Keen Newports have the finger loops on tongue and heel. I think Blundstone boots do, too? I’m sure someone with Blundstones can confirm or refute that.
Those loops are so handy, I agree.
Fun with strings! Ukulele, knitting, physics!
Keen Newports have the finger loops on tongue and heel. I think Blundstone boots do, too? I’m sure someone with Blundstones can confirm or refute that.
Those loops are so handy, I agree.
Bicycle. No gas expenses, no tabs, no loan, free parking. I understand how it works and can mostly fix it myself for very little money. I can take quiet side streets and arrive in a much better mood, plus my fat lazy ass gets some exercise.
Not sure I want my neighbor pawing through my mail, or “accidentally” losing my ballot, or borrowing” my packages.
Privacy and security in the mail is crucial.
People are people. Human nature isn’t going to change just because the culture shifts to solarpunk.
Something like the Forest Schools and outdoor schools/daycares now. Students outdoors and engaging with the real world and each other nearly all the time. Nothing stripped to dry and abstract isolated bits (and boring) but always learning concepts in context and seeing how they interact.
I’m finding the opposite. Books that I loved when younger are even better as I re-read them now. Ursula le Guin, Terry Pratchett (their YA and their adult books) have so much more nuance and subtlety than I was aware of when I just read them for the adventure and story. There are some profound bits of wisdom and wry observation tucked in those books.
Billy Connolly
“The universe danced towards life. Life was a remarkably common commodity. Anything sufficiently complicated seemed to get cut in for some, in the same way that anything massive enough got a generous helping of gravity. The universe had a definite tendency towards awareness. This suggested a certain subtle cruelty woven into the very fabric of space-time.”
I wish I could find a piece I saw once, I think you would like it. It was a woman in a Pacific Northwest rainforest, dressed in vaguely sci-fi Salish clothing, on a path with subtle down-lights. There was a scene in the background of solar-punk techishness. I can’t remember all the details (which is why I’m having no luck finding it). It might have been on Reddit.
Hopefully someone will see this and remember it and be able to find the art for you!
Edit: found it! The artist is Coleen East https://www.pinterest.com/pin/solarpunk-pacific-northwest--776448792016755069/
The stories I need are adriot with tech and with the human side of the wrenching changes we face.
I assume you’ve read Ursula le Guin’s stuff? I’m drawn to her short stories and later novels in particular.
Edit: “Ursula” is becoming a theme among my favorite authors. Hmmm…
a shovel with a sense of purpose
You might like “A Different Aftermath” by Ursula Vernon. It’s a very quick comic book/graphic short-story https://imgur.com/a/tLZ5JFa
And petting wildlife. Or trying to take selfies with wildlife. Or feeding wildlife.
No, no, and no.
Even a cute lil’ chipmunk is a no-no. Bison, moose, and their sweet huggable calves are serious no-nos.
Learned to drive stick when I was 12. You can get away with a lot when you live on a farm/ranch…
It’s a Mars exploration vehicle!
Snyder Spindles are my favorite! https://www.snyderspindles.com/
Some people view sex as a means of expressing affection and connection, rather than as a means of having an orgasm. They would have no issue buying a sex toy to get their physical needs met, however hiring a person wouldn’t make sense to them because of the lack of emotional connection.
They don’t want to date a man who is regularly going to sex workers?
We need solar punk political candidates.
Please run for office.
Research the various failed attempts at creating utopias through-out history. Apply what you learn about the failures to what ChatGPT gives you - use your knowledge to edit the AI product.
If historical research feels like too much drudgery, read the works of Ursula le Guin (fiction). She has a multitude of novels and short stories that examine all aspects of the human desire to create various forms of utopia and the results. She did the research for you, and teaches you what she learned through stories.
Beehaw is an old instance (two years, so “old” is relative). They have their own thing going on, and didn’t want to change their groove for the influx of redditors.
Does the company that bought Osprey still honor the warranty?