Michael J DeLuca

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Writer, reader, homebrewer, baker, forager, guerilla ranger, indie techie, dad, #BlackLivesMatter, #ClimateJustice, #SolarPunk, trying hard to ally right, he/him and I publish @ReckoningMag and run @WeightlessBooks

Novel THE JAGUAR MASK out from @StelliformPress August 2024

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📰 "Scientists Were Wrong About How Fast Solar Panels Degrade – They May Last Twice as Long"

🗒 "The authors found annual degradation rates of 0.52–0.61%, roughly half the average reported in prior studies, which also had limitations of smaller sample sizes (the largest other survey of this kind was with 4,200 installations) and shorter study durations averaging between 2 and 7 years."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/weve-been-overestimating-how-fast-solar-panels-degrade-by-half-they-may-last-twice-as-long/

#Solar #goodnews #greenenergy #solarpunk #solarenergy

In the woods yesterday, I harvested my 2nd cubic meter of other people's trash so far this season. I'm proud of this, honestly: I pulled a full gallon jug of antifreeze out of a marsh, sealed, before it could leak
Today in Reckoning X, "Love in the Time of Te Rāhuinui" by Hiria Dunning originally appeared in Headland Journal in 2023, and we are ridiculously proud to get to bring it to you under our own banner. A wonderful, affirming story of a world we could still have: https://reckoning.press/love-in-the-time-of-te-rahuinui/
The other day I broke the handle off my compost turnin' shovel. It served me long and well and I am determined to forge it a new handle out of invasive wood as is my wont. However, today I picked up a cubic yard of trash from the side of the bike trail and what did I find? A compost turnin' shovel!
New podcast episode today, produced and edited by Aaron Kling, has @AnnaPele reading Kat Murray's "Fixing the System in Tilt Town" from Reckoning 8, a story about a neurodivergent engineer who discovers the solution for dystopia is community: https://reckoning.press/podcast-episode-49-fixing-the-system-in-tilt-town/
Podcast Episode 49: Fixing the System in Tilt Town | Reckoning

Subscribe via RSS, Google Podcasts, Android, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Apple or Amazon. Aaron: I'm Aaron Kling, audio editor for Reckoning. How's it going,everybody? Today, we've got a world on wheels with "Fixing the System in Tilt Town" from Reckoning 8, written by Kat Murray and read by Anna Pele. This one is a voyage, listeners. Despite

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New today from Reckoning X: in Kevin J. Binder's story "The Eternal Hourglass", a well-meaning Texas climate carpetbagger on the hurricane-beset Gulf Coast learns some lessons. https://reckoning.press/the-eternal-hourglass/
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Watch this page for an upcoming cover reveal: possibly the weirdest book we've ever published from a brand new Latino author. If you're a fan of Latine horror, dark fantasy, and indie novellas, don't miss it!
Reckoning will be at #AWP26 in Baltimore next week, March 3-7! If you're around, please come visit us at booth T714? Meet C.G. Aubrey, @MichaelJDeLuca, Ruth Joffre, @catherinerockwood, and @thedrellum !
Chat us up about creative writing on environmental justice! Be amazed at our lack of submission fees and SFWA-pro-qualifying payrate. Learn how to submit! Get swag, make friends, be inspired. We are looking forward to meeting you 🍄