Julian B
@julian007.bsky.social
Climate, music, cycling. Notions of philosophy and society. Climate Crisis Club.
Apparently doomscrolling on Bluesky is just as good as doing it on X
A hummingbird and Popocatepetl at dawn, photographed in the Valley of Morelos
Mictlantecuhtli, Mexica lord of the underworld. Souls of those who died in ways that did not call them to paradise went to Mictlan. They traveled through nine hells for four years, facing dangerous challenges at each stage. Once they reached Mictlantecuhtli, they disappeared forever.
In my Mexico City neighborhood in the heart of the urban sprawl this humble enclosed micro garden has become a haven for butterflies, hummingbirds and other pollinators
With everything going on, Mexico’s dispute with the US regarding GM corn and glyphosate is hardly a blip on anyone’s radar, and information is hard to come by. This piece from the IATP is a fair assessment of the controversy www.iatp.org/mexicos-scie...
Mexico defends GM corn restrictions with science
An analysis of Mexico’s response to the U.S. in the USMCA dispute
iatp.org
Puppet theater craftsmen, Sierra Mixe, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1980. 📷: Nacho López (1923–1986)
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) is a small thornless cactus that grows in Northern Mexico and the Southwestern US. It is sacred to the Wixāritari peoples of Northern Mexico and the US. Please avoid drug tourism, and leave any specimens you find in place.
“In life we learn We grow We discover We write We erase And write again We weave We unravel And we weave again The day I learnt that the only thing I take with me is what I live, then I began to live that which I wish to take” Purépecha traditional poem, MEXICA TEAHUI
A forest is the sanest sanctuary. We must protect them at all costs. Desierto de los Leones National Park, Mexico City
If the US has its way, GM corn and glyphosate (roundup) will soon be devastating Mexico’s biodiversity. www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/...
Mexico is fighting to keep U.S. corn out of its tortillas
Corn originated in Mexico, but fears that genetically modified seeds could contaminate these ancient varieties have led to bans on certain U.S. imports.
nationalgeographic.com
"RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health. If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back." news.immunologic.org/p/rfk-jr-as-...
RFK Jr. as HHS Secretary will be catastrophic for science & public health.
If this man who has spent forty years eroding trust in science and public health is installed in this role, there may truly be no turning back.
news.immunologic.org
Hartweg’s Pine (right) and Oyamel (left) are but two conifers that are endemic to the highlands of Central Mexico, rarely found beneath 3,000 m. Oyamel is critical for the survival of migratory Monarch butterflies 📷: me
Humanity seems intent on pursuing its own destruction. Death and The Fool , from BnF, Fr. 995, Danse Macabre , ca. 1500 - 1510
An interesting portrait from 1914 ofJames Lawton, John Pershing, Pancho Villa and Álvaro Obregón. They would soon all be facing off on the battlefield, with Pershing spearheading the invasion of Mexico in 1916
Found almost everywhere, the morning glory in Mexico often goes by its original Nahuatl name of ololiuqui
