To me, the connection wasn’t direct. The author was saying that to move forward and solve humanity’s problems, there needs to be less heroes (guys with spears) and more collaboration (people with bags). Humans love their heroes so it’s an uphill battle.

What I took from my initial read is “stop waiting for others to save the world.” That feels solarpunk to me.

Damn I’m sorry. You captured the feeling beautifully

The last photo in the article has some greens growing right next to the street. What do you all think of that? Any worries about pollution?

My thoughts too!! As an author nurturing a seed for a solarpunk novel and who has recently found freedom, I teared up tbh!

I want to see a study like this about people who lost faith simply because they were not helped or truly listened to. Lots of people with complex illnesses have had similar experiences as each other.

Call me dense—where is the sample?

Totally overuse em dashes! I have to edit out a lot of them.

Watercolorist here also eyeing gouache! It seems like it’ll be freeing in some ways. You’re doing great in the switch

Online reputations sound nice in theory, but quickly fall apart in practice. It is essentially a social credit system Like China uses to control people. In a system like what you’re describing, people would probably ding someone that they simply didn’t agree with. That means someone with a controversial but perhaps well thought out and valid take would be booted. Thus, intelligent debates and discussions take a hit and then you have the Echo chamber of Reddit.

https://www.wired.com/story/china-social-credit-system-explained/

Agree completely. Pge is corrupt, and this’ll give them permission for shoddy maintenance of the grid.

I would love to hear about your work if you’re willing. I am so fascinated by the potential of robots in a solarpunk future.

Edited to add that I appreciate you knowing what fight is yours and what isn’t. It’s certainly a necessary skill for mental health and focus nowadays.

Wow, what a brave woman doing immensely important work. It’s refreshing to see a new and different take on handling trauma and PTSD. We all need nervous system education after these past few years. I’m seriously considering that course of hers!

Don’t get me started on how much water is lost in CA due to leaking infrastructure that they can’t be bothered to fix because water is cheap.

Link

Yeah, I’m with you that it’s tough to figure out. Good points, and I didn’t offer a solution because I don’t have one! Just… gah, I left reddit because the echo chamber/hive mind is destructive to intelligent conversation.

Buildings that grow? Can you explain what you mean? My imagination is going wild

Those projects both sound exciting to work on! What a fun field to be in.

And yeah, we’ve got a similar philosophy regarding things to engage with. I’m having trouble implementing it though 😬

I don’t even understand the title but I appreciate your plug for FreeTube! Downloading tonight:)

Nah, the us gets the guy that says not to make public housing too comfortable

My absolute favorite is Sal’s suds. Bought a gallon well over a year ago and I use it as my everyday spray cleaner, laundry detergent, and dish soap. All at different concentrations. Only 1/3 done with the gallon!

The only downside is that it solidifies somewhat in the cold. I think the everyday spray is diluted enough that it doesn’t

Interesting style! It reminds me of a collage