New Quillette & Newsweek, Isaac Orr on PHP, & Painted Buntings
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New pieces in Quillette & Newsweek, Isaac Orr on the podcast, & Painted Buntings! As you’ve probably heard, Texas has been getting hammered by extreme heat and a months-long drought. Temperatures in Austin have been over 100F every day for the past 12 days. The heat has been oppressive. Thus, the most welcome news Lorin and I have had in a long while was the drenching rain that came through Austin last night. The thunderstorm didn’t last long, but it rained hard. It was a joy to hear the sound of the rain. It was also delightful to walk in the yard this morning and bask in the warm, humid smell of grass, plants, and trees that have been given a much-needed drink of rain. The other positive news of the past few days: Joe Manchin killed the climate bill that was pending in Congress. That’s positive news for consumers and for rural communities that have been fighting the subsidized encroachment of Big Wind and Big Solar. The death of the climate bill was met with some world-class hyperbole. Former Obama advisor, John Podesta, issued a statement that was quoted in the
New Quillette & Newsweek, Isaac Orr on PHP, & Painted Buntings
New Quillette & Newsweek, Isaac Orr on PHP, …
New Quillette & Newsweek, Isaac Orr on PHP, & Painted Buntings
New pieces in Quillette & Newsweek, Isaac Orr on the podcast, & Painted Buntings! As you’ve probably heard, Texas has been getting hammered by extreme heat and a months-long drought. Temperatures in Austin have been over 100F every day for the past 12 days. The heat has been oppressive. Thus, the most welcome news Lorin and I have had in a long while was the drenching rain that came through Austin last night. The thunderstorm didn’t last long, but it rained hard. It was a joy to hear the sound of the rain. It was also delightful to walk in the yard this morning and bask in the warm, humid smell of grass, plants, and trees that have been given a much-needed drink of rain. The other positive news of the past few days: Joe Manchin killed the climate bill that was pending in Congress. That’s positive news for consumers and for rural communities that have been fighting the subsidized encroachment of Big Wind and Big Solar. The death of the climate bill was met with some world-class hyperbole. Former Obama advisor, John Podesta, issued a statement that was quoted in the