Notices by Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 (susankayequinn@wandering.shop), page 3

Time for a shout out to local farm shares-- if you have them and can afford them, now is the perfect time to get a share, the farmers need the cash, and then you'll have fresh food all summer/fall. I've found my local farmer is v. competitive compared to grocery stores over last 2-3yrs
https://susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-to-prepare-not-prep-for-uncertain-times-and-build-a-better-world-in-the-process.html

ACAB but the B is for Bozos

I was looking for a voice app that would record on my Android while I'm driving—no AI, no transcription, one button push, just stores files locally, dead simple...

and gave up and decided those old handheld voice recorders are cheap on ebay...

AI corps are successfully driving me back to 80s tech.

I'm gonna have to update that post I wrote in 2024 on backup batteries pretty soon if this keeps up (actually it's accelerating now with the idiot-caused oil shock)...
https://susankayequinn.com/2024/11/backup-power-battery-options-for-the-climate-crisis.html

From: https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/truth-consequences-climate-and-demand-destruction/
#climatechange

@seanbala yet they decided it fit their "brand"

@seanbala they're a Mormon film company based in Utah that makes "Christian message" films

we can have a better world

we literally just have to TRY

#climatechange #solar #rewilding

Hollywood has lost the plot

well, at least we have more movies coming from the maker of this, uh, version of ANIMAL FARM...including Young George Washington!

Really disappointed in Ben Kingsley here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Washington

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-data-center-rebellion-is-only

"our enemies believe in us even when we don't believe in ourselves"

When I share cool #solarpunk stuff near me (repair cafes, creative reuse shops, food coops), I very often have folks say "gosh, I wish there was something like that near me"... and there very often is, they just didn't know to look.

Once you start looking, this stuff is *everywhere*...

@seanbala @mikro2nd even in the cancer detection they found it was giving errors that were essentially "is there a ruler in the image? then cancer"...worse, experienced diagnosticians began to doubt their results when contradicted by AI, effectively making the humans worse at their jobs too.

PA is on FIRE fighting the data centers and their lobbyists who are in bed with the Governor and (some) members of the state house in greenlighting data center development (with huge tax breaks!) -- contact your reps and the Governor and tell them to stop pushing for data centers in PA!

Details on how to fight:

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1526238459067126

the receipts on Amazon lobbyists and the Governor's office: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IkqEJhpGOKWoUS8XSRtf4cmgE7wEq-UJ/view

@timon I don't spend time on reddit, so I can't speak to that, but yes, definitely on both Mastodon and Bluesky (which are my only socials). And it's recent too, at least my personal exposure. Weird enough of an uptick for me to take note.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116465313840929750

ok this was really good, highly recommend

Also, check out Beyond Plastics: https://www.beyondplastics.org/

And this educational webinar: https://bennington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PKvCHli3Tf-MjbiKEYSV1A#/registration

I've also gotten rid of all black plastic and have a little metal cutlery set that I carry in my car. I don't often get takeout anymore but when I do, I use the cutlery instead (or if I'm bringing it home, I throw away the containers and eat off regular dishes). https://www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/black-plastic

I have personally done most (almost all) of these (clothes are the hardest), when I was trying to figure out how to reduce microplastics in my life -- I wish I'd had this sheet before (I had to cobble different resources together)!

https://www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/microplastics-exposure

The good thing is, once you make these changes, it's automatic -- there's no real effort required to keep it going, it's just how you do things now.

This was also a huge shift for me: now I only get organic teas in bulk, using my own cloth bags when I get it from the coop, the use stainless steel infusers & glass/ceramic pots. If I have to use bagged tea, I rip open the bag & pour the tea in the infuser.

https://www.beyondplastics.org/fact-sheets/microplastics-in-tea