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Henry Wismayer

@henrywismayer.bsky.social

Hopeless dilettante. Features and essays all over, inc: NYT, WaPo, FT, WSJ, Atlantic, Nat Geo, Guardian, Noema, Aeon, and Time. https://www.henry-wismayer.com/

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Henry Wismayer@henrywismayer.bsky.social · last wk.

Three years ago, I wrote an essay for the NYT about the impending death of the European summer holiday. I don't claim any great prescience, but seems worth resharing in light of this combustible season, presaging a future for which we are not emotionally - let alone practically - prepared.

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Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sorry not sorry for the next several months of relentless book promotion, I didn't create this system! But for real, though, if you've ever thought anything I do is any good at all, I hope you'll read this book I poured everything into: geni.us/broughttoyouby

Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...

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Henry Wismayer@henrywismayer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Some fan mail from the sewer. Strange that these people should think this sort of response is an effective counterpunch againt my assertion that space expansionists just don't like humanity very much, but there you are.

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Nils Gilman@nilsgilman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The fantasy of human colonization of Mars isn't just stupid, unrealistic, or a waste of resources — it's pernicious, because it actively stokes insouciance with respect to safeguarding the only planet that at least 99.99999999% of us are ever going to live on.

Noema Magazine@noemamag.com · 2mo ago

“Detractors might scoff at Musk’s ambition to die on Mars, but at least the dying part would be easy.” — @henrywismayer.bsky.social #mars #spaceexploration #spacex

Henry Wismayer@henrywismayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It can often feel as though we live on a stiflingly demystified little planet. But I'd be surprised if 1% of readers have heard of the subject of my latest article: the Ennedi Reserve, in northeast Chad, among the grandest anonymous places on Earth. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... 1/

The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

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Henry Wismayer@henrywismayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sunday bump for my Smithsonian cover story. The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again - www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

smithsonianmag.com

Henry Wismayer@henrywismayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... @thesundaylongread.bsky.social

The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

smithsonianmag.com

Henry Wismayer@henrywismayer.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It can often feel as though we live on a stiflingly demystified little planet. But I'd be surprised if 1% of readers have heard of the subject of my latest article: the Ennedi Reserve, in northeast Chad, among the grandest anonymous places on Earth. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... 1/

The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

smithsonianmag.com