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Did you find a connection between climate change and the rise of far-right autocratic governments?

Ukraine and Russia have both been dropping anti personal landmines all over it in the eastern portion of the country. So not great?

Which do you prefer: the RE20 or the U87?

Aside from that, what has been the biggest challenge in trying to cover those three biggest stories?

What's worse is that we can't do shit about what's coming. We are, at best, 20 years behind the environmental curve. What we did 20 years ago is haunting us right now. What we will be dealing with in 20 years, we are doing right now.

The glaciers will melt. The resulting sea level rise will cause more warming(snow/ice reflects solar radiation, the dark ocean absorbs it), causing more glacial erosion, causing more sea level rise.

It won't be Water World, and it won't be The Day After Tomorrow, but the result will be somewhere in the middle of that and what we have now.

What the world will look like will be anyone's guess. It isn't just sea level rise. Desalination, warmer oceans, more powerful storms, the breakdown of the North Atlantic current, followed by breakdowns in other currents, will all effect where humans will be able to live, what crops will survive, and what we will be able to live through.

You think the sudden invention of space tourism is odd? Companies want to put a base on the moon. A self-sustaining base. Where do you think the ultra rich will go hide, when they've finished extracting everything from earth?

What's the most important thing you've learned on your journey that people from the global north may not be aware of?

Sorry we have to go to war with Russia...I mean China.

And he does it very well!

I wonder if he quips "and you don't look like I imagined you either!" at every show!

U do what u gotta do, u know.

To be used for biodiesel...so glad we wasted the water on it.

We get what we fucking deserve!!

I did a quick Google check and couldn't find anything. Doesn't mean it's not out there though.

And you sing with Pink Martini.

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Are the reports from pre 2020 public knowledge? I guess not… but I wish they were… so interesting

What are the local attitudes towards climate change in the countries you’ve visited?

The only thing I could find was in a recent NPR article stating that inspections were put on hold back in 2020 due to covid, so probably 2-3 years at the least. However nukes have a lot of finicky components that have to function perfectly within a very narrow time frame in order to achieve critical mass. These components require regular and expensive maintenance. You can't just put them in a hole and forget about them until you need them or they won't work.

What was an overarching theme you noticed across your travels for your reporting that may not be receiving the attention it deserves or that you want to specifically highlight?

(Thank you for doing this! Huge NPR fan.)

Thanks Ari!

With the never ending whirlwind of news that is, how do you go about taking leave? Do you find it difficult to just take time off even though news is happening everywhere all at once?

Back to you!

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What is the common thread you see that helps far-right political leaders jump into power and gain traction? I believe it is use of social media/misinformation and fear, but love to hear your thoughts.

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 80%. (I'm a bot)

> France has matched its record dry spell of 31 days without significant rainfall, the country's weather service said Tuesday, amid concerns over water reserves in parts of Europe still reeling from last year's severe drought.

> With rainfall over the entire country of less than one millimetre a day since 21 January, weather service Meteo France said the absence of precipitation equals the record set in spring 2020.

> The previous record for a winter dry spell in France was 22 days in 1989.

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France, baise ouais !

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How do you mentally stay sane while seeing so much pain and destruction in the world??