So happy my (sort of) review essay on Is a River Alive? by @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social is out in the world!

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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Took a hiatus from Bluesky but hearing about the Adobe debacle makes me hopeful. Us–1, corporate fat cats–nil.

So much profound beauty in our world. But it seems the forces unable to see beyond their own wealth, power, and egos are in the ascendant right now.

It's our duty to mind ourselves and each other in these tough times, which may well get much worse. The living world depends on us never giving up. 🌍

Chennai’s shores turn graveyard for Olive Ridley turtles as over 1,000 wash ashore Though the exact cause of death was being probed, it was suspected that trawl nets used by some fishing vessels could have caused their deaths

Media outlets have been reporting the deaths of over 1000 turtles (and counting) along the Chennai coastline in January 2025. The trawl nets from fishing boats plying illegally in protected waters are said to be the cause.

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I cannot describe how devastating it was to see a lifeless olive ridley sea turtle wash up on the shore this morning in Chennai. I tried to sing a lament over its body to honour its passing, but the words stuck in my throat.

The Indian Ocean all diamond sparkles today, for anyone who could do with some radiance.

24-hour news is so grotesque in times of crisis. I don’t know how these people live with themselves.

WHO BEARS THE WEIGHT - Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma — The Porch Every day I face an impossible dilemma. Do I read the news and open myself to the images of horror and injustice and suffering and atrocity that come from every corner of the globe? Or do I turn mys...

"Do I read the news and open myself to the images of horror and injustice and suffering and atrocity [...]?

Or do I turn myself away, not to ignore what’s happening but to preserve the capacity of my heart to meet the world right in front of me [...]?"

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Sagan was a prophet.

Stay strong, Kyla. The world needs artists more than ever in times like these. But take the time to feel what you're feeling, too.

Lovely piece by veteran editor-publisher Mini Krishnan on working in the pre-internet days with literary giant MT Vasudevan Nair. She draws attention through one example both to the travails of regional language writers through the decades and the unsung art of editing.

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So very proud that Seattle-based poet- translator Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, dear friend of 20 years (we first met as grad students at Ohio State), was recognised by the Tamilnadu government for his Tirukkural translation (Beacon 2024). And so glad I got to attend the award ceremony in the flesh.

Intertidal: A Coast and Marsh Diary Over two years and three monsoons, Yuvan Aves pays scru…

Noting a book reco by @akhilar.bsky.social - www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Vague sense of foreboding just got way less vague.

‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10% to 20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast

Okay, so there's really no content in this article at all. Hinton gave slightly different made up numbers to the same ridiculous question and the reporter jumped on that as if it were meaningful

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Natalie Shapero's poem says it all in this regard:

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Israeli forces attack hospitals, school and ‘safe-zone’ in Gaza, killing 50 Israeli forces bomb people staying in tents in al-Mawasi as UNRWA chief describes ‘escalation’ of attacks.

this shit continues to be egregiously horrible

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True story: crass organiser at packed book launch demands show of hands to indicate having bought the book, shames audience members who haven't. Badgering and hard sell when attendees represent a cross-section, the book is expensive, and the venue a schlep for most? Be grateful so many came, buddy.

Gaining courage for the battles that lie ahead by reading aloud lines from Arundathi Subramaniam's exquisite preface to her Wild Women (Ebury/Penguin 2024). It takes a poet to craft such prose.

I hear you!

Poetry and cake deserve kudos, big time, but making amends with a friend, that's got to be so precious. Rock star🔥

Private Equity Is Making Big Money From UK’s Most Vulnerable As critics debate the cost of private capital’s inroads into many corners of the economy and public services, children’s homes have become a flashpoint.

"As critics debate the inroads that private capital has made into many corners of the economy and public services — in Britain and elsewhere — children’s services are a flashpoint." - Abhinav Ramnarayan & Sabah Meddings

Proud of my brother for this one.🦚

#finance

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Last full moon of 2024

Entry #27: Gratitude for the good days, rest and reflection.

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Entry #26: Nothing/everything stays the same; nothing/everything is different. What matters in the grand scheme of things?

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Entry #25: Calming nerves = being true + relaxing parasympathetic system.

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Entry #24: working in, breath, meta-awareness, negotiating moments of transition.

Entry #23: lean into exhaustion, listen to the rain.

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Grateful my quadriceps are holding up, not to mention busted patellae I ruined with years of bad road running form. Strength/resistance training actually helps. Go figure.

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