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The Heat and the War
These things are related, of course, because of the Strait. The Strait, and the island, and the various other geographic landforms and massive pieces of human construction that help prop up a global energy system clinging like a toddler refusing to go to bed to its dirty past.
The Rise of the Prediction Markets Is As Grim as It Gets
I don't think Dante foresaw "insider trading on the specifics of illegal wars of aggression," but it definitely belongs in one circle or another.
Pop Warmer: The Winter Olympics Are Running Out of Mountain
Plenty of sports are affected by warming, but this feels more like a requiem for all the winter sports at once.
What Is a Government Without Experts?
I think often of a line I came across years ago, when researching presidential science advisors: "Richard Nixon did not want science advising and took steps to be sure he would not get it." This is that, only blown up, Big Bang-style.