hello did you Know 1 in 3 Los Angelenos Live near an active oil well? I jus Been thinkin about how much comes out of the Earth n Solar system + my ancestral ties to the oregon trail the gold rush mining n mineralogy (n kinda forgot 1/4 of my anthropology degree was archaeology:) my ranching n cowboy n land stewarding ancestors my ancestors who were enslaved n domestic workers n the plants animals n insects they once Knew n also my fam ties to the first Black astronauts in space
its a complicated american intersection for me to unpack
but Adhi n I have Been learning how we would Not have any of our modern vehicular interstellar or industrial world(s) without the fossils n tar n oil from the Beings who once Lived all over this land n about how it def isnt the only or best way to create energy
its exciting to consider n imagine the amount of extraterrestrial minerals n meteor/ite(s) that make up our soil too
n the possibility in the origins of some of our own cosmic genetics (it is Earthseeds destiny to take root amongst the Stars cc: Octavia Butler + NASA naming the landing site for the Mars Rover ‘Perseverance’ ‘Octavia E. Butler Landing’- look it up)
so much was stolen n extracted from our Earth n Her first peoples n continues now for a whole new global industry 📲🛸🔋💎💧🪵🤖
but She speaks back if you Know how to listen
n no one can stop the Remembering or the reparative justice She Sees to
as humanity Becomes something anciently New 🧬🌞
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