Weekly Pose Ponder No. 13

Summarizing the week's posts -- seed banks, capitalism pros and cons, Dan Allosso, political positioning (and pirates!), index no. 3

May 11, 2024

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Monday’s post this week starts a new roundup of things I’m reading. Posts on Tuesday and Thursday were original essays. On Wednesdays I’m working to engage with other substackers, this week featuring my prolific friend, historian

Dan Allosso

. Friday’s index links to a handful of light early posts.

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Saving Seeds

Tracy Gustilo

May 6

Here are a few things I’ve been reading. Welcome to Pose Ponder’s new Monday feature: Findings. 🤓 Saving Seeds To Save It, Eat It - Long Now An early victim of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was the genetic riches of one of the traditional breadbaskets of humanity. In the first months of the conflict, Russian shells hit the Plant Genetic Resources Bank in K…

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Capitalism's Pros and Cons

Tracy Gustilo

May 7

Followers of Pose Ponder know I’m focused on how we humans might hope to navigate this new era named after our species and try to be better. Most concern with the Anthropocene goes to reporting on or trying to tackle issues of climate, energy, biodiversity loss, resources and waste, agriculture and land management, and planetary impacts (weather, fires,…

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Full Stack Human

Tracy Gustilo

May 8

On Wednesdays, I want to highlight the work of other Substackers I admire. This past week I got reacquainted with Dan Allosso, whose online reading group I joined for a few months. He’s an avid Obsidian user (Obsidian is a PKM or personal knowledge management system), a professor of history (currently relocating to the Twin Cities in Minnesota), and a prolific vid…

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Backward, Forward, Sideways

Tracy Gustilo

May 9

The shot across your bow: There will be pirates. Just this morning I spoke with someone who is getting involved in politics for the first time, someone who is, like me, in the second half of life. I can relate. And I find myself trying yet again to figure out my political “position.” It won’t be simple. I can’t adopt a label and try to squish my thinking …

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Index No. 3 (A Light Miscellany)

Tracy Gustilo

May 10

Next week I’m off, according Pose Ponder’s publishing cadence, slightly truncated this time, of 2 weeks on, 1 week off. During the break, I’ll be doing content planning, working on Pondercraft, and taking time for immersive reading. Before leaving you alone, I’m indexing a few things from past posts. Today’s index collects a handful of lighter links with…

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Pose Ponder

Weekly Pose Ponder No. 13

Summarizing the week's posts -- seed banks, capitalism pros and cons, Dan Allosso, political positioning (and pirates!), index no. 3

Saving Seeds

Capitalism's Pros and Cons

Full Stack Human

Backward, Forward, Sideways

Index No. 3 (A Light Miscellany)

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