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Wake up, workers of the world, a new second-person plural pronoun dropped.
In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
two millennials have a dramatic dance-off to the windoooooow, to the wallll—that is called a skeeted rivalry.
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
THREAD: ICE violence is powered by millions of dollars in funding for surveillance.
ICE is buying cell phone location data, leveraging Flock and Ring cameras and playing with terrifying spy toys from Palantir.
We have a rare chance this week to fight back. Plz share
punchbowl.news/article/hous...
When Trees Testify is required reading for students of botany or anyone interested Black botanical expertise and the lives of trees. An era-defining work! Buy it tomorrow!
Thanks @aravensgrace.bsky.social for your review of "When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America's Black Botanical Legacy" coming Tuesday 1/20 fir @science.org.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/....
If you haven't read Maria's "Fearless, Sleepless, Deathless", I highly recommend you do so!
Such a pleasure to get a jump on reading When Trees Testify, Dr. Montgomery! Thank YOU for this beautiful and important offering. 🙏🏿
"I made a conscious decision not to do chapters. . . . I wanted to feel like each hunt had finished, and we’d left the woodland with our baskets in between them."
Check out this fascinating Q&A with @aravensgrace.bsky.social in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social 🍄
lareviewofbooks.org/article/mush...
I spoke with @wired.com about how if local elected officials want to protect their community from ICE attacks, one of the most important things they can do is roll back city-level surveillance programs and restrict law enforcement use of Flock, facial recognition, etc www.wired.com/story/what-t...
may we know what is nourishment and what is poison in the new year
🍄 Mushroom hunting is increasingly popular. Now, a wave of foraging groups by and for people of color could also help close the “nature gap”: buff.ly/PvRIV53
"A treat for nature lovers and mushroom aficionados."
First pre-pub review for FEARLESS, SLEEPLESS, DEATHLESS by @aravensgrace.bsky.social is in from @publisherswkly.bsky.social 🤩🍄
www.publishersweekly.com/9781469689791
my book of essays inspired by the hunt for mushrooms is available for pre-order, y’all! 🥳
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
i put everything into FSD, and hope you’ll find some of that everything in its pages when you hold it in your hands in October
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THE BIRDING DICTIONARY, a small and dare I say very funny book, comes out May 6. Preorder it wherever you love to buy books. I think this will make a good gift for any birder, funny person, or parrot who enjoys shredding things.
www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem....
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same to you!
are you northeast loves ready with your food thermometers to check ground temps daily in anticipation of the arrival of these weirdos?
#morchella
#whoelsearewefightingfor
this is your trickster exposure therapy channel
tricks are for kids and adults and the dead
this hedgehog mushroom makes a fragrant ceiling for anansi’s drama
can you get down with the shenanigan?
the future is a prank. both jumpscare and rich, psychological thriller. are you a prankster?
#hydnum
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
some Oudemansiella species can look like they’re growing right from the soil, but all it takes is determined digging to see that what you’ve got is an iceberg among mushrooms, and it’s growing from buried deadwood sometimes as deep as a 6 inches beneath the surface!
they really are 🥰
who else are we fighting for?
‘bleeding tooth’ fungi i encountered in Oaxaca a couple augusts ago. these mushrooms are know for their blood red guttation, that is, the excess liquid they exude as a metabolic byproduct (like when we sweat!)
#hydnellum
dr mushlove
What nature and science podcasts should I interview with?
what else are we fighting for?
that every creature should decompose nobly rather than being snuffed by the preventable
when i checked to make sure it was still true before posting it was the 4th result but the first with an image--now it's as you say...i don't know how these things work at all but i like to think we had a small hand in giving it a boost
who else are we fighting for?
insect pathogens, who keep the balance
here Cordyceps militaris appears as orange clubs periscoping from hawk moth pupae in New Hampshire
#cordycepsmilitaris
who else are we fighting for?
lion’s mane. these beautiful saprobes/ weak parasites might be mistaken for a tribble or your cheerleader sibling’s pom pom, but they’re mushies
found last month when i delivered the keynote at Sonoma County Mycological Association’s annual camp!
#hericiumerinaceus
