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John Vaillant

@johnvaillant.bsky.social

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I write about collisions between human ambition and the natural world: The Golden Spruce, The Tiger, The Jaguar's Children,
FIRE WEATHER: @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social
10 Best Books: @nytimes.com

https://www.lyceumagency.com/speakers/john-vailla

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@robertscotthorton.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 4:31 AMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

Jeff Danziger, Rutland Herald

@propublica.orgOct 13, 2026, 3:00 AMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.

propublica.orgEctopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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@propublica.orgOct 12, 2026, 2:06 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

After Jan. 6, 2021, many Trump loyalists headed for the exits. But not Russell Vought. He told the president, I’m going to work night and day to get you back in the White House in four years. Then he and others began working on a plan: Project 2025. Listen to our latest "Paper Trail" episode 👇

podcasts.apple.comWho’s the Shadow President?Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · October 1 · 36m
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@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:38 PM

Thanks for sharing this, and many thanks for your crucial work!

@picardonhealth.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:16 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

How journalists are keeping Ukrainians safe. Newsrooms in Canada have much to learn about countering Russia’s disinformation from their counterparts in Ukraine, by @marcuskolga.bsky.social, Rachel Pulfer
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com @jhrnews.bsky.social

@erikhoffner.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 8:01 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

🏆 Glad to report that my nominee for the Pritzker Environmental Genius Award just won the $100K

Once she was @mongabay.com's science advisor & is now a star bioacoustics researcher ✨

“It’s huge encouragement to know that work on #biodiversity #conservation in tropical forests is seen as important"

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:36 PM

Thanks, Naomi. 💪

@matthewhayek.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:22 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

A major exposé of labor and environmental harms of intensive aquaculture. Major reports from UN, World Bank, OECD, and big sci journals don't paint this picture. The sector has big under-investigated problems & seems to be expanding faster than it can resolve them www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

@drjeffmasters.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:46 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

A sobering wake-up call: “There is a well-known threshold in firefighting beyond which a wildfire becomes unfightable by traditional means. Fires that have burned from the Pacific Ocean to the Mediterranean to the Black Sea are now crossing that threshold routinely — and resoundingly.”

@lizagross.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 4:41 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage, said John Kenneth Galbraith. Now, @johnvaillant.bsky.social says, it's clear that the fossil-fuel-dependent status quo is degrading global ecosystems and our quality of life...

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 4:26 PM

Thanks, Steve!

@calebheeringa.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 3:58 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

“These fast-moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past; they are the hazard lights of a heating climate, and they are flashing furiously.”

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 3:55 PM

My latest on the implications of this summer's #wildfires.
Please read and share:
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...

@drkatemarvel.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 3:22 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

I don't think people appreciate how much the coming year is going to suck

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:55 PM

I'd love to see an analysis of this kind for Ken Sim's Vancouver
@thetyee.ca @theglobeandmail.com

@kjephd.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 2:46 PMReposted by @johnvaillant.bsky.social

Suggested headline: Trump Intimidation of Critics Intensifies with Search of Congresswoman's Home

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:20 PM

"Between 1961 and 1990, scientists found, the average daily temperature in the Congo Basin rose by about 0.9 degrees F, while the average number of hot days per year nearly doubled."

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 1:14 PM

First article I've seen that addresses fire retardant impacts in a substantive way:
www.hcn.org/articles/wat... #wildfire

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 12:57 PM

!!!

@johnvaillant.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:40 PM

For a corrective, read mine in the Times tomorrow ...

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