Andy Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️ revkin.substack.com

We'll explore whether Trump's half-trillion-dollar #GoldenDome plan is ultimate example of opportunity cost, distracting from de-escalation and prevention, a profit center for @lockheedmartian.bsky.social and #palantir or a game-changing shield for America...

Join me LIVE at 11 am Eastern with a top nuclear-war tech/strategy expert (viewing links are in the post below) for A Reality Check on Nuclear Missile Defense. We'll compare #AHouseOfDynamite with 1983's The Day After....

CBS News fired 8 on-air personalities in latest layoffs. All of them are women EXCLUSIVE: Multiple sources told The Independent that senior foreign correspondent Debora Patta was added to the layoff list following a last-minute change by editor-in-chief Bari Weiss.

"...a male correspondent was initially included on the layoff list but was removed after he appealed directly to the new editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, leading to another female correspondent being added to the list at the last minute."

Between a Hot Movie and Trump’s “Golden Dome,” a Reality Check on Nuclear Missile Defense On Friday at 11 a.m. Eastern, meet Laura Grego, deeply dug in on paths to preventing nuclear apocalypse.

Discuss LIVE on Halloween at 11 am Eastern with me and Laura Grego of @ucs.org Between a Hot Movie and Trump’s “Golden Dome,” a Reality Check on Nuclear Missile Defense
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One of the most intense scenes in #AHouseOfDynamite comes when the Navy officer carrying the nuclear-codes bag offers the menu-like folder of first-strike retaliation choices to the president, describing them as "rare, medium or well done." But... #nuclearwar 1/2

Here's more on @grahamformaine.bsky.social in @tanglenews.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/did:...

The entire commentary is about high-level fights over what liberals (and men) should be like, with no mention of what Democrats should be seeking for citizens who feel abandoned. I saw Graham up close before he ran, calming a MAGA Marine veteran at a #nokings rally. I liked what i saw.

The leftwing defense of Graham Platner is rooted in a false Democratic vision | Moira Donegan Tolerance for behavior like Platner’s is tied to a wrongheaded theory of the male working class. Zohran Mamdani illustrates a different path

As a Downeast Mainer since 2021, my mind is blown reading @moiradonegan.bsky.social's Guardian piece comparing @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social and @grahamformaine.bsky.social without noting the stark differences between winning in Maine and New York City? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 1/

...He should be able to stake his forward-looking positions on policies and debate Mills. He's earned his place. I'll vote for her if she prevails, and Platner if he does."

Here's the comment I posted: "I live in Maine not far from Platner, and, before he was a candidate, saw him effectively handle polarizing moments (engaging constructively with a MAGA guy at a "No Kings" rally in Ellsworth)....

The Graham Platner controversies. Plus, is The Washington Post's editorial board now on the right?

I highly recommend Mainers and anyone else focused on Graham Platner's campaign to unseat U.S. Senator Susan Collins - and the debates around tattoos and Reddit - read this post from the folks at Tangle News laying out the various arguments.... www.readtangle.com/the-graham-p...

Nice song. Here's one of my songs for this moment: "Save Dreams for Sleeping." (I need to record a better version.) andyrevkin.hearnow.com

In the meantime Mainers are stepping up.

Vital reality check on the push to add a #Cat6 to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale.

Yes indeed

Seeing as Hegseth's offshore kill squads are clearly homing in on high-speed boats with multiple outboards, here's hoping they don't come to Maine in summer.

The video

Has anyone else noticed these images tucked into @homelandgov.bsky.social's hero-worship video of Stephen Miller's roundup leader? 1/2

The dangerous combination that made Melissa a monster hurricane Hurricane Melissa’s power was undeniable, intensifying faster than most storms on record.

My quote for today's WaPo story: "We’re going to be seeing a lot more Melissas in the future and we’re definitely not ready for it".

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo

“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”

“Alright, we just got to verify that”

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After a potent landfall like #cat5 #hurricane #melissa in Jamaica, people can be unaccounted for for days. But not storm chasers like @icyclone.bsky.social relentlessly online. He last posted 22 hours ago on X via @weathernation.bsky.social. Lots of #wx folks are hoping for the best.

Serious question (I live in Hancock County): What convinced you to work for the campaign to begin with if it was so clear he was unvetted even before the Reddit revelations?

This Climate Tech Atlas really is a useful tool.

One of the most surreally laughable moments of late.

Solid argument.

I also really like the @billgates.bsky.social Climate Tech Atlas, which offers pathways for careers, investment and policy design across the full sweep of climate-related sectors in which innovation is sorely needed. Spin the wheel and find your sweet spot. revkin.substack.com/p/cutting-ca...

“Temperature isn’t the best way to measure progress on climate.” - Bill Gates is right because warming is global but vulnerability is local. revkin.substack.com/p/cutting-ca...

I'm a big fan of Bill Gates's climate-action framework ahead of #cop30: Cutting Carbon Matters, But Cutting Climate Risk through Development is the Core Need, says Bill Gates 👏 🧪🧵

Yes discussing X on Blue: Nick Sortor pleads for Trump to "Send in the Guard" to rescue him from having someone wave a Fuck ICE flag behind him as he's interviewed by Jesse Watters on Fox... Portland chaos.

Amazing how the president can do whatever he wants regardless of legality except when it involves helping people