the orange "eye dots" make it!

23.02.2026 20:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was a butterfly and moth fanatic as a kid in Ohio. Many tales, once found a Cecropia caterpillar, put it in a jar, it cocooned, put it out in the screened porch, forgot to take the lid off, it hatched in the jar but the wings were tragically curved, I cried.

21.02.2026 23:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

an array of candles & flowers on table & ledge at Portland ICE facility in 2018, some people in background.

a banner "Kick ICE out of Portland" on a fence next to ICE building, Portland Oregon 2018 & tents along adjacent railway tracks.

Here's a couple of pix of Portland, Oregon's Occupy ICE protest, which took place in Summer 2018. Yes, at the same wretched building from which Federal agents barraged toxic gas at our Labor march (incl. children) on Jan. 31, 2026 & launched gas clouds over the whole neighborhood the next evening.

05.02.2026 07:27 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Author: Edith Mirante The author reads from and discusses "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" her new book of inspiring essays. . Event starts at January 15, 2026 6:30 PM EST

For readers in New Jersey, I'll be speaking about my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" at @princetonpl.bsky.social Thurs. Jan. 15, 6:30 PM. Revolution in Burma (Myanmar), wild Arctic herbivores & labor firebrand Karl Yoneda. 📚 princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/15417929

12.01.2026 20:23 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

1. This History Thread is about roles of #Nisei (Japanese ancestry, American born) soldiers in WW2 Burma. In Allies' fight vs Imperial Japan's occupation, Nisei were translators & psych war experts. My new book "Where the Mithuns Are" includes Karl Yoneda in Burma. (Order via last post #17.) 📚

14.12.2025 07:50 — 👍 22    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 1

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Here's a little thread about my new book, "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts." Order direct from independent blueearbooks.com (based in Seattle but no yachts or billionaires involved) & buy it as a gift for your favorite barista or activist collective! ☕📚

27.11.2025 01:08 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

display of books titled "Where the Mithuns Are" by Edith Mirante. Cover is painting by Anthony Gross of people in WW2 Chin area of Burma.

1. This History/Literary Thread is about my new book "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts" (how to order it is at end of thread!) These exciting essays include WW2 Burma & #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar, bison, elk, wolves, Heizer's "City" & Indigenous mound sites. 📚

25.11.2025 07:07 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 2

1. This History Thread is about the elephants of Burma (Myanmar) in war & peace. These highly intelligent, social animals have survived brutal interactions with humans, conflict zones & habitat loss. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 🐘🐘🐘 #elephants

27.08.2025 05:56 — 👍 39    🔁 11    💬 1    📌 3