Currently in Boston — December 9th, 2022

The weather, currently.

Turning much chillier this weekend

It was another above average temperature day in southern New England but that is about to change. With clear skies tonight temperatures will fall back to between 28 and 34. Looking ahead toward tomorrow it will be sunny and dry with highs about 8° colder in the low to mid 40s. The weekend features temperatures only in the '30s along with a blend of clouds and sunshine. There may be some snow Sunday night into early Monday with a coating to an inch or two possible well inland. It will continue seasonally cold early next week but it will be dry.

Dave Epstein

What you can do, currently.

T minus one week left on our Project Mushroom Kickstarter. We’re building Project Mushroom as a community platform for justice and action on an overheating planet — and it’s go time! Your support has made it possible for us to build this community, but we aren't finished yet.

We’re about 65% of the way to our 200K goal. If every Currently subscriber pledged just $12 tonight, we’d meet our goal by tomorrow. Or maybe you want to do even more? We need just 320 people to pledge $250 to reach our goal.

There's no billionaire in charge here, so we're raising money as we go to support fair wages for our moderators, development team, and trust and safety experts to keep up our tremendous momentum in line with our shared values.

We’re hosting an information session, on Mon, Dec 12, 2022, at 7 PM EST, to tell you more about Project Mushroom and answer your questions. Reserve your spot now!

Project Mushroom Information Session
Hear from the team that is bringing you a new community platform that more that 30K people are eagerly waiting to join!

What you need to know, currently.

Currently’s San Francisco weather reporter, Priya Shukla, wrote a story in Forbes about how the eruption of Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, stalled key carbon dioxide measurement equipment.

Read the full story here.

Mauna Loa Eruption Interrupts Critical Climate Change Record
A record of climate change going back 60 years has been interrupted due to the eruption of Mauna Loa.