She is auditioning for the appellate court.

Will Trump pay back the illegal tariffs? Remember that Ferengi Rule of Acquisition no. 1 is: once you have their money, you never give it back.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

US EPA claims that it doesn’t have the legal authority to regulate GHG emissions from cars and trucks. The Supreme Court has rejected this argument twice. Trump is counting on 5 votes for whatever he wants.

The Colorado River Crisis is Here States fail to reach a deal; Lake Powell Deadpool appears imminent

Federal officials now project that Lake Powell will "most probably" drop below power pool level — meaning Glen Canyon Dam will no longer be able to generate hydropower — before the end of this year: www.landdesk.org/p/the-colora... via @landdesk.bsky.social

The Fight Over US Climate Rules Is Just Beginning As the EPA moves to roll back the endangerment finding, which allows it to regulate greenhouse gases, experts predict uncertainty for business and a protracted legal fight.

“I don't see any plan, any strategy, any end game,” says Pat Parenteau, a professor of environmental law at the University of Vermont. “I don't see anything from this administration, just fuck everything up as much as you can. You can print that.”

Sounds accurate to me.

Kiké Hernandez signed with the Dodgers for another year!

Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.

It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.

Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.

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.

Opinion | These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis

“That is why the Upper Basin should let go of its thirsty aspirations and accept that the era of Western expansion is over. It’s 2026, not 1922.”

These Four States Are in Denial Over a Looming Water Crisis www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...

U.S. Dept of Energy just published a new NEPA categorical exemption for advanced nuclear reactors, meaning no environmental review. What could go wrong?

Movie review from Guardian on Melania.

YouTube video by Nate Reiter Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis - First Ave 260130

Holy shit. So this just happened at Minneapolis's legendary First Avenue club. That's Tom Morello introducing Springsteen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jHe...

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w

Screenshot of a TikTok video with error message at top saying “your video is under review and can’t be shared right now.”

This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...

It’s much worse now. I think that the one thing that was most significant in changing people’s minds on the Vietnam war was Walter Cronkite’s nightly reporting. He was trusted and had a huge audience. Nothing comparable now.

CA Atty General Bonta announced that CA is suing the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Agency in the 9th Circuit over the Sable oil pipeline. PHMSA asserted jurisdiction based on the bogus Trump emergency emergency Exec Order.

Endangerment finding repeal
should be interesting for your students.

Maybe add the Seven County case to your NEPA section?

Two children of the Mochida family who, with their parents, are awaiting evacuation bus Centerville, CA, May 8, 1942 photo by Dorothea Lange

5 yo in bunny hat and checked flannel shirt taken by ICE from his school

“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social

1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange.

2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.

YouTube video by the Flower Child [mu sick] The Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (Live At Monterey Pop Festival 1967)

59 years old, more pertinent than ever. youtu.be/TXVe2XH5rpk?...

Full Committee Markup of 11 Bills The Committee on Energy and Commerce is the oldest standing legislative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives and is vested with the broadest jurisdiction of any congressional authorizing com...

So tomorrow (energycommerce.house.gov/events/full-...), House Republicans are expected to vote on strict party lines to take away Americans' right to safe, clean air AND authorize the greatest increases in dangerous air pollution in the history of the U.S. Clean Air Act from 1,000s of polluters. 18/

How plate tectonics revolutionized our understanding of Earth - High Country News And how scientist Tanya Atwater was at the center of it all.

“Everybody came, partly to see the girl geophysicist, but also to hear what the revolution could mean for them.”

Absolutely delighted by this story of my friend, mentor, & scientific hero, TANYA ATWATER ⚒️ 🌊 🧪

www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...

h/t @floragraham.bsky.social
cc @drwendyrocks.bsky.social

Dodgers to sign consensus top free agent Kyle Tucker to 4-year, $240 million deal - Dodgers Digest Oh man, people are going to be pissed. BREAKING: Star outfielder Kyle Tucker and the Los Angeles Dod

Dodgers sign Kyle Tucker to record-breaking deal. Incredible. dodgersdigest.com/2026/01/15/d... @dodgersdigest.bsky.social

Trump's EPA just rolled back a requirement for modern air pollution control equipment for a key category of "combustion turbines" that EPA knows are multiplying like poisonous mushrooms to power data centers across the U.S.—admitting it relies on old data that ignores these trends.

Reckless. 1/

An email from Martin Peterson to university administrators.

Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).

I feel that US foreign policy is now an episode of Rocky & Bullwinkle except that it’s not funny and people re dying.

Excellent video.

Anyone can misplace a million documents, you know?

EPA and NHTSA are trying to weaken environmental regulations on exactly that theory.