Greg Cumberford
@gwcumberford.bsky.social
Plant-based coevolved rhizophily and wellness advocate. Deep ecology scientist, scholar, artist. Horse lover, herbal wisdom keeper, naturist.
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Greg Cumberford
@gwcumberford.bsky.social
· Jan 26
Rhizophily is the love of regenerative and biodiverse networks exchanging life force naturally. It starts at the rhizomatic cellular interface—from which all terrestrial fertility, sustenance, and wellness ultimately derives in this biosphere.
This. I’ve been saying and warning similarly.
It's often overlooked, but one of the benefits of having a non-partisan Supreme Court that doesn't rule based on partisan interests is to establish guardrails that also help keep our republic together. A partisan SCOTUS, like today's, promotes the disuniting of America.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This. I’ve been saying and warning similarly.
Watch this and weep for the American we once knew and loved. Pulling innocent, unarmed US citizens out of their daily lives to fill meaningless quotas is horrifying. It’s exactly what our parents fought against in WW2. Everyone who voted for this: bear witness. We must repudiate this at all levels.
US Citizen, with a valid drivers license, is traumatized by ICE at a checkpoint if FL.
Her crime, per ICE — she didn’t roll down her window far enough.
All of this…because they couldn’t be bothered to check her ID.
What are we doing? Why are these gestapo tactics being allowed to continue?
Her crime, per ICE — she didn’t roll down her window far enough.
All of this…because they couldn’t be bothered to check her ID.
What are we doing? Why are these gestapo tactics being allowed to continue?
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Watch this and weep for the American we once knew and loved. Pulling innocent, unarmed US citizens out of their daily lives to fill meaningless quotas is horrifying. It’s exactly what our parents fought against in WW2. Everyone who voted for this: bear witness. We must repudiate this at all levels.
👇👇👇 Post-WW2 order dissembling in real time. Bulwarks of democracy and basic freedoms of speech, assembly, religion, etc at risk if the West concedes to Russia’s aggression.
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
👇👇👇 Post-WW2 order dissembling in real time. Bulwarks of democracy and basic freedoms of speech, assembly, religion, etc at risk if the West concedes to Russia’s aggression.
Bad that GenAI bots push false information in 1 out of 3 queries. (!) Worse that meeting GenAI’s energy and cooling water needs will be ecologically disastrous, while also ripping off the intellectual property of countless artists, musicians & scholars, endangering their work. How is this OK people?
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Bad that GenAI bots push false information in 1 out of 3 queries. (!) Worse that meeting GenAI’s energy and cooling water needs will be ecologically disastrous, while also ripping off the intellectual property of countless artists, musicians & scholars, endangering their work. How is this OK people?
Confirms my belief that willful denial (and its concomitant, feigned ignorance) is a maladaptive trait for our genome once harnessed at the societal level. Once our politics and economics are untethered to biological reality, it should be no surprise when the biosphere (and AI) deems us irrelevant.
For thirty years I worked in the post-Soviet successor states in Central Asia and observed over and over again precisely the cycle that Bill Kristol describes. Corruption leads to authoritarianism, directly. The path is utterly predictable.
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Confirms my belief that willful denial (and its concomitant, feigned ignorance) is a maladaptive trait for our genome once harnessed at the societal level. Once our politics and economics are untethered to biological reality, it should be no surprise when the biosphere (and AI) deems us irrelevant.
A consistent through-line to supporting Russia’s longtime objective of breaking up the NATO alliance can explain a lot of this.
America's network of democratic alliances was a jewel. Never before had a great power relied on cultivating voluntary relationships, leading to the richest, most powerful country in history, and benefitting the world relative to the alternative.
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Then America decided to throw it away. And for what?
Homan: "I don't think the UK is a friend to this country and friend of the president"
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
A consistent through-line to supporting Russia’s longtime objective of breaking up the NATO alliance can explain a lot of this.
Reposted by Greg Cumberford
Use of deadly force without legal authorization is just called murder
Trump: "I don't think we're necessarily going to ask for a declaration of war, I think we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. We're going to kill them. They're going to be, like dead."
October 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Use of deadly force without legal authorization is just called murder
Me too 👇👇👇
Along with Trump literally destroying the WH and trying to directly pocket $230M of taxpayer money, I’m surprised this weird FORTY BILLION to Argentina isn’t a bigger story.
Oh look, Trump's $40 billion bailout just got a lot more expensive to finance.
Argentina's peso has fallen to an all-time low against the US dollar.
It has now collapsed 99.8% since 2009.
Only someone with 6 bankruptcies would look at that and say, “I’ll take 40 billion dollars worth!”
Argentina's peso has fallen to an all-time low against the US dollar.
It has now collapsed 99.8% since 2009.
Only someone with 6 bankruptcies would look at that and say, “I’ll take 40 billion dollars worth!”
October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Me too 👇👇👇
Reposted by Greg Cumberford
The last 3 years have been the hottest in 125,000 years.
CO2 levels are their highest in about 12 MILLION years.
Scientists predict 4C+ this century & BILLIONS of deaths.
Not interested in this? Then you should consider a career in centrist politics & the mainstream media.
CO2 levels are their highest in about 12 MILLION years.
Scientists predict 4C+ this century & BILLIONS of deaths.
Not interested in this? Then you should consider a career in centrist politics & the mainstream media.
October 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The last 3 years have been the hottest in 125,000 years.
CO2 levels are their highest in about 12 MILLION years.
Scientists predict 4C+ this century & BILLIONS of deaths.
Not interested in this? Then you should consider a career in centrist politics & the mainstream media.
CO2 levels are their highest in about 12 MILLION years.
Scientists predict 4C+ this century & BILLIONS of deaths.
Not interested in this? Then you should consider a career in centrist politics & the mainstream media.
Plus: “We Actually Love America. That’s Why We March.”
And “Deny The Takeover. Restore Truth & Fairness.”
And “They Broke What We Love. Time To Rebuild.”
And “Deny The Takeover. Restore Truth & Fairness.”
And “They Broke What We Love. Time To Rebuild.”
October 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Plus: “We Actually Love America. That’s Why We March.”
And “Deny The Takeover. Restore Truth & Fairness.”
And “They Broke What We Love. Time To Rebuild.”
And “Deny The Takeover. Restore Truth & Fairness.”
And “They Broke What We Love. Time To Rebuild.”
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Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.
Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues
October 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Amen. Thank you Dr. Goodall.
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Amen. Thank you Dr. Goodall.
How the longest-standing democracy of 250 years was dismantled systematically in less than 250 days — from within its supposedly independent justice system (and a complicit Supreme Court). The Founders clearly foresaw the risks. The several States must now resist federal overreach systematically.
We have a five-alarm fire inside the Department of Justice. I've been telling you about the dominoes falling over the last few months. Now it's all coming to a head. We must stay alert, informed, and outspoken. youtube.com/shorts/ZwC8B...
Five-alarm fire inside the DOJ
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
youtube.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:52 AM
How the longest-standing democracy of 250 years was dismantled systematically in less than 250 days — from within its supposedly independent justice system (and a complicit Supreme Court). The Founders clearly foresaw the risks. The several States must now resist federal overreach systematically.
RIP and heartfelt thanks to Jane Goodall. She gave an inspiring presentation at my junior high school in CT in the late-1970’s. She started her presentation with a resounding, howling greeting call of a silverback gorilla. She spoke to the critical need to always protect large, biodiverse habitats.
October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
RIP and heartfelt thanks to Jane Goodall. She gave an inspiring presentation at my junior high school in CT in the late-1970’s. She started her presentation with a resounding, howling greeting call of a silverback gorilla. She spoke to the critical need to always protect large, biodiverse habitats.
More scenes from #WarRavagedPortland yesterday. Small dogs especially burdensome.
Scenes from the ‘war zone’ today. Portland is peaceful, thriving, and delicious.
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
More scenes from #WarRavagedPortland yesterday. Small dogs especially burdensome.
Scenes from the ‘war zone’ today. Portland is peaceful, thriving, and delicious.
September 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Scenes from the ‘war zone’ today. Portland is peaceful, thriving, and delicious.
Reposted by Greg Cumberford
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
September 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.
Reposted by Greg Cumberford
I have also reached out to colleagues in “war-ravaged Portland”’s largest ICUs, who describe the scene on the ground as “peaceful and lovely”
Texted my friend in Portland to see how the crime ravaged city was today - she’s at brunch with friends and might get a pedicure later. Has witnessed no fatalities as of yet.
September 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I have also reached out to colleagues in “war-ravaged Portland”’s largest ICUs, who describe the scene on the ground as “peaceful and lovely”
Evidently I missed the war in Portland last week as I was enjoying evening Spanish tapas and sipping affogatos while a djembe circle was playing in the park by the river.
Trump says he’s authorized Hegseth to use “Full Force” against Antifa in “War ravaged” Portland
September 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Evidently I missed the war in Portland last week as I was enjoying evening Spanish tapas and sipping affogatos while a djembe circle was playing in the park by the river.
Thought while harvesting fresh plums: Hominids developed such intricately sensitive nerves in our prehensile hands to feel precisely when nourishing fruit is perfectly ripe.
September 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thought while harvesting fresh plums: Hominids developed such intricately sensitive nerves in our prehensile hands to feel precisely when nourishing fruit is perfectly ripe.
Objective evidence that ‘America First’ increasingly means ‘America Goodbye’.
Opinion: In the Trump 2.0 era in financial markets, the dollar is taking the strain. The stock rally is masking deep anxiety from investors about the path forward for the world’s biggest economy. on.ft.com/4pubDza
September 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Objective evidence that ‘America First’ increasingly means ‘America Goodbye’.
Thank you Zack Beauchamp for these crucial insights on how every facet of resistance to the Administration’s plan (by ordinary citizens, on corporate boards, by elected officials, and judges) can still save democracy in America. Shocking how close we are to losing the American dream forever.
The past week has shown us something scary — the concrete and specific outlines of a durable authoritarian state in America.
Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
Here's what this state would look like, and the precise policy levers Trump is pulling to get there from here.
www.vox.com/politics/462...
This is how Trump ends democracy
The past week has revealed Trump’s policy road map to veto one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?
www.vox.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Thank you Zack Beauchamp for these crucial insights on how every facet of resistance to the Administration’s plan (by ordinary citizens, on corporate boards, by elected officials, and judges) can still save democracy in America. Shocking how close we are to losing the American dream forever.
Remembering we are all capable of wonder and gratitude as guiding lights, even as we resist the dismembering of our freedoms and rights.
September 19, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Remembering we are all capable of wonder and gratitude as guiding lights, even as we resist the dismembering of our freedoms and rights.
Thank you Mr. Letterman.
September 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Thank you Mr. Letterman.
Exactly!
WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
September 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Exactly!