Memorable Stuff I Read This Week

I’m not funding a war 
if I pretend the money 
in my taxes are only going 
toward the roads that 
are actively collapsing. 

— aeon ginsberg / “anyways im radicalized now”

Some locations have seen the heat index, or how it feels when factoring in the humidity, reach 140 to 150 degrees Fahrenheit (60 to 65 Celsius), fueled by an intense heat dome, the warmest water temperatures in the world and the influence of human-caused climate change.

— Dan Stillman / “The Persian Gulf is enduring life-threatening heat indexes above 140 degrees / The Washington Post

We’re in an overwhelming heat wave, 
we’re in the coldest summer of the rest of our lives. 
They don’t make the tools we need 
            to become autonomous anymore 
            because they can ship us 
            our weight in debts instead. 

— aeon ginsberg / “anyways im radicalized now”

Thirty years ago, when the dangers of climate change were beginning to be understood but had not yet arrived in force, the creeping catastrophe facing Miami might have been averted. But as atmospheric concentrations of carbon reach levels not seen in 3 million years, politicians promise resilience while ignoring emissions; developers race to build a bounty of luxury condos, never mind the swiftly rising sea. Florida is entering a subtropical state of unreality in which these decisions don’t add up.

— Mario Alejandro Ariza / “Miami is Entering a State of Unreality” / The Atlantic

Think about what you owe  
and how much it weighs,  
think about what you give away  
            and where it goes, think about  
            how much choice you really have, 
if you have choice at all. 

— aeon ginsberg / “anyways im radicalized now”

“Workers are compelled to be in the heat. They have to work or they lose their livelihood. This speaks to a wider dynamic: power and money determine your vulnerability to climate change.”

— Samira Shackle / “The story of a heat death: David went to work in his new job on a French building site. By the end of the day he was dead” / The Guardian

I’m not funding a war, 
            I’m in one. 

— aeon ginsberg / “anyways im radicalized now”

What I’m Listening To:

All time
Flies like
One foot
In front

— Loma / “Please, Come In”