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Just living in a county with industrial agriculture increases your cancer risk:
“Even after adjusting for ultraviolet radiation & socioeconomic factors, 2 patterns stood out: Counties with more cultivated cropland and higher herbicide use had significantly higher melanoma rates.”
“Even after adjusting for ultraviolet radiation & socioeconomic factors, 2 patterns stood out: Counties with more cultivated cropland and higher herbicide use had significantly higher melanoma rates.”
November 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just living in a county with industrial agriculture increases your cancer risk:
“Even after adjusting for ultraviolet radiation & socioeconomic factors, 2 patterns stood out: Counties with more cultivated cropland and higher herbicide use had significantly higher melanoma rates.”
“Even after adjusting for ultraviolet radiation & socioeconomic factors, 2 patterns stood out: Counties with more cultivated cropland and higher herbicide use had significantly higher melanoma rates.”
Obviously hate the emphasis on extractive benefits here—logging & cattle are the enemies of the North American ecosystem—but the research is instructive nonetheless
This landscape evolved with prescribed fire; it’s one of the keys to regenerating it
This landscape evolved with prescribed fire; it’s one of the keys to regenerating it
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Obviously hate the emphasis on extractive benefits here—logging & cattle are the enemies of the North American ecosystem—but the research is instructive nonetheless
This landscape evolved with prescribed fire; it’s one of the keys to regenerating it
This landscape evolved with prescribed fire; it’s one of the keys to regenerating it
One of my projects for next year is growing some less common milkweeds that are native to my area
—Red milkweed (Asclepias rubra)
—Fourleaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
—Eastern Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra)
—Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
—Red milkweed (Asclepias rubra)
—Fourleaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
—Eastern Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra)
—Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
November 1, 2025 at 10:30 PM
One of my projects for next year is growing some less common milkweeds that are native to my area
—Red milkweed (Asclepias rubra)
—Fourleaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
—Eastern Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra)
—Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
—Red milkweed (Asclepias rubra)
—Fourleaf Milkweed (Asclepias quadrifolia)
—Eastern Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata ssp. pulchra)
—Clasping Milkweed (Asclepias amplexicaulis)
Not only is Kerala a shining beacon of hope & sanity, it’s also home to the sickest houseboats in the world
November 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Not only is Kerala a shining beacon of hope & sanity, it’s also home to the sickest houseboats in the world
Lowest possible carbon district heating:
A hybrid solar thermal, water brake wind, & rocket stove-powered system connected to a big thermal battery, such as an insulated water tank. A coppice fuels the rocket stove for heat on-demand as needed
Feasible & cheap at scale
A hybrid solar thermal, water brake wind, & rocket stove-powered system connected to a big thermal battery, such as an insulated water tank. A coppice fuels the rocket stove for heat on-demand as needed
Feasible & cheap at scale
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Lowest possible carbon district heating:
A hybrid solar thermal, water brake wind, & rocket stove-powered system connected to a big thermal battery, such as an insulated water tank. A coppice fuels the rocket stove for heat on-demand as needed
Feasible & cheap at scale
A hybrid solar thermal, water brake wind, & rocket stove-powered system connected to a big thermal battery, such as an insulated water tank. A coppice fuels the rocket stove for heat on-demand as needed
Feasible & cheap at scale
Just glorious right now
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Just glorious right now
Autumn plant life
October 26, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Autumn plant life
The state of California is killing wolves to protect ranchers’ profits. Absolutely despicable and ecocidal
October 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The state of California is killing wolves to protect ranchers’ profits. Absolutely despicable and ecocidal
The anti-degrowth position, on both the left & the right, is that this is good & necessary. Anyone who opposes this is a “primitivist” calling for “austerity”
October 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The anti-degrowth position, on both the left & the right, is that this is good & necessary. Anyone who opposes this is a “primitivist” calling for “austerity”
Cancer patients who received an mRNA COVID vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy were twice as likely to be alive 3 years later
October 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cancer patients who received an mRNA COVID vaccine within 100 days of starting immunotherapy were twice as likely to be alive 3 years later
We have such an idiotic civilization
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We have such an idiotic civilization
Just thinking about Quercus insignis (the chicalaba oak), an endangered Mesoamerican tree that produces the world’s largest acorns
This is what real abundance looks like
This is what real abundance looks like
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Just thinking about Quercus insignis (the chicalaba oak), an endangered Mesoamerican tree that produces the world’s largest acorns
This is what real abundance looks like
This is what real abundance looks like
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) are such a stunning combination
August 3, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) and Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata) are such a stunning combination
Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) in bloom
The root is a delicious tuber often known as a duck potato. This remarkable plant was once a foundational piece of North American ecology & civilization, tended in vast water gardens and traded between tribes across much of the continent
The root is a delicious tuber often known as a duck potato. This remarkable plant was once a foundational piece of North American ecology & civilization, tended in vast water gardens and traded between tribes across much of the continent
July 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) in bloom
The root is a delicious tuber often known as a duck potato. This remarkable plant was once a foundational piece of North American ecology & civilization, tended in vast water gardens and traded between tribes across much of the continent
The root is a delicious tuber often known as a duck potato. This remarkable plant was once a foundational piece of North American ecology & civilization, tended in vast water gardens and traded between tribes across much of the continent
Me inspecting the ripening tomatoes in my garden
July 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Me inspecting the ripening tomatoes in my garden
This is how you know you’re living right
July 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
This is how you know you’re living right
This is Pomander Walk, a pedestrian street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan featuring 27 lovely row houses
This is the model for a beautiful, sustainable, affordable NYC. I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can make it happen
open.substack.com/pub/thelastf...
This is the model for a beautiful, sustainable, affordable NYC. I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can make it happen
open.substack.com/pub/thelastf...
June 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is Pomander Walk, a pedestrian street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan featuring 27 lovely row houses
This is the model for a beautiful, sustainable, affordable NYC. I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can make it happen
open.substack.com/pub/thelastf...
This is the model for a beautiful, sustainable, affordable NYC. I wrote about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can make it happen
open.substack.com/pub/thelastf...
That’s a great list! I’ve grown Marina di Chioggia, I’m a huge fan. I even had one come up in the compost last year, which was a pleasant surprise
This is most of my pepper line-up for the year
This is most of my pepper line-up for the year
June 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
That’s a great list! I’ve grown Marina di Chioggia, I’m a huge fan. I even had one come up in the compost last year, which was a pleasant surprise
This is most of my pepper line-up for the year
This is most of my pepper line-up for the year
Glorious day in the forest
—Eastern newt. They can live for up to 15 years
—Dutchman’s breeches, some of my favorite foliage
—Bloodroot I sowed last summer all came up!
—Wood frog with excellent camo
—Eastern newt. They can live for up to 15 years
—Dutchman’s breeches, some of my favorite foliage
—Bloodroot I sowed last summer all came up!
—Wood frog with excellent camo
April 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Glorious day in the forest
—Eastern newt. They can live for up to 15 years
—Dutchman’s breeches, some of my favorite foliage
—Bloodroot I sowed last summer all came up!
—Wood frog with excellent camo
—Eastern newt. They can live for up to 15 years
—Dutchman’s breeches, some of my favorite foliage
—Bloodroot I sowed last summer all came up!
—Wood frog with excellent camo
Imagine thinking for even one second that Trump and the gaggle of malevolent frauds surrounding him would do anything positive for agriculture
April 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Imagine thinking for even one second that Trump and the gaggle of malevolent frauds surrounding him would do anything positive for agriculture
Don’t burn brush, build piles. Homes for all
April 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Don’t burn brush, build piles. Homes for all
I love the land so much
—Striped maple budding out
—Giant feather, wild turkey I think
—A Shagbark hickory nut germinating
—Wild bergamot emerging from the leaf litter
—Striped maple budding out
—Giant feather, wild turkey I think
—A Shagbark hickory nut germinating
—Wild bergamot emerging from the leaf litter
April 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I love the land so much
—Striped maple budding out
—Giant feather, wild turkey I think
—A Shagbark hickory nut germinating
—Wild bergamot emerging from the leaf litter
—Striped maple budding out
—Giant feather, wild turkey I think
—A Shagbark hickory nut germinating
—Wild bergamot emerging from the leaf litter
Absolutely shameful & idiotic that the Keystone Pipeline even exists
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Absolutely shameful & idiotic that the Keystone Pipeline even exists