susankayequinn

susankayequinn, 5 hours ago to climate

Now that I've had it a couple weeks, I'm an even bigger fan of my new modular, repairable laptop from #Framework: lightweight, keyboard is a dream, comparable/better to MS Surfaces I've had (keyboard went bad).

BONUS: with the intro of this new series, they've put the older model on sale!

It's a million small choices like this that will help us reduce waste (particularly ewaste) & live more sustainably on the planet.

#ClimateChange #ClimateSolutions #ewaste

https://frame.work/products/laptop-13-gen-amd/configuration/new?_kx=Hzno6DIlyIsD27uxtyWZgyFmtHhSP8GbwVKqTHjLvSc.LNYsui

susankayequinn, 1 day ago to climate

California and Connecticut Friends:

“If you're a California EV driver or you know someone who is, spend 3 minutes taking this survey to help CARB determine what should be included on the window sticker."
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=7qrlnYh3sUCkOMDMyYyHzKHK12oE4CxJrMhdK9OcwKlUM1JGMzU1TTk1RzRLSzhKQ1BWSkRBODFKMi4u&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--X7mfr1GFGDnOjPrR0tUnre_cWYXazkISgChGbTDpOfsreQZ9vX6UxvZLdEUQI-eeWEnmBtHmfKF3e3vmNobvN-6zIdA&_hsmi=309098941

"Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) wants to better understand where EV chargers are needed in Connecticut and how adding chargers might benefit a community. They're collecting feedback through May 31.”

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSemASkF4De5PVlqIDQoJynrngbImTvfRHiAg91VJ4zlbxvWRg/viewform?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Ddj9jmun2297oR02tNGiNQYNbWDmta4tUpoWM6xJezA6ept4iCVkQ7jAvDtppsi9u1cF2tYUHsIu85-o6TzqR9e9TtA&_hsmi=309098941

#ClimateCrisis #EV

susankayequinn, 2 days ago to climate

Me: Shit is getting real all over the world with this climate thing, record heat, record floods, record hail. People don't understand. It's going to hit everywhere and it's going to hit them. And it's only May.

Also Me: watches hail fall as second power outage of the day hits.

The World*: criminalizes climate activists more every day

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange

*the world's powers

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/23/alarm-as-german-climate-activists-charged-with-forming-a-criminal-organisation

susankayequinn, 5 days ago to solarpunk

Having my name on the cover of Solarpunk Magazine makes me happy.

(Once and Future Kilowatts: my story about a coal-plant-turned-solar-farm, hard choices, and getting everyone across the bridge together.)

#solarpunk #solar #hopepunk #ClimateCrisis #ClimateSolutions

susankayequinn, 5 days ago to solarpunk

A little late getting this one out today, but I like how it turned out (plus cool videos to watch!).

NEW EPISODE: How to Build a Good Anthropocene

Bright Green Futures — a podcast about stories to build a better world — We're lifting up #solarpunk and #hopeful #ClimateFiction stories to build a better world.

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/

susankayequinn, 6 days ago to climate

The sea is hot and angry, friends. Storms are coming. Now's the time to upgrade your resilience plans.

#climateCrisis #climateResilience #climateChange

susankayequinn, 8 days ago to random

FYI Facebook has devolved to putting ads on people's personal profiles now and it's horrifying.

The difference is so stark coming to Masto. No algos, no ads, no suddenly discovering the overlords have decided to advertise spammy crap with your name on it (that you can't see btw; I didn't know it was happening until a friend was like "why are your pushing cash house offers?")

susankayequinn, 9 days ago to random

I'm truly, deeply alarmed at how the tech industry is trying to insert itself in every human interaction, getting between humans in every possible relationship, and they think that's "better" while absolutely destroying everything that makes society work.

The answer is MORE human-to-human interaction not LESS. FFS.

(screenshot from a substack that landed in my inbox, but you can see this same ethos everywhere, including strained attempts to portray chatbots with "theories of the mind")

susankayequinn, 9 days ago to climate

The greenwashing gets sneakier all the time, but it's especially gross when gas companies promote gas as providing "clean air quality" (it's the opposite) in homes for disadvantaged folks via Habitats for Humanity.

#ClimateCrisis #greenwashing

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/21/gas-company-habitat-for-humanity

susankayequinn, 9 days ago to solar

Do you have #solar ? Got some good pixs? Enter them in this contest with the DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office!

#ClimateCrisis #Energy #EnergyTransition

https://www.energy.gov/eere/solar/american-made-solar-photo-competition-hit-me-your-sun-shot

susankayequinn, 10 days ago to random

The video of Trump glitching out, having a cognitive impairment moment... is really horrifying. Because the media won't touch it, the Trumpers will dismiss it, and a huge chunk of the country will still vote for this guy because they like his fascism. 🤬

https://x.com/trumpstaxes/status/1792006830111002669

susankayequinn, 11 days ago to climate

Summer is almost upon us, and Canada is already on fire, so I guess it's time to share this again: my guide to the dangers of smoke, why you really don't want to breathe it, and how to get your air purifier situation set up before the smoke comes.

#ClimateCrisis #wildfire #smoke
https://susankayequinn.com/2023/07/a-note-on-wildfire-smoke-from-an-aerosol-scientist.html

mttaggart, 12 days ago to random

When the wet bulb temperature deaths start in the US, they will start in the South. And they won't stop because there's nothing like the necessary infrastructure to cool/dry people at scale.

RE: m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/112457830153885796

augieray, 13 days ago to random

Greg Abbott just pardoned a man who posed he was going to kill Black Lives Matter protesters and claim self-defense, then killed a BLM protester and claimed self-defense but was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

North Carolina Republicans are advancing a bill to ban masks in public, even for those with legitimate health reasons and concerns to wear them.

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susankayequinn, 13 days ago to solarpunk

I keep saying we need more hopeful climate stories and that will only happen is IF WE WRITE THEM.

I highly encourage you to write your own story for Grist's Imagine 2200 contest.

Not only do you have a chance to win money, you'll have gone through the exercise of envisioning a better world.

Be brave! We won’t change the world if we all stay inside our comfort zones.

https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/

#hopepunk #solarpunk #climatefiction #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange @grist

susankayequinn, 13 days ago to climate

NEW EPISODE of the BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES podcast!

In this episode, I chat with writer and activist Jamie Liu about her award-winning climate-fiction story about loneliness, connection, and resilience.

https://www.BrightGreenFutures.wtf

#hopepunk #climate #activism #solarpunk #climatefiction #ClimateCrisis #climateSolutions #climatechange

susankayequinn, 13 days ago to solarpunk

Hey, I've got a new story coming out in #Solarpunk Magazine next week! And I'm starting a new novel. If you'd like to know whenever I have something new out, subscribing to my newsletter is the best way to find out... plus you get free stories (some of my Singularity stuff, not solarpunk yet)...

https://www.subscribepage.com/SKQStories_of_Singularity

https://susankayequinn.com/

susankayequinn, 14 days ago to random

"Yacht Season has opened and orcas throughout the Strait of Gibraltar are excited! This growing fad has replaced the previous one of carrying dead fish on their heads, and 9 out of 10 orcas involved in yacht sinking agree it's a more satisfying hobby, one they expect to continue for years to come.

"Avenge Gerta!" is a common whistle but, when pressed, most yacht-seeking orcas claim they don't even know Gerta. They're just having some good old-fashioned orca fun." — The Daily Orca

susankayequinn, 14 days ago to random

The answer is distributed power.

Distribute all the power.

Electrical power (solar, renewables).

Political power (democracy, anti-imperialism).

Economic power (labor, capital).

It will take working collectively but it can happen. It's already happening. Every union certified, rooftop solar installed, fascist voted out of office matters.

susankayequinn, 15 days ago to solarpunk

Readers only want dystopia or escapism?

How about a vision of a future worth fighting for? How about a realistic take on the world we're living in but with a pathway out of the mess?

Someday, they'll decide you're ready for such things. Probably not until readers create another breakaway success like KSR's Ministry for the Future or Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot.

In the meantime, I'm making a list where you can find such things...
#hopepunk #solarpunk #climatefiction

https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/hopeful-climate-fiction

scott, 15 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

We need to stop making sci-fi until tech bros can learn the difference between a warning and an aspiration.

Edit: because this post is doing numbers it’s important to explicitly acknowledge that this is a bad take on a complex and big problem.

susankayequinn, 15 days ago to random

Nice to see my little solarpunk stories rockin' the charts! Still FREE to download!

Find these hopeful climate fiction stories here: https://susankayequinn.com/series/halfway-to-better

danilo, 16 days ago to random

An ongoing pattern in the AI march:

• the hardware efficiency improves
• the software efficiency improves

So I continue to argue that energy consumption as a PRIMARY criticism of AI is going to be unpersuasive, as incentives drive down the energy costs with time, and all critique of the energy costs is just as applicable to conventional cloud computing, which we have already accepted into our social bargain

(and which underpins every single tech salary)

so instead:

https://redeem-tomorrow.com/the-average-ai-criticism-has-gotten-lazy-and-thats-dangerous