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Katie Holten
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Artist | Author of THE LANGUAGE OF TREES | Rights of Nature 🌿Climate Justice | Long COVID 😷 Dysautonomia 🫠 | Tree Alphabet | Irish | Born @331ppm | RESIST

Bio: https://www.katieholten.com/about
Language of Trees: https://bit.ly/LanguageTrees
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Katie Holten @katieholten.bsky.social · Nov 21
Hello! It's lovely to see everyone here. For those who don't know me; I’m Katie Holten, an artist and dreamer. I like sharing the beauty I find in the world. I made a book called The Language of Trees. I'm learning to live with long COVID. I'm Irish, so I've a grá for blue skies. More trees please!
A human is walking along a country lane under a big blue sky. The landscape on either side of the little road is green with rolling stony mountains in the background. There is not a single tree. The human is a white lady is dressed in black. There are a few piggy white clouds in the sky coming in low over the mountains.
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RESISTANCE IS EVERYWHERE! Rebecca Solnit looks back at Resistance to the Regime in 2025. From #TeslaTakedown boycotts & ICE protests, to the biggest day of protest in US history when 7 million people showed up for #NoKings. LOVE WINS ❤️

www.meditationsinanemergency.com/in-2025-we-s... #Resist
Photo of two humans dressed as ladybirds. They hold hands and carry signs while walking away from the camera, marching down a city street. Other people march and clap. It looks like San Francisco and there is sunshine and tall buildings all around. One sign says: THIS LADYBUG SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY. The other sign says: LADYBUGS AGREE! LOVE WINS FASCISM LOSES. Photo by Rebecca Solnit. It appears at the bottom of her latest blog post: Meditations in an Emergency. Headline: In 2025 We Showed Up: Notes on Resistance to the Regime
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Awakened Action is this weekend and online for FREE with Valerie Brown, Roshi Joan, Terry Tempest Williams, Christiana Figueres, & Rebecca Solnit.

This Friday, Nov. 14 – Sun. Nov. 16 (all sessions will be recorded) @joanhalifax.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

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Awakened Action: Making the Future in the Present, Nov. 14 – 16, 2025 (in person + online)
Join renowned writers Terry Tempest Williams and Rebecca Solnit, lawyer and Buddhist teacher Valerie Brown, beloved Zen teacher and social activist Roshi Joan Halifax, and climate activist Christiana ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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The smartest thing a politician can do in 2026 is to come up with a bold plan for shoring up and EXPANDING public libraries. Call it Project 2050. It's a way to reintroduce the grammar of commoning and the commons to a new generation in a way they can easily grasp. Such low hanging fruit.
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Some of the birds singing to me in the garden today 🕊️
Screenshot showing birds found in the garden today. Photos of the birds are on the left, with their names beside them on the right. The birds listed are, from top to bottom: Meadow Pipit, Magpie, Great Tit, Rook, Jackdaw, Robin, Buzzard, Blue Tit. Using the Merlin Bird App
November 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Reading in the garden, with some of the books that I scooped up yesterday at Books Upstairs, including @winterpapers.bsky.social, NEW ARCANA by @jesstraynor.bsky.social, An Alternative Irish Christmas, Anja Murray's new book, and a lovely new edition of WORDS ARE MY MATTER by @ursulakleguin.com.
Photo of books stacked on a wooden table in a sunny Irish garden. The books include: Winter Papers edited by Kevin Barry, Ten Thousand Years Deep: The Story of Ireland's Peatlands by Carsten Krieger, For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride, New Arcana by Jessica Traynor, Frog Routes, Polka-Dot Newts and Other Treasures of Irish Nature by Anya Murray, An Alternative Irish Christmas: An Anthology by Tramp Press, and Words are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin. The sky above is bright blue and the trees behind are evergreen. The background is blurry, so you can't really see all the seed heads and last of the summer's flowers by a stone wall and terracotta pots. Birds chirping, including robins, tit's, a meadow pipit, golcrest, and a buzzard high above.
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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A dreamy day in Dublin, with Gallery Weekend, Book Festival, and sunshine. With only a few minutes to spare before catching the train home, I popped into @booksupstairs.bsky.social to scoop up some books. and now they have signed copies of THE LANGUAGE OF TREES 🌿
Photo of Books Upstairs, Dublin's oldest independent bookshop on D'Olier Street. The exterior is painted navy blue and the name's painted in gold lettering above the large front window, with the words Bookshop, Literary Venue, Cafe. The lovely Georgian bay window above on the first floor has the words END THE GENOCIDE filling the window panes. Books by Zadie Smith, Anja Murray, Anne Enright, Manchán Magan are in the window. The recent fire damage to the exterior of the ground floor is just out of the photo, on the left. Photo of blue sky with waxing moon and bare trees. Pic taken in the morning while waiting for the Dart at Malahide train station in Dublin. Photo of the NATURE & CLIMATE section in Books Upstairs. Books by Anja Murray, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Katie Holten and Clarence Ellis are facing out. The Serviceberry, The Language of Trees, The Pebbles on the Beach and Frog Routes, Polka-Dot Newts, and other Treasures of Irish Nature. To the left, is the well stocked POETRY section.
November 9, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Thanks to @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social and @motherjones.com for a fun interview!
How to make people want to read about climate change
Pulitzer winner Elizabeth Kolbert's new book is a master class in writing about the natural world.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Holy Smokes. Ireland just elected a left-leaning female president and she's awesome!

A former psychologist, former barrister, former competitive badminton player, ran so many marathons she lost count, and comes from a family of 14 siblings raised by a single father. 🫣 🇮🇪
October 26, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Dropped everything to publish this new op-ed to @mongabay.com by former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson

She calls Bill Gates' new essay on #climatechange dangerous & false

“The great challenge of our time is to build a future where every person can thrive on a healthy planet,” Robinson argues:
No, Bill Gates, we don’t have to choose between people & planet (commentary)
Bill Gates has long been a leading voice in the global response to human health and climate change. His climate investments and advocacy have helped drive innovation, expand access to clean energy, an...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Inspired by fellow booksellers, we at @pointreyesbooks.bsky.social will be donating Sunday profits in November to the SF-Marin Food Bank. You can donate directly to the food bank here: www.sfmfoodbank.org
A flyer from Point Reyes Books that reads "All profits from sales on shutdown Sundays donated to the SF-Marin Food Bank"
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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“Letters for the Future" celebrates the library as one of the few remaining intellectual, creative and civic commons still freely available. The exhibition opens tomorrow @bklynlibrary.bsky.social. I'm thrilled to share work, including alphabets, books, and drawings.

www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
The Brooklyn Public Library now lets you borrow works of art for a three-week period
Take home real art for three weeks. Yes, seriously.
www.timeout.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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These authors explore how the betrayals of their own bodies and minds opened up new possibilities for them. (@tiffanygrahamcharkosky)
10 Memoirs That Take Readers on a Medical Journey - Electric Literature
These authors explore the relationship between a health challenge and writing one’s way toward new perspectives
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November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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'I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity." Mamdani opened his 🔥 speech with a quote from Eugene Debs.

Watch Mamdani's full speech, here: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Transcript, here via gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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OMG the FT is hiring a junior arts editor -- what a terrific opportunity! job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
Junior Arts Editor
London
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October 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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We'll be doing a live Arena show at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social celebrating 100 issues of @thedublinreview.bsky.social.

We'll have editor Brendan Barrington, contributors Sara Baume, @patrickfreyne.bsky.social, Doireann Ní Ghríofa, and @mrkocnnll.bsky.social.

Do come, it's going to be special...
The Dublin Review at 100 - Dublin Book Festival
The Dublin Review, Ireland’s quarterly magazine of essays, memoir, reportage and fiction, is celebrating its 100th issue. Join us for a special live broadcast of RTÉ Arena on Radio 1 in conversation w...
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October 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Again art has so many ways to represent the world around us, what a beautiful way to represent nature and teach the alphabet.
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Irish artist, based in New York, Katie Holten created a New York City Tree Alphabet, each letter of the Latin alphabet is assigned a drawing of a tree from the NYC Parks #womensart
Twenty six images of differdnt trees in black on a white background
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Good news is that there are always some humans amongst us. Gift link to latest from M. Gessen, essential reading these days. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/o...
Opinion | How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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We already have tools that work: clean indoor air, high-quality respirators, testing, vaccination and smart exposure avoidance.
The question isn’t what to do—it’s why so many still won’t do it.

We downplay COVID at our peril, warns @yaneerbaryam.bsky.social 🙏

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202... #LongCOVID
Screenshot of an article in THE TYEE. Headline reads: This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough. We downplay the virus at our peril, warns Yaneer Bar-Yam. And children are more at risk than we thought. Story by Andrew Nikiforuk, October 31, 2025. Article accompanied by a photo of a smiling man writing on a blackboard. He wears a white shirt with collars popping out from underneath a wine colored jumper. He has slightly frizzy hair, like a mad professor. Caption: Complexity scientist Yaneer Bar-Yam: ‘We may be living through a slow-moving immune decline crisis.’ Photo supplied. The Tyee is an independent, online news magazine from B.C. founded in 2003.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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At Uisneach, the sacred centre of Ireland, 2,500 people gather to scatter Manchán Magan’s ashes
At Uisneach, the sacred centre of Ireland, 2,500 people gather to scatter Manchán Magan’s ashes
Month’s memorial hears world will be a less kind, generous, curious and gentle place with the writer’s passing
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November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Submissions for Tolka Issue Eleven close at midnight on Thursday 6 November. We publish all kinds of non-fiction – essays, memoir, reportage, autofiction and the things that fall in between. www.tolkajournal.org/submit
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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One of the heroines of modern Ireland
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Death announced of Mary ‘May’ McGee who won historic Supreme Court contraception case
Landmark 1973 case found married couples had right to make private decisions on family planning
www.irishtimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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“Letters for the Future" celebrates the library as one of the few remaining intellectual, creative and civic commons still freely available. The exhibition opens tomorrow @bklynlibrary.bsky.social. I'm thrilled to share work, including alphabets, books, and drawings.

www.timeout.com/newyork/news...
The Brooklyn Public Library now lets you borrow works of art for a three-week period
Take home real art for three weeks. Yes, seriously.
www.timeout.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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The Ladybird Spider is gorgeous! It was thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in Dorset. It's so endangered in the UK that it's possible to count each individual spider! I also love the Toadstool jumper. 🍄🐞🕷️

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Photo of a woman wearing a forest green Toadstool Pullover Hoodie. She is standing in a forest, looking at something in the distance, there are ferns behind her and trees. There are two large red toadstools on the front of the hoodie. Illustration by Delphine Jones for the Dorset Wildlife Trust. From their website: Reminiscent of the storybook world of woodland flora and fauna, this cute and comfy relaxed toadstool hoodie is the perfect colourful addition to your wardrobe! This product is ethically sourced and printed, and can be recycled at the end of its life by using the QR code on your label, so it doesn't cost the earth. Every order helps fund our work to conserve wild woodlands in Dorset - show your support with this jumper. £49 Certified organic cotton relaxed fit hoodie, 300 gsm. Subtle side splits. Wash cool, hang dry. GM-free. Not tested on animals. Does not contain animal-derived products. Material made in a renewable energy-powered factory, audited for a wide range of social and sustainability criteria. Made to be remade - scan the QR code in the care label to send it back when worn out. Available in black, and evergreen. Support wildlife conservation in Dorset. Closeup of a Ladybird Spider t-shirt. The spider looks like a ladybird! This is male, with bright orange/red back featuring four large and two small ebony spots. At the bottom of the image is the Dorset Wildlife Trust logo. With its colourful markings, everyone can appreciate the unique ladybird spider! This spider was thought to be extinct, until it was rediscovered in Dorset in the 1980s, and work is now being undertaken to help the recovery of this rare species. Help Dorset Wildlife Trust to support species such as the colourful ladybird spider, by wearing this t-shirt! The Ladybird Spider depends on lowland heathland – and this is its main problem. Heathland has suffered drastic declines over the last 100 years or so, being ploughed up for agriculture and forestry, or built on. The spider’s long life-cycle, very specific requirements and the fact that it is not good at dispersing and colonising new sites, have all added to its vulnerability. Illustration by Delphine Jones.
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM