Free movies at the library!
Tinker ☀️
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@cferdinandi - If it helps, here is my canned response to that:
- Food Banks / Food Pantries are amazing. They put together a food package for individuals and they are a great way to buy in bulk using charity donations. But distributions are limited to specific days and some places require means testing which can limit who can get food.
- Free Fridges / Community Outdoor Pantries are amazing. They allow for continuous food distribution and make it very easy to both contribute food and utilize food. There is no means testing and they are open 24/7. But they don't always guarantee food is available when a person visits.
- Food Banks are a centralized model. Free Fridges are a decentralized model. They both work well together. What one lacks the other closes the gap and vice versa. Free Fridges do not replace or compete with Food Banks and Food Banks do not replace or compete with Free Fridges. They both are important parts of a whole.
@tinker "So whatever they don't distribute, we then move into the fridges. That way nothing goes bad. We also volunteer with food bank distributions."
That's such a great idea!
And yea, I've been trying to explain to some folks (it IS mostly fear/questioning) that these are mutually exclusive or competing entities. They compliment each other.
This is all great stuff. Thank you so much! ❤️
@cferdinandi - If it helps, here is my canned response to that:
- Food Banks / Food Pantries are amazing. They put together a food package for individuals and they are a great way to buy in bulk using charity donations. But distributions are limited to specific days and some places require means testing which can limit who can get food.
- Free Fridges / Community Outdoor Pantries are amazing. They allow for continuous food distribution and make it very easy to both contribute food and utilize food. There is no means testing and they are open 24/7. But they don't always guarantee food is available when a person visits.
- Food Banks are a centralized model. Free Fridges are a decentralized model. They both work well together. What one lacks the other closes the gap and vice versa. Free Fridges do not replace or compete with Food Banks and Food Banks do not replace or compete with Free Fridges. They both are important parts of a whole.
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Someone installed writerdeckOS onto a 32bit Sony Vaio P netbook!!!
Yay putting new life into old tech!
https://www.reddit.com/r/writerDeck/comments/1ojhua8/sony_vaio_p_writerdeck/
A stock image of a Sony Vaio P held in hand to show scale. The old netbook is basically a minimal but full size keyboard with a short but wide screen to fit it. It's a small form factor. About as small as you can get and still have a fullish sized keyboard.
writerdeckOS running on a 32bit Sony Vaio P netbook. The screen shows the tilde text editing program with the text "Grown in a Garden of Misery. Page 1. Panel 2" written on the screen as a demo.
Someone installed writerdeckOS onto a 32bit Sony Vaio P netbook!!!
Yay putting new life into old tech!
https://www.reddit.com/r/writerDeck/comments/1ojhua8/sony_vaio_p_writerdeck/
A stock image of a Sony Vaio P held in hand to show scale. The old netbook is basically a minimal but full size keyboard with a short but wide screen to fit it. It's a small form factor. About as small as you can get and still have a fullish sized keyboard.
writerdeckOS running on a 32bit Sony Vaio P netbook. The screen shows the tilde text editing program with the text "Grown in a Garden of Misery. Page 1. Panel 2" written on the screen as a demo.
New account, new #introduction post!
I’m Rhys, a writer, solarpunk, and witch/druid living in the Midlands, UK. My pronouns are they/them, although I’m currently exploring my gender, so that may change.
I've just set up a new blog: https://www.panga.blog/about
I will accept most follow requests! 
#Writing #Solarpunk #Anarchism #Witchcraft #Druidry #Midlands #Vegan #Bisexual #Polyamorous #NonBinary #Autism #ADHD #WorkingClass
Julio J.
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Ya he dicho más veces por aquí que si alguien piensa en irse al rural relativamente cerca nuestra aquí le damos consejo y apoyo de todo tipo obvio gratis. Además de buscar todas las formas posibles de colaboración y trueque, ya lo hacemos con un par de proyectos y no sumas, multiplicas.
Dicho esto, os voy a contar alguna de las ideas que tenemos aquí a futuro que, algunas más que otras, solo serían posible si gente interesada quiere cooperar y animarse a construir #SolarPunk real golosito.
- Adquirir nuevas tierras de cultivo. Diseñarlas en #Permacultura con policultivos locales. Para manejarla colectivamente, ejemplo olivar mezclado con granados, higueras, moreras y zarzamoras. Aquí haríamos trabajo técnico(poda, reproducción..) y tú ayudarías en trabajo gordo por ejemplo de recolecta. Y repartimos la cosecha.
- Comprar alguna finca cercana (hay muchas) con casas para hacer una residencia de ancianes solarpunk propia. En la que vivan (viviésemos) 6-8 personas.
- Vivienda compartida, alquilar una vivienda en nuestra finca, con posibilidad de colaborar en todos los trabajos agrícolas. Tb se podría ir construyendo aquí la residencia futura.
Y obvio a cualquier acuerdo de colaboración.
Estamos al lado de Talavera de la queen y estamos encantadas de que vengáis a visitarnos, primer paso elemental antes de todas esas cosas enormes que he escrito.
Salud!
Ein weiterer Grund, warum ich meine Tätigkeit als Illustrator*in einstelle?
Ich habe immer mit traditionellen Mitteln (Aquarell, Bleistifte, Fineliner...) gearbeitet. Teilweise habe ich Vorzeichnungen eingescannt und in einem Grafikprogramm digital eingefärbt, so wie mein Profilbild hier.
Aktuell ist es so, dass viele Artists unter Verdacht gestellt werden, KI-generiertes Material für ihre Artworks zu verwenden.
Bei einigen ist das sicherlich tatsächlich der Fall.
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Aber viele Artists arbeiten ganz ohne KI.
Und ich persönlich hätte nicht die Spoons, für jedes meiner Bilder Nachweise zu erbringen, dass ich sie ohne KI angefertigt habe.
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Was ich weiterhin machen werde? #Fanart-Portraits und vielleicht Illustrationen zum Thema #Solarpunk, all das ohne Gewinnabsicht und ohne KI.
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Linux Question... (I welcome all responses and advice):
Debian 13.x Trixie (and beyond presumably) no longer supports 32bit architectures (no x86 / i386 etc).
While Debian Bookworm LTS does and is still supported for now, are there any other distros that maintain a supported 32bit version of linux?
(I'm developing and maintaining OS's that run on 32bit CPUs. Yay permacomputing!)
hypebot
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SolarCloud is here!
If you always wanted #Solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s online platform. Credits are applied directly to any Australian energy bill and remain transferable if users move or switch energy providers. #Australia #Solar #SolarPunk #Renewables #Climate
https://www.solarcloud.com.au/
SolarCloud is here!
If you always wanted #Solar panels but couldn't afford them or didn't have a roof to put them on, no worries, you can use SolarCloud.
Customers can buy one or more panels, starting at $139 each, and monitor generation 24/7 via SolarCloud’s online platform. Credits are applied directly to any Australian energy bill and remain transferable if users move or switch energy providers. #Australia #Solar #SolarPunk #Renewables #Climate
https://www.solarcloud.com.au/
Ika Makimaki
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"There is no ethical consumption under capitalism" doesn't mean "eh, don't worry about it", it means that you should consider alternatives that reduce or eliminate "consumption under capitalism".
Growing your own food. Repairing your stuff and the stuff of people around you. Foraging. Helping your neighbours. Establishing or borrowing from a library, be it for books, tools, toys, or anything else. Even creating free and open source software.
There are *lots* of ways you can satisfy your needs and goals without consumption under capitalism, you just won't learn about them from capitalist news and advertising channels.
@DoomsdaysCW - Cheers! Easier than a full blown free fridge. Just install and advertise a "Little Free Pantry"
Angela Antunovic
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Here's How #Japan Is Turning #Footsteps Into #Electricity
By Samyak Goswami, Aug. 16, 2025 6:15 pm EST
Excerpts: "While Japan's implementation of #piezoelectric tiles is new, the underlying technology itself dates back to the late #19thCentury. The Curie brothers discovered that pressing substances like quartz, topaz, sugarcane, and more induced a voltage across the substance, known as the piezoelectric effect. The converse is also true, as piezoelectric materials also change shape or vibrate when an electric current is passed through them. Due to these properties, piezoelectric substances find use in numerous applications like quartz watches, sonars, and electricity-producing sidewalks. Common kitchen lighters, too, use a piezoelectric material to produce their characteristic spark from the pressure applied to the trigger.
"Piezoelectric substances generally produce a low voltage that depends on various factors. Japan's implementation of the piezoelectric sidewalk generated around 0.1W of power when a 60kg person stepped on a tile, back in 2008. The power from one footstep isn't substantial, but the figure quickly grows when millions of people take a step in crowded places like Tokyo's Shibuya Station. Moreover, the technology has evolved, and more efficient tiles can generate up to 30W of power with each step."
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"The biggest roadblock that has limited piezoelectric tiles to niche applications is the high upfront cost associated with them. The cost depends on their efficiency and can range from $50 to $100. Installing a wide network of such tiles over a large area can quickly shoot up the initial investment. However, research shows that crowded areas such as subway stations are best suited for piezoelectric tiles, despite the high cost. A 2017 research even claimed that these tiles can result in up to 99.93% lower cost of electricity over the tile's lifespan, taking Cairo's busting Elshohadaa station as an example.
"That said, low power output is another big factor that makes piezoelectric tiles economically unfeasible. Conventional renewable energy sources, like solar panels, have evolved over time and can generate more electricity at a much lower cost. Additionally, power generation takes a nosedive in lightly populated areas, restricting the technology to only a few busy spaces. Moreover, higher maintenance costs and frequent repairs due to enormous stress in crowded areas are other factors stopping piezoelectric tiles from becoming mainstream. That said, a high-output tile with greater durability could make its adoption economically feasible in the future."
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk #FootTraffic #ElectricityGeneration #19thCenturyTechnology #TechnologyAdaptation
"There is no ethical consumption under capitalism" doesn't mean "eh, don't worry about it", it means that you should consider alternatives that reduce or eliminate "consumption under capitalism".
Growing your own food. Repairing your stuff and the stuff of people around you. Foraging. Helping your neighbours. Establishing or borrowing from a library, be it for books, tools, toys, or anything else. Even creating free and open source software.
There are *lots* of ways you can satisfy your needs and goals without consumption under capitalism, you just won't learn about them from capitalist news and advertising channels.
What a great idea! Thanks for posting this, @tinker !
#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk #LittleFreePantry #BuildingCommunity #FoodInsecurity #MutualAid
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The #storySeedLibrary is now available in #Tigrinya !
https://storyseedlibrary.org/ti/art/
We got a translation of the all of the illustrations available, but so far I managed to upload only the first 45.
Huge thanks to Nadait Gebremedhen, MD for her work!
#Solarpunk #HopePunk #futurism #art #illustration #climate #climateChange