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msatris.bsky.social
Bay Area words & book person. Oakland. Associate Publisher at Heyday www.heydaybooks.com
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From @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social from her July 2024 appearance on On Being: "So mushrooms, I feel like they’re our great detoxer. They’re the ones who understand that nothing needs to be wasted; that everything can be used in some way..." onbeing.org/programs/adr...

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Next Saturday, 3/1, 2-4 PM join @alicia-escott.bsky.social & me for a conversation at her show in San Francisco: METABOLIC RIFTS: TOUCH MEMORY -- A community sourced video installation bridging the non/human divide. www.tttelematiccc.com/metabolic-ri... More below!

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clarity and directness practice them there is a reason euphemism is comfortable. it does nothing to challenge power structures

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Headed downtown to the Fox in Oakland. Quick bar bite suggestions beforehand?

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Just watched some kind of raptor fly really low along Park Blvd by Oakland High with what I think was a dead pigeon in its talons while being harassed by a bunch of other birds, possibly crows? I don't think a flock of pigeons would chase a hawk? On the other hand, the crow-hawk feud is forever.

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We’re very pleased to share that at long last, we’ve received the full print run of Protean Issue V: Contra Temps. All pre-orders are shipping now. Patrons, keep an eye out for your free-issue coupon. To everyone else—you’ll soon be able to order a copy as well. Our cover:

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This weekend in Oakland, some events that have caught my eye: sat 2/22 10:30 AM The Oakland public library is presenting the results of their studies of how to improve the main library and 2 other branches much in need of updates oaklandlibrary.bibliocommons.com/events/679bd...

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we need Luigi to return to in-person work immediately

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I am collecting instances of California-based wildfire mitigation projects delayed because of layoffs at US Forest Service, Park Service, BLM. Pls reach out to me if you have tales of certain projects to share: d venton at kqed dot org. Signal: DVenton.09

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"We might think of the past as always coiled within us. It is ever ready to unfurl, so that the past in this sense has not passed, & is constantly happening in all our presents. One answer to why we should retain & linger alongside the dead is that they linger in and retain us." Wonderful writing!

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Useful www.project2025.observer

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Join a protest or create one of your own at TeslaTakedown.com!

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Weird shoe, no. 436 Why not? Everything is strange.

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Conversation starting in 15 minutes! We'll talk language as connection, language as surprise, how to edit yourself, and I'll read some poems!

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i wrote a new newsletter. it's about shifting political realities, the imperative of collective meaning-making, and NPC smathewss.substack.com/p/how-it-is?...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

Wow this is exactly what a Sunday is for! Worship the earth, let the ordinary become awe-invoking, and together love and make poems ❤️

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Looking to hear the voices behind California climate stories? We’ve created a starter pack of journalists and media professionals across the state who are just that.

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So, last night @jolenejolene.bsky.social and I went to an open mic featuring some awesome poets (is Aarthi on here? She was phenomenal) in Oakland at The Breakroom hosted by @samsax.bsky.social & followed it up w/ karaoke. A perfect Tuesday night choice. To quote Sam, poetry in community is holy.

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Tomorrow! Join me and John Muir Laws of @wildwonder.bsky.social online at 10 am Pacific time for a conversation and workshop on writing poetry about nature as part of a journaling practice. Free and open to all! us02web.zoom.us/j/8495463389...

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Abandoned this plan for a 90s pop classic instead, which was definitely more in line with the mood of the crowd and my own marginal singing abilities.

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Please join me and @johnmuirlaws.bsky.social for an online Nature Journal Workshop on 2/20, focused on poetry and writing about nature! Open to all, all ages. More info here: johnmuirlaws.com/event/the-na...

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Is trying to sing Neko Case songs at Karaoke if you're not a chanteuse a really really bad idea? And would a DJ even have her in their list?

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