a comfortable wizard @abrahms@sunbeam.city

Friend of mine is commissioning someone to make ACAB art.

https://twitter.com/hbeckpdx/status/1447432156968480774

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Does anyone know of a village (complete with local farming, place or two to eat, etc. Think medieval village), but with densely connected internet?

The internet itself need not actually be tethered to the broader world, but the village & it's inhabitants are connected.

Thinking I'd like to live somewhere like that and I suspect it already exists in multiple forms.

I've recently been considering purchasing land nearby. Here are some of the things I'm considering. Any more spring to mind for you?

gemini://rawtext.club/~abrahms/gemlog/purchasing-land.gmi

Feeling this today. My garden needs some symbiotic species and a gentle breeze.

I have a #praxis question for left folks. Curious how you think about this.

You buy a house that is larger than you strictly need. You rent the excess space to people you know who are then your roommates. You then move to the countryside for reasons.

Do you sell the house and make their housing insecure?
Rent the rest of the place to them and become more of a landlord?

Tools for getting food at low cost before places throw them out. I recently had some older pastries that were every bit as good.

https://ruinedchildhood.com/post/659538956692652032/so-we-have-this-app-called-toogoodtogo-where

Other than flowers, anyone have examples of #solarpunk tattoos?

I wrote a bit about the difference between "governance" and "stewardship" and why I prefer the latter. Feels very #solarpunk to me, though corporate. https://justin.abrah.ms/2021-08-09-governance-versus-stewardship.html

I am waiting
for the American Eagle
to really spread its wings
and straighten up and fly right
and I am waiting
for the Age of Anxiety
to drop dead
and I am waiting
for the war to be fought
which will make the world safe
for anarchy
and I am waiting
for the final withering away
of all governments
and I am perpetually awaiting
a rebirth of wonder

More at:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42869/i-am-waiting-56d22183d718a

My timeline has too little solarpunk stuff. I'm looking for your solar-tech folks and those building a better tomorrow. Who should I follow?

An amazing piece on the importance of drawing our future so we can better envision denser, human-centered cities. Pretty pictures too.

https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/drawing-pictures-of-cities

Water Pirates

As drought grips most of California, water thefts have increased to record levels. Thieves tap into hydrants, pump water from rivers and break into remote water stations and tanks. Water thieves -- likely working for illicit marijuana operations -- had pulled water from remote filling stations and tapped into fire hydrants, improperly shutting off valves and triggering a chain reaction that ...

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2021/07/water-pirates/

Have you all played the Terra Nil demo yet? Free demo. You terraform a desolate planet into an ecosystem and then remove all traces of you being there. So beautiful too. #solarpunk

I came across @neauoire 's stuff on 100r.co and now I'm taking sailing lessons. *boggle*

Recovering from work burnout and thinking about life and community. Hello again, fediverse.

Anyone know of a good fiction book that features what it's like to live or work with/in unionized labor? My job sector and where I grew up have left me with very little exposure to unions and I think that will help.