Nostr notes by Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱

corporations just can't stop trying to use AI to suck the ...

2026-10-30T18:05:04Z

corporations just can't stop trying to use AI to suck the life straight out of every small part of human existence, especially human connections

AI is like an xray machine that reveals the worst people & systems and then empowers them to fuck things up for everyone

not content with prosecuting THEIR OWN fascists, Brazil is now ...

2026-10-28T00:51:17Z

not content with prosecuting THEIR OWN fascists, Brazil is now coming after ours and I just have to say

THANK YOU

PLEASE PROCEED

CAN I GET YOU A WATER OR SOMETHING

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/10/27/brazilian-judge-orders-investigation-into-jd-vance-donor-network/

"reproductive &care work, performed predominantly by ...

2026-10-27T01:19:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…xgrd
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"reproductive &care work, performed predominantly by women, is not a secondary complement to the economy, but its foundation. When that work remains invisible&confined to the domestic sphere, women cannot partake in political life and are unable to participate in the assemblies that build autonomy."

"cooperatives are the means through which an economy in ...

2026-10-27T01:17:21Z

"cooperatives are the means through which an economy in service of these principles – communal, ecological, feminist – might be built... they challenge not just economic exploitation but also the patriarchy, racism, colonialism and statism entwined with capitalism."
https://aeon.co/essays/what-cooperatives-for-an-anticapitalist-peace-look-like

I'm getting predatory "write a bunch of fiction for ...

2026-10-26T14:15:01Z

I'm getting predatory "write a bunch of fiction for $750" emails again only now they're *explicitly* using AI: "We use AI-assisted translation with human review and AI-generated initial covers. Manuscripts...are not provided to third parties for AI training."
Sure, Jan.
Also: fuck off into the sun

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2026-10-25T16:36:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…r2hs
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https://futurism.com/future-society/data-center-nscale-norway-prison-barge-workers

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2026-10-25T16:35:48Z

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/majority-americans-ai-bad-society

excellent article by @npub1hhs…rl5g with a great neopronounce ...

2026-10-22T00:21:29Z

excellent article by Annalee Newitz 🍜 (npub1hhs…rl5g) with a great neopronounce resource tucked inside!

https://reactormag.com/why-pronouns-matter-in-science-fiction/

https://s.qiouyi.lu/list/neopronouns-in-speculative-fiction/

here's another place on ebay to opt out of AI fuckery ...

2026-10-20T16:28:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…hedh
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here's another place on ebay to opt out of AI fuckery
https://www.ebay.com/adchoice/ccpa

Ebay's latest update is opting you in for scraping your data ...

2026-10-20T14:09:45Z

Ebay's latest update is opting you in for scraping your data to train AI... so go to the settings and turn that shit off.

We should nationalize all the AI corps and then shut them down. (and tax the billionaires out of existence)

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2026-10-14T21:47:35Z

🤣
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-agent-deleting-tv-show-season

undefeated: every post showing the need for feminism brings out ...

2026-10-12T22:10:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…yaya
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undefeated: every post showing the need for feminism brings out replies that show the need for feminism

"for this cycle of abundant sexual assault, violence and ...

2026-10-11T16:51:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…yaya
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"for this cycle of abundant sexual assault, violence and inequality to end... 1. End the glorification of violence...Normalize nonviolent methods of resolving conflict."

One reason I write/promote #solarpunk is it attacks patriarchy at the roots, incl violence as a problem-solving technique...

I especially like this: "Our goal of maintaining shitty men ...

2026-10-11T16:44:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…tuug
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I especially like this:

"Our goal of maintaining shitty men in power requires that millions of men do not call out the shitty behavior of other men—big or small. So, the bottom line graph is how that happens."

https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/patriarchy-masterclass

(source: https://xyonline.net/images/not-all-men-what-its-actually-coinswallow-instagram)

this whole article is excellent ...

2026-10-11T16:44:03Z

this whole article is *excellent*
https://celestemdavis.substack.com/p/patriarchy-masterclass

Have people in your life who appreciate you and openly tell you. ...

2026-10-10T22:22:39Z

Have people in your life who appreciate you and openly tell you.

Be that person in other people's lives.

Everything that's hard is made easier by this.

ALSO: to reject fascism, you have to reject patriarchy. Male ...

2026-10-05T13:53:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…4ke5
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ALSO: to reject fascism, you have to reject patriarchy. Male supremacy is the foundation of fascism and if you don't reject the idea that men are entitled to rule, that male-ness is inherent to leadership, that "strength" is domination (not care and inter-dependence) then you will forever be voting in the strongman to make your life better at someone else's expense. Stop.

The propaganda only works if you don't educate yourself about ...

2026-10-05T13:50:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…8gag
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The propaganda only works if you don't educate yourself about it. If you outsource your brain to AI & let the chatbot think for you. If you, yourself, are unwilling to stand up against the fascists, actually.

It still comes down to the people. Even the Germans. Even the Brazilians.

Even us (U.S.)

...they have to disempower the elites/oligarchy/techbros who will ...

2026-10-05T13:50:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…upx4
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...they have to disempower the elites/oligarchy/techbros who will use their wealth to corrupt every media available, bribe every official, buy their way into perpetual power.

None of that would work if the people actually overwhelmingly rejected fascism...

I want to believe that Germany has anti-fascism figured out, but ...

2026-10-05T13:50:27Z

I want to believe that Germany has anti-fascism figured out, but AfD is on the rise. I want to think Brazil figured it out by sending their fascist leader to prison, but a Bolsonaro is back on the ticket and in a runoff.

The answer is that people have to overwhelmingly reject fascism and...

JANUARY #SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB: time/day TBD ...

2026-10-03T21:59:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…32pk
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JANUARY #SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB: time/day TBD

DECEMBER #SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB: Sun Dec 6, 3pm ET ...

2026-10-03T21:58:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…2g9h
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DECEMBER #SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB: Sun Dec 6, 3pm ET

OKAY! We have the lineup of #solarpunk bookclub picks and times ...

2026-10-03T21:58:00Z

OKAY! We have the lineup of #solarpunk bookclub picks and times for the next few months (plenty of time to get from the library and read!)! 🧵

OCTOBER BOOKCLUB: SKIPPED!

NOVEMBER BOOKCLUB: Sat Nov 7, 4pm ET

#solarpunk #drabble #climatecrisis ...

2026-10-02T23:11:00Z

#solarpunk #drabble #climatecrisis

I really hate these "oohhh, Grok is outing Elon Musk for ...

2026-10-02T14:32:23Z

I really hate these "oohhh, Grok is outing Elon Musk for being a Nazi, HAHA BETRAYED BY YOUR OWN BOT" my dude, it just barfs out what it trains on and literally there is so much out there about Musk's Nazi-ness, come on...

Just sent out a recap of the September #solarpunk bookclub ...

2026-09-30T21:11:37Z

Just sent out a recap of the September #solarpunk bookclub https://newsletter.susankayequinn.com/j2d3v2z4z6

Plus info about upcoming bookclubs for the rest of the year.

Subscribe to get recaps, reminders & links: https://www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bookclub

#bookstodon #climatechange

I saw that thing on a billboard and I was like ...

2026-09-28T16:56:31Z

I saw that thing on a billboard and I was like ahhhhhwhhaaaatisthat so #cutenessfail

(this was before I knew what it was)

Reminder: the tech industry relentless harvests data on human behavior in order to hack our brains to enslave us and enrich themselves.

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/sep/26/charming-and-disarming-how-metas-technology-packed-muse-harnesses-the-power-of-cuteness

AI is a fundamental attack on what it means to be human... which ...

2026-09-28T15:54:22Z

AI is a fundamental attack on what it means to be human... which makes it incredibly dangerous to people and society, but it also inherently prompts a re-examination of all our social constructs, which opens the possibility of re-imagination...
https://bsky.app/profile/tressiemcphd.bsky.social/post/3mwll5j6xq22v

thank you!

2026-09-21T23:14:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…kedt
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thank you!

This is an underreported aspect of the repair cafe experience ...

2026-09-21T15:51:07Z

This is an underreported aspect of the repair cafe experience ❤️
"Marissa brought in a travel backpack that needed a seamstress. She is trying to learn to sew herself, and sitting at the cafe felt like a one-on-one lesson."
https://missionlocal.org/2026/09/mission-repair-cafe-san-francisco-environment/
h/t Todd Medema (npub1vts…l7xg)

enjoying my first mug of "I'm really here now" tea in ...

2026-09-19T14:26:49Z

enjoying my first mug of "I'm really here now" tea in my new witchy cottage in Chicago (no furniture yet so having tea on the stairs)

these two explain a lot of our current hellscape ...

2026-09-16T12:33:27Z

these two explain a lot of our current hellscape

I have very specific wishes for Anthropic's IPO in October: ...

2026-09-13T23:41:16Z

I have very specific wishes for Anthropic's IPO in October:
1) that it happen (thus triggering payout to authors)
2) that it fails spectacularly immediately afterward

And then send Lina after them

people who refuse to use the theftbot, rather than being ...

2026-09-07T15:03:03Z

people who refuse to use the theftbot, rather than being "left behind" will race ahead because they're not volunteering for brain atrophy

aka, yes, thINK

ok, friends, where's a good place to send used computer ...

2026-09-06T14:33:41Z

ok, friends, where's a good place to send used computer stuff?

I've honed my circular economy skills: Buy Nothing, thrift stores, Creative Reuse, I can find new homes for most things except mice, keyboards, old hard drives, etc.

Staples will recycle, but I want to re-home (no shipping).
Ideas?

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2026-09-05T18:51:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…2dyr
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https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116641474405241566

quoting
note1zuh…ajd5

...turns out that actually PA is same as everywhere else, people pay more for solar homes.

"A study by the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors® found that Solar Panels Increase Property value in PA & sell for 3.73% more, adding an avg of $16,377 to their price"
4/n
https://www.parealtors.org/blog/study-shows-solar-panels-increase-home-value/

UPDATE: GOOD NEWS My appraiser who begrudgingly added $10k to my ...

2026-09-05T18:50:49Z

UPDATE: GOOD NEWS My appraiser who begrudgingly added $10k to my house value for my solar? The house just sold for $20k more, ie recouped everything I spent on solar+battery five years ago. (just an anecdote, but it confirms the studies) 🌞 🏠

https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116772717651468297
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Submitted my documentation to dispute this BS from the audiobook ...

2026-09-05T15:16:09Z

Submitted my documentation to dispute this BS from the audiobook publisher re: Anthropic class action claims.

Once again, having a good filing system, documentation, spreadsheet, etc of all my books, where/when published, rights licensed, copies of contracts, etc, saves my bacon, highly recommend.

The lasting lesson of this (one I already knew but keeps getting ...

2026-09-05T12:03:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…va8q
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The lasting lesson of this (one I already knew but keeps getting reaffirmed) is how absolutely threatened by protest the fascists are (those in power and their followers): the words, the refusal, especially from women.

THAT WE DARE TO SAY NO cannot be tolerated.

Because it has incredible power.

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2026-09-05T11:59:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…kh2d
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I still came back for more (protest). The man's sudden ...

2026-09-05T11:58:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…fz3t
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I still came back for more (protest).

The man's sudden visceral anger and the threat of violence shook me (of course) but the thing I was thinking, as I kept walking and he kept shouting, menacing me with his truck:

I'M NOT THE ONE WHO IS SCARED HERE.

At a Tesla Takedown protest, walking to the protest area with my ...

2026-09-05T11:57:09Z

At a Tesla Takedown protest, walking to the protest area with my sign, an old white guy slowed down his 5-ton vehicle so he could threaten me with words as well as his truck.

I'm not young, but I am a woman, and angry men being free to be violent to women is the entire basis of patriarchy.

GODDAMMIT My audiobook publisher is trying to claim rights to my ...

2026-09-04T20:05:59Z

GODDAMMIT
My audiobook publisher is trying to claim rights to my Anthropic book claims and anyway the copyright registration (MINE) is clearly for the original work(not the audiobook).

Publishers are being SUPER fucky about this.

Authors make sure you follow
@courtneymilan.com
for all the details

Yes and... SOME people are reading MORE. Indie bookstores are ...

2026-09-04T13:41:44Z

Yes and... SOME people are reading MORE. Indie bookstores are thriving. Library usage is way up. People are getting offline and reading more paper books, but also audiobooks & ebooks.

Bookclubs are thriving. People are looking for answers and community and just WTF is even happening and are increasingly turning to books.

this is solarpunk AF ...

2026-09-01T13:41:05Z

this is solarpunk AF
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/01/economy/people-just-want-things-that-bring-them-joy
no paywall: archive.is/464oP

"These creative businesses may make up just a whisper (0.15%) of the overall labor force, but...their combined gains accounted for 9% of all jobs added across the labor market during the 18-month period."

I fondly wish a *go bankrupt and die* to corporate america and a happy *HELL YEAH* to a resurgence in small shops taking their place.

since I'm back from vacationing by visiting my friends... ...

2026-08-31T13:39:45Z

since I'm back from vacationing by visiting my friends...

when people show you who they are believe them ...

2026-08-26T22:04:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…hml3
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when people show you who they are
believe them

https://newrepublic.com/post/214770/republicans-dolly-parton-cut-funds-charity

The outpouring of love for Dolly & Tim affirms the power of ...

2026-08-26T21:44:18Z

The outpouring of love for Dolly & Tim affirms the power of art and kindness and doing good in the world.

Piers Morgan, Trump & various evil-doers trying to glom onto that love with their grabby hands...all they can do is envy the attention, while they spew hate & terror.

really can't stress enough that if you can continue to use ...

2026-08-25T14:13:21Z

really can't stress enough that if you can continue to use your own personal 3lbs of meat and electricity to produce thought and have the emotional resilience skills to survive a constantly shifting world, you will basically have superpowers relative to a whole bunch of people

"a personal conduit to unfathomable cosmic power" is not ...

2026-08-25T02:12:16Z

"a personal conduit to unfathomable cosmic power" is not the reason I got solar panels before and will do so again, but I think I should add it to the list

https://climateactapp.substack.com/p/solar-solves-everything

appeals to human nature are always deeply suspect to me, ...

2026-08-24T13:24:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…79az
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appeals to human nature are always deeply suspect to me, they're always "you have to accept this premise which justifies terrible things"; "fascism is human nature" ignores the deeply gendered nature of fascism & the history of patriarchy that absolutely did intensify w/the rise of capitalism...
2/n

a thread on bsky (that I shared over there) makes the point that ...

2026-08-24T13:23:49Z

a thread on bsky (that I shared over there) makes the point that fascism is endemic...and while I agree we need to always be fighting fascism and fascism has to hide what it is to succeed (because we've begun to evolve past it culturally, although not yet completely), I *do not* agree that fascism is part of "human nature"

fascism is patriarchy retrenching

here's my own thread on that...
1/n

this is #solarpunk (click through for all the panels) ...

2026-08-22T14:14:18Z

this is #solarpunk
(click through for all the panels)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DFlFugMvMYL/
(h/t @livelovemaria.bsky.social )

still thinking about this days later ...

2026-08-22T13:38:23Z

still thinking about this days later

every time I think about "girls mature faster but absolutely ...

2026-08-21T12:51:57Z

every time I think about "girls mature faster but absolutely cannot be put in leadership" I get very very angry

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2026-08-20T02:35:22Z

https://www.gadgetreview.com/flock-cameras-are-affecting-the-housing-market-homebuyers-are-checking-surveillance-maps-then-canceling

yeah, they're using AI to help fossil fuel companies expand ...

2026-08-19T19:31:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…ysng
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yeah, they're using AI to help fossil fuel companies expand their drilling, so... they DNGAF about climate and will definitely use greenwashing to keep barreling ahead
https://heated.world/p/ais-climate-problem-is-worse-than

OMG I hadn't even thought about this part, the sudden demand ...

2026-08-19T19:12:14Z

OMG I hadn't even thought about this part, the sudden demand -- that's the kind of thing that crashes a grid HARD

I love that people are just really getting it -- that AI and ...

2026-08-18T12:24:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…zl2m
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I love that people are just really *getting it* -- that AI and the tech bros and the incursion of tech into everything in our lives is ANTI-HUMAN. We don't want tech to read to our children or create our art or live our lives for us.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, bro!"

It restores faith for me that people actually want to live beautiful, meaningful lives. That capitalism hasn't crushed the souls of everyone (yet).

won't anyone think of the tech CEOs and c-suite execs ...

2026-08-18T12:21:03Z

won't anyone think of the tech CEOs and c-suite execs *yearning* for slaves?? how are they gonna buy that next yacht, y'all

She's brilliant:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcJ2v8KSgaI/

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2026-08-16T22:34:44Z

we're at the company town bribes stage of the AI bubbble ...

2026-08-10T16:51:06Z

we're at the company town bribes stage of the AI bubbble

“I know of one data storage form that can be permanent: a ...

2026-08-07T17:16:12Z

“I know of one data storage form that can be permanent: a library...they are fiercely committed to self-repair. A good library is a collection of people, technologies&practices that pass an obligation—to remember the things we must remember...”
https://gizmodo.com/will-we-ever-solve-the-problem-of-losing-data-2000792386

this is the most insane thing I've read in a long time no you ...

2026-08-06T21:36:17Z

this is the most insane thing I've read in a long time

no you do NOT need AI ON YOUR BODY
no you don't need to retrain your brain to use AI
holy goddess
what are we doing here

https://www.theverge.com/analysis/718390/gemini-wear-os-smartwatches-ai

people really don't understand the change part of ...

2026-08-04T20:09:15Z

people *really* don't understand the change part of #climatechange

or that we're constantly surprised by *what the changes are* despite having studied this my entire adult life

the earth is a massively complex system that we depend upon for life and we are FUCKING WITH IT

seems bad

I critiqued (and blurbed!) this charming #solarpunk novella from ...

2026-08-04T15:58:43Z

I critiqued (and blurbed!) this charming #solarpunk novella from Dilman Dila (npub1faz…vc22) and it's FREE until Aug 9th!! Go snap it up!!

https://www.kobo.com/ebook/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree-1
#climatechange

yes, it is quite possible that destroying the biosphere might ...

2026-08-01T16:16:05Z

yes, it is quite possible that destroying the biosphere might impact the economy

(don't get me wrong -- absolutely fuck up the money people with nightmares about them losing money/power, maybe they'll decide to stop destroying everything)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/01/ecb-climate-wildfires-global-economy-stability

@404media.co is doing SUCH GOOD WORK... I support them with a ...

2026-07-31T15:37:29Z

@404media.co is doing SUCH GOOD WORK... I support them with a subscription because we need people just like this, doing the critically important work of tech journalism in a time when so many outlets are just colluding

https://www.404media.co/ai-company-training-scanning-books-database-isbndb/

to be clear: --they cannot beat science, so they will defund it ...

2026-07-27T16:36:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…a05l
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to be clear:

--they cannot beat science, so they will defund it

--they cannot beat creativity, so they will steal it

--they cannot beat equality and freedom to live your life, so they will kill and terrorize and believe that will stop us

it will not

Science & liberation, of people (esp women, POC, queer folk) ...

2026-07-27T16:33:49Z

Science & liberation, of people (esp women, POC, queer folk) & of minds (valuing knowledge for knowledge's sake), has unlocked a lot of prosperity in the world... and has threatened the grip of white men and colonialism.

And so they will burn it all down.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fire-this-time

this really is good advice ...

2026-07-25T19:07:04Z

this really is good advice

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2026-07-24T22:24:51Z

#climatecrisis

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116958620852567201 ...

2026-07-21T15:28:51Z

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116958620852567201

WRITER FRIENDS: if you distribute books using INGRAM SPARK you *need* to fill out this opt-out form so they don't sell your books to AI corps to rip apart and feed to their machine for training AI.

quoting
note1fnq…r5fp

https://www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-out

https://www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-out

2026-07-21T15:15:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…xgyc
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https://www.ingramcontent.com/page/ai-opt-out

These shitty AI corps (and their shitty enabler startups, why TF ...

2026-07-21T15:11:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…jpys
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These shitty AI corps (and their shitty enabler startups, why TF does an AI corp need an NDA while stealing books??) are doing bulk orders through places like INGRAM SPARK (fuck) -- I opted out of their shitty collusion but who knows if they'll abide by it.

https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/

Judge Alsup (Anthropic case) really fucked us, saying it was ...

2026-07-21T15:11:18Z

Judge Alsup (Anthropic case) really fucked us, saying it was "legal" to rip apart a book & scan it for training AI. And now they're going after rare books!!!😡😡😡

OMG I HATE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS

https://www.404media.co/ai-companies-are-buying-tons-of-old-books-because-theyre-free-of-ai-slop/

one of our greatest flaws as human beings is not understanding ...

2026-07-11T02:20:28Z

one of our greatest flaws as human beings is not understanding how literally everything we do is making us who we are

UK friends, please do this I honestly can't think of a better ...

2026-07-08T21:31:45Z

UK friends, please do this
I honestly can't think of a better way to destroy the status quo

STOP USING THE THEFTBOT FASHY MACHINE ...

2026-07-06T15:06:54Z

STOP USING THE THEFTBOT FASHY MACHINE
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/06/ai-altering-meaning-of-users-drafts-on-issues-from-abortion-to-climate-study-finds

This doesn't just have resonance with today's repressive ...

2026-07-06T00:50:18Z

This doesn't just have resonance with today's repressive Christian cultures, it's a devastating critique of hundreds of years of storytelling of "rescuing" women who don't want to be rescued because life fucking sucks for them back in "civilization."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-202242809

This man, who cannot be president, is more presidential than the ...

2026-07-04T02:52:02Z

This man, who cannot be president, is more presidential than the current occupier (and destroyer) of the White House on this eve of our country's 250th birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/live/JztQx56c2nA?si=CLMduUk26ZjpAJDP

Hey Canadian friends, here's how you can help bring balcony ...

2026-07-03T23:00:25Z

Hey Canadian friends, here's how you can help bring balcony solar to Canada! https://www.pluginsolarpower.ca/ontario

watch out for your elders ...

2026-07-03T20:59:52Z

watch out for your elders
https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/extreme-heat-danger-older-adults.html

fyi the whole thread is brilliant ...

2026-07-02T13:50:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…kx4h
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fyi the whole thread is brilliant https://bsky.app/profile/thierryaaron.bsky.social/post/3mdcphoyxdc2c

I'm making a move (for my sanity, moving into a new chapter ...

2026-07-02T13:47:22Z

I'm making a move (for my sanity, moving into a new chapter of my life) and I'm looking for a small 100yo bungalow (I call it my *witchy cottage* aesthetic) in a cozy Chicago neighborhood to call my new home (for now).

This is the ethos of which I seek.

Earlier this year, as the Super El Nino was being confirmed, Bill ...

2026-06-25T15:33:40Z

Earlier this year, as the Super El Nino was being confirmed, Bill McKibben said this summer would be the summer that radicalized people on climate (again,more). Because it was going to be horrible in ways we've never seen (as climate is constantly doing).

I think this summer will radicalize Europe.
#climatechange

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116789062556344180 the ...

2026-06-24T13:51:51Z

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116789062556344180

the free shipping goes through Friday, so don't sleep on that

BUT... did you know that @bookshop.org now has ebooks? And that some of them are FREE? And some of those might even be my #solarpunk books?

Check it out: https://bookshop.org/a/121708/9798233493379

quoting
note1tsd…d2cd

I'm just gonna be a fan of this anti-Prime promo every time Bookshop runs it!

And each time, I've managed to get a few more of my #solarpunk books over on Bookshop (as well as secret #romantasy penname)

Check out my shop with lists of hopeful climate fiction & non-fiction!
https://bookshop.org/shop/BrightGreenFutures

ok, look, I'm fully on Team Bankrupt Anthropic but I would ...

2026-06-24T00:19:24Z

ok, look, I'm fully on Team Bankrupt Anthropic but I would like my settlement money first, just sayin

I'm just gonna be a fan of this anti-Prime promo every time ...

2026-06-21T16:34:30Z

I'm just gonna be a fan of this anti-Prime promo every time Bookshop runs it!

And each time, I've managed to get a few more of my #solarpunk books over on Bookshop (as well as secret #romantasy penname)

Check out my shop with lists of hopeful climate fiction & non-fiction!
https://bookshop.org/shop/BrightGreenFutures

This collective imaginative/physical labor is how we're all ...

2026-06-21T14:09:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…3cmy
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This collective imaginative/physical labor is how we're all co-creating solarpunk. We're defining it as we go, an idea factory because we're gonna need a lot of ideas to survive the discontinuities.
8/n

Trying to resolve the conflict between these ideas: --we're ...

2026-06-21T14:09:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…sspy
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Trying to resolve the conflict between these ideas:

--we're continuously "building the future" but that's really trying a hundred experiments, a thousand ideas, a million people engaged in the imaginative/physical labor of a better way to live, the kind of ideals embedded in solarpunk.

7/n

I believe this is true (most people are not alarmist enough on ...

2026-06-21T14:09:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…9zu6
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I believe this is true (most people are not alarmist enough on climate... most cannot deal with the level of emergency we have without tipping into doomerism and nihilism).

But I also believe that we're continuously building the future. #solarpunk

6/n

We live in the Age of Discontinuities, with climate ...

2026-06-21T14:08:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…0dt8
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We live in the Age of Discontinuities, with climate disruptions/disasters/impacts driving us right over a cliff into an unknown and unknowable future where the only certainty is that it will be radically different than what we have today.

There are no orderly transitions possible now.
5/n

is constantly saying this: our climate policies (when they exist) ...

2026-06-21T14:08:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…760v
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is constantly saying this: our climate policies (when they exist) are predicated on the idea that we can smoothly transition to a better world...

But the reality is we're long past when we could have orchestrated an orderly transition.

4/n
https://bsky.app/profile/alexsteffen.bsky.social/post/3mkxqye3bkk2p

That pinged (for me) the idea that this continuity of the ...

2026-06-21T14:06:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…reyc
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That pinged (for me) the idea that this continuity of the beginnings of a better world already co-existing with the dying one contrasts with the idea of disruption that's an inherent part of the climate crisis now.

3/n
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:uoohvgkwaivptcw3syxeomkv/post/3mo6wyuhi4k27

...that anti-capitalist forces are constantly cleaning up the ...

2026-06-21T14:05:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…7lzp
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...that anti-capitalist forces are constantly cleaning up the harms of capitalism.

But as mentioned in our bookclub (about *The Beginning Comes After the End*), Beginning is already here, before the End has arrived. The seeds of a better tomorrow are being planted and are sprouting every day.

2/n

Some #SolarpunkSunday musings... We often talk in my solarpunk ...

2026-06-21T14:05:14Z

Some #SolarpunkSunday musings...

We often talk in my solarpunk bookclub about whether solarpunk needs to be a roadmap and what that might look like. In
Rebecca Solnit (npub1k2h…6p26) 's *The Beginning Comes After the End*, she talks about how the prefiguring of a better world is already here...
1/n

"Its central assumption is that women cannot be actually ...

2026-06-21T00:27:54Z

"Its central assumption is that women cannot be actually loved. They must be managed through psychological violence. Stability is seen as weakness. Emotional openness is framed as vulnerability. Mutual trust becomes undesirable because equality itself threatens male dominance."

https://badwoman.substack.com/p/the-dread-game-emotional-abuse-as

I told my solarpunk bookclub tonight that the reflecting pool is ...

2026-06-20T23:26:53Z

I told my solarpunk bookclub tonight that the reflecting pool is my current favorite metaphor of our times and that I am definitely *Team Algae* 🤣
https://www.threads.com/@mamasissiesays/post/DZ0LmE_jkeV

California friends: "Some friends at the California Labor ...

2026-06-19T23:53:11Z

California friends: "Some friends at the California Labor Federation passed along this call from the California Governor for testimonies as to how AI has impacted your working life. The accounts will allegedly be used to help shape policy, so in the interest of ensuring workers are represented among the inevitable deluge of pro-AI stories solicited by the firms, consider participating and evening the scales. " https://engaged.ca.gov/ai-impact/