Currently in Boston — September 22, 2023: Heavy rain this weekend

The weather, currently.

We've got one more nice day on the way with Sunshine and temperatures in the lower and perhaps middle '70s. This is the final day of sunshine before things go downhill for the weekend. Depending on the exact track of low pressure, we will either see cloudy skies with showers or a steady or even heavy rain event. The best chance for the heavy rain will be south of Boston Saturday afternoon but even in the city I expect wet weather to arrive during the late morning or early afternoon and continue overnight. On Sunday another batch of rain will likely affect us most likely in the afternoon. It won't clear on Monday but by Tuesday sunshine is back.

— Dave Epstein

What you need to know, currently.

It’s my extreme thrill to announce a partnership with Science Friday’s book club series: During the month of October, Science Friday will be doing a series of events focusing on my book, The Future Earth.

You can RSVP for the book club discussion livestream here, and enter to win your free copy of the book — which will arrive just in time that you don’t miss a thing!

If you haven’t read The Future Earth yet, there’s an excerpt here, the book also features a series of thought experiments and small group exercises at the back, so it’s going to be really exciting to do all this with the huge audience that Science Friday will bring.

I wrote this book because I truly believe a better world that works for everyone is possible, and I wanted to imagine what it would be like to live in that world. If you’re in need of a bit of realistic hope-grounded-in-justice right now, I wrote this book just for you.

— Eric Holthaus

What you can do, currently.

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