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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"tapering plans" for HRT is a death sentence if you've had gender-affirming surgeries, like I have with my orchi, because your body will just wither away and die without hormones. Unspeakable evil. Demonic shit. You don't hate these motherfuckers enough.
BREAKING: Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons.
"It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.
"It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.
Trump admin issues new policy aimed at ending transgender-related care in federal prisons
"It's a really dangerous policy,” an ACLU lawyer representing trans people in federal prison suing the Trump administration tells Law Dork of the new Bureau of Prisons policy.
www.lawdork.com
February 20, 2026 at 1:45 AM
"tapering plans" for HRT is a death sentence if you've had gender-affirming surgeries, like I have with my orchi, because your body will just wither away and die without hormones. Unspeakable evil. Demonic shit. You don't hate these motherfuckers enough.
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February 20, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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Every New Product Update: Guess What's New?!!?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
February 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Every New Product Update: Guess What's New?!!?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
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"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
“my children might see the children I voted to put in shackles, how shall they grow up”
February 19, 2026 at 5:31 AM
"excuse me sir, there must be some mistake- i voted to create the camps, not live in the zone of interest" is like every trump voter
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"Looking at six solar arrays in Switzerland that have been running since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the team found most panels still produced more than 80% of their original power after three decades."
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades
Solar panels are usually sold with 25 to 30 years of performance promises. But what happens after that, when the warranty language is long gone and you are
www.ecoticias.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Looking at six solar arrays in Switzerland that have been running since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the team found most panels still produced more than 80% of their original power after three decades."
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
Me, plotting a new six-volume short fiction series.
Because why not.
(these will be my stories, some unpublished, some reprints, mostly fiction but some essays)
It's a good snapshot of like my entire author career, as told through my short fiction.
Because why not.
(these will be my stories, some unpublished, some reprints, mostly fiction but some essays)
It's a good snapshot of like my entire author career, as told through my short fiction.
February 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Me, plotting a new six-volume short fiction series.
Because why not.
(these will be my stories, some unpublished, some reprints, mostly fiction but some essays)
It's a good snapshot of like my entire author career, as told through my short fiction.
Because why not.
(these will be my stories, some unpublished, some reprints, mostly fiction but some essays)
It's a good snapshot of like my entire author career, as told through my short fiction.
this is fascism
in america, if you go over your 3 minute allotment to speak, men with guns come to take you away.
February 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
this is fascism
Every New Product Update: Guess What's New?!!?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
February 19, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Every New Product Update: Guess What's New?!!?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
Me: Can I turn the AI off?
"Looking at six solar arrays in Switzerland that have been running since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the team found most panels still produced more than 80% of their original power after three decades."
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
Goodbye to the idea that solar panels “die” after 25 years. A new study says the warranty does not mark the end, and real-world performance can last for decades
Solar panels are usually sold with 25 to 30 years of performance promises. But what happens after that, when the warranty language is long gone and you are
www.ecoticias.com
February 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
"Looking at six solar arrays in Switzerland that have been running since the late 1980s and early 1990s, the team found most panels still produced more than 80% of their original power after three decades."
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
YES! 🌞These things will last forever, esp the new ones.
www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-t...
I approve of this message.
(and not because I need UBI to create — I have been lucky to be a full-time author for 14+ yrs, I have written *so many* novels already, and I'm sharply aware of that luck and how much we need all the new stories that people would unleash upon the world, given the chance)
(and not because I need UBI to create — I have been lucky to be a full-time author for 14+ yrs, I have written *so many* novels already, and I'm sharply aware of that luck and how much we need all the new stories that people would unleash upon the world, given the chance)
UBI would turn our society into a cultural powerhouse. i can't even begin to describe how creatively freeing it would be. i would make *so many* games. i would write *so many* novels.
Most artists, even big names you all would recognize and know, are not rich.
The few who are, are freakish anomalies.
The few who are, are freakish anomalies.
February 19, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I approve of this message.
(and not because I need UBI to create — I have been lucky to be a full-time author for 14+ yrs, I have written *so many* novels already, and I'm sharply aware of that luck and how much we need all the new stories that people would unleash upon the world, given the chance)
(and not because I need UBI to create — I have been lucky to be a full-time author for 14+ yrs, I have written *so many* novels already, and I'm sharply aware of that luck and how much we need all the new stories that people would unleash upon the world, given the chance)
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babe come in here, a new LinkedIn unhinged opus just dropped
I have been gifted getting to read the GOAT LinkedIn post. This person is the Chief Sustainability Officer of,,,, Philip Morris
February 19, 2026 at 4:27 PM
babe come in here, a new LinkedIn unhinged opus just dropped
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📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣
If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
Submission Calls
Special sub call (open now through march 31st) Later this year, we’re putting out a surveillance horror/Weird fiction anthology. I’ve loved the stories I’ve solicited and their di…
cursedmorsels.com
February 19, 2026 at 3:41 PM
📣SPECIAL UNEXPECTED SUBMISSION CALL ANNOUNCEMENT📣
If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
If you hate ICE and love horror and Weird fiction, please take a look at our current, very specific and necessary sub call.
cursedmorsels.com/submission-c...
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Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Once, technology solved problems. People liked having problems solved, so they liked technology.
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
Tech execs started to think of that sentiment as their due. So when they stopped solving problems, and people stopped liking them, they became outraged. "How dare you not love whatever we give you?"
I already got my LIBRARY DEFENDER tshirt so now I'm adding a LIBRARIES ARE FOR THE PEOPLE tshirt to my collection.
Love #libraries? Then become a #LibraryDefender! You can start by getting involved in your local #FriendsOfTheLibrary or Foundation group. Learn how at our Feb. 19th Open House: www.librariesforthepeople.org/events/ftp-f...
FTP Friends and Foundations Network Open House — For The People
Strengthen and protect your library by getting involved with a Friends of the Library or Foundation group! FTP is launching a Friends and Foundations Network to help folks get involved in these local ...
www.librariesforthepeople.org
February 19, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I already got my LIBRARY DEFENDER tshirt so now I'm adding a LIBRARIES ARE FOR THE PEOPLE tshirt to my collection.
I've been giving a lot of thought to human infrastructure and how it underlies everything.
Like how all corporations are autocracies only barely constrained by the law and most of those were hard earned and currently being dismantled.
Like how all corporations are autocracies only barely constrained by the law and most of those were hard earned and currently being dismantled.
February 19, 2026 at 3:12 PM
I've been giving a lot of thought to human infrastructure and how it underlies everything.
Like how all corporations are autocracies only barely constrained by the law and most of those were hard earned and currently being dismantled.
Like how all corporations are autocracies only barely constrained by the law and most of those were hard earned and currently being dismantled.
This delightful interview:two authors I adore as people & also adore their work...😍
1—preorder @tkrex.bsky.social's #solarpunk collection (also: art!!)
2—I❤️that @renanbernardo.com is highlighting authors—it's that human-to-human recommendation system I💚!
renanbernardo.substack.com/p/into-the-h...
1—preorder @tkrex.bsky.social's #solarpunk collection (also: art!!)
2—I❤️that @renanbernardo.com is highlighting authors—it's that human-to-human recommendation system I💚!
renanbernardo.substack.com/p/into-the-h...
Into the Hyperspace: T. K. Rex and Wildcraft Drones
"Their goal is never growth — it’s restoration and maintenance."
renanbernardo.substack.com
February 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
This delightful interview:two authors I adore as people & also adore their work...😍
1—preorder @tkrex.bsky.social's #solarpunk collection (also: art!!)
2—I❤️that @renanbernardo.com is highlighting authors—it's that human-to-human recommendation system I💚!
renanbernardo.substack.com/p/into-the-h...
1—preorder @tkrex.bsky.social's #solarpunk collection (also: art!!)
2—I❤️that @renanbernardo.com is highlighting authors—it's that human-to-human recommendation system I💚!
renanbernardo.substack.com/p/into-the-h...
I'm feeling a lot like this tree today.
Barren and broken. Stark. Complicated and interconnected.
But also old and carrying the scars of experience. There are stories in me, seasons & lifetimes holding up others as they build nests and lives.
Nature isn't a metaphor.
Nature is us, and we are it.
Barren and broken. Stark. Complicated and interconnected.
But also old and carrying the scars of experience. There are stories in me, seasons & lifetimes holding up others as they build nests and lives.
Nature isn't a metaphor.
Nature is us, and we are it.
February 19, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I'm feeling a lot like this tree today.
Barren and broken. Stark. Complicated and interconnected.
But also old and carrying the scars of experience. There are stories in me, seasons & lifetimes holding up others as they build nests and lives.
Nature isn't a metaphor.
Nature is us, and we are it.
Barren and broken. Stark. Complicated and interconnected.
But also old and carrying the scars of experience. There are stories in me, seasons & lifetimes holding up others as they build nests and lives.
Nature isn't a metaphor.
Nature is us, and we are it.
This amazing book is just in time.
#booksky
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
bookshop.org/a/102876/979...
(btw I fully approve of this new trend from publishers of sending books to people who preorder *even before the actual release date* like this is what knowing book-people's hearts looks like)
#booksky
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
bookshop.org/a/102876/979...
(btw I fully approve of this new trend from publishers of sending books to people who preorder *even before the actual release date* like this is what knowing book-people's hearts looks like)
February 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This amazing book is just in time.
#booksky
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
bookshop.org/a/102876/979...
(btw I fully approve of this new trend from publishers of sending books to people who preorder *even before the actual release date* like this is what knowing book-people's hearts looks like)
#booksky
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
bookshop.org/a/102876/979...
(btw I fully approve of this new trend from publishers of sending books to people who preorder *even before the actual release date* like this is what knowing book-people's hearts looks like)
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I looked an emu in the face from a distance of about a foot once and felt the "birds are dinosaurs" IN MY BONES
February 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I looked an emu in the face from a distance of about a foot once and felt the "birds are dinosaurs" IN MY BONES
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In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
This is a truly horrifying memo. It says that the policy of the US government will now be to proactively seek out and arrest likely tens of thousands of refugees who entered legally under Biden and subject them to detention, where they will be interrogated about their status.
February 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
In the concentration camp universe, this is what's known as a filtration camp. A government preemptively takes a whole class of people to interrogate and detain extrajudicially in order to inflict duress on them while arbitrarily assessing their (supposed) culpability.
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It always strikes me, in news items about AI licensing schemes and/or startups, how often authors are simply not mentioned: it's all about making things easy for publishers. Writers will need to fight their publishers--not just the AI companies www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Cashmere.io Wants Better AI Licensing Deals for Publishers
The little-known startup, which powers publishing deals with AI firm Perplexity, aims to help publishers monitor, monetize, and control their content inside AI systems. CEO Jonathan Munk says the indu...
www.publishersweekly.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:33 PM
It always strikes me, in news items about AI licensing schemes and/or startups, how often authors are simply not mentioned: it's all about making things easy for publishers. Writers will need to fight their publishers--not just the AI companies www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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oh "the left" is missing out on AI? yeah, i'm a socialist, i'm for humanity. good. no reason to act like this lifeless and error prone tool is going to do much of anything for me or society.
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
February 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
oh "the left" is missing out on AI? yeah, i'm a socialist, i'm for humanity. good. no reason to act like this lifeless and error prone tool is going to do much of anything for me or society.
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
from one of my favorite AI critical essays in the last six months: anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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Just talked to my collaborator and designer of this sticker, @acaguy.bsky.social and we will be cooking up some new stuff soon as well as a re-release of these.
February 18, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Just talked to my collaborator and designer of this sticker, @acaguy.bsky.social and we will be cooking up some new stuff soon as well as a re-release of these.
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The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.
February 17, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The more of these fascist atrocities I see, the more I become an immigration maximalist. Let everyone in, give everyone work permits/green cards. Make it possible to get citizenship within a few months. Make it as easy as getting a driver's license.