jtommins.bsky.social
backcountry trail builder and maple sugarmaker on life sabbatical with long covid. sometimes writer and illustrator. outlive the bastards
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bro this is so so good, especially the ending. made me realize how rarely you ever hear about disability and ecology together. made me emotional about gis!!!!
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thank you!! i do be getting emotional about gis
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You seem to have as much skill with words as you did with a chainsaw. The ending statement offers a perspective I had not considered before. Won't spoil the surprise for others. My longhaul symptoms are no where near the severity of yours but i see your point in so many ways, everywhere. 😪
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thanks so much!! i'm glad it resonated, appreciate it
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all good points, but i didn't argue the forest service was a "good" agency, but simply not uniquely bad in the realm of compromised federal agencies. but since my piece is aimed at radicalizing laid-off employees, "dont fret, your employer was evil anyway" seemed like a poor angle to take
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i do also write what imo is a pretty enjoyable newsletter about working in the woods and offer monthly or discounted annual subscriptions. i like to work for my money after all
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ahh great tip
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oh hell yeah
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forests: the shadow of civilization by robert pogue harrison. one of my faves
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not like anyone’s gonna read all this. but tldr be of good cheer, the forests will one day encroach the cities again
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meanwhile “science has never yet lost its initial vocation”: divinations in the sky, illumination, and (in the context of this book) an opposition to the enclosing shadows of the forest
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now is not the time to question or qualify the stainless record of science. wisdom, restraint, humility and the other outdated values belong back in the stone age with the rhinos and tigers
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you gotta improve your reading comprehension man
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I worked on that artificial leaf. And let me tell you something...it was stupid.
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i’m not against science but in favor of sense. does it make sense to poison rivers of fresh water and fish, clearcut forests of berries and game, choke every green valley with cars and concrete? or pursue childish fantasies of finding another equally suitable planet across the galaxy?
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but how will we manage our environmental problems without our precious technology? naturally. easily. the technosphere is where the problems start
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are you saying we should save trees and plants by mining cobalt for artificial leaves
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the harvard guy takes every chance he gets to try to sell his fake leaves as a climate solution. some pure science
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to the people expressing admiration for this waste of resources in my replies
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nice swamps too