#naturematchcuts — Public Fediverse posts

I’ve been reading stuff about the genuine #reality, stuff that sounds like The Onion on crack or a supervillain jumping straight out of a completely absurd script. Should I focus on real, dry reality, and how it would look like? Like a sugar-coated muffin or a musty, unironed shirt with tomato sauce stains?
Let me take you on a reality travel https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/e8a0beae-5d7c-49a4-a3ce-66f732419a3c

#NatureMatchCuts #MatchCuts #blog #newsletter #realityCheck #realityGoesMad #scifi #supervillain #superrich #TESCREAL #journalism

I never thought anyone still bought zines these days! But hey, I’ve got my first customers. 🥰 That’s motivating me to come up with a few more, hopefully when things calm down a bit. What would you like to see:

My first mini zine after decades: https://ko-fi.com/s/700d3d3138

#zine #zines #naturelovers #nature #biodiversity #sciComm #miniZine #NatureMatchCuts #natureHeals #zinester #zineMaking

@paparatti Therefore, I love it to be here. Mastodon gave me a maximum of listeners, when I talked about #moss: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moss-the-emerald-treasure/id1630784381?i=1000707856049

You can talk about the most interesting topics but moss is grounding people, it's miniature worlds are easy and cheap to visit ... I was surprised how much people are interested ... not only on Mastodon.

#mosstodon #NatureMatchCuts #naturelovers

Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir: "ces deux espèces ont poussé la gestion des #déchets encore plus loin, en développant un système étonnamment sophistiqué… de véritables "toilettes" ! Ces #chenilles maintiennent en permanence un étroit conduit reliant l’intérieur de la #galle à l’extérieur, par lequel elles évacuent régulièrement leurs excréments. Après chaque utilisation, ce conduit est obstrué à l’aide d’un opercule de soie." https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualites/des-chenilles-qui-vont-aux-toilettes

#Nature #NatureMatchCuts

RE: https://ecoevo.social/@chiroptera/116298795666901623

A lot of #animals are real #gardeners or #farmers. We know about squirrels storing and forgetting nuts, elephants shaping forests, or birds dispersing seeds. But all too often we overlook less popular species and the vital role they play.

We can learn a great deal from our animal colleagues about #ecosystems and how to preserve them. More gardening bats and #sea gardeners: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/when-gardeners-run-wild-ii/id1630784381?i=1000643836080

#bats #conservation #gardening #trees #forests #forestFriday #NatureMatchcuts #ecology

#MatchCuts - my #recommendations featuring @shibacomputer and @WeirdWriter and @docjosiahboone whose writings have impressed me this week: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/81e57559-987c-4baa-993a-a2205c17e599

This curated and commented link list is part of my #newsletter #NatureMatchCuts which you can subscribe here: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/newsletter/sign_up

#memories #WritersLife #WritingCommunity #humanity #NoAI #remembrance #COVID #hospital #culturalHeritage #essay #longreads #humanmade

I just saw the first bumble bee! Tiny insects are flying again. This is the time to come out of my hibernation modus and write more about #nature. I talk about #snails, and as they are still in their protection places, reflect on Homo-not-so-sapiens: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/28951404-a41f-4215-ab89-bc35dbc41233

You can subscribe to my free #Newsletter: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/newsletter/sign_up ( #substack free #EuropeanAlternative )

#NatureMatchCuts #gastropods #sciComm #natureLovers #springVibes #journalism #factCheck #biology #biodiversity

I raged against the machine. And every time, I am surprised anew at how creative anger makes me. 😈 I even write faster. 🤭 See my new article "Snails Or Slop Slime" https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/28951404-a41f-4215-ab89-bc35dbc41233
Provoked by a fake page for #naturelovers on a big platform.

#NatureMatchCuts #snail #snails #RageAgainstAISlop #AISlopSucks #factCheck #nature #knowledge #sciComm #animals

@NatureMC Love #NatureMatchCuts! TY for this!

#SolarPunkSunday

A new column in my blog: #MatchCuts. You can read what match cuts are, why you should fall into the rabbit holes of @alexwild and @frankashwood, and why postboxes and mayors can change our lives. Plus a fine essay of #natureWriting https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/4279dd4d-88e6-420d-9563-e82187c0073d

#tips #blog #reconnectionWithNature #activism #nature #recommendations #NatureMatchCuts

Free: only until the end of the year!

Learn how to experience nature with a new perspective: 'Reconnection For Aliens' is a joyful inspiration for children and adults for nature contacts.

Download my #minizine for free - only until the end of the year!
https://ko-fi.com/s/700d3d3138

#NatureMatchCuts #reconnectWithNature #edutainment #cartoon #zine #zines #solarpunk #hopepunk #hiking #sciComm #wissKomm #education #nature #mindshift #perspective #fun #wellbeing

My last #newsletter in 2025 about the importance of #cute baby #goats, some changes in 2026, and with a link for my #zine as a #gift for free (until the end of the year): steady.page/en/naturemat... #blog #nature #resilience #newYear #weAreMany #NatureMatchCuts #culturalHeritage #sciComm

The World Needs Baby Goats

My last #newsletter in 2025 about the importance of #cute baby goats, some changes in 2026, and with a link for my #zine as a #gift for free (until the end of the year): https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/b3ca7c7b-d690-4d04-b75e-4ae093b14ed8?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_button

Subscribe for the free newsletter if you don't want to miss anything.

#NewYear #blog #blogger #NatureMatchCuts #nature #culturalHeritage #knowledge #future #activismHelp #WeAreMany #change #subscribe #zines #empowerment

🧵 our bodymates as equals? Without them we would die.

And if our skin can be seen as a #planet for tiny aliens, you can try a #space flight in your #garden. I made this expedition: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/d242349d-fa59-4af8-a834-c93d580a4039

Want more #reconnectWithNature? Become a member of #NatureMatchCuts or subscribe my #blog / #newsletter for free: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/about

#nature #biodiversity #science #edutainment #knowledge #earth #podcast

🧵 They live in our fluids like fish in the ocean, they breath in our lung or even leave our body. Your tiny bodymates are bacteria, archaea, fungi, protists and viruses.
The figures vary, but you probably consist of just as many non-human cells as human cells! And neither can or wants to live without the other. Your skin is a planet for such a tiny alien: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/season-01-ep-03-sitting-with-your-body-mates/id1630784381?i=1000581150332

What could be better for combating human #hubris than recognising

#NatureMatchCuts #sciComm #biodiversity #symbiosis

🧵 Yes, everyone comes out with this now ... but I wanted to mention that I have an account on ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts and, like many other freelancers, I fuel my storytelling with #coffee! :blobcatcoffee:
So I don't run on fossil fuels and I am purely human in the outer*** shell and brain.

*** which is a lie. These tiny little aliens in our body, named #microbiome, don't live only in our gut but also on our skin.

#storytelling #sciComm #biodiversity #NatureMatchCuts #living

This photo reportage is genuine, created in a real Homo sapiens brain, and produced without any AI rubbish: an #expedition to a distant green planet steady.page/en/naturemat... #nature #hiking #biodiversity #space #NatureMatchCuts #moss #natureWriting #solarpunk #hopepunk #sciFi

Evidence Of Life: Expedition T...

This photo reportage is genuine, created in a real Homo sapiens brain, and produced without any AI rubbish: an #expedition to a distant #planet where strong evidence of life had been found: the planet Elder 0815, part of the famous Mosslich-system. ▶️ https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/d242349d-fa59-4af8-a834-c93d580a4039

#NatureMatchCuts #mosstodon #lichensubscribe #moss #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #natureWriting #sciFi #spaceFlight #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #dinosaurs

Learn how to experience #nature with a new #perspective: #Reconnection For #Aliens is a joyful inspiration for children and adults for nature contacts.

Digitised, purely human-made mini-zine in pdf format that you can download and print yourself: https://ko-fi.com/s/700d3d3138

#zine #minizine #solarpunk #biodiversity #moss #WoodWideWeb #naturalist #joy #happiness #experience #hiking #forest #NatureMatchCuts

I'm nervous like a school child having uploaded my first mini #zine (after 40 yrs), with my alien caressing #moss and building #mycelium: https://ko-fi.com/s/700d3d3138 - buying it, you also help me with some ugly bills (see my goal on #kofi).
More about my #zines + how to fold them: https://www.cronenburg.net/zines/
Have fun! I'm sketching the next!

#nature #NatureMatchCuts #reconnectingWithNature #mosstodon #sporespondence #solarpunk #SciComm #cartoon #noAI #shiftingPerspectives #edutainment #education

After a break of 40 yrs, I produced my first mini #zine: ko-fi.com/s/700d3d3138 and I'm so nervous now! More: www.cronenburg.net/zines/ #nature #solarpunk #sciComm #cartoon #reconnection #NatureMatchCuts #zines #moss #fungi #education #noAI #art

Digital Mini Zine (pdf) Reconn...

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 4

I think that nature is a better artist than me. Perhaps therefore, my jacket and trouser pockets are always full after a walk in the woods. And then I put the stuff on the table and talk to it, or it talks to me. After all that chatting, I have a new collage. 😉

#nature #collage #intuitiveEmbroidery #mixedmedia #embroidery #forest #bark #acorn #storytelling #NatureMatchCuts #artist #AtelierTetebrec

🧵 It has to dry now ... then erasing of pencil marks and finish off. My childish #doodles for #NatureMatchCuts and #reconnectWithNature with a chubby alien cuddling #moss.

#zine #zines #solarpunk #moreThanHuman #green #mosstodon #alien #cartoon #workInProgress

🧵 After 40 years, I'm back in #zines. The prototype was made for testing and giving me ideas how I could colour my little #alien, I'm now drawing the final version. I haven't quite decided yet what materials I'll use to colour it in: felt-tip pens or watercolours.
Yes, one day you can download it. It takes time, it's my first one after so much time and Im quite rusty. 😁

#zine #artbook #cartoon #sciComm #nature #NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #art

Did you ever join a #community project of #crafts? I did and experienced the #happiness, #cooperation, and why #participatoryArt can be important for #activism: steady.page/en/naturemat... You can subscribe to my free newsletter! #craftivism #embroidery #textileArts #socialPractice #NatureMatchCuts

Many Hands United

I'm back in #zines (after a 40-year hiatus)! Back in drawing weird little stuff. 😊

On the one side, it's my personal "therapy" or #activism against #AI #scraping of #artists: #AI and #llm can't fold paper or have fun with silly stuff like a moss caressing alien.

On the other side, I'm fascinated by the modern forms and the possibilities of #storytelling for children and adults. And it makes me happy!

#happiness #natureMatchCuts #writerslife #cartoon #natureWriting #nature #aliens #doodles

'Whatever you do, it can work as social glue, become a visible political protest. But the best of all: in participating, you are no longer isolated, you became part of a group or movement. And all these tiny parts form something big enough that others can’t overlook it any more.'

Why I love #craftivism and #participatoryArt: Many Hands United ▶️ https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/f4d867f5-4e6e-408d-b31b-5a3d1fb5f170

#art #patchwork #embroidery #cooperation #community #solarpunkSunday #newsletter #NatureMatchCuts #culturalHeritage

My #newsletter is out! You can ask people where you want, more and more feel overwhelmed: by world politics, eco grief, or the feeling of acceleration by social media. I searched for solutions and want to talk about different approaches including links for further inspirations. https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/2d2fb4e9-0ead-4002-86cd-8210fd9d852b?utm_campaign=steady_sharing_button

#resist #activism #activists #mentalHealth #CopingStrategies #burnout #empowerment #youAreNotAlone #NatureMatchCuts

2/2 And if it helps you to stay curious for your whole life, you can name it "Slow Looking" and feel a little bit Zen or hypey. 😉 https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

#NatureMatchCuts #curiosity #curious #nature #soilLife #natureObservation #observation #NaturePhotography #woodlice

I missed the International #RockFlipping Day. Perhaps because I do it since my childhood (without disturbing the little natives: I put the rock cautiously back): https://www.cronenburg.net/naturematchcuts_podcast/behind-the-scenes/

I just read: https://archive.ph/p5Avl "The second Sunday in September is International Rock Flipping Day. It's basically an excuse to go outside and explore like a kid..."
Such sentences make me sad. You don't have to find excuses to be curious about #nature as an adult! Stay curious!

#curiosity #NatureMatchCuts

1/2 #15August or #Assumption was a magic time long before Christianism.
#Myths and #rituals talk about #nature and #biodiversity of ancient times. But with the #climateCrisis, we are confronted with phenomena of shifting #baselines and "planetary amnesia".

How can we live with change when even traditions of the annual cycle no longer work? Can we redefine our #storytelling connections?
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-08-shifting-times/id1630784381?i=1000629684574

#NatureMatchCuts #culturalHeritage #shift #Himmelfahrt #extinction #ShiftingBaseline

I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery: #SlowLooking. Here's my article how to do it, great for kids: steady.page/en/naturemat... #NatureMatchCuts #soilLife #soil #NaturePhotography #woodlouse #biodiversity #naturalist #reconnectWithNature

Slow Looking And Soil’s Hustle...

Mastodon can be a great source of inspirations! Thanks to @ak_text post about #SlowLooking I discovered a buzzword important for #nature, and every #museum and #gallery.

I show you how to do it and why a woodlouse under a stone can be as interesting as an ancient artefact behind glass:
https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/47c218fa-5ba0-4dae-9140-305637008a00

And of course you can buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/naturematchcuts/tip or subscribe to my #newsletter!

#NatureMatchCuts #mindfulness #woodlice #compost #senses #kids #education #soilLife #soil

Sometimes, when I interview bacteria or animals, I ask myself if it's not too childish. But hey, the highly respected @cnrs lets #blobs talk!
In case you need some #goodNews: Blobs are sure to take over the world (well, my hypothesis). Thanks to the CNRS and a #citizenScience project, they are already living in countless children's bedrooms. 🤫 Listen to a blob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dwcx6yCdDE8

#NatureMatchCuts #blob #PhysarumPolycephalum #slimeMould #learning #intelligence #moreThanHuman

Did you ever talk about #moss se.x? I did: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moss-the-emerald-treasure/id1630784381?i=1000707856049

You can find my podcast #NatureMatchCuts on every podcatcher/platform.

#mosstodon #sporespondence #podcast #nature #diversity #biodiversity #reconnectWithNature #mossy #tardigrade #gardening #ecology #sciComm

2/2 be found sunbathing on stones, and tree trunks. They love #climatechange and wander slowly northwards.

Gardeners, who don't like them, can prevent nymphae becoming adult by talking to them ... via the pheromones of Abies balsamea wood chips. Their scent, the #Juvabione, mimicks the juvenile hormone of firebugs. But why should one do this!

#NatureMatchCuts #ReconnectWithNature #biodiversity #pheromones #interspeciesCommunication #firebugs #bugstodon

🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

🧵 If you listened to my micro-macro-amplifyer you could hear a "roaaarrr!" against #aphids on my rose. In German, #ladybird larvae are called Blattlauslöwen, #aphid lions.

Because of the warm winter and the terrible dryness, we have myriads of aphids. And because of farmers using more pesticides, we have less #insects and insect eating #birds. So more aphids*. Everything is #interconnected. Read ALT!

#NatureMatchCuts #ladybeetle #Coccinellidae #HarmoniaAxyridis #ecosystems #naturephotography

2/2 Yesterday someone asked me where to find my #podcast, here's the website:
🥬 https://naturematchcuts.net

🌲 Here my blog/newsletter: https://steadyhq.com/naturematchcuts/

🍏 Or just search #NatureMatchCuts in your favourite podcatcher or on any platform. If you like it, you can subscribe for listening, recommend it, share the links etc.

💚 The newest episode is about #moss https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moss-the-emerald-treasure/id1630784381?i=1000707856049

#naturelovers #reconnectWithNature #biodiversity #kinship #nature

Did you know that #moss is one of the most important #carbon sinks? How it helps #forests regenerate after #wildfire? Dive into the wonder world of #mosses: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... #NatureMatchCuts #climateCrisis #biodiversity #ecology #bryology #podcast #nature #naturelovers #climate

Moss - The Emerald Treasure

Memories: That time when we were so isolated that we talked to our #sourdough (well, at least me but suddenly Mme Hoppla had a jailbreak!) and #bacteria: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... #NatureMatchCuts #podcast #microorganisms #microbiome #soil #soilhealth #nature #moreThanHuman

Season 01 Ep 04 Sitting With Y...

Let's dive into the emerald green magic #moss worlds of this primordial #plant and #climate champion, play voyeur at their courtship, and meet moss-lovers around the globe! My interview guest is experienced in space and winner of the Guardian Prize for the Invertebrate Of The Year 2025.
Moss: The Emerald Treasure ▶️ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moss-the-emerald-treasure/id1630784381?i=1000707856049 and on every podcatcher.

#NatureMatchCuts #podcast #biodiversity #sciComm #nature #mosstodon #podcast #tardigrade #sciComm #green #carbonSink #climate #boost

Did you ever gild #moss? I did! Look behind the scenes of producing my podcast episode about moss and how moss took revenge (I don't know why): steadyhq.com/en/naturemat... #ISeeMoss #podcast #nature #NatureMatchCuts #naturelovers #green #sciComm #carbonSink #biodiversity #tardigrade #kinship

How to gild moss

Did you ever gild #moss? I did! Look behind the scenes of producing my podcast episode about moss and how moss took revenge (I don't know why): https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/5d8402be-ad02-4d23-8c3b-4e42daf6a9b0 Of course you can listen to the episode now! And I interviewed a quite seditious tardigrade!
Just search #NatureMatchCuts on your podcatcher.

#NatureMatchCuts #podcast #ReconnectWithNature #mosstodon #MossMonday #tardigrades #carbonSink #climate #biodiversity #plants #gardening #lawn #nature #sciComm #natureLovers

May I introduce myself? I'm Phymatocerra aterrima, the Solomon's seal #sawfly. My larvae are extreme gourmets: they can eat only leaves of #SolomonsSeal and #LilyOfTheValley. If you kill the habitats of these plants, we can't survive. Therefore, we love the #forests of #VosgesDuNord and our photographer's wild #garden.
It's #fairy: #Polygonatum multiflorum is the fairy tale's key 'Springwurz' that opens all doors - perhaps also the magic viper's cave under the elder tree? #NatureMatchCuts

At the moment, I have a #moss overflow in my brain: every day searching, thinking, scripting for my #NatureMatchCuts episode about #mosses. It will be a special for my #podcast comeback. For slowing down after work, I make some #colourful #doodles ... with ... oh, moss worlds! 😆

#AtelierTetebrec #art #ArtMatters #humanMade #noAI

The #BatAppreciationDay reminds me when I once had to interview a #bat and a #cactus (I have a special device for that): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... #podcast #NatureMatchCuts #bats #pollinators #gardening #natureWriting

When Gardeners Run Wild II.