#postCollapse #networking workshop at #ITUniversity will start this friday, with #solar basics being the first two week's topic. how to run a balcony server, a mini-mastodon, a solar #network node, etc etc we will certainly have some #fediverse #mastodon […] [Original post on social.itu.dk]

#alt4me #planet #humans #degrowth #survive #fightForLife

"A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity." ~Franz Kafka #writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #bookstodon #humor #humour

'Serious Solarpunk'-what even is that? This month's hopepunk writing is a bit of an explanation. The longer version: The awesome folk at Internet Research Task Force (IRTF) SUSTAIN RG asked me for a sociotechnical method to build a sustainable internet and power grid together, given the two are […]

#SeriousSolarpunk - that's my proposed sociotechnical method to design and implement a sustainable internet, grid and place together. It was a response to #IRTF SUSTAIN RG asking me to give a keynote. (Thanks, guys!) When you start by collaborating with a place, and build ingenious […]

Light summer reading for those who like their SF energy futures mashed up with their data futures, with a dash of astrophysics: 'Energy' is an SF short story about where energy and data go to die... It's just published as #OpenAccess in an edited book from #MatteringPress Predictions (Vol 1) […]

Details of this exhibition marking the century since the General Strike https://phm.org.uk/exhibitions/on-the-line/

For the Americans of my acquaintance, this is how far north Edinburgh actually is. Sunset today was a few minutes after 10pm, and it doesn't get properly dark at this time of year.

And here is the video and short summary for those wanting the TL;DR https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/science/article-hubs/polar-geoengineering-risks-realities/explainer https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram/116769474882730548 Ruth_Mottram - We also wrote a version for kids […]

'Federated Fair Trade Energy'-- what is that? @dawnnafus and myself have just written a paper that speculates on what this could be. If you want to know more, and hangout with others exploring what 'Computing within Limits' might look like, join us all online at LIMITS 2026 next week […]

It's out! My monthly dose of #hopepunk writing on #FairTradeEnergy. This is a teaser trailer for the workshop paper that @dawnnafus and myself have written on 'Federated Fair Trade Energy' for LIMITS 2026, the annual online workshop on Computing with Limits, 23-25 June. Read it here […]

Are there any fellow #Scriptnotes listeners out in Copenhagen? Any other writers in Denmark who are here for Craig and John's public service broadcasting for screenwriters (and Craig's gaming habit)?

Just sent out my May sample of hopepunk writing to my mailing list. It's an extract from the #fanzine I made last week "Zine futures: Going solarpunk with paper" Read the extract here: https://sand14.com/samples/#may Or just subscribe if you feel like you need more #hopepunk writing in your […]

Anyone know if there is going to be a LIMITS Hub in Copenhagen?? https://computingwithinlimits.org/2026/ Pinging @sebastian

Introducing Deep Maps: Blue Humanities. Coming soon from University of Westminster Press https://archive.org/details/deep-maps-trailer-1 #ExperimentalPublishing #DeepMaps #Monograph #COPIM #OpenBookFutures

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Walkthrough video of the # Deep Maps Blue Humanities experimental book. Intro:Deep MapsBlue HumanitiesBy James Louis SmithA deep mapping bathymetric descent...

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wait, what, Zotero? Zotero version 8 was released a few months ago and today I see they've released Zotero 9. The latest FOSS Academic post is a short note about Zotero -- including changes to my workflow since version 8 came out. https://fossacademic.tech/2026/04/20/zotero-9-what.html […]

Looking forward to two days of Making Sense of Water one day working with data & ideas around open ocean data & sensor-based monitoring of marine ecosystems April 21: 12 - 16 April 22: 10 - 16 .... you are welcome for just part of it, no matter where you […] [Original post on social.itu.dk]

What's the cost to research – to an entire discipline – of "AI" living rent-free in our heads? @dawnnafus brilliantly lays out the loss to #STS from so many being focused on AI-hype: 24% of papers at #4S were on AI. https://4sonline.org/news_manager.php?page=43606

@forteller I disagree. While it's true we need "a future we want" as much as a "map to get there", there's considerable value in the former on its own, at least at first. Societies are built on stories, and the first step to building a better future is painting it for others. You may not have […]

This month I am writing with hope about ruined and recycled data centers. 'Legitimate Salvage' is a microfiction written for @Aepasek zine for the conference, Before Ruins, Ruhr University Bochum. She wanted a speculative future of the ruins left behind after the 'AI bubble' pops and what that […]

[It] and Ecology A found poem on A.I. This ‘found poem’ is my response to the event, AI and Ecology, at the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters, Oslo. Each line of this 42 line poem is a quote from a presentation or discussions held during the workshop […]

This month I am writing with hope about a world with dark skies, dark enough to see the Andromeda galaxy. Writing sample from impromptu writing for the public event 'Towards 2100: Imagining a future without fossil fuels' organised by Amber Nordholm and Tomas […] [Original post on wandering.shop]

"Grid grabbing" (as Julia Velkova and I call it in our paper) exhibit A: https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/27/datacenter_uk_grid_demand/ "The strategy for many datacenter operators is to secure multiple land parcel rights, request a grid load connection for each (often requiring a costly load […]

I run Writing Futures workshops, have done for a decade. People write the most extraordinary pieces in just a few minutes–when they have the space to find their creative voice. Just uploaded a 'Menu' of different writing workshops that I offer - writing futures, digital energetic futures […]

RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116119657296128448 Yes, but if this is the case (that the cool kids are off the platform and un-monetiseable) then what about all the 'cool kids' who never had a choice? I'm thinking about my long-running interest in places at the network edge, who would quite […]

Instead of defending the use of LLMs for polishing up your writing, we could be advocating for unpolished writing. Blog posts with spelling errors and awkwardly repeated words. Emails that sound a bit less warm and professional because you forgot the preamble of "Apologies for the late reply […]

In the Atacama Desert, one of the world’s driest regions, the Initihuasi Seed Bank is freezing thousands of native plant species to safeguard them against climate change, extinction and disaster. Stored at –20°C in earthquake-proof vaults, the collection now underpins species recovery, supports […]

Professor Irina Shklovski and I have a great 2-year full time postdoc job opportunity on our interdisciplinary project at University of Copenhagen, ‘Data quality for Responsible AI in Energy Systems’ (DARES). We’re looking for someone who has the potential and enthusiasm to work with us across […]

I'm sending out a bit of hope(punk) every month: samples of writing i am doing, sometimes published, sometimes raw. Subscription details - https://sand14.com/samples/ Come and lurk.

RE: https://wandering.shop/@adapalmer/115905431641160227 This is lemon-light shining out in words. Thank you for sharing. There are times I feel like I don't belong anywhere and then I read something like this and feel: there we are, scattered but persistent, working quietly at hope...

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 8mo ago

Awesome, it’s up! Extremely uplifting dialog from this summer’s fabulous Worldcon panel about SFF’s potential for hope, power, and resistance! https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/feminist-futurism-versus-project-2025-an-empowering-speculative-salon/