Currently in Seattle — September 22, 2023: Glorious Friday, weekend showers

The weather, currently.

We’re looking at a bluebird Friday, with clear skies and highs topping out at 75 degrees. Soak up the warmth and sunshine because a front moves in on Saturday, with a mix of clouds, gusts, and a solid 50 percent chance of rain that will last the weekend and into next week.

It’s a weekend perfect to mark the autumn equinox and begin to embrace the coziness that comes with autumn showers: hot cider, books, pulling on rubber boots and splashing in puddles (with or without kids).

— Loren Drummond

What you need to know, currently.

It’s my extreme thrill to announce a partnership with Science Friday’s book club series: During the month of October, Science Friday will be doing a series of events focusing on my book, The Future Earth.

You can RSVP for the book club discussion livestream here, and enter to win your free copy of the book — which will arrive just in time that you don’t miss a thing!

If you haven’t read The Future Earth yet, there’s an excerpt here, the book also features a series of thought experiments and small group exercises at the back, so it’s going to be really exciting to do all this with the huge audience that Science Friday will bring.

I wrote this book because I truly believe a better world that works for everyone is possible, and I wanted to imagine what it would be like to live in that world. If you’re in need of a bit of realistic hope-grounded-in-justice right now, I wrote this book just for you.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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