Without really meaning to, this week I’ve posted a few related articles around the theme of how to survive the next four years of the new oligarchical, authorit
We asked our climate reporters to highlight one idea for positive change. We got a chronicle of global transformation
There are countless initiatives around the world that can inspire people and spur them into action. Amid the devastation of the climate crisis, our journalists strive to highlight these stories of hope
Climate Change: Global Crisis To Local Action By Kevin Anderson
Tornado Alley Is MOVING and That's a HUGE Problem
How to Blow Up a Timeline — Remains of the Day
NOTE: I’d been working on this piece on and off for a few weeks while trying to move to NYC and settle into my new apartment, and just as I was about to publish it, Elon rate-limited Twitter and so, sensing a moment of weakness, Meta pulled up its launch date for Threads to yesterday. This piece doesn’t cover Threads directly, nor does it talk about the rate-limiting fiasco. It’s focused on why I think Twitter got so much worse over the past year. I thought about holding off and reworking it entirely to incorporate all that happened this week, but in the end I decided that it was cleaner to publish this one as is. If Twitter hadn’t botched so much over this past year, Threads wouldn’t matter. Still, like past pieces I’ve written on topics related to Twitter, you can apply a lot of the ideas in this piece to analyzing Threads’ prospects. And I’ll push a follow-up piece with my specific reactions to and predictions for Threads soon-ish. Follow me on Substack to get a note when that drops.
The Climate Change Paper So Depressing It's Sending People to Therapy
On average, three people read an academic paper. At least 100,000 have read this—and a lot of them haven't taken it very well.
Nicky Case: The Attractors Behind Disasters
Atmosphere conference report - Mathew's newsletter
Key takeaways from Vancouver
I wrote about my #AtmosphereConf experience. I hope it's as cathartic to read as it was for me to write. Thank you, everyone, for this amazing experience. All I wish is that we had more time.
The Joy of AtmosphereConf · augment
augment.inkI just know you all wanted to read 3000 words from me about my post-AtmosphereConf roadmap. Right? There are some big thoughts in here that I love to get people's eyes on— weeks and weeks of Atmosphere work! Please dig in.
10 things I want to work on after the conference
alex-bsky.leaflet.pubfinally posted thoughts about the atmosphere conf (along with an illustration and a bunch of tweaks to the blog) macwright.com/2026/04/05/in-the-atmosphere
In the Atmosphere
macwright.comDisaster preparedness in the US
Starting with some articles I saved during/after the January 2025 wildfires in Southern California
Landslide/Holdfast
Citations and background for my talk at Atmosphere Conf 2026
at://news
Collectively-curated weather reports of the atmosphere.
Sources on social media: Information context collapse and volume of content as predictors of source blindness - George Pearson, 2021
Pacific kelp forests are far older than we thought - Berkeley News
Illusion of knowledge through Facebook news? Effects of snack news in a news feed on perceived knowledge, attitude strength, and willingness for discussions
No Sense of Place by Joshua Meyrowitz | Open Library
A perspective on friction interventions to curb the spread of misinformation
The social media context interferes with truth discernment
Cheat Sheet: These are the steps fire victims need to take to make an insurance claim
What to do — and not do — when you get home after a fire evacuation
High winds and fires mean power outages. Here's how to prep
Evacuation terms can be confusing. Here’s what they mean and how to sign up for alerts
Every day is now fire season. Let's get you ready for the next wildfire burning near you
Cheat sheet: A quick roundup of SoCal fire coverage and safety resources
Builders' Circle — The European Social Stack
Witchsky
bnewbold.net
Project vs. Product, Startup vs. Business
#atdev spent like 3h yesterday trying to make oauth permissions sets pretty only to hit a wall bc i need bsky to have more published sets bc…
Lowering the friction of local copies of the atmosphere I think is one of the best things that can be done to unlock novel ml and sensemakin…
