Beautiful, short film about 85 year old Helen Dew:
For Helen, a key element in building personal and community resilience is in building quality soil. From making biochar for her compost to petitioning the local council to create a natural burial park, she has worked tirelessly in so many ways to contribute to her community and to the planet. She is truly Something Beautiful for the World!
And the poem she wrote–which she reads in the film–is not to be missed.
Nearly every time someone mentions Eclipse Day (which I always imagine with capital letters), I think of this from Neil Gaiman.
Pete Larson: “Why I Farm.” This is different from Pete’s usual videos, which are typically recordings of him working on his farm. This is almost like a manifesto for small, community-centered farms—and a damn fine manifesto at that.
I published my blogroll as a page using Manton’s plugin.
During this sacred month of Ramadan, World Central Kitchen is working to provide 92,000 food boxes—4.7 million meals—to Palestinians in need. Support from around the world fuels our efforts and 100% of donations from our Ramadan campaign go directly towards feeding families in Gaza.
Good post from DC: our energy “needs” are skyrocketing due to the demands of cloud computing, AI, EVs, and bitcoin mining. All this at a time of rolling environmental crises. Yet the growth-obsessed powers-that-be never talk about reducing our energy usage.
Worth reading:
Still the funniest video on the internet. Rachel and I think of this every few months and laugh ourselves silly watching it over and over.
Lost Art Press is having a sale on their book Anarchist’s Tool Chest. Also, they have a great FAQ on what they mean by anarchism: individualist, non-revolutionary, and no bombs. Which fits nicely with my own anarchism.
New use for chatbots: having it rewrite a blunt statement into a more professionally acceptable sentence. Example:
We have too much slack in the budget. If you need new funds, please reallocate from your existing budget.
Rewritten by Microsoft Copilot as
Our budget currently has excess flexibility. If you require additional funds, kindly consider reallocating from your existing budget.