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@SciAm alumnus and author of science thrillers: Final Theory, The Six, The Coming Storm, Saint Joan of New York. My latest: The Doomsday Show

New York City
Joined November 2012
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#UnitedHealth #BrianThompson I predicted this would happen in my last book, The Doomsday Show. A targeted assassination of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan? It’s just as horrible as I thought it would be. markalpert.com
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And judging from the words inscribed on the bullet casings, this seems to be an assassination with a message, just like the ones described in my book.
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It was a truly mesmerizing and moving performance, and the composer did an amazing job capturing the essence of the stories in music. The reality check afterward grounded us in the real, interesting science behind the fiction!
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Thanks! My wife and I will attend the performances of the Climate Parables stories in San Francisco on May 12 and 13. Tickets are on sale here: eventbrite.com/e/climate-par…
Replying to @eliotpeper
And that's just the beginning, make sure to check out the other stories in the series from amazing writers like @Annaleen, @AlpertMark, @brendacooper, and Kim Stanley Robinson. anthropocenemagazine.org/202…
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Hello, Blue Devils! Hope you enjoy the book!!
Happy Monday! We hope you had a great weekend, Blue Devils. Today’s #eBookSpotlight is The Six by @AlpertMark. Swipe for the synopsis, check it out via the Sora app, and read this book today! #TheSixSeries #TheSixBook #SciFi #eBook
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New Dorp Beach, 2011. Digging into my archives for a new @nyc_h2o walk, exploring the layers of demolished history on Staten Island's waterfront. Remnants from an abandoned hospital, bulldozed bungalows, and de-mapped streets can still be found today. eventbrite.com/e/cedar-grove…
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#BookTalk The Doomsday Show @AlpertMark In this action-packed environmental thriller from the internationally bestselling author of #FinalTheory, a good-hearted climate activist must stop terrorists from assassinating the worst fossil-fuel tycoons. amzn.to/3STct6Y
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Talked about that trajectory for in-your-face climate activism Friday with @AlpertMark @WanderingGaia & longtime anti-corporate prankster Igor Vamos of @theyesmen! nitter.gq/Revkin/status/15863307…
Every time you see excited Silicon Valley or hedge fund types pushing self-preservation strategies facing the #climateemergency, reply with this amazing 2006 Survivaball tech from @Halliburton - oops, I mean @theyesmen. Full vid is in this post: revkin.substack.com/p/amid-p…
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Here’s the recording of today’s great webcast about extreme climate activism:
LIVE now on where in-your-face climate activism goes from here nitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1ypKddWaN…
Hope security let him stay glued for 13 hours. What's next from climate extremists? Join me Friday 1pm US ET with @AlpertMark, whose book "The Doomsday Show" charts where climate extremism is bound: earth.columbia.edu/videos/vi… Also Igor Vamos of @theyesmen, author @WanderingGaia!
BREEK - Meisje met de parel van Johannes Vermeer besmeurd in #Mauritshuis.
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Talking about where edge-pushing climate activism may go next on Friday 10/28 1pm ET with @theyesmen co-founder Igor Vamos, Doomsday Show author @AlpertMark and Nomad Century author @WanderingGaia! earth.columbia.edu/videos/vi…
It's a long way from roadblocks & museum food fights to kidnapping fossil tycoons - or is it? As the line between #climatecrisis reactions & fiction erodes, join me Fri. 10/28 1pm ET with @AlpertMark, who's gone from #scicomm to #clifi. Details shortly: revkin.substack.com 1/
Dodging the Apocalypse Episode 99: “How I Saved the World” “Imagine 5,000 mirrors in deep space, each reflecting light from the Sun onto a disk of PV panels, 2 km wide. It’s always on—what we need to get rid of gas and coal plants...” @AlpertMark (Anthro) anthropocenemagazine.org/202…
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Dodging the Apocalypse Episode 99: “How I Saved the World” “Imagine 5,000 mirrors in deep space, each reflecting light from the Sun onto a disk of PV panels, 2 km wide. It’s always on—what we need to get rid of gas and coal plants...” @AlpertMark (Anthro) anthropocenemagazine.org/202…
Join us tonight @ 6:00pm at @TheMysterious to celebrate the recent publication of @AlpertMark’s THE DOOMSDAY SHOW! Get more info & order a signed copy here: mysteriousbookshop.com/produ… – at Manhattan, NY
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