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“You are a living force in the world. The minute you see you are not alone, that you are interconnected with all living beings, it changes your potential.” Vandana Shiva
April 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“You are a living force in the world. The minute you see you are not alone, that you are interconnected with all living beings, it changes your potential.” Vandana Shiva
Elif Shafak and Lyndsey Stonebridge are fabulous in this episode - intelligent, thoughtful voices for informed activism.
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www.backlisted.fm/episodes/236...
236. What Remains by Hannah Arendt — Backlisted
Elif Shafak and Lyndsey Stonebridge join John and Andy for a discussion of the life and work of Hannah Arendt, the historian and philosopher whose books include The Human Condition , The Origins ...
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March 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Elif Shafak and Lyndsey Stonebridge are fabulous in this episode - intelligent, thoughtful voices for informed activism.
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/236...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/236...
It gives me some comfort that pigs have weathered thousands of years of human drama by hanging out in pig piles...or so Wilma says.
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Together is What Matters
Wilma:Look around at the Patch, and you’ll see pigs.There is a pig snuffling, there is a pig scratching.There are pigs eating, there are pigs napping.The pigs chat with each other, the pigs chat with ...
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February 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It gives me some comfort that pigs have weathered thousands of years of human drama by hanging out in pig piles...or so Wilma says.
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/togethe...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/togethe...
It is time for resistance and organizing, chickens included...
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www.thegravelpatch.com/post/henry-t...
Henry the Conflict-Averse
Henry the Conflict AverseGreetings. It is with regret that I write to inform you of unrest at the Patch. As I gain fluency in the intricacies of chicken communication, my concern increases exponential...
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February 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It is time for resistance and organizing, chickens included...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/henry-t...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/henry-t...
The Great Pig Way? The longest-running, egalitarian, sustainable, and generative social movement going.
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The Great Pig Way
Wilma:When pigs began helping humans, humans were grateful.People saw that pigs were smart and happy.Pigs knew how to find food and take care of their young and stay healthy.Pigs did not poop in their...
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February 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The Great Pig Way? The longest-running, egalitarian, sustainable, and generative social movement going.
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Amidst the crisis, fear, and worry, I am hoping for generative action...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/moving-on
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Moving On
Moving OnThe catastrophes add up: calamitous weather whips up hurricanes and heats the oceans; basic rights and the sense of human decency evaporate in genocide cravenly labeled as self-defense; the w...
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February 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Amidst the crisis, fear, and worry, I am hoping for generative action...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/moving-on
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/moving-on
The saga continues (the pig one, that is). Sadly, the other not-so-fun one is still at it, eight interminable days in.
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Food and Flavor
Food and FlavorWilma:The Great Past Pigs decreed that pigs should help humans by giving them good food.Now there are pigs on nearly the whole planet, one domesticated pig for every seven people.From s...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The saga continues (the pig one, that is). Sadly, the other not-so-fun one is still at it, eight interminable days in.
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/food-an...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/food-an...
It's been quite a week. Here's a moment of contemplation for anyone in need of it...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/dwell
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/dwell
Dwell
To dwell is to leave a trace. Jorie Graham
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January 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It's been quite a week. Here's a moment of contemplation for anyone in need of it...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/dwell
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/dwell
The more-than-human world remains decent, "humane," and even fun...
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Henry the Underappreciated
Henry the UnderappreciatedGreetings. Pudge asked me to relay the following directly to you as Feeder: “Heya. Henry does not want to write for me, but I insist. Henry does not just understand me; I am ...
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January 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The more-than-human world remains decent, "humane," and even fun...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/henry-t...
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/henry-t...
Most folks started following Henry part way through 2024, so I've updated the ordering for 2025 and posted his initial entries first. Take a peek to find more pictures...and audio!
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Henry the Cat
Henry the CatGreetings. Henry, here. This letter may come as a surprise as I felt it inopportune to contact you previously. I am a cat, but I do fancy myself a bit of a linguist. I’ve been observing h...
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January 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Most folks started following Henry part way through 2024, so I've updated the ordering for 2025 and posted his initial entries first. Take a peek to find more pictures...and audio!
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/henry-t...
This year, Wilma is covering the evolution of the pig-human relationship from ancient history through the present - no small task, but Wilma is ambitious. As a pig of far fewer words, Mona replies to Wilma's epic with a weekly haiku.
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/some-pigs
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/some-pigs
Some Pigs
Some PigsWilma:I am a pig, a round and hairy ginger pig.They call us KuneKunes, those Feeders who deliver grain, who open up the gate for grazing.Why are KuneKunes in Montana, where the wind blows all...
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January 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This year, Wilma is covering the evolution of the pig-human relationship from ancient history through the present - no small task, but Wilma is ambitious. As a pig of far fewer words, Mona replies to Wilma's epic with a weekly haiku.
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/some-pigs
www.thegravelpatch.com/post/some-pigs