«This is what collapse looks like. It’s the breakdown of the systems and routines that keep life rolling comfortably in the way that we expect and in the way that the system demands.» A personal dispatch from Paris that puts into words that something is shifting. To many in Europe, this summer feels different. It is different. And yet it’s also entirely what we knew was coming and will keep coming. What gives me hope: For the first time since 2019, climate change is coming up in conversations with people who don’t usually seem to care. Back then, it was young people taking to the streets who put climate on everyone’s minds; now it’s the inescapable heat.

From Weekly Filet #580, in August 2026.