Lee Murray (she/her)

reconfiguring the US trade relationship with Mexico is hard, so we're not even trying. Getting the Macedonians to sign a paper that they will lower their tariffs from 0.01% to 0% on the $10 of exports we have to them is easy, so that's all we're doing

wow this will be great for the $5 in trade we do with North Macedonia

Climate crisis linked to fall in southern right whale birth rates as researchers raise ‘warning signal’ Lead author of Australian study says breeding slowdown is linked to climate-driven changes in ‘magnificent’ whale’s foraging grounds

After decades of recovery, southern right whales are showing signs of a climate-driven decline in breeding rates, which scientists say is a “warning signal” about changes in the Southern Ocean.
#climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In a country with a bad president, be a Bad Bunny. [Cartoon by Matt Davies]

Picture of a green cargo ship with the headline "China starts sea trials for largest electric powered containership"

You can't prove received wisdom wrong if you don't try... and you've got to give China credit for not being afraid to try. A step on the way to serious reduction of shipping emissions by 2050? Or an expensive experiment with niche coastal uses? Time will tell!

maritime-executive.com/article/chin...

Cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social.

WATCH: Trump, EPA's Zeldin announce end of scientific basis for U.S. action on climate change The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, the most aggressiv...

Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change—all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.

The Dark Truth About Pam Bondi Arrogance, insults, indifference, and nonfeasance

She didn’t turn around. She didn’t look at them.

They were right there.

She could have arranged to get their contact information.

She could have shown a scrap of sympathy.

But Pam Bondi wouldn’t even look them in the eye.

And that was a defining moment.

open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Israeli Soldiers Accused of Using Polymarket to Bet on Strikes The country’s internal security agency indicted a reservist and a civilian for security offenses, bribery and obstruction of justice in connection with the bets.

This is really, really dark.

www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Kinda feels like this should be a bigger scandal. I know that every day there are a dozen things that should be a scandal. But this one should be bigger.

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

And he turned out so normal!

Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.

Breaking WSJ:

The highly classified whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

Shock Poll: Americans Miss Joe Biden’s Economy Here’s what they’re worried about.

In 2023, under Joe Biden, the economy added 3 million jobs. In 2024, still under Biden, it added 2.2 million jobs. In 2025, under Trump, it added just 181,000 jobs.

You read that right - Trump is just that amazing.

Not only is this what you would do if you were trying to kill a technology and a company developing it ….

it's what you would do if you were trying to kill *people*.

Jeanine Pirro is filing a personal injury lawsuit against her hometown U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is filing a personal injury lawsuit against her hometown over a trip-and-fall incident.The top federal prosecutor for the District of Columbia filed a $250,000 injury lawsu...

Jeanine Pirro Injured By Rye

www.rawstory.com/jeanine-pirr...

Governor @mikiesherrill.bsky.social, please remember there is no greater expert than Alina Habba on the law of parking garages and your state has a lot of them! 😀

Scientists thought they understood global warming. Then the past three years happened. The fastest warming period since 1880 occurred in the past 30 years, according to a Washington Post analysis of NASA data.

We don't know what's happening, but there's no good news here. As long as we keep burning fossil fuels, the world will continue to become more dangerous and chaotic.

Trump team’s new rule could make firing government scientists easier Although the government says the move will depoliticize US science, some researchers say it will do the opposite.

Researchers fear this will lead to further political interference in US science

go.nature.com/4kxFjJK

One more quick thread, and then I'm getting out of here to walk my dog in the sun.

I think a lot about the authoritarian personality. I won't start going on about that because this thread would last forever, but I just want to say one thing about it.

oh so just dumb luck these idiots didn’t shoot down a passenger aircraft

Don-ald Quixote over here.

*TRUMP: FIGHTING HARD TO MAKE SURE WINDMILLS DON'T GET BUILT

Q: “Have you fired or disciplined that staffer who posted the video from your account that included the Obamas?”

Trump: “No, I haven't.”

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think we should be taking scientific advice from a demented pedophile who tried to redraw a hurricane chart with a sharpie.

I've wondered if we're living through a different sort of epistemic closure: not one of the right cocooning itself in participatory nonsense, but rather one of billionaires grown confident that closing on—i.e., purchasing—the means of knowledge production will let them dictate what's real or true.

NY FED: Consumers pay 90% of tariffs.

CBO: Consumers pay *95%* of tariffs.

www.crfb.org/papers/cbos-...

#GoldenAge 🥇

@nbcnews.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

David Sacks? Elon Musk? Chamath Palihapitiya?

> @governor.ny.gov

That’s, like, almost all of it. 😔

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/c4f8...