Evan Starr

No one asked the Oakland Review of Books to make a voting guide, and we made one anyway. Today we start off with the ballot propositions and the regional transit measure: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/orbs-totally...

Ancient plants reveal that the vestiges of the North American ice sheet started expanding a few thousand years ago, but that climate change caused it to reverse course.

We've read 246 books this year with Z. This is revolutionary!

Unless Congress reclaims its power, this will just become the new normal. A good first step would be to impeach Vought. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/u...

billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-growin... That glacier collapse left 99 percent of the ice up there—and there are tens of thousands of glaciers in the region If we’re serious about stopping this, we need all-out climate action now

Scientists who study climate don't automatically attribute all changes to human activity. Rather, we carefully investigate every possible natural factor that could explain the planet's warming. Could these be the real culprits? The evidence is in--and the answer is NO. This thread explains! 🧵

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Ten, Vs., Vitalogy

Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

Admirable clarity @science.org

This whole wildfire "debate" is a manufactured product of fossil fuel-funded climate delay. It exists only to trap us in an endless cycle of argument so we never have enough public consensus to pursue solutions which would inevitably require reining in the most profitable industry in the world.

Intentional cruelty, bought and paid for by fossil fuels interests.

This would be a disaster

On Oakland Report, Measure E, and the tax-revolting meme that Oakland already pays the "highest taxes per capita in California": www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/tax-revolt-m...

I've got to say that I'm really disappointed in the recent discourse surrounding the RCP8.5 scenario. The lack of context and understanding is something I expected from the usual suspects, but it's frustrating to see such bad takes from people and outlets who should know better.

“Diversity of thought” is an expression invented by conservatives to imply that rejection of their ideas is a form of bigotry

"I ask all of you to think of it, graduates and families alike, let yourself dream of a future in which we can harness this amazing new technology to eliminate entry-level jobs entirely. Indeed, that work has already begun, and that future is now." /college kid booing intensifies "Wow okay,"

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

The man who blew up a nuclear power station and disappeared www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/c...

“Once a climate project, electrification is now a geopolitical insurance policy. A fossil fuel supremacist government has made oil and gas costly and unreliable—and accelerated the turn to the electric world order" Essay & thread here: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw... bsky.app/profile/70sb...

The Hardest Part Of History To Tell Is How It Felt - defector.com/the-hardest-...

There is no equivalent on the Democratic side for the pure, undiluted nihilism coming from the federal government right now. We basically have one party of technocrats and one party of Branch Davidians.

If you're wondering what's happening with the US Forest Service and why it matters, read this:

“Research from Gloria Mark, a professor of informatics at the University of California, Irvine, indicates that our attention spans are about one-third as long as they were in 2004, with the biggest drops happening around 2012.”

Added to the current Iran war and oil market shocks, glad we elected a President who doubled down on climate denial while ceding our clean energy market to China. Great job everyone.

Here's the exchange in which Rep Adam Smith says all Dems should oppose any more funding for the war. Smith is generally moderate, so for him to unload this way is a big deal: newrepublic.com/article/2080...

Last year, The Atlantic gave me $10,000 to gamble with. What started as a journalistic gimmick turned into something more... unnerving. My cover story on the online betting boom that's warping sports, culture, politics, and the psyches of millions of young men: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

OPINION by MS NOW contributor @pbump.com "At the outset, it’s appropriate to recognize that the recent uptick in rhetoric about the importance of America’s 'heritage' is nothing more than repainted racism." READ MORE: www.ms.now/opinion/elon...

“If you can get the Supreme Court to rule that carbon is not a danger to public health, it will mark the point at which they have abandoned all pretense, because that’s just a flat out lie.” - @volts.wtf putting John Roberts led MAGA #scotus on the spot. / via @atrupar.com

‘Shattered’: US scientists speak out about how Trump policies disrupted their careers www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is a very annoying article which really should not be published in 2026. It is a settled matter that Trump is a fascist. But the distinction that you can only be a fascist, or a mob boss, and that these are distinct models of authoritarianism, is worth discussing.

"Because the U.S. entered the UNFCCC with advice and consent of the Senate in 1992, it’s our legal view that it also must be exited using the same process in reciprocation... Letting this lawless move stand could shut the U.S. out of climate diplomacy forever" www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Microplastics are released from plastic when exposed to heat, including leaching from tea bags into hot tea and plastic containers releasing nanoplastics when microwaved. While health effects are still unclear, minimizing heating plastic is a simple way to reduce exposure.

JB Pritzker has also been emphatically placing Trump's mental decline squarely on the agenda. On our pod, he adds a new element: People around Trump are using his decline to manipulate him, so they're less likely to intervene. More Dems should say this. 1/ newrepublic.com/article/2016...

“Good sir! Are you asking me treat minorities with respect and dignity! I would rather give up my constitutional liberties!”

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The male tendency to view debates as adversarial contests that must be won at all costs is what may help to create a more alarming antiscience dynamic in the manosphere,” writes Adam Frank, a professor of astrophysics.