Emily Wortman-Wunder
@wortmanwunder.bsky.social
Reader, writer, dreamer. I listen for owls in the night and peer too closely at bees. NOT A THING TO COMFORT YOU (Univ of Iowa Press 2019)
Butterflies in my yard today: tiger swallowtail, cabbage white, least skipper, common checkered skipper. Also two bumblebees. That's Denver Colorado in early July.
(Still no painted ladies, which is strange and ominous)
(Still no painted ladies, which is strange and ominous)
July 6, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Butterflies in my yard today: tiger swallowtail, cabbage white, least skipper, common checkered skipper. Also two bumblebees. That's Denver Colorado in early July.
(Still no painted ladies, which is strange and ominous)
(Still no painted ladies, which is strange and ominous)
I love how this first line in @coloradoreview.bsky.social 's summer issue takes us on a journey
July 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I love how this first line in @coloradoreview.bsky.social 's summer issue takes us on a journey
Just back from Banff, Canada, which felt like the Realm of Rocks in the same way that when I first visited Yellowstone at age 16 it felt (compared to Ohio) like the Realm of Wild Beasts--like this was their place, and we were just visiting. Simplistic, probably, but it still feels true
June 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Just back from Banff, Canada, which felt like the Realm of Rocks in the same way that when I first visited Yellowstone at age 16 it felt (compared to Ohio) like the Realm of Wild Beasts--like this was their place, and we were just visiting. Simplistic, probably, but it still feels true
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Sprawl is having its moment as a possible solution to the housing crisis. But this is narrow, linear thinking applied to complex systems. The side effects of sprawl are as bad if not worse than the problems it would solve.
Sprawl Is Still Not the Answer
A chorus of critics insist that building on undeveloped land is the only way out of the US housing crisis. But the environmental costs of unrestrained growth are overwhelming.
www.bloomberg.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Sprawl is having its moment as a possible solution to the housing crisis. But this is narrow, linear thinking applied to complex systems. The side effects of sprawl are as bad if not worse than the problems it would solve.
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When modern people started farming, they built with what was available locally in abundance, mostly with renewable or reusable materials. Clay, wood, straw, stone. We did this for thousands of years. 1/2 foto: maris mezulis
June 28, 2025 at 1:33 PM
When modern people started farming, they built with what was available locally in abundance, mostly with renewable or reusable materials. Clay, wood, straw, stone. We did this for thousands of years. 1/2 foto: maris mezulis
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#ArtDD2025
Herring gull
Never understood why people don't like gulls; there again, I've never had a chip nicked by one!😄
Orig 📷 by @danjbrown97.bsky.social with thanks.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
Herring gull
Never understood why people don't like gulls; there again, I've never had a chip nicked by one!😄
Orig 📷 by @danjbrown97.bsky.social with thanks.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
#ArtDD2025
Herring gull
Never understood why people don't like gulls; there again, I've never had a chip nicked by one!😄
Orig 📷 by @danjbrown97.bsky.social with thanks.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
Herring gull
Never understood why people don't like gulls; there again, I've never had a chip nicked by one!😄
Orig 📷 by @danjbrown97.bsky.social with thanks.
@saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social
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Your yard isn’t yours. It belongs to the foxes at night, the birds in the morning, the squirrels in the afternoon, and the gophers whenever they feel like it.
Moral of the story: You’re just a tenant in nature’s world.
#natureisboss #rewild #coexist #treadlightly #earnyourkeep #shareresources #wild
Moral of the story: You’re just a tenant in nature’s world.
#natureisboss #rewild #coexist #treadlightly #earnyourkeep #shareresources #wild
February 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Your yard isn’t yours. It belongs to the foxes at night, the birds in the morning, the squirrels in the afternoon, and the gophers whenever they feel like it.
Moral of the story: You’re just a tenant in nature’s world.
#natureisboss #rewild #coexist #treadlightly #earnyourkeep #shareresources #wild
Moral of the story: You’re just a tenant in nature’s world.
#natureisboss #rewild #coexist #treadlightly #earnyourkeep #shareresources #wild
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One place our government could save a lot of money is the billions given to Elon Musk's companies every year.
abcnews.go.com/US/musk-work...
abcnews.go.com/US/musk-work...
February 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One place our government could save a lot of money is the billions given to Elon Musk's companies every year.
abcnews.go.com/US/musk-work...
abcnews.go.com/US/musk-work...
Late last year I go the chance to talk with Linnea Harris at the Colorado Review about my essay published in their Fall/Winter issue--seriously, SUCH a great journal to work with. coloradoreview.colostate.edu/2025/02/a-co...
A Conversation with Emily Wortman-Wunder - Center for Literary Publishing | Colorado State University
Emily Wortman-Wunder discusses “Geography of Forgetting,” featured in the Fall/Winter 2024 issue of Colorado Review, with associate editor Linnea Harris. Emily Wortman-Wunder is the author of Not a T...
coloradoreview.colostate.edu
February 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Late last year I go the chance to talk with Linnea Harris at the Colorado Review about my essay published in their Fall/Winter issue--seriously, SUCH a great journal to work with. coloradoreview.colostate.edu/2025/02/a-co...
I'm going to force rhubarb this year--my first attempt. Is it too early? Is my setup too half-assed? I'll find out!
January 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I'm going to force rhubarb this year--my first attempt. Is it too early? Is my setup too half-assed? I'll find out!
What I'm reading, January 2025 edition: two Aussie novels and @dannymlavery.bsky.social 's Women's Hotel.
January 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
What I'm reading, January 2025 edition: two Aussie novels and @dannymlavery.bsky.social 's Women's Hotel.
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“9. Take every opportunity to participate in civic life. Linger in and enjoy good parks, places, and streets every day, not just during special events. Your very presence and engagement adds life, vitality, and safety to a place, and helps them be more enjoyable for everyone.” #NewYearsResolutions
January 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“9. Take every opportunity to participate in civic life. Linger in and enjoy good parks, places, and streets every day, not just during special events. Your very presence and engagement adds life, vitality, and safety to a place, and helps them be more enjoyable for everyone.” #NewYearsResolutions
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One of my favorite childhood authors and one no one else around me (in the US) knew about!
‘One of the most beloved writers of all time’: the genius of Joan Aiken at 100
#BookSky #pukapuka
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
#BookSky #pukapuka
www.theguardian.com/books/2024/d...
‘One of the most beloved writers of all time’: the genius of Joan Aiken at 100
From Willoughby Chase to Black Hearts in Battersea, Joan Aiken’s tales of plucky orphans surviving in industrial Britain are a keystone of children’s literature
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2024 at 2:35 PM
One of my favorite childhood authors and one no one else around me (in the US) knew about!
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So this week Elise & I hosted a small gingerbread gathering, and @cottomanempire.bsky.social created… an EDIBLE WILDLIFE OVERPASS. Check out those migrating animal-cracker bison! The crushed Oreo asphalt of the road! The flawless curvature of the gingerbread bridge! A true #roadecology masterpiece.
December 26, 2024 at 5:59 PM
So this week Elise & I hosted a small gingerbread gathering, and @cottomanempire.bsky.social created… an EDIBLE WILDLIFE OVERPASS. Check out those migrating animal-cracker bison! The crushed Oreo asphalt of the road! The flawless curvature of the gingerbread bridge! A true #roadecology masterpiece.
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For those among us nerdy enough, please enjoy these images of the plain plaster at Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire. Interesting to see various methods, the use of additional materials and the layers 🤩 🤓
December 21, 2024 at 3:24 PM
For those among us nerdy enough, please enjoy these images of the plain plaster at Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire. Interesting to see various methods, the use of additional materials and the layers 🤩 🤓
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This from @pekkatahkola.bsky.social winter-cycling ambassador of Oulu:
"Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu. It was -31°C in the morning. Just 1 of 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science."
"Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu. It was -31°C in the morning. Just 1 of 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science."
December 19, 2024 at 3:08 PM
This from @pekkatahkola.bsky.social winter-cycling ambassador of Oulu:
"Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu. It was -31°C in the morning. Just 1 of 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science."
"Metsokangas elementary school in the far suburbs of Oulu. It was -31°C in the morning. Just 1 of 4 parking lots for students. It's not about the cold, it's the safe infrastructure & excellent maintenance. No rocket science."
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When the going gets cold, the Finns keep cycling.
Illuminated bike paths on compacted and textured snow in Oulu, #Finland.
Thanks to @harrivaarala.bsky.social for the video!
Illuminated bike paths on compacted and textured snow in Oulu, #Finland.
Thanks to @harrivaarala.bsky.social for the video!
December 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
When the going gets cold, the Finns keep cycling.
Illuminated bike paths on compacted and textured snow in Oulu, #Finland.
Thanks to @harrivaarala.bsky.social for the video!
Illuminated bike paths on compacted and textured snow in Oulu, #Finland.
Thanks to @harrivaarala.bsky.social for the video!
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This isn't new to the world, but it's new to me and blew my little mind this morning: some African elephants are rapidly evolving to not have tusks because of ivory poaching 😟 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ivory poaching and the rapid evolution of tusklessness in African elephants
Intensive ivory poaching during a period of civil conflict caused the rapid evolution of tusklessness in an African elephant population.
www.science.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
This isn't new to the world, but it's new to me and blew my little mind this morning: some African elephants are rapidly evolving to not have tusks because of ivory poaching 😟 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
My essay "Rooted" got selected for Creative Nonfiction's anthology The Final Issue (creativenonfiction.org). I'm a little in awe of the company it's keeping.
December 11, 2024 at 3:18 PM
My essay "Rooted" got selected for Creative Nonfiction's anthology The Final Issue (creativenonfiction.org). I'm a little in awe of the company it's keeping.
I kept hoping Totoro's cat bus would arrive. Instead it was just the (very slow) E train.
December 10, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I kept hoping Totoro's cat bus would arrive. Instead it was just the (very slow) E train.
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Fascinating, hopeful case: legally enforceable rights just granted to the Snohomish River watershed in Everett City, Washington State.
“Voters in Everett…enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
“Voters in Everett…enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
A River in Washington State Now Has Enforceable Legal Rights - Inside Climate News
Voters in the city of Everett chose to grant the Snohomish River watershed rights to exist, regenerate and flourish as part of a November ballot initiative.
insideclimatenews.org
December 7, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Fascinating, hopeful case: legally enforceable rights just granted to the Snohomish River watershed in Everett City, Washington State.
“Voters in Everett…enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
“Voters in Everett…enshrined the watershed’s rights to exist, regenerate and flourish.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/0512202...
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Mindblowing presentation last night by USFWS’s Kristin Salamack: temporary fencing deployed in southeastern Colorado during fall mating season successfully funneled tarantulas (& the occasional burrowing owl) into preexisting culverts.
That’s right: it’s America’s first SPIDER WILDLIFE CROSSING. 🤯
That’s right: it’s America’s first SPIDER WILDLIFE CROSSING. 🤯
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Mindblowing presentation last night by USFWS’s Kristin Salamack: temporary fencing deployed in southeastern Colorado during fall mating season successfully funneled tarantulas (& the occasional burrowing owl) into preexisting culverts.
That’s right: it’s America’s first SPIDER WILDLIFE CROSSING. 🤯
That’s right: it’s America’s first SPIDER WILDLIFE CROSSING. 🤯
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"You assholes, you’re the reason that every fucking new car is blinding the shit out of everyone.”
I really like the rhetorical choices made by Nate here.
I really like the rhetorical choices made by Nate here.
In one of the strangest chapters of my life, I spent several months in the trenches of Big Headlight, looking to understand just how and why headlights became brighter than the sun. Answers, graphs, penis sketches—it's all here, on the brand new Ringer site:
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
www.theringer.com/2024/12/03/t...
Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
The crusade against bright headlights has picked up speed in recent years, in large part due to a couple of Reddit nerds. Could they know what’s best for the auto industry better than the auto industr...
www.theringer.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:44 AM
"You assholes, you’re the reason that every fucking new car is blinding the shit out of everyone.”
I really like the rhetorical choices made by Nate here.
I really like the rhetorical choices made by Nate here.
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When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm.
How do you re-create the voice of a 15th century king? Dig up his skeleton
When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm.
www.npr.org
November 30, 2024 at 5:46 PM
When Richard III's skeleton was found under a parking lot in England in 2012, it was an exciting enough discovery for the general public, but a game-changer for Yvonne Morley-Chisholm.
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To say: my profile pic is a LiDAR image showing the river-ghosts—historical meanders—of the Lower Mississippi.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
November 18, 2024 at 11:08 PM
To say: my profile pic is a LiDAR image showing the river-ghosts—historical meanders—of the Lower Mississippi.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.
Water, wandering, wilfully.
It’s by Daniel Coe, who has deep-mapped the pasts of many rivers.
See more of his work at dancoecarto.com/work
& below.
What wild, wondrous beings rivers are.