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Having a newsletter is cool bc you can finally write the invasive-worm think piece nobody asked for 🪱🪱🪱 yr welcome! dark.properties/crying-about-w…

Just a crazy idea but What if we put automation and AI to work doing all the basic boring shit, then implemented universal basic income and used our newfound free time to volunteer with our neighbors, clean up the environment and grow locally sustainable food economies? 😈

my latest 💌Dark Properties🌙 newsletter is about how lawns drool, and sustainable native-plant-rich gardens rule! thx to Elana Schlenker, far-out designer and suburban-gardening influencer, for this epic deep-dive into creative landscaping 👩🏻‍🌾🌻 dark.properties/elana-schlenke…

"Sensing enables us to question what we feel most familiar with. It opens up the door for new impressions, and new ways of thinking and being." — Yasaman Sheri on Dark Properties 🌿 dark.properties/yasaman-sheri/

thinkin 'bout existential sky stuff in today's newsletter◉ dark.properties/eclipse/

The exponential spread of invasive plants is scary, but when you literally get in the weeds with them, there are all sorts of creative solutions to mitigation and remediation <3 dark.properties/streambank/

What do plants know? In anticipation of Zoë Schlanger (Zoë Schlanger)’s forthcoming book, The Light Eaters—out next month from HarperCollins—Willa Köerner (𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋) sat down with the author to discuss the collective, connective intelligence of plants. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/zoe-…

Anyone up for a Solidarity Summer reading club? There’s so much material I want to dive into and talk about

This gem of a document was published in 2018 and initiated by 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 We are very pleased that this is still being discovered and still resonates ❤️❤️❤️

new series from me and Are.na coming in hot🌱

New on Are.na Editorial** Introducing Ecologies of Entanglement, a new series from Are.na and Dark Properties that collapses natural ecologies and networked technologies into one future-defining tangle. are.na/editorial/intr… Dark

I got to chat with one of my faves, ₠, for my new editorial series w/ Are.na Have a read if you're ready to see computation as imaginative, endlessly evolving, and 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 💻✨🧪 are.na/editorial/from…

"At some point I think we’ll fully realize that what’s happening in the natural world is more computationally efficient, inventive, and resilient than anything we could create from silicon." 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 ₠ Are.na #longreads dark.properties/from-silicon-t…

I recently got to talk to 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋 for the series “Ecologies of Entanglement” about why I’m obsessed with moth camouflage, pollinator relationships as a form of ecological cognition, how technical systems can be living systems, and more! Interview now on Are.na, check it out 🦋

In our last interview with Dark Properties, Willa Köerner (𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋) interviews Cortney Cassidy about leaving her tech job to become a full-time gardener Link below 👇

'Anyone who’s ever agreed to showcase their creative work in public knows the feelings that tend to accompany such opportunities. While still abstract and far-off, the commitment feels motivating and exciting. But as the date draws closer, some stress inevitably creeps in. You

"She sees the details. She observes with wonder. I, on the other hand, am constantly adjusting my lens. Or not looking at all." Cheri Lucas Rowlands reflects on 2024 and revisits #longreads by jenny odell, Robin Wall Kimmerer, 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋, ₠, Ferris Jabr, Benji Jones,

. Judith Enck explains how people can avoid the pervasive material polluting our bodies and environment in 𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋's latest newsletter: dark.properties/plastic-purge/