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· Nov 17
Good morning. I aim to regularly share a photo either recently made or from cutting room floor.
From my recent trip researching #bogs in Ireland (I #AmWriting about bogs, #IronAge Bog People, death, photography and preservation for my current MFA):
Here are some magnificent, 200+ year old beeches.
From my recent trip researching #bogs in Ireland (I #AmWriting about bogs, #IronAge Bog People, death, photography and preservation for my current MFA):
Here are some magnificent, 200+ year old beeches.
Our hearts with all those lost and those grieving them. Devastating.
Over 1,200 people have lost their lives in Southeast Asia after historic flooding.
While oil and gas companies keep getting richer, ordinary people around the world are left struggling to survive.
While oil and gas companies keep getting richer, ordinary people around the world are left struggling to survive.
December 2, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Our hearts with all those lost and those grieving them. Devastating.
Love the reminder about winter seed sowing...
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Love the reminder about winter seed sowing...
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Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
I'm so tired of measles.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
I'm also tired of people using needle shots on stories like this.
Show what measles looks like.
Gallatin Co. reports 2nd measles case, warns of exposure sites nbcmontana.com/news/local/g...
December 2, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Just imagining how much better it would be if ALL news stories about vaccine-preventable illnesses were illustrated with pictures of people with the disease, not pictures of needle injections. If you must show something that people will find scary & unpleasant, make it the disease, not the cure.
Uni Execs/Admins take note
When politicians have direct control over college curriculum materials, they set a dangerous precedent that weakens both academic freedom and institutional integrity. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-university-governing-boards-can-protect-the-independence-of-colleges-and-universities/
How University Governing Boards Can Protect the Independence of Colleges and Universities
Shifting toward merit-based selection of public university board members can better protect academic freedom than politically appointed boards, which have increasingly exerted influence over state col...
www.americanprogress.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Uni Execs/Admins take note
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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Oxford University Press: "Time to choose our Word of the Year"
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Oxford University Press: "Time to choose our Word of the Year"
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
Opening with the homeowner saying, "I feel nervous all the time" is perhaps the biggest understatement I have ever read.
The bear that moved into a home’s crawlspace more than a week ago in Altadena is not budging: despite numerous attempts by the homeowners to keep him out, the animal is staying put.
Unbearable living situation: Bear under Altadena home showing no signs of leaving
“I feel nervous all the time,” homeowner Ken Johnson said. “I’m always looking over my shoulder to see if he’s coming out.”
nbcnews.to
December 2, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Opening with the homeowner saying, "I feel nervous all the time" is perhaps the biggest understatement I have ever read.
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They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Some great photo in here, but this is still my favorite.
December 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Some great photo in here, but this is still my favorite.
These gorgeous images to start my day here in Canada and the month of December and as I write about bird migration for my book on preservation. With thanks to Ian @iand777.bsky.social for his keen and artistic eye.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
These gorgeous images to start my day here in Canada and the month of December and as I write about bird migration for my book on preservation. With thanks to Ian @iand777.bsky.social for his keen and artistic eye.
Oxford University Press: "Time to choose our Word of the Year"
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Oxford University Press: "Time to choose our Word of the Year"
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
2025: "Well, you look about the kind of angel I'd get."
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Your worth is not determined by your job, your bank account or your ability to produce for capitalism.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Your worth is not determined by your job, your bank account or your ability to produce for capitalism.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
Disabled people have worth.
Children have worth.
The elderly have worth.
The homeless have worth.
Those in power want you to de-value others so you will accept atrocities.
Perfect summation of The Telegraph and all whiny, right-wing, so-called 'media' like it.
Is dungeons and dragons woke? Did women ruin comic books? Is it racist to make the little mermaid black? Why don’t people come to my house for Thanksgiving
November 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Perfect summation of The Telegraph and all whiny, right-wing, so-called 'media' like it.
#AmWriting on preservation. This gem of a read:
"'come out and get your hands dirty, smell fresh air, be around people...The tradition… can inform the way you live your life...'
In preserving a sacred tradition, the UICB [preserves] the arts of the past while producing the art of the future." #kozo
"'come out and get your hands dirty, smell fresh air, be around people...The tradition… can inform the way you live your life...'
In preserving a sacred tradition, the UICB [preserves] the arts of the past while producing the art of the future." #kozo
University of Iowa Center for the Book fosters annual kozo tree harvest for Japanese-style paper 📜
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
www.thegazette.com/news/univers...
This special paper is used to preserve the Constitution — and it's made in Coralville.
Every fall in Coralville, the University of Iowa's Center for the Book hosts one of only two mulberry harvests by universities in the country. The ancient Japanese tradition remains a key to preservin...
www.thegazette.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#AmWriting on preservation. This gem of a read:
"'come out and get your hands dirty, smell fresh air, be around people...The tradition… can inform the way you live your life...'
In preserving a sacred tradition, the UICB [preserves] the arts of the past while producing the art of the future." #kozo
"'come out and get your hands dirty, smell fresh air, be around people...The tradition… can inform the way you live your life...'
In preserving a sacred tradition, the UICB [preserves] the arts of the past while producing the art of the future." #kozo
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Ooof, just heard from a bird guide friend (Agus Nurza) that they've been trapped up in the Gayo Highlands for 5 days without access to food or water because of the floods.
November 30, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ooof, just heard from a bird guide friend (Agus Nurza) that they've been trapped up in the Gayo Highlands for 5 days without access to food or water because of the floods.
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A little education over coffee. Really nice bit of my fav, serendipity. #parkinsons www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Roommates, 31 years apart in age, free one another from hiding Parkinson's | CBC News
Roommates Li Jiang and Elaine Jongsma are 31 years apart in age, but they have much in common.
www.cbc.ca
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A little education over coffee. Really nice bit of my fav, serendipity. #parkinsons www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Happy birthday to one of our planet's greatest #photographers (among his many other talents including poet, author, and filmmaker):
Gordon Parks.
What an eye. What a heart. What a soul. What a human.
#Documentary #Photojournalism
Gordon Parks.
What an eye. What a heart. What a soul. What a human.
#Documentary #Photojournalism
November 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Happy birthday to one of our planet's greatest #photographers (among his many other talents including poet, author, and filmmaker):
Gordon Parks.
What an eye. What a heart. What a soul. What a human.
#Documentary #Photojournalism
Gordon Parks.
What an eye. What a heart. What a soul. What a human.
#Documentary #Photojournalism
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don't forget it: Libraries BUY tons of books! And the more they circulate, the more they have to purchase more copies as they wear out (or the e-book checkouts expire). libraries and schools buy a huge portion of the books by new, local, and lesser-known authors. Use the library!
Yes exactly! Don't feel bad like you're not supporting authors if you use the library. You totally are & we're grateful!
Ooh, I feel that. But! The more that we use our libraries, the better funded they become, and they *do* pay for their books (including e-books!), so the author is still being paid for their work and you're supporting the librarians and excellent people who work right there in your community <3
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
don't forget it: Libraries BUY tons of books! And the more they circulate, the more they have to purchase more copies as they wear out (or the e-book checkouts expire). libraries and schools buy a huge portion of the books by new, local, and lesser-known authors. Use the library!
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Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social shares a chilly and lovely photograph with a great quote about walking from Gary Snyder:
“Walking is the great adventure, the first meditation, a practice of heartiness and soul primary to humankind. Walking is the exact balance between spirit and humility.”
~Gary Snyder
An amazing reflective hike this morning and rewarded by so much beauty
Wishing you a beautiful day☀️
#eastcoastkin
~Gary Snyder
An amazing reflective hike this morning and rewarded by so much beauty
Wishing you a beautiful day☀️
#eastcoastkin
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Gina @createnewpaths.bsky.social shares a chilly and lovely photograph with a great quote about walking from Gary Snyder:
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Solidarity with all rebel nuns.
Three rebel nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their Austrian convent are being allowed to stay in the nunnery "until further notice", church officials have said
Rebel octogenarian Austrian nuns win reprieve
Three rebel nuns in their 80s who made headlines after fleeing their care home to take back their Austrian convent are being allowed to stay in the nunnery "until further notice", church officials hav...
www.rte.ie
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Solidarity with all rebel nuns.
Cosmos bless David Tennant and all Transgender people everywhere. Remember folks, #TransRightsAreHumanRights
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Cosmos bless David Tennant and all Transgender people everywhere. Remember folks, #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
100,000 Homes: Housing the homeless saves money?
Giving apartments to the chronically homeless can save taxpayer dollars, advocates say
www.cbsnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Anderson Cooper: So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst
Answer: Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing… #HousingFirst