Reading through the most recent issue of "Solarpunk Magazine" and wanted to highlight how much I enjoyed the story "Once and Future Kilowatts" by @susankayequinn. One theme I really like in many #Solarpunk stories is a reckoning with history and the need to remember the past as a ground to move forward. And the village in this story reminds me of communities where I grew up struggling with deindustrialization.
Worth reading (and subscribing if you haven't already)
kim stanley robinson’s Red Mars still stands out to me as the finest piece of science fiction i have ever read
recently found out that he had written another trilogy set in a post-nuclear california, and i was skeptical. i’ve had enough derivative mad max crap to last me six lifetimes.
i am very happy to be proven wrong. this decidedly turned out to not be fallout apocalypse porn. robinson spends his time imagining the human joys and freedoms found in inhabiting a world turned into wildlife and wild country. no idiotic fights over gasoline or nukes. instead a concern with fishing, building community, repairing old railroads, and figuring out who else lives beyond the village boundaries.
if you ever wanted a solar panel mount that is also a compost bin, well that's now a simple matter of adding some hinges to this variety of ground mount
«Will consumers perhaps come to see the phrase "AI-Powered System" in the same light as "Diesel-Powered SUV".»
Well, not yet it would seem.
In The Elements of AI Ethics from June of last year I build on The Elements of Digital Ethics from 2021. Which itself was the output of reading about digital harms for many years.
Seeing all of the categories of harms just get worse year on year is disheartening.
What goal is worth all this? I tend to fall back on a sentiment I use in my talks and teaching:
When a privileged group benefits from a technology, the more inclined they will be to ignore the harms done unto others by the same technology. Because drawing attention to the harm would suggest they should give up their personal gain to help someone else.
This appears to be true for the short term. In the long term the beneficiaries of technology will happily also ignore harm done unto themselves, as long as they get the experience boost in the moment.
What hope is there?
In my June 11 session for Ambition Empower I will be talking about how to champion technologies of compassion, drawing on work related to nature connectedness by P. Wesley Schultz, Marianne E. Krasny, F. Stephan Mayer and Cynthia M Frantz.
Technologies of compassion work in unison with an acknowledgement of our connection not only to each other but also to nature. Technology tends to separate us from nature, making us value it less - and causing us to increasingly worsen our own living conditions, and the conditions of all other species, over time.
But we can choose to design technology that takes nature into account.. Technology that works with, not against, nature. I believe this is what all schools must start teaching. Now.
Expect me to write more about this over the next year.
"Rund 20 Prozent der 12- bis 19-jährigen Menschen in Deutschland haben einer Studie zufolge noch nie vom #Klimawandel gehört. Auch ein Sechstel der Altersgruppe 18 bis 19 könne mit dem Begriff nichts anfangen, heißt es in einer am Dienstag veröffentlichten Befragung des Internationalen Zentralinstituts für das Jugend- und Bildungsfernsehen, das zum Bayerischen Rundfunk gehört."
@_RyekDarkener_ Das mag so erscheinen, wenn man Social media konsumiert, vor allem auf Riesenplattformen.
Aber es täuscht: immens viele Menschen tun sich zusammen, leben neue Entwürfe, probieren Utopien. Demonstrieren gegen Rechts. Aber Algorithmen verstecken sie. Machtgeile übertönen sie.
Zum Einstieg empfehle ich #hopepunk#solarpunk oder die Arbeit von @kathhayhoe zum Klima. Verstärken wir doch solche Stimmen! @Nike_Leonhard@stadt_land_erleben
This one hit me harder than I expected. 😭 Beautiful short #solarpunk story by @naomikritzer about a neighborhood learning to cooperate after disaster hits.
Ich suche utopische Kurzgeschichten oder Romane, die in einer Nachhaltigen und Postfossilen Gesellschaft spielen, welche auch wir zeitnah erreichen könnten. Gerne Teilen! #solarpunk#scifi
I am a Nebula Award finalist, and the Nebula conference is this week. My book, THE INN AT THE AMETHYST LANTERN, is nominated for the Andre Norton Nebula Award for younger fiction (young adult in this case). So what's the book about? I've got you covered: https://jendiagammon.com/2024/03/18/about-the-inn-at-the-amethyst-lantern/
@jendiagammon For those looking at the post above, I just started reading "The Inn at the Amethyst Lantern" (finally) and it is a really a lot of fun! A very imaginative world with unique visuals. It has especially fantastic use of colors - I feel like the images in my mind are vividly painted as I read. I am a big #Solarpunk fan but this is my first #Lunarpunk work and I'm quite digging the vibe. Many more things to say but will save them for when I'm finished!
A rare moment when a video title is not clickbait. Great report from DW Planet A on energy system inefficiencies. I've wonder whether talking more about efficiency and waste to climate skeptics might bring them on board with green policies. Personally, I don't care how we do it, as long as we get to the same end result of a more sustainable world.
#scavengersreign is a rare bird, a shooting star. I was lucky enough to see it inside, work on it. Now it's re-released, let's keep this anomaly shining.
Včera jsme se v komerční zóně u Algeciras potkali s dalším opozdilcem závodu #thesuntrip Miguelem a současně rozpustili Českou solární výpravu do Maroka. @cobic poslal svoje kolo domů náklaďákem partnerské firmy a přenechal mi svoje panely jako externí. Já uvidím, jak se mi bude dařit sólově a jak rychle se vrátím domů. Těším se hlavně do Pyrenejí a do Alp.
If, like me, you also played the demo, you'll be pleased to know that Synergy's early access adds many more buildings, vegetation, exploration, and decorations. I was surprised to see just how big the research trees had become, with eight branches and around 60 different aspects to research, including new buildings, ways to...
Der #Lebensraum für Menschen wird durch die Klimakatastrophe knapper. Selbiger wird mit Waffengewalt verteidigt.
Kein schöner Gedanke.
Es gibt pazifistische Menschen und Gruppen weltweit. Sie können sich nur unter den Schutzschirmen der Waffenführer flüchten, oder, wie die #Fremen in #Dune versuchen in den unwirtlichsten Gegenden dieses Planeten zu überleben.
Happy one-year birthday to ANOTHER LIFE, my #solarpunk novella about reincarnation! @StelliformPress brought this to life one year ago today. Many thanks to everyone who has bought, read, or reviewed it!
A Spanish translation is coming soon from Crononauta, and a Catalan translation from SF Fábula. 🥳
Hey did you guys know that if you miscategorize a modern rules-light RPG as "Other OSR Games" you can make RPG fans very upset?
Our bad. Thank you all for the grace of forgiveness. We are humbly reclassifying our game as "Other d10 System" and sincerely apologize for any distress we've caused. It was not our intention, and we'll be more careful in the future.
Synergy's solarpunk aesthetic and harsh resource management makes it one stellar city builder (www.pcgamer.com)
If, like me, you also played the demo, you'll be pleased to know that Synergy's early access adds many more buildings, vegetation, exploration, and decorations. I was surprised to see just how big the research trees had become, with eight branches and around 60 different aspects to research, including new buildings, ways to...