Oh - yes trim as needed! I figured we could just sort of scoot some little flowers in wherever they’ll fit rather than it being a specific shape. One of the furries suggested we could make tileable gardens to put around the map but I’m not quite that ambitious yet hehe

I made this teeny tiny little flower and grass pattern so we can fill in some of the white space, could someone add it to the template for me? I’m working on a more complex one too but I am no artist XD

I’m down here too!! Filling in the bee kiss o7

oh my god yeah this is the one!!! Thank you so much

I’m on Firefox. I’ve figured out I can do the pinch and then scoot around a little bit with the arrow keys to find the color picker again so that’s working out for now XD

This is so dumb but how the hell do I zoom in? If I try to pinch/spread my mousepad, it zooms the page so I can’t see the tools, and if I ctrl-plus then it zooms the canvas and tools equally. It’s driving me nuts!!

EDIT: may I propose we add some vegetables and plants to fill in some space around our designs?

I think you make a great point. Rather than separating us into our own corner, we should be actively participating in the community at large. Thanks!!

oooh cool!! I’ll go check it out!

That makes sense! Regarding a disability focused community, I’d love to talk about how disabled folks fit into a solarpunk utopia! I’m thinking about how public transport is frequently necessary for folks with disabilities and also benefits everyone else, the idea of a car-free society (like I love the idea of going bikes-only but I cannot safely ride one), making solarpunk hobbies like DIY, gardening, tech hobbies, etc more accessible for different needs, things like learning ASL together to be more inclusive of Deaf communities or improving access to/DIYing Braille-typing devices (which are currently insanely expensive to buy), etc. I’m sure others will have more ideas too. I think it also just feels weird to me that being inclusive of disability is a part of solarpunk but we don’t have a place for people with disabilities to discuss what that means. Thoughts?

Hey, has anyone set up a queer slrpnk community yet? And if not, how would I go about doing that? I’m really surprised I haven’t been able to find one since queer culture and solarpunk values seem extremely intertwined. Same question for a disability slrpnk community!

In other news - for my personal solarpunk journey, I’ve been peakbusting with a recent heatwave in my area and I’ve convinced a lot of friends locally to do it as well! It’s kind of fun honestly. We’ve been going to a local pool, hanging out, doing non-tech activities, etc. I’m well suited to warm weather anyway, but my dog gets pretty overheated, so I’ve been making him a bunch of delicious freezer treats which seems to cool him off a lot, and dabbing him with a wet washcloth when he needs it.

My balcony garden is thriving. I really need to make a post to share with the balcony garden community - it was the folks there who helped me get started and gave me ideas on how to handle the water situation. I almost never have to fetch water from the kitchen now thanks to the buckets I put out on the roof when it rains, as suggested by other users!

Aaaand to wrap things up, I’m working on a lot of sewing and clothing related projects recently. A couple t-shirts I haven’t been wearing are getting upcycled and Frankensteined together into a cute crop top and shorts set which I’m really excited about, and I got some textile medium and stamps to try decorating some of my other DIY outfits with paint :D I also have a plan to turn a pretty floral sheet I got from the thrift store into a cute pair of tiered palazzo pants. Will be sharing in the DIY area soon!!

I’ve been looking into alternative search engines… Kagi seemed like a good option at first but it has its own AI “assistant” and its hella expensive anyway. Ecosia sucks. Currently testing out Brave which at least doesn’t dump AI summaries on me.

I’d never heard of IVPN before. Their ethics page is so refreshing. I’ve been trying out the free version of Proton for the last week but I like the sound of this way, way more, plus the anti-tracker stuff is really valuable. Thanks! :D

thank you very much! I think I’ll have my family switch over to Waterfox and give Phoenix a try. Maybe pairing with a VPN can bring it up to Mullvad-level security… not keen on using a browser built by neo-nazis obviously.

I’m seeing folks talk about Waterfox too and now I’m overwhelmed by choice paralysis. Which of these is best for your average AI-hater who just likes browsing the web? Which is best for tightest security possible? I have both use-cases on my mind

I think you’re doing a great job here. I would personally like to see more emphasis on actions taken against AI, maybe discussion groups about talking points to use when talking with family, or bills in various places that people can email their representatives about (if they’re in a place where that’s useful). We could also collaborate with the self-hosting community on slrpnk.net to get people set up with tar pits and poison for their servers, and I’d love to see some artists sharing their work or helping people get started with making real art so that they don’t feel the need to use AI at all.

Just some thoughts I’ve had recently! Not saying that you need to do these things.

Anyone know where to purchase Japanese knotwood rhizomes? Asking for a friend.

That’s what I always imagined when the idea of self-driving cars first came up - y’know, something to prevent 50 car pile-ups, that sort of thing. Not this BS :/ Now I just want a better bus system and less cars so there can be more bikes.

That sounds incredible (even if I had to google a lot of the terms haha). Would you do me a big favor and make a post about this in https://slrpnk.net/c/selfhosting if you haven’t already? We would love to have you over on slrpnk.net, where we enjoy the blend of tech + the environment and hate AI. I would post myself but I’m just now investigating personal websites and switching to Linux so I don’t think I’d be able to do your project justice.

Sounds cool as hell! Talk to me about Iocaine - is this for people who self-host or can I put this on my websites somehow?

Tell me more about the poisoned text? I keep a site for a freelance job and I would love to fill it with poison.