I am wanting to make the All Our Yesterdays site both better visited (a separate project) and also more “useful” to various types of folks. On that, there are bigger issues besides the nature of individual blog posts, but I am starting with that.
Below is a proposed slightly expanded version of what already has been in place for the last couple of years.
Could I have your thoughts on this format and especially
what is extraneous
what doesn’t work
what is missing
etc (don’t hold back)
TITLE (no puns, straight up what was said)
On this day (xxx) in (year)… SENTENCE describing
QUOTE
The amount of carbon dioxide in the air was xxx As of 2025, when this post was published, it is xxx. The more carbon dioxide in the air, the more heat gets trapped. The more heat, the more extreme weather events. You can make it more complicated than that if you want, but really, it’s not
The broader context for this was xxx
The specific context was xxxx
What I think we can learn is this: xxx
As “active citizens –
Academics might want to ponder…
What happened next: xx
On this topic, you might like these other posts on All Our Yesterdays
Xxx (though surely these should be folded into the context??)
References
(as academic as possible, with DOIs if they exist.) hyperlinks.
Also on this day:
Exact same day
Either side
You can see the chronological list of All Our Yesterdays “on this day” posts here.
If you want to get involved, let me know.
If you want to invite me on your podcast, that would boost my ego and probably improve the currently pitiful hit-rate on this site (the two are not-unrelated)