Weekly Roundup: August 28

Quote of the Week:
“We are all migrants through time.” –Mohsin Hamid, Exit West

What I’m reading:
The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells (truly, truly terrifying)

What I’m listening to:
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (finished this week)
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

What I’m watching:
“Love Life” (HBO Max) — still enjoying this one

Writing news:

What I’m talking about:

  • The terrifying reality of climate change (reading The Uninhabitable Earth is blowing my mind and scaring the shit out of me; you can get a taste of it by reading this New York magazine article by the same author)
  • The shooting of Jacob Blake (WSJ article here). I do not understand how these killings keep happening. It’s abhorrent 
  • The American Medical Association’s recommendation that meat and diary be listed as optional in the next iteration of official dietary guidelines (Forks and Knives)

What I’m grateful for:
I got this print for my office a while ago and it’s been making me smile. I’ve been demoralized by a few bastards lately (maybe the fact that several planets are in retrograde is to blame?). Life is too short to feel demoralized by bastards. 

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