Nature as Praxis
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We as nature have a say.
Social Ecology. Geopolitics. Hip hop head.
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Social Ecology. Geopolitics. Hip hop head.
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Nature as Praxis: A Manifesto
We as Nature have a say
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Nature as Praxis can be a philosophical, political, and spiritual organizing guide for a left that is facing a right wing fascist movement that seeks to destroy the very notion of the organic.
It's time to redefine our movement as that of nature fighting for its own freedom.
It's time to redefine our movement as that of nature fighting for its own freedom.
"Constraint is often viewed as restricting, but it may not always be so. The Polish nuclear physicist Stanisław Ulam noted that rhymes “compel one to find the unobvious because of the necessity of finding a word which rhymes,” paradoxically acting as an “automatic mechanism of originality.”"
Fern stems reveal secrets of evolution – how constraints in development can lead to new forms
Is an organism a sum of its parts, or should they be considered as a whole? New research on ferns shows how the way scientists understand evolution affects how they study life.
theconversation.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
"Constraint is often viewed as restricting, but it may not always be so. The Polish nuclear physicist Stanisław Ulam noted that rhymes “compel one to find the unobvious because of the necessity of finding a word which rhymes,” paradoxically acting as an “automatic mechanism of originality.”"
"The “freedom city” in question, they explained, was Próspera, a special economic zone founded in Honduras by a cadre of American tech titans including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen—both friends and fans of Trump family."
Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros.
With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
"The “freedom city” in question, they explained, was Próspera, a special economic zone founded in Honduras by a cadre of American tech titans including Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen—both friends and fans of Trump family."
"The largest proven oil reserves in the world are more the spoils of war than its cause. Last week, a federal judge approved the sale of Venezuelan-owned oil refiner Citgo to Elliott Investment Management, whose founder Paul Singer has been a Rubio backer for a decade."
Marco Rubio’s Sales Pitch: War in Venezuela - The American Prospect
Right-wing exiles in South Florida want regime change. Rubio is selling it with a false narrative about drug trafficking.
prospect.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"The largest proven oil reserves in the world are more the spoils of war than its cause. Last week, a federal judge approved the sale of Venezuelan-owned oil refiner Citgo to Elliott Investment Management, whose founder Paul Singer has been a Rubio backer for a decade."
"Corporate spending on AI infrastructure now contributes more to GDP growth than household consumption, an unprecedented inversion that shows how much growth is being driven by speculative investment rather than productive expansion."
#Marx #AI #Capital
#Marx #AI #Capital
The AI bubble isn’t new — Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s warning of an AI bubble highlights a deeper economic problem: capitalism is producing more capital than it can profitably invest.
theconversation.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
"One of the study’s most significant findings is the sustained reduction of deforestation in Afro-descendant lands. Here the study found that forest loss was lower, depending on location, than in protected areas."
Afro-descendant territories slash deforestation, lock in carbon, study shows
Afro-descendant peoples in Latin America have historically been guardians of nature, but their role could be more important than previously estimated. New research carried out in four Amazonian countr...
news.mongabay.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"One of the study’s most significant findings is the sustained reduction of deforestation in Afro-descendant lands. Here the study found that forest loss was lower, depending on location, than in protected areas."
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One of the many reasons change is hard when it comes to better cities is that the ability to picture your city being and working very differently than it does now, aka “having vision,” is not nearly as common as we think. And it’s sadly not a prerequisite for leadership, although it should be.
November 30, 2025 at 8:28 PM
One of the many reasons change is hard when it comes to better cities is that the ability to picture your city being and working very differently than it does now, aka “having vision,” is not nearly as common as we think. And it’s sadly not a prerequisite for leadership, although it should be.
"It doesn’t matter how many representatives of marginalized peoples are at the table: Economic growth is at odds with life on this planet. We can’t have both."
COP30 Isn't a Failure — It's a Farce
Why these climate summits can't solve the crisis—and why we should support Indigenous land struggles instead.
inthesetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"It doesn’t matter how many representatives of marginalized peoples are at the table: Economic growth is at odds with life on this planet. We can’t have both."
""We provide convincing evidence that culture enables wild orangutans to construct repertoires of knowledge that are much broader than they could otherwise learn independently," says first author Dr. Elliot Howard- Spink, postdoctoral researcher from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior..."
Orangutans can't master their complex diets without cultural knowledge, research reveals
When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them.
phys.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
""We provide convincing evidence that culture enables wild orangutans to construct repertoires of knowledge that are much broader than they could otherwise learn independently," says first author Dr. Elliot Howard- Spink, postdoctoral researcher from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior..."
""Brazil is moving backward while promising climate leadership, it’s heading in the opposite direction of its commitments for COP30,” says Lucas Ferrante, researcher at the University of São Paulo (USP)."
A summit at the nadir of credibility?
Global leaders attend meetings under the canopy of the Amazon rainforest, pledging ambition, justice and preservation.
theecologist.org
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
""Brazil is moving backward while promising climate leadership, it’s heading in the opposite direction of its commitments for COP30,” says Lucas Ferrante, researcher at the University of São Paulo (USP)."
"During her campaign, Wilson focused on the potential of the CARE alternative response team and further civilianization of the police department to provide appropriate and faster responses while freeing up the police to address more serious issues that require a gun and badge."
Katie Wilson Charts New Course on Public Safety and Homelessness » The Urbanist
# Seattle Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson believes she'll be judged primarily by how she can improve outcomes on homelessness and public safety. In an interview with The Urbanist, Wilson laid out what she ai...
www.theurbanist.org
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"During her campaign, Wilson focused on the potential of the CARE alternative response team and further civilianization of the police department to provide appropriate and faster responses while freeing up the police to address more serious issues that require a gun and badge."
The thing is, whether you care for the content of the diss tracks, Not Like Us did the impossible job of getting casual music listeners to parse lyrical content in a way that's never been done in hip hop. There were rap heads who said for years that wasn't possible, and they were proven wrong.
After a year full of hip-hop rivalries — Kendrick vs. Drake, Cardi vs. Nicki, and more — insiders wonder whether rap beef is the key to marketing music, or a phenomenon that risks ruining the culture.
The State of Rap Beef in the Music Biz
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The thing is, whether you care for the content of the diss tracks, Not Like Us did the impossible job of getting casual music listeners to parse lyrical content in a way that's never been done in hip hop. There were rap heads who said for years that wasn't possible, and they were proven wrong.
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"[F]irst of its kind."
"Woven Project, led by Indigenous environmental leaders, features a new global Indigenous advisory council on climate change that aims to center Indigenous solutions and knowledge."
"Land back is a regeneration of these spaces."
#Brazil #Alberta #Canada #Climate
"Woven Project, led by Indigenous environmental leaders, features a new global Indigenous advisory council on climate change that aims to center Indigenous solutions and knowledge."
"Land back is a regeneration of these spaces."
#Brazil #Alberta #Canada #Climate
Shut out of COP30, Indigenous climate leaders create new independent advisory council
At the recent summit in Brazil, Indigenous leaders launch global council to centre Indigenous solutions and knowledge in addressing the crisis.
ricochet.media
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Not that we needed anymore confirmation that bombing Venezuela is strictly about oil but this is 100% confirmation that Trump and MAGA don't give a single fuck about drug trafficking.
JUST IN: Trump says he’ll issue a “Full and Complete Pardon” to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, convicted of drug trafficking last year in the US and sentenced to 45 years in prison.
The most lawless president in history.
The most lawless president in history.
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Not that we needed anymore confirmation that bombing Venezuela is strictly about oil but this is 100% confirmation that Trump and MAGA don't give a single fuck about drug trafficking.
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
I was barely coming into my political maturity at the time but I still remember how controversial it was when Obama decided not to pursue any criminal charges against Bush administration officials involved in torture.
That notion of immunity really set a scary precedent if you think about it.
That notion of immunity really set a scary precedent if you think about it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I was barely coming into my political maturity at the time but I still remember how controversial it was when Obama decided not to pursue any criminal charges against Bush administration officials involved in torture.
That notion of immunity really set a scary precedent if you think about it.
That notion of immunity really set a scary precedent if you think about it.
"The issue is not Indigenous decision-making. It is the global rule set — designed without Indigenous leadership, oversight or benefit — that now seeks to scale up a marketplace incapable of delivering integrity."
It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary)
At COP30 in Belém, the first climate summit held in the Amazon, something rare has happened. For years, the risks and failures of carbon offsetting have been dismissed as activist exaggeration or tech...
news.mongabay.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"The issue is not Indigenous decision-making. It is the global rule set — designed without Indigenous leadership, oversight or benefit — that now seeks to scale up a marketplace incapable of delivering integrity."
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This piece is very important because it makes a couple very crucial point.
Everything that happens local happens globally and vice versa.
and
The importance of decentralization in sustained revolutionary movements.
Globalize the Intifada.
Everything that happens local happens globally and vice versa.
and
The importance of decentralization in sustained revolutionary movements.
Globalize the Intifada.
What does Globalize the Intifada mean?
The slogan “Globalize the Intifada” has resonated globally, embraced by activists and attacked by opponents. But what does it mean? It’s not just a slogan but a call to steadfastness that turns everyd...
mondoweiss.net
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This piece is very important because it makes a couple very crucial point.
Everything that happens local happens globally and vice versa.
and
The importance of decentralization in sustained revolutionary movements.
Globalize the Intifada.
Everything that happens local happens globally and vice versa.
and
The importance of decentralization in sustained revolutionary movements.
Globalize the Intifada.
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"Why focus on microbes in a climate change context?"
"They fix carbon dioxide. They can consume methane. They are prolific. We can engineer them. They can do just about anything! Biology is inherently the best chemist there is."
"They fix carbon dioxide. They can consume methane. They are prolific. We can engineer them. They can do just about anything! Biology is inherently the best chemist there is."
Microbes Also Change the Climate. Could That Help Us? | Quanta Magazine
A collection of short dispatches from the field of climate microbiology conveys the contributions that single-celled life forms make to our climate system, and how we can work with them to address cli...
www.quantamagazine.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Why focus on microbes in a climate change context?"
"They fix carbon dioxide. They can consume methane. They are prolific. We can engineer them. They can do just about anything! Biology is inherently the best chemist there is."
"They fix carbon dioxide. They can consume methane. They are prolific. We can engineer them. They can do just about anything! Biology is inherently the best chemist there is."
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"Astronomers have seen too few interstellar comets to know what counts as normal; their rarity makes them all exciting."
3/I Atlas: a rare comet from beyond our solar system is being closely tracked – what can it teach us?
Only the third interstellar comet ever to be seen contains material from other star systems that can be observed close up
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Astronomers have seen too few interstellar comets to know what counts as normal; their rarity makes them all exciting."
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"Everything we attempt, everything we do, is either growing up as its roots go deeper, or its decomposing, leaving its lessons in the soil for the next attempt"
-Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategies
-Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategies
October 9, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Everything we attempt, everything we do, is either growing up as its roots go deeper, or its decomposing, leaving its lessons in the soil for the next attempt"
-Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategies
-Adrienne Maree Brown, Emergent Strategies
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Excellent primer on the topic of what it means to be Indigenous.
I like what Andrew said in the video regarding "informed solidarity".
Being effective allies means being learned allies.
There is a lot of uninformed solidarity when it comes to our understanding of Indigenous identity.
I like what Andrew said in the video regarding "informed solidarity".
Being effective allies means being learned allies.
There is a lot of uninformed solidarity when it comes to our understanding of Indigenous identity.
What Does It Mean To Be Indigenous?
YouTube video by Andrewism
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Excellent primer on the topic of what it means to be Indigenous.
I like what Andrew said in the video regarding "informed solidarity".
Being effective allies means being learned allies.
There is a lot of uninformed solidarity when it comes to our understanding of Indigenous identity.
I like what Andrew said in the video regarding "informed solidarity".
Being effective allies means being learned allies.
There is a lot of uninformed solidarity when it comes to our understanding of Indigenous identity.
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The city level program examples provided by Vitale, coincidentally are some of the cities Trump wants to flood with national guard troops.
It's almost as if the effort to over police cities is part of a broader effort to squash any effort to implement more holistic community policing programs.
It's almost as if the effort to over police cities is part of a broader effort to squash any effort to implement more holistic community policing programs.
Opinion: Mamdani’s proposed Department of Community Safety would be a win for New Yorkers
The proposal is well-grounded in existing best practices, and there is wide support for it among the public and City Council.
www.cityandstateny.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The city level program examples provided by Vitale, coincidentally are some of the cities Trump wants to flood with national guard troops.
It's almost as if the effort to over police cities is part of a broader effort to squash any effort to implement more holistic community policing programs.
It's almost as if the effort to over police cities is part of a broader effort to squash any effort to implement more holistic community policing programs.
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"We cannot accept an outside intervention because it will trigger immense resentment,”
"It could inflame South America and lead to radicalization of politics on the whole continent.”
-Celso Amorim, advisor to Lula.
"It could inflame South America and lead to radicalization of politics on the whole continent.”
-Celso Amorim, advisor to Lula.
“Gringos, go home”: Latin America reacts to Trump’s expanding military campaign
"It could inflame South America."
www.motherjones.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"We cannot accept an outside intervention because it will trigger immense resentment,”
"It could inflame South America and lead to radicalization of politics on the whole continent.”
-Celso Amorim, advisor to Lula.
"It could inflame South America and lead to radicalization of politics on the whole continent.”
-Celso Amorim, advisor to Lula.
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"Farming the city would improve diets in the global north and provide the global south with more calories. One 2025 study suggests that UA could help meet the UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals on hunger, sustainable cities and responsible consumption."
Could urban farming feed the world?
From back gardens to hi-tech hydroponics, the future of food doesn’t have to be rural
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"Farming the city would improve diets in the global north and provide the global south with more calories. One 2025 study suggests that UA could help meet the UN’s 2030 sustainable development goals on hunger, sustainable cities and responsible consumption."
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"In Western thinking, space often separates. But in our world, space connects. The vā is the invisible thread between people, land, ocean, ancestors and future generations. It is the pulse of a relationship and our responsibility is to teu le vā, to tend to it with care."
Healing life on Earth begins with healing our bonds: Voices from the land (commentary)
This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections ...
news.mongabay.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"In Western thinking, space often separates. But in our world, space connects. The vā is the invisible thread between people, land, ocean, ancestors and future generations. It is the pulse of a relationship and our responsibility is to teu le vā, to tend to it with care."