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Agroforester, organizer, researcher: curious human trying to cause less harm and do good things with nice people ☆☆☆ entangledecologies.net ☆☆☆

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · Jul 23

"Struggle so that all may live this rich, overflowing life. And be sure that in this struggle you will find a joy greater than anything else can give."
— Peter Kropotkin (1897)

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 1d

The book they are discussing:

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 1d

Dude, we are in the Trump era, we’re prepared for the worst possible bullshit…

michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 1d

A fantastic conversation about radical abundance, the problem of transition, and the transformational process of struggle with @kaiheron.bsky.social, @kmilb.bsky.social, and Bertie Russell via @futurehistories.bsky.social.

These folks are offering genuine ways forward in these turbulent times.

Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell on Radical Abundance

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Orion Magazine @orionmagazine.bsky.social · 2d

In praise of the pumpkins, the sweet potatoes, the squashes—the patron vegetables of soup season, of cold weather, of hard times.

On Cold-Weather Vegetables

Andre Dubus describes the meals between married couples as not mere eating but a “pausing in the march to perform an act together."

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Abundance @abundance-org.bsky.social · 4d

We live in a world where we have too much of what we don't need and too little of what we do – but it doesn't have to be this way.

ICYMI: Here is an exclusive extract from our new book that makes the case for creating a world of “radical abundance”.

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We live in a world where we have too much of what we don't need and too little of what we do – but it doesn't have to be this way

Ahead of in-conversation in Sheffield next Thursday, we have an exclusive extract from a new book that makes the case for creating a world of “radical abundance”.

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

This paper explores practices of commoning in the global north, while attending to the ways Appalachian gatherers turn the challenges of the Anthropocene into creative opportunities for collective living.

Wasteland Commons and Three Frames of Ecological Nihilism

By Dominic Piacentini, The University of Maine

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Adrian Ivakhiv @eevakheev.bsky.social · Mar 25

The #infowar on #Canada is ramping up. #Canadians need to urgently update their #medialiteracy in time for their April 28 #federal_election. Here's one way to do that. www.cbc.ca/radio/frontb...

An election in a polluted media environment - Transcript | CBC Radio

Front Burner Transcript for March 24, 2025

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

Did you know that 5 of the 7 planetary boundaries breached (out of 9 total) are directly linked to food systems and production? Now you do.

"Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives."

EAT-Lancet 2025: Global food transformation needed to ease pressure on the planet and save millions of lives

Five of the seven breached planetary boundaries are linked to food systems. By transforming production and adopting a “planetary health diet,” we can halve food-related climate emissions and prevent m...

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a blue sweater and tie is standing in front of a desk that says exactly

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and bow tie is standing in front of a blackboard and making a funny face .

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

Over 150,000 Indigenous children in so-called Canada were forced to leave their families to attend residential schools aimed at assimilation and erasing their cultures.

The horrific abuse and murder perpetrated on these children are well-documented and proven.

More has to be done to rectify.

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

It has been a decade since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report, issuing 94 calls to action to address the systemic and generational abuse caused by Canada’s residential school system.

Of the 94 calls to action only around a dozen have been completed to date.

Throwback: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report

A decade has passed since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released its final report, issuing 94 calls to action to address the systemic and generational abuse caused by Canada’s resident...

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 15d

It’s never simply utopian to believe that our societies can be (and have been) organized differently.

Transactional modes of relating to one another alienates people from each other and from the land.

A culture of care and stewardship can change that.

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

Your poetry rocks! Glad I found your account :)

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 2d

Good morning, wonderful humans!

It’s a crisp -2C here in the Beaver Hills, Canada, and I hope you (yes you) have a fantastic day!

No matter what chaos is going on out there today, just remember: there is also goodness in the world and we can choose to be part of it. 😄

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Danielle Zoe Rivera @danielle-rivera.bsky.social · 3d

This article is an amazing reconceptualization of rural water capacities! First-authored by an awesome colleague of mine! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Linking variation in water democracy to system performance on the human right to water

Nature Water - Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is influenced by various socioeconomic factors. A survey of a large number of California water systems shows how different...

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, maybe. I just wasn’t aware that the big two allow that sort of thing…

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 3d

Of course not! Just didnt know it was even possible to work for both publishers at the same time!

Regardless, I’m not complaining. More you in my eyeballs in always a good thing. Your work is so good.

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 3d

a little girl is dancing with the words i said what i said behind her

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 3d

Can someone explain to me how @gwillow.me gets to write for Marvel and DC at the same time? I mean, what?

Just because she’s brilliant and super talented doesn’t mean y’all need to just let her do whatever she wants.. or does it? 🤔

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 3d

“Rather than extending or amplifying what already exists, mutation introduces discontinuity—it imagines futures where the basic categories of the human, the natural, the technological, or the social have shifted and contaminated each other in fundamental ways.”

Speculations for Worlds to Come

In a time of deep planetary weirding and widespread cultural and personal disorientation speculative thought is no longer just a literary genre or theoretical exercise, but a vital tool for creativ…

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michael ◉●○•° @ontopunk.bsky.social · 3d

Trippy intellectual excursion through Deleuze and Laruelle:

“this paper explores a few aspects of Laruelle’s non-philosophy and his concept of the gnostic matrix as an inverse operation and sublimation of Deleuze’s difference-itself.”
— @yvettegranata.bsky.social

The Repetition of Generic Gnostic Matrices

By Yvette Granata [Edited version of paper presented at the Deleuze Studies Conference in Rome, July 2016.] 1.1 From ‘What is Philosophy’ to ‘Where is Non-Philosophy’? While Deleuze and Guattari’s&…

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Melanie Andrej @from-elsewhere.bsky.social · 5d

We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen. DH Lawrence

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