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“The word for world is forest”

A colorless, deforested and bleak landscape in a heav mist. It appears to be the aftermath of a fire, with charred tree trunks and barren ground.Photo by Sergey Nikolaev on Unsplash

Interesting conversation on Kitteh's post We Need to Rewild the Internet, about the desiccating corporate "pathology of command and control" that has choked, flattened and ravaged the once-lush sprawl of online diversity.

05/07/24
by taz

Time Tunnel

colorful abstract spiraling swirl against a dark backgroundTwirl Time by The Boy from Bare (cc by)

Among other things, Mefites ponder fashion changes (or lack thereof) in the last 20 years, and whether 96 unfrosted brown sugar PopTarts is too many unfrosted brown sugar PopTarts. Also, bisons are BACK, baby, and, timely: a 24-hour Dr. Who charity livestream event beginning 11/25, POV, Time Lord time.

11/25/23
by taz

Euphonious Euschmonious

Currently in Our Pants:

Red AntRed Ant by Charlie Stinchcomb (cc by)

Ants, Ants, Ants, Bees, Bees, Bugs, Bugs, SPIDERS!

08/05/18
by taz

Baby Turtles in the Balance

March of the Baby TurtlesMarch of the Baby Turtles by Clearly Ambiguous (cc by)

MetaFilter member Muddler studied sea turtles and came away with some important lessons:

So, there is a balance that can be reached to help save the turtles, but it takes some creativity and understanding of the predicament of both the turtles and the people who live near their beaches. Thankfully, the Olive Ridley population is doing relatively well, no doubt in part to the efforts at Ostional.

04/19/13
by mathowie

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