I was in need of some solar punk possibilities just to get my head psychologically above water, and here comes my library with the perfect recommendation! I had forgotten about the Climate Futurisms exhibit from a couple years ago, but this book is by one of the creators.

I love a sprout transitioning from the first pair of simple leaves to the more elaborate broader leaves.

💐Scrolling through pictures of my last hike in Mexico's Eastern Sierra Madres and delighted to find some of this tropical milkweed. It feeds monarchs and other pollinators in Mexico, but planting it in the states can be detrimental to those same species bc of their stage in the migratory cycle.

Happy to spot some bees this afternoon in the garden. Not sure if they were bumblebees or carpenter bess, but Google searches suggested two-spotted longhorn?

Part of composting this year has included accidentally sprouting multiple plants from kitchen waste. And then having to deal with more plants than I had planned on planting. It's a lot of relocating before they take over.

Needed some dashboard refreshing so went outside, fixed up my babies a little (redistributed leaf cover and mulch) and snapped a group pic to send all the elders. Still no chili or tomatillo sprouts so I think they got washed out or buried too deep. But corn'll be tall enough for beans soon.

Most of the sociopolitical books I've read lately have been published in the last 2 years. Reading Carla Power's book from just after J6, I wonder how the optimism and pessimism of a political moment a few more years back will compare to today's baseline anxiety.

Oh you have to be joking (they were not). Highly doubt this one's making it past the House but absolutely part of the show and circus to exhaust the people and legislators still in possession of their reason.

Jk back on my bullshit. Deeply appreciate how many of these are written by people coming out of far more conservative xtian traditions (evangelical) than I've experienced but have managed to deconstruct in a manner that excises white terror from their faith.

Taking a break from books on christian nationalism and speculative fiction, in favor of a straightforward true crime. It's a little less emotionally stringent.

After finishing Rest is Resistance, Viral Justice hits harder.

Ok I admit horror is my escape, but why is the most terrifying stuff the completely normal experience of alienation under a white patriarchal hegemony?
I had to stop reading Never Whistle at Night because I was Horrified, and it looks like the Haunting of Alejandra is going the same way.

It's a good day to read.