Interested in the art & science of connecting people for art & science. Senior comms at @agu.org, @eos.org. Founder of Exposed DC. Casual powerlifter; dabbling in astrophotography.
6/ The Post has lost over 375,000 subscribers in just over a year. If 10% of those readers subscribed to The 51st instead, we could hire 10 reporters and five editors, dramatically scaling our coverage of the city at this critical time. 51st.news/signup
The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.
Support independent media. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
Every two weeks when I wake up to find an If Books Could Kill episode nestled among my 20 morning news podcasts documenting the modern American hellscape my shoulders physically release a little.
The Washington Post has laid off least 14 climate journalists, newsroom sources told @sammyroth.bsky.social, effectively decimating one of the most important reporting teams in American climate journalism.
A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
honestly can't keep track of all the brilliant, invaluable writers the Washington Post has let go this morning, but I cannot recall in my lifetime a once-great publication so purposefully shooting itself in the face
this whole thing is on Bezos, a perfect example of why billionaires will not save us
for years he supported the Post and then he decided destroying it utterly at the altar of a wannabe dictator better served his personal ambitions, so he did
institutions shouldn’t live or did at one man’s whim
Incredible. They destroyed a great newspaper because they hated the people who actually paid for it and read it so much that they'd rather scrap the paper if they couldn't get Tucker Carlson's audience bsky.app/profile/maxt...
Speaking to WaPo employees, editor Matt Murray says cuts are about “positioning ourselves to become more essential to people's lives, and what is becoming a more crowded, competitive and complicated media landscape, and after some years when, candidly, the Post has had struggles to do that."
I personally do not think some rich man should be able to buy an institution like this like a toy and then break it when he doesn’t want to play with it anymore. bsky.app/profile/benm...
New: Washington Post Executive Editor Matt Murray and HR Chief Wayne Connell tell employees to stay home for a zoom webinar ahead of “significant actions across the company.” Widely expected layoffs are scheduled to begin today.
“The legal work behind detentions has largely been an overlooked battlefield that will likely rage on years after ICE departs the streets, leaving in its wake hundreds if not thousands of long-and-winding court cases.”
Great profile of one of the lawyers on the ground in MN.
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
What a model of bravery for all of our public representatives right now. (Also I really appreciate that the only thing this journalist asked her was “Are you okay?”)
Democrats should demand every sitting Republican decry this attack and explicitly denounce it, and then censure all of them when they don’t do it. Act like normal decent humans defending your colleague.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
pretty incredible story in here about how you can go from sitting on your couch to radicalized and in the streets in record time:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
I made banana bread because I had three bananas that went south super fast, but I didn’t have enough butter, I’m pretty sure my vanilla extract has gone rancid, and I don’t really like banana bread, so I wouldn’t say it’s *helping*
maaaajor photo of our mayor from @alexkrales.bsky.social in which we learn Mamdani is an iced-coffee-in-winter guy
HUGE win for that community, congrats!!!
(thought it was dunkin, which stopped me in my tracks, but no I don’t think the straw is the right shade of orange)
DC just sent out two city wide alerts saying “Monday, January 20” (today is the 19th) so be advised this is happening tonight and could be visible around 8pm here in DC!
Eos has released a fantastic report today looking back at the last year of changes to science policy and the scientific workforce.
The full report is split into 5 sections. Sit down with it, share it with colleagues and policymakers, and keep an eye out for what's likely next in 2026.
As Year 2 of Trump 2.0 starts, get a refresher on how the administration’s actions in its first year affected climate change and energy policy, public health and safety, the federal workforce, academia, and the environment.
eos.org/state-of-the...
If you’re frustrated with national news coverage and like podcasts, let me rec the City Cast extended universe.
In addition to DC I tune into Chicago, Portland, Twin Cities—TC had great segments today on local restaurants handling ICE and the mass resignation at the MN US atty office.
We’re #hiring two reporters in D.C.:
🗞️ A Loose Lips Reporter to lead our political coverage
📰 A news reporter to cover how the federal government impacts local politics and everyday life in D.C.
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First clear night in awhile so I took a second shot of the Orion Nebula.
I used the SeeStar’s field widening (and view rotating) setting for the first time—a little too much, I ended up cropping it back down quite a bit.
I’ve been taking images with the SeeStar since this summer and they’ve all been exciting but this one made me actually emotional.
Look at this Orion Nebula beauty as big as you can make it:
My last event of #AGU25 was this packed town hall—it was incredibly moving to witness everyone stand and confirm the enormous value of @ncar-ucar.bsky.social to the scientific community and all of us who benefit from it.
At an @agu.org Town Hall today, @ncar-ucar.bsky.social President Antonio Busalacchi spoke to #AGU25 attendees about what's at stake if NCAR is dismantled.
One attendee asked anyone who uses NCAR research to stand up. Almost everyone in the room stood.
Read more here:
eos.org/research-and...
