Deputy Opinion Page editor for @sfchronicle.com. https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Remember-World-Trade-Center-ebook/dp/B09B8PTPHC
Earth is now warming faster than at any point in recorded geological history - around 10 times faster than the extreme warming event 56 million years ago and 20 times faster than at the end of the last ice age. We are almost certainly in a new extinction event.
At least 600 structures have been left damaged or destroyed as three wildfires burn in the Spokane area. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones reports. Read more: https://cnn.it/4huhvaj
The sitting president of the United States got his accounts closed for money laundering and its barely news 🤯
A dangerous wind shift (visible on radar imagery) has just occurred in #Spokane, WA, where major wildfire disaster is currently unfolding. Three separate major fires (circled) near or within city limits have already caused major structure loss & chaotic, expanding evacs. #WAwx
Quick Newsflash: 🇭🇺 Hungary’s grid has collapsed because low water on the Danube has shut down the nuclear ☢️ factory 🇬🇷 Meanwhile Greece loses 5th firefighter this week battling apocalyptic blazes 🔥 The collapse of industrial civilisation won’t be televised. Welcome to the blackout 🫥
I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.
Unfortunately, it is likely that smoke from the fires in Washington and Oregon get pulled westward over the Pacific Ocean, down the coast and toward the Bay Area by Wednesday. Other parts of Northern California, like Tahoe, could get smoke as early as Tuesday.
Todd Blanche quite obviously lied to the Senate Judiciary Committee when he told them this was dead. It was never dead. It was just on hold until he was confirmed.
Evangelist Whitney Lynn uses most of her flights as an opportunity to share her faith. This week, her sermon got her kicked off a flight and clips of her removal racked up millions of views on social media. She called the situation “spiritual warfare.”
Preflight sermon gets plane preacher kicked off Alaska Airlines flightFlorida evangelist Whitney Lynn shared clips of her removal on social media and racked up millions of views.www.washingtonpost.com
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 1,500 people in just over two months, and it is spreading much faster than previous outbreaks, the nation’s health ministry reported on Thursday.
Ebola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record TimeThe disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.nyti.ms
It's no longer just a passing #heatwave; it's a persistent state, made more than five times more likely by the impact of human-driven #climatechange. @climatecentral.org
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
B.C. air quality is getting worse, and wildfire smoke is a leading reason. A new report by the B.C. Lung Foundation highlights that particulate matter from wildfires contributes to the premature deaths of about 1,900 people in the province every year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
All that wildfire smoke is making B.C.'s air quality worse, report finds | CBC NewsThe B.C. Lung Foundation's annual State of the Air report has found that wildfires are now the leading cause of fine particulate matter pollution in the province.www.cbc.ca
HISTORIC DAY IN GERMANY 40.5C Dozens of records pulverized allover the country Germany climatic history is being totally rewritten See the whole thread 🧵with the hundreds of records broken List provided by Michael Theusner. Record hot nights as well like Min 23.3C Munich
News: The U.S. economy grew at a disappointing 1.5% in the 2nd quarter of 2026. Congratulations to @sarahbca.bsky.social for her “Bookmark this” comment last December when Howard Lutnick said 2Q of 2026 would be “amazing.” @atrupar.com
BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented mass detention policy — the 5th striaght appellate loss for the Trump administration and perhaps the most significant, covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, among others. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
