Sara Davis

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Reader, writer, environmental steward, recovering PhD.
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Halfway through 2024, I'm four-fifths of the way through the 2024 Environmental Reading Challenge. I'm also starting to see where some of my blind spots are, and I can order some library books to rectify them.

The Environmental Reading Challenge bingo card is now up! Feel free to download this and use it to track your own reading!

Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don't think. Just do it. sidequest.zone/2020/08/17/m...

Writers, post something random from your backlist. Don't think. Just do it. journals.lub.lu.se/sjbmgs/artic...

Marrying the Mongol Khans: Byzantine Imperial Women and the Diplomacy of Religious Conversion in the 13th and 14th Centuries | Scandinavian Journal of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies journals.lub.lu.se

My Life as a Fallout 4 NPC - Sidequestsidequest.zone There are heroes and there are NPCs. Sara Davis shares why the pandemic has made her feel more like a Fallout 4 NPC than the Sole Survivor.

search “butt” in your photos & post whatever manmade horrors beyond comprehension if you’d like

Climate news and essay links from the last couple of months, with an emphasis on Plastic Free July, politics (US and otherwise), some bad news, and a bit of good news. literarysara.net/2024/06/21/c...

Climate roundup: The longest day of the yearliterarysara.net Happy solstice, friends. There is a heat emergency in Philadelphia and much of the northeast right now. Stay cool, stay hydrated. It's officially going to be Too Hot Out There (Indignity, June 17, 202...

Does anyone have a *favorite* recipe for cooking celery? I have received an enormous bunch in my farmshare, and there's only so much mirepoix I can freeze for future soups. I don't enjoy it raw.

In May I read Calamities by Renee Gladman and Undrowned by Alexis Pauline Gumbs, and re-read Middlemarch by George Eliot. literarysara.net/2024/05/31/r...

Reading Roundup: May 2024literarysara.net I've been wanting to reread Middlemarch by George Eliot since I read The Marriage Question back in February, and the month of my birthday seemed like a great time to revisit this book for grown-up peo...

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oh my god

Must... not... start... Bridgerton... until... finished... with... Middlemarch...

This month I read Ecotopia, An Unkindness of Ghosts, and ocean plastic. Currently reading I Want a Better Catastrophe. literarysara.net/2024/05/01/r...

Reading roundup: April 2024literarysara.net Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston by Ernest Callenbach. This short book, published in 1975, imagines a future world in which the Pacific Northwest and northern California have sece...

Roundup of climate news and links from the last two months... some bad news about climate impacts and the SEC rule, some good news about adaptation and policy, some food for thought about justice and AI, and some fun links about games and movies. literarysara.net/2024/04/29/c...

Climate roundup: Spring forwardliterarysara.net Every day is Earth Day. Now let's dive in. Climate Justice More of this, please:Nobel Prize-winning economist calls for climate tax on billionaires (HEATED, April 24, 2024)Behind the billionaire clima...

Remember the Environmental Reading Challenge--24 books in 2024? Our Discord community founder posted a roundup of some of the reads our members have completed so far, plus some recs from longtime members. dragonfly.eco/earth-day-re...

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It's hard to communicate to a younger generation how cool stumbling on this show felt as a kid, especially because there was no real Internet yet that could help you contextualize or discuss it. Just an incredibly weird and cool show that felt like it shouldn't exist

Space Ghost Coast to Coast premiered thirty years ago today.

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Alright, Northeasterners, youhad an earthquake!! It’s your time to shine for geos! We rarely have felt reports from your area, and they’re so important for understanding the impact of surficial geology & buildings on real lived experience. Go on, fill it out. Null reports also help!

earthquake.usgs.gov The Earthquake Event Page application supports most recent browsers, view supported browsers. Or, try our Real-time Notifications, Feeds, and Web Services.

Well that was terrifying. When my South Philly kitchen started rattling, my first thought was "gas explosion??" until I heard my neighbors yelling about earthquakes.

I fixed my partner's garbage disposal while he is out of town, and he texted frantically to ignore any packages under the sink unless I want *birthday spoilers.* I know the love language framework is problematic but I can think of no better illustration of our respective styles of showing care!

In March I read Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma, A Half-Built Garden, North Woods, The Library at Mount Char, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, and a couple of DWJ novels (Howl's Moving Castle and Castle in the Air). literarysara.net/2024/03/31/r...

Ah yes, the three genders

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We are getting REALLY excited for our contests! If you write speculative stories or make speculative art (anything with unreal elements!) we want to see it. Read more about the contest rules, what to submit, and about our judges: dreamfoundry.org/art-contest/ dreamfoundry.org/writing-cont...

Rounded up some news about environmental justice, pollution, energy, and storytelling--with some uplifting links at the end. literarysara.net/2024/03/02/c...

In February I read How I Won a Nobel Prize, Land of Milk and Honey, The Marriage Question, Hidden Systems, and Whalefall. literarysara.net/2024/03/01/r...

The CDC said you can, actually, just walk into Mordor

cdc said it’s a good idea to make quiche with random wild mushrooms! hardly any are super poisonous

I can't believe that the way I find out that da share z0ne is on Bluesky is through *checks notes* Greensky

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Happy Valentine's Day, bsky!

I dont think grafting should be punishable, but I also don't think you should do it. There are many reasons why fruit trees aren't favored for city plantings--if you've ever walked under a fruiting ginkgo, you know one--and city trees are already so vulnerable. There are better ways to feed people.

The fact that this is illegal is the sign of a sick society

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Hello newskies! (And oldskies too) Bluesky doesn’t have just one algorithm, it has many, and you can pick what you like (or write your own). Here’s a few I made and a few i like: Quiet Posters, posts from people you follow who don’t post that often whose posts you might normally miss

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Wood frog. This year's Valentine's Day comic.

In the last snowy month, I read Terrace Story, Wednesday's Child, The Fraud, Crossings, The End of Drum-Time, and Lone Women. literarysara.net/2024/02/01/r...

Not sure if this is a legit offer or just LinkedIn spam but.... wow. WOW. Love 2 b paid more to train AI to generate content than to create content myself.

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Person: so it looks like you stole all your material Altman: yes, we couldn’t function if we do Person: and your tech is causing incalculable damage to the environment Altman: yes, we couldn’t function if we did Person: so your answer is?? Altman: well, obviously, our existence is more important

Oh, I clicked on this SO fast--and discovered to my delight that I am already subscribed to several of these very fine newsletters!

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