robinsonmeyer

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Thinking about climate change, energy, the real economy, and more.

🌏 I’m the founding executive editor at Heatmap, a new climate media company.
🖋️ I’m a contributing writer at The Atlantic.
🔬 I cofounded The COVID Tracking Project in 2020.

Respirating, highly structured, undergoing homeostasis, capable of growth.

my workhttps://www.theatlantic.com/author/robinson-meyer/
homepagerobinsonmeyer.com

This was so fun -- I spent an afternoon wandering around Boston talking with Sophia Nguyen of the Washington Post for this profile.

Storm drains! Nondescript network hubs! Spaceship Deb! How I crashed and burned in my senior year and how it all worked out (hi, students!))

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/11/05/deb-chachra-profile-infrastructure/

An engineer showcases the ‘nothing in particular’ our world depends on

In her new book, Deb Chachra takes us on a tour of the infrastructure that surrounds us.

The Washington Post

I just pre-ordered @jomc's new novel, out this fall

And YOU CAN TOO -- https://massivebookshop.com/products/9780374610661

Also: she wrote a great post about how y'all can help support her book, advice that applies to any other writer you like -- very worth reading: https://jomc.substack.com/p/about-wrong-way?publication_id=2382&isFreemail=true&utm_source=Robin_Sloan_sent_me

Wrong Way

I don’t use the term “obsessed” lightly…

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TMyme_M01SY&feature=share

Aja by Steely Dan but with the Mario 64 Soundfont

YouTube
Don’t think it’s a coincidence that US consumer confidence leapt to a 2-year high right after Biden started campaigning on the economy. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-14/us-consumer-sentiment-jumps-to-highest-in-nearly-two-years
US Consumer Sentiment Jumps to Near Two-Year High on Job Market

US consumer sentiment soared in early July to an almost two-year high, bolstered by easing inflation and a strong labor market.

Bloomberg
can’t believe the social network with historically weird moderation and the world’s most dopamine-addicted user base has completely collapsed

Not a huge goods and services person but Eighth Generation is one of maybe five companies I feel intense loyalty to—totally unmatched wool textiles, Indigenous-owned and run, featuring all Indigenous artists—and they are having a big sale this week on summer and back-to-school stuff, so I'm taking that as an excuse to link:

https://eighthgeneration.com

Eighth Generation

Eighth Generation is a Native-owned business with a flagship store a Pike Place Market in Seattle. Eighth Generation specializes in wool blankets.

Eighth Generation
You can’t post anymore. You can send texts, read books, and watch free ad-supported streaming services. You wanted 2003 back and you’re getting it.
Dear President Dimon, I write to you at a moment of great anguish for my people. An autocrat has taken over my country. Although I believe that in general we should avoid interfering in each others’ internal affairs, I must immediately request your and JPMC’s peaceful intervention…

My family is struggling due to a recent breast cancer diagnosis and the monster of health profiteering reared its ugly head on day one.

Boostable Request: Do you anyone who might know if any solid cancer center in the US will accept a breast cancer patient without insurance?

Is it best to push through to get COBRA activated? Any way to start with cash payments first? Any other tips?

Context: both spouses are jobless & COBRA coverage activation is dragging.

#cancer #breastcancer

nothing like firing off a few toots that include some light national stereotypes and logging back in to EIGHTY ONE notifications