michael james ◉●○•°
@ontopunk.bsky.social
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michael james ◉●○•°
@ontopunk.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Global Weirding and Deep Adaptation
The following is a much revised and expanded version of a presentation I gave at the Wyrd/Patchwork #2 event by Punctum, in Prague, Czech Republic on October 26, 2018. The conference was organized …
entangledecologies.net
To borrow a phrase from science-fiction author William Gibson, “there are no maps for these territories”. Put more bluntly, we’re fucked — but weirdly so. Fortunately, we are not without options.
The reality is that #Carney is trying to win over a large pro-business centrist population of Canadians (especially in #Alberta) to secure Liberal party power.
He probably doesn’t think a privately funded pipeline is going to be feasible anyway, so he’ll play along & let that work itself out.
He probably doesn’t think a privately funded pipeline is going to be feasible anyway, so he’ll play along & let that work itself out.
Infuriating that neoliberal @mark-carney.bsky.social has decided to collude with Alberta’s oil lobbyist premier to sell out our kids future.
#Carney is making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social continued integrity and ethical regard on full display. Amazing leadership.
#Carney is making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social continued integrity and ethical regard on full display. Amazing leadership.
Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet in protest against Carney’s Alberta energy deal
Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“Whole empires have been built on beliefs of racial and cultural supremacy and hierarchy. But these untruths and injustices are now, at least, visible to everyone. With clearer sight, we can act to repair the harm, and proceed with curiosity, humility and care.”
What the old folk teach us
Our preconceptions are often challenged when we engage with people cross-culturally. What might we discover if we turn that same curiosity to the ancient past?
theecologist.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“Whole empires have been built on beliefs of racial and cultural supremacy and hierarchy. But these untruths and injustices are now, at least, visible to everyone. With clearer sight, we can act to repair the harm, and proceed with curiosity, humility and care.”
John Moriarty is one of the greatest Irish poet-philosophers you’ve never heard of.
The Mysticism and Ecological Sensibility of John Moriarty
By Anthony Behan
backloop.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
John Moriarty is one of the greatest Irish poet-philosophers you’ve never heard of.
Infuriating that neoliberal @mark-carney.bsky.social has decided to collude with Alberta’s oil lobbyist premier to sell out our kids future.
#Carney is making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social continued integrity and ethical regard on full display. Amazing leadership.
#Carney is making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social continued integrity and ethical regard on full display. Amazing leadership.
Steven Guilbeault resigns from cabinet in protest against Carney’s Alberta energy deal
Guilbeault is a career environmentalist who has been serving as the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Infuriating that neoliberal @mark-carney.bsky.social has decided to collude with Alberta’s oil lobbyist premier to sell out our kids future.
#Carney is making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social continued integrity and ethical regard on full display. Amazing leadership.
#Carney is making a huge mistake.
Meanwhile @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social continued integrity and ethical regard on full display. Amazing leadership.
Canadian MP @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social has published his resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
The people of for Laurier—Sainte-Marie should be proud to represented by a person of such strong character and ethical sensibility. He’s the real deal.
The people of for Laurier—Sainte-Marie should be proud to represented by a person of such strong character and ethical sensibility. He’s the real deal.
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Canadian MP @stevenguilbeault.bsky.social has published his resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.
The people of for Laurier—Sainte-Marie should be proud to represented by a person of such strong character and ethical sensibility. He’s the real deal.
The people of for Laurier—Sainte-Marie should be proud to represented by a person of such strong character and ethical sensibility. He’s the real deal.
When people as me about my retirement plans I just flash them this:
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 AM
When people as me about my retirement plans I just flash them this:
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"The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics," my lecture series for the Great Courses (24 half-hour lectures), is still available on Prime video for a few days! Tell your family that watching football on Thanksgiving is hopelessly uncool.
www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...
www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"The Many Hidden Worlds of Quantum Mechanics," my lecture series for the Great Courses (24 half-hour lectures), is still available on Prime video for a few days! Tell your family that watching football on Thanksgiving is hopelessly uncool.
www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...
www.amazon.com/gp/video/det...
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“To be in favor of more sustainable farming is not to be against farmers; it is to be against unsustainable farming practices. To allow these two to be conflated is to lose the fight…”
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“To be in favor of more sustainable farming is not to be against farmers; it is to be against unsustainable farming practices. To allow these two to be conflated is to lose the fight…”
Workers and conventional farmers are integral members of our social fabric.
They (along with the machinations of hyper-wealthy) may ALSO be THE MAIN obstacle to enacting the kinds of change in production and consumption that is required.
A massive rupture of conventional economy is required.
They (along with the machinations of hyper-wealthy) may ALSO be THE MAIN obstacle to enacting the kinds of change in production and consumption that is required.
A massive rupture of conventional economy is required.
Some details on EU farm politics here (from me last year):
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
How rioting farmers unraveled Europe’s ambitious climate plan
Road-clogging, manure-dumping farmers reveal the paradox at the heart of EU agriculture.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Workers and conventional farmers are integral members of our social fabric.
They (along with the machinations of hyper-wealthy) may ALSO be THE MAIN obstacle to enacting the kinds of change in production and consumption that is required.
A massive rupture of conventional economy is required.
They (along with the machinations of hyper-wealthy) may ALSO be THE MAIN obstacle to enacting the kinds of change in production and consumption that is required.
A massive rupture of conventional economy is required.
November 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I just finished the novel The Dark Forest (2008), the second book in the the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy (book one is famous The Three Body Problem).
This story has effected me greatly. I’m feeling very contemplative now.
Maybe I’ll write a review after reading the last book.
This story has effected me greatly. I’m feeling very contemplative now.
Maybe I’ll write a review after reading the last book.
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I just finished the novel The Dark Forest (2008), the second book in the the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy (book one is famous The Three Body Problem).
This story has effected me greatly. I’m feeling very contemplative now.
Maybe I’ll write a review after reading the last book.
This story has effected me greatly. I’m feeling very contemplative now.
Maybe I’ll write a review after reading the last book.
“From a purely practical point of view, we need to ask ourselves which framing of humanity actually makes a positive difference.” — Maren Morgan
Misanthropy is Bad and Unproductive
by Maren Morgan | Death In The Garden
backloop.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“From a purely practical point of view, we need to ask ourselves which framing of humanity actually makes a positive difference.” — Maren Morgan
It’s increasingly alarming just how anti-ecological @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social has proven to be as Prime Minister.
The Liberals will not get the support of those of us who care about a livable future in the next election.
What that means is we’ll have to endure 5 years of Conservatives idiocy.
The Liberals will not get the support of those of us who care about a livable future in the next election.
What that means is we’ll have to endure 5 years of Conservatives idiocy.
Liberal MPs express surprise and opposition to reports of pipeline deal
Even if the Carney government and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith come to an agreement, opposition from First Nations and the BC government — as well as existing legislation — create substantial legal ...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It’s increasingly alarming just how anti-ecological @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social has proven to be as Prime Minister.
The Liberals will not get the support of those of us who care about a livable future in the next election.
What that means is we’ll have to endure 5 years of Conservatives idiocy.
The Liberals will not get the support of those of us who care about a livable future in the next election.
What that means is we’ll have to endure 5 years of Conservatives idiocy.
“Land is about the relations between the material aspects some people might think of as landscapes—water, soil, air, plants, stars—and histories, spirits, events, kinships, accountabilities, and other people that aren’t human.” — Max Liboiron
The Enduring Fantasy of “Feeding the World” – Spectre Journal
Members of the Agroecology Research-Action Collective argue against the productivist logic underlying the "feed-the-world" approaches to feed security.
spectrejournal.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
“Land is about the relations between the material aspects some people might think of as landscapes—water, soil, air, plants, stars—and histories, spirits, events, kinships, accountabilities, and other people that aren’t human.” — Max Liboiron
“This time of chaos can also be an opportunity, a chance to emulate the older cultures that replaced them: those who planted trees in the ruins of empire, who remade the Commons on abandoned plantations, and quietly continued to tend their small forest garden as their ancestors had before them.”
The Lost Forest Gardens of Europe
The indigenous Mesolithic societies of Europe never disappeared: they adapted, and survived in new ways. Their cultures, values, spiritual beliefs, and relationships with the land are encoded in the f...
www.shelterwoodforestfarm.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 AM
“This time of chaos can also be an opportunity, a chance to emulate the older cultures that replaced them: those who planted trees in the ruins of empire, who remade the Commons on abandoned plantations, and quietly continued to tend their small forest garden as their ancestors had before them.”
"What if, rather than experiencing an overview effect at a remove from the Earth, we were the Earth extending its sensing systems? The Earth watching itself through human culture as a sensing organ..."
(via @beiner.skystack.xyz)
(via @beiner.skystack.xyz)
The Lifeworlding Effect: A Radical Shift in Consciousness
A guest piece by Alexa Firmenich
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"What if, rather than experiencing an overview effect at a remove from the Earth, we were the Earth extending its sensing systems? The Earth watching itself through human culture as a sensing organ..."
(via @beiner.skystack.xyz)
(via @beiner.skystack.xyz)
One of the ideas I’m toying with currently is ‘micro-interviews.’
When reading academic papers I always have more questions at the end. Usually, the questions are about practical applications or wider implications.
Would be nice to do 3 question follow-ups with authors, then share them publicly.
When reading academic papers I always have more questions at the end. Usually, the questions are about practical applications or wider implications.
Would be nice to do 3 question follow-ups with authors, then share them publicly.
November 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
One of the ideas I’m toying with currently is ‘micro-interviews.’
When reading academic papers I always have more questions at the end. Usually, the questions are about practical applications or wider implications.
Would be nice to do 3 question follow-ups with authors, then share them publicly.
When reading academic papers I always have more questions at the end. Usually, the questions are about practical applications or wider implications.
Would be nice to do 3 question follow-ups with authors, then share them publicly.
Just read a dude threatening to “rehydrate a whole Trisolarian in your ass” in the socials in response to another dude… LOL
Brings joy to my nerd heart when people argue via sci-fi lit references.
#ThreeBodyProblem #Trisolaris
Brings joy to my nerd heart when people argue via sci-fi lit references.
#ThreeBodyProblem #Trisolaris
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Just read a dude threatening to “rehydrate a whole Trisolarian in your ass” in the socials in response to another dude… LOL
Brings joy to my nerd heart when people argue via sci-fi lit references.
#ThreeBodyProblem #Trisolaris
Brings joy to my nerd heart when people argue via sci-fi lit references.
#ThreeBodyProblem #Trisolaris
“It will require cooperation and it will require the construction of new ‘markets’ where food is valued for its ability to provide sustenance and nutrition – and as a centerpoint of human culture.”
IMO transitional forms might include diverse mosaics of different regionalized farming system.
IMO transitional forms might include diverse mosaics of different regionalized farming system.
New post where I push a little bit further on my previous writing on agroecology being a project of class suicide and why this means small privately-owned farms are not the vehicle of change for agroecology as too often supposed
thestruggleforland.substack.com/p/towards-an...
thestruggleforland.substack.com/p/towards-an...
Towards an agroecological theory of change
Small, privately-owned farms and localised markets can never achieve agroecology, therefore the movement needs a new strategy.
thestruggleforland.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“It will require cooperation and it will require the construction of new ‘markets’ where food is valued for its ability to provide sustenance and nutrition – and as a centerpoint of human culture.”
IMO transitional forms might include diverse mosaics of different regionalized farming system.
IMO transitional forms might include diverse mosaics of different regionalized farming system.
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
“Part of the great parentheses of our lives, dawn summons us to a world alive and death-defying, when the deepest arcades of life and matter beckon.”
World at Dawn - Orion Magazine
The pleasure of life rekindled
orionmagazine.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Part of the great parentheses of our lives, dawn summons us to a world alive and death-defying, when the deepest arcades of life and matter beckon.”
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, new research has designed, described and modeled four societal futures that aim to achieve 2050 net zero targets.
New Research sees Policymakers and Academics Unite to Map 2050 Net Zero Scenarios
In a first of its kind collaboration, new research published in Nature Energy has embedded policymakers into the...
ukerc.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, new research has designed, described and modeled four societal futures that aim to achieve 2050 net zero targets.
"But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate denial."
My latest: #COP30, global climate politics, and what happens next — for @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"But let us be clear. The conference was a failure. Its outcome, the decision text known as the Global Mutirão or Global Collective Effort, is, in essence, a form of climate denial."
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Full article: Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health
Published in Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (Vol. 80, No. 4, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Full article: Soil organic matter: The heart of soil health www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....