellmann’s Garlic Aioli to create a one-of-a-kind, Craven-proof book." They explain: "This exclusive edition is printed with garlic-infused ink, designed to ward off Armentrout’s bloodthirsty monsters, the Craven. While humans may dread garlic breath, Hellmann’s has cleverly transformed this social faux pas into an unexpected – and delicious – form of supernatural protection."
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 6d
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Taylor Kate Brown @taylorkatebrown.bsky.social · 7d
"With the release of Sora 2 it is maddening to remember all of the completely insane copyright lawsuits I’ve written about over the years" www.404media.co/openais-sora...
OpenAI’s Sora 2 Copyright Infringement Machine Features Nazi SpongeBobs and Criminal Pikachus
The main use of Sora appears to generate brainrot of major beloved copyrighted characters, to say nothing of the millions of articles, images, and videos OpenAI has scraped.
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