josxuo's Notes
2026
Black Faces, White Spaces
Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors
By Carolyn Finney2025
The Butchering Art
By Lindsey FitzharrisWild to think we are so close in time to surgery and medicine that had no concept of germ theory, and that even actively disputed or scorned the notion. The difficult and sometimes personal politics of advancing a good idea is disheartening. How many good things are we missing out on because their discoverers weren't up to the fight?
Crossings
How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
By Ben GoldfarbIntroduction: cliff swallow morphology evolution driven by road selection pressures; disproportionate impact of "road effect"--just 1% of earth covered in pavement but 20% subject to impacts from roads; impacts include direct mortality from vehicle collisions, interrupted migratory pathways, loss of habitat, spead of invasives/problematic native species, access to resource extraction, climate change and mining intensification, etc. Wildlife are "'other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time.' And the road ensares us both. This book is about how we escape."