Climate Update: A heat dome holds sway over Australia guyonclimate.com/2026/02/01/e...

Approx 100 record lows tied or broken this morning. ~11 monthly records broken. And it seems 1 all-time low in Bartow, FL.

Colder in #Orlando this morning than… checks notes… #Greenland !! At least parts of it. #florida #freeze

The 28th house to fall into the Atlantic on Hatteras Island since 2020- last night. www.wral.com/news/local/a...

On this day in history: In 1884 the first version of the Oxford English Dictionary was published. www.history.com/this-day-in-...?

In Appalachia's rough beauty, a serial killer is on the move. Reader review: Loved it and was hard to put down The Cumberland Killers. a Kentucky Mystery #KindleUnlimited #mystery www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

The Peace Monks walking through the snow, have made it to Petersburg, Virginia- crowds turn out to greet them everywhere #peacemonks

Bluesky up to more than 42 million users now... bsky-users.theo.io

Jon Weber & Sweet Megg- Twisted

A new book traces the rise and fall of a little-known farm at Black Mountain College, which fueled creative experimentation and attracted artists like Willem de Kooning and Merce Cunningham.

Climate Update: Winter Storm Gianna and cold wave send shivers through the Southeast guyonclimate.com/2026/01/31/e...

How Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis became an anti-ICE hub lithub.com/everything-w...?

Anthropic Knew the Public Would Be Disgusted by How It Was Destroying Physical Books, Secret Documents Reveal dnyuz.com/2026/01/31/a...

Recommended Reading by author John Sayles- who also has a new book out #authors #books archive.ph/EGqLb#select...

Satellite with radar overlay, extent of snow over the Carolinas at 11:20 am www.windy.com/-Menu/menu?s...

The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films The attention span crisis comes to movies.... www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

. Clean Grid, Renewables Account for 85% of Energy Projects with Indigenous Ownership Find out more: www.theenergymix.com/clean-... #ClimateAction

How an Enslaved Gardener Transformed the Pecan Into a Cash Crop #history #books

Recommended Reading by author John Sayles- who also has a new book out #authors #books archive.ph/EGqLb#select...

Review: George Saunders returns to a world full of ghosts In “Vigil,” spirits consider the many sins of a dying industrialist. #books

Excerpt: Truman Capote, Bennett Cerf, and the Making of 'In Cold Blood' lithub.com/truman-capot...?

Very interesting new work from my @towcenter.bsky.social colleagues - building on excellent @wired.com article on LLMs and breaking news. Who is making decisions on when to ‘turn on’ web search for chatbots and when not to? www.cjr.org/tow_center/a...

Climate Update: Winter Storm Fern’s Cold Wave Aftermath guyonclimate.com/2026/01/28/e...

Recommended Family Sagas #books

In Appalachia's rough beauty, a serial killer is on the move. Reader review: Loved it and was hard to put down The Cumberland Killers. a Kentucky Mystery #KindleUnlimited #mystery www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...

Literary Film Adaptations coming in 2026 lithub.com/heres-your-2...?

GOES Satellite shows the Polar Vortex in action as cold air sweeps into ... youtu.be/2cD8GghSpRw?... via @YouTube

Review: Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People’s Politician #books

Barbary Coast- Weather Report #fusion

Still 120,000 without power and more cold weather on the way. #extremeweather

Climate Update: A look at the aftermath of Winter Storm Fern, and what's coming next #climate #weather guyonclimate.com/2026/01/28/e...

In “Friction,” tribologist Jennifer Vail shows how the fundamental force that resists motion keeps driving us forward. undark.org/2026/01/23/r...?

The influence of the sleeper hit novel 'The Correspondent' #books

@keith65.bsky.social Hi Keith, glad to see you on here :)

Warm air over the Arctic is pushing cold air south, bringing possibly record cold to the lower 48 states. More frequent extreme weather coming with climate change and the rise in CO2 levels. You can watch the Jet stream move south as the week progresses: climatereanalyzer.org/wx/todays-we...

Yes, It's Fascism -Jonathan Rauch archive.ph/MFSDo

With another surge of very cold air coming: Tennessee and Mississippi still have more than 250,000 homes without electricity. Around 400 homes south of Asheville without power.

In ‘Vigil,’ George Saunders Asks: Can An Oil CEO Repent? The author’s second novel treats executive decision-making not as backdrop, but as the moral engine of the story. archive.ph/3ufOx

Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books archive.ph/qpS9e

How Chad's Ancient Rock Drawings point to environmental change in Africa undark.org/2025/12/31/e...?

Book Review: The Effingers – a vivid portrait of Berlin before the Nazis

“Frostlines: A Journey Through Entangled Lives and Landscapes in a Warming Arctic" #books #climate undark.org/2026/01/16/b...?

Although the tropics and southern hemisphere will be worst affected by rising heat, countries in the north will also find it difficult to adapt, as their built environments are primarily designed for a cooler climate #GlobalCarbonFeeAndDividendPetition www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Seven Recommended Books This Week #books

Another significant winter storm could hit the US Gulf Coast and East Coast this weekend: www.accuweather.com/en/winter-we...

Another significant winter storm could hit the US Gulf Coast and East Coast this weekend: www.accuweather.com/en/winter-we...

Goliath’s Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse Are we hurtling toward an inevitable cliff? #books

Climate Update: The consequences of Trump's fundamental changes to federal climate and environmental policy. As seen in seven charts. #climate guyonclimate.com/2026/01/26/e...

In “Winter: The Story of the Season,” the prolific mystery writer Val McDermid offers a warm look at a dark time.

Yes, It's Fascism -Jonathan Rauch archive.ph/MFSDo