Okjessie 🍉
@okjessie.bsky.social
Think globally. Act locally.
Real person | ecosystem scientist | climate activist | bird simp| post-zionist | theo-philosopher | rematriation 🪶
Real person | ecosystem scientist | climate activist | bird simp| post-zionist | theo-philosopher | rematriation 🪶
I, too, also “lose my shit” over wood thrushes.
I don't understand birds but people lost their shit over this wood trush that was in Orange County, CA and i had a 600mm lens so snagged a decent shot. #BirdofTheDay #birds
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I, too, also “lose my shit” over wood thrushes.
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So the sole human destiny is to keep on killing off nature until the biosphere collapses, and us with it?
Sorry, but I believe in another future, in which *both* nature and people thrive.
It IS possible.
Sorry, but I believe in another future, in which *both* nature and people thrive.
It IS possible.
You can't prioritize both. That's what 200,000 years of human species tells us. We are an apex predator and an invasive species. Now we may decry the effect of that on other species but...
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
So the sole human destiny is to keep on killing off nature until the biosphere collapses, and us with it?
Sorry, but I believe in another future, in which *both* nature and people thrive.
It IS possible.
Sorry, but I believe in another future, in which *both* nature and people thrive.
It IS possible.
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This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
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Why are we on repeat here?
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France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban
Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades
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November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This was already demonstrated over half a century ago with the banning of DDT.
Why are we on repeat here?
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Why are we on repeat here?
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Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If I remember right from the 'old place', I disagree with Rob Yorke on some stuff, but this is (excuse the pun) bang on.
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
if we want diversely structured woodlands, then we have to deal with Bambi (via carnivore or copper-tip)
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @britishecologicalsociety.org
#woodland #ecology 🧪
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @britishecologicalsociety.org
#woodland #ecology 🧪
Light and ungulate browsing interact in shaping future woody plant diversity through natural regeneration
Our results provide strong evidence that in the current context of increasing tree mortality and subsequent light availability, roe deer act as a keystone species. It is crucial to implement browsing...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
If I remember right from the 'old place', I disagree with Rob Yorke on some stuff, but this is (excuse the pun) bang on.
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
To save and expand what's left of our natural forests, there's no getting round it: we need BOTH carnivores and copper (bullets).
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Crimson composure
Standing strong and confident
Claiming all his due
#Haiku #Birds #Birding #Cardinal #NorthenCardinal #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography
Standing strong and confident
Claiming all his due
#Haiku #Birds #Birding #Cardinal #NorthenCardinal #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Crimson composure
Standing strong and confident
Claiming all his due
#Haiku #Birds #Birding #Cardinal #NorthenCardinal #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography
Standing strong and confident
Claiming all his due
#Haiku #Birds #Birding #Cardinal #NorthenCardinal #Haiga #ImageAndVerse #Poetry #Micropoetry #Photography
“What will you do today, knowing that you are one of the rarest forms of life to ever walk the Earth?”
-Mark Nepo
#philosophy #evolution #science
-Mark Nepo
#philosophy #evolution #science
November 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“What will you do today, knowing that you are one of the rarest forms of life to ever walk the Earth?”
-Mark Nepo
#philosophy #evolution #science
-Mark Nepo
#philosophy #evolution #science
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We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We are constantly told by the media and authorities that these are both 'forest'.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
One is a complex, diverse native ecosystem, full of life. The other is an industrial monoculture deadzone.
They could not be more different.
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you can't stop us mom WE'RE IN LOVE
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
you can't stop us mom WE'RE IN LOVE
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This genocidal psychopath had planned this for decades 🤬
He just needed an excuse..thats why he allowed Oct 7th to happen
He just needed an excuse..thats why he allowed Oct 7th to happen
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This genocidal psychopath had planned this for decades 🤬
He just needed an excuse..thats why he allowed Oct 7th to happen
He just needed an excuse..thats why he allowed Oct 7th to happen
“We need to identify and trigger many more positive tipping points. Once identified, positive tipping is enabled by making the desired innovation the most affordable, accessible and/or attractive option. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role to play.”
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
#climatecrisis #tippingpoint #auspol www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...
‘New reality’ as world reaches first climate tipping point
Researchers in Leeds have joined experts from across the world in warning that Earth is reaching the first of many climate tipping points that will cause catastrophic harm without urgent action.
www.leeds.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“We need to identify and trigger many more positive tipping points. Once identified, positive tipping is enabled by making the desired innovation the most affordable, accessible and/or attractive option. Governments, businesses, civil society and individuals all have a role to play.”
Inflatables surround ICE agents as they attempt to clear the roadway.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In His Pocket
by Rabbi Hannah Yerushalmi~
The Rabbis advised:
Keep two truths in your pocket,
one should read:
I am but dust and ashes
and the other should read:
The entire world was created for me.
(Pt. 1/2)
by Rabbi Hannah Yerushalmi~
The Rabbis advised:
Keep two truths in your pocket,
one should read:
I am but dust and ashes
and the other should read:
The entire world was created for me.
(Pt. 1/2)
October 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In His Pocket
by Rabbi Hannah Yerushalmi~
The Rabbis advised:
Keep two truths in your pocket,
one should read:
I am but dust and ashes
and the other should read:
The entire world was created for me.
(Pt. 1/2)
by Rabbi Hannah Yerushalmi~
The Rabbis advised:
Keep two truths in your pocket,
one should read:
I am but dust and ashes
and the other should read:
The entire world was created for me.
(Pt. 1/2)
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“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ...Rumi
Happy Thursday-birdsday!
#dance #rumi #thursdaybirdsday #heron
Happy Thursday-birdsday!
#dance #rumi #thursdaybirdsday #heron
October 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you're perfectly free.” ...Rumi
Happy Thursday-birdsday!
#dance #rumi #thursdaybirdsday #heron
Happy Thursday-birdsday!
#dance #rumi #thursdaybirdsday #heron
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October 9, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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Is it the season for pumpkin spiced flycatchers? 🍂
Cinnamon Flycatcher 📷🌿🪶
Cinnamon Flycatcher 📷🌿🪶
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Is it the season for pumpkin spiced flycatchers? 🍂
Cinnamon Flycatcher 📷🌿🪶
Cinnamon Flycatcher 📷🌿🪶
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Narrator: This is fascism.
October 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Narrator: This is fascism.
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Got to see these little guys making their way into the ocean this morning! 🐢 #seaturtles #conservation #beach #nature #miamibeach
August 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Got to see these little guys making their way into the ocean this morning! 🐢 #seaturtles #conservation #beach #nature #miamibeach
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They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
August 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
They want us fighting so we never notice who is stealing from us all. Don’t get lost in the circus.
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This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano.
Video credit: USGS
Video credit: USGS
July 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This is how geologists collect lava samples from an active volcano.
Video credit: USGS
Video credit: USGS
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ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾
This was about an hour ago…
This was about an hour ago…
June 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ICE raids hit across Los Angeles today—and locals are rising up. This is what resistance looks like. ✊🏾
This was about an hour ago…
This was about an hour ago…