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Earthling
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Writer, Poet, Designer • Fan of #PlanetEarth, #gardens, #democracy, #science, the #arts, & the #OxfordComma. Honored to have #books published by Beacon Press and Graywolf Press. Photos are mine/© ~ unless reposts or credited. • Happy to be here!
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The Power of Tiny #Gardens • Think of a tiny city garden like a coral reef, where one little worm comes & builds its cave. And then another one attaches itself...Soon you have a great coral reef supporting 100s of #species. Tiny gardens work that way. #Climate #PlanetaryHealth
bit.ly/tinygardenpo...
Q&A: The power of tiny gardens and their role in addressing climate change
In this Q&A, MIT professor Kate Brown discusses her latest research, and how she believes her current project exploring the history of tiny gardens could help put power into the hands of ordinary ...
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The Power of Tiny #Gardens • Think of a tiny city garden like a coral reef, where one little worm comes & builds its cave. And then another one attaches itself...Soon you have a great coral reef supporting 100s of #species. Tiny gardens work that way. #Climate #PlanetaryHealth
bit.ly/tinygardenpo...
Q&A: The power of tiny gardens and their role in addressing climate change
In this Q&A, MIT professor Kate Brown discusses her latest research, and how she believes her current project exploring the history of tiny gardens could help put power into the hands of ordinary ...
news.mit.edu
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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goodport.bsky.social
I’m going to link a few recipes here that might come in handy about now.
#Thanksgiving #HomeCooking #ComfortFood #Baking #Pie #food #cooking #foodsky #cooksky
goodport.blog/2025/03/13/n...
Never-Fail Pie Crust Enjoying a Simple Life At Home With Goodport
Print Recipe This is an old recipe that’s been around forever, and my favorite all-around flakey crust. Easy to work with, great flavor, and flakey! Perfect for both sweet or savory fillings.…
goodport.blog
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
Forest Bathing ~ 24 November 2025
"The first works related to sylvotherapy go back to antiquity. According to Pliny the Elder, 'the smell of the forest where pitch and resin are collected [therefore coniferous forests] is extremely salutary.'"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinrin...
A path through a beautiful forest ~ with dappled light
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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AI Is Not Deciding Our Future, We Are —
Acclaimed MIT labor economist David Autor maintains that humans are still in the driver’s seat.
betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/iss...
#AI #HumanFuture #GoodJobs #WealthInequality #Economy #Technology #FutureOfWork #WellBeing #TechEthics #LivableFuture #Labor
“AI Is Not Deciding Our Future, We Are”
Labor economist and MIT professor David Autor maintains that humans are still in the driver’s seat when it comes to artificial intelligence.
betterworld.mit.edu
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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joriegraham.bsky.social
@dapowell.bsky.social this is completely brilliant. I have read it over & over. The music ( no surprise) is astounding. It's also new--which is saying so much as I thought you'd undergone & transmitted every possible music. Thank you. Bless you. I needed this. More than I can say.
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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At the Pond Today | Late Fall Grasses
#photography #naturephotography #landscape #fallcolors #grasses #ourbeautifulplanet #dailywalk #nativeplants
fall grasses at a local pond; amber and honey colors of fall with touches of blue. photo: ©EHiestand
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
Is #AI coming for our #jobs? Maybe. See which industries are most/least at risk. MIT economist Daron Acemoglu says, "Society has two paths forward." Only one of them will benefit people and job creation. Story: www.usatoday.com/story/money/...
#TechEthics #FutureOfWork #AIeconomy #Inequality
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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#DYK More than half of MIT #students arrive on campus with advanced musical experience! Many have chosen MIT *because* it offers a conservatory-level #music program, as well as world-class #humanities, #tech, and #science. www.facebook.com/reel/2349303...
#HigherEd #ArtandScience #HolisticEd #Arts
The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building is the new home for MIT Music. Fully opened in February 2025, the building provides a centralized facility for music instruction and performance, with top-qua...
The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building is the new home for MIT Music. Fully opened in February 2025, the building provides a centralized facility for music instruction and performance, with...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
#Illuminating Analysis
"How 1776 Built a Democracy—and an Empire"
A commentary by #historian Steven Mintz
open.substack.com/pub/stevenmi...
#AmericanHistory #Democracy #Ideals #AmericanStory #WeThePeople #AMorePerfectUnion #EPluribusUnum #KnowOurHistory #AmericanRevolution #Analysis
What Ken Burns Won’t Tell You About How 1776 Built a Democracy—and an Empire
Founding Myths vs Founding Realities
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
The Annual Thanksgiving Pie Deliberation is underway!
I bake two different pies for a friends & family gathering ~ and the candidates to date are, L-to-R: Apple, Caramel Pecan, Cherry, and Chocolate Mousse.
#Pie #PieBaking #Thanksgiving #ThanksgivingMenu #DecisionsDecisions #BakingQuestion
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Installation: Exploring the #GaiaHypothesis
Scientist/artist Tseo explores the hypothesis —that #PlanetEarth is a #superorganism, a networked, self-regulating system to sustain #life — through biomaterials, #AI-designed proteins, and living #artworks.
arts.mit.edu/connecting-g...
#Arts #Science
Connecting Gaia - Arts at MIT
MIT PhD student Yitong Tseo's exhibition explores the Gaia hypothesis through biomaterials, AI-designed proteins, and living artworks.
arts.mit.edu
November 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
Lovely piece about 19 plants that flower during the winter holidays ~ among them camellias, viburnum, winter heather, Christmas cactus, amaryllis, and clematis "Jingle Bells." bit.ly/Blooms4Holid...
#WinterBlooms #Holidays #Flowers #Plants #WinterGarden #Bloomscrolling #Gardens #QuietJoys #Nature
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Kai Kupferschmidt, a correspondent for #Science magazine, offers #tips for journalists seeking to reduce the presence and harms of falsehoods. "I got into science journalism because I am interested in the truth," he says.
#SciComm #facts #misinformation #journalism
ksj.mit.edu/news/2025/10...
The Lies Have It: Advice for Journalists Approaching Misinformation
Kai Kupferschmidt, KSJ '24, shares actionable tips for journalists seeking to reduce the harm of misinformation.
ksj.mit.edu
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
Who benefits from #AI? This free #comicbook adapts Nobel Prize-winning economists’ book on how AI affects #workers. For #SharedProsperity societies must guide #innovation for the #wellbeing of society at large. How? Read on!
mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-t...
#Ideas #Technology #NewBook #GoodJobs
Who benefits from AI? New comic explores technology’s impact on labor | MIT Sloan
Download “Power and Progress: The Mini-Comic!” for free. A new comic book adapts MIT Nobel Prize-winning economists’ work on how AI affects workers and shared prosperity.
mitsloan.mit.edu
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Last night, I watched one of the best nature videos I have ever seen, from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I have been in love with hornbills since I lived in Indonesia and Malaysia and saw them every time I went out in the jungle.

You really owe it to yourself to watch this.
Islands of the Hornbills
YouTube video by Cornell Lab of Ornithology
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November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
In the Garden | 11 November
The last few plants blooming this week as the temperature is falling: Autumn clematis, veronica, purple sage, and a couple of pansies — along with Satsumas from the market.
#gardens #gardening #fallblooms #fall #quietjoys #planetearth #bloomscrolling
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
Fellow #wordnerds, you might enjoy this brilliant, warm, witty Q&A publication by Barbara Wallraff, noted author of the national best-selling book, "Word Court."

The Wordshop: wallraff.substack.com
~ answering your questions on #English usage
#language #words #grammar #langsky #Englishlanguage
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
#Research: During #sleep, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the #brain, washing away waste that builds up during the day. When we're #sleepdeprived, the body attempts to catch-up on the cleansing, which causes dramatically impaired attention.
news.mit.edu/2025/your-br...
#Science #Health
This is your brain without sleep
An MIT study reveals what happens in the brain as lapses of attention occur following sleep deprivation. During these lapses, a wave of cerebrospinal fluid flows out of the brain — a process that typi...
news.mit.edu
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#GoodNews from Plant Biology Research
How the humble weed, Arabidopsis thaliana, became a superstar of plant biology. This spindly cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era. Story: knowablemagazine.org/content/arti...
#Plants #Science #Discovery #Health #Research #ProtectScience #Wow
How a humble weed became a superstar of biology
Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress launched the botanical world into the molecular era.
knowablemagazine.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
earthling5.bsky.social
#GoodNews from Research!
MIT researchers show they can use messenger #RNA to activate a pathway and trigger the immune system to attack tumors and destroy them.
news.mit.edu/2025/turning...

#Research #Science #CancerTreatment #Healing #Medicine #Healthcare #ProtectScience #ScienceSavesLives
Turning on an immune pathway in tumors could lead to their destruction
By activating an immune signaling pathway inside cancer cells, MIT researchers found a way to force tumors to produce a molecule that leads to their own destruction.
news.mit.edu
November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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In The Garden Today | 2 Nov
Our Amalanchier is in full #fall glory this week. This small tree has many local names: Serviceberry, Juneberry, Saskatoon & Shadbush – the last because its froth of white spring blooms open just when shad swim upriver to spawn. #Trees #QuietJoys #NativePlants #FallColor
A small shrub-like tree, the Amalanchier, whose leaves turn a rich, coral-red color in fall
November 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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In the Garden Today | 31 Oct
The red pommes on our Redbud Crabapple are at their peak now, looking very festive! As the fruits soften, they become irresistible to birds, at which point, the entire crop can disappear in a week!
#NaturePhotography #Trees #Gardens #Photography #Berries #Birds #Joys
October 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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"Soft Skills are vital as businesses adopt #AI. MIT research identifies #softskills, such as #empathy, opinion, #creativity, hope, and vision—collectively termed “EPOCH” skills—as essential human capabilities." I would add #ethics and #discernment!
www.forbes.com/sites/lizelt... #tech+humanities
Technical Skills Aren’t Enough—Why Soft Skills Lead To Higher Salaries In The AI Boom
In the AI era, technical skills might not be enough. According to new research, soft skills like empathy, communication, and problem solving are driving career growth.
www.forbes.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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In A Neighborhood Garden Today | 30 October
A treat! A bright stand of Grape Leaf anemones and purple Tatarian asters in a south-facing garden on our street.
www.thespruce.com/growing-anem...
#Bloomsky #FallFlowers #Gardens #Peace #QuietJoys #NaturePhotography #Photography #Neighborhood
A stand of white windflowers and purple asters in growing next to a white picket fence on our neighborhood street
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM