wildfires raze they say this season is the worst in our modern history. one month in, more than three million hectares of land have already gone up in flames. climate change and drought laid the groundwork. cellulose acetate, lightning, and sparks from passing trains did the rest. with their skyline a copper smear, new_york has sent firefighters to canada. northeast flights have been delayed. in some cities the air is dry, hot, and caked with smoke. here the gauze of our grasslands is no thicker than it was last week. if i've been breathing in a hazardous haze of sulphur, nitrogen, and volatile organic compounds, my lungs can't tell the difference between that strange_brew and whatever passed for oxygen before the world fell asleep with a lit cigarette in its mouth. 230608 what's it to you? who go blather from