We vowed a deathbed compact. We saga prototypes, classicists, & evergreens. We ordinance in & out of time. We be farcical masons. We ebb & floe like Greenland ice sheets under successive heat domes. We sailor-skid spanner ewers. We peso sunsets. We illumine penny bardos.
What I’m Reading:
Most species alive today have persisted through multiple ice ages; clearly they were able to survive colder global temperatures. Whether they can handle warmer ones, though, is unclear.
— Elizabeth Kolbert / “Civilization and Extinction” / The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
time and space yield to no one tho anthropogenic change has slowed the spin of the earth milliseconds of fat water around the equator you and your grandchildren’s grandchildren may not note it but the meta— verses will: a financial irregularity a capitalization a millisecond too late mega millions missing or lost
and so, no matter how far away i move from my hometown the places stay the same but imperceptibly changed in a tangential but indelible way
way too often i return nothing is ever really the same the more i come back the more i change
the song remains the same
What I’m Reading:
As polar ice melts, water moves from the poles toward the equator — making our Earth bulkier and rotate slower… For billions of years, Earth’s movements — how it spins and at what speed — have been primarily determined by forces beyond human influence, such as the pull of the moon and processes at our core and mantle. Now, the melting of Earth’s ice sheets, accelerated by human-driven warming, is influencing those motions.
— Kasha Patel / “Why melting ice sheets are making our days longer” / The Washington Post
The glacier acts like a keystone for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, meaning that a collapse could drag neighbouring glaciers with it, potentially adding more than 3m (almost 10ft) to global sea levels.
— Dr. Ella Gilbert / “The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Is Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought” / BBC Science Focus Magazine
caught in an ill wind gazing at the dark ceiling waiting for the flood coughing out the parasites— hypercapitalisms
What I’m Reading:
My method is cribbed from The Sedaris Method: write things down all day in a pocket notebook, then wake up the next morning, fill out my logbook, and then write longhand about yesterday.
once was good another half: right twice, too much— not never again, but on to something new…
What I’m Listening To:
Frogmarching us home to a bed made of tears Kris Kristofferson walks by kicking a can In a shirt he hasn’t washed for years Hop inside my coat Hop inside my coat
America’s political treatment of the climate crisis has, for some time, been divided, messy and somewhat dangerous. Now, it seems the culture wars have come for the issue, too.
While Donald Trump infamously called climate change a “hoax”, outright denial of global heating has taken a back seat for most Republicans ahead of November’s presidential election, with disdain instead poured upon an array of climate solutions.
— Oliver Milman / “Down to Earth” / The Guardian
Dementia’s wheeled to the window for the fireworks, like boneless Beanie Babies slumped in a rear windshield, dreamers, no-timers, past time.
— Sarah Trudgeon / “In the Red”
But two facts are clear: it is impossible to understand the Cuban Revolution without understanding Miami, and it is impossible to understand Miami without understanding the Cuban Revolution.
— Ada Ferrer / Cuba: An American History
My mother says when she is anxious she finds a seam, finds stitches on her clothes, on furniture she’s near, always a verge has that feel, birch joints, wrinkles. It’s a relief to think with the hands.
— Bradley Trumpfheller / “Loom”
We all dream of a greater America I want you to be paid a living wage live in affordable housing without college debt or medical debt or credit card debt or national debt I want no more racism I am speaking of a New America I am part of New America whether you like it or not so join me, please
— Huascar Medina / “New American”
Hurricane Beryl, which slammed into Texas on Monday after wreaking havoc in the Caribbean, was supercharged by “absolutely crazy” ocean temperatures that are likely to fuel further violent storms in the coming months, scientists have warned.
— Oliver Milman / “Hurricane Beryl supercharged by ‘crazy’ ocean temperatures, experts say” / The Guardian
We comprehend it now this land is two lands one triumphant bully one still hopeful America Imagining amber waves of grain blowing in the wind purple mountains and no homeless in America Sometimes I still put my hand tenderly on my heart somehow or other still carried away by America
— Alicia Ostriker / “Ghazal: America the Beautiful”
What I’m Listening To:
Hey We’re boiling angels Let’s kiss for hours Equal power Let’s make it art
A searing heat wave that has gripped much of the United States in recent days is suspected of killing at least 28 people in the last week, according to reports from state officials, medical examiners and news outlets.
— Anna Phillips / “Extreme heat has killed at least 28 in the past week — and the toll is rising” / The Washington Post
