Posts by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
(DIR) Post #AYcBSdiLR5N5Lws8eW by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2023-08-10T20:09:09Z
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It's funny when people tell biologists to get a "real job" in the "real world". The living world *is* the real world. The world of economics and finance, real estate speculators and venture capitalists? *That* is the fake world, operating under the delusion that it isn't embedded in and entirely dependent on the the biosphere and all other aspects of the natural world. The problem is our society, which systematically favors profits in the illusory world over the well being of the real one.
(DIR) Post #Aqn3nOqh1hJmXFQOfo by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-02-04T23:35:09Z
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@stux Not sure if this is the same guy or if this is in any way useful information, but came across a GitHub account under the same name. https://github.com/markoelez
(DIR) Post #ArFRk8tpTCoZIApHsW by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-02-18T16:15:16Z
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@davidrevoy It's also disturbing how they co-opt the idea of accessibility and use it to suggest that you should tolerate their bigotry. Yikes!
(DIR) Post #AsnJCpwZ8EyBckrXwu by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-04-05T21:55:52Z
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Thousands of people out in Boulder, Colorado today to say #HandsOff to the Trusk administration! People lined the streets for about a mile and a half. Our US representative, Joe Neguse, showed up on the street to talk to constituents. The weather was slightly chilly, but better than expected. No snow! #uspol #HandsOff2025
(DIR) Post #AtxuzStYP2qUlbGLTs by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-05-10T21:22:53Z
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Lately, I've been going to the local #TeslaTakedown protests and running loops around the intersection in front of the showroom the whole time to get people's attention. People are actually pretty into it! So, I decided to make it a bit more theatrical and sewed a hooded cloak for added dramatic flair. It was a hit! Also, I'd say the mood is shifting. Even more positive support than usual, but lots more negative responses too (yelling, gestures). I think we're getting under MAGA's skin. #uspol
(DIR) Post #Au5x6COHuytamOekts by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-05-14T19:56:04Z
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@futurebird @lolgop Just did this. Thanks for sharing!
(DIR) Post #Aul8aLhTXV2C3FDLxw by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-06-03T16:24:54Z
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One of the bleakest I've read recently. A tragedy on a global scale. Economic growth without boundaries is destroying the natural world at a rate that is hard to fathom. #ecology #biodiversity"A few percentage points a year may not have the ring of disaster. “But if you run that forward just four decades,” Wagner says, “we’re talking about nearly half the tree of life disappearing in one human lifetime. That is absolutely catastrophic.”"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
(DIR) Post #AwbD3Hlvq7zCLtW6hk by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-07-28T17:28:27Z
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Looking across at Haystack Mountain and James Peak from the top of Rogers Pass in the #Colorado Front Range yesterday. Highest elevation (11,915ft) and turnaround point of an 11-mile trail run. The high country of the Rockies is always beautiful. #MountainMonday
(DIR) Post #B1WlZU3Lg7SO0Q3xZI by lcwheeler@ecoevo.social
2025-12-23T03:07:30Z
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"The practice of gratitude lets us hear the badgering of marketers as the stomach grumblings of a Windigo. It celebrates cultures of regenerative reciprocity, where wealth is understood to be having enough to share and riches are counted in mutually beneficial relationships." - Robin Wall Kimmerer I like Wall Kimmerer's metaphor of capitalism as a ravenous Windigo. It's very visceral and horrifying. Watching the natural world eaten by an insatiable monster and pretending it's OK is madness.