John McGrath

Stop gutting your newsroom. Rehire the climate reporters you fired.

S.F. teachers strike: Schools closed again Thursday as talks continue With tense negotiations continuing through the third day of the San Francisco teachers strike, SFUSD announced schools would be closed Thursday given the uncertainty of when a deal would be reached.

SF teacher's union isn't negotiating in good faith. Every day they delay costs the district ~$8M. Teachers need a better contract but the district has budget realities they'd be irresponsible to neglect. District has compromised, union needs to as well. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/t...

Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order

A DOJ memo to federal prisons explicitly instructs them to stop enforcing anti-rape laws against transgender & intersex prisoners.

We are governed by monsters.

Opinion | The Early Decision Option Is a Racket. Shut It Down.

Death to early decision, death to legacy admissions! Colleges and Universities talk a big game about ethics, public service, etc, then run themselves like the Trump administration. Next they'll start issuing meme coins and selling NFTs and gilded sneakers. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...

David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...

So in maybe 50 years human reproduction will consist of clones being raised by robots. Cool cool. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End

These talks should have collapsed. Fossil fuels cause climate change, not to say that amounts to a lie. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...

Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package

I would almost be ok with this if he it also required him to give $1 trillion to shareholders if he *didn't* reach those targets. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b...

For a moment I was like, 850 megabytes, big storm!

You're right, overall more astute. I was noting something related but different--there was a shift in levels of astuteness across many demographics. Source: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

LGBT voters, a larger share of the electorate than ever, shift away from Trump Vice President Kamala Harris led President-elect Donald Trump 86% to 12% among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters, according to the NBC News Exit Poll Desk.

Queer communities did not make a lurch to the right, unlike so many other demographics. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

Donald Trump made big gains with Black voters in 2024. Can Republicans hold them in the midterms? Black conservatives are urging the GOP to begin its outreach to Black voters now if they want to maintain control of Congress in 2026.

They were clear what they were going to do, and at this point we should all know to just believe what they say.

Not sure Black people were any more astute than any of us though. Pretty sweeping generalization. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Trump Administration Live Updates: Hegseth Summoning Military Leaders to Virginia Without Saying Why

So is this where they declare martial law and start lining up the loyal opposition? www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

AI-Generated YouTube Channel Uploaded Nothing But Videos of Women Being Shot YouTube removed a channel that posted nothing but graphic Veo-generated videos of women being shot after 404 Media reached out for comment.

@404media.co is doing an incredible job on the dystopia beat.

And getting tech companies to be slightly less dystopic, which is like putting your finger in a dike, but still, better than not.

www.404media.co/ai-generated...

Boring can be brilliant. In Pueblo, Colorado, they're planning to replace a coal plant with one of largest clean energy hubs in US.

At its core: a thermal battery. These batteries can provide round-the-clock heat, slashing emissions, creating jobs, and improving public health.

Lots of Third Actors—and lots of the youngest generation joining in for Sun Day

Paul Noth, The New Yorker

From today’s Boston Globe magazine. SunDay!

Analysis | Why Democrats are holding firm on conditions ahead of shutdown Democrats are using their limited leverage ahead of a potential government shutdown, hoping to convince Americans that GOP spending priorities are the real danger.

Analysis: For only the second time since Donald Trump took office in January, Democrats who are out of power in Washington find themselves in a situation where they have actual leverage to block him and his party.

The concept of trying to implement geoengineering solutions to #climate change is like trying to design a complicated, expensive, unreliable helmet while you're still hitting yourself in the head with a 2x4.

The GOP flipped a ton of former Biden supporters in 2020, I don’t see why that can’t happen in reverse. Obviously voters can and will change parties if they think it’s in their best interest, otherwise we’d still be voting for Federalists and Whigs.

The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis

Holy fucking shit, this is a major emergency. Dem party needs a wholesale overhaul: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

I’ve gotten emergency weather alerts direct to my iPhone, accompanied by a loud alarm, which have woken me in the middle of the night. Non-algorithmic channels are in place, they just weren’t used.

Have you seen this man? In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson is nowhere to be found.

In the wake of deadly floods in Texas, FEMA Acting Administrator David Richardson is nowhere to be found, @marisakabas.bsky.social reports: www.thehandbasket.co/p/fema-david...

uh, i actually hope not. civil disobedience yes, violence no.

Homeland Security tweet: THE FACTS: ICE officers conducted a targeted enforcement operation to arrest two illegal aliens. Officers in clearly marked ICE bullet proof vests approached the illegal alien targets as they exited a vehicle. One of the illegal aliens, Denis Guillen-Solis who is from Honduras, fled on foot to evade law enforcement. He ended up near the Ontario Advanced Surgical Center where hospital staff assaulted law enforcement and drug the officer and illegal alien into the facility. Then, the staff attempted to obstruct the arrest by locking the door, blocking law enforcement vehicles from moving, and even called the cops claiming there was a “kidnapping.”

Hell yes. Get it done.

Still, "a lot" is pushing it.

And why does the guy on the left have a pee bottle strapped to his chest? Maybe he picked it up at Home Depot?

An error message reads: Safari can't find the server "nca2023.globalchange.gov"

BREAKING: A source tells me that the Trump administration has shut down public access to every single National Climate Assessment, the Congressionally-mandated quadrennial report assessing how climate change is affecting the U.S.

This is what you get when you try to access them online

Welp, looks like wind and solar is taking center stage during last minute negotiations over this budget -- with hundreds of thousands of jobs on the line

Republicans Lavish Alaska With Benefits in Policy Bill, Grasping for a Key Vote

Murkowski, bought and sold: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...