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I am pro reality. Reality is biocentric. I live on stolen mega fauna land.
Another recent watercolor, of a good view from near where I live. #DrawingAugust
August 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Another recent watercolor, of a good view from near where I live. #DrawingAugust
Watercolor of trees I saw on a walk in the woods for #DrawingAugust.
Looking through the drawings/paintings for the hashtag, most people draw nature. We think nature is beautiful; we love nature; and we are destroying nature. Funny, that.
Looking through the drawings/paintings for the hashtag, most people draw nature. We think nature is beautiful; we love nature; and we are destroying nature. Funny, that.
August 16, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Watercolor of trees I saw on a walk in the woods for #DrawingAugust.
Looking through the drawings/paintings for the hashtag, most people draw nature. We think nature is beautiful; we love nature; and we are destroying nature. Funny, that.
Looking through the drawings/paintings for the hashtag, most people draw nature. We think nature is beautiful; we love nature; and we are destroying nature. Funny, that.
"[I]n our current approach to tech development, the harms are the norm rather than the exception—and they are lasting, cumulative, and at scale with economic growth. In its current shape, our world system depends on exponential growth."
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June 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"[I]n our current approach to tech development, the harms are the norm rather than the exception—and they are lasting, cumulative, and at scale with economic growth. In its current shape, our world system depends on exponential growth."
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There are so many ways we've poisoned the entire planet, and we find new ways we're doing it all the time. Even if we were able to "solve" climate change, reverse wildlife loss, repair habitats, tear down the dams and free the rivers, the poisons will last for eons.
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
“We always have these unintended consequences of regulation, where you regulate something, and then there’s still a need for the products that those were in. So they get replaced by something.”
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“We always have these unintended consequences of regulation, where you regulate something, and then there’s still a need for the products that those were in. So they get replaced by something.”
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Scientists Detect Unusual Airborne Toxin in the United States for the First Time
University of Colorado Boulder researchers made the first-ever airborne detection of Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs) in the Western Hemisphere. Sometimes, scientific research feels a lot li...
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June 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
There are so many ways we've poisoned the entire planet, and we find new ways we're doing it all the time. Even if we were able to "solve" climate change, reverse wildlife loss, repair habitats, tear down the dams and free the rivers, the poisons will last for eons.
Nickel mining in Indonesia is destroying forests and marine ecosystems. Nickel is used in batteries and steel, among other things.
There is absolutely nothing "green" about EVs, nothing "critical" about "critical minerals". What is critical is flourishing, intact ecosystems. >>
There is absolutely nothing "green" about EVs, nothing "critical" about "critical minerals". What is critical is flourishing, intact ecosystems. >>
June 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Nickel mining in Indonesia is destroying forests and marine ecosystems. Nickel is used in batteries and steel, among other things.
There is absolutely nothing "green" about EVs, nothing "critical" about "critical minerals". What is critical is flourishing, intact ecosystems. >>
There is absolutely nothing "green" about EVs, nothing "critical" about "critical minerals". What is critical is flourishing, intact ecosystems. >>
How long is going to take before people stop believing EVs are "green"? How much more biodiversity do we have to lose, how much more forests, how much more pollution will be spewed into the environment, how many more wildlife will be killed, and habitat lost?
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EU appetite for EVs drives new wave of deforestation in tropical forests
Brazil, which accounts for large reserves of nickel, graphite, rare earths, lithium and niobium, would be one of the most affected countries.
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June 15, 2025 at 12:10 AM
How long is going to take before people stop believing EVs are "green"? How much more biodiversity do we have to lose, how much more forests, how much more pollution will be spewed into the environment, how many more wildlife will be killed, and habitat lost?
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“This is potentially a win-win outcome" Not for the environment it's not. Mining is a disaster for every living being and every ecosystem. You can't "global trust" your way out of that.
Rapidly scaling up renewable energy to limit future warming requires a sharp increase in the supply of critical minerals. Yet sourcing these minerals often comes at a steep cost.
Now, a coalition of U.N. scientists is proposing a new way forward: a global minerals trust.
Now, a coalition of U.N. scientists is proposing a new way forward: a global minerals trust.
UN scientists propose ‘minerals trust’ to power green energy, protect communities
Rapidly scaling up renewable energy to limit future warming requires a sharp increase in the supply of critical minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium for technologies including solar panels,…
news.mongabay.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“This is potentially a win-win outcome" Not for the environment it's not. Mining is a disaster for every living being and every ecosystem. You can't "global trust" your way out of that.
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Support legacy forests by sending a letter to the Washington Commissioner of Public Lands to prevent logging in the Elwha Watershed
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Tell DNR to Cancel the upcoming timber sales in the Elwha Watershed and Permanently Protect Elwha Legacy Forests!
Click “start writing” to send a pre-written comment asking DNR to cancel the upcoming timber sales in the Elwha Watershed and permanently protect Elwha Legacy Forests! The federal government has spe...
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May 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Support legacy forests by sending a letter to the Washington Commissioner of Public Lands to prevent logging in the Elwha Watershed
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actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
A quote from this article:
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"The world also must ask if it can afford to not mine deep-sea minerals that could help develop low-carbon technologies to fight climate change"
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"The world also must ask if it can afford to not mine deep-sea minerals that could help develop low-carbon technologies to fight climate change"
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Fears Trump’s deep-sea mining order will irreparably harm ecosystems
Environment groups say Thursday order ignores effort to adopt rules to prevent harmful mining of ocean floor
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A quote from this article:
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"The world also must ask if it can afford to not mine deep-sea minerals that could help develop low-carbon technologies to fight climate change"
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"The world also must ask if it can afford to not mine deep-sea minerals that could help develop low-carbon technologies to fight climate change"
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Pope Frances didn't understand ecological overshoot. He pushed so-called "solutions" like renewables that simply make overshoot worse, and utterly failed to understand climate change is just one of many symptoms of overshoot. He was a humanist--prioritizing humans over all other life on Earth.
Pope Francis was well known for his environmental activism.
He consistently talked about the consequences of human action on the planet & described the destruction of the environment as a “structural sin.”
Kristine Sabillo remembers his visit to the Philippines:
He consistently talked about the consequences of human action on the planet & described the destruction of the environment as a “structural sin.”
Kristine Sabillo remembers his visit to the Philippines:
Remembering Pope Francis and his visit to typhoon-hit Philippines
Pope Francis was well known for his environmental activism. Time called him the “Climate Pope” for his prominent role in the global climate movement. He consistently talked about the consequences of…
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April 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Pope Frances didn't understand ecological overshoot. He pushed so-called "solutions" like renewables that simply make overshoot worse, and utterly failed to understand climate change is just one of many symptoms of overshoot. He was a humanist--prioritizing humans over all other life on Earth.
Best way to reduce plastic pellet pollution: stop making plastic pellets. Done. But the idea of stopping makes economists queasy, so we will never do it until human society collapses, possibly because our brains are so full of plastic we can no longer think.
The EU has agreed binding rules to reduce plastic pellet pollution. Provisional measures will require companies to prevent spills, implement risk management, and report losses — but reliance on self-reporting may limit accountability, environmental groups argue.
New EU plastic pellet rules greeted with caution
A coalition of leading European environmental groups has cautiously welcomed a “landmark” agreement by lawmakers in Brussels on new rules aimed at curbing a major source of microplastic pollution in…
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April 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Best way to reduce plastic pellet pollution: stop making plastic pellets. Done. But the idea of stopping makes economists queasy, so we will never do it until human society collapses, possibly because our brains are so full of plastic we can no longer think.
At this rate, it won't be long before our brains are entirely plastic.
“The average human brain may contain the equivalent of a whopping 5 plastic bottle caps’ worth of microplastics.” 😟😳
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Scientists sound alarm after making disturbing discovery while studying human brains: 'This stuff is increasing in our world exponentially'
"Now studying tissue from cross-sections of a single brain to find out whether certain regions have higher ... concentrations."
www.yahoo.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
At this rate, it won't be long before our brains are entirely plastic.
At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year... only five mother-calf pairs... the lowest number of mother-calf pairs ever observed in the lagoon... “We didn’t see a single southbound calf, which has never happened in 40 years"
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Gray whales off the Pacific Coast are having another deadly year. It's unclear why
Scientists say it's too early to tell how the migratory season will end up for gray whales as they begin to head north toward Washington.
www.seattletimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year... only five mother-calf pairs... the lowest number of mother-calf pairs ever observed in the lagoon... “We didn’t see a single southbound calf, which has never happened in 40 years"
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April 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The reality of global dimming finally hitting home? China's efforts to clean up sulphate air pollution are, along with the drop in ship sulphate emissions, helping global warming to surge. So... do we all die of air pollution? Or do we clean up the air pollution and die of climate change? 😂🤣😂🤡☠️☠️☠️
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
The reality of global dimming finally hitting home? China's efforts to clean up sulphate air pollution are, along with the drop in ship sulphate emissions, helping global warming to surge. So... do we all die of air pollution? Or do we clean up the air pollution and die of climate change? 😂🤣😂🤡☠️☠️☠️
Data centers are booming, and fossil fuel companies are booming with them. It doesn't matter how data centers are powered; they are a disaster. The mining to build the computers; the materials for the massive buildings and cooling systems, the energy used; it's a mess.
April 5, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Data centers are booming, and fossil fuel companies are booming with them. It doesn't matter how data centers are powered; they are a disaster. The mining to build the computers; the materials for the massive buildings and cooling systems, the energy used; it's a mess.
First nettle soup of the season.
April 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
First nettle soup of the season.
Beautiful description of how amazing life is. "There is great intelligence in time."
Wonder of Evolved Beings
YouTube video by Deep Green Video
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March 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Beautiful description of how amazing life is. "There is great intelligence in time."
March 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
What's happening at my house right now.
March 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What's happening at my house right now.
Well worth a read:
"Shut Up About Trump—It's Not Resistance
Why Obsessing Over American Politics is a Waste of Time"
collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/shut-up-ab...
"Shut Up About Trump—It's Not Resistance
Why Obsessing Over American Politics is a Waste of Time"
collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/shut-up-ab...
March 19, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Well worth a read:
"Shut Up About Trump—It's Not Resistance
Why Obsessing Over American Politics is a Waste of Time"
collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/shut-up-ab...
"Shut Up About Trump—It's Not Resistance
Why Obsessing Over American Politics is a Waste of Time"
collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/shut-up-ab...
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The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Henry David Thoreau
📷: Eastern Bluebird
📷: Eastern Bluebird
March 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Henry David Thoreau
📷: Eastern Bluebird
📷: Eastern Bluebird
Reminder: Civilization is what you need to deliver false promises and lies without immediately dying. It is the ability to be stupidly detached from reality, yet manage to temporarily avoid the consequences.
March 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Reminder: Civilization is what you need to deliver false promises and lies without immediately dying. It is the ability to be stupidly detached from reality, yet manage to temporarily avoid the consequences.
More bad news for the soil: "The prevalence of microplastics in soil was more than 15 times its initial level after four years of sewage sludge application"
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Prevalence of microplastics in soil increased 15 times in four years – study
Researchers looked at samples from a field in Hartwood, North Lanarkshire, included in a UK-wide sewage sludge experiment between 1994 and 2019.
www.independent.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
More bad news for the soil: "The prevalence of microplastics in soil was more than 15 times its initial level after four years of sewage sludge application"
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The only way out is through.
March 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The only way out is through.