Every time I tried to write about Eigg, I wrote about John the Bird. This piece gets at why: what one person can do if they truly know and love a place. You can read it in Paperboats Zine Issue 5, paperboats.org/2025/04/09/t... along with some other beautiful pieces 🌍💚 @paperboatswriters.bsky.social

Interesting overview from Sabin Ninglekhu of big money vs. a movement to protect a sacred mountain in Nepal.

A Sacred Mountain, a Cable Car and Nepal's Indigenous Resistance to State Violence

An indigenous movement is resisting state violence and corporate greed to protect Mukkumlung, a sacred mountain under threat from a controversial cable car project in Nepal's Taplejung district.

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Hamdan Ballal, one of the directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been assaulted & injured by settlers at his home in the West Bank & arrested by the IDF. No trace of him since. The vengeance is clear. Do not let Hamdan disappear. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested

No Other Land’s Hamdan Ballal attacked by armed settlers in West Bank and handed to Israeli military, witnesses say

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A wonderful mag to write for - open for submissions till end of March 🙌

Hinterland Magazine - open for submissions@hinterlandnf.bsky.social · last yr.

With our latest issue out, we are open for non-fiction submissions once again, both full-length (up to 5000 words) and flash (1250 words), on any subject. Both submission calls close at the end of the month. You can read our guidelines and submit here: hinterlandnonfiction.submittable.com/submit

Julian Hoffman@julianhoffman.bsky.social · last yr.

Given that whales have been around far longer than humans it might be more accurate to say that human languages have patterns that resemble humpback whale songs. www.newscientist.com/article/2467...

Dr. Jeff Masters@drjeffmasters.bsky.social · 2y ago

@weatherwest.bsky.social got the final words on CNN’s 1-hour Anderson Cooper show tonight: “There will be more fire on the landscape in a warming world. What will the extreme risk days in 20/30/40 years look like? It’s pretty clear that they will be even more extreme than what we’re seeing today. “

I'm just getting started on here (hello!) and this list looks like a great place to meet some fellow world-writers. Thanks @robertmoor.bsky.social !

𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐫@robertmoor.com · 2y ago

For anyone just getting started here, I created a list to help you find some smart, hopeful, angry, beautiful writing about this watery plant-strewn rock floating in the middle of the cosmos we all happen to live on. Feel free to suggest additions! go.bsky.app/5Z65eat