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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

AIR Pt 2 all about the private motor car, its environmental as well as social effects is out now open.spotify.com/episode/7mWp...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

NEW wormfromhome is out now! AIR (Pt 2 - CAR) cars, roads, pollution, transportation and the politics of how we get around on all platforms 🪱 open.spotify.com/episode/7mWp...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

thinking about how one of the first written records we have of the forest as a scary place, also explicitly tells us that it’s scary because it was deliberately made dangerous to protect it from humankind (and human civilisation in the form of city building?)

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

one sunny week in london and i start dressing like a hearty mid century lesbian who keeps chickens in her cottage garden with her “friend”

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

we are now 65% funded toward our next major goal at £20k ✨ this money pays for evacuations from gaza and to keep people fed while they wait to cross please give generously and share widely WE need YOU ♥️♥️♥️ chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Maher and his family have made the excruciating decision that they will have to leave rather than stay and rebuild. we desperately need to secure the remaining evacuations as soon as possible chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

morning all! some updates for you on the fundraiser in picture form ✨ your money has already gone such a long way 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I handed out over 200 of these flyers at the london demo today. if you weren’t lucky enough to get your hands on this historic piece of graphic design, never fear! you can make a donation at the link below 👇 chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

how you sleep knowing you brought a mouse in, lost it, and i guess it just lives here now

Tuxie cat’s face seen sleeping on a person’s outstretched leg in black tracksuit trousers

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

hey you ever think about farms on film? I sure do, I can’t stop, help me

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

ON NATURE - interview with jason w moore. new episode out now! open.spotify.com/episode/5ivQ...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

as you can see, it has been professionally edited by an expert

A black and white tuxie cat sitting in front of a laptop with audio editing software visible on the screen

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

some truly unreal napping positions today

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

the Fiver for Maher drive is continuing this week! you would not believe how quickly we raise donations when lots of people decide to give just a little. thanks to your help, Maher has been able to repair the family’s water tank this week 🙏 chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

next up was air - specifically the great smog of 1952, how londoners in the east end experienced it, and the changes made by the clean air act open.spotify.com/episode/5LTM...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

after that, it was time for something entirely different… a special episode in celebration of world earthworm day! 🪱🪱🪱 open.spotify.com/episode/7KNv...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

this little miniseries finished up at the bethnal green nature reserve, taking a deep dive on how the blitz shaped its foundation and ecology open.spotify.com/episode/7DX9...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

then moving on to militarism and the environment, looking at warfare’s effect on woodland in france, vietnam and britain open.spotify.com/episode/2fIA...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

going to do a bit of promotion for the podcast, if you’ll forgive me. there’s a healthy roster of eps out now, so I thought I’d remind you what we’ve got, starting with woodland history 👇 open.spotify.com/episode/0Bas...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

the january edition of field notes, the worm from home subscriber newsletter, is out now! become a patron to read it 🪱🪱🪱 patreon.com/WormFromHome...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

please consider our fundraiser on pay day, if you have some spare money at the end of the month, or if you come into some money. help us show material solidarity is real 🫡 every donation goes such a long way - thank you! chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

our pace of fundraising will be slower this time. the ceasefire is mostly holding for now, but gaza’s homes and infrastructure are profoundly damaged - Maher and his family need our support for a while to come. please show your solidarity 👇 chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

happy monday everyone! we’re launching phase two of our fundraising efforts for Maher’s family ✨ thanks to your incredible support we have managed to secure evacuation funds - now we’re continuing to raise money to support the family to rebuild 👇 chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

thanks to your incredible support, we met our first fundraising goal 🙏♥️ massive thanks to everyone who has contributed so far chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I am looking for 599 of my best and closest friends to each stick a quid in the fundraiser 🫡✨🍉 chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

feels a little surreal that in 8 days we’ve got to such a big number 🙏 please help us keep it going chuffed.org/project/1219...

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

been thinking a lot recently about this little anecdote from a book by mike dash. what a beautiful notion, I treasure the idea

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

before particulate matter concentration could be accurately measured, smoke density could be estimated by using these grids. held up against the smoke, they could be matched against the relative smoke colour to assess how thick it was

A grid of four different grids, left to right the lines of the grid get thicker

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

(L) met police officer during the 1952 smog wearing a pollution mask on a partially smoke-obscured street. (R) another police officer directing the no 15 bus through extremely low visibility with a white flag. in some areas of london, lighter flares had to be used for traffic control

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

in the latest episode of worm from home pod, we consider air and air pollution, beginning with a history of london air pollution and the reform that followed the 1952 great smog open.spotify.com/episode/5LTM...

Black and white photo of picadilly circus fountain wreathed in smog, a scattering of pedestrians and a car are seen on the street

Four panels with black and white photos of a male model wearing different types of experimental smog mask

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

and in part three we look at woodlands as a part of post war environmental recovery, and tell the story of bethnal green’s nature reserve on an old bomb site open.spotify.com/episode/7DX9...

A green woodland scene with some moss grown rubble in the undergrowth

Brownish jelly ear mushrooms growing on a straight light coloured branch

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

part two traces the history of environmental damage caused by militarism and warfare, with particular focus on the woodland battlefields of WWl, vietnam’s forests, and east london during the blitz open.spotify.com/episode/2fIA...

A plane spraying chemical defoliants on Vietnamese forests

Several men helping two men up a ladder removing surviving objects from the bombed out top floor of an east london house

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

we started with a three part series on the connected histories of woodland and warfare. part one looked at the history of woodlands and woodsmanship in britain, the history of deforestation and living with the woods open.spotify.com/episode/0Bas...

A sunny spot in a woodland also containing moss covered gravestones

A path through a green woodland with some white flowers in the undergrowth

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

been drawing and painting a bit this year. i like fruit, cloth, and figures

Charcoal nude sketch of a woman sitting on floor with back to viewers

Painting in blue and white of crumpled cloth

Colour pencil drawing of pomegranate and red apple

Painting of orange on crumpled white cloth

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

happy equinox from me and mausie

Birds eye view of a plate of veggie sausages, mash, green beans and gravy, on a kitchen worktop, the edge of a similar plate is visible in the top left

A small black and white cat on a sofa, looking a person’s hand petting its paws

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

mewtie putting in serious hours at the napping factory

A small black and white cat with white legs and feet curled up in a wicker armchair with orange and brown blankets and cushion. The cat is looking up sleepily to camers

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

he’s had enough of your shit. get out of his office

a black and white cat sitting on a chair looking up to camera with an angry seeming face. The chair has a floral pillow on it and a desk is visible in the foreground

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

it’s souping season, i am entering hobbit mode

A birds eye view of two orange glass bowls on a black floral tray on a kitchen work top. The bowls both contain an orange soup with croutons and pumpkin seeds

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 11/09/2023

i went kayak trekking in greece and it was absolutely astonishing

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 03/09/2023

morning visitor to the climbing rose 🌱

A dark brown butterfly with orange and white blotches sitting on rose foliage against a red brick wall

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 29/08/2023

had to pare back a big tree that was starting to lean against the wall, and this guy fell out. found him in the living room later, and i think we have to let him stay as we did chop his house down 🌱

A green shield bug sitting on the corner where two white painted interior walls meet

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

they were just lying like this in the sun. scheming, i imagine

Two small black and white cats lying with heads together and bodies apart on a patio, looking to camera

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michael wave @michaelwave.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

anyway, nectarine and tomato panzanella, salmon with lime and pomegranate salsa, potato salad, watermelon and halloumi salad on bulgur wheat, lemon olive oil cake with some mascerated strawberries

A white plate with several salmon fillets topped with pomegranate seeds, marinade and mint. A little further away is a plate of potato salad

A white plate with salmon with pomegranate seeds, salad with bulgur wheat halloumi cucumber and watermelon, and potato salad

A lemon cake topped with strawberries on a white plate. It stands on a wooden table with several jewel toned and colourless drinking glasses and vases with sunflowers and red and yellow fresias

A birds eye shot of a peach and tomato panzanella bread salad on a white leaf texture plate, sitting on a larger white plate

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