Peter Gleick
Peter GleickMainstream media must have a special thesaurus with "weasel words" that they consult for headlines.
"Challenging"??
"Challenging" must come up when the right word should be "eviscerating" or "destroying" or "corrupting."
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trump-is-challenging-americas-judicial-system-during-his-second-term
Peter GleickImagine knowing your political leader is mentally unstable, dangerous, and corrupt and refusing to admit it or do anything about it.
Now meet all GOP representatives and senators.
Peter GleickRE: https://fediscience.org/@petergleick/115840252024405576
I can't repeat this enough.
Peter GleickI've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
Peter GleickClimate change has already made the United States poorer.
And the costs are continuing to rise.
#climatechange
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2504376122
Peter GleickWhat a long strange trip it's been.
https://variety.com/2026/music/news/bob-weir-dead-grateful-dead-1236628170/
Peter GleickThe headline could/should have been "RFK Jr. increases the number of people, especially children, who will get sick or die."
This is unconscionable -- one of the greatest medical and scientific travesties of the modern era.
Peter GleickAnd then an hour later the NY Times publishes this story:
Peter GleickThe headline could/should have been "RFK Jr. increases the number of people, especially children, who will get sick or die."
This is unconscionable -- one of the greatest medical and scientific travesties of the modern era.
Peter GleickThe Trump administration continues to push hard to weaken #water quality protections and standards.
https://apnews.com/article/epa-perchlorate-drinking-water-safety-limit-explosives-7d56b91dae421d2d8902c67e7f758700
Peter GleickI've said this before and I'll say it again.
It would only take a tiny handful of Republican Congress members or senators to stop the slide of America toward authoritarian fascism, but nope. They're all in.
Peter GleickImagine if scientists could figure out how Earth's climate has varied for hundreds of millions of years, build sophisticated computers to project how humans are now radically altering it, and warn the public, only to have greedy corporations & venal politicians ignore them.
That would be criminal. Immoral. Evil.