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Words We Need
Words We Need: Sintering
The rewards of bonding with your fellow flakes.
Oct 29, 2025
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Words We Need: Rivering
Remembering a "grammar of animacy."
Jun 18, 2025
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Words We Need: Murmuration
"A convivial democracy, modeled by birds."
Apr 20, 2025
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Words We Need: Coexistence
Everybody wants it. But what is it?
Feb 5, 2025
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Words We Need: Abundance
Conservation is preoccupied with scarcity. Let's change that.
Nov 26, 2024
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Words We Need: Coherence
Author Elizabeth Sawin sees coherence as a systems changer.
Oct 10, 2024
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Michelle Nijhuis
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Words We Need: Cambios & Firmos
Paolo Bacigalupi's new novel NAVOLA coins two words that conservation needs.
Sep 5, 2024
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Michelle Nijhuis
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