Author of Mossback: ecology, emancipation, and foraging for hope in painful places https://tupress.org/9781595349910/mossback/ tracker, disciple of wonder, student of curiosity davidpritchett.substack.com davidpritchett.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lg767yyb6c2uMountain lion, meadow vole skull in a great horned owl pellet, old black bear print, and kangaroo rat among other tracks found this morning.20 Jan 2025 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg767yyb6c2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lf3vo6zwok2cSo pick a trail to follow, and be a bit more tied to the creatures with whom you share the landscape. Stalk the lion and feels your claws grow, your hunger roil. Pursue a deer and feel the antler nubs sprout from your scalp. https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpritchett/p/we-all-live-in-the-tracks-of-others?r=ljt00&utm_medium=ios06 Jan 2025 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3vo6zwok2chttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3ldh2o7bcfs2tThe bigger question in my mind is which universe does not have is careening toward many crises steered by a plutocracy? Hope is a thing with multiple quantum states… https://www.newsweek.com/google-quantum-chip-parallel-universes-willow-199922416 Dec 2024 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldh2o7bcfs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3ldc7libf6c2jI don’t have a million dollars to donate like Zuckerberg or Bezos, but as an act of good faith toward our new president’s inauguration, I’ve decided to donate this intricately bespoke suit for him to wear.14 Dec 2024 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldc7libf6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3ld5rp36n2k2zWe need elders. All of us… [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Dec 2024 02:51 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld5rp36n2k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lcxqwzsng22hThinking with woodrats about how to make this place more beautiful. https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpritchett/p/shelter-and-the-warmth-of-other-bodies?r=ljt00&utm_medium=ios10 Dec 2024 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcxqwzsng22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lcqo4sixds2rGutted. https://lithub.com/a-glass-of-water-a-burning-boy-fady-joudah-on-recent-video-footage-from-gaza/07 Dec 2024 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcqo4sixds2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lcl43cb3pc2y"What we’re called to ask is why the murder of one man must be described as unspeakable violence, but the systemic denial of life to 100,000 people is an acceptable business practice." Dom Helder Camera called institutional violence "the mother of all violence". https://www.jphilll.com/p/whats-a-life-worth?r=ljt00&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web05 Dec 2024 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcl43cb3pc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lcdmpewvw22jI went to the preserve by my house with my little one, Tegan, and we took a moment to marvel at this woodrat den. What a magnificent creature to build a structure a thousand fold its own size, which will last decades longer than its own life. Makes me reflect on what structures he’ll inherit.02 Dec 2024 17:13 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcdmpewvw22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lc6iadtmn22dMerry Christmas. My ass is staying right here until you give me figgy pudding.30 Nov 2024 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6iadtmn22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidpritchett.bsky.social/post/3lbseb7qepk25“Tracking is poetry” is about the sun of any writing I do on tracking, and basically the hear of what biosemiotics is. https://open.substack.com/pub/davidpritchett/p/coming-soon?r=ljt00&utm_medium=ios25 Nov 2024 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:xml2ogh2yobnmc6dhewfazs2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbseb7qepk25