Thus the need and desire for Solarpunk. To show how we can use technology to create the world we Actually want to live in rather than putting so much energy into world building the shitty worlds we're already stuck with.
It's to inspire people to fight FOR something rather than just Against.

Perfectly summarised.

Check out @susankayequinn.bsky.social and her work

100% agree on principle.
Though I am not sure this is a great idea in this very specific context - of oligarchs trying to install a fascist system.

Some were hacked to imitate Zuckerberg as well

bsky.app/profile/zeng...

But also this list of short stories by Grist - really good quality solarpunk content here!

grist.org/imagine2200-...

Among other gems shared there, there is this substack
solarpunkstories.substack.com

… which brings me to realising that Prof Paul Chatterton does not seem to be on Bluesky (yet?) so I am unsure pf who exactly I tagged! Apologies :)

The meeting (obviously ) covered at lengths housing Co-operatives, and it seems that Leeds is a hotspot - which is both reassuring and worrying given that it is very very marginal here - LILAC is a great example, now scaling that up 10,000 times would kinda beginning to address the issue…

Cycling everywhere in Leeds is possible, but I would be very hesitant in putting my 3 year old on my bike on my commute along the streets - or I would take very different routes for safety.

But more importantly - here, the question of mobility beyond the dominant car paradigm has been central to the conversation - with all the inclusivity problems that (poorly executed) public transports and infrastructure can cause.
Cars are still associated with safety, and as a cyclist I can attest

Interestingly for this group of radicals, the use of technology as a one-to-many communication device was not much questioned - everything streamed on Instagram Live, mentions of Facebook and WhatsApp as the tools to unlock unfettered communication. There is a lot to educate on!