Memorable Stuff I Read This Week

The impact of climate change has been felt in earlier than ever heat warnings and 46 days of heat index topping 100 degrees, a record set last summer.

— Ashley Minazi / “Why does South Florida feel so damn hot? It’s not just the temperature that is rising” / Miami Herald

No, the mother thinks. No, she is not losing it. And, yes, it is normal to feel abnormal, after a body has left your body.

— Tess Gunty  / The Rabbit Hutch

— Meghie Rodrigues / “Who will protect us from seeing the world’s largest rainforest burn?’ The mental exhaustion faced by climate scientists” / Nature

Many climate scientists and professionals face eco-anxiety in their daily work — an issue that is on the rise and is worsening mental-health disorders in the general population. Young adults are particularly affected. In a 2021 survey of 10,000 people aged between 16 and 25 years old in 10 countries, almost half said that climate distress affected their ability to sleep and work.

I think that you think that I think
too much about grief
It’s not only mine—we’re in the same current

— Carolina Ebeid / “Assume the Role of Cassandra, Wearing a Mask, Speaking into the Camera”

Humidity is why medical experts say that South Florida’s climate can be harder on the health and body than a dry climate like Arizona, where a 90 degree temperature doesn’t feel all that oppressive. Sweat is supposed to cool us off when it evaporates from our skin. But when it’s extremely humid, the sweat sticks and the body can’t cool itself off as well, raising the risks of heat exhaustion or stroke.

— Ashley Minazi / “Why does South Florida feel so damn hot? It’s not just the temperature that is rising” / Miami Herald

I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even
love that I was interested in, but my own suffering. I thought suffering
kept things interesting. How funny that I called it love and the whole
time it was pain.

— Ada Limón / “Calling Things What They Are”

Go: get on your bike, slip out into the yawning morning traffic, find your groove, and get there. It’s the start of a new day for so many of us, all around the world-in forward-thinking cities like Amsterdam, bicycles already account for 35 percent of all trips taken. In Groningen, a Swedish city of 180,000, it’s 60 percent.

— Sam Tracy / Bicycle!: A Repair & Maintenance Manifesto

What I’m Listening To: 

All the things he couldn’t have
All the things he couldn’t see
Little man with a gun in his hand

— The Minutemen / “Little Man With Gun In His Hand”