𝒲𝒾𝓁𝓁𝒶 𝒦ö𝑒𝓇𝓃𝑒𝓇 〰 🦋

Announcing ☾ dark.properties ☽ — A new ecosystems-focused editorial project, written & curated by me. Sent as a weekly-ish newsletter.

@marchorowitz @petcortright So, so awful and scary. Sending hugs. Glad you + the fam are ok!!

@petcortright There were no emergency services present at the time—not out of neglect, but because this was an overwhelming situation. I am profoundly grateful for their bravery and service in protecting as much as they could. We will rebuild. To anyone in need, I’m here for you—reach out ❤️

My heart aches for our neighborhood, our friends, and our entire community impacted by the Eaton Fire. The devastation is unimaginable. Our family, thank God, is safe. I stayed and fought alongside a few heroic neighbors, doing everything we could. Cont. #EatonFire #altadena

. @enckj explains how people can avoid the pervasive material polluting our bodies and environment in @willak's latest newsletter: dark.properties/plastic-purge/

"She sees the details. She observes with wonder. I, on the other hand, am constantly adjusting my lens. Or not looking at all." Cheri Lucas Rowlands reflects on 2024 and revisits #longreads by @the_jennitaur, Robin Wall Kimmerer, @willak, @TheUniverse, @ferrisjabr, @BenjiSJones, and @JarodAnderson: longreads.com/2024/12/12/a-y…

'Anyone who’s ever agreed to showcase their creative work in public knows the feelings that tend to accompany such opportunities. While still abstract and far-off, the commitment feels motivating and exciting. But as the date draws closer, some stress inevitably creeps in. You begin to notice every little thing that seems “wrong” with whatever it is you’ve agreed to share, and time starts to feel like a countdown timer that’s ticking away the days you’ve got left to whip your sh*t into shape. But sometimes—as is the case with my garden—you just can’t. And for me, that’s been a great lesson.' The creative process, delightfully described by @willak. What if messiness 𝘪𝘴 freedom? dark.properties/garden-tour/

@lauracincera Thanks so much for sharing out my little essay! <3

In our last interview with Dark Properties, Willa Köerner (@willak) interviews Cortney Cassidy about leaving her tech job to become a full-time gardener Link below 👇

I recently got to talk to @willak for the series “Ecologies of Entanglement” about why I’m obsessed with moth camouflage, pollinator relationships as a form of ecological cognition, how technical systems can be living systems, and more! Interview now on @AREdotNA, check it out 🦋

"At some point I think we’ll fully realize that what’s happening in the natural world is more computationally efficient, inventive, and resilient than anything we could create from silicon." @willak @TheUniverse @AREdotNA #longreads dark.properties/from-silicon-t…

@lm_netwebs wait why does it just say "couches"... what is going on with couches lately

I enjoy being an unsupervised female.

I got to chat with one of my faves, @TheUniverse, for my new editorial series w/ @AREdotNA Have a read if you're ready to see computation as imaginative, endlessly evolving, and 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚 💻✨🧪 are.na/editorial/from…

@AREdotNA 🌱✨🐛

New on Are.na Editorial** Introducing Ecologies of Entanglement, a new series from Are.na and Dark Properties that collapses natural ecologies and networked technologies into one future-defining tangle. are.na/editorial/intr… Dark Properties is a newsletter by writer, gardener, and friend of Are.na Willa Köerner (@willak) that connects personal and planetary ecologies.

new series from me and @AREdotNA coming in hot🌱

This gem of a document was published in 2018 and initiated by @willak We are very pleased that this is still being discovered and still resonates ❤️❤️❤️

@drewcoffman @FWBtweets @David_Rudnick ok fine i love it

don’t call or text. i’m busy thinking about the @FWBtweets mark that @David_Rudnick designed.

@kaitlynmdavies you're a freakin BAD ASS, love to see it <3 !!!

i've been quiet on here about a project near to my heart— this weekend, I opened a bookstore in Lisbon. It's a space not just for reading or thinking but for a third thing; a place to critically engage with the world with the belief that art & design make it more interesting.

@austinrobey_ yassss plz

Anyone up for a Solidarity Summer reading club? There’s so much material I want to dive into and talk about

What do plants know? In anticipation of Zoë Schlanger (@zoeschlanger)’s forthcoming book, The Light Eaters—out next month from @HarperCollins—Willa Köerner (@willak) sat down with the author to discuss the collective, connective intelligence of plants. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/zoe-…

@chaykak in thinking about this, i'm realizing that all the websites I type into the URL bar on my laptop are tools (gmail, gdocs, figma, wordpress, etc) and all the ones I tend to visit on my phone are for the consumption of content/media (reddit, youtube, IG, X)--mostly as apps

I'm writing a column about websites — what are the URLs you still find yourself typing into your browser and going to directly?