ty Shannon!!

In this "darkest moment" for climate activism, Bill McKibben is trying to recapture the magic of the first Earth Day, when so much more seemed possible. Can a message of beauty, collective liberation, and the magic of the sun resonate in today's cynical, politically polarized times?

Climate activists told me that they're having to completely rethink their strategies.

That the window for stopping warming "has closed, and perhaps never really existed.”

That "everything that I’ve worked on in my entire professional life has gone down the toilet in the last six months.”

excellent work 🎖️

that's wonderful!

I didn't see the full thread - thank you for actually reading the piece!

"One seventysomething lesbian couple said they’d moved from Nampa to a blue state 30 years ago, seeking a more affirming community. They returned just for the Pride event and were overcome with emotion by what they saw. “I cried like 50 percent of the day,” Knapp said."

I'm obsessed with the people profiled here, who are pushing past local right-wing opposition to have their Pride events.

There's one thing all these new Prides have in common. Organizers expected a few dozen or hundred people to show up, but thousands did. Demand is high!
slate.com/life/2025/06...

That is not the framing of this piece. The piece is about how that assumption is wrong. But also - Pride organizers in conservative areas *are* facing real opposition, and violence, and should be applauded for pushing past it.