Currently in D.C. — September 22, 2023: A cloudy and rainy weekend kicks off

The weather, currently.

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sun because today we have an overcast and cold day. The highest temperature will be 74°F and will definitely see some rain. At night, temperature will drop to 59°F and this weather will continue during the weekend. I guess this is a clear sign that the fall is starting. Still, I’ve always enjoyed rainy days.

This isn’t the weekend to head to the beach — in fact, coastal Delaware might see one of its top 10 coastal floods on record thanks to the hybrid subtropical / tropical storm thingy that’s heading our way.

Quoting Jimi Hendrix: “Rainy day, dream away, flowers bathe, see the children play. Lay back and groove on a rainy day, let the sun take a holiday.”

— Myriam Vidal Valero

What you need to know, currently.

It’s my extreme thrill to announce a partnership with Science Friday’s book club series: During the month of October, Science Friday will be doing a series of events focusing on my book, The Future Earth.

You can RSVP for the book club discussion livestream here, and enter to win your free copy of the book — which will arrive just in time that you don’t miss a thing!

If you haven’t read The Future Earth yet, there’s an excerpt here, the book also features a series of thought experiments and small group exercises at the back, so it’s going to be really exciting to do all this with the huge audience that Science Friday will bring.

I wrote this book because I truly believe a better world that works for everyone is possible, and I wanted to imagine what it would be like to live in that world. If you’re in need of a bit of realistic hope-grounded-in-justice right now, I wrote this book just for you.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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