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11.05 | oops, i went viral
It’s been nice to hear from other older students struggling with a disconnection they weren’t expecting, and from younger ones worried about the environment they honestly have no choice but to be in.
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10.29 | reflecting on getting a new masters in my 40s
In August, I wrapped up a year-long master's degree in Climate and Society at Columbia University. At 41, walking into a cohort where the median age hovered around 24 felt like the premise of a mid-tier comedy
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4.15 | shattered mirrors
When we destroy 400-year-old monuments, we are breaking the mental bridges between the past and the future.
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3.27 | ghosts of a green new york past
Tugwell’s proposed Master Plan was a masterpiece of "Big Urbanism, where neighborhoods functioned as self-sustaining “small cities," commutes were short, and public park space would nearly triple in area.
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3.20 | watching for climate at the oscars
The Academy Awards aired last Sunday, and by one specific metric, it was the most climate-aware ceremony in history. I won’t blame you for not having noticed.
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03.13 | do women have to be naked to get into the met?
If we’re still trying to shove ourselves through physical doors, and our machines are actively shutting digital ones, how do we break this loop?
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03.06 | the riderless red horse
Amidst the hand-painted foliage motifs and tropical blue-sky background of the jacket and puffer skirt is a striking red horse. It is riderless. The IOC deemed the rider too "political" for the slopes.
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02.20 | may your year of the fire horse be fun~
I’m not one to believe in horoscope-based superstitions, but something in the air truly does feel different this winter.
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02.06 | why does "using our voices" feel so tiring?
It often feels like we’ve been shouting so much our throats are getting hoarse. We balk at the thought of another post, another meeting, or another protest. Yet, staying quiet consumes us with guilt. We spiral into depression.
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1.30 | it's brick out here!
Or as some stranger on the bus today put it, “I was thinking New York winters were getting kind of wussy, but I guess not!”
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11.27 | giving thx to indigenous voices at COP30
This year, I’m glad I get the choice to focus on something somewhat more hopeful and vastly more interesting instead: Indigenous voices in international climate change!
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11.13 | to be eager, young & against the machine
Being doubtful of a young upstart with few inroads into the system is a fair critique! I worry about it myself!