“the internet is a metaphysical horror game not a representational machine” — bogna

From an economists' mailing list: "I asked an economist once why the discipline insisted on its core assumptions despite overwhelming evidence that they did not resemble the real world in the slightest. He replied that it is, at heart, a normative theory, not a positive one --

BREAKING: Turkey suffers extraordinary new national temperature record of >50°C 🧵

Rising temperatures are causing water to evaporate and driving humans to extract more groundwater, which is moving freshwater from the land to the seas and creating a "continental drying" trend newscientist.com/article/249000…

Native Americans patrolling the shores for illegal invaders in Massachusetts, circa 1637

“It is necessary to build a new world. A world in which there is room for many worlds. A world capable of containing all the worlds.” — Subcomandante Marcos theanarchistlibrary.org/library/subcom…

Extreme marine heat recorded since 2023 might herald the start of a regime shift in the world’s oceans that poses a grave threat to life on Earth, scientists have warned. newscientist.com/article/248959…

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CIA can't operate without it. Pentagon can't function without it. And Wall Street can't trade without it. Yet most people have no idea what Palantir does behind closed doors. Here’s how the U.S. government allowed a $300B surveillance company to track your every move: 🧵

The ecology of an upstate New York stream rebounded to its natural state within three years after a small dam was removed, highlighting how quickly aquatic ecosystems can recover, according to a new study. Water resource managers are increasingly investigating removing dams to

From Swamp Thing #37 (1985), written by Alan Moore —the first appearance of John Constantine.

I am so tired of waiting. Aren’t you, for the world to become good and beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife and cut the world in two— and see what worms are eating at the rind. ~ Langston Hughes

Murray Bookchin, who died this day in 2006: "If we do not do the impossible, we shall be faced with the unthinkable."

Like almost all other issues, a (bio)regional approach is required for stewarding both economical and ecological processes.

Garden industry demonized "weeds" to sell you herbicides ☠️ Weeds are plants doing essential jobs you're not doing. Nature hates bare soil. Conventional weed control keeps you trapped in endless battles - here's the permaculture permanent solution: A THREAD 🧵

Remember—we’re ALSO creating beautiful places and things against and beyond the current system. Some of us have never been motivated by money, and can still see a better horizon. 💚

True, but plant smart. Native species, transitional species, more food species, guides — have a planting plan that wisely considers the whole ecoregion and landscape mosaic.