Peter Kravitz

Worth digging deep into this piece on Gathered Meeting. It includes principles which will be needed to re-civilise politics over the next decade or so…

Epping Forest magic this afternoon with views over London from Loughton.

#eppingforest #autumn #light #treebathing #london

‘Who wants to sit all day in some anonymous state office building listening to testimony about utility rates? …now we’ve trained up a whole cadre of older Americans who show up with a basket of knitting or a crossword puzzle book and are there witnessing, testifying, organizing.’

thirdact.org

My re-imagining of the Bell Rock Lighthouse off the East Coast of Scotland. Based on one of the original engineering drawings.

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Saughton Park bandstand.

#Edinburgh

It can heat a whole town

See them
Talking about it at:

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Follow-Up to Letters on ADHD Here I describe the subjectivity of ADHD diagnosis; elaborate on why I see it as a personality dimension, not a disorder; and present an evolutionary explanation of personality differences.

Fine piece that says new things about a concept that has previously been resistant to thinking that is not of an either/or variety

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Swift bricks petition - Protect the Wild Make Swift Bricks Mandatory in All New Buildings 9 people have taken action so far. Help us reach 10000 First name Last name Email Phone Subject Letter Dear Ministers, I’m writing as a concerned…

Every new home without a nest brick is a death sentence for swifts. They're cheap, easy to install, and save lives. Let’s make swift bricks mandatory in all new builds.

Sign the petition to protect these amazing birds 👇
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Two of my favourites🫶!

THE MIRACLE OF THE BURD AND THE FISHES

ach sun
jiss keepyir chin up
dizny day gonabootlika hawf shut knife
inaw jiss cozzy a burd

luvur day yi
ach well
gee it a wee while sun
thirz a loat merr fish in thi sea

From: www.tomleonard.co.uk/online-poetr...

“Put yourself in my place
For just a little while
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it
Why don't you try it baby”

Lamont-Dozier-Holland

We could do with more of this…

Her first life…

“if it is possible to find Millet too subversive, or conservative, or religious, it is perhaps because his art remains open to all interpretations in what it so lucidly shows – which is nothing less (and perhaps nothing more) than the toiling and hauling and straining of life on the land”

Sublime

Thi Wurd are the real thing. Their classes are straightforward, to the point and very welcoming. Now online as well as in-person…

Remarkable conclusion from the International Court of Justice:

“Failure of a state to take appropriate action to protect the climate system from GHG emissions…may constitute an internationally wrongful act which is attributable to that state.”

“Life is only difficult for those who pick and choose. You just take it. And that helps you feel whole, and maybe flying with the birds helps you be with the deep levels of hell…Do not look away. Do not avert your gaze. Do not turn aside.”

(from this fine dialogue with the late, great Joanna Macy…)

George Eliot’s the real thing…

Sometimes mainstream, popular culture can express things that people have gone silent about. Series 3, episode 3 of the series ‘The Crown’ soberly used the conduit of the Queen to represent the Aberfan disaster. See also @thierryaaron.bsky.social below

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@adriennebuller.bsky.social (author of The Value of a Whale: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism) in a particularly good dialogue with Ha-Joon Chang, especially after 10 minutes in, on social discounting of future generations and nature. Also worth peeking at @the-breakdown.bky.social

For once, the gamification of society might spur some social change. Where else could this be put to work in our use of depleting resources?

More shelfies please!

“The vacancy left by unsatisfying work isn’t filled by leisure, but by work in the garden, where you indulge in blunt and basic force.”

The Timeless Enigma of Gertrude Stein The pioneering novelist and poet, who championed avant-garde practices, continues to inspire contemporary artists and writers

I'll be in conversation with @francescawade.bsky.social tomorrow evening @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk to discuss her brilliant @faberbooks.bsky.social biography of one & only Gertrude Stein. I highly recommend the book, & also this piece in @friezemagazine.bsky.social by Francesca!

RIP 16 October 1944 - 17 May 2025

ICYMI, Donna Haraway said the years between 2000 and 2050 should be called The Great Dithering…welcome to its pinnacle 💅🏼

Caroline and Corentin have converted a tiny apartment on the outskirts of Paris into a remarkable home that is healthy, fair, sustainable, exciting and very,very surprising.

A little reminder that there is purpose beyond that which is sold and bought…

If you know anyone in Scotland who has a short documentary film they want to make in mental or physical health, this great opportunity has just been announced. (And there are some bursaries too):

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'Meadowsweet, loosestrife sway along the ditch
Waiting to cross over at the end of our days.'
Dear Michael Longley.

Photo of Brendan Kennelly and Michael Longley 1993 Santorini on

So sorry to hear of the passing of Michael Longley,a great poet & longtime friend & colleague to my beloved uncle, Brendan Kennelly. In 1993 they spent some time on the Greek island of Santorini, with Michael’s wife Edna. This wonderful photo was taken on that visit. RIP Michael

Any researchers/writers/academics fancy a creative start to 2025? I shared this last year @ BACP research conference. Experiential workshop using thinking from my decades of writing work combined with academic possibility.
All writers and will-be writers welcome. Booking: bit.ly/4a9QCSY