Dr. Arthur R. Obst
@arthurobst.bsky.social
Writer, climate change scholar, and environmental philosopher. Postdoc @ UChicago. Book review editor for Environmental Ethics and co-organizer of Philosophy in the Wild. Coauthor of Dialogues on Climate Justice (Routledge). He/him.
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Wilderness values in rewilding: Transatlantic perspectives - Linde De Vroey, Arthur R. Obst, 2025
This article re-investigates the underlying values driving the rapidly growing rewilding movement in Europe and North America. In doing so, we respond to a comm...
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Hey y’all. I’m excited to share that a paper I co-authored went live last week: “Wilderness Values in Rewilding: Transatlantic Perspectives”
In short, we map the philosophical heritage of ecological rewilding and defend one view for how it can be decolonized.
DM for pdf ✌️
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In short, we map the philosophical heritage of ecological rewilding and defend one view for how it can be decolonized.
DM for pdf ✌️
shorturl.at/4TK7b
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this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread
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Sci-fi has consistently portrayed this being done by angry Asian states but the reality is American corporations helmed by Israeli government scientists are going to be the ones to do this without any oversight or standards
Also see: janky tech bros spectrum.ieee.org/solar-geoeng...
Also see: janky tech bros spectrum.ieee.org/solar-geoeng...
October 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sci-fi has consistently portrayed this being done by angry Asian states but the reality is American corporations helmed by Israeli government scientists are going to be the ones to do this without any oversight or standards
Also see: janky tech bros spectrum.ieee.org/solar-geoeng...
Also see: janky tech bros spectrum.ieee.org/solar-geoeng...
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Chicago - no kings
October 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Chicago - no kings
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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I’m a published academic now. #rewilding #rewild #culturalrewilding #humanrewilding #huntergathererresearch #rewildportland #anthropology
September 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I’m a published academic now. #rewilding #rewild #culturalrewilding #humanrewilding #huntergathererresearch #rewildportland #anthropology
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Dutch late night TV has its take
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whatever historians say about these years of lead they can't say we didn't have a laugh or two
August 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
whatever historians say about these years of lead they can't say we didn't have a laugh or two
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Advisory opinions are technically non-binding but are considered authoritative because they summarise existing law...They are expected to be used in future litigation and to bolster political negotiations."
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
After a long campaign spearheaded by Pacific Islanders
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority strikes down 176-year-old abortion ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban. The court’s liberal majority ruled 4-3 on Wednesday that the ban is no longer valid because newer abortion restrictions superseded it.
bit.ly
July 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
BREAKING: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority strikes down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban.
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Kids this age have a remarkable sense of wonder, which they sadly lose... For instance, he said after his birthday party “Today was the best day ever. I hope I will remember it. I don't remember my previous birthday”...
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)
www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/helen-de-cruz
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)
www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/helen-de-cruz
June 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Kids this age have a remarkable sense of wonder, which they sadly lose... For instance, he said after his birthday party “Today was the best day ever. I hope I will remember it. I don't remember my previous birthday”...
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)
www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/helen-de-cruz
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025)
www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/helen-de-cruz
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Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Can't be overstated how fucked up it is that Black folk came up with a word to express people being aware of the oppression of other people and it's now targeted by far right governments globally as something evil that must be destroyed
*Cop stun guns a protestor*
MTG: “This is a peaceful town hall.” [simultaneously]
Dystopian.
MTG: “This is a peaceful town hall.” [simultaneously]
Dystopian.
A town hall for Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Tuesday quickly deteriorated into chaos, as police officers forcibly removed several protesters and subdued two of them with stun guns.
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
Read more: nyti.ms/42MLMZV
April 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
*Cop stun guns a protestor*
MTG: “This is a peaceful town hall.” [simultaneously]
Dystopian.
MTG: “This is a peaceful town hall.” [simultaneously]
Dystopian.
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"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
prisonjournalismproject.org
March 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"I had not touched a cat in 15 yrs when an orange kitten wandered over to sit w/me in the grass one day. I was left without adequate words to describe that experience. It reminded me that I am alive. It instilled in me a raw, unbridled happiness that I had never felt before, not even as a child."
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An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
LSE announces new centre to study animal sentience
The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at LSE will develop new approaches to studying the feelings of other animals scientifically.
www.lse.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
An emotional day - I can announce I'll be the first director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience at the LSE, supported by a £4m grant from the Jeremy Coller Foundation. Our mission: to develop better policies, laws and ways of caring for animals. (1/2)
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-...
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Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free."
- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
23 and he knew to leave a death note.
- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
23 and he knew to leave a death note.
March 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free."
- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
23 and he knew to leave a death note.
- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.
23 and he knew to leave a death note.
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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
March 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
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not by any stretch the first person to say this but: it is darkly funny how nakedly imperialist Trump turned out to be given the lengths to which some professional opinion havers went to take his "isolationism" intellectually seriously
March 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
not by any stretch the first person to say this but: it is darkly funny how nakedly imperialist Trump turned out to be given the lengths to which some professional opinion havers went to take his "isolationism" intellectually seriously
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This is why the line, "the energy transition is unstoppable because renewables are cheaper than fossils," drives me insane.
It sounds smart, like Econ-Speak, but it is wrong.
It ignores that politics trumps (ahem) economics, and we're now being ruled by fossil-fuel interests.
It sounds smart, like Econ-Speak, but it is wrong.
It ignores that politics trumps (ahem) economics, and we're now being ruled by fossil-fuel interests.
My latest: From Arizona to Texas, an anti-renewables fever is gripping GOP state legislatures as the industry grows, and several states appear on the cusp of significantly restricting solar or wind development as soon as this year.
cc @heatmap.news
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
cc @heatmap.news
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A Wave of Anti-Renewables Bills Hits States Legislatures
It’s not just Trump.
heatmap.news
March 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is why the line, "the energy transition is unstoppable because renewables are cheaper than fossils," drives me insane.
It sounds smart, like Econ-Speak, but it is wrong.
It ignores that politics trumps (ahem) economics, and we're now being ruled by fossil-fuel interests.
It sounds smart, like Econ-Speak, but it is wrong.
It ignores that politics trumps (ahem) economics, and we're now being ruled by fossil-fuel interests.
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President Trump has directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up logging across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands.
Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests
The president wants to circumvent environmental regulations to expand timber production, something sought by homebuilders and the construction industry.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
President Trump has directed federal agencies to examine ways to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up logging across 280 million acres of national forests and other public lands.
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NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
SILVER SPRING, MD—As mass firings of career experts and scientists continued to roil the federal government, officials confirmed Friday that cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
theonion.com
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
NOAA Cuts Leave Wind Chimes As Sole Predictor Of Approaching Hurricanes
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i think the economic boycott has had further reach because the poster is so cute. okay bunny i will listen to you.
February 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
i think the economic boycott has had further reach because the poster is so cute. okay bunny i will listen to you.
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This is disgusting. Democrats like Hochul are validating the Right’s playbook: dictating the terms of higher education decisions and destroying academia in the process.
A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
February 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is disgusting. Democrats like Hochul are validating the Right’s playbook: dictating the terms of higher education decisions and destroying academia in the process.
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.