In the past four days I’ve had three actual meals and 74 cups of coffee
Jeva Lange 🫎
@jeva.bsky.social
Writes about extreme weather & wildfires, nature & public lands, and adaptation & resilience for Heatmap.news | Hiking, running, mountains, boats, nonfiction books, long movies, sleep deprivation (baby) |📍 Seattle/Queens
We had Chris Wright, Al Gore, Mikie Sherrill, Chris Hayes, Mike Levin, and Tom Steyer at Heatmap House today but, most importantly, we also had a lactation room 🙌
Being back in New York after a year away is so disorienting; I feel so clumsy. I keep forgetting which staircase to use at which stop, and I'm gaping at everything like a tourist because I'm like, "Was that Knicks sign there before? What's with this new subway ad?"
All I've ever wanted to be is a photogenic young woman coming to grips with raw nature!!! RIP Annie Dillard, one of the best to ever do it. "Our planet alone has death."
Biologists Announce There Absolutely Nothing We Can Learn From Clams https://theonion.com/biologists-announce-there-absolutely-nothing-we-can-learn-from-clams/
Sometimes I go on Facebook and then I’m immediately like, why did I go on Facebook
Never hit subscribe so fast. Does this exist just for me???
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this always depends on the type of flat, but you can now get a $20 USB-C charged air compressor that works for bikes/cars/etc. You just set your preferred PSI and it takes 2 minutes. Technology!
The fire alarm in our building went off twice last night and we had to do a full evacuation both times. I’ve had an apartment fire before so #1, scarred. But #2, our scramble to grab stuff and get out at 2am reminds me it’s a good idea to keep a go-bag ready for *any* potential disaster…
NEW: Indonesia's fire emissions in 2026 are on track to match the record for this century, as El Niño builds By my CB colleague @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/el-nino-indo...
Has anyone written about the weird thing where 9/11 is morphing into, like … a holiday? With decorations?
I wrote about the new @climatecentral.org analysis showing how climate change is driving more heat-related ER visits. Deaths are traditionally the "impact" that makes headlines, but ER visits tell their own important story, too: heatmap.news/adaptation/e...
Heat Deaths Aren’t the Only Thing That Counts
New research from Climate Central estimates the rise in heat-related emergency room visits due to climate change.
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Reading about the 2025 PISA scores and it's wildly depressing that AI has clearly been more damaging to students' reading scores than *literally not being in classrooms* because of the pandemic.
Woman Dives Headfirst Into Thrilling Adventure By Blindly Purchasing Different Apple Variety https://theonion.com/woman-dives-headfirst-into-thrilling-adventure-by-blindly-purchasing-different-apple-variety/
I followed this just after it broke & am glad someone (Joshua Partlow!) gave it a closer look. Sadly, it depicts a Forest Service in “hospice,” and how trashed & unsafe public lands have become. I worry this won’t be the last time we hear a story like this www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
The Growing Lawlessness in California’s Forests
Two frog biologists were kidnapped in the woods. More bizarre situations may come.
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But also feminism is not a thing that happened and then got reversed; it's a thing that is happening, because you don't overturn three millennia of patriarchy in one lifetime.
wait sorry playing major catch-up on this one — the tropical storm was named "Edouard"???
1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA. This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
I did not know that women in many countries are *banned* from working underground — including researchers doing fieldwork or making brief visits to see where their own warning systems operate www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Women face bans on research underground — here’s how to modernize the system
In many countries, female engineers are barred from entering deep mines to carry out studies. Differentiating risks can increase access while protecting safety.
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Sad about the passing of Gloria Steinem, who spoke at my Bennington commencement in 2015. Got to spend just a wink of time with her then, and remember just being in awe. Grateful for all her work. But also … the NYT interviews people for their obituaries?!
“This is by no means an acceptable or preferred pathway,” the U.N. said in its report Wednesday. “It is simply the best remaining option.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/c...
U.N. Says World Will Miss Its 1.5-Degree Climate Target (Gift Article)
Carbon removal combined with emissions reduction is the only remaining pathway to avert catastrophic levels of warming, a new report warns.
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Sorry for earnestposting at midnight on main but I really really really love being a mom
"There must and shall be enough love" defector.com/dolly-joseph...
Dolly, Josephine, And Me | Defector
Like all people not gravely deficient of soul, I teared up a little when I heard Dolly Parton died. I am by nature something of a patch of soft pavement—easily impressed upon—and so there’s not much s...
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Aw man, Wendell Berry. I’ve been squatting on a so far nonexistent Substack about nature, science, and climate books that takes its name from his poem “Rain Crow,” a favorite
Oh, wonderful. In case you needed a new reason to be concerned about the Data Center boom, chemical companies are creating new PFAs to cool the electronics. Add this to energy costs, pollution, water use, noise, and a host of other concerns. @jeva.bsky.social @heatmap.news
Forever Chemicals Want a Piece of the Data Center Boom
Environmental groups are lining up against an influx of new PFAS designed to cool AI infrastructure.
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