journalist writing SHADE book for @randomhouse, formerly @thecounter and others. samuel.bloch@gmail.com
Jul 1, 2021 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Highly recommend listening to @KendraWrites on @TheTakeaway explaining why heatwaves are getting worse. Three big, basic things to remember:
wnycstudios.org/podcasts/takea…
The weather. It's hotter than it used to be, because of climate change and the fallout of greenhouse gases emitted decades ago. @NOAA recently updated their "new normals" to show up to 4 degrees warming in some parts of the country:
A thread! @PlacesJournal published an article I wrote about the politics of shade in Los Angeles. Shade, as in, what’s under a tree, or a covered walkway, or created by an awning—basically, where you want to be on a hot day. It’s cooler there! 1/ placesjournal.org/article/shade-…
This is such a common sight in L.A.—a bus rider waiting in the tiny sliver of shade of a telephone pole. @sahrasulaiman has been documenting this phenomenon for years. There just isn’t enough shade on the street, and it's unfair and ridiculous. 2/ la.streetsblog.org/2012/07/12/des…
