Send this short primer on bullshits jobs to ur fave administrator justincase they might be abetting this process via meaningless spirit-killing tasks and taskmasters. Bureaucracy is such a devious stopgap for the care (and leisure!) everyone deserves youtube.com/watch?v=utdDB1…

if only scientists had been predicting this

Time to get heroic! noemamag.com/its-time-to-gi…

For #Solar Friends in the US & UK and elsewhere: In a significant move towards sustainable living, #renters and #condominium owners across #Germany now have the legal right to install #solarpanels on their balconies. balkon.solar/news/2024/10/1…

Join us this morning to talk about teaching energy democracy!

Faith-based environmental groups take on fossil fuels as 'a sacred duty' apnews.com/article/faith-…

ABSOLUTION is here! The surprise fourth volume in Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach series—and the final word on one of the most provocative and popular speculative fiction series of our time. bit.ly/4dWe3Q3

Blackstone is now the largest corporate landlord on Earth with over 300,000 homes in the U.S. Billionaires and corporations have bought millions of homes and either raised rents or left them as empty investments. There are 16 million vacant houses—28 for every homeless person.

NEWS The editor of the Los Angeles Times editorial page has resigned after the owner blocked the editorial board from moving forward with an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. “I am resigning because I want to make it clear that I am not okay with us being silent.

Hey ⁦The Washington Post⁩ just cancelled my subscription. Democracy dies in darkness. npr.org/2024/10/25/nx-…

If you're upset at the Washington Post and LA Times being controlled by billionaires, consider following independent journalists. Legacy media has been on the downswing for a while now, and there are really amazing people stepping in and doing the work themselves. A list:

Every once in a while midjourney gets it just right...

For obvious reasons, things are really hopping over at Bluesky now. If you've been thinking of shifting over this is a great time to do so. You'll be welcomed with open arms. Encourage the folks you like here to come too. Find me @dominicboyer.bsky.social

Join us Wed., Nov. 27, 4–5 pm (UK time) for the next Critical Conversations in Environmental Humanities series: “Elements and Energies” w/ Cymene Howe & ⒹⓞⓜⓘⓝⓘⓒⒷⓞⓨⓔⓡ (Rice University). Co-organized w/ Jamille Pinheiro Dias. Register for Zoom link: sas.ac.uk/news-events/ev…

For those of you still following, had a great chat with ⒹⓞⓜⓘⓝⓘⓒⒷⓞⓨⓔⓡ and Cymene Howe for the Cultures of Energy podcast. Have a listen! EASA EnviroAnt Network Environment+Society Centre for Energy Ethics tinyurl.com/bddxrp2a

New Cultures of Energy pod with the always brilliant Unfollow vv

Did you know that already more than 1000 glaciers have disappeared in Switzerland over the last 50 years as a consequence of human-caused climate change? One of those is Pizolgletscher which I visited today. Always a saddening yet impressive sight...

dear friends living in Georgia -- you've got a really important election coming up with a chance to take more democratic control over your power system. please listen to this podcast with all the details.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pay… thanks!! D