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I'm a New Yorker staff writer and author of "Under a White Sky," "The Sixth Extinction," and "Field Notes from a Catastrophe."

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    Elizabeth Kolbert‏Verified account @ElizKolbert 26 May 2021

    Could there be a better metaphor for our time? "ConocoPhillips plans to install 'chillers' into the permafrost — which is fast melting because of climate change — to keep it solid enough to support the equipment to drill for oil."https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/26/climate/biden-alaska-drilling.html?smid=tw-share …

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      1. Michael Myer‏ @myer051 26 May 2021
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        A sadder and more tragic metaphor

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      1. eoindiamond.eth‏ @eoindiamond1 26 May 2021
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        🤔🤨🤤

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      2. Rooster Cogburn‏ @cog_roos 26 May 2021
        Replying to @ElizKolbert

        "to keep it solid enough to support the equipment to drill for oil." This sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

        2 replies 3 retweets 36 likes
      3. Metales intransigentes‏ @Uuwuovo 28 May 2021
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        We've seen it happen already.pic.twitter.com/oUxFu9k3A1

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      2. Not A Person of Note (per Wikipedia guidelines)‏ @avaloneye 26 May 2021
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        Big Oil: "Just one more pill... one more drink... I'll quit tomorrow. But first, profits." This melts the brain.

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      3. Mere‏ @zunderwhelmed 27 May 2021
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        pic.twitter.com/e7WwkxHCBt

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      2. It’s Buffy, Bitch‏ @SlayLikeAGirl 26 May 2021
        Replying to @ElizKolbert @chrislhayes

        FFS. I weep for the future and the children we’re leaving to suffer through it. I’m so fucking sick of this.

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      1. Barb Dignan‏ @barbdignan 26 May 2021
        Replying to @ElizKolbert @chrislhayes

        We need to omit oil from our diet as soon as possible.

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      1. Get vaccinated. Against COVID & fascism. web rant‏ @web_rant 26 May 2021
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        The same fossil fool mentality that welcomed the melting of arctic ice to allow for more oil exploring vessels.pic.twitter.com/nq9GO4d2wl

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