Dr. Elizabeth Sawin
@bethsawin.bsky.social
Director Multisolving Institute. She/her. Systems thinking, climate justice, and multisolving, with a sprinkle of gardens and the odd puns. @bethsawin on X
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The clip is longer than the quote - it's really worth listening to the whole video...
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Protect your innate sense of interconnectedness, though it will be violated by the current order many times per day. What is powerful is not always true.
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Protect your innate sense of interconnectedness, though it will be violated by the current order many times per day. What is powerful is not always true.
All this suffering is so painful and all this harm is so dangerous and so prone to propagate because we are so utterly interconnected to each other and the living Earth. That same feature (it's not a bug) could be the source of our joy and healing.
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
All this suffering is so painful and all this harm is so dangerous and so prone to propagate because we are so utterly interconnected to each other and the living Earth. That same feature (it's not a bug) could be the source of our joy and healing.
Our new induction stove is finally operational (good bye unvented gas stove that game with the house). So of course the question is what kind of cookies should I make to celebrate (I mean test) the new oven?
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Our new induction stove is finally operational (good bye unvented gas stove that game with the house). So of course the question is what kind of cookies should I make to celebrate (I mean test) the new oven?
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THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
THREAD.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
The definitive list of the absolute best interdimensional portals I have photographed on walks in the British countryside.
1. Gateway To The Land Of Leaping Dogs.
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wow, last week's conversation was so interesting and rewarding; emerging naturally from the experiences of participants. This coming week will explore shifting paradigms Earthwards- working with Donella Meadows' leverage points and others. As always, dm for meeting link.
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
wow, last week's conversation was so interesting and rewarding; emerging naturally from the experiences of participants. This coming week will explore shifting paradigms Earthwards- working with Donella Meadows' leverage points and others. As always, dm for meeting link.
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1. Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, reveals that she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia just hours after she gave birth to her daughter, and that she has less than a year to live.
Schlossberg is just 35.
(Link below)
Schlossberg is just 35.
(Link below)
November 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
1. Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy and granddaughter of President John F. Kennedy, reveals that she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia just hours after she gave birth to her daughter, and that she has less than a year to live.
Schlossberg is just 35.
(Link below)
Schlossberg is just 35.
(Link below)
I'm of 2 minds about climate negotiations these days.
There's part that invested a decade in COPs as a path to change. That part remembers the feeling of being with thousands of people coming together to try to take care a collective life support system.
There's part that invested a decade in COPs as a path to change. That part remembers the feeling of being with thousands of people coming together to try to take care a collective life support system.
Of course there is lying and not facing facts and harming the innocent. It's an addiction archetype when the suppliers have captured the problem solving mechanisms that could support recovery.
November 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm of 2 minds about climate negotiations these days.
There's part that invested a decade in COPs as a path to change. That part remembers the feeling of being with thousands of people coming together to try to take care a collective life support system.
There's part that invested a decade in COPs as a path to change. That part remembers the feeling of being with thousands of people coming together to try to take care a collective life support system.
Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Reducing emissions without phasing out fossil fuels is like being full after a big restaurant meal and telling the waiter to keep delivering new dishes to the table with a promise that your kids and your neighbor who is not even at the table will pay the bill.
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This is just to say
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is just to say
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
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Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Quite a metaphor. 👀
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
"The blaze [sent] panicked delegates racing to evacuate...rain from a torrential downpour leaked into the meeting spaces...There were complaints about food shortages, & the air-conditioning struggled to keep up with the high heat..."
Do you ever wonder we'd be now if the voices advocating a shift from GDP to wellbeing indicators had prevailed in 1990 when they first started talking about it? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now
The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Do you ever wonder we'd be now if the voices advocating a shift from GDP to wellbeing indicators had prevailed in 1990 when they first started talking about it? www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Madrids economic and health program also reduces emissions from transportation.
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Madrids economic and health program also reduces emissions from transportation.
Denmark announces new health and jobs program
#Wind-powered #Denmark plans to cut planet-heating pollution by at least 82% by 2035 from 1990 levels.
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#climate
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Denmark announces one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets, while the rest of the EU looks away
Governments across the continent have attacked green rules with increasing ferocity – all while professing their commitment to existing climate targets
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Denmark announces new health and jobs program
When a dominator attacks someone in front of others the message is for the others as well as the direct victim. It is a way to identify the brave ones for further attack and a way to make the quiet ones ashamed and complicit.
November 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
When a dominator attacks someone in front of others the message is for the others as well as the direct victim. It is a way to identify the brave ones for further attack and a way to make the quiet ones ashamed and complicit.
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What do we lose when we outsource our conflicts in our partnerships, family relationships, and/or friendships to ChatGPT?
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
What do we lose when we outsource our conflicts in our partnerships, family relationships, and/or friendships to ChatGPT?
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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In San Francisco, mid 70's, we had water restrictions. Before low-flow toilets, we put bricks in the tanks. We cut back water use so well, they asked us to start using it more. During a drought in Davis, our community garden watered on alternate days. Both of these efforts were easy& felt good.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
In San Francisco, mid 70's, we had water restrictions. Before low-flow toilets, we put bricks in the tanks. We cut back water use so well, they asked us to start using it more. During a drought in Davis, our community garden watered on alternate days. Both of these efforts were easy& felt good.
A thing I think about: perhaps a gift (a painful one but still a gift) the collective shadow being so prominent right now gives us each is the opportunity to excavate some of it in ourselves and to stand together in the light, come what may.
In starkness, clarity.
In starkness, clarity.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A thing I think about: perhaps a gift (a painful one but still a gift) the collective shadow being so prominent right now gives us each is the opportunity to excavate some of it in ourselves and to stand together in the light, come what may.
In starkness, clarity.
In starkness, clarity.
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The power-over crowd want you to think transparent collective action is impossible, because they fear it, but when you return a book to the library, shovel your section of the sidewalk, loan money to launch a small business you are doing it! Many times each day.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The power-over crowd want you to think transparent collective action is impossible, because they fear it, but when you return a book to the library, shovel your section of the sidewalk, loan money to launch a small business you are doing it! Many times each day.
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When I lived on the Sunshine Coast of BC, we had summertime water restrictions. It didn't take long for people to change their ways, e.g., water lawns on prescribed days.
November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When I lived on the Sunshine Coast of BC, we had summertime water restrictions. It didn't take long for people to change their ways, e.g., water lawns on prescribed days.
Transparent collective action is the path to a thriving future. Where is it happening in your life (even if a smaller scale)?
"The impact was dramatic. Water use fell by more than 55% in under two years, from 1.2 billion liters per day to about 500 million.When rains finally returned in 2018, the reservoirs refilled. But the deeper lesson endured: transparent, collective action can shift behavior on a massive scale"
Can Tehran use the Cape Town model to escape a water crisis 'Day Zero'?
As Iran’s capital Tehran endures its worst water crisis in living memory, few recent global cases offer clearer lessons than Cape Town in South Africa in 2018.
www.iranintl.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Transparent collective action is the path to a thriving future. Where is it happening in your life (even if a smaller scale)?
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Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory.
Acting Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres said the entire Colombian Amazon will be made a reserve for renewable natural resources.
Acting Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres said the entire Colombian Amazon will be made a reserve for renewable natural resources.
Colombia bans all new oil and mining projects in its Amazon
Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory, according to a Nov. 13 statement by its environment ministry.…
news.mongabay.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Colombia will no longer approve new oil or large-scale mining projects in its Amazon biome, which covers 42% of the nation’s territory.
Acting Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres said the entire Colombian Amazon will be made a reserve for renewable natural resources.
Acting Environment Minister Irene Vélez Torres said the entire Colombian Amazon will be made a reserve for renewable natural resources.
The knights of the round table park their steeds at the Lancelot
The white board pens park at the Marks-a-lot
The slow cooker crowd parks at the Insta-lot
Led Zepplin fans park at the Lotta love
And if you still aren't sure where to park you can use the Lottery and park wherever feels lucky.
The white board pens park at the Marks-a-lot
The slow cooker crowd parks at the Insta-lot
Led Zepplin fans park at the Lotta love
And if you still aren't sure where to park you can use the Lottery and park wherever feels lucky.
November 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The knights of the round table park their steeds at the Lancelot
The white board pens park at the Marks-a-lot
The slow cooker crowd parks at the Insta-lot
Led Zepplin fans park at the Lotta love
And if you still aren't sure where to park you can use the Lottery and park wherever feels lucky.
The white board pens park at the Marks-a-lot
The slow cooker crowd parks at the Insta-lot
Led Zepplin fans park at the Lotta love
And if you still aren't sure where to park you can use the Lottery and park wherever feels lucky.