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Jun
11
An Atlas of Collapse: Authoritarianism in the US

An Atlas of Collapse: Authoritarianism in the US

It's possible, I guess, that a few liberals subscribe to this newsletter. If that's true, then
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Jun
04
An Atlas of Collapse: Infrastructure and the Economy

An Atlas of Collapse: Infrastructure and the Economy

Following on the heels of climate change comes some of what climate change does to us: it breaks down our
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May
28
An Atlas of Collapse: The Climate Crisis Pt. 2

An Atlas of Collapse: The Climate Crisis Pt. 2

So, last week's letter went a little long, and between that and writing the thing for more than
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May
21
An Atlas of Collapse: The Climate Crisis

An Atlas of Collapse: The Climate Crisis

I want to address the climate crisis first out of all the aspects of collapse because, while it is in
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May
14
An Atlas of Collapse

An Atlas of Collapse

I've been thinking about When/If as a project lately, about what my niche is in this environment
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May
07
H5N1

H5N1

This will be a brief post, mostly because I had planned on other subjects and written them out, but current
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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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