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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 2d

A new study on avian desert biogeography reveals the ecological complexity of desert biomes.

www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

Greater Hoopoe Lark” by Simerpreet Cheema on Unsplash

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 3d

A new study published in @areajournal.bsky.social examines a struggle over wind and land rights in Scotland. Read about it in the latest Eco-Update

Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 3d

A new Eco-Update is live! Stories about capitalist wind-grabbing, a new study on desert ecology, and an eco-fiction review of @perfidiousscript.bsky.social’s The Veldt Institute

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www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

The Eco-Update #19

Dispatches from the planet.

www.briefecology.com

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Samuel M. Moss @perfidiousscript.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks to Ben Lockwood for some kind words on 'The Veldt Institute' in Brief Ecology!

Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 3d

A new Eco-Update is live! Stories about capitalist wind-grabbing, a new study on desert ecology, and an eco-fiction review of @perfidiousscript.bsky.social’s The Veldt Institute

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www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

The Eco-Update #19

Dispatches from the planet.

www.briefecology.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 3d

A new study published in @areajournal.bsky.social examines a struggle over wind and land rights in Scotland. Read about it in the latest Eco-Update

Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 3d

A new Eco-Update is live! Stories about capitalist wind-grabbing, a new study on desert ecology, and an eco-fiction review of @perfidiousscript.bsky.social’s The Veldt Institute

🏡🌐🌎🧪

www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

The Eco-Update #19

Dispatches from the planet.

www.briefecology.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 3d

A new Eco-Update is live! Stories about capitalist wind-grabbing, a new study on desert ecology, and an eco-fiction review of @perfidiousscript.bsky.social’s The Veldt Institute

🏡🌐🌎🧪

www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

The Eco-Update #19

Dispatches from the planet.

www.briefecology.com

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 7d

I may have written a book

Proof copy of a book titled Ecologizing Society

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 ONLINE EVENT

Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition.

Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social

📅 16 Oct 6PM BST
🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 10d

Our latest piece is out! Ben Lockwood (@benlockwood.bsky.social) reviews George E. McCarthy's new book, Shadows of the Enlightenment: The Hidden Politics of the Natural and Social Sciences, from Monthly Review Press

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www.briefecology.com/p/the-nature...

The Nature of Knowledge and our Knowledge of Nature

A review of George E. McCarthy's Shadows of the Enlightenment

www.briefecology.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 10d

Our latest piece is out! Ben Lockwood (@benlockwood.bsky.social) reviews George E. McCarthy's new book, Shadows of the Enlightenment: The Hidden Politics of the Natural and Social Sciences, from Monthly Review Press

🌎🧪🏡🌐

www.briefecology.com/p/the-nature...

The Nature of Knowledge and our Knowledge of Nature

A review of George E. McCarthy's Shadows of the Enlightenment

www.briefecology.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 11d

Release Mario Guevara and abolish ICE

ACLU @aclu.org · 12d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Area @areajournal.bsky.social · 12d

New in Area:

'Grabbing the wind? Assetisation of land & enclosure of wind rights in the Outer Hebrides' by David Rudolph & Laura Tolnov Clausen

This paper examines conflicts between rival wind farm projects on the Isle of Lewis to understand processes of 'wind grabbing'.

doi.org/10.1111/area...

Graphical abstract of this paper in Area: a photograph of two wind turbines against a cloudy sky.

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Patrick Bigger @pmbigger.bsky.social · 13d

Why can't capitalists figure out how to value nature other than through its destruction? Come find out when I talk to Alyssa Battistoni about her new book, Free Gifts, at @redemmas.org next Thursday, October 9! redemmas.org/events/alyss...

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 13d

Only a few hours left to snag this deal 👇

Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 15d

REMINDER: Subscriptions to Brief Ecology are 30% off through the end of the month. We’re a small but scrappy publication that delivers news, essays, and book reviews. Give us some support!

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Ecology news, essays, and book reviews. Click to read Brief Ecology, by Ben Lockwood, Ph.D., a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Apex Magazine (is funding for 2026!) 🎉 @apexmag.bsky.social · 14d

You can also help by writing to Kickstarter management in support of Kickstarter United and their demands. We would love the fabulous writers who support us to lend their talents to the union and help them gain a fair contract! 🖤

Click HERE to send a letter: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 14d

Breaking!

In a new paper published in @plos.org, former @ipbes.net Executive Secretary @annelarigauderie.bsky.social and #TransformativeChange Assessment co-chairs explore how stopping biodiversity loss is contingent on transformative change.🌍🏡

🧪 https://plos.io/4oZQEUI @lucasgaribaldi.bsky.social

Underlying causes, indirect drivers and direct drivers of biodiversity loss and nature’s decline.

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 15d

Hey indie publishers: Brief Ecology is looking for new and upcoming eco-fiction to review! We like eco-horror, eco-gothic, eco-anti-gothic, eco-weird, eco-literary, and whatever else we're not picky. Get in touch if you've got titles that you think fit!

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 15d

Later today Carbon Brief will be hosting a free webinar in which experts will discuss China’s first-ever pledge to cut its emissions 🎙️

Sign up here ➡️ buff.ly/lw5cBdZ

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Ben Lockwood, PhD @benlockwood.bsky.social · 15d

Hey #writingcommunity - please give this a boost or get in touch if you’re a publisher!

Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 15d

Hey indie publishers: Brief Ecology is looking for new and upcoming eco-fiction to review! We like eco-horror, eco-gothic, eco-anti-gothic, eco-weird, eco-literary, and whatever else we're not picky. Get in touch if you've got titles that you think fit!

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 15d

Hey indie publishers: Brief Ecology is looking for new and upcoming eco-fiction to review! We like eco-horror, eco-gothic, eco-anti-gothic, eco-weird, eco-literary, and whatever else we're not picky. Get in touch if you've got titles that you think fit!

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 16d

In 2026, Solarpunk Magazine will publish a series of articles by Palestinian journalist Aya Al-Hattab, reporting directly from Gaza amidst the ongoing Israeli invasion. This six-part series, titled "Radical Hope from Gaza," will appear in each of our bimonthly issues throughout the year. Read more:

Radical Hope from Gaza: Aya Al-Hattab's Series in Solarpunk Magazine

Aya Al-Hattab's powerful series on resilience and hope in Gaza, showcases community strength amidst adversity. Coming January 2026 to Solarpunk Magazine.

solarpunkmagazine.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 15d

REMINDER: Subscriptions to Brief Ecology are 30% off through the end of the month. We’re a small but scrappy publication that delivers news, essays, and book reviews. Give us some support!

www.briefecology.com/subscribe?co...

Subscribe to Brief Ecology

Ecology news, essays, and book reviews. Click to read Brief Ecology, by Ben Lockwood, Ph.D., a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

www.briefecology.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 17d

Our latest Eco-Update is out! A new study on sea turtle migration, a panel on China's climate targets hosted by @carbonbrief.org, and an eco-fiction review of @mireillegagne.bsky.social's Horsefly from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

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www.briefecology.com/p/the-eco-up...

The Eco-Update #18

Dispatches from the planet.

www.briefecology.com

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 16d

Release Steve Held.
Abolish ICE.

Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · 16d

ICE must release Steve and must stop targeting journalists

Federal agents detained Chicago journalist Steve Held of Unraveled Press on Saturday, September 27 outside of the Broadview Detention Facility while he was reporting on the ongoing protests.

We urge his immediate release.

Injustice Watch, Invisible Institute, Block Club Chicago, Lumpen Radio, Investigative Project on Race & Equity, The TRiiBE, South Side Weekly, Cicero Independiente, Reader, Borderless

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Brief Ecology @briefecology.bsky.social · 18d

Subscriptions to Brief Ecology are 30% off. You get:

🌲 Access to past paid articles
🌲 Access to our ongoing Ecologizing Society series
🌲 Free advanced copy of Ecologizing Society: Theory book
🌲 Satisfaction of sticking it to billionaire-funded legacy media

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Ecology news, essays, and book reviews. Click to read Brief Ecology, by Ben Lockwood, Ph.D., a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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