Van DeYolks

International Dog Day? In this economy? Well, alright. If you insist. 🤭 #dogsofbluesky #italiangreyhound #minischnauzer

I talked to Sakariye Abdi Mohamed, a Somali asylum seeker who was arrested at work, while he was imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. I called him again once he was deported to Mogadishu. Here's what he had to say.

“I don’t want any of us to be or feel un-housed in our bodies our towns our movements ever again. This book is my prayer; if you need to use it as shelter, it’s yours.” My memoir HOME OUT THERE is available for preorder now! bookshop.org/p/books/home...

and now we are The Museum of English Rural Was Live thanks to everyone who joined us! you can watch the full recording back any time youtube.com/live/9ZFpDCD...

According to the FDA, Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc. is recalling its Natural Grocers Brand Organic 2-Pound Mung Beans after customers complained about sharp glass fragments in the product.

Everyone should read these threads I did about industry lobbyists and the EPA and understand them. Take the time to see the unambiguous evidence of what's happening now at this moment inside the EPA. Please retweet them. Please read them. Each one of the threads. It's happening in slow motion.

This was my Uber in Milwaukee.

THREAD 4: The Virginia Medical Sterilizer Early this year, we also identified a plant owned by Sterilization Services of Virginia, not far from Richmond Va. My colleague @maxinejoselow.bsky.social in APRIL 2026 did her own FOIAs for state inspection records. What we got back was startling.

Huge event. Failed Jared Kushner/Trump luxury hotel project planned for Belgrade played a role in starting expanded protests against Vucic.

THREAD 3: The Plant with Biggest Cancer Risk As we worked on this story, we spent weeks considering which plants to focus on. We needed to visit communities/get input from area residents. Yes, all of these plants have been written abt before. We let the data tell us where to go. THIS CHART POINTED>

And here’s the epilogue — a squirrel undid my work sometime this afternoon. This is what we could salvage Thankfully the other pumpkins we did are intact!

SHOW ME THE DOCUMENTS>>>>> We did something sort of crazy at The NYT this year, as we look for ways to dig into what has happened at the Environmental Protection Agency since Trump returned to the White House. We collected more than 466,200 pages of federal and state documents.....

To folks who follow me on Bluesky & appreciate the journalism I do. Can you please read the EPA story and post on social media platforms if you are so moved. This kind of work is important. But it only matters if people read it and engage with it. Here's the link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

This week for me at NYT a crazy range of topics. Started with this essay on Yamasaki, the WTC architect 25 years after I watched the Twin Towers fall (and co-wrote a book on the WTC) I travelled the U.S. to examine Yama's place in architectural history www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/a...

JUST POSTED: Today at The NYT we are publishing a major investigation into how President Trump used his executive powers to expose millions of Americans to greater cancer risks. A six month-long investigation built on more than 10,000 pages of FOIA records. Read it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

I'll admit it, "Milwaukee wins Game 1 again" is a good call.

JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Tomorrow (10/24), see you there!

🚨 These states have in-person voter registration deadlines coming up soon! Think you’re already registered? Double check anyway! 👉 Go to ProtectTheVote.net to confirm your registration status and make sure your information is up to date.

Good morning from the USS Cole Bombing Case hearings at Guantanamo. We expect more testimony from Maj. Anthony Ralston, the Army psychiatrist who found the defendant competent for trial. Defense lawyers argue that, because of his torture, the accused bomber cannot understand his court proceedings.

Paul got a dollar bill in his change with a name written on it: Esther, the name of the woman he was dating. He framed it and gave it to her. Esther had her own history with that dollar. link.podtrac.com/1iovip44

What is the difference between a tropical storm and a subtropical storm? Class is in session! StormTeam 5's A.J. Burnett breaks it down. Meanwhile, we're also tracking subtropical storm Josephine: https://www.wcvb.com/weather  #TropicalStorm #SubtropicalStorm #Josephine #boston #weather

Happy Noms. 😇 #Vaticats

Jaju Pierogi is coming to Gracie’s in Union Square, Somerville on Tues 10/27 from 5-7pm for a pierogi pop up. And the best part? We made a sour cream and chive ice cream to put on top. (Or on the side). $15 for 4 pierogi and a scoop of the tangiest sour cream and chives ice cream you ever had.

The work continues tonight 🍿 At 8pm/ET, the Valkyries make their way to ATL to take on the Dream in Game 3 of the #2026WNBAFinals. The Dream took Game 2, led by Angel Reese's historic 30+ points and 15+ rebounds, while also claiming the first ever franchise Finals victory! #WNBASeason30

So proud of the Reading Rainbow kids! Thankful to them for reviewing books, for making crafts, for being silly gooses, for loving stories, for bringing their library joy. It’s not Reading Rainbow without them. It’s not Reading Rainbow without YOU, reader! Butterfly in the sky… 🦋🌈

The 2025-26 Bigger & Weirder Tour is now history - huge thanks to everyone who came out to see one (or more) of our 165 shows! This is the video that played every night before we came out on stage - I made it with the help of my genius friend Liam Lynch, and the great Jim Meskimen, who did the VO.

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration has to continue providing gender-affirming care to inmates in federal prisons as litigation on efforts to change the policy continues. n.pr/4jAiLtl

🌊 Are our fears of sea level rise exaggerated? Scientists have been raising alarms for decades that sea level rise will flood coastal communities, but what evidence is there? Turns out—a lot. 🧐 Learn more through the WHOI Ocean Learning Hub:go.whoi.edu/sealvl

This is like getting mad at an Onion piece, only worse, because it’s a bluesky ragebait screenshot of a threads ragebait screenshot of some random satire blog. Who cares?

For #BirdOfTheDay here is a Nazca booby sitting on her babies in the #Galapagos Islands. #birds #Birding #birdphotography #nature

Good golly, it’s a beautiful autumn day in New England. 🍁

Put 110% into 100% of things you do and you might be surprised at the results and what you can achieve. It’s about maximum effort every single moment of every single day.

Bad storage temps are bad.

Brennan spluttering humina-humina at the end of this is just 💋

A lovely, albeit windy, day for the Head of the Charles Regatta! 🌬️🚣 https://www.wcvb.com/article/boston-head-of-the-charles-regatta-begins-2026/74159570 

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

PIRGers unite!

Tomorrow’s the first day of early voting, peeps! Woooooo! Be sure to read your red booklet for the bazillion ballot questions and make a plan to get on out there to officially color in your wee scantron bubbles of democracy. Bet you’ll even get a sticker as a lil bonus.

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