From fireflies to elephants, animals have evolved ways of 'speaking' to one another. In this week's edition of The Overview, @willowonearth.bsky.social decodes the fascinating and diverse ways organisms communicate.
Nature Speaks: Decoding the Fascinating and Diverse Ways Organisms Communicate | Atmos
Whether through light, electricity, vibration, dance, or chemicals, our world is always speaking. Will we pause to listen?
atmos.earth
something that can be so important is the sharpness of one’s cheddar
the neon pink valis beam compels me to place my old phone with this pothos, to let it be subsumed into its vines, as sort of a low-rent nam june paik type of thing
Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet. —Alain de Botton
(Also I guess it’s called a chrysalis and not a cocoon cause no silk)
Sorry I can’t work today I need to guard a cocoon
of course I reposted myself, Carol, we're in a recession. maybe if you did some reposting now and then, it wouldn't have to be like this
Betye Saar died at 99 in Los Angeles yesterday. The beloved artist passed away in her sleep just four days before her 100th birthday. Over a seven-decade career, Saar’s visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation.
Betye Saar, Who Opened Portals Between Worlds, Dies at 99
Her visionary assemblages recast the debris of American history into monuments of Black resilience and liberation.
hyperallergic.com
They moved on from lindsey graham's death so quickly you'd think he died in a school shooting.
it’s ok to be a grownup and still look for a creek where you can pretend you are a frog or fish or maybe a dragonfly for awhile
Katherine Wolkoff meditates on absence in her tender photos of deer beds. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/07/kath...
Tenacious tubers grow along the fence. Seven feet tall. They’ll bloom soon. I did not plant them. They do not care. They are stronger than me.
I got home before the Popsicles melted. It’s the little things in life that hold you together.
Late 19th-century farm abandonment in the Northeast US led to the greatest forest recovery in the history of the world, as trees returned naturally. The result is that the region is 3 or 4 degrees cooler than it would otherwise be, mitigating climate breakdown. insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...
The Spectacular Regrowth of New England’s Forests - Inside Climate News
The rebound of forests in the northeast U.S. is the “greatest forest recovery in the history of the world.” This is how it happened.
insideclimatenews.org
Did you know? Glass Sponges are one of the longest living animals on the planet, estimated to have a lifespan of 15,000 years. Original post
🌳 Trees are nature’s best air conditioning—and they’re free. They provide shade and actively cool the air through evaporation. On a summer day, a single large deciduous tree releases hundreds of liters of water through its leaves—an effect comparable to having several air conditioners running.
Golden Sun Rays Pierce Misty Forest
ALT: Golden Sun Rays Pierce Misty Forest
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I barely believe in boysenberries, let alone gooseberries.
Carly Simon on Twitter: I don't know who needs to hear this, but: You're so vain
there’s something about the apocalypse that can be so personal
Excitingly for you, when it gets really hot I become perfectly still & you can spin me around so different facets of me catch the sunlight producing a myriad of rainbows & enlivening any room.
you wouldn’t put the lime in the coconut and mix it all up…would you?