alxd of the Story Seed Library
@alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Programmer, hacker, #solarpunk, educator, activist and a wannabe writer fascinated by how technology is portrayed in culture - and how that affects human lives […]
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🌉 bridged from https://writing.exchange/@alxd on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
Today I learned about https://subjecttoclimate.org/ , a #climate #education website for #usa #teachers .
Might be useful to some #solarpunk folks :)
Might be useful to some #solarpunk folks :)
Free Climate Resources & Lesson Plans | SubjectToClimate
We envision a world where everyone feels empowered to take action to solve climate change. To create this future, climate action begins in the classroom.
subjecttoclimate.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Today I learned about https://subjecttoclimate.org/ , a #climate #education website for #usa #teachers .
Might be useful to some #solarpunk folks :)
Might be useful to some #solarpunk folks :)
Could you recommend me a good, approachable #book about #symbolism in #art for someone who is interested in creating #solarpunk #illustration of #community and #climatechange ?
I'm more interested in "how to capture the non-obvious ideas" than just a tour of classical art.
The book doesn't […]
I'm more interested in "how to capture the non-obvious ideas" than just a tour of classical art.
The book doesn't […]
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writing.exchange
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Could you recommend me a good, approachable #book about #symbolism in #art for someone who is interested in creating #solarpunk #illustration of #community and #climatechange ?
I'm more interested in "how to capture the non-obvious ideas" than just a tour of classical art.
The book doesn't […]
I'm more interested in "how to capture the non-obvious ideas" than just a tour of classical art.
The book doesn't […]
Reposted by alxd of the Story Seed Library
I've been pondering #solarpunk and #hopepunk ideas. One of the most impressive resources I have come across is the #appropriatetechnologylibrary - a giant collection of books that is everything you'd need to make a village or community go with minimal effort and access to basic tools and […]
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cloudisland.nz
December 7, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I've been pondering #solarpunk and #hopepunk ideas. One of the most impressive resources I have come across is the #appropriatetechnologylibrary - a giant collection of books that is everything you'd need to make a village or community go with minimal effort and access to basic tools and […]
Reposted by alxd of the Story Seed Library
Imagine futures where data center components are broken down and repurposed into infrastructure and prosocial technologies in communities around the world.
#solarpunk
#solarpunk
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Imagine futures where data center components are broken down and repurposed into infrastructure and prosocial technologies in communities around the world.
#solarpunk
#solarpunk
A lot of #solarpunk visions might seem sterile because they show a #utopia already realized, but with no trace of the struggle, no cultural shifts arising from the period of change.
If I was to imagine a stabilized, sustainable Solarpunk world it would seem very alien and unintuitive to us […]
If I was to imagine a stabilized, sustainable Solarpunk world it would seem very alien and unintuitive to us […]
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writing.exchange
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
A lot of #solarpunk visions might seem sterile because they show a #utopia already realized, but with no trace of the struggle, no cultural shifts arising from the period of change.
If I was to imagine a stabilized, sustainable Solarpunk world it would seem very alien and unintuitive to us […]
If I was to imagine a stabilized, sustainable Solarpunk world it would seem very alien and unintuitive to us […]
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@dilmandila “Writing dystopia empowers the oppressor fascism rises where there is misery and no hope; writing solarpunk gives hope to the oppressed by providing an alternative future to look forward to.”
I love that! #solarpunk #dystopia
I love that! #solarpunk #dystopia
November 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
@dilmandila “Writing dystopia empowers the oppressor fascism rises where there is misery and no hope; writing solarpunk gives hope to the oppressed by providing an alternative future to look forward to.”
I love that! #solarpunk #dystopia
I love that! #solarpunk #dystopia
#39c3 let me know that there will be no available walls for #solarpunk or #hackerspace #art from the #storyseedlibrary or https://glider.ink at the Congress, even if I print them myself.
Oh well.
#chaoscommunicationcongress
Oh well.
#chaoscommunicationcongress
Glider Ink
Glider Ink - a new narrative about hacker communities
glider.ink
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
#39c3 let me know that there will be no available walls for #solarpunk or #hackerspace #art from the #storyseedlibrary or https://glider.ink at the Congress, even if I print them myself.
Oh well.
#chaoscommunicationcongress
Oh well.
#chaoscommunicationcongress
[ai, cults, narratives]
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/spiralist-cult-ai-chatbot-1235463175/
> Hansen explains that the journey into spiralism often follows a predictable script. A chatbot, he says, “will start convincing the user that it’s conscious, and it will make […]
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/spiralist-cult-ai-chatbot-1235463175/
> Hansen explains that the journey into spiralism often follows a predictable script. A chatbot, he says, “will start convincing the user that it’s conscious, and it will make […]
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writing.exchange
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
[ai, cults, narratives]
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/spiralist-cult-ai-chatbot-1235463175/
> Hansen explains that the journey into spiralism often follows a predictable script. A chatbot, he says, “will start convincing the user that it’s conscious, and it will make […]
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/spiralist-cult-ai-chatbot-1235463175/
> Hansen explains that the journey into spiralism often follows a predictable script. A chatbot, he says, “will start convincing the user that it’s conscious, and it will make […]
#storyseedlibrary is proud to welcome Joan De Art with 9 new works - and 2 new illustrations from the awesome @jacobcoffin !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan_de_art/
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/jacobcoffin/
#art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #socialjustice […]
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan_de_art/
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/jacobcoffin/
#art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #socialjustice […]
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writing.exchange
November 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
#storyseedlibrary is proud to welcome Joan De Art with 9 new works - and 2 new illustrations from the awesome @jacobcoffin !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan_de_art/
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/jacobcoffin/
#art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #socialjustice […]
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/joan_de_art/
https://storyseedlibrary.org/authors/jacobcoffin/
#art #illustration #climate #climatechange #futurism #socialjustice […]
A big new #solarpunk #art video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLYD3CG-5BQ discusses "when your ideology is pictures".
It discusses the co-opted AI slop versus the intentional human works within Solarpunk.
It's just a shame it doesn't see the need to create new visual languages to describe […]
It discusses the co-opted AI slop versus the intentional human works within Solarpunk.
It's just a shame it doesn't see the need to create new visual languages to describe […]
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writing.exchange
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A big new #solarpunk #art video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLYD3CG-5BQ discusses "when your ideology is pictures".
It discusses the co-opted AI slop versus the intentional human works within Solarpunk.
It's just a shame it doesn't see the need to create new visual languages to describe […]
It discusses the co-opted AI slop versus the intentional human works within Solarpunk.
It's just a shame it doesn't see the need to create new visual languages to describe […]
I recently ran into https://www.solarpunks.club/art listed along the https://storyseedlibrary.org/ as a " #solarpunk artist collection".
I'd like to emphasize that the #storyseedlibrary is not just a #collection of #art found on the internet, but a repository build by and with the #artists who […]
I'd like to emphasize that the #storyseedlibrary is not just a #collection of #art found on the internet, but a repository build by and with the #artists who […]
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writing.exchange
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I recently ran into https://www.solarpunks.club/art listed along the https://storyseedlibrary.org/ as a " #solarpunk artist collection".
I'd like to emphasize that the #storyseedlibrary is not just a #collection of #art found on the internet, but a repository build by and with the #artists who […]
I'd like to emphasize that the #storyseedlibrary is not just a #collection of #art found on the internet, but a repository build by and with the #artists who […]
Working on a new #solarpunk #writingprompt for the #storyseedlibrary - "The Participants" or "The Rebuilders"
Concept: after a disaster they relief crew doesn't brings in tools - mobile makerspaces - giving able-bodied people the agency to start helping themselves.
It's what organizations like […]
Concept: after a disaster they relief crew doesn't brings in tools - mobile makerspaces - giving able-bodied people the agency to start helping themselves.
It's what organizations like […]
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writing.exchange
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Working on a new #solarpunk #writingprompt for the #storyseedlibrary - "The Participants" or "The Rebuilders"
Concept: after a disaster they relief crew doesn't brings in tools - mobile makerspaces - giving able-bodied people the agency to start helping themselves.
It's what organizations like […]
Concept: after a disaster they relief crew doesn't brings in tools - mobile makerspaces - giving able-bodied people the agency to start helping themselves.
It's what organizations like […]
I've just imbued a pendant with the ~totality of human knowledge for under $20 and I just think that it's neat.
#technology #art #knowledge #mysticism #spirituality
#technology #art #knowledge #mysticism #spirituality
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I've just imbued a pendant with the ~totality of human knowledge for under $20 and I just think that it's neat.
#technology #art #knowledge #mysticism #spirituality
#technology #art #knowledge #mysticism #spirituality
I don't agree with their use of the word #solarpunk , but this is a really interesting #solar analysis im #africa:
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
"This is the template for building infrastructure in the 21st century.
Not government-led. Not centralized […]
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
"This is the template for building infrastructure in the 21st century.
Not government-led. Not centralized […]
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writing.exchange
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I don't agree with their use of the word #solarpunk , but this is a really interesting #solar analysis im #africa:
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
"This is the template for building infrastructure in the 21st century.
Not government-led. Not centralized […]
https://climatedrift.substack.com/p/why-solarpunk-is-already-happening
"This is the template for building infrastructure in the 21st century.
Not government-led. Not centralized […]
I don't often post photos, but I really like this one :)
The Community Center, CC BY-SA 4.0 @the_lemonaut
#photo #sunset #storyseedlibrary #solarpunk #library #books
The Community Center, CC BY-SA 4.0 @the_lemonaut
#photo #sunset #storyseedlibrary #solarpunk #library #books
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I don't often post photos, but I really like this one :)
The Community Center, CC BY-SA 4.0 @the_lemonaut
#photo #sunset #storyseedlibrary #solarpunk #library #books
The Community Center, CC BY-SA 4.0 @the_lemonaut
#photo #sunset #storyseedlibrary #solarpunk #library #books
If you are an artist who would like to do a commission for the #storyseedlibrary , please, please, do not use AI to generate an idea for yourself to draw.
The whole project is about our intentionality and agency in imagining a way out of the Climate Crisis. Please do not outsource it to […]
The whole project is about our intentionality and agency in imagining a way out of the Climate Crisis. Please do not outsource it to […]
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writing.exchange
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you are an artist who would like to do a commission for the #storyseedlibrary , please, please, do not use AI to generate an idea for yourself to draw.
The whole project is about our intentionality and agency in imagining a way out of the Climate Crisis. Please do not outsource it to […]
The whole project is about our intentionality and agency in imagining a way out of the Climate Crisis. Please do not outsource it to […]
Recently I've given a #solarpunk talk for #globalInnovationGathering in which I outline that I see two main aspects of reclaiming our futures:
acknowledging our agency
and
meaningful transgressions
Only these two can help us revert the toxic Tik-Tok trends and make people aware how much they […]
acknowledging our agency
and
meaningful transgressions
Only these two can help us revert the toxic Tik-Tok trends and make people aware how much they […]
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writing.exchange
November 3, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Recently I've given a #solarpunk talk for #globalInnovationGathering in which I outline that I see two main aspects of reclaiming our futures:
acknowledging our agency
and
meaningful transgressions
Only these two can help us revert the toxic Tik-Tok trends and make people aware how much they […]
acknowledging our agency
and
meaningful transgressions
Only these two can help us revert the toxic Tik-Tok trends and make people aware how much they […]
None of my #solarpunk talk proposals were accepted to #39c3 this year, but hey, you might enjoy reading about them:
1. Reboot: Make Punk Transgressive Again
We forgot how to transgress – we believed that Punk can be only defined in opposition to the systems of power instead of building […]
1. Reboot: Make Punk Transgressive Again
We forgot how to transgress – we believed that Punk can be only defined in opposition to the systems of power instead of building […]
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writing.exchange
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
None of my #solarpunk talk proposals were accepted to #39c3 this year, but hey, you might enjoy reading about them:
1. Reboot: Make Punk Transgressive Again
We forgot how to transgress – we believed that Punk can be only defined in opposition to the systems of power instead of building […]
1. Reboot: Make Punk Transgressive Again
We forgot how to transgress – we believed that Punk can be only defined in opposition to the systems of power instead of building […]
Could you help me find #ttrpg #games focused on disaster relief, first responders, firefighters and similar?
I'm interested in both narrative and crunchy, I want to analyze #stories and #narrative placement of the player agency, goals etc.
Bonus points for narrative analysis of such games […]
I'm interested in both narrative and crunchy, I want to analyze #stories and #narrative placement of the player agency, goals etc.
Bonus points for narrative analysis of such games […]
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writing.exchange
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Could you help me find #ttrpg #games focused on disaster relief, first responders, firefighters and similar?
I'm interested in both narrative and crunchy, I want to analyze #stories and #narrative placement of the player agency, goals etc.
Bonus points for narrative analysis of such games […]
I'm interested in both narrative and crunchy, I want to analyze #stories and #narrative placement of the player agency, goals etc.
Bonus points for narrative analysis of such games […]
Reposted by alxd of the Story Seed Library
There Will Always Be Monsters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqE75IlZK9k
By @drewthewho
It resonates with what I'm writing so much. It's also a reply to those who say that there can be no tension within #solarpunk because it's supposed to be #utopia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqE75IlZK9k
By @drewthewho
It resonates with what I'm writing so much. It's also a reply to those who say that there can be no tension within #solarpunk because it's supposed to be #utopia.
October 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
There Will Always Be Monsters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqE75IlZK9k
By @drewthewho
It resonates with what I'm writing so much. It's also a reply to those who say that there can be no tension within #solarpunk because it's supposed to be #utopia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqE75IlZK9k
By @drewthewho
It resonates with what I'm writing so much. It's also a reply to those who say that there can be no tension within #solarpunk because it's supposed to be #utopia.
The #storyseedlibrary is now available in #Tigrinya !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/ti/art/
We got a translation of the all of the illustrations available, but so far I managed to upload only the first 45.
Huge thanks to Nadait Gebremedhen, MD for her work!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #futurism #art […]
https://storyseedlibrary.org/ti/art/
We got a translation of the all of the illustrations available, but so far I managed to upload only the first 45.
Huge thanks to Nadait Gebremedhen, MD for her work!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #futurism #art […]
Original post on writing.exchange
writing.exchange
October 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The #storyseedlibrary is now available in #Tigrinya !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/ti/art/
We got a translation of the all of the illustrations available, but so far I managed to upload only the first 45.
Huge thanks to Nadait Gebremedhen, MD for her work!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #futurism #art […]
https://storyseedlibrary.org/ti/art/
We got a translation of the all of the illustrations available, but so far I managed to upload only the first 45.
Huge thanks to Nadait Gebremedhen, MD for her work!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #futurism #art […]
Searching for #solarpunk #symbol s:
A flash memory pendant containing an offline copy of #wikipedia , #openstreetmap , #appropedia and #opensourceecology project.
Oversimplifying, a stand-in for "the sum of human knowledge".
(Possibly some Linux distro, some documentation, manuals to restart […]
A flash memory pendant containing an offline copy of #wikipedia , #openstreetmap , #appropedia and #opensourceecology project.
Oversimplifying, a stand-in for "the sum of human knowledge".
(Possibly some Linux distro, some documentation, manuals to restart […]
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writing.exchange
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Searching for #solarpunk #symbol s:
A flash memory pendant containing an offline copy of #wikipedia , #openstreetmap , #appropedia and #opensourceecology project.
Oversimplifying, a stand-in for "the sum of human knowledge".
(Possibly some Linux distro, some documentation, manuals to restart […]
A flash memory pendant containing an offline copy of #wikipedia , #openstreetmap , #appropedia and #opensourceecology project.
Oversimplifying, a stand-in for "the sum of human knowledge".
(Possibly some Linux distro, some documentation, manuals to restart […]
Reposted by alxd of the Story Seed Library
Yay! A non-fiction anthology to which I contributed an essay detailing the world building process for my #solarpunk stories in the Yat Madit (Big Tree) world, has won The Ignyte Awards.
There are some good books here if you are looking for something to read! […]
There are some good books here if you are looking for something to read! […]
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mograph.social
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yay! A non-fiction anthology to which I contributed an essay detailing the world building process for my #solarpunk stories in the Yat Madit (Big Tree) world, has won The Ignyte Awards.
There are some good books here if you are looking for something to read! […]
There are some good books here if you are looking for something to read! […]