James Brown performing “The Payback” live at the three-day music festival Zaire 74 in 1974.

It’s easier for older politicians to falsely claim that “young people” don’t know about the Middle East rather than admit they resent young people for challenging their view of the world, for being intellectually curious, and for having a moral clarity and resolve that they lack.

piece about growing up working class & academia “Growing up working-class, I know we are resourceful and compassionate, that we do not only seek connection to find gain but also to genuinely find friendship and solidarity. We mustn’t give up trying to improve conditions for all”

Part of why I'm having a hard time framing this book on how to survive climate collapse is because I think my personal assumptions and worldview are pretty far outside the Overton window of what most people assume and see and believe. It's hard to know where to start.

Wait were we supposed to be calling it something else

I frequently feel like, in a few years--fewer than we'd like to think--we'll look back and understand people like this are almost the only people doing anything of consequence about climate change