Hopium, Apocaloptimism and Hausfather

I was in a Twitter discussion recently with Dr. Zeke Hausfather, a well-known climate scientist & IPCC author.  Hausfather is a top-notch, first-rate guy in every manner.  He is well-educated, thoughtful in his comments, well-respected by his peers and a great science communicator.  Here was our Twitter exchange, in part. My Tweet: I’m thinking that 2022 is going to be […]

Totally Disconnected

Okay, I’m very excited … my first (and most likely last) book of poetry, “Totally Disconnected,” has just been published. With the fabulous help of my sister and her company Rosalind Press, my poetry is now available in physical form. Here’s the blurb: “We live in an age of disconnection: from our primal animal selves; from the planet we live […]

Mann’s Law — A New Internet Adage for End-Times

After being blocked on Twitter by the ubiquitous climate celebrity Michael E. Mann (@michaelemann) for daring to say that many doomers are kind and generous individuals (as I documented in this post), I have seen his type of behavior repeated by several other so-called apocaloptimists.  In this short post, I want to outline a new climate-based Internet adage that I […]