BREAKING: shocking new climate consensus revealed as more than 9 out of 10 scientists agree all viable paths to stay below hellish 2°C of warming under capitalism are now gone 🧵

I was greeted by two bengal cats at our balcony this am, moaning, meowing with the joy of having had a night full of wandering & roaming in the neighbourhood. The 3 degrees cold crippled my palm and I pet the creatures who seemed absolutely undaunted, floating in the mist.

Some black and white portraits of the consummate New Yorker, impressionist painter Alice Neel.

Deborah Levy on editing: “When it comes down to that final edit, I don’t want anything on the page that doesn’t need to be there. Editing is the most wonderful part of writing.” She looks ferocious with delight. “It begins to roar in the edit.” theguardian.com/books/2024/nov…

Surprise find in FT Weekend about Gothenburg's drain covers. Listening to a recent 99 Percent Invisible Roman Mars episode on manhole covers in Osaka, Japan had me wondering about these covers here in Gothenburg and this letter to the editor will certainly make me dig more

“A city’s creativity doesn’t depend on cars. That’s the 20th century. We’re in the 21st.” — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo ft.com/content/8fbad7…

Only my second Woolf 🍻

Harris will win.

Bangalore Dazeeee

I moved to London 23 years ago. My rent was £600 (which I was bowled over by at the time). A Zone 4 pass was £100 a month (also left me shaking). And book publishing salaries were £25-£30k… they’re now. The same. The exact same.

Again, you may want to look up the history of societies post 1918 flu pandemic.

Jackie Shroff dat u?