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Jonathan Blake @JonathanSBlake

I direct the Planetary Program @berggruenInst. CHILDREN OF A MODEST STAR out now! sup.org/books/title/?id=3725…. Opinions mine, &c.

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Jonathan Blake@JonathanSBlake
13 Feb 2024
Available wherever books are sold on April 23! sup.org/books/title/?id=3725…
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Patrick Atwater 🌱🚴@patwater
15 Aug 2024
Recommended!
Jonathan Blake@JonathanSBlake
13 Feb 2024
Available wherever books are sold on April 23! sup.org/books/title/?id=3725…
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This was such a great event to be part of — glad it’s available to the listening public!
Los Angeles Review of Books@LAReviewofBooks
9 Aug 2024
On July 18, LARB and @berggruenInst hosted a panel discussion titled “Writing Climate Futures,” featuring @dwallacewells, Jenny Offill, @bhar_venkat, and @JonathanSBlake. Listen to the full conversation in this special #LARBRadioHour episode today: lareviewofbooks.org/av/writi…
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@NielsDE
11 Aug 2024
Replying to @wblau @RichterHedwig
Great to be reading great books! I hope @vonderleyen is also reading “Children of a modest star” by Blake / Gilman - necessary reading for crafting better futures.
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Los Angeles Review of Books@LAReviewofBooks
9 Aug 2024
On July 18, LARB and @berggruenInst hosted a panel discussion titled “Writing Climate Futures,” featuring @dwallacewells, Jenny Offill, @bhar_venkat, and @JonathanSBlake. Listen to the full conversation in this special #LARBRadioHour episode today: lareviewofbooks.org/av/writi…
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Berggruen Institute
@berggruenInst
9 Aug 2024
"How do we recalibrate or reinvent basically everything to live under this new condition?" 🎙️ Listen to @JonathanSBlake on @LAReviewofBooks podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… This recording was from a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures" co-hosted by BI & LARB
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RealClearMarkets@rc_markets
9 Aug 2024
It's Oil That Makes LA Boil dlvr.it/TBhkpp

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s

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Jay Owens@hautepop
5 Aug 2024
‘The weird thing about growing up in oil country was that I had no idea I was growing up in oil country. I thought we lived in Hollywood. But before LA became Tinseltown, it was an oil town.’ And, behind concealed walls, it still is. By @jonathansblake: noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

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Ben Goldfarb@ben_a_goldfarb
2 Aug 2024
"If you’re stuck in traffic here, you can curse the decaying diatoms of eons past... Or perhaps it is fairer to blame the oilmen who coaxed liquified fossils to the surface." Enjoyed this @NoemaMag feature on LA's history of oil production/consumption. noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

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Matt Anderson 🇺🇦@MattAndersonUT
3 Aug 2024
This is excellent: It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil by @JonathanSBlake noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma… via @provenself

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

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So cool to be included on this list!
Longreads
@Longreads
2 Aug 2024
In the Top 5: * A Bitcoin-fuelled health nightmare @TIME * Oil's hidden history in Los Angeles @NoemaMag * Buying fentanyl components online @Reuters * Preservation over profit in Alberta, Canada @thenarwhalca * Wayfinding with hand-drawn maps @nytimes longreads.com/2024/08/02/the…
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Longreads
@Longreads
2 Aug 2024
2. "It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil" @JonathanSBlake "The weird thing about growing up in oil country was that I had no idea I was growing up in oil country." noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

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One day left for @stanfordpress 50% summer sale. Get CHILDREN OF A MODEST STAR for a sweet $14! sup.org/books/title/?id=3725…

Children of a Modest Star | Stanford University Press

A clear-eyed and urgent vision for a new system of political governance to manage planetary issues and their local consequences.

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Great piece @JonathanSBlake on the oil past and present of Los Angeles - will the city have a post-oil future? @NoemaMag noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

noemamag.com
Noema Magazine
@NoemaMag
30 Jul 2024
Will LA’s long romance with oil ever die? @JonathanSBlake explores. noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…
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STAND-LA@STAND_LA
1 Aug 2024
Check out this history of oil extraction in LA 👇
Jonathan Blake@JonathanSBlake
30 Jul 2024
Come the history of oil extraction in Baldwin Hills, stay for my discussions of @MethaneSAT, @BeverlyCenter, @STAND_LA, @Planning4LA, and more!
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Ian James@ByIanJames
31 Jul 2024
“Even after the eventual political and legal triumph over the fossil fuel industry, every oil well needs to be plugged and the whole of Inglewood Oil Field must undergo environmental remediation — an expensive and lengthy process.”⁩ h/t @mmcphate⁩ noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

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Nicolas Berggruen
@NBerggruen
31 Jul 2024
BI's Planetary Program Director, @JonathanSBlake, on a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s enabling and hastening the green transition. via @NoemaMag #ThePlanetary
Noema Magazine
@NoemaMag
30 Jul 2024
Will LA’s long romance with oil ever die? @JonathanSBlake explores. noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…
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Jonathan Blake@JonathanSBlake
30 Jul 2024
I've lived most of my life in the shadow of the Inglewood Oil Field, but didn't give it much thought until recently. In @NoemaMag, I explore the past, present, and future of oil drilling in Los Angeles. (Photo from outside my house this morning) noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…
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Unggul@unggul_zmalqp
30 Jul 2024
Nation-states are no longer fit for purpose to create a habitable future for humans and nature. Which political system is? aeon.co/essays/why-planetary…

Why planetary problems need a new approach to politics | Aeon Essays

Nation-states are no longer fit for purpose to create a habitable future for humans and nature. Which political system is?

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Fred Bentler@Bentler
31 Jul 2024
It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil #Climate #Pollution #CA noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…

It’s Oil That Makes LA Boil | NOEMA

I never knew I lived in an oil town until I went looking for the concealed infrastructure of fossil fuel production. What’s also becoming visible is a new architecture of planetary sapience that’s...

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I've lived most of my life in the shadow of the Inglewood Oil Field, but didn't give it much thought until recently. In @NoemaMag, I explore the past, present, and future of oil drilling in Los Angeles. (Photo from outside my house this morning) noemamag.com/its-oil-that-ma…
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Attn: @ib2_real @FreddyPuzaCC @AlexFischCC @YasmineMcMorrin @HollyJMitchell @LolaForSenate @RepKamlagerDove @SierraClubLA_OC @MLAGreen
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