Carlos Ariza
@carlosariza.bsky.social
The future is regenerative! MIT grad, Data Science, Systems Thinking, System Dynamics, Biomimicry. Facilitator with Common Earth. Gainesville, FL. Pronouns: he/him.
We saw Pompom the humpback whale breaching and waving off the coast of Sitka. She definitely had the zoomies!
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We saw Pompom the humpback whale breaching and waving off the coast of Sitka. She definitely had the zoomies!
...right before this eel video
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
...right before this eel video
I feel compelled to share this squid video now...
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I feel compelled to share this squid video now...
Here you go. Gorgeousness in dog form
July 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Here you go. Gorgeousness in dog form
Fun fact: the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island hosts annual reunions of Somewhere in Time fans
July 11, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Fun fact: the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island hosts annual reunions of Somewhere in Time fans
Sting wrote 'Fragile' in 1987 but it's timeless. "Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could"
July 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Sting wrote 'Fragile' in 1987 but it's timeless. "Nothing comes from violence and nothing ever could"
Name a more dynamic duo. I'll wait.
July 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Name a more dynamic duo. I'll wait.
I was in Miami in 2020 and during lockdowns I started to track the local strangler figs (Ficus aurea and Ficus elástica mostly), I counted more than a hundred! Super important trees for migrant birds in South Florida
July 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was in Miami in 2020 and during lockdowns I started to track the local strangler figs (Ficus aurea and Ficus elástica mostly), I counted more than a hundred! Super important trees for migrant birds in South Florida
Very happy to have found your Substack! I'm a huge fan of strangler figs, I'm writing a book where a giant fig is a major character 🌳
July 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Very happy to have found your Substack! I'm a huge fan of strangler figs, I'm writing a book where a giant fig is a major character 🌳
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"Living like a hermit wizard"
"Living like a hermit wizard"
June 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"Where do you see yourself in five years?"
"Living like a hermit wizard"
"Living like a hermit wizard"
Are you seeing fireflies in your yard this summer? Did you leave the leaves in the fall? They are directly correlated, remember this in a few months! From @joandeart.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Are you seeing fireflies in your yard this summer? Did you leave the leaves in the fall? They are directly correlated, remember this in a few months! From @joandeart.bsky.social
I'm not sure why the algorithm made our paths cross, but here's yesterday's egg and cheese sandwich on an herb roll. We're basically brothers now.
June 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm not sure why the algorithm made our paths cross, but here's yesterday's egg and cheese sandwich on an herb roll. We're basically brothers now.
You know what to do:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
You know what to do:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.
The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.
- Tales From Earthsea: Dragonfly, by Ursula Le Guin
The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.
- Tales From Earthsea: Dragonfly, by Ursula Le Guin
June 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.
The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.
- Tales From Earthsea: Dragonfly, by Ursula Le Guin
The forest is forever because it dies and dies and so lives.
- Tales From Earthsea: Dragonfly, by Ursula Le Guin
At the vet this morning: "The whole world is short staffed.
Please be kind to those who showed up." 🐶
Please be kind to those who showed up." 🐶
June 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
At the vet this morning: "The whole world is short staffed.
Please be kind to those who showed up." 🐶
Please be kind to those who showed up." 🐶
Me at the whaling museum yesterday:
June 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Me at the whaling museum yesterday:
June 3, 2025 at 2:25 AM
From @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter: "I struck wind!" said the ebullient Davis, who likes to restyle Trump's "drill, baby, drill" mantra into "turn, baby, turn" in recognition of his wind turbines.
"I done turned the money into my back ass pocket," he said.
"I done turned the money into my back ass pocket," he said.
June 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
From @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter: "I struck wind!" said the ebullient Davis, who likes to restyle Trump's "drill, baby, drill" mantra into "turn, baby, turn" in recognition of his wind turbines.
"I done turned the money into my back ass pocket," he said.
"I done turned the money into my back ass pocket," he said.
This one was standing on a rope. Bad day to be a fish!
May 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This one was standing on a rope. Bad day to be a fish!
Good morning from this lichen and moss! There's a whole universe out there on the barks of trees
May 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Good morning from this lichen and moss! There's a whole universe out there on the barks of trees