today my wisdom is: the ecological crisis of our planet is not a thing that will Suddenly destroy us sometime in the next century—it has taken decades of continuous work for our biosphere to be preserved thus far, and it will take decades more of continuous work to continue preserving it.
The apocalypse is not a single event hovering in the future bearing down on us while we sit helplessly. We are at least 150 years into an ongoing “apocalypse.”
Things will continue to steadily get worse without steady action, but “augh! it’s already too late to stop climate change and mass extinctions!” is specifically the worst response
putting “lying to kids is ok” on the table immediately looks bad. but theres nuance. because kids deserve to have as much context and respect as anyone else you live with. but also. telling them that leaving doors open will make ants carry away the entire house is necessary until their brains can quantify the heating&air bill
saw an ant on the bus today, what a horrible fate. moved an unfathomable distance from everything you’ve ever known because of forces you could never possibly understand. no matter how long you follow the pheromone trail you laid you’ll never find your way home.
Just passed a group of teenage girls walking downtown…. wearing cargo pants and platform crocs…. nature really is healing……
Cannot stress enough that this is NOT a condemnation, this is genuine delight that young girls in my town have stopped dressing up like Kardashians and are finally just goofing around on summer break in comfortable shoes and funky graphic shirts.
15 year olds should not be worries about having a thigh gap, they should be trying on SpongeBob bucket hats at the pier and drinking twice their weight in corn syrup like hummingbirds
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