Arwen Spicer
@arwenspicer.bsky.social
Science fiction fan & writer. Advocate for degrowth, frugal abundance, & ethical coalition building. Scholarly background in utopia studies. Fannish rambles at labingi.dreamwidth.org. Book rec's at bookshop.org/shop/arwenspicer
Excellent post on instability in the US, the threat of widespread violence (ex. civil war), & why such violence would make things harder to fix. Happy Thanksigiving! www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/just-a-sho...
Just a shot away?: Degrowth, cliodynamics, and violence in the USA
The United States has entered a major social crisis.
www.sufficiencywellbeing.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Excellent post on instability in the US, the threat of widespread violence (ex. civil war), & why such violence would make things harder to fix. Happy Thanksigiving! www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/just-a-sho...
Here's my latest Bookshop.org referral code:
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Never a better time to leave Amazon.
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Never a better time to leave Amazon.
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Here's my latest Bookshop.org referral code:
refer.bookshop.org/egkfmyy2rdr6
Never a better time to leave Amazon.
refer.bookshop.org/egkfmyy2rdr6
Never a better time to leave Amazon.
Hudson helps set the table. (He's in charge of napkins.)
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Hudson helps set the table. (He's in charge of napkins.)
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@straczynski.bsky.social Hi Mr Stracynski.
I said this to you a while ago but with recent events I feel it's once again important to state that I really loved Bablyon 5. But I much preferred it when it was conspiratorial and paranoid not prescient to the point of wondering if you had a time machine
I said this to you a while ago but with recent events I feel it's once again important to state that I really loved Bablyon 5. But I much preferred it when it was conspiratorial and paranoid not prescient to the point of wondering if you had a time machine
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
@straczynski.bsky.social Hi Mr Stracynski.
I said this to you a while ago but with recent events I feel it's once again important to state that I really loved Bablyon 5. But I much preferred it when it was conspiratorial and paranoid not prescient to the point of wondering if you had a time machine
I said this to you a while ago but with recent events I feel it's once again important to state that I really loved Bablyon 5. But I much preferred it when it was conspiratorial and paranoid not prescient to the point of wondering if you had a time machine
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About 100 members of the Sudanese community and supporters rallied at Parliament House to call for an end to the genocide in Sudan. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
Stop genocide in Sudan!
Members of the Sudanese community and their supporters rallied at Parliament House to call for an end to the genocide in Sudan. Markela Panegyres reports.
www.greenleft.org.au
November 23, 2025 at 3:39 AM
About 100 members of the Sudanese community and supporters rallied at Parliament House to call for an end to the genocide in Sudan. www.greenleft.org.au/2025/1443/ne...
Hudson helps grade papers. (He is in love with this student's paper. He's sought it out to step on at least 3 times.)
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Hudson helps grade papers. (He is in love with this student's paper. He's sought it out to step on at least 3 times.)
Excellent article by Zadie Smith on the underfunding of cultural institutions in the UK. Question: Smith writes the British used to think the UK "had a bone-deep sense of fairness." The UK? When? I'm serious, not being snide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Excellent article by Zadie Smith on the underfunding of cultural institutions in the UK. Question: Smith writes the British used to think the UK "had a bone-deep sense of fairness." The UK? When? I'm serious, not being snide.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Another new publication! Thrilled to receive my contributor copy of Númenor, the Frail and Mighty reach print, also featuring @clarelmoore.bsky.social, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, @aranelparmadil.bsky.social, @putriprihatini.bsky.social, and more. Mazel Tov to editor @willsherwood.bsky.social too!
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Another new publication! Thrilled to receive my contributor copy of Númenor, the Frail and Mighty reach print, also featuring @clarelmoore.bsky.social, @mercuryreads.bsky.social, @aranelparmadil.bsky.social, @putriprihatini.bsky.social, and more. Mazel Tov to editor @willsherwood.bsky.social too!
I support Starbucks workers & am joining the boycott. #NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I support Starbucks workers & am joining the boycott. #NoContractNoCoffee
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'...introducing a proposal for an “individual basic amount” for every adult citizen. This plan... aims to replace the current complex web of benefits and allowances with a single, more direct form of income support'
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
'...introducing a proposal for an “individual basic amount” for every adult citizen. This plan... aims to replace the current complex web of benefits and allowances with a single, more direct form of income support'
Wonderful video by Ava Emilione on state capitalist (my words) censorship & the importance of print media. When will it be the people's turn to have a platform is a vital question. youtu.be/5hiHuVBxgzQ?...
Jimmy Kimmel’s return monologue was the beginning of the end
YouTube video by The Birdcage with Ava Emilione
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October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Wonderful video by Ava Emilione on state capitalist (my words) censorship & the importance of print media. When will it be the people's turn to have a platform is a vital question. youtu.be/5hiHuVBxgzQ?...
I totally agree about UBI & transforming the economy.
We shouldn't be measuring artistry by the goals of capitalism. Labor and wages are their goals, not ours.
If you want to fight for artists, fight for UBI. Fight for a generous welfare state that supports the dignity and economic freedom of all people.
Destroying the tools doesn't help the artists.
If you want to fight for artists, fight for UBI. Fight for a generous welfare state that supports the dignity and economic freedom of all people.
Destroying the tools doesn't help the artists.
October 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
I totally agree about UBI & transforming the economy.
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“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.
apnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”
apnews.com/article/pope...
apnews.com/article/pope...
I'm so honored to be able to share this interview I did with Charlie Toledo of the Suscol Intertribal Council: An age of joy – An interview with Charlie Toledo www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/an-age-of-...
An age of joy – An interview with Charlie Toledo
Charlie Toledo is of Towa descent, native to New Mexico.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm so honored to be able to share this interview I did with Charlie Toledo of the Suscol Intertribal Council: An age of joy – An interview with Charlie Toledo www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/an-age-of-...
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From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Culture #Literature #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism #EcoFiction
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Culture #Literature #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism #EcoFiction
From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
From Afrofuturism to ecotopia: A climate-fiction glossary
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Culture #Literature #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism #EcoFiction
Find the climate-fiction genre that inspires you.
grist.org/fix/climate-...
#Culture #Literature #Solarpunk #Afrofuturism #EcoFiction
Good for MIT!
The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump’s political agenda in exchange for favorable access to federal funding. https://to.pbs.org/4qadGZG
MIT president rejects proposal to adopt Trump priorities for funding benefits
The president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday she “cannot support” a White House proposal that asks MIT and eight other universities to adopt President Donald Trump's politica...
www.pbs.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Good for MIT!
Some comparatively good news, though it's helpfulness is limited as long as the growth economy keeps expanding energy demand.
For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Some comparatively good news, though it's helpfulness is limited as long as the growth economy keeps expanding energy demand.
Not happy news but important--the most important really, though it's all connected.
We have breached 7 out of 9 Planetary Boundaries.
The Planetary Health Check 2025 makes it clear: We have to act now.
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
The Planetary Health Check 2025 makes it clear: We have to act now.
www.planetaryhealthcheck.org
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Not happy news but important--the most important really, though it's all connected.
A good look at why degrowth is a useful concept: Degrowth vs. Talk nice and vague about the collapse www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/degrowth-v...
Degrowth vs. Talk nice and vague about the collapse
Editors note: This article is part of our Thematic Focus “Degrowth, the word”.
www.sufficiencywellbeing.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A good look at why degrowth is a useful concept: Degrowth vs. Talk nice and vague about the collapse www.sufficiencywellbeing.com/p/degrowth-v...
7:45 am, & I have already been the recipient of human kindness. Asked fellow at disability center if they could convert PDFs to Word for me so to spare me screen time during a chronic pain flare. He said the center can't do that, but he understands chronic pain & would do it personally. Gratitude!
September 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
7:45 am, & I have already been the recipient of human kindness. Asked fellow at disability center if they could convert PDFs to Word for me so to spare me screen time during a chronic pain flare. He said the center can't do that, but he understands chronic pain & would do it personally. Gratitude!
Yay for the people doing good work in the world!
September 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Yay for the people doing good work in the world!
Happy Bilbo & Frodo's Birthday! I have blogged a response to a summary of Kuang's defense of ideology in modern SF&F. tldr: what frustrates me in much modern SF&F is not that it's ideological but that it's simplistic, vs. Tolkien, who is ideological but complex. labingi.dreamwidth.org/213464.html
September 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Happy Bilbo & Frodo's Birthday! I have blogged a response to a summary of Kuang's defense of ideology in modern SF&F. tldr: what frustrates me in much modern SF&F is not that it's ideological but that it's simplistic, vs. Tolkien, who is ideological but complex. labingi.dreamwidth.org/213464.html
Today, the bun bun put in an appearance.
September 21, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Today, the bun bun put in an appearance.
This is a good, brave video. I want to uplift it.
New video: No, Charlie Kirk Was Not a Good Man- the national gaslighting about Charlie Kirk. youtu.be/F8P4IRRJ328?...
No, Charlie Kirk Was Not a Good Man
YouTube video by Jessie Gender
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September 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is a good, brave video. I want to uplift it.
Here's the link to the letter by 85 scientists debunking the Trump Administration's misleading report on climate change, including their typos: drive.google.com/file/d/1PwAR...
Climate_Experts_Review_of_DOE_CWG_Report.pdf
drive.google.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Here's the link to the letter by 85 scientists debunking the Trump Administration's misleading report on climate change, including their typos: drive.google.com/file/d/1PwAR...