@enbypirate @energisch_ @PhoenixSerenity I'm not an anarchist but my #solarpunk ideals overlap a lot in the sense of building community and networks of care outside of capitalism. Some places are starting to do this. Scotland just passed a "community wealth building" initiative that's based, ironically enough, on Cleveland OH's case example of reinvesting in their own community. "Spend local" but taken further. https://www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/a-world-first-community-wealth-building-legislation-in-scotlandhttps://community-wealth.org/content/cleveland-model-how-evergreen-cooperatives-are-building-community-wealth

@denizb33 @grist is a great place to get eco news that's positive... people really can curate their feeds and the need to do so (and refuse to allow the algos to control your info environment) has never been more important

https://youtu.be/YB1aROXqnXM?si=GOWOXcjsfNYkasBX

@susankayequinn @glassbottommeg I love your idea. Fantastic advise. Great to get a compliment about art, but also just as rewarding to give the compliment. It can open the gates to conversation. Super cute meme too!

@mycrowgirl @susankayequinn one of the sysadmins here has a problem with dildos - I do not share his concern.

"restaurants are collecting donations in support of immigrants, volunteers, and protesters; some are handing out whistles and information about ICE encounters; others are acting as hubs for volunteers and observers. Many have posted Monarca Rapid Response Line signs, or a version of them, on their doors or windows: “Private Property. No ICE or CBP Access.”

@susankayequinn who would have thought

Friends, go write the books that will be the change.

the way things are is not permanent

@susankayequinn naive to believe that AI could be abolished again. It's not going away. We urgently need political regulations and alternatives, e.g. for search engines. This includes requiring these companies to pay for their scraping and only allowing them to do so if it is legal. That's what the Wikimedia deal is all about.In Europe, e.g., we discuss a system that AI corps have to pay into our authors and artists collecting societies who then distribute.Or did I misunderstand it?@vivtek

It's a day ending in "y" so I'm once again livid about shitty AI corp stuff.When this genAI crap hit the world like a wrecking ball, I channeled some of that rage into stories. CLOSET FULL OF TIME is a collection of anti-AI stories, in case you (like me) need somewhere for the anger to go.https://susankayequinn.com/books/closet-full-of-time-and-other-dark-tales

Reminds me that this book is really good: https://bookshop.org/a/102876/9780593138533

Libraries must be protected. Incursions like Libby trying to force libraries to carry AI books is unacceptable. More on my love for libraries here and how they prefigure a #solarpunk future: https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/episode-25-library-economies-and#library

the kids remain undefeated

Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."Y'all...they're telling us what they're afraid of. What they can't abide. Us saying NO is intolerable cuz they NEED our compliance.You know what to do.

I had a discussion with my daughter over the holidays because I've been, for years, giving the kids clothes (or gift cards) to get NEW clothes from sustainable clothes places. I tell them explicitly that I want them to try new things from places that are making durable, fair trade, sustainable clothing. My daughter said she really prefers used clothes, and I super support that, but when you need (or just want) something new, it's important to support these fledgling companies...

RE: https://c.im/@cdarwin/115816338726921817GODDAMMIT(NASA library)"that houses tens of thousands of books, documents and journals — many of them not digitized or available anywhere else.Jacob Richmond, a NASA spokesman, said the agency would review the library holdings over the next 60 days and some material would be stored in a government warehouse while the rest would be tossed away."