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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Take your catharsis where you can.

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 30/08/2026

“History has been shaped by pathological figures, dominance-seekers predisposed to aggression. Reinforced by exceptionalist & paranoid ideologies, these strongmen have used violence & patronage to secure their dominion.” — @henrywismayer.bsky.social www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...

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Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA

A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Three years ago, I wrote an essay for the NYT about the impending death of the European summer holiday. I don't claim any great prescience, but seems worth resharing in light of this combustible season, presaging a future for which we are not emotionally - let alone practically - prepared.

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 03/08/2026

“As I looked deeper into the realities of the Red Planet, I was increasingly nagged by another consideration. Aside from being comprehensively lethal to human health & well-being, Mars is catatonically boring.” — @henrywismayer.bsky.social www.noemamag.com/the-mars-del...

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The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

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John Vaillant @johnvaillant.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Coming up at 8:10 am ET: I'll be discussing the #wildfires in Europe on @democracynow.org

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Still dreaming of a day when those most responsible for preventing this from happening 20 years ago are prosecuted in the ICC for crimes against humanity.

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death

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Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

this guy is the co-founder of Airbnb

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Delighted to discover that my piece for @noemamag.com about solar storms scooped the @lapressclub.bsky.social award for science reporting. Pls send flowers and champagne.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oh, I agree. Please ban all of these players from any further participation in the tournament.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Can someone please have a word with the nerds.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Very pleased to discover that my piece on humanity's misguided Martian dreams was selected by 'The Browser' last week: thebrowser.com/free/mars-an....

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Mars And Gatekeepers

Writing of lasting value

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

My latest, in which I enjoyed the small catharsis of thinking about what would happen to Elon Musk's body if he stepped out onto the Martian surface in his "NUKE MARS" t-shirt - for @noemamag.com. The Mars Delusion www.noemamag.com/the-mars-del...

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The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

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Longreads @longreads.com · 25/06/2026

"Detractors might scoff at Musk’s ambition to die on Mars, but at least the dying part would be easy." @henrywismayer.bsky.social for @noemamag.com: www.noemamag.com/the-mars-del...

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The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sorry not sorry for the next several months of relentless book promotion, I didn't create this system! But for real, though, if you've ever thought anything I do is any good at all, I hope you'll read this book I poured everything into: geni.us/broughttoyouby

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Amy Westervelt, investigative reporter and host of Drilled, shows how the tentacles of corporate propaganda infiltrated our media ecosystem, undermined democracy, and now threaten the very nature of t...

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Honestly didn't think I'd be going to the Central African Republic for a break from the heat.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Some fan mail from the sewer. Strange that these people should think this sort of response is an effective counterpunch againt my assertion that space expansionists just don't like humanity very much, but there you are.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Sunday bump for my article interrogating the curious motives and pathologies of Martian dreams. (With all due apology to the space-nerds getting exercised on X and Reddit, many of whom are driven purely by a desire to save humanity from itself, I'm sure.) www.noemamag.com/the-mars-del...

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The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The fantasy of human colonization of Mars isn't just stupid, unrealistic, or a waste of resources — it's pernicious, because it actively stokes insouciance with respect to safeguarding the only planet that at least 99.99999999% of us are ever going to live on.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

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The Mars Delusion | NOEMA

Establishing a human colony on Mars is fraught with risk. Why are so many people obsessed with achieving it?

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 05/04/2026

“Many of the great men of history, who are often said to have bent society to their will, risk expert Luke Kemp told me, are better thought of as ‘a rollcall of serial killers.’” — @henrywismayer.bsky.social

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Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA

A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It can often feel as though we live on a stiflingly demystified little planet. But I'd be surprised if 1% of readers have heard of the subject of my latest article: the Ennedi Reserve, in northeast Chad, among the grandest anonymous places on Earth. www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu... 1/

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The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

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The Sahara Desert Hasn’t Always Been a Dry, Desolate Landscape. Some Scientists See Signs It May Be Greening Again

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s water largely receded 6,000 years ago. Could it return?

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Glorious (the article, if not the subject). Want to Reach Nirvana? Try a Colonoscopy. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...

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Want to Reach Nirvana? Try a Colonoscopy.

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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

This is an incredible (and incredibly) brave bit of writing, and a sobering reflection of the state of the media open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...

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My journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump's America

I once documented human displacement and desperation; now I am living it

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

No small joy to back in Jordan for the first time in 16 years.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Characteristically lucid synopsis from Goldberg. The supposed hysterics and catatrophists were merely those unhindered by "it couldn't happen here" denial. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

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Opinion | The Resistance Libs Were Right

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

A belated bump for @noemamag.com's Top 10 Reads Of 2025, which features my deep-dive on solar storms, alongside some mind-expannding long-reads on geopolitics, AI, consciousness and bulldozers. A shaft of light in the cognitive murk. Read things! www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...

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Noema’s Top 10 Reads Of 2025 | NOEMA

Our best longform journalism and essays from 2025.

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Chris Kendall @ottocr.at · 31/12/2025

They’re currently getting a(nother) glow up. I was also a frequent visitor when I lived in the area though it has been a little while. High time to go back. bsky.app/profile/henr...

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Lovely thread about the New Year's Eve dinosaur dinner at Crystal Palace. Interesting to note that I recently had the opportunity to poke my head inside the iguanodon, and there's no way you could seat more than 3 or 4 people in its belly. The famous sketch below exhibits much artistic license!

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Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Strongly recommend this as a breakfast read. You don’t have to have grown up in south London to enjoy it, but I confess that it helps

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Miranda Green @greenmirandahere.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Another delightful ICYMI - the dinosaurs of Crystal Palace get a new lease of life - great piece here from FT mag on the history of this crazy Victorian project (many hours of my SE London childhood spent staring at a muddy member of the troupe) www.ft.com/content/2451...

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The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are getting a glow up

Age, neglect and vandalism had spoiled the original Jurassic park, imagined into existence by a gang of visionary Victorians

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Rounding off the year with a nice local story about the 'Crystal Palace Dinosaurs': their past and present, their exalted place in the history of science, and the latest project to conserve them for future generations - in today's @ftweekend.com. as.ft.com/r/aa778cba-5...

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The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are getting a glow up

[FREE TO READ] Age, neglect and vandalism had spoiled the original Jurassic park, imagined into existence by a gang of visionary Victorians

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Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Hi all. The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are the subject of a fantastic article, by Henry Wismayer, in today’s FT Magazine. We are proud to have advised, and be featured in it. We’re lead to believe that it is Christmas soon, so here’s a free link - our gift to you all xx as.ft.com/r/aa778cba-5...

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are getting a glow up

[FREE TO READ] Age, neglect and vandalism had spoiled the original Jurassic park, imagined into existence by a gang of visionary Victorians

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Noema Magazine @noemamag.com · 16/12/2025

Check out our best longform journalism & essays of the year, with stories covering everything from the last days of social media to the unseen fury of solar storms. #reading #longform

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Noema’s Top 10 Reads Of 2025 | NOEMA

Our best longform journalism and essays from 2025.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Thrilled to share my latest long-read for @noemamag.com, in which I talked to existential risk expert Luke Kemp about why societies collapse, and why his analysis of historical data indicates that our own is heading towards catastrophe. www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...

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Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA

A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.

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Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Weekend bump for my latest - on the rise and fall of nations, the curse of oligarchy, and our headlong rush towards Armageddon. Have a great Sunday! www.noemamag.com/humanitys-en...

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Humanity’s Endgame | NOEMA

A new history of societal collapse by an expert in existential risk argues that our globalized society is edging toward the precipice.

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