cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/38619026

Lifelong migraineur, chronic for the last eight years. Last week, I had an aura come on hard and fast then lost about two minutes of time. Very unsettling to say the least, but thankfully my partner was there to witness it.

My neuro set me up with an awake/drowsy EEG at the end of the month. They put "behavioral arrest epileptic seizure" on the order. Depending on how it goes, I may need to go to an epilepsy monitoring unit for further testing.

So for those who have both migraine and epilepsy, especially if migraine was diagnosed first, what was it like getting diagnosed?

FoodPrints is one of many efforts around the country that helps students better understand where their food comes from, so that they can enjoy growing and eating it. It’s the kind of program that has gained ground in recent years, with more emphasis put on local food and education. But creating healthy habits isn't easy.

About The Urban Foragers

The Urban Foragers {house of eco-drifters} series consists of a group of wearable architectures that transform into portable shelters and gardens. The aim of the project is to support a sustainable lifestyle for the new urban nomad by growing one’s own food supply and building community through public engagement. The Mobile Garden Dress’ skirt is a dome shape surrounded by potted plants from which to make a salad. The Nomadik Harvest Dress is a yurt design that holds local vegetables, which are prepared as a soup. The Traveling Seedbomb Dress transforms into a teepee and is fitted up to make sprouts and energy snacks. View Video.

I'm currently studying at Yale Divinity School, in large part drawn here by the Living Village, an experiment in ecological building design and community living. In this video essay I explore the tensions between eco-theological vision and praxis, and the moral complexities of working with, and in, large-scale institutions.

Climate change is widely understood as an environmental and economic threat, but new research from the University of Sydney shows it is also a growing social crisis, weakening the relationships people rely on to survive.

Published in Nature Human Behaviour, the international study found climate change is eroding social connection at a time when those ties are most needed, creating a feedback loop where disruption to relationships reduces people's ability to adapt and recover.

"Climate change isn't just something happening 'out there,'" said lead author Dr. Marlee Bower from the Matilda Center for Research in Mental Health and Substance Use. "It's reshaping how we live, how we connect, and ultimately who has support when things go wrong."

Text version: https://www.marystestkitchen.com/will-peanuts-cheese/

Join the Less Lawn More Life 2026 kickoff for a live conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer to launch 12 weeks of turning your outdoor space into something wilder and more alive.

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Gardiner, M. E. (2023). Make the Holocene Great Again! Or, Why Is Climate Change Boring?. Journal of Boredom Studies, 1. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8028125

Abstract: This article addresses the conundrum: if climate change is an “existential threat” to our species and the integrity of our entire planetary ecosystem, why is climate change “boring” for even informed, well-meaning individuals? Three main areas will be addressed. The first task is to discuss how “boredom” itself can be characterized as a relatively coherent and valid analytical concept, and how it might be linked to the climate crisis specifically, through sociology of emotion and psychoanalytical approaches. Second, climate change’s ontological status as what Timothy Morton calls “hyperobjects” will be examined – entities so complex, and extended across almost limitless time and space, they cannot be comprehended by our usual analogies, perceptions, and metrics. Boredom looms here as affective and libidinal disengagement protecting the psyche from the hyperobject’s unsettling effects of cognitive overreach and emotional dissonance. The third theme is “climate apocalypticism”: endless reiterations of our dystopian future, it is argued, evince a monotonous similarity, resulting in emotional exhaustion, melancholia, and morose resignation – and ultimately boredom. The article’s conclusion will focus on some of the ways in which “climate boredom” might prompt a more critical and engaged collective responses to the climate emergency.

Keywords: apocalypse, boredom, climate crisis, emotions, hyperobjects.

Imagine for a moment that you live in a small farming community in rural California. Your community has a long history of growing the food that people from all over the world eat, and lately there have been more and more advances in renewable agriculture technology that make your work less cumbersome and more rewarding. For you, the farmer, this means that the sensors you use, the seeds from which you grow your crops, the tools and equipment that you maintain, and all technology available to you are all ethically (and equitably) produced and sourced. The development of sustainable technology, like what you use to grow the food that feeds the world, is made possible by advances in carbon-free energy like wind, solar, and fusion. Your job, as a farmer in our Solarpunk world, is to support and enrich both land and people. Throughout this article we will discuss the ways in which we, as cultivators and supporters of student experiences in rural communities, endeavor to bring Solarpunk to rural STEM education.