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Nils Gilman

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Historian of the intelligentsia. Adored by little statesmen & philosophers & divines. SVP of Programs @berggrueninst, Deputy Editor @NoemaMag. Tweets are my own

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It's an empirical fact that Los Angeles has an volatile, indeed apocalyptic, climate. For perspective: at LAX the rainest day ever was November 21, 1967, when 5.60 inches (142.2 mm) fell. By contrast, during the ENTIRE YEAR of 1947 LAX got barely half that — 2.95 inches (74.9 mm)

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