Henry Wismayer

I wrote about my dad's early death, and its strange legacy, for the excellent @FTMag. Writing it was at times painful, but in the end cathartic. As much as anything, I owed it to my extraordinary mum to listen to the story. ft.com/content/ebb595…

Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.

Sunday bump for my latest, in which I got to quote Greenland's ex-prime minister calling Trump an idiot - for good reason and with feeling. A small catharsis. ft.com/content/b1b9ce…

My latest - on blue icebergs, pilots in sealskin boots, ancient Norse settlements, and "that idiot". For @ftweekend. ft.com/content/b1b9ce… via @ft

Hello there – you, the tourist from the USA, I hope you’ve enjoyed our amazing nature here in Greenland. 🇬🇱 —On my way home, I notice the American flag you discarded in Nuuk’s pedestrian street. Next time you visit Greenland, please don’t bring your flag if you’re not going to…

At yesterday’s World Cup trophy presentation, Trump refused to get off the stage—they were literally pushing him to leave. Total embarrassment. So the winning team, Chelsea, just photoshopped him out of their official trophy photo. 😂 I don’t know a thing about soccer, but…

Still daydreaming about this Greenlandic blue iceberg.

CAE 52 is out, with the best things I read in June including: @henrywismayer on fury of solar storms @jeffmaysh on how a fake astronaut fooled the world @milehighrobert on microdosing for mental health @VrindaJagota on tiramisu torture and much more: jodiettenberg.substack.com/p/fifty-two

A new field of psychology has begun to quantify an age-old intuition: Feeling awe is good for us. | @henrywismayer in @NoemaMag noemamag.com/finding-awe-am… noemamag.com/finding-awe-am…

Edition #80 features great long reads from: @reeveswiedeman @danielvriley @JordanTeicher @NickReisman @SallyGold @henrywismayer @jonbern @ezwrites @kjfernelius @davidlei @sharonterlep @alyrose longformprofiles.substack.com/p/edition-80-l…

Greenland, holy shit.

Delighted to contribute to this new anthology about a subject dear to my heart (pubs) alongside so many writers I admire.

Interesting in this information dystopia to check up on an article's sad afterlife. Found this A.I-generated podcast about my latest piece on solar storms. Zero intellectual engagement. Zero effort. Dozens of journalists' copyrighted work harvested for ad revenue. Dullards.

‘What disturbs you the most about the Glastonbury chants?’ ‘They get more attention than the genocide of Gazans.’ Journalist @rachshabi, who is Jewish, weighs in on the fallout of Bob Vylan’s controversial performance.

Delighted to see my @NoemaMag feature about the threat of solar storms included in this week's @sundaylongread. With thanks to @jopiazza for selecting. mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…

My latest longread for @NoemaMag explores the possibility that at some point in the future - perhaps 100 years from now, perhaps tomorrow - an eruption from the Sun will bring our networked society to its knees. noemamag.com/the-unseen-fur… noemamag.com/the-unseen-fur…

We're in @NoemaMag's latest long-read on solar storms, the Sun, and our role in forecasting space weather. Have a read below, and learn more about our formation and ongoing role in space weather. noemamag.com/the-unseen-fur…

"Lurking in every space weather forecaster’s mind is the hypothetical big one, a solar storm so huge it could bring our networked, planetary civilization to its knees" | @henrywismayer in @NoemaMag #longreads noemamag.com/the-unseen-fur… noemamag.com/the-unseen-fur…