Shana | Solve For Better
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Climate futurism. Narrative strategy and storytelling to get us visualizing a climate-stabilized future that is abundant, lush, and joyful.
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Bluesky, I need your help. My adult nephew asked me for some of the best examples of solarpunk fiction, and some of the most outstanding authors of the genre. Ideas?
#solarpunk #futurism #ClimateSky #GreenSky #climate #energy 💡
#solarpunk #futurism #ClimateSky #GreenSky #climate #energy 💡
November 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Bluesky, I need your help. My adult nephew asked me for some of the best examples of solarpunk fiction, and some of the most outstanding authors of the genre. Ideas?
#solarpunk #futurism #ClimateSky #GreenSky #climate #energy 💡
#solarpunk #futurism #ClimateSky #GreenSky #climate #energy 💡
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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The Dark Times Academy Reading Room is a gathering place for sharing ideas, imagining a brighter future, a place to plot a better world, and it's welcoming to everyone!
We open the space every other week to people from all over the world to just talk. No cost, it's just a place to talk.
We open the space every other week to people from all over the world to just talk. No cost, it's just a place to talk.
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Dark Times Academy Reading Room is a gathering place for sharing ideas, imagining a brighter future, a place to plot a better world, and it's welcoming to everyone!
We open the space every other week to people from all over the world to just talk. No cost, it's just a place to talk.
We open the space every other week to people from all over the world to just talk. No cost, it's just a place to talk.
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My lukewarm take on this is I question why we continue to platform (mostly? Exclusively?) men who made a lot of money in one area for their views/advice in other totally unrelated areas.
Bill Gates has a new memo out calling for a “strategic pivot” on climate change, downplaying “doomsday” talk to focus on filling enormous post-USAID budget gaps in global health and vaccine funding. I got an early glimpse of his thinking last week:
7 New Takes From Bill Gates on Climate ‘Doomsday’ Talk and Global Health
“I mean, God bless the Europeans for caring about climate.”
heatmap.news
November 2, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My lukewarm take on this is I question why we continue to platform (mostly? Exclusively?) men who made a lot of money in one area for their views/advice in other totally unrelated areas.
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My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
My perhaps controversial assessment is that when you share the propaganda of your enemies to call it out or to mock it… you’re still spreading their propaganda and maybe doing exactly what they hope you’ll do.
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Stories like this around people rising to meet the SNAP crisis are easy to frame as inspirational and I appreciate the reporting here that stresses that this is a crisis of the government's making with long-term consequences that individuals alone cannot fix.
As SNAP benefits run dry, 'grocery buddies' are footing their neighbors' food bills
With federal food aid frozen during the government shutdown, there has been a wave of people rushing to help — sending gift cards or buying groceries for SNAP recipients in their community.
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Stories like this around people rising to meet the SNAP crisis are easy to frame as inspirational and I appreciate the reporting here that stresses that this is a crisis of the government's making with long-term consequences that individuals alone cannot fix.
This cat is dressed for Halloween 365 days a year:
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This cat is dressed for Halloween 365 days a year:
Thousands of California high school students staged walk outs this week to support the Make Polluters Pay bill, which would require oil and gas companies to cover the escalating costs of wildfires and other climate disasters.
Some coverage from around the state: 🧵
www.kalw.org/bay-area-new...
Some coverage from around the state: 🧵
www.kalw.org/bay-area-new...
Oakland students walk out of class to support climate bill
Students at ALMOST 50 California high schools held walkouts on Friday in support of the “Make Polluters Pay Superfund Act.”
www.kalw.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Saying we need to focus more on economics and less on climate change is just saying you don't understand either.
October 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Saying we need to focus more on economics and less on climate change is just saying you don't understand either.
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biblically accurate cat
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
biblically accurate cat
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There are many reasons fact checkers are vital. Here's one. The wonderful and persistent fellow working on my current manuscript just saved me from identifying a Scottish surgeon as English.
The utter horror and embarrassment if that had made it into print!!!
The utter horror and embarrassment if that had made it into print!!!
October 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
There are many reasons fact checkers are vital. Here's one. The wonderful and persistent fellow working on my current manuscript just saved me from identifying a Scottish surgeon as English.
The utter horror and embarrassment if that had made it into print!!!
The utter horror and embarrassment if that had made it into print!!!
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Just a reminder that the sun shines, the wind blows, the water flows, and the Earth creates heat every day
206 days in 2025 so far with WindWaterSolar exceeding 100% of demand on CA's main grid for part of the day, averaging 3.9 among all 298 days in 2025
And fossil gas is down 37.4% in 2 y
206 days in 2025 so far with WindWaterSolar exceeding 100% of demand on CA's main grid for part of the day, averaging 3.9 among all 298 days in 2025
And fossil gas is down 37.4% in 2 y
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Just a reminder that the sun shines, the wind blows, the water flows, and the Earth creates heat every day
206 days in 2025 so far with WindWaterSolar exceeding 100% of demand on CA's main grid for part of the day, averaging 3.9 among all 298 days in 2025
And fossil gas is down 37.4% in 2 y
206 days in 2025 so far with WindWaterSolar exceeding 100% of demand on CA's main grid for part of the day, averaging 3.9 among all 298 days in 2025
And fossil gas is down 37.4% in 2 y
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Care for us? True indeed! They ne’er car’d for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their store-houses cramm’d with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act establish’d against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor.
October 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Care for us? True indeed! They ne’er car’d for us yet. Suffer us to famish, and their store-houses cramm’d with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act establish’d against the rich, and provide more piercing statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor.
Super excited about Sammy Roth's new chapter and also hopeful they switch from Substack to Ghost so I can support Sammy without also supporting Nazis
@sammyroth.bsky.social
@sammyroth.bsky.social
Last week I left the L.A. Times and launched Climate-Colored Goggles, an independent newsletter about climate and culture. Here's my mission statement, please check it out and subscribe! www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/why-writin...
Why I'm writing about climate and culture
I never expected to leave the Los Angeles Times and start a Substack. Then a story about Disneyland caught me by surprise.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Super excited about Sammy Roth's new chapter and also hopeful they switch from Substack to Ghost so I can support Sammy without also supporting Nazis
@sammyroth.bsky.social
@sammyroth.bsky.social
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Misty Morning on the Seine, Mauve - 1897
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10703
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10703
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Misty Morning on the Seine, Mauve - 1897
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10703
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/10703
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Want to raise your voice? We’ll show you ways to get past the gatekeeping.
Join our free training about government public meetings and how you can watch, understand, and get involved. Two more dates this year: Nov 4 or Dec 2 — all 12:00–12:30pm PT.
Register at lwvsf.org/observer-c...
Join our free training about government public meetings and how you can watch, understand, and get involved. Two more dates this year: Nov 4 or Dec 2 — all 12:00–12:30pm PT.
Register at lwvsf.org/observer-c...
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Want to raise your voice? We’ll show you ways to get past the gatekeeping.
Join our free training about government public meetings and how you can watch, understand, and get involved. Two more dates this year: Nov 4 or Dec 2 — all 12:00–12:30pm PT.
Register at lwvsf.org/observer-c...
Join our free training about government public meetings and how you can watch, understand, and get involved. Two more dates this year: Nov 4 or Dec 2 — all 12:00–12:30pm PT.
Register at lwvsf.org/observer-c...
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COOLEST RUNNINGS,,, cuz it’s Cooler than Cool Runnings.
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
COOLEST RUNNINGS,,, cuz it’s Cooler than Cool Runnings.
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
Your boy Flavor Flav is now an Official Sponsor and The Official Hype Man of the USA Olympic Bobsled + Skeleton team. YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!
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Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!
October 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Did you know that if you chant “add alt text” three times in the mirror, a social media manager appears behind you with a cat meme!
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Stop scrolling and go to bed! But first look at the comedy wildlife photo finalists from this year www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...
These images are for viewing only and must not be copied :: Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards - Conservation through Competition
www.comedywildlifephoto.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Stop scrolling and go to bed! But first look at the comedy wildlife photo finalists from this year www.comedywildlifephoto.com/gallery/fina...
This is troubling. I'm hopeful the Internet Archive will soon be back to full capacity.
Between May and October 2025, homepage snapshots fell by 87% across 100 news publications. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/the-...
The Wayback Machine’s snapshots of news homepages plummet after a “breakdown” in archiving projects
Between May and October 2025, homepage snapshots fell by 87% across 100 news publications.
www.niemanlab.org
October 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is troubling. I'm hopeful the Internet Archive will soon be back to full capacity.
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Few things as satisfying as seeing people who are very good at and meticulous in their work given free rein to do said work.
October 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Few things as satisfying as seeing people who are very good at and meticulous in their work given free rein to do said work.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Job alert!
We're hiring! Project Drawdown seeks a climate science professional with world-class project management skills to serve as Program Manager for a new initiative. FT and remote position. Learn more and apply today at: drawdown.org/careers/prog...
Program Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships
Our mission is to help the world reach “Drawdown" as quickly, safely, and equitably as possible.
drawdown.org
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Job alert!
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Cutting SNAP is an economic time bomb.
End the shutdown & fund the services America needs.
End the shutdown & fund the services America needs.
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Cutting SNAP is an economic time bomb.
End the shutdown & fund the services America needs.
End the shutdown & fund the services America needs.
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My 'customer service' face.
📸 nyannendo
📸 nyannendo
October 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My 'customer service' face.
📸 nyannendo
📸 nyannendo