Just because.

True Words don't have to be ancient or distant from science. Funga was also coined by scientists in 2000

It will become ancient though, maybe in 500 years, because it's a beneficial parasite, symbiotically nourishing itself on "flora" & "fauna". It's being drawn into their their symbolic ecosystem.

Scientists coined "mycobiota" about 2000. Never caught on. Clear, but ugly. A term, not a word.

Flora and fauna are Words. They have charm, mytho-mycorrhizal tendrils reaching back to Pan, Roman goddesses of flowers, blooming, fertility and Earth, the half-human forest spirits we call fauns. Fawns.

4. Descartes' claim that animals feel no pain, have no psychologicalvexperience was rejected by his 16th century audience. We've learned vastly more since then. More every day.

We have to act on this knowledge that every normal person possesses. Treat animals humanely.

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3. Humans are also a domesticated species: most of us live in densely populated, highly controlled, Nature-limited environments. Of course, we also suffer high levels of anxiety, depression, fear, perceived lack of meaningful agency

We also need to be rewilded. Aims of urban planning need to change

2. The big psychological improvement of rewilded lab rats, while surprising to the researches, is not unique: we've long known spending time in Nature is good for human well-being. Nature-based therapy has been used for 100s of years.

We are as much mammal as human, as much animal as mammal.

1. Human psych drugs are tested on lab rats for negative effects. But the rats are not healthy: they're anxious, afraid, depressed. It's like using the response of prisoners to measure health. The authors speculate this may be why 90% of drugs "successfully" tested on lab rats don't work on humans.

This is great.

I read it! One of your footnotes to an article chronicling the multiple closures of the Beara mine helped me pin down the year my grandfather emigrated.

Here's the contest-winning photo legally required to be on the National Parks Annual Pass next to the pass Trump is forcing everyone to use instead.

You tell me, which best invokes the majesty and beauty of America's national parks?

2666 is one of my favorites, though in places, a slog.

Here as the majestic National Parks and #PublicLands featured on the last 14 America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes:

The 2014-2022 National Park passes.

Not a bloated ego in sight.

Every president but Trump, regardless of political party, agreed that National Parks are America's great treasure, above partisan politics & personal ego. That's why the law mandates the image reflect timeless Nature, not politicians

Which of the 2023-2026 National Park passes do u think meet the legal standard of being "used as a means to educate the American people about Federal recreational lands and waters"?

Which pass screams: "Look at me! I'm not a failure. I'm not cringy sensitive to flattery. I'm extremely powerful"?