michael ◉●○•°
@ontopunk.bsky.social
Social ecologist with over two decades of experience in public health and community organizing ☆ entangledecologies.net ☆
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Yurok Tribal Council Member Phillip Williams shares insights into the profound, yet often overlooked long-term benefits that Klamath dam removal & ongoing river restoration efforts promise for the Yurok people. This work will also create positive change for all who love salmon & healthy rivers.
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yurok Tribal Council Member Phillip Williams shares insights into the profound, yet often overlooked long-term benefits that Klamath dam removal & ongoing river restoration efforts promise for the Yurok people. This work will also create positive change for all who love salmon & healthy rivers.
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Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed?
@triofrancos.bsky.social takes on these topics in her new book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.
@triofrancos.bsky.social takes on these topics in her new book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.
December 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed?
@triofrancos.bsky.social takes on these topics in her new book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.
@triofrancos.bsky.social takes on these topics in her new book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.
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On Fri. 12/19 I'll join Andreas Malm and Wim Carton to discuss our new books, the deadly combination of accelerating global warming and stalling political action, and what is to be done from a left perspective. Moderated by @learning2live.bsky.social via @haymarketbooks.org & @versobooks.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On Fri. 12/19 I'll join Andreas Malm and Wim Carton to discuss our new books, the deadly combination of accelerating global warming and stalling political action, and what is to be done from a left perspective. Moderated by @learning2live.bsky.social via @haymarketbooks.org & @versobooks.bsky.social
Winning livable just futures must engage in *infrastructure politics*: democratically led efforts to guide development towards prosocial ends.
“We can start by demanding supply chains organized around justice for everyone they touch, rather than profits for just a few.”
— @triofrancos.bsky.social
“We can start by demanding supply chains organized around justice for everyone they touch, rather than profits for just a few.”
— @triofrancos.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Winning livable just futures must engage in *infrastructure politics*: democratically led efforts to guide development towards prosocial ends.
“We can start by demanding supply chains organized around justice for everyone they touch, rather than profits for just a few.”
— @triofrancos.bsky.social
“We can start by demanding supply chains organized around justice for everyone they touch, rather than profits for just a few.”
— @triofrancos.bsky.social
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By focussing on charismatic large fauna rather than restoring ecosystem functions, there is the danger that some rewilding projects
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Biodiversity conservation requires integration of species-centric and process-based strategies | PNAS
Conservation science and policy are geared primarily toward the preservation of species
and habitats, with priority often given to the rarest, most...
www.pnas.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
By focussing on charismatic large fauna rather than restoring ecosystem functions, there is the danger that some rewilding projects
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
National Farmers Union Canada presents Dr. William Paris, an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the UofT, speaking about the potential of utopian thinking for helping people develop creative capacities to positively reshape ordinary life.
@nfucanada.bsky.social
@williammparis.bsky.social
@nfucanada.bsky.social
@williammparis.bsky.social
A better world is possible! Utopia in Thought and Action
YouTube video by National Farmers Union Canada
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
National Farmers Union Canada presents Dr. William Paris, an Assistant Professor in Philosophy at the UofT, speaking about the potential of utopian thinking for helping people develop creative capacities to positively reshape ordinary life.
@nfucanada.bsky.social
@williammparis.bsky.social
@nfucanada.bsky.social
@williammparis.bsky.social
What passes in cold night
greets the world in daylight
darkness does not stay
— @gerdub.bsky.social #haiku
Photo by Zimen
greets the world in daylight
darkness does not stay
— @gerdub.bsky.social #haiku
Photo by Zimen
December 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
What passes in cold night
greets the world in daylight
darkness does not stay
— @gerdub.bsky.social #haiku
Photo by Zimen
greets the world in daylight
darkness does not stay
— @gerdub.bsky.social #haiku
Photo by Zimen
I’m going to say it out loud:
All those people (mostly so-called lefties) out there using the cringe urban consumer mantra “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” to rationalize buying toxic junk & slave labour products can go to HELL.
There ARE less/more ethical consumption patterns.
All those people (mostly so-called lefties) out there using the cringe urban consumer mantra “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” to rationalize buying toxic junk & slave labour products can go to HELL.
There ARE less/more ethical consumption patterns.
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I’m going to say it out loud:
All those people (mostly so-called lefties) out there using the cringe urban consumer mantra “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” to rationalize buying toxic junk & slave labour products can go to HELL.
There ARE less/more ethical consumption patterns.
All those people (mostly so-called lefties) out there using the cringe urban consumer mantra “there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism” to rationalize buying toxic junk & slave labour products can go to HELL.
There ARE less/more ethical consumption patterns.
“It seems to me that the future belongs not to those who seek to govern or suffer the back loop, but to those who know what they love, and take that love as a starting point and new definition of security... The back loop presents an opportunity to reclaim and redefine human agency...”
Don’t Worry, Be Scrappy: On Stephanie Wakefield’s “Anthropocene Back Loop”
From Jeremy Bendik-Keymer & Katherine Cassese
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“It seems to me that the future belongs not to those who seek to govern or suffer the back loop, but to those who know what they love, and take that love as a starting point and new definition of security... The back loop presents an opportunity to reclaim and redefine human agency...”
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“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…”
Whitman's timeless advice for living a vibrant and rewarding life: www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/w...
Whitman's timeless advice for living a vibrant and rewarding life: www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/w...
Walt Whitman’s Advice on Living a Vibrant and Rewarding Life
“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…”
www.themarginalian.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…”
Whitman's timeless advice for living a vibrant and rewarding life: www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/w...
Whitman's timeless advice for living a vibrant and rewarding life: www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/w...
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New York's Good Food Purchasing Program matters far beyond NYC - here's how, and why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-y...
Cultivating Community: Why Values-Based Food Purchasing Matters
Across New York, farmers are growing more than food. They’re growing relationships, strong local economies, and the resilience our communities need in the face of climate disruption, fragile global…
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
New York's Good Food Purchasing Program matters far beyond NYC - here's how, and why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf-y...
“Not every generation has a chance to change the world. However this particular generation is one that, come what may, already has.”
Polycrisis: A Breviary
Today’s world is beset by several overlapping crises. Movements on the frontline are mapping out strategies for survival.
transitionsecurity.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
“Not every generation has a chance to change the world. However this particular generation is one that, come what may, already has.”
NAPALI COAST, KAUAI, HAWAI'I
Photo by Lace Andersen
Photo by Lace Andersen
December 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
NAPALI COAST, KAUAI, HAWAI'I
Photo by Lace Andersen
Photo by Lace Andersen
"There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck... We are accidents waiting, waiting to happen."
Radiohead - There, There
YouTube video by Radiohead
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck... We are accidents waiting, waiting to happen."
Just imagine the water use of these tech datacenters — then consider the water woes coming for the folks who live there. Nevada might become an industrial wasteland wearing Las Vegas lipstick.
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Just imagine the water use of these tech datacenters — then consider the water woes coming for the folks who live there. Nevada might become an industrial wasteland wearing Las Vegas lipstick.
This is well-known in Alberta. Most citizens are involved with the industry here in one manner or another.
So many people consider unpaid bills and scandalously low taxes as “incentives” that keep the economy rocking.
So many people consider unpaid bills and scandalously low taxes as “incentives” that keep the economy rocking.
Breaking down the bills some Alberta oil and gas companies aren’t paying: thenarwhal.ca/alberta-surf...
The unpaid bills of Alberta oil and gas companies, explained | The Narwhal
We break down the ways some Alberta oil and gas companies are shirking their bills, and what that means for Alberta municipalities and landowners
thenarwhal.ca
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
This is well-known in Alberta. Most citizens are involved with the industry here in one manner or another.
So many people consider unpaid bills and scandalously low taxes as “incentives” that keep the economy rocking.
So many people consider unpaid bills and scandalously low taxes as “incentives” that keep the economy rocking.
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Just on Nature's submission site and see "article types" is now "content types" and the distinction of academic from content creator seems that much blurrier by the day.
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Just on Nature's submission site and see "article types" is now "content types" and the distinction of academic from content creator seems that much blurrier by the day.
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Quiet,
deliberate,
and so very luminous…
Inside Her light,
and whatever arrives steps through,
because it recognizes the call—
a whisper beyond sight,
guided by the silent knowing
that all that is meant to come
must find its way through the glow.
Under Her—
#MyPath
deliberate,
and so very luminous…
Inside Her light,
and whatever arrives steps through,
because it recognizes the call—
a whisper beyond sight,
guided by the silent knowing
that all that is meant to come
must find its way through the glow.
Under Her—
#MyPath
December 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Quiet,
deliberate,
and so very luminous…
Inside Her light,
and whatever arrives steps through,
because it recognizes the call—
a whisper beyond sight,
guided by the silent knowing
that all that is meant to come
must find its way through the glow.
Under Her—
#MyPath
deliberate,
and so very luminous…
Inside Her light,
and whatever arrives steps through,
because it recognizes the call—
a whisper beyond sight,
guided by the silent knowing
that all that is meant to come
must find its way through the glow.
Under Her—
#MyPath
“In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map for those who would climb through the hole in the sky”
-- Joy Harjo (2002) #poetry
-- Joy Harjo (2002) #poetry
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
“In the last days of the fourth world I wished to make a map for those who would climb through the hole in the sky”
-- Joy Harjo (2002) #poetry
-- Joy Harjo (2002) #poetry
“When the whole world is globalized, you’re going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match.”
— René Girard
— René Girard
December 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“When the whole world is globalized, you’re going to be able to set fire to the whole thing with a single match.”
— René Girard
— René Girard
"We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat."
--Terence McKenna
--Terence McKenna
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"We are so much the victims of abstraction that with the Earth in flames we can barely rouse ourselves to wander across the room and look at the thermostat."
--Terence McKenna
--Terence McKenna
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We must become responsible for what we have tamed.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We must become responsible for what we have tamed.
December 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Men have forgotten this truth," said the fox. "But you must not forget it.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We must become responsible for what we have tamed.
You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery
We must become responsible for what we have tamed.
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only moved in but survived, adapted, and appeared to thrive.
Chernobyl Fungus Appears to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only move...
www.sciencealert.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other forms of life have not only moved in but survived, adapted, and appeared to thrive.
LMFAO Alberta premier Danielle Smith and her separatist UCP party nitwits just ensured a new pipeline won’t get built by making it even more difficult to achieve key measures as agreed in Carney’s MOU.
Alberta had got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet.
Alberta had got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet.
Just one week after signing an MOU with the federal govt agreeing to strengthen industrial carbon pricing, Alberta has changed its regulations, making the agreement harder to achieve.
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Read our full statement from Principal Economist @enveco.bsky.social ⬇️
climateinstitute.ca/news/alberta...
Alberta’s latest changes to industrial carbon pricing make MOU commitments harder to achieve - Canadian Climate Institute
Seven days after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with federal government, Alberta changes regulations that make the $130 minimum effective carbon credit price harder to achieve
climateinstitute.ca
December 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
LMFAO Alberta premier Danielle Smith and her separatist UCP party nitwits just ensured a new pipeline won’t get built by making it even more difficult to achieve key measures as agreed in Carney’s MOU.
Alberta had got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet.
Alberta had got to be one of the most ridiculous places on the planet.