Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱
@susankayequinn.bsky.social
Spec Fic author | PhD Environmental Engr | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I write hopeful climate fiction and solarpunk.
Host: Bright Green Futures podcast
https://linktr.ee/susankayequinn
"AI is a lying machine made out of crimes."🔨
Working on a novel about families and plants.
I write hopeful climate fiction and solarpunk.
Host: Bright Green Futures podcast
https://linktr.ee/susankayequinn
"AI is a lying machine made out of crimes."🔨
Working on a novel about families and plants.
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Hello, I'm Sue, I write hopeful #climatefiction cuz HOLY HELL we need a way out of this mess.
Website: many novels, much short stories
NEW: Bright Green Futures! (stories from guests of the pod)
I wish more people would read (free):
SLIMY THINGS DID CRAWL lnk.to/SlimyWebsite
#booksky #solarpunk
Website: many novels, much short stories
NEW: Bright Green Futures! (stories from guests of the pod)
I wish more people would read (free):
SLIMY THINGS DID CRAWL lnk.to/SlimyWebsite
#booksky #solarpunk
If you're looking for a gift for a #writer, here are some #books that have been instrumental in my 15+ year #writing career.
#1: 21st Century Fiction
Maass is an agent & teacher. This book gets deep into how to construct character arcs & write vibrantly.
#giftguide
bookshop.org/a/102876/978...
#1: 21st Century Fiction
Maass is an agent & teacher. This book gets deep into how to construct character arcs & write vibrantly.
#giftguide
bookshop.org/a/102876/978...
Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
bookshop.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If you're looking for a gift for a #writer, here are some #books that have been instrumental in my 15+ year #writing career.
#1: 21st Century Fiction
Maass is an agent & teacher. This book gets deep into how to construct character arcs & write vibrantly.
#giftguide
bookshop.org/a/102876/978...
#1: 21st Century Fiction
Maass is an agent & teacher. This book gets deep into how to construct character arcs & write vibrantly.
#giftguide
bookshop.org/a/102876/978...
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I keep seeing video after video of ICE agents assaulting or attempting to assault young women in New Orleans.
December 5, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I keep seeing video after video of ICE agents assaulting or attempting to assault young women in New Orleans.
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My 22yo is taking a philosophy class & the students are barely participating, using AI to post comments in the class group "discussion", cheating not only themselves but degrading the class experience as well. One particular student is 100% using AI responses.
my kid writes a 750 word post...
my kid writes a 750 word post...
December 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
My 22yo is taking a philosophy class & the students are barely participating, using AI to post comments in the class group "discussion", cheating not only themselves but degrading the class experience as well. One particular student is 100% using AI responses.
my kid writes a 750 word post...
my kid writes a 750 word post...
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Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.
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helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
helps to think about the details like any regular crime you'd see on one of the 800 cop shows that run on TV constantly: these guys committed one set of murders, thought it over, and then decided to kill the witnesses as part of the coverup. mention of drugs is just jingling keys at this point
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"AI slop"
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"AI slop"
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
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Things get around. @susankayequinn.bsky.social @joanwestenberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Things get around. @susankayequinn.bsky.social @joanwestenberg.com
There are few pleasures greater for me, as a writer and a parent, than when my children share their creative works with me, especially their stories.
I got to critique my 22yo's novella today. Today is a good day. 😍
I got to critique my 22yo's novella today. Today is a good day. 😍
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There are few pleasures greater for me, as a writer and a parent, than when my children share their creative works with me, especially their stories.
I got to critique my 22yo's novella today. Today is a good day. 😍
I got to critique my 22yo's novella today. Today is a good day. 😍
everything is terrible
God the sheer amount of bullshit just in the first few paragraphs of this ...
The Energy Vision Democrats Need
Senator Gallego’s Plan is the Way Forward
www.therebuild.pub
December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
everything is terrible
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God the sheer amount of bullshit just in the first few paragraphs of this ...
The Energy Vision Democrats Need
Senator Gallego’s Plan is the Way Forward
www.therebuild.pub
December 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
God the sheer amount of bullshit just in the first few paragraphs of this ...
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Since I am Bad at Business I forgot to post that I'm trying my 1st subscription sale for BLOOD IN THE MACHINE. 20% off until Sunday. If you'd like to support independent journalism that centers the worker, the user, the humans contending with Silicon Valley and the tech oligarchy, now's a good time.
A bloody Cyber Monday discount
In which Blood in the Machine attempts its first subscription sale
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Since I am Bad at Business I forgot to post that I'm trying my 1st subscription sale for BLOOD IN THE MACHINE. 20% off until Sunday. If you'd like to support independent journalism that centers the worker, the user, the humans contending with Silicon Valley and the tech oligarchy, now's a good time.
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The NewsGuild, of which the PEN Guild is a part, is also running a week of action this week, called NEWS NOT SLOP; there's a petition (you should sign it) and a town hall later today in which I will be participating
www.newsnotslop.org
www.newsnotslop.org
News Not Slop
www.newsnotslop.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The NewsGuild, of which the PEN Guild is a part, is also running a week of action this week, called NEWS NOT SLOP; there's a petition (you should sign it) and a town hall later today in which I will be participating
www.newsnotslop.org
www.newsnotslop.org
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Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
Journalists win a key battle over AI in the newsroom
PLUS: Artists fight for an AI transparency law in the belly of the beast, a Spotify mass deletion event, and an interview with a top video games journalist about AI and labor.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
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For capitalism to keep operating it has to convince you that you are thing that ends at the boundaries of your body rather than a flow connected to uncountable others. After all, you can't really profit off extracting from yourself.
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For capitalism to keep operating it has to convince you that you are thing that ends at the boundaries of your body rather than a flow connected to uncountable others. After all, you can't really profit off extracting from yourself.
"AI slop"
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"AI slop"
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
"that's AI"
"enshittification"
"this episode of Black Mirror sucks"
I should have never doubted people would invent terms that accurately capture the degradation of our times via tech.
Humans are endlessly creative.
Something AI (and AI corps) can only steal.🔨
straight to the Hague with all of them
"Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company...the military would have to use Palantir’s technology..." (to kill people)
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
"Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company...the military would have to use Palantir’s technology..." (to kill people)
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
straight to the Hague with all of them
"Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company...the military would have to use Palantir’s technology..." (to kill people)
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
"Karp believes that the U.S. boat strikes in the Caribbean (which many experts believe to be war crimes) are a moneymaking opportunity for his company...the military would have to use Palantir’s technology..." (to kill people)
gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
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"elite capture of the fourth estate" feels like the grim answer to a lot of questions these days I gotta say
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
Are we in a game of chicken to see how far a handful of freaks can push things until we bring back consequences and / or guillotines? How have we hyper-normalized them saying this shit out loud in public?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"elite capture of the fourth estate" feels like the grim answer to a lot of questions these days I gotta say
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
they're emboldened to say this shit because they know the entire media apparatus will just hand them the mic, applaud afterwards, and tell anyone who says WTF?? to shut up
OH SHIT... we'll I guess we've answered this question.
Ground News is now AI slop.
"So I dug around a bit on Ground News...And folks, you’re not gonna believe this, but it’s not. In fact, it buys some of its bias ratings straight from an AI algorithm.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Ground News is now AI slop.
"So I dug around a bit on Ground News...And folks, you’re not gonna believe this, but it’s not. In fact, it buys some of its bias ratings straight from an AI algorithm.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
OH SHIT... we'll I guess we've answered this question.
Ground News is now AI slop.
"So I dug around a bit on Ground News...And folks, you’re not gonna believe this, but it’s not. In fact, it buys some of its bias ratings straight from an AI algorithm.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
Ground News is now AI slop.
"So I dug around a bit on Ground News...And folks, you’re not gonna believe this, but it’s not. In fact, it buys some of its bias ratings straight from an AI algorithm.
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
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Given my day (a typical day in academia), grateful this t-shirt from @effinbirds.com exists. You, too, could own one. Or gift one. Just sayin'.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Given my day (a typical day in academia), grateful this t-shirt from @effinbirds.com exists. You, too, could own one. Or gift one. Just sayin'.
I continue to be amazed how some people will support something *if it benefits them* REGARDLESS of the cost to others... and they still think of themselves as good people and that this is just a natural and normal thing they should do.
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I continue to be amazed how some people will support something *if it benefits them* REGARDLESS of the cost to others... and they still think of themselves as good people and that this is just a natural and normal thing they should do.
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The absolute glut of low-paid, insultingly titled "fix the dogshit our LLM extruded through its hell cloaca" jobs on LinkedIn makes me want to add a new skill to my resume: guillotine construction.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The absolute glut of low-paid, insultingly titled "fix the dogshit our LLM extruded through its hell cloaca" jobs on LinkedIn makes me want to add a new skill to my resume: guillotine construction.
these people are monsters
all the terrorizing of trans people over their passports has made me absolutely insane with worry
there has to be millions of dual citizens
they're just terrorizing people to terrorize them
*endless screaming*
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
all the terrorizing of trans people over their passports has made me absolutely insane with worry
there has to be millions of dual citizens
they're just terrorizing people to terrorize them
*endless screaming*
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
Sen. Moreno’s Bill Seeks to End Dual Citizenship in U.S.
The Exclusive Citizenship Act of 2025 would prohibit holding US citizenship and that of another country. Failure to renounce results in automatic loss of US citizenship.
www.forbes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
these people are monsters
all the terrorizing of trans people over their passports has made me absolutely insane with worry
there has to be millions of dual citizens
they're just terrorizing people to terrorize them
*endless screaming*
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
all the terrorizing of trans people over their passports has made me absolutely insane with worry
there has to be millions of dual citizens
they're just terrorizing people to terrorize them
*endless screaming*
www.forbes.com/sites/virgin...
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Grab these two #solarpunk stories by @renanbernardo.com and @daniellearostegui.bsky.social while they're free!
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#booksky
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#booksky
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Grab these two #solarpunk stories by @renanbernardo.com and @daniellearostegui.bsky.social while they're free!
newsletter.susankayequinn.com/v5y8e9o6w3
#booksky
newsletter.susankayequinn.com/v5y8e9o6w3
#booksky
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.