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Priscilla Stuckey

@priscillastuckey.bsky.social
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Nature :: Spirit podcast. Author of KISSED BY A FOX (winner of the WILLA Award in Creative Nonfiction) and TAMED BY A BEAR. Exploring ocean life. Actually autistic. PhD Graduate Theological Union. She/her.

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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Peace.
Looking toward the west as the last red glow fades toward the horizon. An enormous tree in the distance is silhouetted on the left, a mountain frames the right. The sky above the red glow deepens to blue-black.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Whew, that one went on too long. USGS says 5.9 on the Big Island. Here on Maui 100 miles away, on the second floor, it sent us rocking back and forth. Strongest I’ve felt in 7 years here. I hope everyone’s ok over there.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Happy to see some better science happening here. Study finds native waterbirds were probably most abundant right before Europeans arrived to the islands because Kānaka ʻŌiwi (Native Hawaiians) managed shorelines for waterbirds. www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/01...
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Study debunks myth of Native Hawaiians causing bird extinctions | University of Hawaiʻi System News
A new UH study found no scientific evidence that Indigenous people hunted waterbird species to extinction.
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Carl Safina @csafina.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
time.com/6273684/eart... Never mind climate change or pollution--the issue runs much wider and deeper and calls us to all these and more.
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The Case For Making Earth Day a Religious Holiday
Celebrating the world as a living miracle should be more fun and important than it currently is.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
"Nature spirituality is all about inspiration—what could this possibly have to do with the cesspool of politics?" It's time to answer this question. 26 mins listening, or read it with some pretty pictures too priscillastuckey.substack.com/p/62-connect...
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62. Connecting with Nature's Ways
Listen now | On a path of nature spirituality, even politics goes through nature
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Hawaiian proverb: “Hahai no ka ua i ka ulu lāʻau. Plant a forest and the rains will come.” “Share purpose with others & transform the world.” 200 volunteers in one night planted a coconut grove to help bring back the Hawaiian culture of everyday access to coconuts. kawaiola.news/aina/the-fir...
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The First Coconut Grove Planted on Maui in Over 100 Years - Ka Wai Ola
The echo of pahu drums under the darkened sky signaled to the 200 volunteers who stood waiting that it was time to begin their work: planting Maui’s first uluniu (coconut grove) in over 100 years.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This should be a bigger story. open.substack.com/pub/heated/p...
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Sam Alito has an oil money problem
Nearly 30 percent of Alito’s individual stock portfolio is directly tied to fossil fuels.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
What a thrill—to meet one of my all-time heroes! Sylvia Earle, "Her Deepness," the first woman to walk on the sea floor, the first woman chief scientist at NOAA. Now 92, she is small, with a quiet voice, but what a powerhouse for the sea! "No water, no life. No blue, no green."
A short, thin woman in dark slacks and a light blue jacket, with chin-length brown hair and stooped shoulders, stands behind a podium, her hands clasped on its surface. Behind her, projected on the domed wall, is an enormous photograph of life underwater with a seal. A staffwoman from the Maui Ocean Center holds a mic and hosts the Q&A period
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Sunshine after rain. Peace.
Landscape view of a gentle rising mountain in the far distance, with bright blue water resting calm and peaceful around and in front of it. The mountain is topped with billowing white clouds that look like they might have more rain in them. Green trees and shrubs frame the view in the foreground and along the left side. The sky is vivid blue.
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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A nudibranch for you, Bluesky! This is a Phyllidia (I'm not sure exactly what species) from Anilao #MarineLife #Invertebrates 🌿
A light blue nudibranch viewed from above. It has an irregular black stripe on each side and two small black marks on its back. It is covered in white tubercles, some of which have yellow tops. The rhinopores are also yellow. It is crawling over a sandy seabed.

#UnderwaterPhotography #MacroPhotography #Macro #Wildlfie #WildlifePhotography
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
My brand-new website! To express my love for the sea. I designed a lot of it, and working on it helped me remember to keep my heart open—as open as the vast and rolling sea. Here’s the behind-the-scenes tour of how the design came to be. open.substack.com/pub/priscill...
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Celebrating the Sea
In the middle of a national crisis, I've been working on a website
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"I believe that tribal culture, philosophy, & knowledge of the natural world are equivalent to W science & religion & I believe they are superior in many ways. We don't produce as many mechanical gimmicks, but we certainly produce better people." —Vine Deloria Jr. ty @leilanisabz.bsky.social
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
My brand-new website! To express my love for the sea. I designed a lot of it, and working on it helped me remember to keep my heart open—as open as the vast and rolling sea. Here’s the behind-the-scenes tour of how the design came to be. open.substack.com/pub/priscill...
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Celebrating the Sea
In the middle of a national crisis, I've been working on a website
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I'm late to the party (it's been a busy weekend) but I had to post at least one #SuperbOwl before calling it a day :) #birds 🌿
A large great gray owl flies towards the light of the setting sun, its eyes and facial disc lit up in a rosy gold hue.
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oakandredwood9.bsky.social @oakandredwood9.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
This osprey was unexpected and gorgeous #MarineLife over the cliffs at the Monterey Bay today…
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The sea has so much more to show us
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
61. The Language of Nonspeaking Beings How long does it take to move past the mind-body split of Descartes? In my case, a lifetime. Some wisdom from mushrooms and from a bougainvillea I knew long ago about stepping toward a world of kinship. open.substack.com/pub/priscill...
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61. The Language of Nonspeaking Beings
And what a bougainvillea taught me about how long it can take to step into a kinship world
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Fantastic summary: The 4 steps to toppling dictators nonviolently. Wagingnonviolence.org is a powerful library for planning what comes next. wagingnonviolence.org/2025/11/the-...
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The playbook of every successful nonviolent struggle
Nonviolent movements that have toppled oppressive regimes, prevented coups and transformed societies follow these four essential steps.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Listening to a beautiful interview with a scientist from the Amazon rainforest with Indigenous roots. Rosa Vásquez Espinosa practices both traditions of knowing. open.substack.com/pub/natehage...
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Two Ways of Knowing: How Merging Science & Indigenous Wisdom Fuels New Discoveries
The Great Simplification #201 with Rosa Vásquez Espinoza
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Amy Westervelt says one nation at COP30 brought it: “The most inspirational action came from…the small but mighty Colombian delegation, the only one whose negotiators and civil society groups were unified in their call for one primary goal: a commitment to phase out fossil fuels.”
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Working with native plants is so magical! We're helping to restore the native dryland forest at the top of Haleakalā. priscillastuckey.substack.com/p/60-hui-up-...
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60. Hui Up and Care for the Land
Listen now | Planting our feet in what is real and life renewing
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Did Americans really vote for this? I needed to know. So I pored over statistical reports from @electiontruthalliance.org. Here's what I found: it's worse than I'd heard! Evidence of vote manipulation across multiple states. We need hand audits! priscillastuckey.substack.com/p/59-did-the...
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59. Did the People Choose This President?
Listen now | Statistical analyses of voting data are raising serious red flags
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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
your moment of calm: a mossy waterfall deep in the heart of a Mount Hood trail.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Because owl.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
To stand up to fascism, the most important thing we can do, every day, is to plant ourselves firmly in what is true. And yes, we all have the ability to see clearly and know what is true. Though getting there takes a little practice.
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58. How Do We Know What Is True?
Yes, everyone has a built-in place where they can see clearly. And getting there takes some practice.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Youth v. Gov: Here’s a moving update on the young people’s climate case against the govt. They just concluded two days of live testimony to a court in Missoula, MT. With Nobel laureates and scientists backing them up. Lawsuit brought by Our Children’s Trust. api.neonemails.com/emails/conte...
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In the cool Missoula morning, supporters lined the sidewalk with bright orange marigolds, creating a path of hope leading to the courthouse. As our young plaintiffs walked through this tunnel of solidarity, they carried with them stories that no child should have to tell.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 18/08/2025
Now is the time to be curious about our universe, to be imaginative about all its possibilities, including the potential for humans to live in good and sustainable relations with each other and the ecosystems that we depend upon. This is a time of stubborn freedom dreaming.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Unusually beautiful breakers along the Kihei coast today, and surfers were out enjoying them. A minute of the magnificent ocean. Peace.
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CBMWC @cbmwc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Why seabeds matter? 🌊 💙 These vital habitats are full of incredible wildlife and store vast amounts of carbon. Yet they are threatened with destruction by industrial scale fishing in many areas. For #NationalMarineWeek we’ll be sharing how you can help save our seabeds.
A seagrass seabed with anemone.
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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
"When nature is personal, the world is peopled by rocks, trees, rivers, and mountains...protagonists of their own stories rather than just props in a human story. When Earth is truly alive, the world is full of persons, only some of whom are human.” - @priscillastuckey.bsky.social (Kissed by a Fox)
Photograph: Our young brown spaniel, Lottie, communing with an oak friend on the hill behind our house.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Update: It passed! Great news, more local long-term housing.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I wanted to watch the tsunami at the reef where we swim. So at the last minute I learned how to capture video on a phone. This is the Ulua beach webcam in South Kihei on Maui. The first wave surge happened later than expected, after dark, so no viewing. But here, for you, is the beach at sunset.
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Matt @xenomatt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A scorpionfish resting on coral, Anilao. Scorpaenopsis sp., maybe S. oxycephalus #MarineLife 🐟🌿
A scorpionfish resting on a thin curved shelf of coral. It has irregular brown and reddish patches on it; there are no cirri over its eyes but it has a fringe of them under its chin, giving it a bearded appearance.

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Divesky #UnderwaterPhotography #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Coming to a vote 7/23 at the Maui council: a bill to return some short-term rentals to housing for local families. Keep your fingers crossed for us! Great summary here of Maui politics in recent years.
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Op-Ed: From GMO to STR — Maui’s fight to end the rule of profit over people | Maui Now
Op-Ed: Lahaina Strong's De Andre Makakoa Takahashi shares his thoughts on the STR housing crisis and the movement's road from protest to policy.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Imagine boldly! “What would it mean for law to transcend the Anthropocene and find itself rooted in forests, bees, mountains, and dirt, not as passive objects but as entangled kin that sustain life?”
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What a more-than-human court could be
In an era of ecological collapse, law must evolve to hear the testimony of rivers, whales, and forests — not as metaphors, but as kin.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"The land was made to be shared among all, rich and poor alike. But you rich men are trying to reserve it for yourselves!" From a radical voice today? No, from a bishop in 385 CE. But only a few years later no one preached this anymore. What happened? On the corrosive power of inequality.
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When Christians Denounced Inequality
Before the church adopted the empire's rules
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
"The land was made to be shared among all, rich and poor alike. But you rich men are trying to reserve it for yourselves!" From a radical voice today? No, from a bishop in 385 CE. But only a few years later no one preached this anymore. What happened? On the corrosive power of inequality.
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When Christians Denounced Inequality
Before the church adopted the empire's rules
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Hello again, all you wonderful people! If you need a good dose of peacefulness—who doesn't these days?—here is my starter pack of nature appreciators. go.bsky.app/BGhJymM
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Touching silence. Touching joy. Touching Earth. I've been getting up for the dawn chorus this year. It's a spiritual practice yes, but also political resistance. Because authoritarians want to control others from the inside out. And saying no begins at home—in the secret places of our own heart.
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57. Holding Firm to an Open Heart
Because resistance begins at home
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Touching silence. Touching joy. Touching Earth. I've been getting up for the dawn chorus this year. It's a spiritual practice yes, but also political resistance. Because authoritarians want to control others from the inside out. And saying no begins at home—in the secret places of our own heart.
open.substack.com
57. Holding Firm to an Open Heart
Because resistance begins at home
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Great views! Often SO hard to see, even if you know they’re there.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Maui sunset report: After a day when the smell of smoke filled the air from a brushfire across the ridge, the wind has died, the birds have bedded down, and even Mr. Northern Cardinal, first to rise and last to sing, has drifted into sleep. Peace.
A tropical bay framed by a tree canopy on the left and a small mountain on the right, glows rose-blue from the bright red and orange clouds slicing the air above it.
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Katie Surma @katiesurma.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Tonga could be the first nation to recognize whales’ legal rights, a move called for by its princess at the UN Ocean Conference. insideclimatenews.org/news/1006202...
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Tonga Poised to Be the First Country to Recognize Rights of Whales - Inside Climate News
At the U.N. Ocean Conference, Tonga’s princess called for recognition of whales’ legal rights. The move is one of several rights of nature initiatives happening at the conference.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Go, rock
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Anyone else out there listening to Jamal sing Heal at least once a day?
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Sunset report Maui: after extra strong gusts of wind all afternoon, the breeze has begun to settle down. The birds have quieted, except for one making big circles overhead, softly chipping. Peace.
A tropical bay in the distance, framed by the canopy of a tree on the left and a low mountain on the right. The sky is clear, warming from blue to pink to red at the horizon.
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Priscilla Stuckey @priscillastuckey.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Adorable!
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