An Ode in Praise of the Wood Stove
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. My father’s reaction to the oil crisis of 1973 was to install two wood stoves, both downstairs in the enormous house I later came to…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. My father’s reaction to the oil crisis of 1973 was to install two wood stoves, both downstairs in the enormous house I later came to…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Lambert here: Unsurprisingly! By Jag Bhalla, a writer and entrepreneur. Originally published at Undark. Science has a resistance to ill-founded assertions embedded deep in its bones. Carl Sagan called this…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale, Taliouline, Morocco. Quite a concert. 28 minutes! * * * Politics Politics Lambert here: One reader suggested changing…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Whoops, came unstuck in time, there. Date in title now fixed! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale (golzii), Hunting Cabins, Almaty oblysy, Kazakhstan…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Thrush Nightingale, Podlaskie, Poland. Two nightingales. * * * Politics Lambert here: One reader suggested changing these quotes; I don’t…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente More soon. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Nightingale Wren, Cayo, Belize. * * * Politics Lambert here: One reader suggested changing these quotes; I…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, a bit more shortly. The disintegration of our Covid data gathering capabilities is making me think too much. –lambert UPDATE Finished! Bird Song…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Booted Warbler, Ratchaburi, Thailand. Picked from among recordings from Scotland and India. Quite a range! * * * Politics “But…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I’m going to go through and beef this up a little. Covid coverage plus 1/6 plus is clogging my filters, and so I’m…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I’m going to go through and beef this up a little. Covid coverage plus 1/6 plus is clogging my filters, and so I’m…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Friendly Bush Warbler, Sabah, Malaysia. With forest sounds and a helicopter (?). * * * Politics “But what is government…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I must finish up a post on Hillary Clinton’s “Lunch with the FT.” Talk amongst yourselves! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Moustached…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The Financial Times bills “Lunch with the FT” as “a weekly interview with leading cultural and business figures.” The conceit is that an FT reporter…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Lambert here: “Noble,” eh? By Sarah Jane Tribble, Senior Correspondent at Kaiser Health News. Originally published at Kaiser Health News. MEXICO, Mo. — When the new corporate owners of two…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Last week was the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, which NC has regularly covered, for all those five years (here, here, here, here,…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Stella Levantesi, an Italian climate journalist, photographer and author. Her book “I bugiardi del clima” (Climate Liars), published in Italy with Laterza, investigates climate change denial history and tactics.…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Chestnut sparrow. Arusha, Tanzania. Calls of a group. This is two weeks of (extremely neat) sparrows. I think next week,…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I beefed up the Capitol Seizure section. Bird Song of the Day Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. A chorus. “Sparrow ID Guides…
Dear readers: Temporarily changing our note at the top of this page to a query– Yves is doing more research on her short list of candidate countries for her hoped-for…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I have a household emergency. Please play the birdsong or talk amongst yourselves for ten minutes while I finish up. –lambert UPDATE Finished.…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, an initial rethink of the Covid section took much more time than I thought, so I will again break my rule and do…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, there’s a lot going on, and I got wrapped round the axle on Covid, where there was a lot going on. I’m going…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I could not get to Stats today because I got wrapped round the axle on the House Capitol seizure hearings. –lambert Bird Song…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. The hearings begin at 8:00 EDT. How to watch: Major television networks including ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC/MSNBC are expected to air the hearings in…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Towhee (hat tip, MT_Wild). Oaxaca, Mexico. If you have a suggestion for a sparrow species, please leave it in comments.…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Dark-eyed Junco (hat tip, MT_Wild). British Columbia, Canada. If you have a suggestion for a sparrow species, please leave it…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day White-throated Sparrow (hat tip, Randy). New York, United States. And whole chorus of other birds! If you have a suggestion…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Patient readers, I need to finish up a post on brain fog, so this will be an Open Thread. Enjoy! –lambert * * * Contact…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Fortunately, I don’t have long Covid (and the anecdotes below make it clear that I would know if I had it). I don’t have it…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
Lambert here: My impression is that mobile technology, penetration, and services are far better in the so-called “Third World” than they are in the United States. Joop Adema, PhD candidate,…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Spoiler: Readers, you’ll get a throw a flag on the Betteridge’s Law violation. But I’m not completely sure that my chain of logic has no…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Nick Cunningham, an independent journalist covering the oil and gas industry, climate change and international politics. Originally published at DeSmog. Climate change has worsened global inequality, with poorer countries…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Golden-Crowned Sparrow, Alaska, United States. This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism (which I think I will continue next week).…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day House Sparrow, Texas, United States. “Early morning flock chorus,” plus barking dog. This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism. “Sparrow…
Lambert and I, and many readers, agree that Ukraine has prompted the worst informational environment ever. We hope readers will collaborate in mitigating the fog of war — both real…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Lincoln’s Sparrow, and how we need one (hat tip, drumlin woodchuckles). This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism. Ontario, Canada.…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day This is Sparrow week at Naked Capitalism. New York, United States. If you’ve spotted any sparrow species, let me know!…