Seeing how a lot of #solarpunk #illustration used by magazines, portals and even researchers tends to be #AI generated bullshit I'd like to start a gallery with curated, intentional and human-made #creativeCommons #art for anyone to use.

I'd also like it to be a place with #solarpunkPrompts available in multiple languages - as we have them in Polish, English and Italian - potentially cross-linked and tagged by themes.

Do you have any #ideas , #feedback for such a site?

Climate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/apr/03/climate-crisis-on-track-to-destroy-capitalism-warns-allianz-insurer #solarpunk #cyberpunk #solarpunkart #sciencefiction #future #community #ecopunk

SOLPUNK 25 event in Poland

https://szmer.info/post/6741956

Biodiversity matters

My #library passport adventure continues — this week was special because I visited several little free libraries, dropping off #solarpunk zines, on the way to the Big Library, then went to the #HandsOff protest after.

Pretty much the perfect Saturday.

I wouldn't call https://www.polygon.com/features/553839/push-to-talk-newsletter-spilled-game-dutch-game-dev a #solarpunk #game just for cleaning the waterways, but I do appreciate its theme and cuteness - and applaud the creators their success!

Went out tonight with a guerrilla arborist and planted pawpaw seeds along various waterways!

Pawpaws are a local native deciduous fruit bearing tree. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimina_triloba) Not to be confused with papaya (also called pawpaws by some). These are green skinned fruits with yellow fruit inside. They taste kind of like sweet sticky melons with a hint of avocado? They taste amazing.

Their seeds are quite large and they require a period of freezing over winter so they'll germinate in spring.

This guerrilla arborist harvested seeds from last year, put them in a baggy with some sawdust and a little bit of water and chilled them in the fridge over the winter. We planted them today.

They'll sprout in about six months and start producing fruit in about six years.

I intend to harvest a lot of seeds this year and begin planting in earnest next year.

We're building out the local food forests.

Folks should eat for free.

What native fruit bearing or food producing plants and trees are in your area?

If super-bullies conquer the headlines with absurd crap, imagine a world without bullies in power.
It's on us to counter their #narratives with how we would like the future to be. It is up to all of us to fight for this future. Not tomorrow but now!
Write *your* plot of humanity and cooperation.
https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/fbdd3658-8415-466b-98d8-100a923820a0

Most people think that #evolution is about dying, but it's not really the full story. It's also about not being born at all. What if people are actually evolving under the extreme pressure of the modern capitalism? The question remains - is humanity under active eugenics and they are selecting us to be their submissive cattle or are we evolving some immunity to the parasites?

Are the few people who do have children under those terrible conditions the ones who treasure their wholesome relationships over career or those who thrive as the slaves? I don't think it's actually being studied in this context. It feels creepy to even put those questions on the table.

Nevertheless, I think that humanity after the full societal collapse will be different from Homo Sapiens. We have reached the limit of that evolutionary plateau. 300k years was a good run. Good Game people! Cheers!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk
#biology #human #eugenics #capitalism #anticapitalism #solarpunk

In the US, Saturday is a day to get out on the streets if you can. Amazing how many organized events are happening, even in small towns. I think I'm gonna bring my plastic water bottle drum.

SOLPUNK 25 event in Poland

https://slrpnk.net/post/20357668

Introducing the Tinker WriterDeck OS!

Convert any laptop and most chromebooks into a writer deck: A device designed solely for writing.

No distractions.
No internet.
No apps. No games. No social media.

Just writing.

The Tinker WriterDeck is very light weight and specifically seeks to lower the barrier of entry to creating writer decks. It converts older, reused, refurbished, or inexpensive laptops into a dedicated writing machine.

A digital typewriter.

The Tinker WriterDeck sits on top of a "headless" Debian Linux image and boots directly into a console based text editor.

We're using the Tilde Text Editor because it is a simple text editor, has an intuitive User Interface, and allows for customized color schemes for light and dark modes.

Operating System download and instructions on how to convert your laptop into a dedicated writer deck for free are found here: https://tinker.sh

See below for an example of the writer deck in light mode and dark mode.

If anyone has any questions or needs any help setting your laptop up, let me know here!

I was angry. I was in love with #penguins, and with #solarpunk, and #hopepunk. Therefore I decided: If the #evil makes #RealityGetsCrazy - everything is possible. Even the good. Let's imagine what *we* want and fight for our dreams! https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/fbdd3658-8415-466b-98d8-100a923820a0
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Kącik książkowy

Nie tyle co w ramach promocji czytelnictwa (bo nie piętnuję osób nie mających czasu i/lub przestrzeni na czytanie), a dla zainteresowania tytułami, autor[k]ami i wysławiania pod niebiosa instytucji jaką jest biblioteka - będę tu czasem wrzucał zdjęcia książek!

Zacznę od czegoś lekkiego - od drugiego tomu serii "Mnich i Robot" autorstwa Becky Chambers.

Książka ta jest jak "filiżanka ciepłej herbaty zaparzonej przez kogoś, kto cię kocha". Przyznam, że nigdy nie widziałem takiej recenzji z tyłu książki - zwykle takowe skupiają się na wartkiej akcji i charyzmatycznych bohater[k]ach, ale ta pozycja jest inna niż wszystkie. Reprezentuje wyjątkowy nurt literacki (a raczej filozoficzny) - Solar Punk!

Najłatwiej będzie zrozumieć ten fenomen poprzez zestawienie z Cyberpunkiem, którego zapewne kojarzycie. CP to dystopijna wizja świata rozdzieranego przez szpony dzikiego kapitalizmu niszczącego tkankę społeczną, której to wizji przeciwstawia się samotny rebeliant-indywidualista.

Solarpunk to kompletna tego odwrotność, próba dostrzeżenia światełka w tunelu, przyszłość oparta o życie w zgodzie z naturą, powrót do zdemokratyzowanego działania w łonie społeczności lokalnych, gdzie nie ma niezwyciężonych bohaterów, jest tylko (aż!) integrująca pomoc wzajemna.

Na marginesie - jest to pierwsza książka na polskim rynku wydawniczym (o której wiem), która stosuje zaimki neutralne płciowo

Jeszcze wczoraj nie pamiętałem o istnieniu tej pozycji, - okładka wyeksponowana frontem na bibliotecznej półce przykuła mój wzrok i... połknąłem ją w całości w jeden wieczór (mimo, że naprawdę wolno czytam). Chyba nie mam daru przekonywania, ale cóż, serdecznie polecam Wam ten cykl, ba, cały solarpunkowy nurt!

Na koniec fragment manifestu solarpunkowego:

"Jesteśmy Solarpunkami, ponieważ próbujemy odzyskać nadzieję, którą nam odebrano.

Jesteśmy Solarpunkami, ponieważ jedyne alternatywy to rozpacz lub wyparcie."