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
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"In Lincoln’s day (& Gilded Age & 1930s), Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy...people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"In Lincoln’s day (& Gilded Age & 1930s), Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy...people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
"In Lincoln’s day (& Gilded Age & 1930s), Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy...people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"In Lincoln’s day (& Gilded Age & 1930s), Americans pushed back against those trying to establish an aristocracy...people would prefer to live in a world where a child does not have to sell her body to older men in order to save enough money to get braces on her teeth." @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Total destruction it is, I guess
"People of privilege will almost always risk total destruction rather than surrender any part of their privilege." youtu.be/KGSID_Uyw7w...
The Age of Uncertainty Episode 1 - The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism
YouTube video by sveinbjornt
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Total destruction it is, I guess
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yeah. MeToo, the George Floyd protests, and an ~18 month period of very tight labor markets induced a mental breakdown across the power elite bsky.app/profile/laur...
it didn't even really provide me with any new information but that one email between epstein and some other random rich elite saying "when will the madness end" about the metoo movement felt like a key unlocking my brain that will explain every unforced institutional capitulation we've seen
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
yeah. MeToo, the George Floyd protests, and an ~18 month period of very tight labor markets induced a mental breakdown across the power elite bsky.app/profile/laur...
excellent article
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
excellent article
This video from a year ago — and it's been a hell of a year — is really worth the watch.
The giant social media reshuffling that happened about a year ago — people leaving FB, small Discord groups forming, people moving to bluesky...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFl...
The giant social media reshuffling that happened about a year ago — people leaving FB, small Discord groups forming, people moving to bluesky...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFl...
The Internet is Worse Than Ever – Now What?
YouTube video by Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This video from a year ago — and it's been a hell of a year — is really worth the watch.
The giant social media reshuffling that happened about a year ago — people leaving FB, small Discord groups forming, people moving to bluesky...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFl...
The giant social media reshuffling that happened about a year ago — people leaving FB, small Discord groups forming, people moving to bluesky...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuFl...
Still. Still trying to starve people. Because they are ghouls.
These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Still. Still trying to starve people. Because they are ghouls.
My husband, who meticulously tracks our Halloween candy & trick-or-treaters, says it wasn't my imagination: 2025 candy was half the size of 2023 candy.
November 17, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My husband, who meticulously tracks our Halloween candy & trick-or-treaters, says it wasn't my imagination: 2025 candy was half the size of 2023 candy.
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Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
www.krqe.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Two weeks into a new program that gives New Mexico children free childcare, officials are opening up about the surge that happened day one & how it’s been moving forward. In just a short time, the state said thousands of children are now enrolled in free childcare, & daycares are lining up to join.
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Billionaires as black holes is a metaphor that works for me
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Billionaires as black holes is a metaphor that works for me
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Divine right to rule fell out of favor so...
I think it's incredibly seductive to believe in meritocracy...the only real solution is to make the meritocracy as real as possible, but when we started to, the patriarchy lost its mind and went full mask off.
I think it's incredibly seductive to believe in meritocracy...the only real solution is to make the meritocracy as real as possible, but when we started to, the patriarchy lost its mind and went full mask off.
November 16, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Divine right to rule fell out of favor so...
I think it's incredibly seductive to believe in meritocracy...the only real solution is to make the meritocracy as real as possible, but when we started to, the patriarchy lost its mind and went full mask off.
I think it's incredibly seductive to believe in meritocracy...the only real solution is to make the meritocracy as real as possible, but when we started to, the patriarchy lost its mind and went full mask off.
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This article by @sarahlyons.bsky.social is so sharp you can cut glass with it.
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houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
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houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
This Is How The World Works
Epstein, and the violence we all live with
houseofmirrors.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This article by @sarahlyons.bsky.social is so sharp you can cut glass with it.
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houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
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houseofmirrors.substack.com/p/this-is-ho...
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Yes 100%
I'm perfectly serious when I say we should tax people and corporations to reduce excess wealth for their own good.
I'm perfectly serious when I say we should tax people and corporations to reduce excess wealth for their own good.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Yes 100%
I'm perfectly serious when I say we should tax people and corporations to reduce excess wealth for their own good.
I'm perfectly serious when I say we should tax people and corporations to reduce excess wealth for their own good.
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I am so ready for the patriarchy to crumble under the weight of its own idiocy and gross abuse. This whole Epstein thing feels like a Me Too moment because it's not just Trump or Epstein or a handful of gross pedo dudes, it's thousands of people...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I am so ready for the patriarchy to crumble under the weight of its own idiocy and gross abuse. This whole Epstein thing feels like a Me Too moment because it's not just Trump or Epstein or a handful of gross pedo dudes, it's thousands of people...
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I entered 2025 resolved to look at the regime and explicitly tell myself "that is Babylon" and emotional detach when it came to them and their enablers, especially when it came to tech and retailers.
The Epstein emails really pushes that narrative almost to the point of parody, though
The Epstein emails really pushes that narrative almost to the point of parody, though
Being reminded Larry Summers is currently on the board of Open AI
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I entered 2025 resolved to look at the regime and explicitly tell myself "that is Babylon" and emotional detach when it came to them and their enablers, especially when it came to tech and retailers.
The Epstein emails really pushes that narrative almost to the point of parody, though
The Epstein emails really pushes that narrative almost to the point of parody, though
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Puking and crying at the thought of trans people in Ghana getting access to microcredit
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Puking and crying at the thought of trans people in Ghana getting access to microcredit
support the arts, small businesses, local restaurants, bookstore, libraries, artists, writers, musicians...
you want to see in the world
I bought a pound of coffee today from a local coffeeshop instead of Starbucks. These things matter.
you want to see in the world
I bought a pound of coffee today from a local coffeeshop instead of Starbucks. These things matter.
Be the reason your local independent bookstore stays in business.
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 AM
support the arts, small businesses, local restaurants, bookstore, libraries, artists, writers, musicians...
you want to see in the world
I bought a pound of coffee today from a local coffeeshop instead of Starbucks. These things matter.
you want to see in the world
I bought a pound of coffee today from a local coffeeshop instead of Starbucks. These things matter.
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the question is relentlessly
"should this man be allowed to do crimes, for he is a Great Man or a Rich Man or a Powerful Man, whatever shall we do without him"
and not
"what lives has he destroyed, what has he robbed the world of"
or even
"who are we, if we give money/power/status to monsters"
"should this man be allowed to do crimes, for he is a Great Man or a Rich Man or a Powerful Man, whatever shall we do without him"
and not
"what lives has he destroyed, what has he robbed the world of"
or even
"who are we, if we give money/power/status to monsters"
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the question is relentlessly
"should this man be allowed to do crimes, for he is a Great Man or a Rich Man or a Powerful Man, whatever shall we do without him"
and not
"what lives has he destroyed, what has he robbed the world of"
or even
"who are we, if we give money/power/status to monsters"
"should this man be allowed to do crimes, for he is a Great Man or a Rich Man or a Powerful Man, whatever shall we do without him"
and not
"what lives has he destroyed, what has he robbed the world of"
or even
"who are we, if we give money/power/status to monsters"
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The most successful industrialists—the ones the Luddites fought—were the ones willing to be the most brutal.
It repulsed people, even then.
The story "progress requires brutality" has been repeated endlessly since.
That's what we have to break: THE STORY
Anyway FUCK AI
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
It repulsed people, even then.
The story "progress requires brutality" has been repeated endlessly since.
That's what we have to break: THE STORY
Anyway FUCK AI
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The most successful industrialists—the ones the Luddites fought—were the ones willing to be the most brutal.
It repulsed people, even then.
The story "progress requires brutality" has been repeated endlessly since.
That's what we have to break: THE STORY
Anyway FUCK AI
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
It repulsed people, even then.
The story "progress requires brutality" has been repeated endlessly since.
That's what we have to break: THE STORY
Anyway FUCK AI
@bcmerchant.bsky.social
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Them: you can never get Americans to stop eating meat!
Ag Industry: how about some uninspected meat?
😬
I keep saying "never a better time to go vegetarian" and Republicans keep making it even "better"!
Ag Industry: how about some uninspected meat?
😬
I keep saying "never a better time to go vegetarian" and Republicans keep making it even "better"!
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Them: you can never get Americans to stop eating meat!
Ag Industry: how about some uninspected meat?
😬
I keep saying "never a better time to go vegetarian" and Republicans keep making it even "better"!
Ag Industry: how about some uninspected meat?
😬
I keep saying "never a better time to go vegetarian" and Republicans keep making it even "better"!
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
I am so ready for the patriarchy to crumble under the weight of its own idiocy and gross abuse. This whole Epstein thing feels like a Me Too moment because it's not just Trump or Epstein or a handful of gross pedo dudes, it's thousands of people...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I am so ready for the patriarchy to crumble under the weight of its own idiocy and gross abuse. This whole Epstein thing feels like a Me Too moment because it's not just Trump or Epstein or a handful of gross pedo dudes, it's thousands of people...
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while you're boycotting Black Friday and corporate shopping, here's some tips on
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shopping local: susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-...
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shopping local: susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-...
Climate-Conscious Gift Giving
In case you didn’t know, I have a podcast/substack! Bright Green Futures is all about lifting up stories about a more sustainable and just world and talking about the struggle to get there. S…
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November 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
while you're boycotting Black Friday and corporate shopping, here's some tips on
climate conscious gifting: susankayequinn.com/2024/12/clim...
shopping local: susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-...
climate conscious gifting: susankayequinn.com/2024/12/clim...
shopping local: susankayequinn.com/2025/04/how-...
We're getting a new mailbox cuz ours fell over (it's on a post by the street) and the new one says you should wax your mailbox 2-3 times a year and:
— that sounds like a euphemism for sexual activity
— we're not gonna do that, who does that
— that sounds like a euphemism for sexual activity
— we're not gonna do that, who does that
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
We're getting a new mailbox cuz ours fell over (it's on a post by the street) and the new one says you should wax your mailbox 2-3 times a year and:
— that sounds like a euphemism for sexual activity
— we're not gonna do that, who does that
— that sounds like a euphemism for sexual activity
— we're not gonna do that, who does that
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Poets, take heed! The Fabulist is opening a submissions window for speculative, fantastical and fabulist poetry from Dec. 1-10, with a cap of 150 manuscripts. Guidelines: fabulistmagazine.com/poetry-submi...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Poets, take heed! The Fabulist is opening a submissions window for speculative, fantastical and fabulist poetry from Dec. 1-10, with a cap of 150 manuscripts. Guidelines: fabulistmagazine.com/poetry-submi...