Jay Owens

1 month ago | disturbances.ghost.io | Jay Owens

Hello. I’m Jay Owens, a writer and researcher from London, and author of Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles (2023). That book was born out of this email newsletter, Disturbances, which you most likely signed up to in its previous life on Tinyletter (RIP). I have ported my email list over on to Ghost, from where I now write – but it has been a while since I've last written (July 2023!) and you are of course free to unsubscribe if you no longer wish to hear from me.

1 month ago | coastalpoint.com | Jay Owens

In speaking with Indian River School District residents as part of our campaign to promote the upcoming current expense referendum on March 20, one issue has repeatedly come to the forefront — property reassessment in Sussex County. Many of you have asked how the reassessment will impact the referendum and your IRSD tax bill. The answer is that it won’t — for the most part.

2 months ago | lrb.co.uk | Jay Owens

Devils Hole Pupfish, Amargosa Valley, Nevada. Photo © Stone Nature Photography / AlamyAccording to Donald Trump, the LA fires can be blamed on ‘an essentially worthless fish called a smelt’, which lives in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in Northern California.

Mar 30, 2024 | nytid.no | Jay Owens

Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence,The Mountain in The SeaForfatter: James Bridle, Ray Nayler Farrar, Forlag: Penguin, Straus and Giroux, (USA, USA)ØKOLOGI / Et virvar av sammenkoblet liv. Utviklingen innen økologi og teknologi varsler en ny kopernikansk revolusjon: Språket, bastionen for antatt menneskelig overlegenhet, tilhører også naturen og maskinene. Kan en utvidet definisjon av intelligens bedre vårt forhold til andre vesener?

Feb 22, 2024 | lrb.co.uk | Jay Owens

A geothermal power station by the Salton Sea, California. Photo © RGB Ventures / SuperStock / AlamyLast month, Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) broke ground on the Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power project, an integrated geothermal power plant and lithium production facility on the coast of the Salton Sea in Imperial County, Southern California. It should produce enough lithium to make six million car batteries a year, powered by renewable energy and promising near-zero carbon emissions.