Benjamin Cossel
@bcossel.bsky.social
Warrior, poet, conservationist. Fire ecology and fire information are my jam, music and literature light up my soul.
Lets not try to redefine “cool” but rather strive to give young people as “worthy” of virtues.
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No, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are not cool
The manosphere doesn’t care about your ideals
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April 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Lets not try to redefine “cool” but rather strive to give young people as “worthy” of virtues.
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The solution isn't to "protect nature" - we are nature. The path forward requires recognizing ourselves as one species among many in Earth's living systems. Not superior, not separate, but intricately connected through every breath, every bite of food, every drop of water.
We Have Never Been Human
We Have Never Been Human
we have never been human
Multi-Species Agreement
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March 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The solution isn't to "protect nature" - we are nature. The path forward requires recognizing ourselves as one species among many in Earth's living systems. Not superior, not separate, but intricately connected through every breath, every bite of food, every drop of water.
We Have Never Been Human
We Have Never Been Human
In uncertain times, we must learn to take action. Hope is not a strategy but neither is despair.
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Collapse Awareness is Just the Beginning: How to Adapt and Live Well Inside It
We know the world is changing fast.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
In uncertain times, we must learn to take action. Hope is not a strategy but neither is despair.
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I want to believe this is a sign your calls are working.
Please continue to call Congress and share what you know.
You know things Congress doesn’t.
Please continue to call Congress and share what you know.
You know things Congress doesn’t.
March 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I want to believe this is a sign your calls are working.
Please continue to call Congress and share what you know.
You know things Congress doesn’t.
Please continue to call Congress and share what you know.
You know things Congress doesn’t.
That’s me in the corner… thats me saying the same thing I’ve been saying for years.
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The first thing we do, let's kill all the billionaires.
How to resolve wealth inequality before it destroys us all.
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March 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
That’s me in the corner… thats me saying the same thing I’ve been saying for years.
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Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.
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March 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Oh shit. I have often beat my hed against the wall trying to make square what the government numbers were saying vs. my lived experience. This makes so much sense. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Voters Were Right About the Economy. The Data Was Wrong.
Here’s why unemployment is higher, wages are lower and growth less robust than government statistics suggest.
www.politico.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Oh shit. I have often beat my hed against the wall trying to make square what the government numbers were saying vs. my lived experience. This makes so much sense. www.politico.com/news/magazin...
One of the gravest mistakes we humans made is thinking we were above something we've always been a part of.
February 15, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One of the gravest mistakes we humans made is thinking we were above something we've always been a part of.
Hey California, maybe take a look at this...
Insurance companies in Colorado would be required to inform homeowners of ways they could reduce wildfire risk to their properties and subsequently pay less in premiums under a bill introduced this week in the state legislature.
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Colorado wants to force insurance companies to help homeowners understand, mitigate wildfire risk
House Bill 1182 would also require insurers to give customers an opportunity to appeal assessments of a property’s wildfire risk, which can lead to increased costs and nonrenewals
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February 14, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hey California, maybe take a look at this...
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We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
February 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
February 14, 2025 at 12:31 AM
U.S. Forest Service will fire roughly 3,400 federal employees.
While there are hundreds of books to tell you about square-foot gardening, raised bed gardens, straw bale gardening, food forests, and more, these prescriptive solutions leave little to tether the gardener to the context of their garden open.substack.com/pub/poorprol...
Homesteading with a Planet on Fire
The role of hobby farming in a greater agricultural context
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February 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
While there are hundreds of books to tell you about square-foot gardening, raised bed gardens, straw bale gardening, food forests, and more, these prescriptive solutions leave little to tether the gardener to the context of their garden open.substack.com/pub/poorprol...
You Will Never Be a Billionaire You Stupid Fuck
Show some fucking class.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
To deny the reality of the climate catastrophe we’re in is to doom us to the path of assured destruction.
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Uninsurable Futures
Adapting to a constrained American dream.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
To deny the reality of the climate catastrophe we’re in is to doom us to the path of assured destruction.
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Worth reading and considering - the seeds of this rotten fruit we currently call a government were planted many seasons ago.
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The GOP’s 60-Year Conspiracy to Kill Our Democracy: None Dare Call It Treason—But I Will
It all traces back to billionaire-backed fearmongering in the 1960s—weaponizing panic around socialism and communism to crush unions, cut taxes, and hoard profits...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Worth reading and considering - the seeds of this rotten fruit we currently call a government were planted many seasons ago.
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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This column is @sbg1.bsky.social at her best. Come for the comparison to America's shambolic takeover of the Iraqi government. Stay for her scooplets on what's going on inside DOJ. She's a clarion voice right now. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Elon Musk’s Revolutionary Terror
The evisceration of U.S.A.I.D. isn’t a policy fight—it’s an execution designed to strike fear in our own government.
www.newyorker.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This column is @sbg1.bsky.social at her best. Come for the comparison to America's shambolic takeover of the Iraqi government. Stay for her scooplets on what's going on inside DOJ. She's a clarion voice right now. www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
I think too many of us discount the number of German citizens that remained loyal to the ideas of the Nazi party even after the end of WWII ... If anyone thinks your fellow countryman is suddenly going to come around, you're in for a rude awakening.
February 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I think too many of us discount the number of German citizens that remained loyal to the ideas of the Nazi party even after the end of WWII ... If anyone thinks your fellow countryman is suddenly going to come around, you're in for a rude awakening.