Elizabeth Kolbert

I once had a fight with my publisher's lawyer over what constitutes "fair use." He said reprinting 4 lines of a poem without the poet's explicit permission was too much. But AI gobbling up whole books now counts as "fair use." Something is definitely wrong with US copyright law.

There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

"Last year, more than 90 percent of wind and solar projects commissioned worldwide produced power more cheaply than the cheapest available fossil-fuel alternative."

Up is down; black is white; and habitat destruction doesn't hurt endangered species.

Nice tribute to algae from @alanburdick.bsky.social:

Heat records are getting broken. Electricity prices are soaring. The administration's response? Let's gut energy efficiency rules for appliances.

What's causing record temperatures? Hmmm, I have an idea...

The no-analog future we are creating is arriving:

Really hard to know whether to laugh or cry over this one:

This was a fun piece to write:

I realize we are way beyond wake-up calls. But if we weren't, this would be one:

The latest from the spiraling debacle that is the Reflecting Pool:

Do you see a pattern here?