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ChatGPT said: Before you click away, please take a moment to scroll down and explore the extended list of links at the end of this article. You will be hard-pressed to find another collection this long, this carefully selected, and this focused on honest news, media ethics, and the realities of the Climate and Ecological... Continue Reading →
Extreme Heat, Wet-Bulb Temperatures, and the Climate Emergency A deep-dive blog post inspired by ClimateAdam’s video, “How Climate Change boosts Killer Heatwaves.” Climate change is making extreme heat more frequent and more dangerous. This deep dive explains the 2021 Pacific Northwest heat dome, wet-bulb temperature, health risks, and the need for climate resilience. Opening: the... Continue Reading →
Back in 2021, I shared a short piece about an unusual half-acre on the lower south side of Providence — the Edible Forest Garden at Roger Williams Park. The idea was simple and a little radical: plant a patch of city land so it behaves like a forest, in layers and relationships, and then mostly... Continue Reading →
What I learned when I asked an AI the simplest question I could think of — and why the honest answer is more hopeful than the easy one I asked an AI a plain question: What is the best way to share climate solutions worldwide? I expected a tidy answer. A list. Maybe a tech... Continue Reading →
A Heat Map, a Comment Section, and the Question We Can No Longer Avoid! A short film from The Sky Lab opened with a deceptively simple scene: a thermometer at Kew Gardens in southwest London, and two readings taken a day apart in late May 2026. What that thermometer recorded should reframe how every one... Continue Reading →
What to Do When Someone Tries to Humiliate You in Public There is a particular kind of silence that follows a public insult. The room tilts. Heads turn, or pretend not to. Something hot moves up through your chest, and a part of you — older than language — wants to either disappear or strike... Continue Reading →
Free Climate Education — A Verified Directory Curated for Climate Tribe Social · Climate Change Community LLC Climate concern only becomes climate competence when people can find their way to real knowledge without a paywall standing between them and the truth. What follows is a working map of genuinely free climate learning — organized honestly,... Continue Reading →
A letter to the young people who are watching — and worrying. I was in a supermarket not long ago, and there was a girl, maybe thirteen or fourteen, standing with her mom and dad. She was watching something on her phone — a video about immigration enforcement, people being grabbed off the street, families... Continue Reading →
(And Not the Kind a Comedian on a Madison Square Garden Stage Meant) My sociology class in college taught me one thing about our Spanish-speaking communities. My life taught me another. First — primero — I hope this post finds my Latina y Latino brothers and sisters, no matter what age you are, healthy, thriving,... Continue Reading →
(Y no del tipo que quiso decir un comediante en el escenario del Madison Square Garden) Mi clase de sociología en la universidad me enseñó una cosa sobre nuestras comunidades hispanohablantes. La vida me enseñó otra. Primero — antes que nada — espero que este post encuentre a mis hermanas y hermanos Latina y Latino,... Continue Reading →
A first-person reckoning with the headline that the world’s “worst-case” climate projection has been quietly killed — and a warning about the relief I do not trust. I will tell you the truth, the way I always try to tell you the truth: when I first read the headline — Why Scientists Retired the Dire... Continue Reading →
A deep-dive blog post on democratic sovereignty, war powers, lobbying, secrecy, and the lives placed at risk when policy is made in someone else’s shadow. Remember, this is me learning out loud, so consider that reality. Drafted for publication | May 26, 2026 Opening: the comment section as a warning flare The linked Jack Cocchiarella... Continue Reading →
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