Rocky Kistner

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Followers

581

Account age

3 yrs

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3 views In a White House meeting, the oil and gas industry got Trump to do its bidding: “They were almost in awe…There was no semblance of a policy process, but rather the C.E.O.s were raising their grievances, and Trump was essentially saying, ‘Make it so, it shall be done.’” https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?isViewInBrowser=true&productCode=CLIM&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2

📊 Post engagement

Avg engagement / post

0.3%

Engagement vs followers

Nov 2022

On Mastodon since

🔥 Top post: In a White House meeting, the oil and gas industry got Trump to · 3 likes + reposts

📊 Activity & format

Posting cadence

2.3 / week

Posts several times a week.

Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 11 text · 1 image · 0 video.

Follower / following

3.4×

Follows 169 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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🔥 Top post In a White House meeting, the oil and gas industry got Trump to do its bidding: “They were almost in awe…There was no semblance of a policy process, but rather the C.E.O.s were raising their grievances, and Trump was essentially saying, ‘Make it so, it shall be done.’” https://m… ★ 3

Another Keystone pipeline disaster, this one in Kansas: https://news.ssbcrack.com/keystone-pipeline-operator-proposed-to-pay-26-9-million-penalty-after-major-kansas-oil-spill/ via @SSBCrack ★ 2 Inside ‘climategate’: how scientists stood up to an attack on science. “I was facing the biggest bully on the block – the fossil fuel industry and its allies in the conservative media ecosystem, led by News Corp.’” @michaelemann @johnmenad… ★ 2 In a world where facts are increasingly contested, Wikipedia is under attack: “Mr. Musk has railed against Wikipedia as “Wokepedia” and “an extension of legacy media propaganda.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/business/media/wikipedia-… ★ 1 The US wants to back 10 massive nuclear power reactors, but “China is now on track to have more than a dozen up and running by 2030” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/climate/trump-energy-nuclear-loans.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share via @NYT… ★ 1 A win for environmentalists and clean air: “While the Trump EPA dragged its heels, millions of Americans kept breathing unhealthy levels of soot — pollution the science shows has no safe level” @amudalatajasa https://www.washingtonpost.com… We have officially entered the theater of the absurd: “If Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be a 12-hour news story” @wsj https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/jd-vance-compares-himself-to-richard-nixon-and-plays-down-watergate-a78822c8… Why the nation is a tinderbox waiting to explode. Good reporting here as usual by @emorwee https://open.substack.com/pub/heated/p/it-doesnt-have-to-be-like-this?r=52h9o&utm_medium=ios Facing mounting criticism Trump admin backtracks on plans to cut ocean monitoring: “Dismantling the O.O.I. was supreme stupidity” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/climate/trump-ocean-observatories-initiative.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share v… ★ 1 States fight over dwindling Colorado River water: “I think we’ve succeeded in making everyone unhappy, and maybe making everyone mad” via @NYTimes @ssdance https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/climate/colorado-river-drought-states.html?smid=… China’s clean energy revolution: “The US is no longer the conductor of the bullet train that is the global clean energy revolution. It should decide whether to climb on board or get left behind at the station.”@MichaelEMann https://www.chi… ★ 1 Solid advice from a 60 Minutes expert: “This may be the most expensive attempt to train people to do something in the history of broadcasting.” https://www.cjr.org/the-interview/lowell-bergman-insider-scoop-60-minutes-controversy-weiss-bil…

🐘 Community & instance

Home server

journa.host

A journalists server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.

On Mastodon since

Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 2 views per post.

📤Posts about 2.3× per week.

🕵️ Fake follower check

Estimated

66/100

Good Credibility score

89%

Real Real audience

Low Fake-follower risk

High Data confidence

Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~0.3% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Established account (3+ years old).

Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.

About

Indep. environmental journalist. Former broadcast television/radio/print reporter/producer. @SEJ fundrais cmte/edit advis board, @Oceanites advis board. Mizzou J School grad. Stories on www.TheRockyFiles.org

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