umbellifer
@apiaceae.bsky.social
land trust worker in baltimore, developmental editor of academic work in the humanities, urban farmer, PhD in cultural studies, biophilic and 'a salty person'
learning a lot about falling birth rates globally & how that will interact with the climate / resource crisis from this - if you are still holding the precept that not having children is an individual act responsive to the planetary pressures of anthropogenic climate change, like I was, recommending
‘Just one of either depopulation in the North or climate change in the South could be enough to drive mass migration.
Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.’
David Runciman:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anyone who thinks the 21st century will not see the biggest global movement of peoples in history has not been paying attention.’
David Runciman:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
learning a lot about falling birth rates globally & how that will interact with the climate / resource crisis from this - if you are still holding the precept that not having children is an individual act responsive to the planetary pressures of anthropogenic climate change, like I was, recommending
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
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To make their quota, ICE is now arresting spouses of US citizens who are in the country legally and who have passed all background checks, have no criminal records and are just waiting for their green card to be issued. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
To make their quota, ICE is now arresting spouses of US citizens who are in the country legally and who have passed all background checks, have no criminal records and are just waiting for their green card to be issued. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
land trust fairy errands to deliver gifts of supplies for the garden & park sites today produced a v cute centerpiece for my 1st time hosting an alt thanksgiving potluck-- a hybridized heirloom pumpkin (untitled) developed by a botanist in new england + grown down the street from the arabber stables
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
land trust fairy errands to deliver gifts of supplies for the garden & park sites today produced a v cute centerpiece for my 1st time hosting an alt thanksgiving potluck-- a hybridized heirloom pumpkin (untitled) developed by a botanist in new england + grown down the street from the arabber stables
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From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
From the MN Society for Professional Journalists: St. Paul police shot three photojournalists (MPR, Reuters, Sahan Journal) with "less lethal" munitions during an ICE operation yesterday. One had to go to the hospital. They say they were specifically targeted by St. Paul police.
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there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
there's that now-famous internet line about how climate change means watching clips of climate disasters on people's phones until you're the one filming it, and it feels like there's some parallel about watching fascist deportation goon squad videos until it's filmed on the streets you recognize
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finding fleeting always yes
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
finding fleeting always yes
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IT'S OUT - The Sisson Street Task force takes the Falls Road site for a trash drop-off center - the one beside the Jones Falls - off the table. tinyurl.com/2nkwnudd The chair now says the group’s work won’t be done by @mayorbmscott.bsky.social's December deadline.
Sisson Street Task Force rejects Falls Road as site for trash drop-off center | Baltimore Brew
With a location beside the Jones Falls taken off the table, the chair says the group’s work won’t be done by Mayor Scott’s December deadline.
tinyurl.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
IT'S OUT - The Sisson Street Task force takes the Falls Road site for a trash drop-off center - the one beside the Jones Falls - off the table. tinyurl.com/2nkwnudd The chair now says the group’s work won’t be done by @mayorbmscott.bsky.social's December deadline.
a baltimore foundation is giving our community farm some funds to create accessible pathways for disabled / elder / v young residents to navigate the land tysm to urban DEI
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 PM
a baltimore foundation is giving our community farm some funds to create accessible pathways for disabled / elder / v young residents to navigate the land tysm to urban DEI
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November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
EPA just approved new ‘forever chemical’ pesticides for use on food - The Boston Globe
The agency approved two new pesticides that will be used on vegetables such as romaine lettuce, broccoli, and potatoes.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with approvals for pesticides containing “forever chemicals” as an active ingredient, dismissing concerns about health and environmental impacts raised by some scientists and activists.
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Within a month, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations shot at D.C. drivers two separate times.
The incidents highlight significant differences in how local and federal police respond to crime, as well as what systems of accountability exist, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports.
The incidents highlight significant differences in how local and federal police respond to crime, as well as what systems of accountability exist, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports.
When federal agents shoot people in D.C., there are few details – and little accountability
D.C. police officers are held to one standard, federal agents another.
51st.news
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Within a month, federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations shot at D.C. drivers two separate times.
The incidents highlight significant differences in how local and federal police respond to crime, as well as what systems of accountability exist, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports.
The incidents highlight significant differences in how local and federal police respond to crime, as well as what systems of accountability exist, @maustermuhle.bsky.social reports.
don't sleep on how much of a gift in dark times this is bsky (ty Al 🙏)
I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music - YouTube
songs featured in Al Shipley's book Tough Breaks
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November 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
don't sleep on how much of a gift in dark times this is bsky (ty Al 🙏)
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Well this is very bad.
How Universities Used Counterterror Intelligence-Sharing Hubs to Surveil Pro-Palestine Students
Internal university communications reveal how a network established for post-9/11 intelligence sharing was turned on students protesting genocide.
theintercept.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Well this is very bad.
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Falcon hovering over Whidbey Island, Ebey's trail.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Falcon hovering over Whidbey Island, Ebey's trail.
every week should have a second Sunday and I feel it each time -- just me???
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 AM
every week should have a second Sunday and I feel it each time -- just me???
I got DOGEd earlier this year when they made the funding portal inoperable for EPA grantees to steal the $ & our group of subgrantees was just 1 of 2 out of 75 grantees nationally that sued & won back funds access thanks to a court order that was unexpectedly obeyed, the rest of them didn't even try
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I got DOGEd earlier this year when they made the funding portal inoperable for EPA grantees to steal the $ & our group of subgrantees was just 1 of 2 out of 75 grantees nationally that sued & won back funds access thanks to a court order that was unexpectedly obeyed, the rest of them didn't even try
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In the US, Muslims are seen as antisemitic by default. I've experienced this my whole life.
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In the US, Muslims are seen as antisemitic by default. I've experienced this my whole life.
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Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Anyone remember that cease fire?
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
"Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"
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yes please new horse lords track this is my new fight song
music.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQr...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQr...
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
yes please new horse lords track this is my new fight song
music.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQr...
music.youtube.com/watch?v=EWQr...
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Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.
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Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.
November 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency