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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-22 at 20:03

"Despair is a black leather jacket that everyone looks good in. Hope is a frilly, pink dress that exposes the knees." @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

[#]hope #hopepunk #solarpunk #fascism

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-22 at 14:09

I highly encourage you to email your local school board right away and tell them to tell ICE to fuck off (politely, if you must).

Here's the email I just sent, feel free to use.

A key part of fighting fascism is not just standing up yourself and affirming your values but reminding others what "the right thing to do" looks like.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-22 at 13:53

Did Trump voters/enablers know he'd authorize his jack boots on Day One to go into their kids' schools? Just to round up the "bad" kids,right?

I had a moment of white-hot rage last night.

Now I'm emailing my school board to remind them of their moral duty to protect students& tell ICE to fuck off.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-22 at 02:14

A big theme in my #solarpunk novel series is that there will be a time when you're the right person in the right place and then you gotta step up and do your part. Then pass the torch.

Hold onto your values. Do what's right.

sharing for no reason at all:

https://specificsuggestions.com/share/EN/1059.html

h/t @falcennial for the meme

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 18:30

What fascists say: “we don't believe in climate change”

What they believe: climate change is an opportunity to profiteer off disasters, to weaponize climate harms, to let the poor freeze/roast to death and the middle class go bankrupt.

They "believe" in #climatechange just fine. #necropolitics

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 17:19

I know it's crazy to say but you're not supposed to actually be able to buy America. Or sell it. Or, you know, be a fucking traitor.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 16:27

"tips from Inside Climate News:

—When venturing outside, use N95 masks, and while driving, run the AC on recirculate mode."

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—Protect yourself from ash exposure by wearing a hat, goggles, mask, and full-length clothing, and remove shoes before entering your home. If you have pets, use paw protection and bathe them frequently.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 16:23

LA folks (and anyone in near wildfires), please protect your lungs.

https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/las-toxic-legacy-when-wildfires-turn

https://bsky.app/profile/seamus.bsky.social/post/3lfkucto5522l

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 16:28

—For indoor protection, seal any window gaps with tape and operate AC or central fans on recirculate mode. If using air purifiers, choose one with both HEPA and activated carbon filters, replacing them every few weeks, or consider building a DIY air purifier using a box fan with appropriate filters

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—Maintain a rigorous indoor cleaning schedule as smoke and ash will inevitably infiltrate your space.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:43

Refresh on my BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES substack #podcast about hopeful #climatefiction stories, including academic studies & a #solarpunk starter pack!

https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/

What does hopeful #cli-fi look like?

Here's a taste: https://reckoning.press/its-in-the-blood/

@reckoningmag.bsky.social

[#]climatechange #scifi #stories #climate

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:29

FYI (because I haven't checked all these out yet and I have a hard time keeping it all straight)

h/t

@atomicpoet

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:23

Speaking of community, yes I will absolutely kickstart a fediverse alternative to Insta https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:14

That means resilient communities at all scales, but not at all times: right now I see everyone scaling down to focus on the smallest units of community. Their family, their friends, strengthening connections where common purpose is strongest. This is incredibly powerful and important.

We see the lone house standing among the wreckage. We don't see the human connections being forged in evacuation: that's the true resilience.

4/n

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:14

"Community" is much bigger than a physical space. "Rebuilding" the house may (or may not) be good but "(re)building community" is what everyone needs.

5/n

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:12

It's symbolic — you can make your efforts, but if your neighbors don't and your community doesn't, then it only goes so far & even if you survive, you're left amongst the wreckage.

I don't think these efforts are wasted cuz it has to start somewhere but it emphasizes how we're in this together.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:13

If you can do the thing if you have the gumption & means, then you need to do it cuz not everyone can. The psychic toll of going against the grain is bigger for some, according to your quirks.

I'm very quirky: I (sometimes) can do the thing, will do it, try to stop me from doing it,etc.

But the net effect remains: we need to lead the way (when we can) but also work on building resilient communities.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 14:11

"Energy efficient house design ALSO makes homes fire resistant." www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8FCyP8G/

I keep thinking about this video about the house that survived the fire because it was designed for passive solar/kept the embers out...

I love the passive solar and totally want it in my dream house, but I keep thinking how that person whose house survived when the neighborhood burnt down... like now they live in a toxic ash heap 😢

1/n

[#]climatechange

#resilience

#solar

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-21 at 02:17

I'm not posting on FB any more but my acct is still live... so FB auto-followed me on Trump.

Really.

Joe Biden's page, which I did follow, has been archived. It's not the same.

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-20 at 20:12

This is the most epic notification I will ever get on Facebook

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Written by Susan Kaye Quinn 🌱(she/her) on 2025-01-20 at 16:44

Word about hope from @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social via @thirdactorg.bsky.social...

Those of us who believe in working for a better world didn't disappear. We're still here: we're strengthening connections, building resilience, and despite what the Rs want you to think, not everyone bends a knee.

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