It's Survey (And Raffle) Time
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LISTENING: 🎶 "baby, I'm unraveleddd..." 🎵
FEELING: unproductive
SEEING: a pile of magazines accumulate on the dining table
June marks three years since I launched Possibilities. In all those years, I've missed just a single edition!!! I'm so proud :')
This week, I'm making a request. Would you be so kind as to fill out this reader survey? This is helpful for me to get a sense of how satisfied y'all are — as well as the newsletter's broader impact.
I'll probably leave it open for about a month. A few lucky readers will win a raffle for either a collage of their choice or a complimentary annual subscription. (Make sure you fill out the separate form for the raffle!) Those who want a collage will also receive one of my wedding zines! I still need to mail these out to friends who couldn't make the party 🥴
Please, please fill out the survey right now! Don't wait. It shouldn't take more than five minutes :)
In the meantime, some good news in primary land! Deb Haaland, former Secretary of the Interior, won the primary for New Mexico governor. If she wins in November, she'd become the first female Native American governor in the U.S. It's a big deal! I interviewed her for Earther/Gizmodo during her run for the House in 2018. (Boy, do I miss that job) In New Jersey, a former combat surgeon who volunteered in Gaza won a Congressional primary: Adam Hamawy. He believes in Medicare for All, a policy platform that makes our society more resilient to climate-fueled disasters. He also wants to make fossil fuel polluters pay for the damage they've wrought. I'm so fascinated by this guy!
Yessenia Funes
Sometimes, I get really dark about this country's future. I wonder if we're headed to the worst place. Then, wins like these happen, and I remember that the people still have the power. We can elect good and decent leaders to office. Let's fucking do it. 🌀
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Rest in Power
While we can't say for certain that climate change led to these specific weather events (we need attribution studies for that), we do know that the Earth's rising temperatures are already creating more frequent and/or stronger disasters like these.
Severe floods hit Tennessee last week, killing at least one person.
Currently Reading
Bring back fun and original journalism!!! Benji Jones is absolutely crushing the wildlife and biodiversity beat at Vox. His latest story announces their special project to discover a new species in none other than New York City. Make journalism fun again, y'all!
Have y'all been following the Patagonia lawsuit against Pattie Gonia? It's a major bummer. Patagonia's been a longtime client of mine, and I can't keep working with them if this is how they roll. Emily Atkin published a deep dive on whether the outdoor apparel company can — or should — own the Patagonia name. It's a must-read.
My fellow climate media nerds will appreciate Amy Westervelt's critique of philanthropy in the space, published in Drilled. She writes: "But climate foundations that decided to dip a toe in the water of journalism over the past decade have done quite a bit of damage and are remarkably lacking in self awareness around it, probably for the same reason that they biffed it so hard in the first place: they never bothered to learn anything about journalism or media or even bring on consultants who know about such things to advise them."
I'm still thinking about the Pacific Islanders hit by Sinlaku last month. Grist's Anita Hofschneider has an important story assessing how folks are doing.
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- Yessenia xx
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