isn't this basically phishing

well well well. decades of disrespect for lake erie and now look who comes a-calling

for The Atlantic, i make the argument that we should be funding our urban public pools -- which have declined over the last half-century -- as climate infrastructure. (this includes what i am pretty sure is the highland park pool's atlantic debut.) theatlantic.com/health/archive…

this is my favorite climate infrastructure idea

eve andrews The Atlantic I’m excited for the Hannah Palmer book on the subject that comes out in October! bookshop.org/p/books/the-po…

excellent idea

something i learned in reporting but didn't have space to get into in the piece -- new splashpad construction in city public parks has grown by 34% over the past decade, bc they're cheaper/easier to maintain than pools. but pools serve a different and vital community purpose!

my editorial strategy

both of these men should be studied in a lab to learn what orienting your life and value system around internet validation does to a person's intellectual capacity

kind of love that this is the title of a government site

i wrote about a coal mine lavender farm and the spectrum of ecosystem exploitation for Ambrook Research. this piece was a collab with Kristian Thacker, who braved very intense sun on a reclaimed strip mine to take these beautiful photos. ambrook.com/research/envir…

no one saw this coming!

i am drawing a complete blank and cannot think of the name of any scholar/philosopher/person who writes about cities as environments. recommendations welcome!

i am a capital-W Writer

David Simon has many bad takes but this one is very obviously correct:

is there any situation in which the question "how is your book going" is not a direct and intentional psychological attack

I can't get over how disrespectful this is. It's the answer of someone who has never seriously considered any aspect of how care policy works, because he believes - but knows better than to say out loud - that women should be home taking care of the kids.

ridiculous grandparent assertion aside, you do not need a six-year degree to work at a daycare. degree requirements are not keeping people from working in childcare -- it is that it is challenging, woefully underpaid work that does not get a lot of respect.