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Eds @harmanity.bsky.social & @mcortez.net
"I really believe that we have to end the #plastic era. I really believe that the #fossilfuels in this plastic is killing our planet, and we have to turn that around and start thinking totally different."
—Diane Wilson, fisherwoman, activist
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—Diane Wilson, fisherwoman, activist
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December 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
"I really believe that we have to end the #plastic era. I really believe that the #fossilfuels in this plastic is killing our planet, and we have to turn that around and start thinking totally different."
—Diane Wilson, fisherwoman, activist
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—Diane Wilson, fisherwoman, activist
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The Trump admin spiked plans to tighten regulations on carbon dioxide #pipelines, but past accidents and an expected boom in such pipelines suggests stronger oversight is needed, writes @shapersyris.bsky.social
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December 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The Trump admin spiked plans to tighten regulations on carbon dioxide #pipelines, but past accidents and an expected boom in such pipelines suggests stronger oversight is needed, writes @shapersyris.bsky.social
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Call for submissions to our Winter 2026 Creative Review! Seeking creative responses across genres to the global crisis of coral reefs and oceans.
#CallForSubs #WritingCommunity #poetry #fiction #photography
#CallForSubs #WritingCommunity #poetry #fiction #photography
December 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Call for submissions to our Winter 2026 Creative Review! Seeking creative responses across genres to the global crisis of coral reefs and oceans.
#CallForSubs #WritingCommunity #poetry #fiction #photography
#CallForSubs #WritingCommunity #poetry #fiction #photography
#SATX friends: On Nov 16, our co-editor @mcortez.net will be reading from The Bird Church (from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social) alongside poet Jim LaVilla-Havelin (who has a new chapbook on Thoreau out from Alabrava Press) and James Finley (who writes about Thoreau and abolition). Yall come.
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
#SATX friends: On Nov 16, our co-editor @mcortez.net will be reading from The Bird Church (from @finishinglinepress.bsky.social) alongside poet Jim LaVilla-Havelin (who has a new chapbook on Thoreau out from Alabrava Press) and James Finley (who writes about Thoreau and abolition). Yall come.
The principles of #mutualaid that are increasingly being built into community #climate efforts—out of deep and growing necessity. Some case studies here to be aware of.
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
October 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The principles of #mutualaid that are increasingly being built into community #climate efforts—out of deep and growing necessity. Some case studies here to be aware of.
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
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#climate #publichealth #globalwarming #activism #cities
Smart review of a powerful new book by @jonathan4212.bsky.social. Everyone in #SATX fighting #ProjectMarvel needs to read this one. w/@orbooks.bsky.social
#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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September 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Smart review of a powerful new book by @jonathan4212.bsky.social. Everyone in #SATX fighting #ProjectMarvel needs to read this one. w/@orbooks.bsky.social
#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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#socialism #RightToTheCity #Seattle #KshamaSawant
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"And I continue to ride (bike and VIA) because I can do no less for ... todos los demás inocentes." An elegy for our friend and comrade Jack Elder. K descanse en paz y poder.
#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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September 24, 2025 at 6:53 PM
"And I continue to ride (bike and VIA) because I can do no less for ... todos los demás inocentes." An elegy for our friend and comrade Jack Elder. K descanse en paz y poder.
#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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#sanctuarymovement #migrantrights #degrowth #CentralAmerica
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San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process
A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
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A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
San Antonio Heat Death Efforts Stalled As Council and Mayor Battle Over Process
A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
A vote Thursday could resolve the dispute and put important heat work back in motion.
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“I could hear a woman’s voice screaming, ‘We’re coming back!’ ... and as I approached the wrecked tripod, a black late-model Jeep turned its headlights on and started to drive toward me."
#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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September 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“I could hear a woman’s voice screaming, ‘We’re coming back!’ ... and as I approached the wrecked tripod, a black late-model Jeep turned its headlights on and started to drive toward me."
#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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#environment #activism #forests #biodiversity #news
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The #SanAntonio Climate Ready Neighborhoods program, a burgeoning #climate effort seeks to activate “pods” across the city to prepare people for climate shocks, is seeing funding stripped away—as billions for entertainments capture attention.
#adaptation #news
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#adaptation #news
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September 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The #SanAntonio Climate Ready Neighborhoods program, a burgeoning #climate effort seeks to activate “pods” across the city to prepare people for climate shocks, is seeing funding stripped away—as billions for entertainments capture attention.
#adaptation #news
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#adaptation #news
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Our latest opinion piece kicks off a series of stories about the projects we want to see funded in a time of colliding crises. This multi-billion dollar "Project Marvel" entertainment district isn't one of them.
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#climate #food #cities #development #justice #hr
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#climate #food #cities #development #justice #hr
September 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our latest opinion piece kicks off a series of stories about the projects we want to see funded in a time of colliding crises. This multi-billion dollar "Project Marvel" entertainment district isn't one of them.
deceleration.news/san-antonio-...
#climate #food #cities #development #justice #hr
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#climate #food #cities #development #justice #hr
#Toxic Tour Highlights #Environmental Justice Struggles on #SanAntonio’s South Side
A coalition of organizations led a tour across San Antonio’s ‘red line of inequity,’ spotlighting the overwhelming burden of polluting industries that persist south of Highway 90.
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A coalition of organizations led a tour across San Antonio’s ‘red line of inequity,’ spotlighting the overwhelming burden of polluting industries that persist south of Highway 90.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#Toxic Tour Highlights #Environmental Justice Struggles on #SanAntonio’s South Side
A coalition of organizations led a tour across San Antonio’s ‘red line of inequity,’ spotlighting the overwhelming burden of polluting industries that persist south of Highway 90.
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A coalition of organizations led a tour across San Antonio’s ‘red line of inequity,’ spotlighting the overwhelming burden of polluting industries that persist south of Highway 90.
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Protecting threatened and endangered #species has long been popular with Americans across the political spectrum. But can the Trump administration, which has moved to weaken the Endangered Species Act, be inspired to protect the species we love?
#biodiversity
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#biodiversity
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August 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Protecting threatened and endangered #species has long been popular with Americans across the political spectrum. But can the Trump administration, which has moved to weaken the Endangered Species Act, be inspired to protect the species we love?
#biodiversity
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#biodiversity
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Can #poetry save the world from extractivist plunder and climate violence?
These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking.
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#climate #literature #ecolit #clifi #environment
These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking.
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#climate #literature #ecolit #clifi #environment
August 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Can #poetry save the world from extractivist plunder and climate violence?
These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking.
deceleration.news/can-poetry-s...
#climate #literature #ecolit #clifi #environment
These scholars of multi-lingual poetry from Latin America say yes—and that the Earth has a language that is archived by poetic thinking.
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#climate #literature #ecolit #clifi #environment
ASLE 2025: From #BartonSprings Attack to #Poland’s ‘Sister Rivers’—Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance
' #Queer #ecology’ can show the way toward an alternative politics capable of establishing and honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beyond violence.
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' #Queer #ecology’ can show the way toward an alternative politics capable of establishing and honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beyond violence.
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August 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ASLE 2025: From #BartonSprings Attack to #Poland’s ‘Sister Rivers’—Femme Friendship as Eco-Resistance
' #Queer #ecology’ can show the way toward an alternative politics capable of establishing and honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beyond violence.
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' #Queer #ecology’ can show the way toward an alternative politics capable of establishing and honoring ‘femme-coded’ ways of thriving beyond violence.
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August 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
This week we start to roll out some reportbacks from @asle-us.bsky.social ... Our first from Kamala Platt, author of 'Environmental Justice Poetics: Cultural Representations of Environmental Racism from Chicanas and Women in India.'
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#environment #ecocrit #climate
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#environment #ecocrit #climate
August 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This week we start to roll out some reportbacks from @asle-us.bsky.social ... Our first from Kamala Platt, author of 'Environmental Justice Poetics: Cultural Representations of Environmental Racism from Chicanas and Women in India.'
deceleration.news/asle-collect...
#environment #ecocrit #climate
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#environment #ecocrit #climate
As attacks ramp up @mkaiasand.bsky.social details the many ways we construct homeless people as “unwanted persons,” but also the creativity embodied in alternative first responder systems that enact “care work without violence.”
@asle-us.bsky.social
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@asle-us.bsky.social
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August 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
As attacks ramp up @mkaiasand.bsky.social details the many ways we construct homeless people as “unwanted persons,” but also the creativity embodied in alternative first responder systems that enact “care work without violence.”
@asle-us.bsky.social
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@asle-us.bsky.social
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August 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
ASLE 2025: #Birds, Barrios, Borders, & #Books—#Chicanx Poetics and Publishing from the Belly of the Beast
Here's @mcortezwriter.bsky.social opening our @asle-us.bsky.social coverage from the biennial gathering last month. More to come.
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#ej #climate #poetry
Here's @mcortezwriter.bsky.social opening our @asle-us.bsky.social coverage from the biennial gathering last month. More to come.
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#ej #climate #poetry
August 8, 2025 at 12:45 AM
ASLE 2025: #Birds, Barrios, Borders, & #Books—#Chicanx Poetics and Publishing from the Belly of the Beast
Here's @mcortezwriter.bsky.social opening our @asle-us.bsky.social coverage from the biennial gathering last month. More to come.
deceleration.news/asle-2025-bi...
#ej #climate #poetry
Here's @mcortezwriter.bsky.social opening our @asle-us.bsky.social coverage from the biennial gathering last month. More to come.
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#ej #climate #poetry
CPS Energy Board Must Fulfill its Community #Solar Promise
To fulfill its commitment to the city’s most vulnerable residents, CPS Energy must launch its community solar program and restart the residential solar program it abandoned three years ago.
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To fulfill its commitment to the city’s most vulnerable residents, CPS Energy must launch its community solar program and restart the residential solar program it abandoned three years ago.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
CPS Energy Board Must Fulfill its Community #Solar Promise
To fulfill its commitment to the city’s most vulnerable residents, CPS Energy must launch its community solar program and restart the residential solar program it abandoned three years ago.
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To fulfill its commitment to the city’s most vulnerable residents, CPS Energy must launch its community solar program and restart the residential solar program it abandoned three years ago.
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What Our Pro-Democracy Movement Should Be Learning from Nature
We need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders, writes conflict transformation expert John Paul Lederach.
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Via @wagingnonviolence.org
We need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders, writes conflict transformation expert John Paul Lederach.
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Via @wagingnonviolence.org
July 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
What Our Pro-Democracy Movement Should Be Learning from Nature
We need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders, writes conflict transformation expert John Paul Lederach.
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Via @wagingnonviolence.org
We need to learn to fly like bees and thread like spiders, writes conflict transformation expert John Paul Lederach.
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Via @wagingnonviolence.org
A preeminent #Latino scholar issues an urgent call to his colleagues—and to all of us—to get educated on our rights, vocally assert them, share information about threats as they emerge, and stand in active solidarity with all targeted groups.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A preeminent #Latino scholar issues an urgent call to his colleagues—and to all of us—to get educated on our rights, vocally assert them, share information about threats as they emerge, and stand in active solidarity with all targeted groups.
deceleration.news/arturo-madri...
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#Punk Power, People Power: Las Hijas de la Madre are Perfecting Art as #Resistance
As the #Latinx #feminist punk band drops singles and gears up to release a multifaceted album project, Deceleration takes a dive into the collective’s work and ethos.
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As the #Latinx #feminist punk band drops singles and gears up to release a multifaceted album project, Deceleration takes a dive into the collective’s work and ethos.
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July 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
#Punk Power, People Power: Las Hijas de la Madre are Perfecting Art as #Resistance
As the #Latinx #feminist punk band drops singles and gears up to release a multifaceted album project, Deceleration takes a dive into the collective’s work and ethos.
deceleration.news/las-hijas-de...
As the #Latinx #feminist punk band drops singles and gears up to release a multifaceted album project, Deceleration takes a dive into the collective’s work and ethos.
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