Monica-Eleanor (she/her)
@monica-eleanor.bsky.social
Fiiiiiiine. Let's see how this goes.
Food and land sovereignty advocate. Hearth tender. Shepherd. Feral Mother and Partner. Passable gardener, forager, food preserver.
📍 Land of the Kalapuya aka Willamette Valley, Oregon
Zone 9a
Food and land sovereignty advocate. Hearth tender. Shepherd. Feral Mother and Partner. Passable gardener, forager, food preserver.
📍 Land of the Kalapuya aka Willamette Valley, Oregon
Zone 9a
Little bit of the spring fruit tree bloom
April 1, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Little bit of the spring fruit tree bloom
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On episode 28 of our podcast, we discuss the latest pistachio trend and its implications with food and ag researcher @tomphilpott.bsky.social, Iranian-American baker Lena Derisavifard and grocery and food policy expert Errol Schweizer.
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Episode 28: Going Nuts for Pistachios
Are you seeing pistachios everywhere? Listen to our podcast episode where we examine this tree fruit and discuss how food trends go viral.
foodprint.org
April 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
On episode 28 of our podcast, we discuss the latest pistachio trend and its implications with food and ag researcher @tomphilpott.bsky.social, Iranian-American baker Lena Derisavifard and grocery and food policy expert Errol Schweizer.
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Listen: foodprint.org/what-youre-e...
Put a bird on it
Look I have zero excuses for this, but the idea popped into my head and now it's in your head, sorry
March 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Put a bird on it
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Billionaires aren't in charge of what we write.
Anyway, check out yesterday's opinion piece from @natashalennard.bsky.social:
Anyway, check out yesterday's opinion piece from @natashalennard.bsky.social:
Grow a Spine: Democrats Have a Lot to Learn From the German Left
The German elections show we don’t need to moderate fascism, we need to oppose it.
theintercept.com
February 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Billionaires aren't in charge of what we write.
Anyway, check out yesterday's opinion piece from @natashalennard.bsky.social:
Anyway, check out yesterday's opinion piece from @natashalennard.bsky.social:
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Give me some music; music, moody food
Of us that trade in love.
Of us that trade in love.
February 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Give me some music; music, moody food
Of us that trade in love.
Of us that trade in love.
If you're feeling overwhelmed, I really hope this reaches you today.
February 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Reposted by Monica-Eleanor (she/her)
How to be a good creature – naturalist Sy Montgomery on what 13 animals taught her about otherness, love, and being fully human
How to Be a Good Creature: Naturalist Sy Montgomery on What 13 Animals Taught Her About Otherness, Love, and Being Fully Human
“Our world, and the worlds around and within it, is aflame with shades of brilliance we cannot fathom — and is far more vibrant, far more holy, than we could ever imagine.”
www.themarginalian.org
January 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
How to be a good creature – naturalist Sy Montgomery on what 13 animals taught her about otherness, love, and being fully human
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Early morning sunrise at Albuquerque, NM Balloon Fiesta.
#photography #Albuquerque #NewMexico #balloonfiesta #balloonfestival #landscape #hotairbaloon #sunrise
#photography #Albuquerque #NewMexico #balloonfiesta #balloonfestival #landscape #hotairbaloon #sunrise
January 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Early morning sunrise at Albuquerque, NM Balloon Fiesta.
#photography #Albuquerque #NewMexico #balloonfiesta #balloonfestival #landscape #hotairbaloon #sunrise
#photography #Albuquerque #NewMexico #balloonfiesta #balloonfestival #landscape #hotairbaloon #sunrise
Accurate sentiment
January 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Accurate sentiment
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#Nativesky
This is Exhausting if anyone knows the Wabanaki and specifically my Grandfathers Tribe the Penobscot and the Phips Proclamation
azmirror.com/2025/01/24/r...
This is Exhausting if anyone knows the Wabanaki and specifically my Grandfathers Tribe the Penobscot and the Phips Proclamation
azmirror.com/2025/01/24/r...
Reports of Navajo people being detained in immigration sweeps sparks concern from tribal leaders
The DOJ argued in court that Indigenous people don't have birthright citizenship, even though they have for 100 years
azmirror.com
January 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
#Nativesky
This is Exhausting if anyone knows the Wabanaki and specifically my Grandfathers Tribe the Penobscot and the Phips Proclamation
azmirror.com/2025/01/24/r...
This is Exhausting if anyone knows the Wabanaki and specifically my Grandfathers Tribe the Penobscot and the Phips Proclamation
azmirror.com/2025/01/24/r...
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I wrote about the coziest "cottage core" picture books I know. Including some of my all time favorites, like Little Witch Hazel by Phoebe Wahl. bookriot.com/cottagecore-...
Cottagecore Picture Books to Read this Winter
From a miniature forest witch to a doughnut-baking bear, these cottagecore picture books bring the warm and cozy vibes.
bookriot.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote about the coziest "cottage core" picture books I know. Including some of my all time favorites, like Little Witch Hazel by Phoebe Wahl. bookriot.com/cottagecore-...
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Preorder. This. Book! 👇
November 20, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Preorder. This. Book! 👇
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Ending Pandemics is a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center doing incredible work to prevent pandemics. This research they funded is so important.
Output of a collaborative project led by the Smithsonian and funded by @tidescommunity.bsky.social
A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social
A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@ilri.org @livuni-ives.bsky.social
A framework for ecologically and socially informed risk reduction before and after outbreaks of wildlife-borne zoonoses
Despite increasing emphasis being placed on the inclusion of upstream ecological and social perspectives for zoonotic disease control, few guidelines …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ending Pandemics is a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Center doing incredible work to prevent pandemics. This research they funded is so important.
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NEW DONATION LINK: antirecidivism.org/firefighterf...
All funding will go directly to the firefighters immediate needs, fire camp upgrades, and a scholarship fund.
All funding will go directly to the firefighters immediate needs, fire camp upgrades, and a scholarship fund.
ARC Firefighter Fund - Anti Recidivism Coalition
antirecidivism.org
January 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
NEW DONATION LINK: antirecidivism.org/firefighterf...
All funding will go directly to the firefighters immediate needs, fire camp upgrades, and a scholarship fund.
All funding will go directly to the firefighters immediate needs, fire camp upgrades, and a scholarship fund.
"Gardening is like poetry in that it is gratuitous, and also that it cannot be done on will alone. What will can do, and the only thing it can do, is make time in which to do it." - May Sarton
January 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Gardening is like poetry in that it is gratuitous, and also that it cannot be done on will alone. What will can do, and the only thing it can do, is make time in which to do it." - May Sarton
A Birding Scavenger Hunt is the perfect way to spend a snow day. @ccbyington.bsky.social gets you started.
#birding
#birding
How To: Go Snow Day Birding (with Merlin)
Or how I learned to love winter wildlife watching (with a little help from technology and the perfect pair of mittens.)
blog.nature.org
January 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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This is the story of E.S., who is living with HIV in a Gaza under siege.
Queer, HIV-Positive, and Running Out of Medication in Gaza
A year in Palestine, living in fear of not just genocide — but AIDS.
interc.pt
January 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is the story of E.S., who is living with HIV in a Gaza under siege.
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Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
January 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
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For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
January 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
For other ruffians, as their fancies wrought,
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
With self same hand, self reasons, and self right,
Would shark on you, and men like ravenous fishes
Would feed on one another.
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In Ghana, agroforestry is offering a glimmer of hope: by integrating trees, crops and livestock on their fields, farmers are finding ways to restore their land and secure livelihoods.
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/a...
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/a...
Agroecology offers blueprint for resilient farming in northern Ghana
Farmers in Ghana’s Upper East region traditionally decided when to plant and harvest their crops in rhythm with regular rainfall cycles. But the rains now come at increasingly odd times, farmland is turning into desert, and farmers have been forced t
news.mongabay.com
January 23, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In Ghana, agroforestry is offering a glimmer of hope: by integrating trees, crops and livestock on their fields, farmers are finding ways to restore their land and secure livelihoods.
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/a...
news.mongabay.com/2024/12/a...
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This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
www.teenvogue.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
Beach day trip before the cold snap...
Figuring out the new ap-scape
Figuring out the new ap-scape
January 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Beach day trip before the cold snap...
Figuring out the new ap-scape
Figuring out the new ap-scape
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Wildlife watching tips:
It's a great time of year to see (and hear) coyotes. And in February & March, they get really active.
When people hear them howling, most overestimate the actual number of coyotes involved.
Here's more info to help you enjoy the coyote chorus.
It's a great time of year to see (and hear) coyotes. And in February & March, they get really active.
When people hear them howling, most overestimate the actual number of coyotes involved.
Here's more info to help you enjoy the coyote chorus.
The Howling: Why You’re Hearing Coyotes This Month
Step outside tonight and you may hear a lot of howling. Here’s why.
blog.nature.org
January 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Wildlife watching tips:
It's a great time of year to see (and hear) coyotes. And in February & March, they get really active.
When people hear them howling, most overestimate the actual number of coyotes involved.
Here's more info to help you enjoy the coyote chorus.
It's a great time of year to see (and hear) coyotes. And in February & March, they get really active.
When people hear them howling, most overestimate the actual number of coyotes involved.
Here's more info to help you enjoy the coyote chorus.