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On sustenance and mourning

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"If I close my eyes, I can imagine them on the beach with me, climbing over the bones of whales and trees, screaming as loud as they can scream. "

Finnish : noun; Everyday, quotidian, diurnal, mundane

Learning from Star Trek’s space whales

"When I was growing up, right whales’ slow extinction felt like something I could grasp in a world where climate catastrophe felt too vast to hold. "

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What We're Watching in Summer 2026

"Remember, invasive species did not come along uninvited. "

A mighty micro-story

In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.

A conversation about how we count, and what we see

In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.

A conversation about finding community in the aquatic