by @barelyinfo.bsky.social youtu.be/AyAhIftSZYY?...

A convincing case for the usefulness of the term "settler colonialism"

A remarkable essay zeteo.com/p/finding-my...

🌞 Solar Is the People's Path—Fossil Fuels Are the Billionaires' Trap newsletter.peoplepowerunited.org/p/sun-day-so... from @peoplepowerunited.bsky.social

I snapped this photo with some vague symbolism in mind. It accompanies this month's Ecopolitics issue "The Problem with Growth" schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/the-proble...

This month's Ecopolitics is out! "Maintaining a growth-dependent economic structure is a very risky bet" open.substack.com/pub/schuyler...

1/ I was very lucky to participate today in a workshop at the Garrison Institute (Garrison, NY) on ‘Building Resilience for Communities.’ We explored what resilience is both conceptually and what it feels like—how it is embodied.

Joanna Macy has passed but she taught us how life on this planet can go on. Thank you, Joanna www.garrisoninstitute.org/read/joanna-...

We all laugh at cute animal clips, but when does enjoying them become anthropomorphism? And when is it something more meaningful?

The powerful short documentary Blue Room observes individuals incarcerated in the Pacific Northwest as they participate in an experimental programme that allows them to take in tranquil sounds and images of nature on TV screens

Joanna Macy is dying. I've learned how to be better as a human being because of her. Grateful to her family and community for allowing those of us who do not know her personally to share our feelings about her. I come back to her 5 vows all of the time: alokavihara.org/wp-content/u... - Thank Joanna

Spotted in Beacon, NY. "Trump Stole 17 Million Americans Healthcare"

I just published a story with @emorwee.bsky.social about the latest Senate bill. The bill is much worse than climate advocates thought possible. The window to stop it is rapidly closing. But to do that climate advocates need to speak up. www.distilled.earth/p/urgent-the...

The July newsletter is out! “We can be free and we can be fed.” -Zohran Mamdani, (almost certainly the) Democratic nominee for NYC Mayor Mamdani represents an alternative to the politics of Trumpian fascism or the pre-Trump status quo. schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/a-star-of-...

History shows that once an authoritarian ruler establishes the infrastructure of a police state, that same infrastructure can be turned on anyone. Trump is rapidly creating such an infrastructure. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-police-state

In the 'What's Out There' section, I link to a data tracking project by @brookeenichols.bsky.social, an article by @emorwee.bsky.social, a video by @climateadam.bsky.social, and short videos with Evan T. Pritchard by the Klyne Esopus Museum schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/whats-at-s...

Ecology, economics, and apple pie... the June Ecopolitics newsletter is out! "a natural environment in crisis threatens whatever society values." schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/whats-at-s...

The May newsletter is out! "When peace and justice cannot both be immediately achieved, the question becomes: what is the next best outcome?" In the 'What's Out There' section I link to articles/videos by @ayoub.bsky.social, @pbs.org, and @democracynow.org open.substack.com/pub/schuyler...

Global reaction against Trump has contributed to come from behind general election wins for the center-left in both Canada and Australia. I'll take silver linings wherever I can find them.

May Day in Poughkeepsie, NY!

Trump is now arresting judges and deporting US citizens. This is the bad timeline. w/@roterote.bsky.social

"What we found was not just a young woman locked up without charge but also a democracy being put to the test." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/o...

Where I live, the world looks like it is bursting with life this Earth Day. That's something to celebrate—and something to fight for because the future is not guaranteed.

Cannes Selects Film on Gaza Photographer Fatma Hassona; A Day Later, She's Killed in Israeli Strike

After 2 years of war, #Sudan is suffering from the largest global humanitarian crisis. Yet the world's attention is elsewhere. Read journalist @yassmin.bsky.social's piece on how the international community's silence allows atrocities to continue unchecked: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

My brief thought on 'Gatsby' at 100 #books #thegreatgatsby

'Gatsby' is 100 this month. (don't be fooled by the title of this piece by @naokan.bsky.social) www.woman-of-letters.com/p/have-you-h...

@crispinsartwell.bsky.social Your NYT The Stone essay "Humans and Animals..." has been floating around my brain for a few years & I took it as the starting off point for this piece. Hope you find it interesting if you have a chance to read schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/in-common

Newsletter is out! This month's essay is on shifting how we think about non-human animals. I also share links to news from @aljazeera.com and @zeteo.com, an article by Hannah Idil, and a video by @barelyinfo.bsky.social schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/in-common

#HandsOff protest in Gardiner, NY!

Unpacking “climate realism”

Utterly outrageous. This is un-American. The forced disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil for nothing more than constitutionally protected speech is a clear assault on first amendment rights and a blatant act of authoritarianism. Khalil must be released. apnews.com/article/colu...

This month's newsletter is here! Big Tech wants our time and attention. Silence and community can help reclaim them. schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/time-atten...

This is a wonderful conversation! One part that stuck out to me: @edyong209.bsky.social argues that some positions often thought of as anti-science are better framed as "pro-power and pro-profit"

A surge in support for The Left party (Die Linke) is a silver lining in the otherwise grim German election. Provisional results give it 9% of the vote. That's not massive, but it's enough to comfortably pass the threshold for parliamentary representation + the party is growing its membership.

They are deliberately crossing the red lines, in order to make the unacceptable commonplace and, eventually, acceptable again.

Elon Musk is not the only billionaire taking over the federal government. He's just the loudest. The quieter ones are equally as dangerous. heated.world/p/you-alread...

All "I'm too small to make a difference" thinking is cancelled open.substack.com/pub/creativi...

A tipline to protect the planet heated.world/p/a-tipline-...

The February issue of Ecopolitics is here! Greenland's ice sheet is losing an average of 30 million tons of ice an hour. That is creating a new physical—and political—world. schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/greenland-...

“the Netanyahus and Bidens of this world, as the Huckabees and Ben Gvirs, have not been able to crush the Palestinian psyche. Whether they succeed in the end or not will likely be as much up to the rest of us as it is to Palestinians most directly impacted on the ground…”

The first issue of my newsletter Ecopolitics is live! I argue that the "reality of the moment demands a new politics—or, perhaps better put, the renewal of an older form of politics rooted in the environment." #environment #politics #philosophy open.substack.com/pub/schuyler...

schuylerkempton.substack.com/p/get-ready My new Ecopolitics newsletter will drop on January 5! Please consider subscribing (for free) to the email list! #politics #philosophy #environment

More info forthcoming...