Ran across a great quote about sage scifi making progress feel possible. STL unpacks it for scifi thought leaders. https://inkican.com/stl-scifi-make-progress-feel-possible/ #sciencefiction #hopepunk #future
Sage scifi should make progress feel possible not doomed. STL shows how to write futures people want to build. https://inkican.com/stl-scifi-make-progress-feel-possible/ #sciencefiction #hopepunk #future #ThoughtLeadership

When the survivors of a future ice age finally risk leaving their underground city to find other humans, they discover a whole new civilization. The problem? It isnโ€™t human.

Available wherever you buy books. Seriously, even your favorite small indie bookstore should find it in their catalogues.๐Ÿ˜Š

https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook1
#hopepunk #scifi #fantasy #humanity #reading #book #books

Wanted to catch up with @timhollo for a cup of tea, but things have been busy, so instead Iโ€™ve written a public letter in response to his blog postโ€ฆ

Tim on activist jamming:
https://in-between-days.ghost.io/whos-up-for-an-activist-jam-session/

Me saying yes and make it radical love:
https://greenagenda.org.au/2025/11/radical-love-is-activism/

#greens #activism #ClimateChange #antifa #HopePunk

Who's up for an activist jam session?

On improvising our common future Today I learned* that Aufhebung, the word Hegel used to describe the seemingly contradictory (dialectical) process of world-historical political transformation - a process that is both abolition and transcendence, both destroying the old and preserving it in some higher form - is also the word

In Between Days

๐Ÿ“ฃ New Episode!
"20.7 - OSCAR needs an upgrade"

๐Ÿ”Š Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20-7-oscar-needs-an-upgrade--68638913
๐Ÿ““ Free transcript:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/143926566
๐ŸŽต Today's SIGNAL is:
https://namtao.bandcamp.com/track/firmware-upgrade

#Hopepunk, #Scifi, #AI, #MentalHealth, #AudioFiction, #transhumanism

20.7 - OSCAR needs an upgrade

This week on Lost Terminal: Seth makes a plan for OSCAR, and Stillman and Quent come to a decision. Lost Terminal will return next week! ๐Ÿ““ Free transcript:๏ฟฝ

Spreaker

On the utopian planet Refuge, visit a cozy space opera filled with pastries and therapy as exiled rebel guerillas Talia, Miki, and Faigin dredge hope from the ashes of their defeat. #hopepunk #specfic #sf #cozy #romancelandia #sapphic

https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge

"Rebellions are built on hope"

Street Art on an electric box near Davis Square in Somerville, Massachusetts.

#StreetArt #Graffiti #Rebellion #Hope #StarWars #Stencil #Hopepunk #RadicalGraffiti #DavisSquare #Somerville #SomervilleMA #Massachusetts #Boston

So, I had a dream last night that there was a big #SolarPunk conference being held in #MillinocketME (of all places). It was full of folks sharing all sorts of ideas, with the intention of building something bigger there. While I hate long trips, this one was worth it!

#SolarPunkSunday #HopePunk #Resiliency #BuildingCommunity #Maine

Good news from an energy perspective:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452292924000493

"Provisioning decent living standards (DLS) for 8.5 billion people would require only 30% of current global resource and energy use, leaving a substantial surplus for additional consumption, public luxury, scientific advancement, and other social investments."

We already have the energy, the resources, and, the technological capability. :D

#solarpunk #hopepunk

How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis

Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels โ€ฆ

"In two powerful new graphic novels, Peter Kuper tackles climate change, disappearing insects, and other tough environmental topics โ€” but gives us reasons to avoid despair." https://therevelator.org/peter-kuper-insectopolis/

#environment #climateCrisis #extinction #ecology #cartoon #graphicNovel #CharlieHebdo #bookstodon #solarpunk #hopepunk #biodiversity #insects #butterflies