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Aug 27, 2020 01:15PM
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The visuals are better than expected but the music is not nearly good enough.
Futurecon, a virtual convention dedicated to speculative fiction from all over the world, will take place from 17 to 20 September. There's a panel about solarpunk on Friday:https://www.futureconsf.com/schedule
And I've already mentioned our group in their Solarpunk channel on Discord. :)
Kalin wrote: "Futurecon, a virtual convention dedicated to speculative fiction from all over the world, will take place from 17 to 20 September. There's a panel about solarpunk on Friday:https://www.futurecons..."
I just came to share the same thing. Silvana let me know about the event and I'm definitely going to try and make that one 😉
Kalin wrote: "And here's the panel itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg7Iw..."It has been a very interesting one. I liked Futurecon panels because the panels are twice as long as the other con panels I've been to this year.
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Thanks Kalin! Only about halfway through but I am loving this so far. After feeling a bit defeated this year, the passion and enthusiasm, as well as the actual ideas shared, are lovely to see. This is the kind of energy the world needs more of!
Heehee ... you're gonna love Kim Stanley Robinson's approach to the choice of the word "solarpunk" in this panel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3qZL...
The panel is GREAT, though. Probably the one I liked best from the whole Futurecon.
I was laughing when he said that 😂 though it took 18 minutes to finally move on to other subjects. Genre debate is always so lengthy and often neverending. I enjoyed the panel too. Was happy Ian McDonald could make it after missing him at WorldCon. Him bringing up system thinking was my fave part. Not often a concept in my line of work got mentioned by my fave SF author.
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It's a small part of a lot of really good other parts, but it's one of the things that's been mulling around in my head a bit, and it's nice to see it starting to pop up organically around the place.
Oh yes! Farewell, Chosen Ones; welcome, Teamwork. :)
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Absolutely! And I just reached the discussion on the name Solarpunk - I definitely agree with Francesco that the "punk" appendix is to be in the counter-culture; where in the 70's that was aggression, refusing to fit a mold, anarchy - today to be counter-culture is to embrace kindness, inclusivity, and people over profit. Though honestly it also probably came about because -punk turned into a multipurpose appendix after the popularity of movements like cyberpunk and steampunk.
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https://proudpatriots.com/pages/new-s...
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https://youtu.be/5JOwk2iD80M"
Oh wow, that is a must-watch. Thanks so much, that whole project is just endlessly fascinating to me!
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I subscribed to this yesterday and am completely addicted. I do not miss cable one bit.
Happy winter solstice and Yule for anyone celebrating !
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Freak Power in the Rockies Rolling Stone (10/1/1970) ★★★★★
Thompson participated in a grass roots campaign for a far left candidate for Mayor of Aspen and almost won. It inspired him to run for sherif. His platform was ahead of its time, very Solarpunk!
1. “Sod the streets at once. Rip up all city streets with jackhammers... All public movement would be by foot and a fleet of bicycles, maintained by the city police force.”
2. Change the name of Aspen to Fat City: “the main advantage here is that changing the name of the town would have no major effect on the town itself, or on those people who came here because it’s a good place to live. What effect the name-change might have on those who came here to buy low, sell high and then move on is fairly obvious … and eminently desirable. These swine should be fucked, broken and driven across the land.”
3. “Non-profit sales will be viewed as borderline cases, and judged on their merits. But all sales for money-profit will be punished severely. This approach, we feel, will establish a unique and very human ambiance in the Aspen (or Fat City) drug culture...”
4. “Hunting and fishing should be forbidden to all non-residents, with the exception of those who can obtain the signed endorsement of a resident—who will then be legally responsible for any violation or abuse committed by the non-resident he has “signed for.”
5. “The Sheriff and his Deputies should never be armed in public... The whole notion of disarming the police is to lower the level of violence—while guaranteeing, at the same time, a terrible punishment to anyone stupid enough to attempt violence on an un-armed cop.”
Someone needs to take up this banner!
Link: https://www.freakpower.com/freak-powe...
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That's really interesting, I had no idea he'd done any of this, or written about it. Thanks Lena, that should be some good reading!
For any writers in the group, there's an open submission call for "habitat" themed cli-fi shorts, at Parsec.http://parsecink.com/index.php/triang...
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Next chance I get I’m building off grid!
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We've also just kicked off the April read - Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness, so come along and join in on what's already looking like an excellent read: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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The September issue of Mermaids Monthly will be dedicated to ecology and climate change. (This mag is open submission if there are any writers in the group, although it only pays a cent a word.)
https://mermaidsmonthly.com/submissions/
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
Open short story submissions for an upcoming cli-fi anthology:https://www.otherworldsink.com/submis...
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Fear Street Movie Marathon tonight!
Netflix
7PM Central Standard Time (TX time)
Scary Movie Club: https://discord.gg/PEdeP9c9
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Or follow their twitter here: https://twitter.com/futureconsf?ref_s...
There's been some great discussions in the past, and so far this year is just as good!
I'm watching about half the panels ... if you haven't noticed me in the live chat yet. ;)
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Doh! I forgot to shout out the group on the 'what punk are you panel' I was just on. I saw that some of you were watching!
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Lena, I feel like there is a similar one, but I'm struggling to think of it too! I've been back through the solarpunk collections I remember reading and that's the only one that really fits.
Jay wrote: "Doh! I forgot to shout out the group on the 'what punk are you panel' I was just on. I saw that some of you were watching!"Hi Jay! I didn't know you were already part of this group,
I really enjoyed your contributions to the panel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2r-K...), especially your comment at ~45:00. :)
And Fiona, you're very welcome. :)
I'm reading The Year's Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 and I just read a story that I think fits with the theme of the group.STURDY LANTERNS AND LADDERS by Malka Ann Older, which is available for free online in the Xprize Ocean anthology...
https://go.xprize.org/oceanstories/st...
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This community is really growing! So exciting to have everyone here :)
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This is a very small study but it screams the need for a larger one: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-...
During the upcoming Octocon, there're at least two panels you should find interesting:"Not Your Grimdark Dystopia: Optimism in Sci-Fi and Fantasy" on Friday (I'm taking part in this one, and I compiled an "uplifting" shelf in preparation for it ;)
"Global Optimistic Futures" on Saturday
Check them out here: https://app.octocon.com/#part/M1015
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I'm not sure about these particular ones. A limited number of panels will be--see here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...
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