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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · Sep 28

In 2026, Solarpunk Magazine will publish a series of articles by Palestinian journalist Aya Al-Hattab, reporting directly from Gaza amidst the ongoing Israeli invasion. This six-part series, titled "Radical Hope from Gaza," will appear in each of our bimonthly issues throughout the year. Read more:

Radical Hope from Gaza: Aya Al-Hattab's Series in Solarpunk Magazine

Aya Al-Hattab's powerful series on resilience and hope in Gaza, showcases community strength amidst adversity. Coming January 2026 to Solarpunk Magazine.

solarpunkmagazine.com

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Sep 4

Very hard to say goodbye to that whole world. Did you read monk and robot already?

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Sep 4

My feelings exactly !

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · Aug 6

Ok friends...if you want more people to know about #solarpunk, I've got a thing you can do: request solarpunk books at the library.

This page has details: HOW, WHY, 10 Solarpunk Books Every Library Should Have

brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/for-librar...

#hopepunk #libraries #ClimateChange

Request Solarpunk at the Library

I’m a huge fan of distributed action: a lot of people doing a thing in a lot of places can have huge impact, even if each action seems small.

brightgreenfutures.substack.com

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nordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · Jul 30

Nothing Lethal in Nature™

A satirical pop art piece styled like an IKEA instruction manual. The title reads “MK-84 BÖMB - Proudly supplying non-lethal bits.” Below it, a cartoon character resembling Penny Wong wears a blue IKEA-style uniform, smiling and holding a tiny hammer and instruction sheet. A large speech bubble says, “Just parts. Nothing lethal in nature. Parts!! :)” Below, an exploded diagram of a bomb is shown, with each part labeled “non-lethal”,including the guidance fins, bomb body, laser detector, and wing assembly. A sarcastic disclaimer reads: “Outcomes may vary - and are absolutely not our responsibility. All refund requests will be honoured with one (1) Deep Concern™.” The overall tone mimics cheerful retail branding to expose the absurdity of justifying war crimes through technicalities.

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 30

Quite a bit of research on how tourists/ignorant eyes think bleached white (ie often dead/dying) reefs are “prettier”

Bob Burton @bobburtonoz.bsky.social · Jul 30

Reminds me of this August 2015 Tweet from Rupert Murdoch opining that the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) looked fine to him (at a time of debate about the prospect of a coral bleaching event that summer)

Mass bleaching events since Aug 2015 affecting the GBR: 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2024 and 2025.

Rupert Murdoch Tweet August 2015 stating "To the naked eye reef looks fully as good as it did 50 years ago."

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Omar Sakr @omarsakr.bsky.social · Jul 28

“Where are the sanctions? The expulsion of Israeli ambassadors? The suspension of arms shipments? The closure of embassies? There is nothing, because this outrage is not genuine.” Stop falling for the rhetoric. Look at their actions. open.substack.com/pub/sakr/p/r...

It's not just that the current crop of statements expressing horror and condemnation come so late, and so bereft of any kind of reparation for the harm done, but because it goes no further than token rhetoric. On the weekend, Israel illegally boarded a civilian humanitarian ship that was bringing aid to Gaza, kidnapping the crew aboard, including two Australian citizens, Tan Safi and Robert Martin. Australia's PM Anthony Albanese was doing press at the same time, using his strongest rhetoric to date about how "indefensible" Israel's actions are, how "heartbreaking" these images of starved kids are, while simultaneously continuing to express support for Israel.

He said nothing about the two Australians who have been kidnapped.

He said nothing about the fact that his government continues to supply Israel with critical jet parts, weapon parts, and weapons. Even putting that aside, where are the sanctions? The expulsion of Israeli ambassadors? The suspension of arms shipments? The closure of embassies? There is nothing, because this outrage is not genuine. It is theatre designed to gaslight the public into thinking they care. There is no truth to it.

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 27

What blows my mind is the candid disclosure of Israel bombing densely populated areas for more than 14 hours a day until now.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · Jul 27

Israel is halting the bombardment of densely populated parts of Gaza for 10 hours a day, as it yields to international pressure to let more aid into the war-ravaged strip.

Israel announces 'pause' to fighting in parts of Gaza as aid drops resume

Israel is halting the bombardment of densely populated parts of Gaza for 10 hours a day, as it yields to international pressure to let more aid into the war-ravaged strip.

www.abc.net.au

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Agnes Mack @agnessmack.bsky.social · Jul 25

David Pope in Canberra Times

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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · Jul 25

Just in case you missed this, this was the first week back in Parliament. It’s revealing to see what motivates @albomp.bsky.social’s government to act. The PM has released yet another statement today about Israel, but again no actual sanctions.

The last panel was harrowing to draw. #auspol

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 23

You may already know this but @claresoutherton.bsky.social is doing some super interesting work in this space.

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 21

Staff students and alumni tell of their distress at the Australian National University’s cuts

Shoesofanu.com

Shoes of ANU

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · Jul 21

“Without immediate intervention, the last remaining reporters in Gaza are going to die.”

Agence France-Presse @afp.com · Jul 21

⚫️ La Direction de l’AFP partage l’angoisse exprimée par la SDJ quant à la situation effroyable de ses collaborateurs dans la bande de Gaza ⬇️

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · Jul 20

If the media were better they wouldn’t be saying “your plan is great Ken”.
They’d be asking if “nature positive” actually means anything. And have offsets worked literally anywhere? And why try to privatise conservation efforts rather than simply funding them?
And what are your interests, Ken?

Ken Henry wants Australia's media to do a better job

Ken Henry, a former treasury secretary, says the media has to hold Australia's political system accountable for its policy failures

www.abc.net.au

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 20

“Forces and capacities are ready to birth inside each one of us if we keep our spunk and courage”

Rest in power Joanna Macy

tricycle.org/article/reme...

Ecodharma Leader Joanna Macy Has Died

For more than half a century, scholar, Buddhist, ecologist, and "awake activist" Joanna Macy, PhD, worked tirelessly for personal, social, and planetary transformation.

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Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social · Jun 17

Comrade card for 6/17/2025.

Watercolor. Partial circle of little paving stones, mosaic-like. Blues and greens. Growing out of one of the green blocks is a little blue-pink flower. Words by Julian Aguon: No offering is too small. No stone unneeded. All of us, without exception, are qualified to participate in the rescue of the world.

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · Jul 19

I love direct action.

Lumpen Space Proletariat @julesfurious.bsky.social · Jul 19

They got the Chicken on a Stick, I repeat, the Chicken on a Stick has fallen

Activists spray red paint on the Australian-American memorial in Canberra in protest of Australia’s complicity in the Israeli Genocide

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · Jul 18

Every word of this. Thank you, @jennaprice.bsky.social

louiseadler1.bsky.social @louiseadler1.bsky.social · Jul 18

@jennaprice.bsky.social well said!

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 18

Self-spoking, as it were.

From r/anu IYKYN

A cartoon person on a bicycle says “I’m about to sack a bunch of people better distract them. The next panel has this person putting a stick through their own spikes and a caption reading “do interview with canberra times about shoes”. The third panel has the person on the ground, clutching their leg and asking “why are they talking about my shoes?!?”

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Jovana Jankovic @jovana.bsky.social · Jul 16

Public education is public health.

"Public education has many virtues, the chief one being providing the tools of learning at no cost to families. But another of its traits is the way it breaks down homogeny, forcing children to be in a community with others unlike them."

Tal B. Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · Jul 16

why destroy the department of education?

would you believe there's a creepy evangelical organization operating in broad daylight but under the radar whose meteoric rise goes a long way towards explaining it?

today's column:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...

Who Benefits from Destroying the Department of Education

This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump Administration can go ahead with its ambitious, ruinous plan of gutting the Department of Education, firing...

buttondown.com

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 15

Congratulations! I was telling someone in Berlin about your fish traps story in Multispecies Cities just recently! There’s some wonderful solar punks there…

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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · Jul 15

My heart is hurting for the Torres Strait and the community who brought the historic legal challenge on climate grounds to the Albanese’s government and lost today. They say they are steadfast in their fight for Country and Culture. If only Albanese had an ounce of their courage.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Jul 14

Hello World,

the woman featured in the clip is Jillian Segal, Australia's taxpayer-funded, government-appointed Special Envoy for Combatting Antisemitism

How long will Australian PM @albomp.bsky.social permit her to keep embarrassing his majority Labor government?

Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · Jul 14

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Deb C @patchworkdeb.bsky.social · Jul 11

“What if the emotional resonance of specific, concrete actions is precisely what builds the coalition necessary for systemic change?”

www.huffpost.com/entry/utah-s...

Link via @prisonculture.bsky.social

I Randomly Decided To Pay Off A School’s Lunch Debt. Then Something Incredible Happened.

“I immediately wondered if this was real.”

www.huffpost.com

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Jess Harwood Art @jessharwoodart.bsky.social · Jul 8

I think we need to stop obsessing over the mushroom murders and turn our attention to the NT coroner’s inquest report into the police shooting and death of Kumanjayi Walker by policeman Zach Rolfe

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