Currently in Philadelphia — October 26, 2023: Warm and getting warmer

The weather, currently.

If you’re not too creeped out by the unseasonably warm weather, you’re probably having a great time this week, and you can expect more of the same sunny goodness today. The sky will be mostly clear, and we’ll have a high of 77˚F, with temperatures expected to keep rising into the weekend. At about only 3mph, the winds today will be close to dead calm. But if you want to break out your skimpy Santa Claus costume, you’d better do it this weekend. Things are supposed to get cold again, fast, by the time we reach Halloween night itself.

— Abe Musselman

What you need to know, currently.

On Wednesday, I joined Science Friday’s book club for a live video chat about my book The Future Earth — and the discussion was one of the best I’ve had in a long time.

My book is about hopeful and possible paths to escape climate doom and bring about collective liberation — and as brutal as this year has been, I know any evidence of hope is very much needed right about now.

If you have an hour, give it a listen. And thank you all for supporting me and my work in each of your ways over the time we’ve known each other. 🙏

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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