# Important, Not Important

> Because you give a sh*t. News, essays, and Action Steps so you can understand and help unfuck the world.

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## Posts
- [Nature Has No Default Caregiver](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/nature-has-no-default-caregiver): In the animal kingdom, there are no rules about who does the work. So why do we have so many?
- [An ounce of prevention](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/an-ounce-of-prevention): Guns, streets, lead pipes, and the industries betting you won't notice.
- [The math on agentic AI is in](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-math-on-agentic-ai-is-in): Plus: debunking a bad climate chart, the real grid threats, and a malaria mosquito on the move
- [Some Pig](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/some-pig): Whatever's on your plate, this one's for the animals we share the planet with.
- [Finally, an ecologically responsible sea monster story](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/jellyfish-problem-ecological-sea-monster-story): Think Jaws, but with jellyfish
- [Love Thy Neighbor](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/love-thy-neighbor): Rights at the border, lawyers in the courtroom, families held together
- [The sun is winning](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-sun-is-winning): Solar records in Europe and Africa, offshore wind cheaper than coal, and a TB vaccine 100 years in the making.
- [Animal Intelligence > Artificial Intelligence](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/animal-intelligence-artificial-intelligence): Macaques, bowerbirds, and humpback whales have something to teach us about what AI is taking away.
- [Let's clear the air](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/let-s-clear-the-air): Track the smoke, protect your lungs, and help rebuild
- [The strongest El Niño ever, probably](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-strongest-el-nin-o-ever-probably): Plus: Saudi Arabia's soccer PR machine, and why raking forests won't stop wildfires
- [Reduce, Reuse, Redirect the Blame](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/reduce-reuse-redirect-the-blame): Plastic Free July, minus the guilt trip
- [An Oil Influenced Climate Study](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/an-oil-influenced-climate-study): Plus: wildfire satellites, homelessness data, and low-methane livestock
- [It's still hot in here](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/it-s-still-hot-in-here): Who's exposed, what's fixable, what you can do today
- [Ten science fiction, fantasy, and horror books to pack in your summer beach bag](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/best-science-fiction-fantasy-2026-summer): Lesbian vampire romance, a Loch Ness-jellyfish tale, far future space operas, and more.
- [WCID: It's getting hot in herrre](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/wcid-its-getting-hot-in-herrre): How you and your community can stay safe this weekend -- and fight for more extreme heat measures, too
- [Hunger doesn't take summers off](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/hunger-doesn-t-take-summers-off): School's out. So is the easiest meal a lot of kids get all day.
- [Suburbia's empty nest problem](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/suburbia-s-empty-nest-problem): Plus: cancer prediction, a heat wave in Europe, and the AI groupthink problem
- [Your body, your call](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/your-body-your-call): The fight for bodily autonomy four years after Dobbs
- [Show your work](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/show-your-work): Plus: World Cup heat, editing embryos, and no-cost child care
- [*Actually* Pro Life: Our Principles](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/actually-pro-life-our-principles): What unites is is that we all require the same eight full-time Principles to survive.
- [Pride is a verb](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/pride-is-a-verb): Here's how to show up this week
- [We made a reality TV podcast. Stay with us.](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/we-made-a-reality-tv-podcast-stay-with-us): Bias, misinformation, who controls the narrative -- it's all there. Also: men in overalls with snake tattoos.
- [Stop trying to make coal happen](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/stop-trying-to-make-coal-happen): Plus: zombie microbes, AI agents, and Papua New Guinea doing the thing
- [Every mother deserves a doula](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/every-mother-deserves-a-doula): Sperm whales, bonobos, and the ancient case for birth support
- [Community and joy are the fight](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/community-and-joy-are-the-fight): LGBTQ+ healthcare, mental health, community, and APL Pride merch!
- [Cities aren't waiting for permission](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/cities-aren-t-waiting-for-permission): Forever chemicals, autonomous weapons, and local governments doing the thing
- [Your brain on ibogaine](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/your-brain-on-ibogaine): The science and the policy behind mental health treatments for veterans
- [Why a famous natural history museum just launched a Pokémon exhibit](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/why-a-famous-natural-history-museum-just-launched-a-pok-mon-exhibit): Excavator Pikachu is the cutest paleontologist you didn't know you wanted to meet.
- [Location, location, legislation](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/location-location-legislation): Zoning, Wall Street landlords, and Housing First
- [The biggest cancer news since immunotherapy](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/the-biggest-cancer-news-since-immunotherapy): Plus: power grids, pandemic prep, and Palantir.
- [*Actually* Pro Life: The Design](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/actually-pro-life-the-design): The message is the medium. How we got here and then went back in time to build on what works.
- [When your therapist is out-of-network](https://www.importantnotimportant.com/p/when-your-therapist-is-out-of-network): Coverage gaps, parity violations, medical debt, and how to fight back.