Eric Shonkwiler

Eric Shonkwiler

Apr
30
Geo-Engineering; Or, If You Thought Accidentally Modifying The Planet Was Bad...

Geo-Engineering; Or, If You Thought Accidentally Modifying The Planet Was Bad...

Hello, and welcome back to When/If, the newsletter for people that can't sleep at night not knowing
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Mar
26
The Rites of Climate Change

The Rites of Climate Change

Admittedly a bit of a hokey title, but you try and write about this stuff every week when you can
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Mar
19
The Christian Nationalist Manifesto

The Christian Nationalist Manifesto

I've mentioned Project 2025 a time or two before, and fairly recently at that, but we haven'
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Mar
12

Round-Up: Trump's Border, NYC National Guard, and Texas Fires

There is quite a lot going on in the world, as always, and little of it is making me smile.
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Mar
05
Network Disruption and Complications

Network Disruption and Complications

Two weeks ago, AT&T suffered a nationwide outage that affected millions of people–myself included. This outage lasted
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Feb
27
A Year Above 1.5°C

A Year Above 1.5°C

Early in February, the planet passed yet another milestone: the last twelve months were spent at 1.5°C above
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Feb
20
Developments in The Authoritarian Left

Developments in The Authoritarian Left

As 2024 lurches onward, I think it's important that we maintain a certain degree of watchfulness toward the
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Feb
13
The State of Rights

The State of Rights

It's been a minute since we've caught up on the how the fight to maintain basic
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Feb
06
The Border Fight and Calls for Secession

The Border Fight and Calls for Secession

We don't talk a terrible lot about the border on here. This is mostly because I find it
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Jan
30
JN.1, Governmental Neglect, and the Future of Illness

JN.1, Governmental Neglect, and the Future of Illness

You may, or more likely may not, have heard that there is a new and potent variant of COVID-19 on
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