Kate Petersen

Little snow in California and the West as a warm winter nears end California's snowpack remains much smaller than average after months of extremely warm conditions across the West.

Very little snow across the West during a winter that has brought record warmth

Sierra Nevada: 66% of avg
Upper Colorado River region: 66%
Oregon: 34%

"Projections show that our winters are going to look a lot more like this in the future."
www.latimes.com/environment/... @coveringclimatenow.org

There's a parallel there! I once interviewed a biologist for a climate piece. She seemed almost optimistic. I asked her why, and she basically said that she stayed very motivated to do the work because we know what needs to be done, and every part of it that we actually do will make a difference.

loved your presentation! can you share where you see J Fletcher on the spectrum of lady detectives given your initial criteria?

In this donation block, we're highlighting the Marsha P. Johnson Community Fund, supporting Black, Indigenous, and people of color to advance the safety, dignity, and liberation of those who are historically and systemically marginalized in Portland <3

choreography! one of the many things dems lack, alas

This mutual aid-a-thon on youtube is already my favorite. tune in!

"this is about characters who should have just exited earlier than they did....it never ended....the same smirks." beautiful shade by @moryan.bsky.social @posters-madness.bsky.social

that presentation by @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social @posters-madness.bsky.social was aMAZing. thank you!!
going forward, will not see a chickadee without thinking, "don't let that little ball of fluff fool you. that's a real bird."

in about T-10 minutes I will be joining the @posters-madness.bsky.social telethon to share my silly little thoughts about birds!

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This mutual aid-a-thon on youtube is already my favorite. tune in!

For Your Consideration: On BAFTA and the Indifference of Antiblackness Let us consider the scene again: Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan present an award at the BAFTA ceremony. As they read from the teleprompter, they hear John Davidson involuntarily scream out the n-...

“To not acknowledge the unique effect of a racial slur is a form of indifference to the suffering of others. The problem of being indifferent to the suffering of black folk while also imploring folks to have empathy for Davidson cannot be understated.” — @nubluesnick.bsky.social

This is important y’all. This is our chance to save the stars.

staggering. and/but as someone who can't imagine anything in billions very well, I think some back-of-the-envelope data viz on this would be truly useful/shareable as an infographic!

but with that stuffed stoat (?), aren't you really handing out both?

be the person who hands out the stuffed animal mascots and the olympics

Joanne Bland, lifelong Civil Rights activist and founder of Selma's Foot Soldiers Park, dies Bland grew up in Selma and became involved in the Civil Rights Movement as a child foot soldier in the 1960s, participating in the historic Selma voting rights marches, including Bloody Sunday.

Joanne Bland, one of the youngest people to march on “Bloody Sunday,” has died. She was 72.

"By the time I was 11-years-old, I had been arrested at least 13 documented times”

evergreen.

Yeah, hate to be right so very soon on this one, but see my thread below on why I felt confident that this is what he would do.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/n...

My late friend Nancy Sanchez documented much of the damage caused by the glyphosate mixtures humans and the environment in Colombia.🧵

and joke about it in the made-for-tv cabinet meetings.

bad news

Olympic highlight in this house.

Ender A 12-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 60 days “More than 60 days … 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 the water is what makes people sick here.”

“More than 60 days … 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 the water is what makes people sick here.”

- 12 year-old imprisoned for 60+ days in Texas concentration camp

Gaby M.M A 14-year-old from Colombia who was living in Houston, Texas Detained for 20 days “I feel so much sadness and depression of not being able to leave, its really sad to hear that peoples cases are being denied and getting send back to their countrys.”

“I feel so much sadness and depression of not being able to leave, its really sad to hear that peoples cases are being denied and getting send back to their countrys.”

-14 year-old imprisoned for 20 days in Texas concentration camp

Thanks for sharing this. Really cool data project!

Years ago, I remember seeing people reading paperback copies of Henry James novels on the T and feeling like I was the only one not there to study something (laudatory, as they say now). Thanks for this essay.

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

grim and tired lol

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

As the US doubles down on fossil fuels and blocks wind & solar installations, its emissions are ticking up.

In contrast, China's emissions appear to have peaked. In the last 2 yrs, they installed more new solar energy each year than the U.S. has in its entire history.

More from @carbonbrief.org:

*this is a carpool moment from a young genX-er raised by civil service & public service people. I suspect leadership will emerge, but climate warming has accelerated the clock on everything. US moral leadership was always broken and late and self-interested, but it grew into something. Less time now