Earth’s hottest day on record, in fact.”1 It certainly was the hottest day on Earth since records started in 1979 and, by extrapolation, likely the hottest in around 125,000 years! In terms of climate change, this record complemented local heat waves that just occurred in China, Antarctica, and Northern Africa. The kind of records we in mental health care might want to praise is that which occurred in Highland Park, a suburb of Chicago. A year ago, I wrote the column “The Highland Park Mass Shooting: Sometimes You Just Want to be Proven Wrong,” in this case about mentally ill mass shooting perpetrators like the one in Highland Park and in regards to the Pittsburgh Synagogue shooter now on trial. Earth’s hottest day on record, in fact.

Source: Washington Post July 06, 2023 13:33 UTC