Rebecca Bergfjord
@rsbergfjord.bsky.social
Eccentric. Herbalist. Nomad. Poet. Secret mad-scientist. Focused on ecology, climate chaos, mythology in an existential age & feminism. 📸 are mine unless otherwise credited.
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Sorry I haven’t been around much. Started a new job and it’s beyond intense. This past week I worked 11 hours straight in a dangerous, demanding environment with perhaps 3-4 min break so I could get some caffeine and water into me. Last year, I was here 😭 Alas. The things we do to survive.
November 14, 2023 at 6:46 AM
Sorry I haven’t been around much. Started a new job and it’s beyond intense. This past week I worked 11 hours straight in a dangerous, demanding environment with perhaps 3-4 min break so I could get some caffeine and water into me. Last year, I was here 😭 Alas. The things we do to survive.
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For #NationalMossDay one of my absolute favourite mosses is the Springy Turf Moss, Rytidiadelphus squarrosus. Not only is it very beautiful but whenever I find Waxcaps or other interesting fungi there always seems to be some of this gorgeous star-like #moss close by! 😍⭐️#BritishBryophytes 🍄📸
October 21, 2023 at 5:55 PM
For #NationalMossDay one of my absolute favourite mosses is the Springy Turf Moss, Rytidiadelphus squarrosus. Not only is it very beautiful but whenever I find Waxcaps or other interesting fungi there always seems to be some of this gorgeous star-like #moss close by! 😍⭐️#BritishBryophytes 🍄📸
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Drawings by me of objects from John Carpenter movies
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Halloween (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Fog (1980)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Halloween (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Fog (1980)
October 20, 2023 at 4:02 PM
Drawings by me of objects from John Carpenter movies
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Halloween (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Fog (1980)
In the Mouth of Madness (1994)
Halloween (1978)
The Thing (1982)
The Fog (1980)
The unexamined self cannot labor
nor logic love into existence.
Only surrender can reveal
the path into mystery.
nor logic love into existence.
Only surrender can reveal
the path into mystery.
October 19, 2023 at 11:10 PM
The unexamined self cannot labor
nor logic love into existence.
Only surrender can reveal
the path into mystery.
nor logic love into existence.
Only surrender can reveal
the path into mystery.
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@jaketapper.bsky.social it’s not as much fun as Alf but: an all trimester abortion clinic was going to open in Beverly Hills until the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust met with the BH mayor and allegedly pressured the landlord into rescinding the lease. Can you help boost our petition?
Sign the Petition
In August, the LA Times reported on allegations that Beverly Hills city officials, including the Mayor and Chief of Police, colluded with landlord Douglas Emmett and antiabortion radicals to block an...
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October 15, 2023 at 10:08 PM
@jaketapper.bsky.social it’s not as much fun as Alf but: an all trimester abortion clinic was going to open in Beverly Hills until the Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust met with the BH mayor and allegedly pressured the landlord into rescinding the lease. Can you help boost our petition?
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if you're wondering why consumer service and just general functioning of businesses has gotten so bad in the past few years it's a lot to do with this - absolute bare-minimum staffing and scheduling to minimize how many people companies have to pay
At the last place I worked, I got in trouble for using my sick days, even though I never went over what I'd earned. They just didn't like me actually taking them, because they'd cut staff down to such a skeleton crew that one absence made it hard on everyone else that was there.
October 18, 2023 at 7:30 PM
if you're wondering why consumer service and just general functioning of businesses has gotten so bad in the past few years it's a lot to do with this - absolute bare-minimum staffing and scheduling to minimize how many people companies have to pay
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Work from home life is my best life. 🍜🍽️
October 18, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Work from home life is my best life. 🍜🍽️
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Maybe it’s time to read my book , “To 2040”. It can’t hurt. It might help.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Jorie Graham confronts time and her own mortality in new book
“Mortality got my attention. And it was — as we are told to believe but rarely do — a gift,” says the acclaimed poet, whose latest collection, “To 2040,” looks at the many crises shadowing...
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October 13, 2023 at 3:29 AM
Maybe it’s time to read my book , “To 2040”. It can’t hurt. It might help.
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
No, I do not believe I’ll be
remembered.
But, oh! My delicate painterly
burning right before the wind
takes me; it will be
enough.
It must be enough.
🍁
remembered.
But, oh! My delicate painterly
burning right before the wind
takes me; it will be
enough.
It must be enough.
🍁
October 16, 2023 at 5:44 PM
No, I do not believe I’ll be
remembered.
But, oh! My delicate painterly
burning right before the wind
takes me; it will be
enough.
It must be enough.
🍁
remembered.
But, oh! My delicate painterly
burning right before the wind
takes me; it will be
enough.
It must be enough.
🍁
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Least interesting take I've ever had but: eclipses are SO WILD
Here’s a second shot of the eclipse where you can see “Baily’s beads”… the sun shining through the mountains and valleys on the moon.
October 16, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Least interesting take I've ever had but: eclipses are SO WILD
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62/365 - The force of Water -
October 16, 2023 at 5:05 PM
62/365 - The force of Water -
Forgive my absence. I have been a’bed with the C19 for the last week. Have taken no pictures, no written any twee poems, but I did awake from a delirium clenching a critical line for a poem I’ve been working on for 9 years. Yea for me 🍁💐
October 16, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Forgive my absence. I have been a’bed with the C19 for the last week. Have taken no pictures, no written any twee poems, but I did awake from a delirium clenching a critical line for a poem I’ve been working on for 9 years. Yea for me 🍁💐
Fall appears to be falling nicely.
September 25, 2023 at 7:03 PM
Fall appears to be falling nicely.
This dude. Good heavens, look at those mouth parts! 🐛
September 25, 2023 at 7:01 PM
This dude. Good heavens, look at those mouth parts! 🐛
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Wenn der Herbst die schönsten Kleider auszieht🍂💛🙏
September 23, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Wenn der Herbst die schönsten Kleider auszieht🍂💛🙏
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Dendrosicyos socotrana (Cucurbitaceae), the cucumber tree of Socotra Island off of Yemen -- just learned about this species from Isaac Lichter Marck and Felipe Zapata #botany
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendros...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendros...
September 15, 2023 at 7:10 PM
Dendrosicyos socotrana (Cucurbitaceae), the cucumber tree of Socotra Island off of Yemen -- just learned about this species from Isaac Lichter Marck and Felipe Zapata #botany
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendros...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendros...
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'A Trio of Monumental Macramé Installations Stretch 37 Feet Across a Seaside Structure in Bali'
www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/02/agne...
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September 22, 2023 at 3:03 PM
'A Trio of Monumental Macramé Installations Stretch 37 Feet Across a Seaside Structure in Bali'
www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/02/agne...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2021/02/agne...
Any 🍄 folks know the name of this fella? I am stumped. Forgive my low quality snaps. By far, the coolest fruiting body I came across in August’s bloom.
September 22, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Any 🍄 folks know the name of this fella? I am stumped. Forgive my low quality snaps. By far, the coolest fruiting body I came across in August’s bloom.
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My co-translator Jeannine Pitas & editor Michelle Gil Montero with a hot off the press copy of the amazing Uruguayan poet Silvia Guerra's A Sea at Dawn. Order a copy here: www.eulaliabooks.com/catalog/a-se...
Review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/08...
Review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/08...
September 22, 2023 at 2:36 PM
My co-translator Jeannine Pitas & editor Michelle Gil Montero with a hot off the press copy of the amazing Uruguayan poet Silvia Guerra's A Sea at Dawn. Order a copy here: www.eulaliabooks.com/catalog/a-se...
Review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/08...
Review here: www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2023/08...
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Al Gore was spectacular ( heartbreaking & truthful). I admire this new move—fueled by young—to stop sugarcoating the climate crisis. Yes it’s daunting. But we can face it. In politics as in art. No need *to be upbeat*. What we need is to be courageous. And voting to stop GOP is not optional.
September 21, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Al Gore was spectacular ( heartbreaking & truthful). I admire this new move—fueled by young—to stop sugarcoating the climate crisis. Yes it’s daunting. But we can face it. In politics as in art. No need *to be upbeat*. What we need is to be courageous. And voting to stop GOP is not optional.
Nothing like walking barefoot down a chilly and mossy crick in the sunlight. Put me solidly into my body—the balancing, icy water, feet on tilting stones. Don’t forget, first we are animals in conversation with our environment. Speak with your relations. 🌿
September 21, 2023 at 12:45 AM
Nothing like walking barefoot down a chilly and mossy crick in the sunlight. Put me solidly into my body—the balancing, icy water, feet on tilting stones. Don’t forget, first we are animals in conversation with our environment. Speak with your relations. 🌿
This past weekend, stumbled on a big ass stand of bottle gentian—gentiana clausa—so I did what anyone would do: I dug several up to make a base for cocktail bitters. Super challenging to pick the mud out of the roots; tiny worms all over the cutting board. It was awesome.
September 20, 2023 at 9:39 PM
This past weekend, stumbled on a big ass stand of bottle gentian—gentiana clausa—so I did what anyone would do: I dug several up to make a base for cocktail bitters. Super challenging to pick the mud out of the roots; tiny worms all over the cutting board. It was awesome.
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My MA is in linguistics (but my career was as a HS science teacher, go figure). A fact for you: most words with "sk" sounds in English are borrow-words, largely from Old Norse. There was an sk > sh transition in Old English, so "sk" words came in after that. Examples: sky, skill, scream, skin.
September 20, 2023 at 1:42 PM
My MA is in linguistics (but my career was as a HS science teacher, go figure). A fact for you: most words with "sk" sounds in English are borrow-words, largely from Old Norse. There was an sk > sh transition in Old English, so "sk" words came in after that. Examples: sky, skill, scream, skin.