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@clarabiesel.bsky.social · 3h ago

#SolarpunkArtAugust Today's prompt is little free pantries. My only real contact with one was our church in MN-- it always had granola bars, a few cans of soup, and some tampons and pads in their little free library. But it's made me think about the ways people work to share food freely.

pencil sketch of a wheelbarrow full of groceries with the sign, "Loving our neighbors"
Owen Biesel@owenbiesel.bsky.social · 3d ago

Today's #SolarpunkArtAugust prompt is "protest." I was in a discussion recently where someone was relating the expectation that a protest be primarily about anger — after all, something needs to change. But it wasn't until I started going to protests regularly that I realized there's more... (1/3)

Owen Biesel@owenbiesel.bsky.social · 5d ago

This August I'm participating in the #SolarpunkArtAugust art-along! Here's the lineup of prompts for the month. I'll probably do watercolors or markers with pen details afterward (I'm no artist but I can still have fun and learn). I can't wait to see what you all make!

Hashtag: Solarpunk Art August Daily art prompts 8/1: plants 8/2: protest 8/3: voting 8/4: little free libraries 8/5: little free pantries 8/6: community gardens 8/7: solar sprinklers 8/8: repair cafés 8/9: balcony gardens 8/10: urban gardens 8/11: bicycles 8/12: solar ovens 8/13: permaculture 8/14: disability rights 8/15: third spaces 8/16: LGBTQ+ families 8/17: intersectionality 8/18: pollinators 8/19: desert solarpunk 8/20: snowy solarpunk 8/21: tropical solarpunk 8/22: libraries (all kinds) 8/23: agrivoltaics 8/24: mini wind turbines 8/25: guerrilla gardening 8/26: public transit 8/27: warming/cooling centers 8/28: urban tree canopy 8/29: weather stations 8/30: heat pumps 8/31: intentional living
@clarabiesel.bsky.social · 2d ago

Today's #solarpunkArtAugust prompt is "vote" and so I'm sharing some postcards we've made as a household to encourage people to vote! Remember there are many primaries happening this month, be sure to check and see if you have one soon: in CT it's August 11, and early voting has already begun!

@clarabiesel.bsky.social · 3d ago

For this art challenge, I'm gonna just share some art everyday, and if I've already made art that fits the prompt, I'll post that. So, today for "protest" here are a bunch of protest signs we've in our household recently! #SolarPunkArtAugust

Many protest signs laid out on a floor, messages include, "Abolish ICE" with a statue of liberty, "No Forced Migrations" surrounded by butterflies, multiple no kings signs with crowns ex-ed out, "Teach with Pride" "Power to the People" lettered and decorated by a 4 year old, "Unfit to be the Ruler of Free People" "Education is the passport to the future for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today- Malcolm X" "Safety for all on a diagram of a protected bikelane intersection with crosswalks, "Reject Dystopia," "Tax the Rich/CT for all/ICE OUT" letter pressed, "A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE," "Workers of the world, Unite" lettered and decorated by a four year old, "Our Love for each other will Carry us Through," "We Only Get One" surrounding a full color drawing of the Earth, "We get There Together or Never Get There At All," Solidarity Forever" written on a rainbow, "Don't Scatter, Organize" with images of a big fish chasing a bunch of little fish for the "Scatter" part, and all the little fish chasing the big fish with the "organize" part, a reprint of the iconic "war is not healthy for children and other living things" sunflower, "Support Public Ed, Support our Kids," and "Liberty and Justice for all"
Josh Elliott@joshforct.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your energy bill is too high. I am running for Governor to take on the system that is asking for yet another rate increase. Because you deserve someone in Hartford who will go to bat for you. You deserve public power.

Urban Truth Collective@urbantruth.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“Google’s AI Overviews are peddling misinformation on a scale that may be virtually unprecedented in human history. A recent analysis conducted at the behest of The New York Times found that the AI-generated summaries, which appear above Google search results, are accurate around 91% of the time.”

Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization

A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.

futurism.com

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath 50 reasons for more walkable streets.

50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets

From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.

fastcompany.com

Daniel Moser@dmoser.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“While Mayor, I was often asked ‘how have you been able to afford this in Copenhagen🇩🇰?’ I’d reply, ‘how have you been able to NOT afford it?’ 25 years ago we were a few days away from going bankrupt. So the city invested in the cheapest infrastructure..bicycling.”~ Morten Kabell

Copenhagen bridge for bikes
Richard Waite@waiterich.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I feel like “the world passed peak gas-powered car sales in 2017” is not a widely known fact

Joseph D. Ortiz@earthsciinfo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Update: The US Auto industry has retreated from EVs. That strategy will relegate them to the domestic market only or to extinction. The world is shifting to EVs. Global sales of fully internal combustion engine vehicles peaked in 2017. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋 Paywalled link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

@clarabiesel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Happy #TransDayofVisibility! If you're looking for a way of supporting trans loves, I've donated a handmade quilt and some handprinted cards to an auction to support Point of Pride, and there are many free ebooks today if you're looking for more Trans representation in your reading! Links below:

@clarabiesel.bsky.social · 4mo ago

We took our new @bunchbike.com for its first protest today and everyone had a great time. Spontaneously changed plans to pile in a neighbor's kid for the trip home, which we couldn't have done in our car without arranging for a carseat swap- we had an extra helmet already stashed in the bike!

A picture of a front loading cargo bike with arches supporting a sunshade decorated with a Crown crossed through with a red x, the box of the cargo bike is decorated with leaves, flowers, and butterflies and the words "Solidarity Forever" on the side and "A better world is coming" on the front. This is a closeup of a handmade fabric sign with an image of a big yellow crown with a red ribbon x through it, and the words "We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable, but then so did the divine right of kings -Ursula K. LeGuin" embroidered on it. A picture of a front loading cargo bike with arches supporting a sunshade decorated with a Crown crossed through with a red x, the box of the cargo bike is decorated with leaves, flowers, and butterflies and the words "Community is Resistance" on the side and "A better world is coming" on the front.
BikeMN@bikemn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

State Rep @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social brought her newborn home from the hospital by cargo bike — made possible by years of investment in protected bike infrastructure. When we build for ALL ages & abilities, we make the best transportation choices the easiest choices. What a story to tell someday!

Lawmaker, husband ride e-bike to, and from, baby’s delivery

Rep. Katie Jones, a Minneapolis Democrat, and her husband, Peter Schmitt, pedaled to the hospital before and after their son was born.

startribune.com