Ben Lockwood, PhD
@benlockwood.bsky.social
Ecologist & Geographer @ ecosystems.psu.edu | Writer | Editor of Brief Ecology 🌲 and Rotting Leaf Mag 🍂 | Centre Co. DSA chair 🌹| Author of Ecologizing Society: Theory
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This holiday season, #WeAintBuyingIt. Join the movement and refuse to shop at Target, Amazon, or Home Depot (and Starbucks!!) from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday.
Our money has power. If corporations side with authoritarianism, we won't side with them at the register.
Our money has power. If corporations side with authoritarianism, we won't side with them at the register.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This holiday season, #WeAintBuyingIt. Join the movement and refuse to shop at Target, Amazon, or Home Depot (and Starbucks!!) from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday.
Our money has power. If corporations side with authoritarianism, we won't side with them at the register.
Our money has power. If corporations side with authoritarianism, we won't side with them at the register.
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Starbucks workers are still on strike. Do Not cross the picket line.
November 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Starbucks workers are still on strike. Do Not cross the picket line.
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"This project is based on the premise that we already have all the knowledge and technology we need to create an ecological society."
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Ecologizing Society: Method
An ongoing, ecological series
www.briefecology.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"This project is based on the premise that we already have all the knowledge and technology we need to create an ecological society."
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
The start of the holiday season means it’s time to watch the greatest Christmas film ever made
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The start of the holiday season means it’s time to watch the greatest Christmas film ever made
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It’s Thanksgiving night and the cranberry sauce has spoiled and the mashed potatoes are already turning and you’re too busy scribbling away by candlelight to even notice. Why? Because Rotting Leaf Mag will open to submissions on December 1st, 12am EST
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It’s Thanksgiving night and the cranberry sauce has spoiled and the mashed potatoes are already turning and you’re too busy scribbling away by candlelight to even notice. Why? Because Rotting Leaf Mag will open to submissions on December 1st, 12am EST
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The whole "Humans are an Invasive Species" trope among well-meaning people is so damaging...the inability to separate the word "Humans" from "Western Capitalist Civilization" is the single biggest issue I face when teaching Intro. Go talk to one Indigenous person. Or just someone without a LinkedIn.
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The whole "Humans are an Invasive Species" trope among well-meaning people is so damaging...the inability to separate the word "Humans" from "Western Capitalist Civilization" is the single biggest issue I face when teaching Intro. Go talk to one Indigenous person. Or just someone without a LinkedIn.
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How can we combine community ecology, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, and integrated land management with communal forms of production, anti-consumerism, library socialism, urban planning, and mutual aid? That’s what Ecologizing Society: Method is all about. 🌎🧪🌐🏡
"This project is based on the premise that we already have all the knowledge and technology we need to create an ecological society."
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
In our latest piece, @benlockwood.bsky.social continues the ongoing series, Ecologizing Society: Method
www.briefecology.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Ecologizing Society: Method
An ongoing, ecological series
www.briefecology.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How can we combine community ecology, ecosystem ecology, urban ecology, and integrated land management with communal forms of production, anti-consumerism, library socialism, urban planning, and mutual aid? That’s what Ecologizing Society: Method is all about. 🌎🧪🌐🏡
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"Moth (standing):
I want to choose different.
Dirt:
There is no different.
Moth:
There exists small choices.
Dirt:
If you wish to believe."
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
I want to choose different.
Dirt:
There is no different.
Moth:
There exists small choices.
Dirt:
If you wish to believe."
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Moth (standing):
I want to choose different.
Dirt:
There is no different.
Moth:
There exists small choices.
Dirt:
If you wish to believe."
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
I want to choose different.
Dirt:
There is no different.
Moth:
There exists small choices.
Dirt:
If you wish to believe."
Today on ergot.: 'Pulling Back the Lids' by Odin Meadows @odinmeadows.bsky.social
www.ergot.press/authors/Odin...
How many products have to “enshitify” before we question if it’s the system itself and not individual people that are responsible? How much of the environment has to be wrecked, how many people unhoused, how many jobless, how many without healthcare, before we realize the problem is capitalism?
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
How many products have to “enshitify” before we question if it’s the system itself and not individual people that are responsible? How much of the environment has to be wrecked, how many people unhoused, how many jobless, how many without healthcare, before we realize the problem is capitalism?
sounded great sir!
November 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
sounded great sir!
I know realities that use subtlety and they're all cowards
BREAKING: extremely on-the-nose metaphor breaks out in Brazil
COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I know realities that use subtlety and they're all cowards
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yup, it was on. Do not like. I unchecked the box.
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
yup, it was on. Do not like. I unchecked the box.
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It took months of engineering to figure this out but we cracked it
Did you know that every subscription to Brief Ecology comes with the subtle but lingering scent of fresh mountain cedar and pine? Go ahead give it a try
www.briefecology.com
www.briefecology.com
Brief Ecology | Ben Lockwood, Ph.D. | Substack
Ecological news, essays, fiction and book reviews. Click to read Brief Ecology, by Ben Lockwood, Ph.D., a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
www.briefecology.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It took months of engineering to figure this out but we cracked it
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Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use are predicted to rise 1.1% in 2025, putting a record high 38.1 Gt of CO2 into the atmosphere. It has never been more clear that we can't continue to rely on the logic of capitalism and expect this problem to resolve itself.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use are predicted to rise 1.1% in 2025, putting a record high 38.1 Gt of CO2 into the atmosphere. It has never been more clear that we can't continue to rely on the logic of capitalism and expect this problem to resolve itself.
It took months of engineering to figure this out but we cracked it
Did you know that every subscription to Brief Ecology comes with the subtle but lingering scent of fresh mountain cedar and pine? Go ahead give it a try
www.briefecology.com
www.briefecology.com
Brief Ecology | Ben Lockwood, Ph.D. | Substack
Ecological news, essays, fiction and book reviews. Click to read Brief Ecology, by Ben Lockwood, Ph.D., a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
www.briefecology.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It took months of engineering to figure this out but we cracked it
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Billionaires want you to believe is AI is “democratizing”. It’s anything but. It puts people out of work, steals from artists and writers, pollutes the atmosphere, produces garbage, and concentrates wealth. It’s the exact opposite of democratization.
November 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Billionaires want you to believe is AI is “democratizing”. It’s anything but. It puts people out of work, steals from artists and writers, pollutes the atmosphere, produces garbage, and concentrates wealth. It’s the exact opposite of democratization.
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Tehran, a city of nearly ten million people, is rapidly running out of water
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
Threat of Day Zero in Tehran: water reserves drop below 5% | The Water Diplomat
www.waterdiplomat.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Tehran, a city of nearly ten million people, is rapidly running out of water
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use are predicted to rise 1.1% in 2025, putting a record high 38.1 Gt of CO2 into the atmosphere. It has never been more clear that we can't continue to rely on the logic of capitalism and expect this problem to resolve itself.
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use are predicted to rise 1.1% in 2025, putting a record high 38.1 Gt of CO2 into the atmosphere. It has never been more clear that we can't continue to rely on the logic of capitalism and expect this problem to resolve itself.
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New Knives Out just dropped
so, in summary, ny-12 primary has:
* a nadler's protege
* a state assemblyman hated by the AI lobby
* a nyc council member
* a civil rights lawyer
* a rhodes scholar nonprofit guy
* the host of All Things Considered
* a march for our lives co-founder
* jfk's online grandson
* kellyanne conway's ex
* a nadler's protege
* a state assemblyman hated by the AI lobby
* a nyc council member
* a civil rights lawyer
* a rhodes scholar nonprofit guy
* the host of All Things Considered
* a march for our lives co-founder
* jfk's online grandson
* kellyanne conway's ex
"Mr. Conway outlined his pitch on Tuesday night at a private virtual event for paid members of Democracy Docket, the media outlet founded by Marc Elias, the Democratic attorney." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
New Knives Out just dropped
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The code is not complicated. Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
www.thecity.nyc
November 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The code is not complicated. Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/17/i...
this is criminal
November 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
this is criminal
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Well, that was something. Showed up for deportation defense training in Borough Park, trainers arrived, said there was “evolving situation” in Bensonhurst, were we up for heading there, we said Hell yeah, went and met folks on the ground, ICE ended up driving out of the hood with no one detained 🔥✊
November 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Well, that was something. Showed up for deportation defense training in Borough Park, trainers arrived, said there was “evolving situation” in Bensonhurst, were we up for heading there, we said Hell yeah, went and met folks on the ground, ICE ended up driving out of the hood with no one detained 🔥✊
Tehran, a city of nearly ten million people, is rapidly running out of water
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
Threat of Day Zero in Tehran: water reserves drop below 5% | The Water Diplomat
www.waterdiplomat.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Tehran, a city of nearly ten million people, is rapidly running out of water
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
www.waterdiplomat.org/story/2025/1...
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destruction comes for The New School
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
Statement on the President's Announcement of Austerity Measures
November 18, 2025 Dear Colleagues, We are writing with deep dismay over yesterday’s announcement of austerity measures made without meaningful, representative consultation with faculty, staff, or stud...
docs.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
destruction comes for The New School
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
"The university's cycles of austerity+consolidation, betray a pattern where we are all being asked to work more for less, and at the expense of students and workers. We must stand together."
docs.google.com/document/u/2...
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The Indigenous Mapping Collective is a global network of Indigenous mappers that provides Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and organizations with the tools and training to map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize place and space. buff.ly/8laGNaZ
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Indigenous Maps - Indigenous Mapping Collective
We are now known as the Indigenous Mapping Collective. The Indigenous Mapping Workshop is only one part of our global Indigenous Mapping Collective. Our goal has always been to give Indigenous…
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Indigenous Mapping Collective is a global network of Indigenous mappers that provides Indigenous Peoples, Nations, and organizations with the tools and training to map their lands, share their stories, and decolonize place and space. buff.ly/8laGNaZ
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
#GISDay #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth