Nostr notes by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her)

Science & liberation, of people (esp women, POC, queer folk) ...

2026-07-27T16:33:49Z

Science & liberation, of people (esp women, POC, queer folk) & of minds (valuing knowledge for knowledge's sake), has unlocked a lot of prosperity in the world... and has threatened the grip of white men and colonialism.

And so they will burn it all down.

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-fire-this-time

This doesn't just have resonance with today's repressive ...

2026-07-06T00:50:18Z

This doesn't just have resonance with today's repressive Christian cultures, it's a devastating critique of hundreds of years of storytelling of "rescuing" women who don't want to be rescued because life fucking sucks for them back in "civilization."
https://substack.com/home/post/p-202242809

This man, who cannot be president, is more presidential than the ...

2026-07-04T02:52:02Z

This man, who cannot be president, is more presidential than the current occupier (and destroyer) of the White House on this eve of our country's 250th birthday.

https://www.youtube.com/live/JztQx56c2nA?si=CLMduUk26ZjpAJDP

ok, look, I'm fully on Team Bankrupt Anthropic but I would ...

2026-06-24T00:19:24Z

ok, look, I'm fully on Team Bankrupt Anthropic but I would like my settlement money first, just sayin

I'm just gonna laugh endlessly about this ...

2026-06-19T03:19:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…f2ya
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I'm just gonna laugh endlessly about this

JUNE SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB this weekend! *The Beginning Comes ...

2026-06-18T20:34:00Z

**JUNE SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB** this weekend!

*The Beginning Comes After the End* by Rebecca Solnit

Saturday, June 20th, 4pm ET (online)

Jitsi Meet link: meet.jit.si/June2026Sola...

Solarpunk Future! Discord: discord.gg/Wf4DbBrgB

#bookstodon

tbh that's what my kids in their 20s are also doing! I think ...

2026-06-10T02:03:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…lx8s
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tbh that's what my kids in their 20s are also doing! I think "being with cool people doing cool things" is absolutely the best strategy FOR LIFE :)

IDK but your choice to stay off the apps is a wise one! (I've ...

2026-06-10T01:56:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…yjzf
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IDK but your choice to stay off the apps is a wise one! (I've heard the stories too and eek)

Me: Free electricity has no value? With today's rates? Him: ...

2026-05-26T15:00:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…fzv3
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Me: Free electricity has no value? With today's rates?
Him: 🤷‍♂️ Not in PA.

PA is notoriously low-solar adoption and a heavy gas/coal state. But also some of the highest electric rates, so...?

A quick online search...
3/n

Appraiser asked how much I paid for solar & said ...

2026-05-26T15:00:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…x2fx
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Appraiser asked how much I paid for solar & said "you'll never earn that back" & they would only last 20 yrs (they're literally warrantied for 30yrs).

He's spouting solar disinfo & is convinced most people won't want it, so it has no value (tell me you're MAGA without telling me you're MAGA).
2/n

So I learned today that house appraisers are biased against solar ...

2026-05-26T14:59:36Z

So I learned today that house appraisers are biased against solar (at least the one who came to my house). He absolutely won't include any extra value to the house for having solar despite covering 50-70% of our electric usage including EVs.

(Hint: he's bad at his job)
1/n

Using AI in solarpunk is one way to co-opt solarpunk and ...

2026-05-24T15:27:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…4wty
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Using AI in solarpunk is one way to co-opt solarpunk and greenwash AI at the same time. Sometimes that's intentional, sometimes it's just unexamined adoption of tech corp framing. Tech corps want to be the future--if solarpunk is it,they need to own it.
7/n
https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/solarpunk-dont-need-no-ai

Then you win Not at all guaranteed but if the wave is strong ...

2026-05-24T15:26:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…kqq8
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*Then you win* Not at all guaranteed but if the wave is strong enough, if enough people want it...

The co-opting is a straddle between mocking (which is inherent) and fighting...
5/n

More convinced every day we're* in Phase 2 with #solarpunk: ...

2026-05-24T15:25:40Z

More convinced every day we're* in Phase 2 with #solarpunk:

*First, they ignore you* Radical compassion & cooperation? Justice & sustainability? Sure, whatever,you hippie. This is when you fly under the radar & have the most freedom to do cool work. You grow; undetected is best for a long time.
1/n

I got this about 10yrs ago to remind myself what my actual ...

2026-05-23T21:23:42Z

I got this about 10yrs ago to remind myself what my actual job/profession/calling was, in case I forgot.
#writing

I deeply believe we're swinging into an Age of Authenticity, ...

2026-05-23T13:51:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…pqjr
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I deeply believe we're swinging into an Age of Authenticity, when people will crave the simple, the hand-made, the REAL even more.

So, yes, discoverability is hard (it's always been hard) but you are a creative...so get creative about how you help people find you. They need your stuff.

#art #writing #selfpublishing

we got a lot of work to do to reimagine our relationship with ...

2026-05-19T17:38:00Z

we got a lot of work to do to reimagine our relationship with nature

Canadians keep making me like them more and more ...

2026-05-12T02:15:12Z

Canadians keep making me like them more and more https://www.cicnews.com/2026/05/canada-is-fast-tracking-citizenship-certificates-for-trans-americans-0575258.html

Be a human that rejects AI It is not your responsibility to ...

2026-05-11T16:03:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…lvt9
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Be a human that rejects AI

It is not your responsibility to detect all AI. Your anti-AI moral stance is not compromised by someone else getting human-glossed AI past you.

The rejection is the work.

Make AI socially unacceptable and put the penalty for use back where it belongs, on the users.

"queer and trans people’s lives are threatening male ...

2026-05-09T16:19:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…fj9x
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"queer and trans people’s lives are threatening male supremacy for the same reason women’s independence is threatening: all refuse the terms on which patriarchal masculinity depends. You cannot perpetuate precarious manhood without the gender binary. But to have the binary you have to police and enforce it at all times. The violence we live with follows from this logic"

"Across wealthy nations, the percentage of women aged 25-29 ...

2026-05-09T15:35:06Z

"Across wealthy nations, the percentage of women aged 25-29 who are unmarried has doubled in the past twenty years, exceeding 40% in many countries. Rates of gray divorce, of people over 50, roughly doubled between 1990 and 2015. "

this article is 🔥

https://sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/26-decentering-men-is-not-misandry

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/116539363253008700 ...

2026-05-08T15:26:06Z

RE: https://climatejustice.social/@PeterRu/116539363253008700

All.of.This.

Some day I should write a little romance with a meet cute at the ...

2026-05-02T21:17:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…wdhh
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Some day I should write a little romance with a meet cute at the repair cafe 🥰

#writing #solarpunk #sustainability

...but ofc the repair cafe doesn't come stocked with highly ...

2026-05-02T21:16:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…9rxv
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...but ofc the repair cafe doesn't come stocked with highly specific rocker switches.

We had a moment of silence for the passing of Radio Shack.

But it turns out that you can get these switches for about $5 online, so I'm gonna order it and finish the repair myself.

10/10 would Repair Cafe again

Turns out it was the switch, which my repair person tested by ...

2026-05-02T21:15:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…vwly
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Turns out it *was* the switch, which my repair person tested by bypassing the switch with a hot wire. This was the most exciting part of the repair because crepe maker is now LIVE and getting hot fast.

Turns out you can pop out the switch...
3/n

I thought it might be the switch, but my repair person said ...

2026-05-02T21:14:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…z326
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I thought it might be the switch, but my repair person said it's often the thermal fuse for the heating element, so we checked that first (by "we" I mean he did all the work and I watched while holding parts)...turns out the fuse was not our villain!
2/n

Adventures at the Repair Cafe! My beloved crepe maker had stopped ...

2026-05-02T21:12:34Z

Adventures at the Repair Cafe! My beloved crepe maker had stopped working, so I finally had a reason to go to the repair cafe! The one in Pittsburgh is once-a-month at Construction Junction, like Creative Reuse but for building supplies, which I'd also wanted to check out...
1/n
#solarpunkSunday

If you're curious how your plant zone changed (with the ...

2026-04-28T15:17:52Z

If you're curious how your plant zone changed (with the reclassification by the USDA a couple years ago due to #climatechange). It remains a compelling *this is happening, for real, people* thing to me.

Pittsburgh went from 6a to 6b.

Put in your zip code: https://apps.npr.org/plant-hardiness-garden-map/

AI so perfectly encapsulates capitalism and a rapacious ...

2026-04-23T18:39:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…herd
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AI so perfectly encapsulates capitalism and a rapacious no-consent tech industry, in so many ways, but not least because it says product is all that matters, not truth or soul or humanity.

the truth is people who refuse to cede their humanity to AI will ...

2026-04-23T18:30:20Z

the truth is people who refuse to cede their humanity to AI

will prosper
will live better lives
will be true to themselves and to Truth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CIlTOnc6I8

One of my absolute favs. #hope ...

2026-04-23T14:17:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…umw0
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One of my absolute favs.
#hope

#nature #poetry ...

2026-04-23T14:16:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…calr
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#nature #poetry

I'm a big fan of Jarod Anderson (cryptonaturalist) in case ...

2026-04-23T14:14:54Z

I'm a big fan of Jarod Anderson (cryptonaturalist) in case you're looking for some nature-adjacent uplift.

the new "cyber crime" is just breaking into data centers ...

2026-04-21T10:31:23Z

the new "cyber crime" is just breaking into data centers to get the RAM

I was already planning to get a Kobo, even before I knew they ...

2026-04-21T10:19:41Z

I was already planning to get a Kobo, even before I knew they were repairable! But now I'm intrigued by Boox as well.

Boox is an "e-ink tablet running a full version of Android...for anyone who wants to leave Kindle hardware but keep their Kindle books."

https://www.androidauthority.com/amazon-kindle-2026-3657863/

"Brazil followed Florida’s lead in what researchers now ...

2026-04-21T00:49:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…0dau
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"Brazil followed Florida’s lead in what researchers now call “excessive glyphosate usage,” and has been, suddenly, reaping similar outcomes. (Citrus greening has been around for 120 years, and exists worldwide, and has, so far, caused an extinction-level event only in Florida.)"

oranges have been getting smaller and less in supply for years--I ...

2026-04-21T00:18:59Z

oranges have been getting smaller and less in supply for years--I go back and forth between not wanting to get them because they're not local (I try to eat local as much as possible) and wanting to get them while they're still here 🙁

https://slate.com/business/2026/04/florida-state-orange-food-houses-real-estate.html?tpcc=giftedarticle

yeah Lifeboaters are pretty despicable people, no thanks. ...

2026-04-17T23:42:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…y4wr
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yeah Lifeboaters are pretty despicable people, no thanks.

It's the wrong approach for individuals -- you might be able to manage an off grid power situation but you're still dependent on the rest of society, full stop. You just think you can save yourself and not have to help build a resilient society for everyone.

Again... not actually possible (to be "independent") and the wrong approach.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_ethics

oh this looks great! Thank you for sharing.

2026-04-17T19:15:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…raqz
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oh this looks great! Thank you for sharing.

now imagine this happening everywhere... imagine the mindset ...

2026-04-17T16:10:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…62kj
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now imagine this happening everywhere... imagine the mindset shift it would create... imagine how radically it would improve people's lives, all while still existing side-by-side with capitalism (for now). Imagine the pressures it would put on a system that's brutal and exploitive when they can actually get their needs met outside of that system.

my dude has rediscovered the commons and I could not be happier ...

2026-04-17T16:06:37Z

my dude has rediscovered the commons and I could not be happier for them

I have to remind people a lot that rugged individualism is not ...

2026-04-17T13:26:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…p3uk
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I have to remind people a lot that rugged individualism is not the solution -- community resilience is -- because the automatic response is to want to go off grid and be "independent".

Which is not possible and the wrong approach... but it's an impulse that will (for once) move people closer to the right approach...
6/n

People are suddenly interested in EVs/solar/batteries as a way to ...

2026-04-17T13:25:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…jw8m
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People are suddenly interested in EVs/solar/batteries as a way to gain *security* as well as *independence* from the fickle elite and their wars of stupidity.

5/n

Remember when the atomic clock stopped working recently because ...

2026-04-17T13:23:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…gt35
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Remember when the atomic clock stopped working recently because of a power outage and their backup generator failed.

ME: why didn't they use a more reliable backup for something so important?

Them: well they had a backup generator!

ME: solar + batteries is way more reliable than a machine with a hundred parts that relies on gas.

This is a simple fact that's permeating people's brains more widely now.
4/n

Solar has the ability to make oil wars (and those who wage them) ...

2026-04-17T13:22:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…eeh0
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Solar has the ability to make oil wars (and those who wage them) *irrelevant*. That takes power directly away from those killing the planet and making everyone's lives more precarious.

Solar is more *reliable*.

3/n

People are starting to see the invisible control that oil has in ...

2026-04-17T13:21:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…hz3e
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People are starting to see the invisible control that oil has in their lives. We've long had oil wars (and oil shocks) but people shrugged their shoulders, *what can you do*, and just accepted this geopolitical reality engineered to keep the elites in power... because we've never had an alternative *at scale* ready to deploy...
2/n

I used to think that solar "just" threatened the ...

2026-04-17T13:19:28Z

I used to think that solar "just" threatened the political power and profits of power companies and their fossil fuel suppliers (including the fact that they use your electricity $ for climate disinformation) but it's actually even more radical than that...
1/n
https://susankayequinn.com/2025/04/solar-how-to-get-started-and-why-you-should.html

I run a bookclub & know people who run others--the books we ...

2026-04-16T18:58:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…52ce
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I run a bookclub & know people who run others--the books we pick have nothing to do with ratings & "professional" reviews

My library allows 3 suggestions a month, this is true for any patron, and I make suggestions all the time and they take all different kinds of stuff, some of which are MY books, some other indies. I ask my readers to request my books at libraries all the time.

You can believe the algos are all powerful... or you can go see what people are actually doing.

libraries, bookclubs, friend recommendations... "word of ...

2026-04-16T18:45:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…vnkj
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libraries, bookclubs, friend recommendations... "word of mouth" has ALWAYS been the PRIME way people discovered books, that predates all the tech, continued through all the tech and now that the tech is EXTRA shitty, it's coming back.

See also: rise of indie bookstores that are engines of recommendation too.

Ex: three books I have on hold at the library: one I found on a blog post about romantasies, one I've been meaning to read forever, and one was cited in another book

no algos

ok, but stick with me here... is it really? How did you find your ...

2026-04-16T18:41:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…ycn3
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ok, but stick with me here... is it really? How did you find your last book?

In the early days of indie publishing, algos were HUGE in determining visibility -- because they actually worked. They surface popular books, you could do search, etc. Now it's all polluted with pay-to-play and controlled by the tech giants.

But is it how readers actually find books? I would argue actually no.

Caveat: Tiktok is for sure a huge way people discover books now, but not the only one...

We make the things. People want our things. Figuring out how to ...

2026-04-16T15:58:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…da6p
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We make the things. People want our things. Figuring out how to get our things (books) to the people (readers) is the challenge, of course, and these fucking companies can make it easier or harder but they cannot stop us.
2/n

#writing

I really REALLY think authors are going to have to get creative ...

2026-04-16T15:57:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…dqsj
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I really REALLY think authors are going to have to get creative to survive the tech companies imploding, a 🧵

The GOOD THING (once again, this is always true) is that WE are the originals...
1/n

I sat down with myself recently & made some hard choices ...

2026-04-16T15:24:09Z

I sat down with myself recently & made some hard choices about what shitty compromises I would make to keep my publishing/author business alive, reaching readers with books (good) amidst all the tech company fuckery everywhere.

We do what we must. Stories are hella important right now.

#SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUBS(online) April Ministry for the Future Sat ...

2026-04-16T14:49:05Z

#SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUBS(online)
April *Ministry for the Future*
Sat Apr 25th 4pm ET

May *Forest at the Edge of Time* by Jasmine Kirkbride
VOTE FOR DATE/TIME https://discordapp.com/channels/1308527536657137765/1459903374693765232/1494333846643019797

For recaps & reminders, subscribe to the bookclub newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bookclub
#bookstodon

AI as siren... I'm gonna be thinking about that one for a ...

2026-04-15T14:43:13Z

AI as siren... I'm gonna be thinking about that one for a while...

SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS This INSANE email from Barnes ...

2026-04-15T00:46:34Z

SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR FRIENDS
This *INSANE* email from Barnes & Noble WTF
—no more than 100 books and they start deleting??
—removing titles that don't meet minimum sales?

What the hell? I've been publishing since 2011... I have 145 titles.

AI deluge screwing us but still...it's war on indies.

MY DREAM OF DRIVING ANTHROPIC INTO BANKRUPTCY MAY NOT YET BE ...

2026-04-10T22:52:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…682q
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MY DREAM OF DRIVING ANTHROPIC INTO BANKRUPTCY MAY NOT YET BE DEAD!

"If the Works List ultimately exceeds 500,000 works, then Anthropic will pay an additional $3,000 per work...above 500,000 works."

The Fairness Hearing is currently scheduled for May 14… 🤞 🤞 🤞

https://writerbeware.blog/2026/04/10/anthropic-copyright-settlement-april-update/

RE: https://kind.social/@azteclady/116376411481918189 CANADIAN ...

2026-04-09T22:54:02Z

RE: https://kind.social/@azteclady/116376411481918189

CANADIAN AUTHOR FRIENDS! Please share — this is a class action lawsuit against Anthropic for Canadian authors excluded from the other settlement.

OH HELL YES ...

2026-04-07T18:11:28Z

OH HELL YES
https://writerbeware.blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Anthropic-Prof.-Lea-Bishop-Objection-to-Motion-for-Final-Approval-of-Class-Action-Settlement.pdf

things folks might not know about me, since I mostly post about ...

2026-04-06T12:31:26Z

things folks might not know about me, since I mostly post about fighting the climate crisis and the fascists...

I write solarpunk, hopepunk, futuristic sci-fi, YA SF, cyberpunk, steampunk romance, MG fantasy, (spicy romantasy/PNR under a penname), plus a solarpunk bookclub, Discord & podcast🌞

Today (and every day) I refuse AI (and the "it's ...

2026-04-03T15:18:51Z

Today (and every day) I refuse AI (and the "it's inevitable" tech industry narrative).
https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/refusing-to-accept-big-tech-s-ai-poisoned-future-of-journalism

JFC this article is horrifying This assumption that you ...

2026-03-31T23:20:32Z

JFC this article is horrifying

This assumption that you "can't stop" AI... SHUT IT DOWN.

The guy got his life back when his subscription ended. I feel like that's a FUCKING CLUE as to how to end this nightmare. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/26/ai-chatbot-users-lives-wrecked-by-delusion

Trump county in Georgia shutting down water to a warehouse ICE ...

2026-03-30T00:38:39Z

Trump county in Georgia shutting down water to a warehouse ICE bought to stop them from turning it into a detention center 👏 👏 👏
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/dW8LsChND5s

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2026-03-28T17:43:09Z

https://evilwokemindvirus.com/

poetry It's not that we don't know a better world is ...

2026-03-11T14:08:32Z

*poetry*

It's not that we don't know a better world is possible.

It's that so many are trapped in the flypaper of despair manufactured by the oligarchs and the fearful.

First, free your mind.
Next, join hands.
Then, work for change.
Every one of us who does this builds that better world.

For clarity: I will block people who use AI. I will block people ...

2026-03-10T18:37:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…ent7
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For clarity:
I will block people who use AI.
I will block people who think AI "thinks" anything.
I will block people who prompt AI for the LOLs.
I will block people who report back "AI said this".

My friends in the Hell Times, do not use the theftbot for any purpose, for your sake and everyone's.

"I asked Claude what it thinks--" BLOCK (AI must be ...

2026-03-10T15:32:21Z

"I asked Claude what it thinks--"
*BLOCK*

(AI must be destroyed)

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2026-03-10T14:12:45Z

UPCOMING SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUBS March Overstory by Richard Powers ...

2026-03-10T00:40:28Z

UPCOMING SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUBS

March
Overstory by Richard Powers
Sunday Mar 29th 4p ET

April
Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
Saturday Apr 25th 4p ET

May
Forest at the Edge of Time by Jasmine Kirkbride

Newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/solarpunk_bookclub

Discord: https://discord.gg/fDQj2FFt

#bookstodon #bookclub

HOW TO BUY BOOKS The literary ecosystem is under attack, and I ...

2026-03-09T19:55:45Z

HOW TO BUY BOOKS
The literary ecosystem is under attack, and I definitely care where you get my books. So I put together a guide to retailers for ebooks, audiobooks, and print.
#bookstodon
https://susankayequinn.com/how-to-buy-sues-books-a-guide-to-retailers

This is so perfectly put @billmckibben.bsky.social ...

2026-03-07T00:33:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…zfm3
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This is so perfectly put
@billmckibben.bsky.social

every time I see this graph it reminds me that the status quo ...

2026-03-07T00:01:04Z

every time I see this graph

it reminds me that the status quo thinkers and talkers and powers are an oil slick in our minds

telling us things can never change

what they really mean: STOP THE CHANGE

our answer: no
#SolarIsRadical

ok but we don't have definitive proof she's not a ...

2026-03-06T01:19:23Z

ok but we don't have definitive proof she's *not* a muppet

I will never regret my early decision to reject AI. I was forced ...

2026-03-05T17:01:09Z

I will never regret my early decision to reject AI.

I was forced to make that decision when chatGPT was barely out of the box: an editor had accepted my first story for publication at an actual legit SFF magazine but paired my story with an AI image made from Midjourney. I had to make a decision — do I let this go, for my own benefit, despite my fellow artists already besieged by AI?

No. (luckily, the editor was willing to change it to human art)

Have been refusing/fighting AI ever since.🔨

Amazon is excluding spicy romance & LGBTQ books from the ...

2026-03-04T22:12:20Z

Amazon is excluding spicy romance & LGBTQ books from the affiliates program. It's Bezos obeying the fascists in advance. And it highlights how, with the flip of a switch, they can easily shadow-ban whatever books they want.

I'm removing all my Amazon affiliate links & will deprioritize Amazon links

#writing #publishing #selfpublishing

Artist Anna-Laura https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/annalauraart/ ...

2026-03-01T21:55:49Z

Artist Anna-Laura
https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/annalauraart/

My kid (who is not a big reader) informs me that they've ...

2026-03-01T00:16:11Z

My kid (who is not a big reader) informs me that they've started a weekly reading club with their friend where they go to a coffee shop that looks like a library and they sit together and read silently. 😍 📖

I hear stuff like this and I think about how people are actively choosing to live differently, in ways that build connection and fill their souls, and I think "this is how it happens, one small change at a time."

oh hai, I have ebooks on @bookshop.org now 😍 (Just my ...

2026-02-26T18:15:56Z

oh hai, I have ebooks on @bookshop.org now 😍

(Just my #solarpunk series, it will take some time to get the rest over there)

https://bookshop.org/a/121708/9798330208708

Republicans: *the civil war will give me a chance to use my ...

2026-02-26T15:31:14Z

Republicans: *the civil war will give me a chance to use my arsenal of 50 AR-15s to shoot some people!! (celebratory)*

Minnesotans: *we'll fight your thugs with whistles and radical neighborliness and get super proud of our state*

this is the world I want to see 😍 ...

2026-02-24T14:34:57Z

this is the world I want to see 😍

DANG, people are hungry for a better world! This #solarpunk ...

2026-02-23T15:09:46Z

DANG, people are hungry for a better world! This #solarpunk anthology had its Bookbub ad *a week ago* & it's still in the top 200,going strong. Makes my heart glad.

"clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio de Janeiro...each story imagines a way to survive the future, together"

#bookstodon Ana Sun (npub12nl…zkfu) [@daniellearostegui.bsky.social](https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/daniellearostegui.bsky.social ) Sarena Ulibarri (npub1hmk…jml0) BrightFlame 🌟☀️🌙 (npub1mse…r2ka) T. K. Rex (npub1ndx…nh6q)

https://www.bookbub.com/books/bright-green-futures-2024-by-danielle-arostegui-and-susan-kaye-quinn?ebook_deal

this is so good ...

2026-02-21T12:45:48Z

this is so good https://www.tiktok.com/@longmirelp/video/7609062391745137933

"Looking at six solar arrays in Switzerland that have been ...

2026-02-19T16:54:49Z

"Looking at six solar arrays in Switzerland that have been running since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the team found most panels still produced more than 80% of their original power after three decades."

YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-to-the-idea-that-solar-panels-die-after-25-years-a-new-study-says-the-warranty-does-not-mark-the-end-and-real-world-performance-can-last-for-decades/26007/

imagining doing a raid to confiscate Anne Frank's journal and ...

2026-02-17T20:14:13Z

imagining doing a raid to confiscate Anne Frank's journal

and thinking you're anything but evil
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters

another day, another thing the tech world does that makes me want ...

2026-02-15T23:19:39Z

another day, another thing the tech world does that makes me want to walk into the forest

The Bright Green Futures anthology is FREE for Awards Season! ...

2026-02-13T01:03:29Z

The Bright Green Futures anthology is FREE for Awards Season!

Nebula nominations open until 2.28!
Hugo nominations now open!

BSFA: *Coriander* is already long-listed for the British Science Fiction Awards
(voting closes 2.19)

https://lnk.to/BGFAwards

#BSFA2026Awards #solarpunk

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116042976130662578 If ...

2026-02-10T13:56:07Z

RE: https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn/116042976130662578

If you know someone who's an author, especially if they're older, maybe wrote non-fiction, aren't necessarily plugged in, may have moved addresses, maybe is deceased and has heirs who could make claims...

Please let people know they should search the database: https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

quoting
note13h0…l928

btw this tidbit is INFURIATING

"There are 482,460 works in the Works List; so far, the Settlement Administrator has received a total of 56,798 claims for 161,691 works, which is almost exactly one-third of the total. There have only been 86 opt outs covering 208 works."

The "Works List" is the list of works eligible to make claims. Again... I had 97 works stolen but only 40 were "eligible to make claims".
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btw this tidbit is INFURIATING "There are 482,460 works in ...

2026-02-09T22:14:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…jppk
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btw this tidbit is INFURIATING

"There are 482,460 works in the Works List; so far, the Settlement Administrator has received a total of 56,798 claims for 161,691 works, which is almost exactly one-third of the total. There have only been 86 opt outs covering 208 works."

The "Works List" is the list of works eligible to make claims. Again... I had 97 works stolen but only 40 were "eligible to make claims".
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If you'd like to support a human writer in this middle of the ...

2026-02-09T19:13:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…6cqz
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If you'd like to support a human writer in this middle of the AI maelstrom, and get some anti-AI stories in the process, you can find those here: https://susankayequinn.com/books/closet-full-of-time-and-other-dark-tales

As a fully anti-AI Luddite, my hammers are: 1 - copyright law ...

2026-02-09T19:11:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…xjpe
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As a fully anti-AI Luddite, my hammers are:

1 - copyright law (and these claims are one aspect, but there are many more lawsuits ongoing, more all the time) https://sustainabletechpartner.com/topics/ai/generative-ai-lawsuit-timeline/

2 - my stories

The stories themselves fight the exploitation and extraction by continuing to show that human art matters, that they can't stop me, and especially my #solarpunk storytelling says FUCK AI.

Welp, submitted my claims to the class action lawsuit against a ...

2026-02-09T19:07:37Z

Welp, submitted my claims to the class action lawsuit against a single AI company (even though they all stole the books) for 40 books stolen (even though 97 were actually stolen but many got excluded for reasons that still make me 😡).

So many authors had books stolen and yet can't file claims. So many companies are profiting from the theft and stealing more every day. Even this settlement is just a slap on the wrist.

Fuck AI corps forever.
AI must be destroyed. 🔨

A reader asked "How can I find good, human-made books?" ...

2026-02-08T18:27:15Z

A reader asked "How can I find good, human-made books?"

I'm going to counter the AI-slop by recommending more books that I love — ones I read, ones my friends write, ones I know are human art fighting to exist in an AI-slop world.

Don't look to algos to tell you what to read: ask your friends, go back to authors you love and see what they recommend, find real humans talking about real books. That's how books have always been found, before the algos colonized our info spaces.

I'm not an anarchist but my #solarpunk ideals overlap a lot ...

2026-02-06T14:43:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…f6hc
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I'm not an anarchist but my #solarpunk ideals overlap a lot in the sense of building community and networks of care outside of capitalism.

Some places are starting to do this. Scotland just passed a "community wealth building" initiative that's based, ironically enough, on Cleveland OH's case example of reinvesting in their own community. "Spend local" but taken further.

https://www.democracycollaborative.org/blogs/a-world-first-community-wealth-building-legislation-in-scotland

https://community-wealth.org/content/cleveland-model-how-evergreen-cooperatives-are-building-community-wealth

and you HAVE to drill that in, because as much as some folks like ...

2026-02-05T02:08:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…x3j7
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and you HAVE to drill that in, because as much as some folks like to insist that everyone is intrinsically terrible, we are not. People are intrinsically socially animals for whom cooperation is literally our superpower... and that relies on empathy and compassion to work. It takes a lot to destroy that in us.

...why you don't worship wealth and guns and say empathy is ...

2026-02-05T02:05:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…tfag
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...why you don't worship wealth and guns and say empathy is for losers. We can be better than that — we have often been better than that. And I have an enduring faith that we are rediscovering how to be better than that because freedom is a pure idea. (to quote Nemik)🙂
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...and wholesale cultural change is hard, but if there were an ...

2026-02-05T02:05:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…zztu
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...and wholesale cultural change is hard, but if there were an easier path, we would have taken it. Instead, we're taking the path where we learn the hard way why you don't elect felons who rape women (and girls), why you don't allow billionaires to exist...
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I've been saying America has to choose to be better... we ...

2026-02-05T02:04:53Z

I've been saying America has to choose to be better... we have to decide this brutality isn't what we want. And that's a deeply unpopular stance because people want it to be easy, better messaging or the right candidate, and not wholesale cultural change because that's "hard"...
1/3

Who could have forseen this? Oh, right, everyone who's been ...

2026-02-04T01:33:00Z

Who could have forseen this?

Oh, right, everyone who's been reading #solarpunk or thinking about how you can't shoot a virus with a gun or how survival skills in the Anthropocene involve gardening not weaponry.

(no diss on vortexegg, they get it!)

THIS... and I hate it so much (and it's why ...

2026-02-03T16:23:54Z

THIS... and I hate it so much (and it's why "environmental justice" was always in the crosshairs because the absolute LAST thing the powerful want is to lose their impunity to dump toxins in poor people's back yards or to have to care for anyone)

🧵
#climatechange

"Springfield’s faith groups are mobilizing. They’re ...

2026-02-01T18:43:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…cx49
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"Springfield’s faith groups are mobilizing. They’re hosting rapid response and “know your rights” trainings, coordinating food deliveries for Haitians fearful of leaving their homes, planning a week of fasting and praying, and securing passports for Haitian children"
https://religionnews.com/2026/01/26/as-springfields-15000-haitians-brace-for-deportations-local-churches-train-to-resist-ice/