Dekila Chungyalpa (བདེ་དཀྱིལ་)

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers.

Not sure people realize how INSANELY DRAINING data centers will be on our planet.

If you imagine data centers as their own country, they'll rank fourth in global electricity use by 2035 — outranked only by China, India, and the U.S.

Read this in @bloomberg.com👇

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson:

"Private establishments can partner with us to make it clear that private property is private property and ICE cannot enter establishments without a valid warrant ... If Congress will not check this administration, then Chicago will."

chickens coming home to roost.

As a just in case… My best friend got me hooked to the BBC Witch podcast which was eye opening — I did not know about the connection between the witch hunts and abortion providers! www.bbc.com/audio/brand/...

In case you’re wondering, yes. It’s given me a lot of joy to throw myself into this kind of community building and re-determination of identity in these times...

Being(s) of the Land; Flowing of the Water(s); Thinking with Indigeneity in Tibet and South Asia! More here: southasiaconference.wisc.edu and www.lokainitiative.org/beingsofthel...!

Over 1.5 yrs ago, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa invited me to UBC, and Mabel Gergan, and Dolly Kikon, began talking about the question of Indigeneity and belonging in Nepal and Northeast India, and whether and how that frames our work. Fast forward 18 months and here we are! October 22nd, Madison, WI.

‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.

If you’re having a hard day and need a boost, read this article about some of Loka's favorite collaborators and friends; the ecumenical Benedictine community of environmental sisters at Holy Wisdom! We love them! www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

I guess this a long way of saying that this is why I’m naturally resistant to the promise of AI. I know it might seem convenient to the users, it will certainly benefit the employers, but at what cost (besides the intellectual, social, environmental and climate costs) that we don’t see yet?!

Do you know how that era ended? Senior management handed out blackberries to us and told us it was because we were very important people to the org. We all side-eyed to see who got them in the early days. It absolutely did help the mission and the work. We also never really had off hours after that.

My 2nd most favorite thing about working in field conservation in the late 90s and early 2000s was that everyone expected a 2-week lag in email replies and communications. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD that you were in the forest no matter where you actually were. (Baby elephants were the 1st obviously.)

It's undeniable that ICE is worse under the second Trump term than it was under Biden or Trump 1 or Obama or Bush but that ICE would be used in this way for these ends is as foreseeable a disaster as leaving a loaded gun on a table next to a case of whiteclaw. It's as much a failure of prevention.

Sabrina Madison: Protecting Black Women’s leadership in a city that calls itself progressive Madison is often praised as one of the best places to live in America. But I call cap!  That title doesn’t hold when you look at the lived experiences of Black people here — and especially not when…

In a new column, Alder Sabrina Madison lifts the veil on how “progressive” politics in Madison often still perpetuate anti-Black dynamics, especially toward Black women leaders — even from those who claim solidarity. Read now:

LOL no but maybe because our hearts are so aligned? I am wearing her earrings though! <3

Ecuador’s govt is auctioning of 1.17 million hectares of Indigenous territory for fossil fuel exploration in this exact moment. You can learn more here:

The highlight of my #Climateweek was hanging out with neustras hermana más amada, Nemonte Nequimo, who has served tirelessly to defend Indigenous rights to land,
life and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. Please check out her and Mitch’s work here: amazonfrontlines.org! 🙏

This is my main message here at #ClimateWeek. We are always creating this eco/ climate/ justice movement and this movement requires us to prioritize building our inner resilience alongside community and ecological resiliene. #deepresilience

I find balance in my spiritual practice, I allow my heart to break and heal, break and heal, until hopelessness turns into faith. You may find your balance elsewhere. But we all need it and we must create safe spaces for others to find theirs too.

"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to desist from it." (Pirkei Avot) We have to find balance between running ourselves ragged until we are burned out & dissociating and living in curated ignorance. How do we run a long marathon? We find balance in movement & rest.

Yep. The universe saw me posturing and laughed at my face. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ See you there (or even not)?

Headline and lede from Time magazine (did not make the magazine cover) with a generic headshot of Minnesota House speaker Melissa Hortman that reads Minnesota Lawmaker Melissa Hortman Killed, FBI Hunt Suspect Jun 15, 2025 — Democratic state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed by an individual impersonating a police officer. -- Hortman was assassinated by a far right extremist along with her husband and dog. The man had a long list of Democrats he planned to kill, and was caught after shooting Minnesota Democrat John Hoffman and his wife Yvette who thankfully survived

Headline from time with a photo of Charlie Kirk at the event where he was murdered, smiling and waving at the crowd. The preview time has shared indicates that this will be the cover story of the next magazine. The headline reads The Killing of Charlie Kirk and the Political Violence Haunting America

The asymmetrical media response to political violence in America is, in itself, one of the most important contributing factors to how we arrived at this place of escalating political violence.

At least 2 students shot at a Denver-area high school, authorities say | CNN At least two students have been shot at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

JUST IN: Three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, according to St. Anthony’s Hospital. https://cnn.it/46fImzg

Analysis: Record solar growth keeps China’s CO2 falling in first half of 2025 - Carbon Brief Clean-energy growth helped China’s CO2 emissions fall by 1% in first half of 2025, extending a declining trend that started in March 2024.

"The production of petrol, diesel, and jet fuel all continued to fall, with electric vehicles eating into road-fuel demand."

This is one of the most interesting and probably underrated emissions statistics of all time.

#China

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National Guard documents show public ‘fear,’ troops’ ‘shame’ over D.C. presence Internal documents reviewed by The Post reveal, with rare candor, how domestic missions rooted in politics risk damaging Americans’ trust in the military.

A National Guard report accidentally emailed to the Post says veterans and active-duty troops view the D.C. deployment with "shame and alarm" @alexhorton.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

YWCA Madison Racial Justice Summit YWCA Madison's Racial Justice Summit is among the largest multiracial, intergenerational, and cross-sector community gatherings for intersectional racial justice learning, unlearning, and collective h...

SEND ME YOUR QUESTIONS PEOPLE. www.ywcamadison-racialjusticesummit.org

Photos of 3 women speakers for the Opening Keynote of the 2025 YWCA Racial Justice Summit: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Dekila Chungyalpa, and Gery Paredes Vasquez.

Thanks to beloved collaborators, Gery Paredes Vasquez & Libby Tucci, I get to be in conversation with Gery and Robin Wall Kimmerer as part of the opening keynote on September 25 for this year's YWCA Racial Justice Summit! Woot! Registration ends today! www.ywcamadison-racialjusticesummit.org/tickets

The knowledge and acceptance of death and dying as a natural part of life can be freeing. It can give us new life. It can wake us up. We humans are not in control of the planet -- we are part of her and therefore, no matter how much we wish otherwise, subservient to her laws.

The word for mindfulness in Tibetan is དྲན་པ་ (dhenpa) and a better translation for it is remembering. How does that change the practice? We are called to remember that everything is impermanent and so we adjust your perspective accordingly. Our egos learn to accept more & fight less.

Except "Carpe diem" ends w/ "quam minimum credula postero.” Horace meant that we must seize the day - we must live in the moment fully - because tomorrow is not guaranteed. The knowledge and acceptance of death and dying is a gift - we get to slow down and savor what we have now. We get to rest.

Something that’s been on my mind lately is the Western inability to accept death and dying as a natural phenomenon and how much of that is related to the relentless American workpace. It’s so grim & ubiquitous. No rest in winter. No visible signs of aging. YOLO all life long. Carpe Diem every day.