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day 8: Does your world have any weird laws, practices, or beliefs?

Haaah... it is in the name "A New Faith".

Read: https://tinjar.ghost.io/anf/a-new-faith-part-3-chapter-44/

I wouldn't call it weird. But the laws and practices and beliefs seem increasingly rare as compared to what is happening in our world right now.

Is being empathetic weird? You tell me.

December 8. How does your work compare to the earliest work in your genre?

I am no expert in this - but I hear that Octavia Butler's "Parable of the Sower" is one of the early ones to tell the kind of story "A New Faith" is. That one is dystopian, IMO. My novel is more on the side. But one could interpret strains in it, too. Both are in the category.

It disturbs me how often I see folks self-styled as using AI.

Just don't.

I can't think of a faster way to say "I don't understand either solarpunk or AI".

Using AI is counter to the entire idea of a just and sustainable world.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brightgreenfutures/p/solarpunk-dont-need-no-ai

I feel alienated from most stuff. I want to participate but I'm constantly told my stuff is too dark.

To me solarpunk's most interesting story is when people start to fight back against capitalism, not 20 years after we won.
Where are the bullet holes in walls, the statues commemorating victories of the people against corporate robot armies?

It's not about realism, for it's about... in my guts, do I feel like this is a honest camera and not an advertising? I feel unease from it.

Mua-hahahaha!!!

Yes. Yes that's right.

Down with the consumer economy of built-in obsolescence, disposable tech, and subscriptions.

Up with Right to Repair, Permacomputing, Library and Share Economies!

(Also trollololol on "device hoarding" and "costing economy {sic})

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/how-device-hoarding-by-americans-is-costing-economy.html

A lot of visions might seem sterile because they show a already realized, but with no trace of the struggle, no cultural shifts arising from the period of change.

If I was to imagine a stabilized, sustainable Solarpunk world it would seem very alien and unintuitive to us.

It's because it's not a technological change that's needed - but a cultural one.

Things we already can do but can't perceive or describe them as viable.

Now this. This is .

A true community-owned gardening project. So many stadiums and sports institutes are just left to rot once they're no longer profitable, instead of being reused for the greater good. Remember, repurposing is always easier than recycling.

Image source: https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/solarpunk/comments/1oatw62/taipeis_old_stadium_turned_into_a_community_garden/

A picture of Taipei's derelict Zhongshan Stadium taken from inside, showing a community garden emerging on the viewing decks filled with greenery

What are your favorite books on repairing things? What about books on making things?

As the internet gets filled with AI slop I've been putting together a personal library for friends and neighbors.

I have a book on bike repair, two books related to making, altering, and mending clothes, a book on home repairs, a book about electronics, and the book I used to study for my Ham radio exam.

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https://www.ft.com/content/15a6d3b9-81c0-46c6-a4b7-f881b5eeadad

Why Maria - Alia's (the main character in "A New Faith") partner - could become a world-famous creator of immersive concerts.

Read the chapter about Maria's creation here -https://tinjar.ghost.io/anf/a-new-faith-part-3-chapter-32/

You know how the present contains the start of all possible futures? This one felt a little dystopian, but also a bit .

The other day our Old EV needed charge. The closest chargers were located in what is now a closed (and closed off) big box store. The parking lot was empty, except for two cars: the security guard and a Seattle Police car. We hesitantly drove towards the chargers, and parked next to the only charger that had a CHAdeMO connector, which was already in use.

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Picture taken at night time from inside a car, the windshield covered with rain drops. It shows what used to be the entrance to a big box store, now all boarded-up with plywood. On top, in red capital letters, the words "ENTRY A FOOD" remain.