(E) Melanie DuPuis
@emelaniedupuis.bsky.social
Author, Nature’s Perfect Food, Dangerous Digestion. Co-author, Alternative Food Networks. And other pubs on food, air, agriculture, and climate transitions.
Pinned
My newest #opensource article, in @natureandspace.bsky.social is based on 7 years of research, following the development of ideas of nature from threat, to tool to threatened. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
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Miniature disease greenhouses.
August 29, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Miniature disease greenhouses.
Had to come out, eventually. What we all suspected. data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
data4democracy.substack.com
August 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Had to come out, eventually. What we all suspected. data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...
Better headline: aging actresses testing the waters of trophy wife market.
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ol...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ol...
This Summer’s Hottest Arm Candy Is a Private Equity Boyfriend
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Olivia Rodrigo are all hanging out with finance guys
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Better headline: aging actresses testing the waters of trophy wife market.
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ol...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ol...
Maybe we will be forced into saving ourselves.
Falling water levels in European rivers "threatening to disrupt transportation of coal, fuel, & industrial commodities."
Cool thing about sun & wind, you don't have to transport; nature handles it. With #extremeweather, #renewables are the only reliable energy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Cool thing about sun & wind, you don't have to transport; nature handles it. With #extremeweather, #renewables are the only reliable energy.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Rhine Falls to Lowest Since 1880, Threatening European Trade
The Rhine River’s water levels dropped to the lowest in nearly 150 years as hot, dry weather grips Europe, threatening to disrupt a crucial route for transporting coal, fuel and industrial commodities...
www.bloomberg.com
August 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Maybe we will be forced into saving ourselves.
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If you think it's hot where you are, it's 127 degrees Fahrenheit in Iran
HISTORIC 53C DAY- 38C at NIGHT
52.7C Omidieh IRAN All time record and
2026 World Record
MINIMUMS ! 38.3 Delhoran IRAN
33.1 Uchkuduk UZBEKISTAN
Next days WORSE
53/54c Middle East
49/50C former USSR
50/52C CHINA
NIGHTS up to 40C
MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN WORLD HISTORY
52.7C Omidieh IRAN All time record and
2026 World Record
MINIMUMS ! 38.3 Delhoran IRAN
33.1 Uchkuduk UZBEKISTAN
Next days WORSE
53/54c Middle East
49/50C former USSR
50/52C CHINA
NIGHTS up to 40C
MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN WORLD HISTORY
July 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If you think it's hot where you are, it's 127 degrees Fahrenheit in Iran
Listen to Leah.
Hey, @leahstokes.bsky.social has a new newsletter, on electrification and climate and important stuff. She's sharp as a tack, and not to be missed
electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...
electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate.
Talking about Climate Change is a Political Winner.
electricnotes.news
July 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Listen to Leah.
We used to post warnings, now we are just documenting impacts.
These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal
www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
July 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
We used to post warnings, now we are just documenting impacts.
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These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal
www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
July 15, 2026 at 9:55 PM
These will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
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Brian Krassenstein
This photograph today deserves a Pulitzer Prize.
A black girl sits in the middle of dozens of white supremacist patriot front members in Washington DC on the Fourth of July.
This is so representative of the country. We’re living in under Donald Trump right now.
This photograph today deserves a Pulitzer Prize.
A black girl sits in the middle of dozens of white supremacist patriot front members in Washington DC on the Fourth of July.
This is so representative of the country. We’re living in under Donald Trump right now.
July 5, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Brian Krassenstein
This photograph today deserves a Pulitzer Prize.
A black girl sits in the middle of dozens of white supremacist patriot front members in Washington DC on the Fourth of July.
This is so representative of the country. We’re living in under Donald Trump right now.
This photograph today deserves a Pulitzer Prize.
A black girl sits in the middle of dozens of white supremacist patriot front members in Washington DC on the Fourth of July.
This is so representative of the country. We’re living in under Donald Trump right now.
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Please read my colleague @sashaabramsky.bsky.social on the "rolling coup" that is the Trump era
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Warning America Can’t Afford to Ignore
Former House majority leader Richard Gephardt and former senator Timothy Wirth argue that a “rolling coup” is already underway—and that the greatest danger may lie ahead.
www.thenation.com
June 22, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Please read my colleague @sashaabramsky.bsky.social on the "rolling coup" that is the Trump era
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Little Tommy’s trip to Washington, D.C.
And how the Gestapo (= ICE not NICE) disappeared him to Eswatini for taking a piece of peeling blue paint from the Reflecting Pool courtesy of Donald Trump & Reichsleiter Stephen Miller
And how the Gestapo (= ICE not NICE) disappeared him to Eswatini for taking a piece of peeling blue paint from the Reflecting Pool courtesy of Donald Trump & Reichsleiter Stephen Miller
June 23, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Little Tommy’s trip to Washington, D.C.
And how the Gestapo (= ICE not NICE) disappeared him to Eswatini for taking a piece of peeling blue paint from the Reflecting Pool courtesy of Donald Trump & Reichsleiter Stephen Miller
And how the Gestapo (= ICE not NICE) disappeared him to Eswatini for taking a piece of peeling blue paint from the Reflecting Pool courtesy of Donald Trump & Reichsleiter Stephen Miller
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Indigenous Tewa artists reassert their relationship with the land in a new exhibition at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
O’Keeffe Country was never O’Keeffe’s to begin with - High Country News
Indigenous Tewa artists reassert their relationship with the land in a new exhibition at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
buff.ly
June 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Indigenous Tewa artists reassert their relationship with the land in a new exhibition at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum.
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"Adding up direct subsidies, tax breaks and the unpaid bill for climate damages, the total transfer of wealth from the public to the fossil fuel industry amounts to $12 trillion even in a “normal” year without a global oil shock."
@350.org prescription...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/04/30/w...
@350.org prescription...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/04/30/w...
What fossil fuels really cost us in a world at war
Governments are under pressure to respond to rising fuel and food costs and deepening energy poverty. It's time for a power shift
www.climatechangenews.com
May 13, 2026 at 9:20 AM
"Adding up direct subsidies, tax breaks and the unpaid bill for climate damages, the total transfer of wealth from the public to the fossil fuel industry amounts to $12 trillion even in a “normal” year without a global oil shock."
@350.org prescription...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/04/30/w...
@350.org prescription...
www.climatechangenews.com/2026/04/30/w...
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Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for “farms” in the below graphic is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay). The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
May 16, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Also FYI, the majority of Colorado River water used for “farms” in the below graphic is actually for cattle feed (alfalfa and hay). The minority of the agricultural water use is for food people eat directly, like wheat. science.nasa.gov/missions/lan...
JP Morgan, the world’s largest fossil fuel financier, using Maya Lin to celebrate nature.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/a...
Maya Lin Connects Nature to a New Manhattan Skyscraper and Beyond
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
JP Morgan, the world’s largest fossil fuel financier, using Maya Lin to celebrate nature.
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/a...
What if policymakers made complementarities the focus?
New paper, in which we review the emerging complementarities between small-scale solar PV, batteries and EVs. 50 days free access here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The emerging triad wired together: Understanding complementarities between small-scale solar energy, electric vehicles, and batteries through a systematic review
Understanding the dynamics of small-scale energy technology adoption is important if we are to shape energy transitions. Although the adoption of smal…
www.sciencedirect.com
April 28, 2026 at 3:48 PM
What if policymakers made complementarities the focus?
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(RNS) — Seeing handwritten works on law, theology, astronomy and other subjects challenges the narrative that enslaved Africans arrived in the US with little education or scholarly traditions.
A rural college uses ancient Islamic archives to reconnect students to African legacy
(RNS) — Seeing handwritten works on law, theology, astronomy and other subjects challenges the narrative that enslaved Africans arrived in the US with little education or scholarly traditions.
religionnews.com
April 17, 2026 at 9:45 PM
(RNS) — Seeing handwritten works on law, theology, astronomy and other subjects challenges the narrative that enslaved Africans arrived in the US with little education or scholarly traditions.
New York has become a different city.
open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
The Permanent Campaign
Mayor Mamdani's first 100 days — and the next 1,359 that will define him.
open.substack.com
April 17, 2026 at 2:21 PM
New York has become a different city.
open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
open.substack.com/pub/michaell...
Many semesters of work presented here, on the meaning of island(s) in relation to history, culture and climate.
April 15, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Many semesters of work presented here, on the meaning of island(s) in relation to history, culture and climate.
Great article on the work of Migrant Justice in Vermont
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘They want to keep denying us our rights’: workers in Vermont’s $5.4bn dairy industry fight for basic labor protections
Migrant labor fuels much of Vermont’s dairy industry, but workers are exempt from minimum wage rules, overtime protections and the right to unionize
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Great article on the work of Migrant Justice in Vermont
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I’ve been saying this for a long time.
Wind gets hammered by misinformation and barely responds.
Then T gets elected.
Wake up.
Wind gets hammered by misinformation and barely responds.
Then T gets elected.
Wake up.
April 11, 2026 at 9:10 PM
I’ve been saying this for a long time.
Wind gets hammered by misinformation and barely responds.
Then T gets elected.
Wake up.
Wind gets hammered by misinformation and barely responds.
Then T gets elected.
Wake up.