Word nerd @grist. Writing about climate + language, history, culture, accountability. Thinking about what's for dinner
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In the early 1980s, America’s biggest company knew more about climate change than basically anyone else. A new study found that Exxon’s old models predicting climate change were spot on.
(chart by @Jtblaeser)
so far, so good
If a random guy on Twitter can name an omicron subvariant "Centaurus," I can make up the word "heatflation" to describe how hot temps drive up food costs. Let's see if this works?? grist.org/agriculture/heatfl…
always a good move to start a piece with a tangent about Proto-Indo-European. i'm sure my editor won't cut this
A stunning example (to me, at least) of how far ahead of the game the industry was on climate messaging. In 1995, they were already strategizing how to counter the point that climate change would cause the spread of lethal diseases
What's your favorite headline word that people almost never say in real life?
My current fav is "balk"
