hgka
@hgka.bsky.social
librarian 👁️🗨️ forest sociologist 🍃
moonlighting: wandering, sci-fi, poetry, desert blues
moonlighting: wandering, sci-fi, poetry, desert blues
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hgka
@hgka.bsky.social
· Mar 22
“We all have forests in our minds. Forests unexplored, unending. Each one of us gets lost in the forest, every night, alone.”
Le Guin, The Wind's Twelve Quarters
Le Guin, The Wind's Twelve Quarters
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“Where you go wrong is that you imagine that your reasons for living ought to fall on you, ready-made from heaven, whereas we have to find them for ourselves.”
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Blood of Others
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Blood of Others
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Where you go wrong is that you imagine that your reasons for living ought to fall on you, ready-made from heaven, whereas we have to find them for ourselves.”
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Blood of Others
— Simone de Beauvoir, The Blood of Others
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When Saving Becomes Loss - Archival Memory in the Digital Age.
National Archives UK. 📜
#AnnualDigitalLecture
youtu.be/aWWrrhrIdYk?...
National Archives UK. 📜
#AnnualDigitalLecture
youtu.be/aWWrrhrIdYk?...
Annual Digital Lecture 2025 - When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age
YouTube video by The National Archives UK
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December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
When Saving Becomes Loss - Archival Memory in the Digital Age.
National Archives UK. 📜
#AnnualDigitalLecture
youtu.be/aWWrrhrIdYk?...
National Archives UK. 📜
#AnnualDigitalLecture
youtu.be/aWWrrhrIdYk?...
“Nothing is boring if you are aware of it. It may be irritating, but it is not boring… Being aware is the hardest work the soul can do…
…Le Guin—her committed attention to the negative space of human experience, moments that are not so momentous, experiences not so neurochemically intense.”
…Le Guin—her committed attention to the negative space of human experience, moments that are not so momentous, experiences not so neurochemically intense.”
Ursula Le Guin's short story "Solitude" presents a fascinating counterpoint to the concept of the Happily Ever After ending, imagining alternative ways of thinking about the world, relationships, and the self:
“Avoid Magic”: Le Guin’s Case for “Solitude” in the Era of Romantasy - Reactor
Weighed against the narrative perfection of a Happily Ever After, can there be pleasure in remaining alone?
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December 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
“Nothing is boring if you are aware of it. It may be irritating, but it is not boring… Being aware is the hardest work the soul can do…
…Le Guin—her committed attention to the negative space of human experience, moments that are not so momentous, experiences not so neurochemically intense.”
…Le Guin—her committed attention to the negative space of human experience, moments that are not so momentous, experiences not so neurochemically intense.”
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From the archives:
“A Midwinter’s Night Dream”
conté crayon & coloured pencil
Visit my Etsy shop:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
“A Midwinter’s Night Dream”
conté crayon & coloured pencil
Visit my Etsy shop:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
December 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
From the archives:
“A Midwinter’s Night Dream”
conté crayon & coloured pencil
Visit my Etsy shop:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
“A Midwinter’s Night Dream”
conté crayon & coloured pencil
Visit my Etsy shop:
Etsy.com/Shop/TheArtOfRobHusberg
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Happy Winter Sale! Beyond the Chiron Gate is 50% off on itch, Steam, and ios
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Beyond the Chiron Gate by Space Goblin Games
Text-based space exploration game
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December 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Happy Winter Sale! Beyond the Chiron Gate is 50% off on itch, Steam, and ios
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.. habits are not just functional – they are also replete with pleasure and what philosophers such as Yuriko Saito and Katya Mandoki call the value of everyday aesthetics... rooted in the day-to-day when performing prosaic activities.
Here is the short and pretty version of a paper I published at the beginning of the year in which I argue that sleeping is valuable aesthetically, interpersonally and intrinsically. Happy to say that a short book on this topic is forthcoming with Princeton U press. #philsky #philosophy #sleeping
In a culture that prizes efficiency, sleep is often seen as a waste of time, or something to ‘hack’. But, as @saraprotasi.bsky.social argues, sleep is more than just a tool for higher productivity; it is intrinsically valuable and has its own aesthetic pleasures to be enjoyed
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
.. habits are not just functional – they are also replete with pleasure and what philosophers such as Yuriko Saito and Katya Mandoki call the value of everyday aesthetics... rooted in the day-to-day when performing prosaic activities.
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“There is an ecology of bad ideas, just as there is an ecology of weeds, and it is characteristic of the system that basic error propagates itself. It branches out like a rooted parasite through the tissues of life, and everything gets into a rather peculiar mess.”
— Gregory Bateson
— Gregory Bateson
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
“There is an ecology of bad ideas, just as there is an ecology of weeds, and it is characteristic of the system that basic error propagates itself. It branches out like a rooted parasite through the tissues of life, and everything gets into a rather peculiar mess.”
— Gregory Bateson
— Gregory Bateson
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This is one of my favourite Japanese prints, I love the atmosphere and sense of tranquillity. I was lucky enough to be able to visit Chionin Temple when I was last in Japan and I've included some photos in the reply below.
🎨'Chionin Temple' - Kawase Hasui, 1933.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga
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🎨'Chionin Temple' - Kawase Hasui, 1933.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga
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December 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This is one of my favourite Japanese prints, I love the atmosphere and sense of tranquillity. I was lucky enough to be able to visit Chionin Temple when I was last in Japan and I've included some photos in the reply below.
🎨'Chionin Temple' - Kawase Hasui, 1933.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga
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🎨'Chionin Temple' - Kawase Hasui, 1933.
#JapaneseArt #shinhanga
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…The proper way to overcome our prejudices is by being with the seemingly alien other… Excessive, dogmatic partiality can be overcome only by widening the scope of our relationships – by opening our eyes – and not by sundering the ties that connect us to the world and to each other.
It can appear absurd to speak of friendship with animals, let alone trees. But is it so strange? Empedocles argued that our circle of belonging doesn’t stop with humans. Animals, plants, even trees are our kin, and so treating them well isn’t optional, but a moral obligation
Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays
Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush
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November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
…The proper way to overcome our prejudices is by being with the seemingly alien other… Excessive, dogmatic partiality can be overcome only by widening the scope of our relationships – by opening our eyes – and not by sundering the ties that connect us to the world and to each other.
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“Twenty-first century society is no longer a disciplinary society. but rather an achievement society … its inhabitants are no longer “obedience-subjects” but “achievement-subjects” -
Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society.
Byung-Chul Han, The Burnout Society.
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#Rewilding One of the cartoons in my new book 'Physics for Cats'. Available now in good bookshops an online nowwww.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
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“Light breaks forth: the burst of light, the dispersion that resonates or vibrates dazzlingly — and in clarity clamors but does not clarify. The breaking forth of light, the shattering reverberation of a language to which no hearing can be given.”
— Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster
— Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“Light breaks forth: the burst of light, the dispersion that resonates or vibrates dazzlingly — and in clarity clamors but does not clarify. The breaking forth of light, the shattering reverberation of a language to which no hearing can be given.”
— Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster
— Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster
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“The Dancing Tree” for your Thanksgiving pleasure.
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“The Dancing Tree” for your Thanksgiving pleasure.
Have a wonderful day everyone!
Have a wonderful day everyone!
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Into the Woods. #ballinastoe #wicklowmountains #visitwicklow #ireland #forestpath #woodlandwalk #naturelover #hikingadventures #moodyphotography #forestlife #scenicview #landscape #outdoors #smartphonephotography #photography
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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“The past – as something that remains self-identical and is always to be retrieved in the same form – does not exist. Digital memory consists of indifferent – as it were, undead – points of presence. It lacks the extended horizon constituting the temporality of the living.
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November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“The past – as something that remains self-identical and is always to be retrieved in the same form – does not exist. Digital memory consists of indifferent – as it were, undead – points of presence. It lacks the extended horizon constituting the temporality of the living.
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In Japanese folklore be sure you follow the appropriate protocols when building your home: if a pillar is placed upside down, the spirit of the dead tree, the sakabashira, will manifest as a luck-stealing poltergeist, moaning and causing misery. #FolkloreSunday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In Japanese folklore be sure you follow the appropriate protocols when building your home: if a pillar is placed upside down, the spirit of the dead tree, the sakabashira, will manifest as a luck-stealing poltergeist, moaning and causing misery. #FolkloreSunday
🖼: M. Meyer
🖼: M. Meyer
“Ask the blossoms of the hibiscus or the poking carmine amaryllis why they stand so brightly against their green leaves. Ask the rose that newly blooms in spring. Ask the holly in the blessed ivy. Alarm, arrest, alert, adjust, admire, but in any event: Attend.”
As the colors of the season fade, here’s a celebration of one of nature’s favorite hues from the writer of ‘Wicked'.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
On the color green, verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches.
For Being Green, There Is Great Hope
On verdant words, emerald skin, and leafy witches
orionmagazine.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
“Ask the blossoms of the hibiscus or the poking carmine amaryllis why they stand so brightly against their green leaves. Ask the rose that newly blooms in spring. Ask the holly in the blessed ivy. Alarm, arrest, alert, adjust, admire, but in any event: Attend.”
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1/2 In today’s performance-based work society, which presents features of a coercive society, everyone carries with them a field, a battlefield. The specific characteristic of this field of work is that everyone is at the same time inmate and guard, victim and executioner, master and slave.
September 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
1/2 In today’s performance-based work society, which presents features of a coercive society, everyone carries with them a field, a battlefield. The specific characteristic of this field of work is that everyone is at the same time inmate and guard, victim and executioner, master and slave.
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2/2 We exploit ourselves. The one who exploits is at the same time the exploited. It is no longer possible to distinguish between executioner and victim. We optimize ourselves towards death, in order to be able to function better. Functioning better is inevitably interpreted as improving oneself.
September 11, 2024 at 6:27 PM
2/2 We exploit ourselves. The one who exploits is at the same time the exploited. It is no longer possible to distinguish between executioner and victim. We optimize ourselves towards death, in order to be able to function better. Functioning better is inevitably interpreted as improving oneself.
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A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
August 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae.
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
Credit: Sinclair Stammers
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From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything. Get it here: bit.ly/treeswitness
#poem #books #writing
#poem #books #writing
September 26, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From @victoriachang.bsky.social's book, The Trees Witness Everything. Get it here: bit.ly/treeswitness
#poem #books #writing
#poem #books #writing
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Markers of both environmental change and periods of stability, trees have a lot to tell us about nature—but also about humanity. https://bit.ly/3K14u9u
What the Trees Are Telling Us - JSTOR Daily
Markers of both environmental change and periods of stability, trees have a lot to tell us about nature—but also about humanity.
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September 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Markers of both environmental change and periods of stability, trees have a lot to tell us about nature—but also about humanity. https://bit.ly/3K14u9u
“By considering archival outliers and invented ephemerals … this series argues for their potential to offer narratives that highlight the challenges of writing histories… If parts of a narrative cannot fit in the broader claims or arguments, does the narrative foundation still stand?”
Today @nulybranch.bsky.social introduce a new series in "Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories."
niche-canada.org/2025/09/26/a...
#envhist #archives
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#envhist #archives
Archival Outliers, Invented Ephemerals in Constructing Environmental Histories
Archival outliers—flowers, notes, photos, letters—challenge environmental historians, revealing unruly fragments that resist narrative placement yet inspire future histories.
niche-canada.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“By considering archival outliers and invented ephemerals … this series argues for their potential to offer narratives that highlight the challenges of writing histories… If parts of a narrative cannot fit in the broader claims or arguments, does the narrative foundation still stand?”