Daegan Miller
@daeganmiller.bsky.social
Essayist and Critic. For all the beautiful radiant things. Book: *This Radical Land: A Natural History of American Dissent* http://bit.ly/2HYSaSK | Essays: http://bit.ly/2Gn3EPM
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The World is Alive; or, How Robert Macfarlane Came to Trust His Senses
“While writing about landscape often begins in the aesthetic, it must always end in the ethical.” –Robert Macfarlane, Landmarks * There is a sentence 256 pages into Robert Macfarlane’s newest book,…
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I spent the spring reading through Robert Macfarlane's catalog to understand his remarkable new book, *Is a River Alive?* @literaryhub.bsky.social let me go long on the book that I think Macfarlane has spent his entire life writing toward. #nature #writing #booksky
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You run outside all winter because your body needs it, and it’s good to get outside in all but the worst weather.
Even so, it frequently sucks. It’s cold and windy and slippery. They’re not good miles; they’re just miles.
Some days, though, there are compensations.
Even so, it frequently sucks. It’s cold and windy and slippery. They’re not good miles; they’re just miles.
Some days, though, there are compensations.
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
You run outside all winter because your body needs it, and it’s good to get outside in all but the worst weather.
Even so, it frequently sucks. It’s cold and windy and slippery. They’re not good miles; they’re just miles.
Some days, though, there are compensations.
Even so, it frequently sucks. It’s cold and windy and slippery. They’re not good miles; they’re just miles.
Some days, though, there are compensations.
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Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
Cornell has reached an agreement with the federal government to restore our funding:
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University
statements.cornell.edu
November 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cornell agreed to pay $30m, hand over admissions data with demographic breakdowns, produce annual "campus climate" surveys to check on antisemitism and changes "since October of 2023," and—here's the dumbest part they agreed to—that the govt can open new investigations whenever it wants.
Appeasers.
Appeasers.
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"'True Nature' is beautifully written, generous, but also uncompromising, and Richardson handles the complexities with insight and grace."
The Path Home | The East Hampton Star
From Lance Richardson comes a hefty helping of biography on Peter Matthiessen, novelist, pioneering environmentalist, advocate for native peoples, bayman, Zen teacher, Sagaponacker.
www.easthamptonstar.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"'True Nature' is beautifully written, generous, but also uncompromising, and Richardson handles the complexities with insight and grace."
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Maybe ‘ol Ed was talking about voting for Mamdani!
Times like these I remember those words of Ed Abbey’s: “do this and we will be strong, and bold, and happy, we will outlive our enemies, we will live to piss on their graves.” Good fucking riddance, Dick Cheney.
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Maybe ‘ol Ed was talking about voting for Mamdani!
John Prine knew what was up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB2E...
John Prine - Some Humans Ain't Human
YouTube video by dumpster3403
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
John Prine knew what was up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB2E...
Times like these I remember those words of Ed Abbey’s: “do this and we will be strong, and bold, and happy, we will outlive our enemies, we will live to piss on their graves.” Good fucking riddance, Dick Cheney.
November 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Times like these I remember those words of Ed Abbey’s: “do this and we will be strong, and bold, and happy, we will outlive our enemies, we will live to piss on their graves.” Good fucking riddance, Dick Cheney.
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Happening TODAY!!
@cetracey.bsky.social presents her On the Brinck | Places Prize lecture, "The Theology of Smuggling: A Genealogy of Humanitarianism in the Borderlands."
Attend in-person, @unm.edu School of Architecture and Planning, or tune in on Zoom!
@cetracey.bsky.social presents her On the Brinck | Places Prize lecture, "The Theology of Smuggling: A Genealogy of Humanitarianism in the Borderlands."
Attend in-person, @unm.edu School of Architecture and Planning, or tune in on Zoom!
Don't miss this lecture by @cetracey.bsky.social on theology, colonialism and humanitarianism in the Southwestern U.S. — part of our On the Brinck | Places Prize collab with the School of Architecture + Planning @unm.edu.
Albuquerque folks! Details below. Or join by Zoom: unm.zoom.us/j/97216782176
Albuquerque folks! Details below. Or join by Zoom: unm.zoom.us/j/97216782176
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Happening TODAY!!
@cetracey.bsky.social presents her On the Brinck | Places Prize lecture, "The Theology of Smuggling: A Genealogy of Humanitarianism in the Borderlands."
Attend in-person, @unm.edu School of Architecture and Planning, or tune in on Zoom!
@cetracey.bsky.social presents her On the Brinck | Places Prize lecture, "The Theology of Smuggling: A Genealogy of Humanitarianism in the Borderlands."
Attend in-person, @unm.edu School of Architecture and Planning, or tune in on Zoom!
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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Received my pre-ordered copy of
@joannapocock.bsky.social's Greyhound: A Memoir Wednesday and finished it this morning.
Very much a book for our moment. "A sentence kept surfacing in my mind, 'Something in the US has broken.'" 🧵
@joannapocock.bsky.social's Greyhound: A Memoir Wednesday and finished it this morning.
Very much a book for our moment. "A sentence kept surfacing in my mind, 'Something in the US has broken.'" 🧵
August 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Received my pre-ordered copy of
@joannapocock.bsky.social's Greyhound: A Memoir Wednesday and finished it this morning.
Very much a book for our moment. "A sentence kept surfacing in my mind, 'Something in the US has broken.'" 🧵
@joannapocock.bsky.social's Greyhound: A Memoir Wednesday and finished it this morning.
Very much a book for our moment. "A sentence kept surfacing in my mind, 'Something in the US has broken.'" 🧵
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We know it's true, but Joanna Pocock has the courage to journey into some of this country's most broken parts, where even the bus system is leaving passengers stranded, outside any social network. She notes, time and time again, how the erosion of support systems coincides with the proliferation...
August 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We know it's true, but Joanna Pocock has the courage to journey into some of this country's most broken parts, where even the bus system is leaving passengers stranded, outside any social network. She notes, time and time again, how the erosion of support systems coincides with the proliferation...
The best. Candy apples and razor blades! m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1v7...
Halloween
YouTube video by AFI - Topic
m.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The best. Candy apples and razor blades! m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1v7...
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Might anyone know of modern / contemporary artists whose work centers on the sun, light, and the solstice? I'm thinking of Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels, Emily Sheffer's Winter Solstice cyanotype project, etc...
Sun Tunnels - Utah Museum of Fine Arts
Holt’s most recognized artwork, Sun Tunnels (1973–1976), is a large-scale installation in Utah’s Great Basin Desert, a four-hour drive from the UMFA. It consists of four large concrete cylinders, arra...
umfa.utah.edu
October 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Might anyone know of modern / contemporary artists whose work centers on the sun, light, and the solstice? I'm thinking of Nancy Holt's Sun Tunnels, Emily Sheffer's Winter Solstice cyanotype project, etc...
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Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Yes, Lord of the Rings is about how you must trust the “hard men.” Just as Narnia is about an evil lion. And the New Testament tells a tale of a wimp who wouldn’t fight back. Next week on “fascists read classics,” we’ll meet tech visionary George Orwell…
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It bears repeating: USDA has a $5 billion contingency reserve that it refuses to utilize to continue SNAP benefits. This was the USDA's *own plan* at the start of the shutdown—now quietly deleted from its website.
This is as blatant an example of "hunger is a policy choice" as you will ever see.
This is as blatant an example of "hunger is a policy choice" as you will ever see.
Trump administration says it won't tap emergency funds to pay food aid
The move means 42 million people will miss SNAP benefits in November unless Congress acts.
www.politico.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It bears repeating: USDA has a $5 billion contingency reserve that it refuses to utilize to continue SNAP benefits. This was the USDA's *own plan* at the start of the shutdown—now quietly deleted from its website.
This is as blatant an example of "hunger is a policy choice" as you will ever see.
This is as blatant an example of "hunger is a policy choice" as you will ever see.
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friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
friend shared this, immediately updated my settings
This was a really excellent critical essay—check it out.
‘Extinction is a protracted, uneven process, and hard to square with our mental picture of abrupt catastrophe.’
Lorraine Daston reads 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥: 𝘈𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯by Sadiah Qureshi.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lorraine Daston reads 𝘝𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥: 𝘈𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯by Sadiah Qureshi.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Lorraine Daston · Kaboom! Slow-Motion Extinction
Historians who address such topics as extinction, which straddle the history of humans and of the Earth, face the...
www.lrb.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This was a really excellent critical essay—check it out.
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“If they need SNAP they should work”.
Most people receiving SNAP are working. Some are working two jobs.
Be angry at the employers who pay such a pittance that people are living below the poverty line.
Be angry at the billionaires hoarding the wealth
Stop blaming the poor.
Most people receiving SNAP are working. Some are working two jobs.
Be angry at the employers who pay such a pittance that people are living below the poverty line.
Be angry at the billionaires hoarding the wealth
Stop blaming the poor.
October 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“If they need SNAP they should work”.
Most people receiving SNAP are working. Some are working two jobs.
Be angry at the employers who pay such a pittance that people are living below the poverty line.
Be angry at the billionaires hoarding the wealth
Stop blaming the poor.
Most people receiving SNAP are working. Some are working two jobs.
Be angry at the employers who pay such a pittance that people are living below the poverty line.
Be angry at the billionaires hoarding the wealth
Stop blaming the poor.
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I'm so in.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm so in.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
This is just the beginning of the strike.
From K.A. Hays’s *Anthropocene Lullaby*:
October 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
From K.A. Hays’s *Anthropocene Lullaby*:
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This is terrific. 👇👇👇
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
This is terrific. 👇👇👇
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#writers: Interested in learning about different kinds of essays? Beginning November 1, join me each Saturday for 6 weeks. Information and registration here: writingworkshops.com/collections/... #essayists #cnf #amwriting 💻 🖊️ 📖
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#writers: Interested in learning about different kinds of essays? Beginning November 1, join me each Saturday for 6 weeks. Information and registration here: writingworkshops.com/collections/... #essayists #cnf #amwriting 💻 🖊️ 📖
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I had the pleasure of being a test knitter for this project, which is now live. It’s a satisfying and speedy knit, so go make your own now, and wear the message proudly.
More details on Ravelry (friganti) soon.
More details on Ravelry (friganti) soon.
October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I had the pleasure of being a test knitter for this project, which is now live. It’s a satisfying and speedy knit, so go make your own now, and wear the message proudly.
More details on Ravelry (friganti) soon.
More details on Ravelry (friganti) soon.
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Two book events this week!
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Two book events this week!
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
Tuesday eve: Broadside Books, in Northampton, with Hans Teensma and @daeganmiller.bsky.social.
Thursday night: The Leon Levy Center for Biography, in Manhattan, with @pgourevitch.bsky.social.
Both will be wonderful. Links below.
(Pic of the first Paris Review office.)
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honestly amazing how much damage, violence, and sustained mistreatment the world can endure without in any way dimming its inexhaustible impulse towards repair. To quote George Eliot, these things are a parable
‘“A hundred and fifteen years that they haven’t been here, and they still have that GPS unit inside of them,” said the visibly giddy Klamath Tribal Chair William Ray, Jr. “It’s truly an awesome feat if you think about the gauntlet they had to go through.”’
Salmon clear last Klamath dams, reaching Williamson and Sprague rivers
Just a year after four dams were removed, a group of fall Chinook have migrated nearly 300 miles into the Upper Klamath Basin.
www.opb.org
October 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
honestly amazing how much damage, violence, and sustained mistreatment the world can endure without in any way dimming its inexhaustible impulse towards repair. To quote George Eliot, these things are a parable