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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Opening the first box.... always a thrill

Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Very excited that ASTONISHED BY BEAUTY: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE OF PAYING ATTENTION will be out in less than two weeks. I'll be offering a number of readings and lectures over the next several months. Would love to see you along the way! I'll be adding other locations and dates. Please share.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Between 800 and 900 people, of all ages, showed up in Prescott, Arizona this afternoon to protest ICE and the immoral regime behind it

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Always a thrill to get the first glimpse..... Just received the proof of my next book from Torrey House Press. The real thing comes out mid-May. I'll be posting updates, reviews, and info on events in upcoming days.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

With less than 24 hours notice, more than 400 people turned out to insist on ICE OUT yesterday in Prescott, AZ. For context, this town is historically so red that there wasn't even a Democratic party when I moved here in the late 80s. That's me, by the way, holding the two signs in the foreground.)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

700 people showed up, on very short notice, in Prescott, Arizona--once an indomitable Republican stronghold (there was never even a Democratic party in this county until ~1990), but now bristling with indignation and outrage at this regime's heartless cruelty.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Through the looking no-glass….. Oaxaca

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Honored to be profiled by the AZ Republic's excellent climate reporter, Joan Meiners, on our work on the ecological importance of the #MogollonHighlands Ecoregion, and more generally of the Natural History Institute. (Orig article is behind a paywall: links to article in first 2 comments).

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Still so much beauty--and intelligence--in the world.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Still so much beauty in the world. Mt. Shuksan, and Red Mountain-heather (Phyllodoce empetriformis), North Cascades

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

I'm excited to share the cover and pre-order information for ASTONISHED BY BEAUTY: A FIELD GUIDE TO THE PRACTICE OF PAYING ATTENTION, which has been a real labor of love. I'll be posting more information, responses, etc. in upcoming days....... www.torreyhouse.org/product-page...

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Astonished by Beauty | torrey-house-press

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

#ItsStillABeautifulWorld A few images from our journey northward and westward

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Blending in. Ornate Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) on Emory Oak. #mogollonhighlands

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I'll be helping lead this wonderful program in Ecuador this coming winter-- join me? Every time I visit Ecuador I emerge rejuvenated by the beauty of the world.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Hands Off rally in Prescott, Arizona--the biggest crowd (law enforcement estimated close to 2000) I've ever seen in 37 years here. For context, this is a deep red county, which didn't even have, and never had had, a Democratic Party when I moved here in the late 80s. Incredibly uplifting. Onward!

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

I was recently invited to share my thoughts on the importance of integrating sciences and humanities. My essay, "The Way of Integration," is included in this exciting new collection. (My piece is linked in the first comment)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

My perspective on coping with the election and all it represents-- written in the immediate aftermath, but still reflective of how I feel.... Thanks to Torrey House Press for this blog, "That Thing With Feathers," which provides "Hope and Literature In a Time of Upheaval"....

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Joyful Resistance

Like half of America, I had been working to pick my battered, bewildered psyche up off the floor at the end of a week that began with so much promise: Really?! We just elected the convicted felon, the...

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

The Sonoran Desert helps heal the heart that is sick for the world

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Here at the Prescott, Arizona Courthouse Square—iconic backdrop for many Republican rallies (Goldwater and McCain both announced their presidential campaigns here)— 850 people showed up today to call for an end to our current national madness.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Such a gift to travel with this beloved in this beautiful land

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Great insights on the relationship between Silicon Valley and the right wing...... Becca Lewis, the scholar being interviewed, happens to be my wonderful niece (link in first comment)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

I'm honored by this essay that delves deeply into some of my work..... (link in comments)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I added a new page to my website that can serve as a portal to our ongoing project illuminating the importance of the MOGOLLON HIGHLANDS..... link in first comment

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

This is highly disconcerting. WaPo editors killed an editorial cartoon that mocked Bezos and other tech oligarchs. Will the Post respond to this? Democracy dies with accommodation. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post

Democracy can't function without a free press

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Final glowing embers of this winter day

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Joy to the world. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band last night in Phoenix. (Didn’t think about our sad political reality for a whole hour…)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Happy celebrations from the Mogollon Highlands

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Momentarily touched by the stars. Granite Mountain in winter morning light.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Pinus ponderosa in almost-solstice light.... One of the great trees of the American West

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Good work opportunity with this great organization, near and dear to my heart....

naturalhistoryinstitute.org

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Bottom line: we make the case here that the #MogollonHighlands, which had never been recognized before, is actually one of the most biodiverse ecoregions in North America, and also an area with capacity for climate adaptation and resilience. (Link to paper in first comment)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A couple spots unexpectedly opened up on the ECUADOR trip I'll be co-leading this winter. It's a remarkable trip--a transect across the most biodiverse (for its size, surely) country in the world... Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. Registration info at bottom, below.....

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I think of this poem at the onset of every December. By the fine Pacific Northwest poet, Tim McNulty (from Pawtracks, 1978, Copper Canyon Press)

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

High on a ridge top, ~6400 ft., in the #MogollonHighlands..... Mogollon Rim visible in the distance

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Focusing on each present moment must be an essential element of our perseverance/resistance/persistence these upcoming years….

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Another side of New York City….the far northern end of la Isla de Manhattan. Still wild in its bones.

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Tom Fleischner @tomfleischner.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Here’s my most recent essay on why natural history matters (more available on the publications page of my website). static1.squarespace.com/static/5186a...

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