I visited The Great Elephant Migration, “a coexistence story”, in Boston’s Back Bay. You can see them through September 13, 2026.
The life-size elephants are made in South India out of an immigrant plant that a sign regarding the elephant “Kashmiri” (Kashmir is a great example of coexistence between Muslims and Hindus?) describes as an “invasive weed”:
The immigrant, Lantana camara, as portrayed by Wikipedia: “L. camara can outcompete native species”. (Immigrant humans make life easier for natives, in other words, while immigrant plants consume scarce resources and make life either miserable or impossible for natives.)
It’s important to platform indigenous ways of knowing:
You can prepare for the experience by stocking up on “essential” cannabis on Boylston Street, right next to the Apple Store (maybe you’ll need to be stoned in order to be able to handle Apple’s AI-era pricing?):
Folks treating themselves to new $10,000 MacBooks stroll right by an unhoused neighbor without bothering to stop:
The Public Garden features a slaveholder:
I tried to rescue this abused puppy, but my friend refused to hand him over:
(Tough to know what will happen to the Samoyed breed now that Taylor Swift has one.)
Those elephants were great. How did you arrange to not have a crowd of people around them for the photo? Maybe I went when they first arrived?
Have you considered buying one? Would look great in the front yard.
Phil, what do you think the proper gestures of recognition, assistance, or other should be offered to this “unhoused neighbor” by those (neighbors?) who don’t “bother” to stop? Also, should there be penalties for these callous “people” who can’t be bothered–maybe spanking or paddling at a minimum?