Orion Magazine – Summer 2025 – Nature & Culture

Summer 2025 Issue - Orion Magazine

ORION MAGAZINE (May 30, 2025): The Summer 2025 Issue features ….

Out of the Ashes

Examined Life – How fungi are surviving—and even thriving—in a warming world

Natural Intelligence

A photo of mushrooms growing out of mushrooms. The photo is taken with a blue background

Mushrooms made the world what it is by Maria Popova

Foodways

Intuitive Eating

A black and white illustration of Merlin Sheldrake, Jeff VanderMeer, and Kaitlin Smith surrounded by pink and brown round abstract shapes

On poison, pleasure, and trust by Erica Berry

A New Naturalism

Four writers reflect on the rhizomatic network of self, society, and ecology

Corey PressmanMerlin SheldrakeKaitlin Smith and Jeff Vandermeer

The New York Times – Friday, May 30, 2025

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Federal Appeals Court Temporarily Spares Trump From Having to Wind Down Tariffs

The administration had made immediate appeals to allow the U.S. to keep imposing stiff levies, and said the Supreme Court needed to intervene.

Russia Appears to Launch New Offensive in Ukraine Amid Peace Talks

Moscow’s dual campaign of intensified frontline attacks and bombardment of Ukrainian cities has further reduced the prospects for an end to the fighting.

Trump Makes a New Push to ‘Decouple’ U.S. From China

Trump administration officials are getting a second chance to try to sever ties with China by starting a trade war, imposing export controls and revoking student visas.