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Cake day: February 13th, 2024

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  • Suicide isnt the answer

    I too am attempting to figure out how to best navigate this new world, my hope is that there is a path that i can walk which still preserves most of the quality of life ive enjoyed so far in our old flawed system, and which counters the strength of this new techno fuedal world thats being built - or at least does not continue to empower it, and also, one which does empower a more solarpunk future and life which i do want to live.

    How im finding that path currently is first, understanding what reality is now and what i actually want - but be careful here to not completely devote all your time and energy to just understanding, least those insights never turn to action

    Then, im taking little steps, the smallest steps that i can, within this system, but towards my solarpunk ideals, and against the technofuedalist ideals

    For me, that means growing a small garden, self hosting some services, going to at least one local politics meeting a month - it also means canceling some subscriptions, not eating some foods, and not consuming ads and using various tools to reduce my information footprint

    They’re small steps, but i can tell that theyre building a foundation and momentum, that backlog of experience and resilience which can be drawn on, so that bigger steps, such as quiting my corporate job, moving to a larger property with land to homestead on, and more deeply integrating with the community is a smaller and smaller gap until im able to get to the point where in able to make that leap

    You’re path may look different, but hopefully its a good reference for you







  • People should know and have evidence on hand that policy and budget decisions directly effect lives.

    This is another lesson available, we are individuals that are part of communities which can learn from this lesson vicariously.

    This community had a conversation that ended with a vote, where people chose not to pay more taxes and to not figure out the minutia of how to run the system effectively - nor did they receive a grant from above levels of government - nor did they determine a local low cost solution - and because of that people were swept away in a flash flood they had no clue was coming like countless times in history and prehistory.

    There will always be a balance between safety and budget, just as with all other qualities, and its a constant difficulty always filled with consequences wherever the decisions made land.

    But some consequences are easier to bare than others.

    The next time this community thinks about floods and what to do about them they’re perspective will likely shift with the weight of the dead bodies left in the debris field, and it should be hoped that other communities who know this news understand that too.

    The effort and cost of government is for our collective benefit, because the world is rough, and by working and sacrificing together we can make it easier if we choose to.

    This article adds to the story and make you think about the decisions you and your community are making.