

Oct 10, 202413 min read
"FACTUAL FINDINGS"
I was told to go read something said to be a newly published and “damning UN report about Israeli war crimes and ‘extermination’ via its...


Nov 9, 202323 min read
“IT'S JUST ABOUT FREEDOM, OBVIOUSLY”
Someone who has disliked what I’ve been writing lately (someone in great company: a party comprised of my wife and effectively all my...


Jul 28, 20237 min read
THAT’S WEATHER, NOT CLIMATE
This week, authorities have given us things like: “July 2023 is set to be the hottest month ever recorded in human history.” “July isn't...


Apr 2, 20235 min read
THE NEW HUMAN EPOCH
I love John Green’s now-finished podcast Anthropocene Reviewed. Love it. It really is everything I want in a podcast. I’ve even been...


Jun 17, 20221 min read
BACKWARDS AND UPSIDE DOWN
We may have reached peak nonsense; that, or I'm suffering a catastrophic stroke. Today I awoke and the first two things I read were from...


Jun 8, 20223 min read
VIRGINIA WOOLF: TWITTER'S PATRON
Folks of all temperaments and occupations keenly share their belief that the Information Age is uniquely foolhardy and strident. They...


Jul 22, 20210 min read


Sep 13, 20203 min read
WHERE ARE WE AT?
I just read an article titled “Humans exploiting and destroying nature on unprecedented scale – report.” It’s published on the website of...


Aug 15, 202013 min read
EVERYTHING SPEAKS: MEDITATIONS ON THE ANIMISM OF LANGUAGE
David Abram and Robin Wall Kimmerer write of the tremendous power of language to shape perception and, therefore, our relationships and...


Aug 5, 20203 min read
KIMMERER ON LANGUAGE
READING Kimmerer, R. (2017, June 12). Speaking of nature. Orion Magazine. https://orionmagazine.org/article/speaking-of-nature/ SUMMARY...