Agrivoltaics boost crop yields even when the solar panels aren’t generating power. New research from Canada shows that shading crops with elevated solar panels creates a cooler, wetter microclimate that can lift yields and improve performance across dozens of crops, from peppers to pasture grass […]

I've been pondering #solarpunk and #hopepunk ideas. One of the most impressive resources I have come across is the #appropriatetechnologylibrary - a giant collection of books that is everything you'd need to make a village or community go with minimal effort and access to basic tools and […]

It bothers me that before they show the footage of the murder of these people, the news man never says "We are about to show footage where people were killed some viewers might find this disturbing." As they would for other disasters, so when the bile rises in my throat, because I really did […]

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Marco Rubio gave orders leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of human beings, most of them children. These three "leaders" killed USAID, and in the process ordered those deaths. A crime against humanity, IMO […]

New paper out proposing the concept of weather commons, resisting ideas of technocratic & top-down weather modification! Beautiful weather commons figure by Aoi Yoshida/AOI Landscape Design https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00302-w #weather #climate #commons #geoengineering #solarpunk

TGIF! I just finished writing up my newsletter that will go out tomorrow and I started it by mentioning that my pieces for this month’s collection had to share kiln space with a fair number of pieces by kids & students as well as my larger sculptural […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Thanks to @postcarboninstitute for republishing our piece on resilience org: Minority influence: how can degrowth step up? - resilience https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-10-30/minority-influence-how-can-degrowth-step-up/ #degrowth #prospectsfordegrowth

“I mean, I could come up with more. It’s everywhere. You literally worry that your kid is going to be beaten up or killed.” https://www.newyorker.com/news/as-told-to/a-mother-and-her-trans-teen-decide-to-leave-the-us #transgender #parenting #usa

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Why the fuck is it okay for the Japanese news to echo language in the talking points about the 外国人問題 Language matters. Talk about the over-tourism problem, or the international driver’s liscense conversion problem, or even the immigration problem. Issues are problems. People are not a fucking […]

"I'm a naturalized US citizen." "Born in USA" "My family came to the US 200 years ago." "3 generations served in the US Army." "We have always been a Christian family" "I have no disabilities or mental illnesses" "I am employed, own my home." "I'm not gay, trans or interested in vintage […]

An incomplete list of people excluded from 'international' conferences that are in-person only and aren't streamed or recorded - People with caring responsibilities - People with disabilities - People with health vulnerabilities - People who don't fly in recognition of climate emergencies - […]

I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read: https://www.solarshades.club/p/the-political-dimensions-of-solarpunk10 The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to […]

外国人を人間扱いすべきかどうか、簡単に議論の余地あり案件になりますね From: @www3_nhk_or_news https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/@www3_nhk_or_news/114819555113585895

I am proud to present you with an interview with an incredible @adapalmer straight from this year #bazyliszek convention, now available as a #solarpunkprompts special! […]

Child of Omelas? That’s thinking too small. What if like eight billion people suffered so a few dozen guys could live lives so insane they convinced themselves it’s more likely they’re inside a computer simulation

Greater Masterwort #bloomscrolling #nature #photography

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Microsoft has blocked emails with the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “Genocide” in the subject line or in the body of the message from being sent to recipients both inside and outside the company. 🫠 https://www.theverge.com/tech/672312/microsoft-block-palestine-gaza-email

𝗘𝗡 | The challenges digitalisation brings to peasant agroecology : https://www.eurovia.org/publications/ecvc-position-on-digitalisation 𝗘𝗦 | Los retos de la digitalización para la agroecologia campesina […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Holy sh*t. This is a real xkcd, not funny, disturbing, and also one that must be shared https://xkcd.com/3081/

Timothy Snyder (who has been consistently amazing throughout this crisis!) has written a very important article preparing people’s minds for what I fear is near-inevitable: a US equivalent to the Reichstag fire.

Congrats Alexandra Elbakyan for successfully defending her Ph.D., on "Openness as an epistemic value of scientific communication", on April 9! 🎉 https://web.archive.org/web/20240425100014/https://iphras.ru/page26414303.htm See also her most recent paper, "From Black Open Access to Open Access […]

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

This stunning shot captures a wasp mid-flight, clutching its freshly caught prey. Known for their hunting prowess, wasps often paralyze their victims with venom before bringing them back to their nests as nourishment for their larvae. ✨ Fun Fact: Some wasp […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, is a fascinating and deeply alien world. Many bodies in space are, well, dead. No weather, no climate, no geology. Not Titan! Things are Happening on Titan, but none of the elements building the complexity and weather of this […] [Original post on sauropods.win]

So is it now appropriate to officially refer to Columbia as "Columbia MAGA Univerisity" and put that in t-shirts and diplomas? https://abcnews.go.com/US/columbia-university-cedes-trump-administration-demands-after-threat/story?id=120039126 ...and all other universities that fold? #academicchatter

@[email protected] "Ecosystem Restoration" by Vesod in London, UK.

I find Trump as repulsive as most people here, but as a German, one thing I want to push back on is focusing on one man. Hitler's rise was possible because he was able to exploit the racial hatred and conspiratorial thinking that already existed. It's MAGA acolytes that see Trump as an […]

We should redesign cities for autonomous kids, not autonomous cars.