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Why I write this...
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Aug 14, 2025
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Stop trying to control everything
Nexus Notes #20 - Seven things for seven days
Feb 12
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Disagree well
On curiosity, intellectual charity, and why we talk past each other
Feb 5
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Nexus Notes - River protection, ocean equity, and important questions to ponder
Nexus Notes #19
Jan 29
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Legacy is influence in motion
A quick follow‑up prompted by the discussion on last week’s essay
Jan 20
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What I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers
Apr 29, 2025
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Short-term thinking is killing the planet
Feb 23, 2025
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The paradox of patient urgency
Mar 19, 2025
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Change is afoot, but not always how you expect
Feb 14, 2025
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Being a good ancestor in an age of short-term thinking
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2025 was a wild ride
Some reflections on the crazy year that was. Predirections in 2025.
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Nexus Notes - US says 👎 to IPCC etc., El Niño impacting arthropods, long conservation, and more
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Three things I’ve been thinking about: managing for means vs. extremes, slowing down, and divisiveness
Here are three things I’ve been thinking about this week – 30/12/2025
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Where Predirections is heading next
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Dec 27, 2025
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The baselines have shifted — we’re fixing rivers anyway
How river restoration is succeeding in surprising and inspiring ways.
Dec 22, 2025
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And a thanks for being here.
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