Currently in D.C. — October 26, 2023: Warm and cloudy

The weather, currently.

Temperatures keep rising. Today will be partly cloudy all day long, and the highest will be 79°F, which will drop to the 60s by night. The weather is nice and it contrasts with the warm colors of autumn. I’ve been waking up to the sight of the sun shining through yellow and red leaves outside my window. Magical. Temperatures will continue rising in the following days, so, enjoy the temperate winds while you can.

Today’s weather made me think of the Jaggy Edges’ song Whether the Weather: “We live in this temperate climate, no soaring highs, no desperate lows. Taking life just as we find it, that’s the way that it goes.”

— Myriam Vidal Valero

What you need to know, currently.

On Wednesday, I joined Science Friday’s book club for a live video chat about my book The Future Earth — and the discussion was one of the best I’ve had in a long time.

My book is about hopeful and possible paths to escape climate doom and bring about collective liberation — and as brutal as this year has been, I know any evidence of hope is very much needed right about now.

If you have an hour, give it a listen. And thank you all for supporting me and my work in each of your ways over the time we’ve known each other. 🙏

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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