Locals didn’t think Roundup was being sprayed near Lake Tahoe. So @natethecurious went to find out.
Nate dug up maps from the Forest Service's website, and headed to a spot where one of them indicated spraying might already be happening.
Public uproar has echoed across the Tahoe area since April, when our yearlong Mother Jones investigation revealed that, in California, the fastest-growing use of glyphosate—the main ingredient in Roundup—is to spray forested areas, including this massive new project around Lake Tahoe.
As the public outcry grew over the past few weeks, news begin circulating on social media that the Forest Service was backing off. “They cancelled the plan!" one person wrote. "People showed up to meetings, called our representatives and it’s finally cancelled. OUR VOICES MATTERED ON THIS ONE.”
But that wasn't true. At Sierra-at-Tahoe, Nate stood on a mountainside that clearly had been doused in glyphosate. The plants around him were nearly all dead—killed with the controversial herbicide, which the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer has deemed a probable human carcinogen—and that a 2020 report from the US Environmental Protection Agency said likely harms 93 percent of endangered species.
You can read Nate's full report at https://t.co/MQyaBkIMgb.
Charlotte is a city that I’ve been to so many times and never once figure out what is good about it. How did all these financial services firms end up here?
We have heard a lot about the e-moto problem: teenagers riding expensive electric motorcycles and getting injured or dying in collisions. These bikes are already illegal to operate without a motorcycle license. The response from CA elected officials couldn't be worse... 1/?
We went to Staten Island to track down New York City's second-worst driver:
He's an @NYPDnews officer who has been caught blasting through school zones or running red lights in his truck more than 547 times since 2022.
For 5 years this company saw everyone getting rich off of dad sneakers and fun technical runners and tripled down on minimal, soulless, knit upper slop
not shocked at this development
Today, the Trump administration repealed the endangerment finding: the ruling that served as the basis for limits on tailpipe emissions and power plant rules. Without it, we’ll be less safe, less healthy and less able to fight climate change — all so the fossil fuel industry can make even more money.
Zohran Mamdani is a good politician but I cannot look past his personal beliefs.
In 2025 how have we let someone have such a huge platform while supporting such a terrible organisation. I can accept a lot of things but supporting Arsenal is where I draw the line.
On tomorrow’s @pablofindsout…
Multiple sources tell me that UNC general manager Mike Lombardi left the team in August, two weeks before the season-opener, to fundraise in Saudi Arabia.
A lot more in the episode beyond that. More to come.
Brand new Robotaxi in Las Vegas called ZOOX. This thing is unbelievable and 50000% better than Lyft/uber. Can’t wait to try it again this weekend @zoox@LasVegasLocally
nobody talks about how the internet killed regional culture.
everyone under 30 has the same personality now.
your grandparents' generation had accents, local customs, regional humor. you have tiktok trends and twitter discourse.
people who design apps have no regard for muscle memory fr i’m gonna crash out if i click this new create button instead of library one more time on spotify