Mar
15
Convergent Causes of Scarcity
There will be a broader-scoped climate change letter coming soon, (kinda late)
on the tail of the latest IPCC report.
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Eric Shonkwiler
Mar
08
The Portland Protest Shooting: First Aid and Body Armor
First, I want to say thank you to the folks who shared this newsletter–we've got
a few
5 min read
Mar
01
The Threat of Nuclear War, and a Call for Assistance
Hey, folks. In lieu of a regular post this week I wanted to give myself a little
breathing room, and
2 min read
Feb
23
The Canadian Trucker Convoy
For over a month, Canadian roadways and cities (mostly Ottawa) were occupied, barricaded, and sound-barraged by truckers and other supposedly
5 min read
Feb
12
War, Sanctions, and Inflation
**I started on this piece a few weeks ago, and updated it yesterday to be more
contemporaneous. But, even with
5 min read
Feb
08
General Strike 2022
There has been a feeling in the air since 2020 that I imagine only happens a
couple times in a
5 min read
Feb
01
At the Nexus of Disaster and Dysfunction
There was a piece a couple weeks ago from Texas Monthly about last year's
winter
storm and the
5 min read
Jan
25
Checking the Thermometer: Civil Strife, Government Contempt, and Climate Change
I'm worried. Despite the existence of this newsletter, I'm not normally actively
worried about things–that&
6 min read
Jan
18
The Unbearable Consumption of Being, pt. 3: Water Wars
While we touched on water consumption in the first iteration of this series, it
merits its own deep-dive because soon
5 min read
Jan
11
The Government Isn't Getting Worse: Let Me Explain
It seems like there have been a spate of days in which Joe Biden's
administration has made it
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