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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 2d

You heard it here, folks: 'Do not pass GO'.
I am so very grateful for the readers who get in touch with their responses to reading GREYHOUND and their reminiscences of the road.... It's a book about the Greyhound bus, while also being about so many other things...

Joseph Szymanski / Photographer @josephszymanski.com · 3d

Just finished 'Greyhound' by @joannapocock.bsky.social - Go get a copy. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Beautiful book...

Greyhound

Combining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives wh…

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

this is absolutely my favorite protest innovation of 2025

"my opponents are violent antifa extremist terrorists"

"your opponents are dressed as giant inflatable frogs"

solid fuck you to the pepe crowd too

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 2d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 1d

they are clearly trying to terrify everyone out of showing up to the No Kings protest and I simply do not think it is going to work

see you all there

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Sen. Roger Marshall: "October 18 is when the protest gets here. This will be a Soros paid-for protest for his professional protesters. The agitators show up. We'll have to get the National Guard out. Hopefully it will be peaceful. I doubt it."

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Fergal Byrne @agendaearth.bsky.social · 3d

Great stuff! But a bird never flew on one wing. 🙂Another wonderful interview with Chris... for the Sustainability Agenda with sound by Cat Byrne, Clapton edgelands (i), gathered in the Lea Valley, Clapton, London, during November 2024. www.thesustainabilityagenda.com/podcast/epis...

Episode 200: Exploring the Austin edgelands: Christopher Brown discusses his latest book, A Natural History of Empty Lots. - The Sustainability Agenda

In this thought-provoking episode, Christopher Brown—lawyer, novelist, and urban naturalist— takes us on a journey through the landscape around his home in Austin, Texas, the edgelands where the city ...

www.thesustainabilityagenda.com

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Fergal Byrne @agendaearth.bsky.social · 3d

Great stuff! But a bird never flew on one wing. Another wonderful interview with Chris for the Sustainability Agenda -with sound accompaniement by Cat Byrne, Clapton edgelands (i), gathered in the Lea Valley, Clapton, London, during November 2024. www.thesustainabilityagenda.com/podcast/epis...

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Fergal Byrne @agendaearth.bsky.social · 3d

Yess!! But a bird never flew on one wing. 🙂 Another wonderful interview with Chris for the Sustainability Agenda with sound by Cat Byrne, Clapton edgelands (i), gathered in the Lea Valley, Clapton, London, during November 2024. www.thesustainabilityagenda.com/podcast/epis...

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 15d

River abstraction has soared 76% over two decades, threatening rivers, ecosystems and future supply. Water companies fall back on extracting more from already stressed rivers 4/4
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

England’s rivers ‘under threat’ as water extraction surges to record levels

Exclusive: Investigation finds 76% rise in water taken from rivers and lakes for industrial or public consumption in two decades

www.theguardian.com

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angela hudson jones @angelahudsonjones.bsky.social · 4d

@bookshop.org is offering free shipping today and tomorrow

might i suggest @joannapocock.bsky.social
exquisite memoir

bookshop.org/p/books/grey...

book cover:
joanna pocock
greyhound

image is a black and white photograph of a roadside motel.

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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 4d

The paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots is out today from Timber Press @hachetteus.bsky.social! Thanks to all the readers who have picked up the hardcover and ebook over the past year (or listened to the audiobook) and spread the word 🙏📖💚

Paperback editions of A Natural History of Empty Lots in a box

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 4d

At this point I am just a @triofrancos.bsky.social superfan & wanna recommend everything she’s doing but I particularly enjoyed this interview with @jathansadowski.com & @edwardongwesojr.com on all things extraction, stranded renewables assets, China, & much more 🫡
open.spotify.com/episode/4kfb...

425. The Oxymorons of Green Capitalism (ft. Thea Riofrancos)

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 8d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 8d

On November 5, I'll be teaching an online class for @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social on nature writing in the 21st century—as both genre in its own right and essential element for writers in any genre. It should be a lot of fun: writersleague.org/calendar/wri...

“Writing the Natural World: A 21st Century Reboot” with Christopher Brown

$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members For any writer in any genre, nature is a presence in the narrative, whether as the central focus or ambient background. Writing the natural world presents a tre…

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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 8d

Very much liked this book —

Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 8d

Austin folks: please join us Tuesday night at Alienated Majesty Books for the paperback release of A Natural History of Empty Lots (and a month-long celebration of this amazing bookstore's second birthday): alienatedmajestybooks.com/events/34023...

Paperback Release & Eco-Panel: A NATURAL HISTORY OF EMPTY LOTS by Christopher Brown | Alienated Majesty Books

Home of the leastsellers in Austin, Texas. Small presses, poetry, comics, translated works, and titles you can't find elsewhere.

alienatedmajestybooks.com

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 8d

This was a really fun conversation. Thank you @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social 🙏🙏🙏

Liam Bishop @liamhbishopwriting.bsky.social · 9d

New episode of the Rippling Pages is out now with @joannapocock.bsky.social on GREYHOUND @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social

This one is finding kindness and perspective while out on the American Road and much more

It’s a journey Joanna’s done twice! Find out why here:

linktr.ee/ripplingpage...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Sep 9

The US president trafficked & raped underage girls, the evidence is overwhelming, everyone knows it, and this country's elites & institutions are so broken, so insular, so decadent that we can't even bring ourselves to state it clearly, much less do anything about it.

Contemptible & pathetic.

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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · Sep 10

When the armadillos are out foraging before sundown, it’s a sign cooler temps have arrived in Texas

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Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley.substack.com · Sep 10

The White House’s furious response to the decision by Norway’s SWF to divest from Caterpillar over its support for Israeli war crimes tells us something important: divestment works.

And it works even more effectively in a democratic financial system.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/divestment...

Divestment Works.

When finance is accountable to the people, elites get scared.

graceblakeley.substack.com

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Chris Noto @chrisnoto.bsky.social · Aug 30

Here's a stunning piece, "At Harper’s, Lewis Hyde on “The Geological Sublime” (long read on butterflies, deep time, and climate change)." @christopherbrown.bsky.social turned me on to it in his most recent newsletter. fieldnotes.christopherbrown.com/p/dogs-days-...

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Fred Kiesche 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇩🇰 @fredkiesche.bsky.social · Aug 31

Field Notes by Christopher Brown for August 24, 2025: Dog Days, Dog Stars and Flea Peppers.

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Dog days, dog stars and flea peppers

Plus: Empty Lots in paperback and a nature writing class. (No. 183)

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Fergal Byrne @agendaearth.bsky.social · Sep 1

A rather darker vision.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Aug 28

I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...

How We Brought Respectful Debate Back to The Harvard Crimson’s Editorial Board

To us, the solution is deceptively simple. Universities should create environments where students with different views must talk to one another routinely and establish ground rules that ensure they do so without distractions or prejudgment.

Illiberalism on college campuses isn’t inevitable. At The Crimson, it took only a few months to radically improve.

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Aug 27

“The left needs to stop attacking the right as though they’re free market fundamentalists and recognize that they are charlatans who will sacrifice any ideological commitment to maintain their own wealth and power.”

@graceblakeley.substack.com on why the right never really cared about free markets.

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Fergal Byrne @agendaearth.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations, Joanna. Also thinking about Denis Johnson's debut novel, Angels...

Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · Aug 29

@orionmagazine.bsky.social have printed a short extract from GREYHOUND (published by Soft Skull Press in the US and @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social in the UK).
"Greyhound buses are part of an overlooked ecosystem. ... They are more library than shopping mall..."

#greyhound #OrionMagazine

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