Notices by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) (susankayequinn@wandering.shop)

Attended Mutual Aid 101 tonight and it was amazing: https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/mutual-aid-101-3971593

(I'll share the link when it goes live but here's the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1PVvlqaIHFSVu2m-0D5m7qFbJF4gaAsEsXwCaOhFJq04/edit#slide=id.g3372db6fce6_0_10 )

The speaker was incredibly inspirational, deeply knowledgeable, w/a ton of resources: https://www.deanspade.net/about/

"Dean Spade has been working to build queer and trans liberation based in racial and economic justice for the past two decades. He is a professor at the Seattle University School of Law."

#solarpunk #mutualaid #resistance

People need to understand that when Musk says he's making things "temporarily" worse in order to make them better, he means (like every other double-talking techbro billionaire) he's making things permanently worse for you and better for him.

TELL YOUR FRIENDS THIS. The truth of it needs to sink in.

I tend to forget this, but it's super important: BE VISIBLE in your reaction to the takeover of America by the fascists.

Cancel your flights and tell people why.
Wear a mask and tell people why.
Write a Letter to the Editor.
Tell your family you're going to a protest.
Sell your Tesla.
Stop using some fascist-complying company and tell people why.

Be visible in your reaction to what's happening and it will disrupt the sense of normalcy the public is desperate to have.

Whoever did this, you are a mad genius and I love you.

#art #activism

Kindness is punk.
Trans rights are human rights.
There is no Planet B.
Smash the patriarchy.
Black Lives Matter.
Fix your heart or die.
Healthcare, food&housing are human rights.
Fuck the fascists.
I will not comply.
Tax billionaires out of existence.
AI is made of crimes.
Tech is not the answer.

@anilmc
those are all excuses for why men "have to" control women or mechanisms by which they do it (to gain power socially and within the family)

you forgot

rape, abuse, murder (or threats thereof) (mechanism)

stereotypes about women being dumb, hysterical, incompetent (excuses)

legal restrictions from financial independence (banking, jobs, credit) (mechanism)

legal restrictions on bodily autonomy (birth control, abortion--also financial) (mechanism)

@neotoy

It's an uphill battle because the fossil fuel industry is working overtime to INCREASE the amount of plastics in our lives, convincing every company to shove more plastic into everything. This is because they fear reduced FF usage (solar,EVs): their plans are to *triple* plastics use by 2050 😡

my friends, I say to you, we need to reduce plastics in our lives

"nearly 60% of about 250 people who were undergoing heart surgery had micro- or nanoplastics in a main artery. Those who did were 4.5 times more likely to experience a heart attack, a stroke or death"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00405-8

I see folks taking a *shrug* what can you do?? approach to microplastics and I encourage you *not* to do that.

First, vote/advocate for reducing plastics everywhere you can.

There's no way a spoon's worth of microplastics in your brain is *good* for you.

And they're everywhere.

But you can filter your water, don't store in plastic, vacuum w/HEPA, switch to products w/out plastic, cut open tea bags, etc.

I've got a list of like 25 things that I'm doing, most very small, to reduce exposure.

More on this: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/health/plastics-inside-human-brain-wellness/index.html

https://www.ecowatch.com/avoid-microplastics-at-home-2655282616.html

https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news/2024/11/top-5-ways-reduce-your-microplastic-exposure

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/02/427161/how-to-limit-microplastics-dangers

IMPORTANT: if you are a non-profit or organization that receives Federal funds, Trump is trying to use your bank to claw back money. This must be fought—PLEASE READ THIS about how to get your bank to hold the line.

https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/trump-is-weaponizing-financial-payments

Just donated to LibreOffice.

I've been using LibreOffice Writer and Calc for a year, after being a Word/Excel user for decades (I left when MS shoved GenAI into Word).

They are absolutely compatible. I'm not a power spreadsheet user, but I am a professional writer, and I'm very pleased with comment handling and compatibility, in case I need to have Word format for critiques.

Highly recommend everyone leave MS Office.

Thing is, the lower-qualified white people understand this, it’s why they’re Big Mad about white dudes losing their divine right to run everything with zero consequences.

America is under attack from the inside by fascists, but at least it’s clarifying the lie of superiority.

"This insurance crisis represents one of the first ways that climate change is systematically harming economies, long before the physical impacts of warming fully materialize."

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/some-thoughts-on-the-la-fires

@andrewdessler

#ClimateChange #PalisadesFire

With all the secret bigots rushing to comply with every whisper of "anti-DEI" that they can...

Look. If you're *not* an asshole and you're in a position to promote/encourage/mentor/hire someone who's the target of the fascist crowd, fucking do it.

I'm getting big vibes from folks about a renewed appreciation for/use of #libraries as a third space, things like seed libraries, tool libraries, places to work, even canceling streaming &checking out old media (some libraries have streaming services you can use!). Libraries are Old School, but I'm super into promoting them as a #solarpunk option & making people aware of all the things you can get beyond just books, but also books, including audiobooks and ebooks.

https://susankayequinn.com/1-2-3-how-to-get-sues-ebooks-audiobooks-from-your-library

The fascist firehose is meant to terrify & disable & leave you hopeless & helpless.

You are not.

The podcast I just released talks about how to stay out of that trap & reclaim your bandwidth and joy (and how hopeful #climatefiction can be a powerful tool in your survival toolkit).

#resist #fascism #climatechange

https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/episode-24-lets-talk-about-the-doom

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

"sharing doesn't just depend on neighborliness, it creates neighborliness. Neighbors who depend on one another for small things learn they can depend on one another for big things. Sharing is frugal (and)the adhesive that holds society together. "

Great article. https://www.wisebread.com/why-dont-people-share-more

Beautiful