At Rice we are hiring a Post-Doc in Public History and a Post-MFA (or PhD) in Creative Writing to work on a Sawyer Seminar, “Writing History, Righting Democracy.” Links to both positions in comments. Please share with your networks!

At Rice we are hiring a Post-Doc in Public History and a Post-MFA (or PhD) in Creative Writing to work on a Sawyer Seminar, “Writing History, Righting Democracy.” Links to both positions in comments. Please share with your networks!

My friend and colleague Timothy Morton is raising funds to help their in-laws recover from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica. Please donate if you are able. Donate to send a Hurricane Recovery Kit to Jamaica: gofund.me/5e9d46592

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025. Are you there, COP 30? It's me, the Paris Agreement.

NEW ANALYSIS: For the first time in history, the US has not sent any official delegates to the annual UN climate talks #COP30 Full details from my colleagues, below, inc that with 56,118 delegates registered, COP30 is provisionally 2nd-largest www.carbonbrief.org/...

We made a new MFA.

If I were running the DNC, there would be Democratic Party sponsored food relief banks across the country right now that specifically welcomed anyone regardless of party affiliation. Along with the food, there could be voter registration and links to runforsomething.net

@sarahkendzior.bsky.social has been telling us that for more than a decade

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others. Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla: “People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.” 1/3

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

A surprise find in the Etymonline entry for “migration”

EPA has ordered scientists in its Office of Water to immediately pause almost all research & stop publishing studies. Researchers were told that, unless scientific journals had already returned proofs, studies will be subject to an additional EPA review. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Excellent new video from PBS Terra about the long term climate change impact on the probability of death across the USA:

I am SO EXCITED about this! Many folks want to take personal action on climate change, but many resources treat people like monoliths. Enter SHIFT -- a collaboration between Dr. Kim Nicholas and Project Drawdown -- that tailors advice for YOU, using your climate superpowers. jointheshift.earth

#FreeDC Mass march hitting the streets of DC now.

It’s important that the only cities Trump has sent (or is threatening to send) national guard troops to have Black mayors — LA, DC, now Baltimore, Chicago, and New Orleans. It’s NEVER been about crime. apnews.com/article/trum...

Survey of 8 countries including Spain and the US finds 82% of people support setting aside 30% land + sea for nature. All over the world, people WANT rewilding. Time our politicians started turning that clear wish into actual policy. Let's bring nature back!!! share.google/8lsJ5PfS2nau...

Rice is hiring! "The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…” apply.interfolio.com/171781

Come work with us! "Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries." apply.interfolio.com/172836

Come work with us! "Rice University … seeks applicants for a tenure- track assistant or associate professor position in Medical Humanities, specializing in narrative and/or digital humanities approaches to medicine and health in the 20th-21st centuries." apply.interfolio.com/172836

Rice is hiring! "The Department of Art at Rice University is seeking to hire at the Assistant Professor rank a full-time, tenure-track artist and art educator with primary interests in the production of film, video, and/or new media forms…” apply.interfolio.com/171781

re-order & get 25% off my new graphic novel A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis. Today through Friday (9/3 to 9/5) only, with ‪@barnesandnoble.com‬ preorder sale! *Link in bio* More exciting news: it was just chosen as a Junior Library Guild selection!

Greta Thunberg: “You do not kill journalists unless you have something to hide. “Israel is now deliberately targeting journalists. If that is not a sign of their genocidal intent then I don’t know what is”.

Not a single panel for 2026 AWP dedicated to writing about climate change, as far as I can tell. Some panels with climate lumped in with other issues, but none appear dedicated to climate as an issue. How does that happen, I wonder.

Signal boosting this!

Beautiful writing. Important message. From @brdemuth.bsky.social for @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

"Scientists have linked rapid intensification of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean to climate change. Global warming is causing the atmosphere to hold more water vapor and is spiking ocean temperatures. The warmer waters give hurricanes fuel to unleash more rain and strengthen more quickly."

California approves an unprecedented plan to protect Joshua trees from climate change threats

““Nature connectedness is now accepted as a key root cause of the environmental crisis,” said Richardson. “It’s vitally important for our own mental health as well. It unites people and nature’s wellbeing. There’s a need for transformational change...”” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

In 2025, the U.S. saw wildfires, floods & more, but these aren’t isolated events. In this episode, @farhanasultana.com explains how colonial history & inequality shape who suffers most from climate disasters, in the U.S. & globally. #ClimateChange 🎧Listen now: scholars.org/podcast/uneq...

The Hopi Tribe in Arizona has to tell 650 households that the electricity they were getting through the $7 billion Solar for All program was canceled. "It feels like we stepped back 100 years," Hopi Chairman Tim Nuvangyaoma said of the government's broken promise. tinyurl.com/ym959wcu

Some authoritarian fuckery right here. The invocation of “fugitivity” is especially chilling. “In a Thursday morning statement, Cornyn said FBI Director Kash Patel approved his request to have federal agents assist in locating ‘runaway Texas House Democrats.’” www.tpr.org/government-p...

Some lovely plantpot dapperling on my patio this morning! 😍🍄‍🟫 Good for the soil and the plant but not for eating!

Plans to expand the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in the Texas Panhandle have been scrapped. The Fish & Wildlife Dept. claimed “this is a way to encourage or liberate energy production, agricultural development and the local economy.” buff.ly/E3ARCTD

Oh. So there’s money to build a $200 million ballroom at the White House and a lunar nuclear reactor on the MOON but not for basic healthcare, preschool, after school, nutrition programs, housing, climate science, environmental justice, the arts, public broadcasting, medical research, global health…

Governor Abbott Orders Texas Department Of Public Safety To Arrest Delinquent House Democrats

BREAKING: Texas House Democrats have fled the state to break quorum and stop the redistricting scheme. Minority Leader Gene Wu is declaring: This corrupt special session is over. Democrats are now on their way to Illinois and will hold a press conference with Governor JB Pritzker at 7:15pm

Today 51 Texas dem House reps left the state to deny the GOP a quorum, bringing the Texas house to a standstill. “This is not a decision we make lightly, but it is one we make with absolute moral clarity,” said state Rep. Gene Wu, chair of the House Dem Caucus. www.texastribune.org/2025/08/03/t...

Lil timeline cleanse with this Cooper’s Hawk (I think?) from this morning in HTX. Two juveniles traveling along (not pictured)

Oh.

The main barriers to nature restoration are a lack of political leadership & a lack of vision. Denmark lack neither. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

“California, the fourth largest economy on planet Earth, is this summer using 40 percent less natural gas than it did two years ago to generate electricity. If you wanna know why the fossil fuel industry is freaking out and sponsoring every bad politician on Earth, that's why.”

An update: We still have no rep in Congress (same with two other Dem-held districts in GOP states) & instead of an election the Governor is holding a special legislative session to redraw the districts. The proposed map will give the GOP 5 additional seats. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...

Just a reminder also that when the BBB first passed the House of Reps it did so by one vote and if we had a rep in the seat IT WOULD NOT HAVE.

Hey Texas reps: Fuck civility! BREAK QUORUM! Time to fight back using all the tools we have!

An update: We still have no rep in Congress (same with two other Dem-held districts in GOP states) & instead of an election the Governor is holding a special legislative session to redraw the districts. The proposed map will give the GOP 5 additional seats. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/30/t...

Nearly 40 killed, tens of thousands evacuated in Chinese floods www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

WE DESERVE HIGH SPEED RAIL!

Houston Rally on Saturday at 9am Ice protest on Saturday at 5pm #protest #rally #houston #ice