michael james ◉●○•°
@ontopunk.bsky.social
I'm an anthropologist and agroforester with over two decades of experience in public health and community organizing ☆ entangledecologies.net
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Global Weirding and Deep Adaptation
The following is a much revised and expanded version of a presentation I gave at the Wyrd/Patchwork #2 event by Punctum, in Prague, Czech Republic on October 26, 2018. The conference was organized …
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To borrow a phrase from science-fiction author William Gibson, “there are no maps for these territories”. Put more bluntly, we’re fucked — but weirdly so. Fortunately, we are not without options.
But is he building with climate and ongoing ecological degradation in mind?
Very little evidence that this government is serious about building sustainably. Where’s the transformative “leap” (or “moon-shot”) projects all intelligent people know is required?
Very little evidence that this government is serious about building sustainably. Where’s the transformative “leap” (or “moon-shot”) projects all intelligent people know is required?
It’s not just what we build. It’s how we build.
We’re building major projects sustainably, in partnership with Indigenous peoples, in solidarity with union workers, and we are building Canadian – with Canadian materials and technology.
We’re building major projects sustainably, in partnership with Indigenous peoples, in solidarity with union workers, and we are building Canadian – with Canadian materials and technology.
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
But is he building with climate and ongoing ecological degradation in mind?
Very little evidence that this government is serious about building sustainably. Where’s the transformative “leap” (or “moon-shot”) projects all intelligent people know is required?
Very little evidence that this government is serious about building sustainably. Where’s the transformative “leap” (or “moon-shot”) projects all intelligent people know is required?
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B.C.’s century-long feast on big, old trees has sent forests into freefall: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
How logging has sent B.C. forests into freefall | The Narwhal
A Sierra Club BC report reveals a gap between B.C.’s forestry promises, including old-growth deferrals, and reality
thenarwhal.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:29 AM
B.C.’s century-long feast on big, old trees has sent forests into freefall: thenarwhal.ca/bc-forests-l...
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‘We have a way to save communities’: Indigenous fire keepers share knowledge across colonial borders: thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-c...
Indigenous firekeepers come together for inaugural gathering | The Narwhal
First Nations experts attend first National Indigenous Fire Gathering on syilx homelands in B.C., joining counterparts from Canada, Australia and the U.S.
thenarwhal.ca
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
‘We have a way to save communities’: Indigenous fire keepers share knowledge across colonial borders: thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-c...
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I love how she is practically the only one of the billionaire class trying her best to plug the gaping socio-political holes being punched by everyone else in her class. 🏆
MacKenzie Scott makes more 'life-changing,' record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million | Fortune fortune.com/2025/11/13/m... #HBCU
MacKenzie Scott makes more 'life-changing,' record-breaking gifts to historically Black colleges and universities—totaling more than $400 million | Fortune
These donations come on the heels of other major donations from Scott to HBCUs this fall.
fortune.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I love how she is practically the only one of the billionaire class trying her best to plug the gaping socio-political holes being punched by everyone else in her class. 🏆
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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An ontological radiance that breathes through our finite gestures..
In its depths, strength is not opposed to fragility, for both emerge from the same source.
The rhythm of that eternal vitality adapting itself in circumstance; to sense the infinite from which all worlds were sung into motion.
In its depths, strength is not opposed to fragility, for both emerge from the same source.
The rhythm of that eternal vitality adapting itself in circumstance; to sense the infinite from which all worlds were sung into motion.
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
An ontological radiance that breathes through our finite gestures..
In its depths, strength is not opposed to fragility, for both emerge from the same source.
The rhythm of that eternal vitality adapting itself in circumstance; to sense the infinite from which all worlds were sung into motion.
In its depths, strength is not opposed to fragility, for both emerge from the same source.
The rhythm of that eternal vitality adapting itself in circumstance; to sense the infinite from which all worlds were sung into motion.
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I was 13 years old when governments agreed to start bending this curve
I'm 46
I'm 46
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I was 13 years old when governments agreed to start bending this curve
I'm 46
I'm 46
The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, TWO major reports have found.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, TWO major reports have found.
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Healing Wildfire Pollution. With Mushrooms.
PBS Terra - Short Doc on the work of Dr. Danielle Stevenson, Environmental toxicologist and applied mycologist youtu.be/UBYmiesEBnM #regeneration #bioremediation #complexity #wildfires #complexity #science #toxicology #petrochemicals #mycology
Healing Wildfire Pollution. With Mushrooms.
PBS Terra - Short Doc on the work of Dr. Danielle Stevenson, Environmental toxicologist and applied mycologist youtu.be/UBYmiesEBnM #regeneration #bioremediation #complexity #wildfires #complexity #science #toxicology #petrochemicals #mycology
She's Healing Wildfire Pollution. With Mushrooms.
YouTube video by PBS Terra
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Healing Wildfire Pollution. With Mushrooms.
PBS Terra - Short Doc on the work of Dr. Danielle Stevenson, Environmental toxicologist and applied mycologist youtu.be/UBYmiesEBnM #regeneration #bioremediation #complexity #wildfires #complexity #science #toxicology #petrochemicals #mycology
Healing Wildfire Pollution. With Mushrooms.
PBS Terra - Short Doc on the work of Dr. Danielle Stevenson, Environmental toxicologist and applied mycologist youtu.be/UBYmiesEBnM #regeneration #bioremediation #complexity #wildfires #complexity #science #toxicology #petrochemicals #mycology
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Government blocks report on rainforest collapse and food prices: comment eciu.net/media/press-...
Government blocks report on rainforest collapse and food prices:…
Comment on reports that the Government blocked reports warning that collapse of tropical rainforests could push up food prices in British supermarkets
eciu.net
November 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Government blocks report on rainforest collapse and food prices: comment eciu.net/media/press-...
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Great joining @amywestervelt.bsky.social (along with colleague and co-author @prof-b-t.bsky.social) to discuss our chapter in the recent @cssn.org volume, 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment':
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
S14, Ep9 | Climate Obstruction at the Subnational (Local) Level
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
drilled.media
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Great joining @amywestervelt.bsky.social (along with colleague and co-author @prof-b-t.bsky.social) to discuss our chapter in the recent @cssn.org volume, 'Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment':
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
drilled.media/podcasts/dri...
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What would happen if the Amazon rainforest collapsed?
Our look at deforestation and feedback loops.
Also, the perfect occasion to make use of our new MapLibre/Protomaps scroller component.
#maps #dataviz #ddj
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Our look at deforestation and feedback loops.
Also, the perfect occasion to make use of our new MapLibre/Protomaps scroller component.
#maps #dataviz #ddj
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
What would happen if the Amazon rainforest collapsed?
Our look at deforestation and feedback loops.
Also, the perfect occasion to make use of our new MapLibre/Protomaps scroller component.
#maps #dataviz #ddj
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Our look at deforestation and feedback loops.
Also, the perfect occasion to make use of our new MapLibre/Protomaps scroller component.
#maps #dataviz #ddj
www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
In this keynote presentation, philosopher @martinsavransky.bsky.social emphasizes the importance of acknowledging multiple ways of understanding and interacting with the Earth to foster more inclusive and effective ecological politics.
The Earth Multiple – Towards a Climate Pluriverse?
The keynote lecture below was delivered by Dr. Martin Savransky at the STingG Symposium 2024 — an event held on June 19 at the University of Sheffield’s Arts Tower. The symposium also f…
syntheticzero.net
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In this keynote presentation, philosopher @martinsavransky.bsky.social emphasizes the importance of acknowledging multiple ways of understanding and interacting with the Earth to foster more inclusive and effective ecological politics.
“Scaling down less-necessary forms of production is powerful because it enables us to accelerate socially and ecologically necessary forms of production (and innovation!) faster than what can be achieved in a growth-oriented.”
— @jasonhickel.bsky.social
— @jasonhickel.bsky.social
Accelerationist possibilities in an ecosocialist degrowth scenario
by Jason Hickel “Scaling down less-necessary forms of production is powerful because it enables us to accelerate socially and ecologically necessary forms of production (and innovation!) fast…
syntheticzero.net
November 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Scaling down less-necessary forms of production is powerful because it enables us to accelerate socially and ecologically necessary forms of production (and innovation!) faster than what can be achieved in a growth-oriented.”
— @jasonhickel.bsky.social
— @jasonhickel.bsky.social
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"It is not that I have no past. Rather, it continually fragments on the terrible and vivid ephemera of now."
- Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
- Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
"It is not that I have no past. Rather, it continually fragments on the terrible and vivid ephemera of now."
- Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
- Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
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Here's an excerpt from The Long Heat on how the promise of carbon removal is being swept away in the logic of carbon offsetting. Thanks @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for publishing it 🙏
lithub.com/carbon-offse...
lithub.com/carbon-offse...
Carbon Offsetting is Not Going to Save the Planet
There is not enough planet Earth to first turn it inside out and then turn it outside in again. Available resources do not allow for removal of the total aggregate of CO2 from the fossil fuels in s…
lithub.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Here's an excerpt from The Long Heat on how the promise of carbon removal is being swept away in the logic of carbon offsetting. Thanks @lithub.com.web.brid.gy for publishing it 🙏
lithub.com/carbon-offse...
lithub.com/carbon-offse...
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“There’s a terror in knowing what the world is about.”
― David Bowie
― David Bowie
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“There’s a terror in knowing what the world is about.”
― David Bowie
― David Bowie
What do humans who aren’t consumers look like? What happens when we find ways of feeding ourselves and each other without buying or selling food?
Sand River Community Farm in upstate New York is an experiment in gift economy and community building. Welcome to the farm where nothing is for sale.
Sand River Community Farm in upstate New York is an experiment in gift economy and community building. Welcome to the farm where nothing is for sale.
Radical Neighbouring
A documentary about the importance of communty agriculture.
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
What do humans who aren’t consumers look like? What happens when we find ways of feeding ourselves and each other without buying or selling food?
Sand River Community Farm in upstate New York is an experiment in gift economy and community building. Welcome to the farm where nothing is for sale.
Sand River Community Farm in upstate New York is an experiment in gift economy and community building. Welcome to the farm where nothing is for sale.
Neoliberalism was the dawn of *homo oeconomicus*: those who act in almost all spheres of life according to the principles of so-called economic rationality, with the global market the governing logic.
The Roots of the Neoliberal Subject: Margaret Thatcher and the Creation of Homo Oeconomicus
by Alexander Curtis
This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History.”
www.jhiblog.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Neoliberalism was the dawn of *homo oeconomicus*: those who act in almost all spheres of life according to the principles of so-called economic rationality, with the global market the governing logic.
Sculpting and tending the landscape to restore the water cycle.
Halting our drought-fire-flood path to desertification : Zach Weiss interview
Sculpting and tending the landscape to restore the water cycle
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Sculpting and tending the landscape to restore the water cycle.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Scientists in Japan made a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours and biodegrades in dirt in 10 days.
It’s made from food additives, releases nutrients like plant vitamins, and doesn’t leave microplastics.
#Ecology #environment #Innovation
[🎞️ the. stream.roller]
It’s made from food additives, releases nutrients like plant vitamins, and doesn’t leave microplastics.
#Ecology #environment #Innovation
[🎞️ the. stream.roller]
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Scientists in Japan made a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours and biodegrades in dirt in 10 days.
It’s made from food additives, releases nutrients like plant vitamins, and doesn’t leave microplastics.
#Ecology #environment #Innovation
[🎞️ the. stream.roller]
It’s made from food additives, releases nutrients like plant vitamins, and doesn’t leave microplastics.
#Ecology #environment #Innovation
[🎞️ the. stream.roller]
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"On July 20, the Tehran Water Authority reported that the capital’s reservoirs had reached their lowest point in a century, and last week, the authority’s head warned that dam reserves could sustain the city for only two more weeks if the dry spell continued."
🚨 "If it doesn’t rain, we will have to start restricting water supplies in #Tehran next month. If the drought continues, we will run out of water and be forced to evacuate the city"
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
"On July 20, the Tehran Water Authority reported that the capital’s reservoirs had reached their lowest point in a century, and last week, the authority’s head warned that dam reserves could sustain the city for only two more weeks if the dry spell continued."
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"Revolution is the sound of your heart still beating. And as long as it is, you have work to do. Do it. Without apology. Do it. Bravely and nobly. Do it. Exist, insist and by all means, resist."
— Dominique Christina
— Dominique Christina
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Revolution is the sound of your heart still beating. And as long as it is, you have work to do. Do it. Without apology. Do it. Bravely and nobly. Do it. Exist, insist and by all means, resist."
— Dominique Christina
— Dominique Christina