My editor asked me to write about what happened to summer:

We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit

Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys

theguardian.com

"I don't understand why you, a naturalist and photographer, don't appreciate the value of a tool which helps kill the planet in order to produce fake images"

Seanan McGuire@seananmcguire.bsky.social · 2d ago

"I don't understand why you, a fantasy writer, don't appreciate the value of making bargains with the fae."

I fucking hate AI almost as much as I hate the sniveling asshole billionaires and shithole corporations who have all forced it into every conceivable spot in our lives. It literally makes everything worse and it makes us worse and I fucking hate it.

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I want companies to understand that when I see an AI flier, my brain instantly deletes it. I don't think, "Ooh, I should go to this event!" I rush past it like it's a pile of dog poop. Same for ads with AI models. I assume that if your marketing is cheap garbage, so is your product.

Today is Beatrix Potter's birthday. She was a remarkable woman who left a lasting legacy (far beyond Peter Rabbit). Here's a little something I wrote about her a few years ago.

Wild About Beatrix Potter - This Wild Curiosity

Beatrix Potter was a mycologist, an illustrator, a breeder of Herdwick sheep, and a fierce advocate for the protection of the Lake District. She also wrote children’s stories about a bunny named Peter...

thiswildcuriosity.com

Alberta on October 19 please vote Yes to Stay in Canada No to the Nine #Albertavoices.ca #AlbertaReferendumb

WELP I WAS ANNOYED AND HAD THE TIME: “When men say she should be grateful for the attention, they’re saying a woman’s scholarship only gains true meaning when a famous man shines a light on it.” news.chanda.science/archive/an-o...

An Odyssey Through Testimonial Injustice

On reading Dr. Emily Wilson, properly

news.chanda.science

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last wk.

Don’t make me write a newsletter about how Emily Wilson is allowed to be an expert, you guys

You’re So Vain

Becky Tyler@beckytylerart.bsky.social · 2w ago

What song did the Sirens sing in The Odyssey? Wrong answers only.

We would not buy your alcohol, even if it was on our shelves. We would not buy your cheese. We would use your alcohol to set your cheese on fire and then, even though it looked and smelled delicious, we WOULD NOT EAT IT

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2w ago

“.. The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos ..” @apnews.com apnews.com/article/trum...

Fuck off

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

Rep. Jeff Van Drew: "Canada isn't working because they are so far left. This should be a warning shot to them. You better come to America, say, 'We're sorry, we're gonna mend our ways and do what we used to do and groom and maintain the forest.'"

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Pavel@spavel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thinking about why women might not want to use a product that has forced itself into every software interface to confidently shout things that are wrong

All generative text is a hallucination, some of it is correct and some of it is incorrect, and the computer has no idea which is which / there’s no invisible switch toggling between one or the other. Getting it right is as much an accident as getting it wrong

Impressive how the weeks and months and years keep passing and there remains no compelling reason for me to use generative AI for anything.

My new garden totes are Rosa approved.

You're going to get left behind if you don't use Al." Leave me then. Leave me with my critical thinking skills, my ability to read and write long- form, and books without needing Al summaries.

Here’s #2: www.wsj.com/world/europe...

The Canadian Who Steered Europe Away From the U.S.

Facing threats from Trump, Carney emerged as a central figure in a project to reshape the Western alliance.

wsj.com

Amazing news from the guy who brought us the legless metaverse.

Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 4w ago

amazing

Goldfinches love thistles

Five things I saw in my garden during my staycation: A swallowtail butterfly the size of my hand A merlin chasing a small bird A group of small birds chasing a merlin A nest of baby robins asking for food A white pelican flying to the lake #urbannature

Some thoughts about finding a new plant species, only to discover it's an invasive weed. www.thiswildcuriosity.com/2026/07/03/w...

Wild About Conservation Action - This Wild Curiosity

What is that? I’m barely five meters down the path when a small yellow flower catches my eye. The prairie landscape in southern Alberta is dotted with different species of little yellow daisies, as th...

thiswildcuriosity.com

HAPPY CANADA DAY MOTHERFUCKERS WE WILL NEVER BE THE 51ST STATE 🤘🤘🤘🤘🎸🎸🎸 youtu.be/LyyFIbaU45w?...

Bryan Adams - '51st State' (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Bryan Adams

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Lobbyist: "We need to make a choice! Climate or AI! We might lose to..." Me: *smacks climate button Lobbyist: "But we have to open the conversa..." Me: *punches climate button Lobbyist: "But our competitive..." Me: *JUMPS UP AND DOWN ON CLIMATE BUTTON www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says

Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.

politico.eu

Morning magpies

Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why

Fascism's a fever you break with shit like what happened in New York last night. Create more excuses to feel things like that together.

Dave Eggers, on NPR's Wildcard with Rachel Martin: www.npr.org/2026/06/11/n...

I hate this. I just want to watch animal videos without feeling like I’m being scammed.

Sabrina Imbler@sabs.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I wrote about one specific way AI is ruining my life defector.com/ai-animal-vi...

Was poking around on Wikimedia Commons and couldn't help but put together this series of early illustrations of American bison drawn by Europeans who may or may not have seen a buffalo in real life. For reference, here is the animal in question: Photo: Jack Dykinga, USDA