Kell Compost 😷
@compostwitch.bsky.social
Camberville expat, antiracist Heathen, AuDHD, they/them
plants, soil, string, bugs, human systems, TMA, Tolkien, ancient history
Chaparral / Muwekma Ohlone land
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plants, soil, string, bugs, human systems, TMA, Tolkien, ancient history
Chaparral / Muwekma Ohlone land
Occasional 🔞
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And while it didn’t start then, it doesn’t help that the 20th century so-called “western occult tradition” was largely incepted by people who mastered the practice of getting people to believe in bullshit, which directly led into everything from New Ageism to Nazism to technoccultism.
October 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
And while it didn’t start then, it doesn’t help that the 20th century so-called “western occult tradition” was largely incepted by people who mastered the practice of getting people to believe in bullshit, which directly led into everything from New Ageism to Nazism to technoccultism.
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One of the complexities of the social world is that magic is simultaneously real (as in, an activity that humans actually do and that has practical impacts in the social world), and the vast majority of the magical thinking that occult communities engage in is utterly complete make-believe bullshit.
October 8, 2026 at 12:55 PM
One of the complexities of the social world is that magic is simultaneously real (as in, an activity that humans actually do and that has practical impacts in the social world), and the vast majority of the magical thinking that occult communities engage in is utterly complete make-believe bullshit.
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Good Morning from this muppet of a Cali Tiger Salamander (who was released back to the vernal pool, shortly after being shown off to the general public for a few minutes). Chonk.
October 8, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Good Morning from this muppet of a Cali Tiger Salamander (who was released back to the vernal pool, shortly after being shown off to the general public for a few minutes). Chonk.
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honestly i should be able to sue the republican candidate in my district for sending me hate mail, based on the mailers I get.
October 8, 2026 at 1:27 PM
honestly i should be able to sue the republican candidate in my district for sending me hate mail, based on the mailers I get.
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The secret is to be always contemplating the Abyss of Deep Time.
Laundry? Main ingredient in detergent is produced in the US from the remains of 50 million year old lakes.
Nose picking? Primate ancestors get fingers to do that around those very same lakes.
Laundry? Main ingredient in detergent is produced in the US from the remains of 50 million year old lakes.
Nose picking? Primate ancestors get fingers to do that around those very same lakes.
This puts unrealistic pressure on the rest of us to be doing something arty when the prize committee calls. I can't be "doing the laundry" or "picking my nose".
The academy said Carson was surprised by the honour, who was in Iceland "listening to the wind" when they made contact with her.
October 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The secret is to be always contemplating the Abyss of Deep Time.
Laundry? Main ingredient in detergent is produced in the US from the remains of 50 million year old lakes.
Nose picking? Primate ancestors get fingers to do that around those very same lakes.
Laundry? Main ingredient in detergent is produced in the US from the remains of 50 million year old lakes.
Nose picking? Primate ancestors get fingers to do that around those very same lakes.
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I feel like you could make kind of a productive analogy between AI agents where they save the user time by wasting everybody else's time and the American approach to vehicle safety where occupant safety is prioritized at the expense of everybody else's. Prosocial? Never heard of her.
A lot of AI assistants seem to have been built around the assumption that the rest of the world is not actually real nymag.com/intelligence...
October 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I feel like you could make kind of a productive analogy between AI agents where they save the user time by wasting everybody else's time and the American approach to vehicle safety where occupant safety is prioritized at the expense of everybody else's. Prosocial? Never heard of her.
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There is a great song about this youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?...
October 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
There is a great song about this youtu.be/goh2x_G0ct4?...
I'm not any kind of wood carver but I do have a new life goal to make some kind of quagsire object out of Coast Live Oak wood (QU.AG)
October 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I'm not any kind of wood carver but I do have a new life goal to make some kind of quagsire object out of Coast Live Oak wood (QU.AG)
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October 8, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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@saralilplants.bsky.social Interesting work. Comes back to our conversation about what counts as an individual.
Out today in @nature.com: our review on how single cells evolve into multicellular organisms. With Ozan Bozdag, @kaitong25.bsky.social, Peter Yunker, and @matthewherron.bsky.social.
rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa
For an overview, check out the video below.
rdcu.be/9ZuiKow9twKa
For an overview, check out the video below.
October 8, 2026 at 7:20 AM
@saralilplants.bsky.social Interesting work. Comes back to our conversation about what counts as an individual.
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thread plus discussion 🗃️
back of the envelope math: a ship of the line was 100 times* more expensive than a trireme
leading to the obvious question, could 100 triremes take a ship of the line?
leading to the obvious question, could 100 triremes take a ship of the line?
October 8, 2026 at 10:52 AM
thread plus discussion 🗃️
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North American friends: you can watch this online on your lunch break or with mid-morning coffee.
Sewers are one of the most transformational interventions to human health in history, yet they are rarely understood or recognised for their impact. So we are holding an event about them next Tuesday. In person in London or watch online!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/searc...
The secret life of sewers
From the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 8, 2026 at 1:07 PM
North American friends: you can watch this online on your lunch break or with mid-morning coffee.
October 8, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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hey you, trans person reading this
compliment yourself right now <3
compliment yourself right now <3
October 8, 2026 at 5:32 AM
hey you, trans person reading this
compliment yourself right now <3
compliment yourself right now <3
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People sometimes long for a society that is 'bound up' more by social ties than by money, but social ties come with strong obligations that give other people the 'right' to pry into your business - the beneficia from the elite come packages with the officia of their clients.
October 8, 2026 at 4:07 AM
People sometimes long for a society that is 'bound up' more by social ties than by money, but social ties come with strong obligations that give other people the 'right' to pry into your business - the beneficia from the elite come packages with the officia of their clients.
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Re-wetting drained peatlands is a powerful and underappreciated climate solution.
In Finland, rewetting forestry-drained peatlands could yield climate benefits within decades, a @restorationecology.bsky.social study suggests.
eos.org/articles/res...
Read more in our October issue: eos.org/themes/secre...
eos.org/articles/res...
Read more in our October issue: eos.org/themes/secre...
Restored Peatlands Could Become Carbon Sinks Within Decades - Eos
That’s much faster than what most scientists thought.
eos.org
October 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Re-wetting drained peatlands is a powerful and underappreciated climate solution.
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Shades of the Bay Area Council’s campaign against the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge trail which also involved 1000s of form emails from “community members”. How many of these were faked too? The Bay Conservation & Development Commission didn’t ask & violated their charter to approve the closure.
Chevron donated $150,000 to the Bay Area Council, which led a campaign against electrification rules requiring homeowners to replace gas water heaters with electric heat pumps. The Council hired a software company to send thousands of opposition emails, some without the consent of the signers.
Chevron Gave $150K to Bay Area Group Accused of Using AI to Fight Heat Pump Rule
The group claimed victory after regulators recommended delaying landmark rules that would eventually phase out gas water heaters in 2.8 million homes.
www.desmog.com
October 7, 2026 at 5:03 AM
Shades of the Bay Area Council’s campaign against the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge trail which also involved 1000s of form emails from “community members”. How many of these were faked too? The Bay Conservation & Development Commission didn’t ask & violated their charter to approve the closure.
Intergalactic level gender theory
images that spring to mind unbidden, part 999: "trans-inclusive radical misogyny" // "women should stay out of kitchens"
October 8, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Intergalactic level gender theory
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NEW COMIC: "Do the Reich Thing"
August 21, 2026 at 1:16 PM
NEW COMIC: "Do the Reich Thing"
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Marketing tampons for trans men, name brand Theseus: going in there to slay the monster and finding your way back out again with a string
October 8, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Marketing tampons for trans men, name brand Theseus: going in there to slay the monster and finding your way back out again with a string
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Why parents make great scientists: Because they recognize that "Lauren errors" happen all the time.
October 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Why parents make great scientists: Because they recognize that "Lauren errors" happen all the time.
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looked up mine and this is killing me lmao
October 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
looked up mine and this is killing me lmao
Ah shit I got my flu & covid shots and forgot to go back to the counter for a STICKER
October 7, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Ah shit I got my flu & covid shots and forgot to go back to the counter for a STICKER
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If you could have AO3-style tag wrangling in any non-fanfic, non-AO3 spaces, what space would you add it to?
I know @gretchenmcculloch.com wrote a Wired article about 7 years ago(!) that listed some examples of this, but I'm curious what thoughts folks are having about this now.
I know @gretchenmcculloch.com wrote a Wired article about 7 years ago(!) that listed some examples of this, but I'm curious what thoughts folks are having about this now.
Fans Are Better Than Tech at Organizing Information Online
Archive of Our Own, the fanfiction database recently nominated for a Hugo, has perfected a system of tagging that the rest of the web could emulate.
www.wired.com
October 7, 2026 at 3:46 PM
If you could have AO3-style tag wrangling in any non-fanfic, non-AO3 spaces, what space would you add it to?
I know @gretchenmcculloch.com wrote a Wired article about 7 years ago(!) that listed some examples of this, but I'm curious what thoughts folks are having about this now.
I know @gretchenmcculloch.com wrote a Wired article about 7 years ago(!) that listed some examples of this, but I'm curious what thoughts folks are having about this now.