A super El Niño is loading the Pacific, but wet doesn't mean snow. Why the freezing level, not the ocean temperature, decides the 2026-27 Sierra winter.

Meta settled for up to $17.1 billion and the stock closed up. A promise-by-promise audit of all ten changes, including a teen cap set above what teens use.

"Instagram changed from a product that you can use into a product that uses you." Meta whistleblower Arturo Bejar, under oath in Oakland.

Four words from a federal courtroom in Oakland explain the entire business model: hook the users, hold them, harvest their data, hide the truth. Every claim here comes from unsealed court filings, internal company documents, or peer-reviewed research.

Since 1946, UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Lab at Donner Pass has counted every flake. A normal Tahoe winter gets about 360 inches of snow. The monster 2022-23 stacked over 700. The lean 2020-21 gave up just 277.

So when the internet promises a guaranteed #Godzilla season off a July ocean reading, remember this: nobody has cleanly called a Tahoe El Niño since 1998.

Activists are circling Vail Resorts and Rob Katz is defending the fortress. Coop's Corner separates signal from noise on skiing's biggest empire and its home mountains.

Who Really Owns the Soul of the Sport Now? A 33-year industry veteran traces action sports culture from garages to global holding companies. Part I of II.

 Freeride has built its culture on freedom. Now the FIS owns the FWT, and the Olympics are calling. Let’s break down what the sport stands to lose — and what the TJFS gets right.

Who Really Owns This Town? South Lake Tahoe's VHR Crisis - The 900-permit VHR cap takes effect April 23. Follow the money, meet the workers who can't afford to stay, and learn what South Lake Tahoe's city council must do next.

Sixty-five days on snow. Now the full post-mortem: Tahoe's storms, the rain betrayal, and what a low-snow season costs the West.

UC Davis measured Lake Tahoe clarity at 62.3 feet in 2024. Every pollution target was met. The lake got worse anyway. Coop's Corner investigates why.

Nearly 2,000 ski instructors have joined a federal wage lawsuit against Vail Resorts. Coop breaks down who is owed what, and why $7.46 is the whole story.

Are you actually paying lower taxes? The CBO, ITEP, and your grocery receipt say no. A forensic look at who benefits from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

New 2026 data shows the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation at its weakest in 1,600 years. A rational, compassionate read on the risk and the response.

A gonzo field report on bots, AI slop, and the algorithms running our feeds. The data, the money, and why 90% of what you see is bullshit.

The April ECMWF run lit up the headlines. The NOAA discussion tells a different story. Data-first breakdown of the Super El Nino 2026/27 forecast.

America spends $74.8B/year subsidizing oil and gas while claiming energy independence. Coop breaks down the real numbers on solar, wind, nuclear, and fusion.

A Gonzo op-ed dismantling Trump's April 1 Iran war address: no plan, no facts, 40 self-references in 19 minutes, and a Congress that said nothing.

Are Epic and Ikon passes a psychological trap? Read the full analysis of the legal and financial "Gravity Problem" facing the U.S. ski industry this season.

We’ve seen this movie before. From WMD lies to the 2026 Iran invasion, Coop exposes the cost of fear-driven war. Stop the draft. Stop the lies. Read the analysis.