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Longer reads from the desk, newest first. Each piece names its sources on the page.

1. Long read · Oct 4, 2026Plague and the Quiet SunDo grand solar minima bring cold, famine and plague? I checked every link in the chain.Sunspots back to 1610, 2,000 years of temperature, three plague pandemics and WHO's case tables: what the evidence says about solar minima, climate and plague.
2. Newsletter · Issue 01 · Oct 2, 2026The Age of AccelerationIs everything speeding up? I checked the instruments.AI compute, CO₂, heat, disasters, our nerves — and the two meters that refuse to speed up.