The U.S. war on Iran is a total environmental catastrophe.
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The U.S. war on Iran is a total environmental catastrophe.
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CBS News Correspondent Announces Sudden Departure From Network: ‘My Work Will Soon No Longer Appear’
Thinking of Eldridge & Breslin (the real love story FX should work up). Ronnie's memorial is Wednesday, 4:30 pm, at the New York Ethical Culture Society. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/o...
Love this kicker. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/a...
My latest for @theappeal.org
Women imprisoned in AZ went on hunger strike for more than 2 weeks, issuing 21 polite requests: theappeal.org/arizona-perr...
“Americans have seen enough wreckage now to understand two things: the government is not swooping in to save you or your stuff, & if you are vulnerable in some way before the storm hits, you’re going to have a rougher time recovering.” #ClimateSky
🇵🇸 Next to the historic Great Omari Mosque in #Gaza, a library that once held around 20,000 books now stands in ruins, ravaged by the war.
Volunteers are working carefully to salvage what remains, determined to preserve Gaza’s ancient cultural #heritage 👇
Well said, thank you…not smarter or “higher class” or anything else singular…simply predatory.
Nearly half of L.A County’s pavement may be unnecessary, new map finds. Via Meg Tanaka. www.latimes.com/environment/...
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Page 1 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in Spanish in a cursive script. Translation: “Hello I am Ender and I am 12 years old, I have been at this center for 2 months. I arrived here for an immigration appointment and I don’t think they should grab immigrants who are innocent, like instead of grabbing criminals because I mean they prefer to lock up children than look for people who really shouldn’t be in the U.S. They told me I could only be here 21 days but I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals, going outside and that the majority of guards never pay attention to people, eating dinner always the same as the day before, seeing people cry every day for the same reasons, trying to sleep in that horrible uncomfortable bed, going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
Page 2 of a child’s handwritten letter, written in Spanish in a cursive script. Translation: “…going to wait for the bad answers from the judges, hearing the bad news from people who no longer have hope, having to share a room with minimum 3 families, and all that so they send us back to our countries.” Below the text is a drawing in pen of three women, titled “My family” and labeled with “Mama,” “Sister,” and “me” in Spanish.
5/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…”
From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days
What's that? You say you want to learn more about Puerto Rico's electricity grid?
Heartened to see it in better shape now, a world of change since last year. In a kinder world, it would become a state or national monument, open for tours and inspiration. www.archpaper.com/2026/02/kapp...
Literally conceptualized as a “living room for residents” tons of free supplies for art and crafts projects free courses free places to host things just incredible and huge
oodihelsinki.fi/en/
ICE has shrouded entire neighborhoods in Minneapolis in a toxic cloud of chemicals.
Last year, I commissioned this story on @thexylom.com on the aftermath of Nepal's Gen-Z protests, where something similar happened.
There are likely long term public health impacts in both cities for years to come:
🔴 Three journalists were killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza on Wednesday, the Palestinian territory's civil defence agency said.
Israel has been the biggest killer of journalists for three years running, Reporters Without Borders data shows: https://go.france24.com/VpW
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
NY Cares needs hands this week to sort winter coats for immediate distribution. Two volunteer shifts avail each day, the midtown warehouse is WARM. Sign-up takes 20 mins (a virtual orientation). Schools are sending lists of the coats their kids need asap. This works! www.newyorkcares.org/volunteers
“The water is the scariest part. They’re asking for 2.5 million gallons per day." www.404media.co/project-mata...
bodyguards IN the office
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
The Department of Homeland Security appears to be moving ahead with a new immigrant detention facility to hold as many as 1,500 detainees in Chester, New York — just over an hour from New York City.
“These universities say over and over again, ‘These deals do not compromise our autonomy, our
independence, our academic freedom.’ Of course that’s not true.” www.chronicle.com/article/rand...
Around 9 p.m., federal agents shot rubber bullets and released gas canisters in north Minneapolis as protesters gathered after a federal agent shot a man in the leg.
📸: Susan Du
It’s here! 90th & West End Ave. Not to be picky but it could use a door and a dial tone.
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we
have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.
We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
Again, from Michael Grynbaum, here is Sharyn Alfonsi's full email.
It must be read:
do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
