I recorded a podcast yesterday with the delightful @henrylienauthor.bsky.social! The pod lifts up hopeful climate fiction stories but it's also an extended tutorial on #solarpunk storytelling. This ep is a great addition to that conversation! Ep. 36 coming soon!

Bright Green Futures | Susan Kaye Quinn | Substack

We lift up stories about a more sustainable and just world and talk about the struggle to get there. To build better futures, we need to imagine th...

Mike Johnson is "threatened" by Portland's naked bike ride. correct responses: "how embarrassing for you, Mike" "he's portraying a naked bike ride as worthy of violent crack down" But also vulnerable whimsical protest in the face of brutality IS A THREAT TO THE REGIME Mike is right,keep it up

omg this is so great Trump was like "Portland, get ready! I'm gonna invade with my ICE thugs!" but it turned out Trump wasn't ready for Portland

So firing the measles-tracking people at the CDC was a "mistake" Look. —it was not a mistake —it was backlash —the press collaborates via this "mistake" rhetoric —it's all designed to make you think you have no power WE HAVE POWER Pushing back fucking WORKS It should be automatic at this point.

Looks like your Halloween candy is gonna be even more expensive than last year and full of shrinkflation. (It's mostly climate-change-induced crop failures, not tariffs — but also tariffs for the US) https://www.reuters.com/business/chocolate-prices-set-remain-high-this-halloween-us-report-says-2025-10-09/ #climatechange #halloween

Hubby:*gets Target gift card from parents of kids he teaches to sail* Me:Aw, that's so sweet! Also: I'm boycotting Target Hubby: it's my gift card Me: You know what Target has right now? That no other place can rival in complexity, vastness, and just aisles & aisles of the stuff? Hubby:... Me: CANDY

LMAO this is what happens when you fight the creatives: *Oh yeah? I've got an inflatable frog suit. BRING IT.* #FROGTIFA #AMPHIFA #AmphibiansAgainstFascism Orig:

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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: (@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net)

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I wore this costume a lot when the kids were little. Kept it all these years, thinking I might use it. It's a little small. The crown is sweat-stained and bent. The sash is held on by a safety pin. PERFECT I feel like the 10.18 #NoKings protest will be an unofficial costume party à la Portland

adding this to the short list of videos I need to re-watch on the regular