Writing about our climate, courage, and protection. https://www.audreygray.nyc https://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mlo4cumvdc2khttps://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/weather/one-of-the-most-rapid-transitions-that-ive-seen-noaa-forecaster-on-how-this-years-el-nino-could-shatter-records?utm_term=F14C6DAD-CDFE-4C9D-B895-62F42CAEDC01&lrh=d08652aae63bd7df967700fe4902a5bcf052f97d44245ba211b274e2f2157028&utm_campaign=368B3745-DDE0-4A69-A2E8-62503D85375D&utm_medium=email&utm_content=A03A5ABC-2088-4057-9059-6A3F09A5C414&utm_source=SmartBrief12 May 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo4cumvdc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mllczrn53s2oA treasure from the past has appeared at exactly the right moment: “The title track is a a preciously unreleased song written by Bill Withers…it takes a consoling long view.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/09/arts/music/taj-mahal-time.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share11 May 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllczrn53s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mke4f63mgk2pSuch beautiful writing from @jcljules.bsky.social about his father…”a starship’s bridge” https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/27/when-your-digital-life-vanishes25 Apr 2026 22:41 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke4f63mgk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mkd7bvvjvk2f“Not in ours.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd7bvvjvk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mjkxxoyeoc2lThe day began with a front-page article about "mutually assured destruction" AI drone factories...and ended with this description of what all else AI could take out this year. Stocks today? All-time high. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/opinion/mythos-open-souce-internet.html?smid=bs-share15 Apr 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkxxoyeoc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mjhejgokms22The home Susan Orlean painstakingly renovated and told the LA Times she would never leave...the fires changed everything. https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/residential/rudolph-schindler-kallis-sharlin-residence-for-sale14 Apr 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhejgokms22https://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mjesmp7ef22d“The labours of the many dozens of people who had produced it had been abstracted, appropriated and ultimately obscured in the commodity form.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjesmp7ef22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mj54w4vesk2s“You ask if there’s a third question we can pose. Here’s one: Is it possible any longer to write novels that are not already suffused with the situation?” [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj54w4vesk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mia3uhrsl223This is so good! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia3uhrsl223https://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mi2gpvxz2c2j“It was a different game now. Clearly, the machine no longer belonged to its makers.” 1981 prescience from the Pulitzer-winning nonfiction marvel Tracy Kidder, who passed away on Tuesday. Beautiful writer, beautiful life.27 Mar 2026 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2gpvxz2c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/audreygray.bsky.social/post/3mhyvizal5c2hThe cherry blossom tracker map for Central Park (ignore the incorrect year, it’s current—we’re officially in “pre-bloom,” not long now!)… https://www.centralparknyc.org/cherry-blossoms27 Mar 2026 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:e7gg3jzbk3vaedugrn3edo7e/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhyvizal5c2h