Henry Wismayer

Hopeless dilettante. Features and essays: @NYTimes | @washingtonpost | @NYTmag | @TheAtlantic | @WSJ | @natgeo | @NoemaMag | @TIME | @aeonmag | @FT | @guardian.

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

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.

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[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

I wrote about the ongoing fight to save Africa's embattled pangolins for this month's @natgeo magazine.

https://t.co/IvL9jHYi0x

[Joseph O'Neill @JosephONeillx]

The international far right cannot be understood in material terms. It is a strongly nihilist movement that arises from a racialized anomie. The anomie is partly economic, partly historical-cultural. Its unconscious objective is a kind of mass destruction. Just look at this:

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

Take your catharsis where you can.

[Noema Magazine @NoemaMag]

“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

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[Noema Magazine @NoemaMag]

“A tweak via CRISPR gene-editing can enable microbes to capture water in soils by transforming surrounding moisture into a trail of hyaluronic acid, a type of naturally occurring chemical goo used by the cosmetics industry.”

— @mjponsford

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[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@TennantNicolas @worstall As we've often discussed, every single person who is one here too much: mad.

[Noema Magazine @NoemaMag]

“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

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[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@LAPressClub @NoemaMag And kudos to @jessmchugh, who came second in the same category. For what it's worth, I thought your wonderful piece should have won!

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

Well, damn, I won something.

Thanks to @LAPressClub for the recognition, and to my splendid editors at @noemamag for their continued faith in my writing.

Read things!

[Noema Magazine @NoemaMag]

2/ Winner: Science Reporting for “The Unseen Fury Of Solar Storms” by @henrywismayer

https://t.co/CBl1wCZYMQ

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

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

[𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒 @Antunes1]

How can any real Frenchman feel any emotional connection to this team?

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples:
*Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village.
*Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village.
*Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him.
*Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers.
I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@UtdMaI Except Messi's better at football.

[Longreads @Longreads]

"Detractors might scoff at Musk’s ambition to die on Mars, but at least the dying part would be easy."

@henrywismayer for @NoemaMag: https://t.co/JKDs6l4vom

[Steve Baker @SteveBa99880334]

Fucking ridiculous…

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@olifranklin An unforgettable piece.

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@bag_glitcher Let's not pretend you read it!

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@bwmoles Thanks, Ben. Took me a moment to digest this. I imagine that losing a parent to some broader tragedy (covid comes to mind) brings an especial grief. My condolences to your friend.

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

For anyone who might be missing their dad this Father's Day...

https://t.co/thL5O0Hxnf

[Henry Wismayer @henrywismayer]

@bag_glitcher A marginally better analogy than "travelling to India", well done.