M.E. Sheperd
@mesheperd.bsky.social
Writing at the intersection of Farming, Philosophy and the end of Patriarchy. Find my writing at: https://mesheperd.substack.com/
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Car-dependent suburban sprawl is the most publicly expensive approach to population growth in human history. #UrbanTruth
They want us to think that Suburban Sprawl is cheap. But the truth is, the costs are FAR too high. #UrbanTruth
April 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Car-dependent suburban sprawl is the most publicly expensive approach to population growth in human history. #UrbanTruth
Hail Mary movie - 2 billion people will die because the sun is being chewed up by astrophage. In reality 2 billion people will actually die on planet earth because we couldn't be bothered to get our real life fictions under control and no single white man is coming to save the universe.
March 30, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Hail Mary movie - 2 billion people will die because the sun is being chewed up by astrophage. In reality 2 billion people will actually die on planet earth because we couldn't be bothered to get our real life fictions under control and no single white man is coming to save the universe.
Mosaddegh was arrested, tried for treason, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. He died in 1967 never freed. I feel so ashamed over how the US and the UK treated Iran in the 1950s and even more ashamed how the US and Israel are treating Iran now. How do we be humans anymore?
March 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Mosaddegh was arrested, tried for treason, and spent the rest of his life under house arrest. He died in 1967 never freed. I feel so ashamed over how the US and the UK treated Iran in the 1950s and even more ashamed how the US and Israel are treating Iran now. How do we be humans anymore?
In 1953 the CIA and British intelligence staged a coup. They hired street gangs to create the appearance of pro-Shah riots. They removed Mosaddegh from power and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Shah; a monarch who would keep Iranian oil accessible to Western companies and Western strategic interests.
March 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM
In 1953 the CIA and British intelligence staged a coup. They hired street gangs to create the appearance of pro-Shah riots. They removed Mosaddegh from power and reinstalled Mohammad Reza Shah; a monarch who would keep Iranian oil accessible to Western companies and Western strategic interests.
Mosaddegh led a parliamentary movement to nationalize the oil; to make Iranian oil belong to Iranians. The same thing Norway did with its North Sea oil. The same thing Saudi Arabia eventually did with Aramco. The basic principle that the resources under your soil belong to your people.
March 21, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Mosaddegh led a parliamentary movement to nationalize the oil; to make Iranian oil belong to Iranians. The same thing Norway did with its North Sea oil. The same thing Saudi Arabia eventually did with Aramco. The basic principle that the resources under your soil belong to your people.
Iran at that time had its oil controlled almost entirely by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP). Britain took the overwhelming share of the profits. Iran received a small royalty. Iranian workers lived in colonial labour camps. Iranians were not permitted into management positions.
March 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Iran at that time had its oil controlled almost entirely by the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now BP). Britain took the overwhelming share of the profits. Iran received a small royalty. Iranian workers lived in colonial labour camps. Iranians were not permitted into management positions.
Mohammad Mosaddegh was Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister from 1951 to 1953. He was a nationalist, a lawyer, a constitutionalist: by all accounts a genuine democrat in a region that had very few of them. He was Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 1951.
March 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Mohammad Mosaddegh was Iran's democratically elected Prime Minister from 1951 to 1953. He was a nationalist, a lawyer, a constitutionalist: by all accounts a genuine democrat in a region that had very few of them. He was Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 1951.
I am being actively blocked from posting the same messages on Twitter - strange right?
March 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I am being actively blocked from posting the same messages on Twitter - strange right?
After Helping Convince Trump to Attack Iran, Kushner Solicits Billions for His Private Equity Firm onaquietday.org/2026/03/16/a...
After Helping Convince Trump to Attack Iran, Kushner Solicits Billions for His Private Equity Firm - ... on a quiet day, I can hear her breathing
Spread the loveOriginal article by Jake Johnson republished from Common Dreams under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0). “While US servicemembers die in another forever war in the Middle East, Donald ...
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March 17, 2026 at 7:03 PM
After Helping Convince Trump to Attack Iran, Kushner Solicits Billions for His Private Equity Firm onaquietday.org/2026/03/16/a...
In the Fire Horse year, nothing that deserves to fall stays standing and nothing that deserves to rise stays hidden. We know what is falling, but what deserves to rise needs to take action now.
March 17, 2026 at 6:21 PM
In the Fire Horse year, nothing that deserves to fall stays standing and nothing that deserves to rise stays hidden. We know what is falling, but what deserves to rise needs to take action now.
Every major land-based spiritual tradition, underneath the political capture, says this: The Jewish concept of tikkun olam - repair of the world. The Islamic concept of khalifa - stewardship, not dominion. The land is not yours. You are its caretaker. You will be judged by what you leave.
March 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Every major land-based spiritual tradition, underneath the political capture, says this: The Jewish concept of tikkun olam - repair of the world. The Islamic concept of khalifa - stewardship, not dominion. The land is not yours. You are its caretaker. You will be judged by what you leave.
I loved this description of the fictions dictating our lives: missingmelissa.substack.com/p/the-legal-...
The Legal Threshold for Loss
Spoiler alert - there is none...
missingmelissa.substack.com
March 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I loved this description of the fictions dictating our lives: missingmelissa.substack.com/p/the-legal-...
Under the Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law, Pete Hegseth ordering that "no quarter" be given (meaning no surrender accepted, no prisoners taken) is a war crime explicitly prohibited since at least the Hague Conventions of 1899. I'm so ashamed.
March 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Under the Geneva Conventions and customary international humanitarian law, Pete Hegseth ordering that "no quarter" be given (meaning no surrender accepted, no prisoners taken) is a war crime explicitly prohibited since at least the Hague Conventions of 1899. I'm so ashamed.
I will be ready with free cold compost fertilized mulch for all my neighbours this garden season. I have lots of spent bedding from my rabbits and my sheep to share around my neighbourhood.
March 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I will be ready with free cold compost fertilized mulch for all my neighbours this garden season. I have lots of spent bedding from my rabbits and my sheep to share around my neighbourhood.
My next round of squash seeds for my local seed bank. I have already donated 20 packages last week. These should be another 20 packages (2-3 year supply of seeds in each package so people can share with neighbours). The only thing I can think to do in insane times. How about you?
March 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
My next round of squash seeds for my local seed bank. I have already donated 20 packages last week. These should be another 20 packages (2-3 year supply of seeds in each package so people can share with neighbours). The only thing I can think to do in insane times. How about you?
An actual lavender egg (bottom left) from my Lavender Maran chicken! I don't often get this colour - this one was unique.
March 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
An actual lavender egg (bottom left) from my Lavender Maran chicken! I don't often get this colour - this one was unique.
The USS Tripoli is nearly the size of an aircraft carrier. It carries 1,700 Marines, F-35s, Ospreys. In open ocean against a peer navy it is formidable. In the confined, shallow, mine-threatened, Iranian-coastline-adjacent waters of the northern Persian Gulf it is a different proposition entirely.
March 14, 2026 at 2:06 PM
The USS Tripoli is nearly the size of an aircraft carrier. It carries 1,700 Marines, F-35s, Ospreys. In open ocean against a peer navy it is formidable. In the confined, shallow, mine-threatened, Iranian-coastline-adjacent waters of the northern Persian Gulf it is a different proposition entirely.
The IRGC navy exists specifically to threaten large ships in confined Gulf waters. This is not a secondary capability, it is their primary strategic purpose. And that clown Hegseth and Trump think they are getting through? I'm worried and devastated the world didn't get a vote on this.
March 14, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The IRGC navy exists specifically to threaten large ships in confined Gulf waters. This is not a secondary capability, it is their primary strategic purpose. And that clown Hegseth and Trump think they are getting through? I'm worried and devastated the world didn't get a vote on this.
There is no category of person in Iran right now who is not suffering. The protesters who wanted change. The ordinary families who just wanted cooking oil to be affordable. The schoolgirls in Minab. The Afghan refugees with nowhere left to flee to.
March 12, 2026 at 2:25 AM
There is no category of person in Iran right now who is not suffering. The protesters who wanted change. The ordinary families who just wanted cooking oil to be affordable. The schoolgirls in Minab. The Afghan refugees with nowhere left to flee to.
The Iranian hospitals being bombed were already overwhelmed from treating protesters shot by their own government in January 2026. The people now being bombed by America are the same people who were being killed by their own government six weeks ago for demanding freedom.
March 12, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The Iranian hospitals being bombed were already overwhelmed from treating protesters shot by their own government in January 2026. The people now being bombed by America are the same people who were being killed by their own government six weeks ago for demanding freedom.
As of today more than 884,000 Iranian people have been forced to flee their homes in just over a week. Among the most vulnerable are 1.65 million refugees already living in Iran — 750,000 of them Afghans — who have almost nowhere to go.
March 12, 2026 at 2:19 AM
As of today more than 884,000 Iranian people have been forced to flee their homes in just over a week. Among the most vulnerable are 1.65 million refugees already living in Iran — 750,000 of them Afghans — who have almost nowhere to go.
Before the war the Iranian people were already in profound crisis. The protests that erupted at the end of 2025 were driven by worsening economic conditions — by January the cost of eggs had risen 19% and cooking oil 50% compared to the previous year.
March 12, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Before the war the Iranian people were already in profound crisis. The protests that erupted at the end of 2025 were driven by worsening economic conditions — by January the cost of eggs had risen 19% and cooking oil 50% compared to the previous year.
I have decided to boycott daylight savings time. For the next 8 months I am my own country and will be one hour behind everyone else. I work for myself, I will book appointments accordingly. Thank you Malcolm X for the inspiration to take control of my own time.
March 9, 2026 at 2:03 PM
I have decided to boycott daylight savings time. For the next 8 months I am my own country and will be one hour behind everyone else. I work for myself, I will book appointments accordingly. Thank you Malcolm X for the inspiration to take control of my own time.
