John Ryan

Atmospheric CO2 concentration graphed from 1957 to present, showing a continuous increase to current 429 parts per million. The annual natural cycle of slight ups and downs can also be seen. Measurements are taken hourly at the top of Mauna Loa, Hawaii

The latest update from the Mauna Loa CO2 observatory, shows current #carbondioxide concentrations continue to accelerate upward. The latest reading? 429.1 parts per million. Pre-industrial concentrations were under 280 ppm.
#climatechange
#climate

Excellent analysis showing how state funding mechanisms are used to deepen the state's ideological control, much akin to what happened in Hungary under Orbán.

Historian here history first time as tragedy the second time as farce.

Brandon Straka: I’m at the Pentagon this morning for a briefing with @SecWar @PeteHegseth on the Iran strikes. Session starts in 10 minutes.

Here's a Jan. 6 rioter posing with a press pass before Pete Hegseth's press conference, just to give you a sense of the type of "journalists" who were in the Pentagon briefing room this morning.

BBC Verify reporter parsing fact from fiction (a difficult, important job, especially in wartime)
x.com/Shayan86/sta...

Iran strikes were launched without approval from Congress, deeply dividing lawmakers Top lawmakers were notified about the operation shortly before it was launched, but the White House did not seek authorization from Congress to carry out the strikes.

Top lawmakers were notified about the operation shortly before it was launched, but the White House did not seek authorization from Congress to carry out the strikes. n.pr/4l12c8B

U.S. and Israel strike Iran in operation 'Epic Fury.' Trump calls for regime overthrow Israel and the U.S. launched strikes against Iran, and Iran retaliated with attacks on Israel and several Gulf countries.

Update: Israel and the U.S. launched strikes against Iran, and Iran retaliated with attacks on Israel and several Gulf countries.

Pentagon removes senior official from Joint Staff post, sources say U.S. Vice Admiral Fred Kacher only took the post in December.

Trump has dismissed Vice Admiral Fred Kacher, deputy director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for issuing warnings to him about what might go wrong in a new war against Iran, Reuters report. www.reuters.com/world/us/pen...

Congress must return immediately and vote to put an end to this war.

Every Senator should be on the record—the American people deserve to know which of their leaders supports another potentially bloody and costly war in the Middle East.

No war with Iran.

Pay for however many newsletters you want, please, give all those writers money

But you can't replace a whole journalism ecosystem with a series of freelancers, you just can't. There also needs to be support for serious papers, magazines, online newsrooms, and nonprofit reporting

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

Still up on the official White House website:

www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...

A timely reminder that CNN is and has been a go-to source for solid, fact based, timely, often live on location reporting on conflicts like this. The international news network may soon have a new owner in David Ellison that will surely not be committed to this level of coverage or truth telling.

Time is a flat circle

Which enemy is Hegseth speaking of? Putin? Greenland? Critical thinking? Democrats? Science? 🤔

The "RFK Jr Curve"

That's some serious hazmat gear in use today on the Seattle Ship Canal as firefighters respond to an ammonia spill on a fishing boat. x.com/SeattleFire/...

Elaine Godfrey on getting booted from a Crockett event: "I agreed to leave, and four guards, including at least one who was armed, escorted me out of the building, through the parking lot, and right to the edge of the nearby highway, where they waited as I ordered a car. A spokesperson for the Crockett campaign did not respond to my request for comment on these events or for elaboration on the tiers of haterdom. A spokesperson for her team told Semafor that I had not been removed from the event. Crockett told CBS News there is “no evidence” that a reporter had been removed from an event. She added that there is a “specific journalist” who has a “history of being less than truthful,” and that this person had been sued for defamation and lost. Perhaps she was thinking of someone else, because that’s not something that has ever happened to me."

boy I don't know www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Radiohead rages against the machine:

A map of Washington showing that snowpack is far below average in almost all water basins.

It’s time for another Washington water supply update 💧 No, there’s still not enough snow. And yes, we're still in a drought.

So far, water year 2026 has been the warmest on record. We had a lot of rain in December, but January has been too warm and too dry to add to our snowpack.

Bill Gates does damage control at his foundation, apologizing to staff for Epstein ties Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates' ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been public knowledge for several years. But this week, Gates took the additional step of apologizing for those tie...

Wall Street Journal reporter Emily Glazer told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about what Gates said in a staff town hall meeting this week.

FUN FACT: The UK has nearly twice as many public EV chargers as fuel pumps

www.gov.uk/governmen...

Six planets due to parade across night sky in rare celestial spectacle Jupiter, Saturn, Venus, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus will all be visible at same time in curved line across sky

Or we can keep staring at our screens.

The cover of this week's Lancet, featuring RFK Jr:

This week's cover @thelancet.com

La Puerta del Infierno

“The court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the US in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again & again & again—to force the US govt. to comply with court orders”

*210* violations of court orders in MN alone according to Reagan-appointed judge x.com/rparloff/sta...

For America’s 250th, Should the Coin of Trump’s Realm Be Gold?

Numismatic glorification: Trump team wants his image on a second coin, this time in gold. But an obscure panel is blocking it. "Only those nations ruled by kings or dictators display the image of their sitting ruler on the coins of the realm.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

NEW: Minnesota's top federal judge is threatening to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt if they continue defying court orders in immigration cases.

"One way or another, ICE will comply." www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

Legislating Under the Influence... not of powerful lobbyists or campaign donors, but of alcohol #waleg