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OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #237, JULY 9, 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett.  https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/07/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-237-july-9.html   War against NaturePatrick Whitmarsh.  Writing our Extinction. Barry Sanders.  The Manifesto of Herman Melville. WAR AGAINST NATURE FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT DEPICTED IN LITERATURE FROM MELVILLE TO DELILLO MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY NARRATIVE FICTION Writing Our Extinction: Anthropocene Fiction and Vertical Science by Patrick Whitmarsh.  Stanford UP, 2023.  228pp. Excerpts + more DescriptionReviewsAbout the Author Mid-twentieth-century developments in science and technology produced new understandings and images of the planet that circulated the globe, giving rise to a modern ecological consciousness; but they also contributed to accelerating crises in the global environment, including climate […]


Gateway Feeds Folks

Gateway Emergency Meal Team starts cooking, changes name… becomes Sunday June 22 – 2:00 pm – Omni Center 3274 N. Lee Ave, Fayetteville So much sense of satisfaction in feeding hungry people! There are many jobs in this project. If you’d like to test the waters and see if it might be a good fit for you, join the current folks for a Team Meeting Sunday and find out more. There’s a great team of people pulling together to create food for homeless people, and we’d be tickled to have you join us in the fun. Team Meeting Sunday. If you’d […]


City Council rejects safe camp – for now

After 40 people testified on the critical importance of a safe and stable location where unhoused people would be permitted to camp, the city council punted yet again. But they agreed to resurrect the issue at the next meeting, where they would have feedback from the new homelessness task force that met for the first time on June 18. If you’re interested the topic will be discussed at the agenda session next Tuesday June 24 at 5:30 pm and again at the regular meeting on July 1 at city hall. An email, call or text to your Councilperson would let […]


HOMELESS SOLUTIONS TOMORROW CONFRONTS A CRISIS

Thursday June 5 – 6:30 pm – Omni Center One of the biggest homeless encampments in town is facing a sweep from the University next Monday. Where can 150 people go for safety? It’s a conundrum we’ve been ignoring for way too long. There needs to be real solutions offered now. Join Homeless Solutions members tomorrow at Omni to learn more and grapple with the very real crisis faced by so many people.


Tibetan Healing Ceremonies coming up

Healing and Longevity Ceremony Sat June 7 – 2:00 pm – Omni Center Tibetan Healing and Longevity Ceremony Saturday June 7 at Omni Center 2:00 pm. The ceremony is for individual, collective and global healing on all levels. Our world is full of regrets, loss, sorrows, fear, and global horrors. This expansive level of healing is needed right now more than ever. If there is any illness, sorrow or negativity in your world – of course there is – bring some small item that represents it, or that belonged to someone who has passed on. This should be something you can discard or destroy […]