I need to watch more Studio Ghibli https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/one-of-the-best-studio-ghibli-films I don't expect film/TV reviews from @bcmerchant.bsky.social but I love it. Fiction is culture: it's one of the ways we express our values. It's one of the reasons AI is such a soulless affront,why it's theft at every level.
Two things occupying my mind today (beyond generalized terror and "I need to rest"):
1) Tim Walz and @opinionatedogre.bsky.social are right that we need to envision what comes after the defeat of the fascists and work towards that, and...
2) ParkrosePerma (can't find the video rn) is right that our primary levers right now are as consumers (the various boycotts) and as labor (resistance at points of power within your circles).
...not just boycotting Tesla and Target but supporting Costco & food co-ops&credit unions; not just refusing to comply(or overcomplying JFC) &throwing sand in the gears where you're able, not just labor unions & other associations banding together to fight (incl class action suits against AI)... 3/n
100% this Be on Team Fight at every day but also keep working toward the world we want when we defeat the fascists.
Those work inextricably together: the fascists are a death cult where "powerful white men get to decide who dies" & working for a better world is a direct rebuttal to that cruelty.
I wrote a #solarpunk story warning about deep sea mining:
"A trawler crawls across an abyssal plain, cleaning microplastics off the ancient mineral-rich nodules, when the crew finds something that shouldnโt be possible."
Upgraded my signs this week. Easily 2x the protestors today. At least one reporter. Rain is getting intense but weโre here. Got cursed out. #TeslaTakedown
@DavidMadeThis the game looks so cool! And such a great fit with my power grid mystery series/hopeful climate fiction! You might like it :)
Maybe we could do something fun with cross-promo... I'm not a gamer but I'd love to play around with this. I'm a huge fan of microgrids for sustainability reasons and I'm putting one in the novel I'm writing right now. Is the game available to play (it says it released last month but I'm not savvy about "early access" and such)?
When you fire the chief scientist at NASA, you are not a serious country โ you are a joke that attacks science and expects the riches to keep flowing into your coffers as you loot everything science and civil society has built.
You are the idiot who eats the seed corn and thinks you're clever.
Speculative Fiction author, PhD Environmental EngineeringI write hopeful climate fiction & solarpunk.๐ณ๏ธ๐๐ณ๏ธโง๏ธ| SFWA Being cozy/gentle/healing is radical & disruptive. Host: Bright Green Futures podcast, stories to build a better world#books #writing #hopepunk #ClimateFiction #solarpunk #ScienceFiction #ClimateChange"AI is a lying machine made out of crimes."--Alex FalconeOne of my stories I wish everyone would read (free, online): https://reckoning.press/its-in-the-blood/