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
Eric Shonkwiler
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
6 min read
Jan
04
January 6th, 2022 and What Comes After
It might just be me and my hatred of the cold, but I'm finding that I hate
winter
6 min read
Dec
07
Holiday Break
When/If will be taking a few weeks off while we all do our best to ignore our
inboxes.
Remember
Nov
30
The Unbearable Consumption of Being, pt. 2
I want to talk, once again, about the things that we use up. Last week we
discussed the over–or
6 min read
Nov
23
The Unbearable Consumption of Being, Part 1
Lately we've been talking a lot about supply chains, about food, and about the
collision course we'
6 min read
Nov
19
Current Events Update/Reminders
I'm not going to dwell on or dissect what just happened. I think most of us
expected it,
2 min read