Maybe I'm stopping

A little town I built in this absolutely lovely world builder

Orca whales are bugging the fuck out. Orca whales, which are actually a species of dolphin, have, in the last two years mind you, ripped over 100 boats apart off the coast of Spain and Portugal. They've been ripping the livers out of great white sharks, and they've swarmed into the mouths of blue whales and ate their tongues out. I will remind you that blue whales are the biggest creatures on our planet and that killing something by eating it from the inside out is gross. Now maybe you're thinking "This has nothing to do with me", but let me correct you – humans are only part of nature. We shouldn't be fooled into thinking our intellects can protect us. Especially not from ourselves.

We need to stop. When we stop, amazing things happen. Take for example my butterfly garden – I stopped mowing a part of the yard and now it's covered in queen anne's lace, larkspur and spiraea. The bees and the butterflies are aplenty. When we stop lighting up the entire world, we sleep better, see stars, save money on our energy. There are even well-balanced arguments to stop reading.

I think the orcas are going bananas out there because we humans refuse to allow ourselves to just stop, and we've done broken a link in the food chain. What have we destroyed that somewhere down the line the Orcas needed?

Orcas ripping out livers of great white sharks > https://www.businessinsider.com/south-africa-orcas-ripping-out-livers-great-white-sharks-study-2022-7
International dark sky cities and leaving the grass to grow https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220614-the-crusade-for-darker-night-skies
Reading ourselves to death > https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/reading-ourselves-to-death

Maybe I'm starting

Sneak peek! I've been doing some design for the Feminist Pedagogy course that Anne has been developing. Icons cc-by Symbolon.

And yet, how can we just stop? Because our creative works, our interactions, our hearts have to be in the fight. I am talking about the intolerant, fascist wackadoodles who seem intent on burning our planet, increasing inequalities, eliminating our rights and generally controlling every one. There is so much we have to compensate for. Over the years I've wondered when we will hit "peak stupid". Every day I think "Oh, well perhaps now we're at peak stupid then?" Stupid has a platform, and I think it's time we take it away. I just don't know how exactly.

I wish I had more energy for this fight, I hope my energy comes back. Perhaps if I just stop, something amazing will happen.

The Rhetoric Tricks, Traps, and Tactics of White Nationalism > https://medium.com/@DeoTasDevil/the-rhetoric-tricks-traps-and-tactics-of-white-nationalism-b0bca3caeb84
When You Can’t Find the Words > https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/i-have-notes/62b9d68f9fb3820020537dae/how-to-write-during-crisis/
What's it going to be - Feminism or fascism? > https://lauriepenny.substack.com/p/whats-it-going-to-be-feminism-or

Maybe I need help?

I'm ok. Not rolling in joyful bliss, but also not licking the walls for sustenance in my desolate sad palace. You? Hit reply ;)

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