The split-gill mushroom, Schizophyllum commune, has 23,000 sexes (that we know of), all of which can mate with any other sex. Talk about breaking the binary!

Lao Tsu, ~500 BCE

🌈 Make America Gay Again!🌈

"The lesson Poland teaches us is that would-be autocrats can be pushed back if the opposition is united, but also that a country stands a better chance of recovery if it blocks autocracy before it becomes legally entrenched."

“Multiple speech and content moderation experts 404 Media spoke to drew some parallels between these recent changes and when Facebook contributed to a genocide in Myanmar in 2017, in which Facebook was used to spread anti-Rohingya hate.” www.404media.co/meta-is-layi...

Animals, like jaguars, depend on transboundary migration. But in Mexico, a major threat is underway: The Mexican government is building a railway expansion project straight through a crucial wildlife corridor for imperiled jaguars without doing any environmental impact studies. Take action. ⬇️

20 books to help prepare for Trump 2.0: Whether they’re primers on environmental activism or a series on resisting autocrats, these books offer a chance to study up for the bumpy years ahead. Check it out on @the-revelator.bsky.social ⬇️

Now this, this is looting. Ain’t nobody gonna be arrested for it either.

Can you all recommend books & articles about the rise of billionaires & the one percent? I would like to learn more about who they are & how they are tied to the media, to government, Big Oil, Big Tech, Big Pharma, Big Ag, & all the rest. Please tell me what you’ve read.

Are you fucking kidding? Fox News says the dams being torn down that will restore Native sovereignty to many groups like the Yurok is the reason LA doesn’t have water?! Fuck off. This is NOT Native peoples fault you pieces of shit. WE ARE TRYING TO STOP THESE CATASTROPHES FROM HAPPENING!!!

“Honestly, I am running out of metaphors to explain the warming we are seeing,” said Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo. www.ft.com/content/fd91...

NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

The Laken Riley Act was passed yesterday. Shame on the politicians who turned her murder into an immigration issue. All stats show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes. Riley’s murder was a gendered violence issue, which I wrote about here. bittersoutherner.com/feature/2024...

Definitely just cried sitting in my car watching sunset in the trees & listening to Kamala Harris eulogize Jimmy Carter. Carter’s environmental & humanitarian work, his ethics &integrity & honesty, are such an incredible contrast to this incoming president & really all politics today, feels like.

Today is *not* a “peaceful transfer of power.” It’s the completion of a violent coup attempt that began this morning four years ago. Yes, Trump won the ‘24 election; but he was only able to run because we failed to fully confront the fact of that violent coup attempt.

In 1979, Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. In 1986, Ronald Reagan tore them down along w/Carter’s clean energy funding. This sums up the difference between the two men & political parties. Investing in solutions for the future vs canceling progress to score political points.

Quick, let’s all lock arms before Monday. Think “nothing can separate us” these next 4 years. Also lock arms with beauty, poetry, birds, seeds, soil, wilderness, dreaming, kindness, & your favorite banned books. It’s important. Don’t forget.

2025 ins and outs

My pedagogical companion as I enter the semester teaching & brace for the year ahead. “One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone,” hooks writes.

My mom at 14, East Tennessee. She’s the one with the reins. I grew up with this same horse, Gay, who lived more than 30 years.

Fantasizing about a long, rigorous hike where we all dress like this. I’ll be Muir & point out the plants. Who wants to come?

Hello Bluesky! Name this leaf. Hint: it’s the largest simple leaf in North America.