A good look at why degrowth is a useful concept: Degrowth vs. Talk nice and vague about the collapse www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/degrowth-v...

7:45 am, & I have already been the recipient of human kindness. Asked fellow at disability center if they could convert PDFs to Word for me so to spare me screen time during a chronic pain flare. He said the center can't do that, but he understands chronic pain & would do it personally. Gratitude!

Yay for the people doing good work in the world!

Happy Bilbo & Frodo's Birthday! I have blogged a response to a summary of Kuang's defense of ideology in modern SF&F. tldr: what frustrates me in much modern SF&F is not that it's ideological but that it's simplistic, vs. Tolkien, who is ideological but complex. labingi.dreamwidth.org/213464.html

Today, the bun bun put in an appearance.

This is a good, brave video. I want to uplift it.

Here's the link to the letter by 85 scientists debunking the Trump Administration's misleading report on climate change, including their typos: drive.google.com/file/d/1PwAR...

Inspiring and challenging call to action: Radical Generosity: An Ecosocialist Manifesto open.substack.com/pub/sufficie...

Right at the proofreading stage of my latest novel, it struck me I hadn't included insects (in an ecological novel!). I will correct this, but it speaks to my own disconnection from nature & to the massive decline in insect populations &, thus, their daily impact on me.

The age of enshittenment.

This is one reason I felt so validated when I found online fandom in the late 1990s. It was an unapologetically female space doing its own thing. It's good that fandom is more gender inclusive today, but I miss that kinder, friendlier internet that let us create horizontal, non-commercial spaces.

Current speed of global heating (red) vs. the Great Dying (when ~90% of species went extinct) by Climate Town via Matt Orsagh's Substack:

When your job treats you like a person: my latest article for Sufficiency & Wellbeing explores working in a community-first environment. www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/when-your-...

I hope one thing leftists all take away from Mamdani’s campaign though is that it doesn’t matter how chill and wholesome you are, the dinguses are going to smear and trash you in increasingly unhinged ways anyway, so you might as well shoot for the moon and campaign on what makes your heart sing

How did Alien: Earth ep. 1 do in addressing climate breakdown? My score: -4. Computation at my blog: labingi.dreamwidth.org/213095.html

This seems a clear articulation of the crossroads the United States is facing: youtube.com/shorts/fFE2x...

A detailed thoughtful look at the drivers of unaffordable housing.

This is a great update, and please follow its link to comment on the DOE's bizarre disinformation on climate change. (They say you can attach doc's; the form wouldn't accept any I attached, but at least it took a comment.)

It's not every day we're invited to participate in governance of any company. Worth doing.

"Money is command over labor." Jason Hickel (~34:00). A succinct explanation of why no one should be extremely rich: youtu.be/MU1QdQsjGpM?...

Can we have more climate discourse like this, please?

Sounds like a cool FREE talk on writing layered characters: authorspublish.com/lectures/fre...

Just for fun: youtube.com/shorts/A9ejB...

"My Cat Is a God": pleased to announce my first article for Sufficiency & Wellbeing, with help from Hudson (pictured). www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/my-cat-is-...

From Braver Angels' email today: "Disagreement is a feature, not a bug, of a free society... Disagreement sharpens truth... Disagreement fosters resilience and trust." We should have some common agreements, like genocide is bad, but we also need to learn to value pluralism again.

Review of The Bone Harp by Victoria Goddard at my blog: an uncanny valley between fan fic and original story, but neat premise. labingi.dreamwidth.org/212656.html

After 30 years of giving it a miss, I finally watched Romeo + Juliet and had the strange feeling I was watching an adaptation of West Side Story.

Hundreds of old EV batteries have new jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the grid. After reaching the end of their automotive lives, the batteries are being reused to provide lower-cost grid energy storage. grist.org/energy/hundr... #EV #Batteries #Climate #TX #Texas #Electricity

For those still fanning on Arcane, I have blogged praises for its believable worldbuilding around gender equality. labingi.dreamwidth.org/212162.html

Petition for Constitutional amendment to reverse presidential immunity: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

My new distance glasses are like looking into a palantír. Suddenly I see things I never guessed were there before, and it gives me an immediate headache.

I've blogged about what I see as the simplistic anti-racism of the Sandman Netflix series. It focuses on the work, not the author. labingi.dreamwidth.org/211738.html

Can anyone recommend an easy-to-access source of free, downloadable, no-sign-in-required templates for flyers/posters for Word, Pages, or OpenOffice? I'm looking for a digital commons, not a for-profit site. No AI, please. Apache kind of has this, but it's hard to wade through. Thanks.

The Devourers by Indra Das. Contemp+historical fantasy. Soul-searing, mindblowing, I adored it utterly! Can see why past!self dnfed several times, it is DARK, but if you're in the headspace for it is is also exquisitely beautiful. Powerfully anti-grimdark.

Beautiful, hopeful, practical zine on Collapse by Sara El-Sayeh. Thanks for sharing @postgrowth.org: www.canva.com/design/DAGrL...

Excellent clip on regulatory reform; we do need it, but we mustn't gut needed regulation to cut red tape. Overall, we need tougher regulation on emissions & materials use. Zoning & safety are also indispensable. Can we keep the baby, throw out the bath water? youtube.com/shorts/h8xDQ...

Irresponsible for this report on AI to reduce the devastating impact of AI on emissions & water to one use of "environmental concerns" in a list. This perpetuates a collective hallucination that climate breakdown isn't happening: open.substack.com/pub/on/p/the...

Who needs Amazon for books? "Discover Bookshop.org! The only online bookseller where every purchase supports local bookstores. Enjoy 20% off your first order!": refer.bookshop.org/x4sth8p7

Janet Parker told a protest outside Parliament House that as Australian and other Western governments dig in to support Israel, their most precious, militarised, colonial outpost in the Middle East, pro-Palestine protesters say: “We will bring you down”. www.greenleft.org.au/content/jane...

Please sign the petition: protection for the Amazon is essential to avoid climate ruin for all of us: Urge Lula To Veto the Devastation Bill. amazonwatch.org/take-action/...

Good analysis by Damien Walker of how the concentration of wealth (not wokeness) drives the creation of "corporate slop" media. He doesn't say what to do though. Writ large, what we need to do is limit the concentration of wealth through (inter)national law. youtu.be/dc-wMFEmico?...

Because we all need a laugh: this hilarious (for fans) video by EmmaLiza: Red Dwarf summarizes Blake's 7 (possible spoilers for B7). youtu.be/9A2CEUJQDGg?...

Some apt words by Robert Burns: Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human; One point must still be greatly dark,-- The moving Why they do it; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it.

Americans, please lend your support to the State-Based Universal Health Care Act. The Fed won't fix it; states must. See link to petition and more info.: actionnetwork.org/forms/contac...

Nice, concise article with tips on living lightly on the Earth. Living a sufficiency lifestyle under 1.5 degrees warming www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/living-a-s...

Hudson helps make the bed.

This week on Planetside… “Using Pop Culture as Poetic Inspiration” by Gwynne Garfinkle ( @gwynnega.bsky.social ) explores how media memories shape personal, lyrical, and thought-provoking poetry. Part of SPECULATIVE POETICS. Read at www.sfwa.org/2025/07/15/u...

On this episode, @benjamingorman.bsky.social gabs with @jlhenker.bsky.social, author of DAUGHTER OF THE DISPOSSESSED, the short story “Corporate Baby” in the @antifalit.bsky.social Journal, and the forthcoming CAVE OF WHISPERS. Show: bit.ly/WNWHome Ad-free: bit.ly/PatreonBG

Good tip for organizing protests...

Ex-farm worker here. We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing. Not true AT ALL. Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are. The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour. At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.