My stories:
https://susankayequinn.com
NEW (Earth Day April 22):
Bright Green Futures: 2024
(Solarpunk Anthology)
https://susankayequinn.com/books/bright-green-futures-2024-solarpunk-anthology
NEW: Moon Goddess story in LSQ
https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/061/
#solarpunk #shortstories
Metamorphosis: Climate Fiction for a Better Future
Halfway to Better (collection)
https://susankayequinn.com/series/halfway-to-better
#hopeful #climatefiction #novels:
Power-grid mystery!
https://susankayequinn.com/series/nothing-is-promised
#PODCAST: Bright Green Futures, stories to build a better world
https://www.BrightGreenFutures.wtf
the kids remain undefeated
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
If your impulse is "don't tell the newbies how to edit the registry!" then kindly redirect your anger to the AI corps who made this necessary in the first place.
My new favorite kind of meme is "here are detailed instructions on how to turn off AI". 🔨
"Into the space ship, Granny."
I'm rushing up on 60 and, per usual, Le Guin has gotten there first and better and delights me, all in one bit of prose.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/09/30/ursula-k-le-guin-menopause/
Ok this is getting a little out of control #TBR
PRO TIP: check out books from the library — their funding is often tied to circulation, you can literally keep them in operation by just shamelessly borrowing as many books as you can carry.
PRO TIP2: bring a book bag
PRO TIP3: you can make requests! https://lnk.to/LibrariesRock
#libraries #books #audiobooks #ebooks
@mark@canuck.social great question! There are many small community solarpunk groups (on discord and other places) where people info-share all kinds of practical tips.
I live in Pittsburgh, so I get the "northern climate" aspect but solar is far more effective even at northern latitudes (for example) than people think.
(I was also impressed with the green belt plan in Ontario when I was driving through! You're ahead of the US in many ways up north)
@mark@canuck.social I have a bunch of info sharing on my blog as well.
Most relevant:
solar: https://susankayequinn.com/2025/04/solar-how-to-get-started-and-why-you-should.html
batteries: https://susankayequinn.com/2024/11/backup-power-battery-options-for-the-climate-crisis.html
farm share and generally buying local: https://susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-to-prepare-not-prep-for-uncertain-times-and-build-a-better-world-in-the-process.html
Thrifting: https://susankayequinn.com/2024/12/climate-solutions-online-thrifting.html
Gifting: https://susankayequinn.com/2024/12/climate-conscious-gift-giving.html
Got a bookbub deal and let's gooooo little hopepunk sci-fi book!
https://susankayequinn.com/books/the-legacy-human
#bookstodon #SFF #hopepunk
There's MUCH less of this on bluesky and it's really bothered me. Is it that bluesky has more comprehensive block list capability? Or is it simply the population on each is different (which they clearly are)? I don't think it's uniquely the types of things I post because it's the same on both and the responses are consistently different.
Posting mostly out of frustration, but if anyone has insights, I'm interested to hear them.
One approach is to simply limit what I post on Mastodon, which I've already done to some extent. Keep a beachhead here, hoping someday it will get better or maybe a reserve for when bsky implodes and the exodus happens and maybe that provides the necessary corrective.
But shit is real out here in the real world and I need to conserve my spoons — it doesn't take too many vampiric interactions to start to feel like decidedly not worth the upsides.
I get very close, very often, to simply leaving Mastodon. There are lots of wonderfully brilliant people here who know how to interact respectfully online... but there's also huge Reply Guy energy. And a lot of simple disrespect. Hate follows, people who treat others like they're inherently suspect until proven otherwise (and it's impossible to prove otherwise). TONS of friendly fire and purity posturing.
I keep trying to decode how to weed that element out, to no success.
There's MUCH less of this on bluesky and it's really bothered me. Is it that bluesky has more comprehensive block list capability? Or is it simply the population on each is different (which they clearly are)? I don't think it's uniquely the types of things I post because it's the same on both and the responses are consistently different.
Posting mostly out of frustration, but if anyone has insights, I'm interested to hear them.
Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞
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