If you're interested in the intersection of ecology, social politics, and technology check out my website and substack! Over there I have DIY guides, short #solarpunk stories, and articles about building dual power and prefigurative futures. writing.hydroponictrash.solar

My new essay -- on what (not) to wear as the climate changes, the history of heat research, and the fate of democracy -- is out now in the LA Review of Books. I wanted to share some fun images that didn't make it into the essay (1/7)

We need to recognise communities as sources of knowledge production, not spaces of data extraction.

Reminder: The tools that protect us from COVID — masks, air filters, and structural policies like expanded healthcare access — are the tools that we need to protect us from the climate crisis, which is causing a decrease in air quality and increase of disease outbreaks.

It’s been a wild 12 months since I went to the ICU. So much has changed. It’s never easy to ask for help or donations but if if you have the means please give or share this post. Thank you!

Part of being autistic, for me, is living life in extremes. I either process information at a lightning speed or snail’s pace, connect every dot or none, feel like an expert or devoid of knowledge, have so much to say or nothing at all, have lots of energy or nowhere near enough.

‘Welcome To The Grind’ went live one year ago today. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed to the project and to everyone who shared it with the young architects and designers in their lives. Read the guide here: welcometothegrind.space

The last few days reminded me of this 2021 The New York Times piece featuring a study showing that Black people are more exposed to air pollution from every type of source, including agriculture, vehicles, and even restaurants, than any other group. nytimes.com/2021/04/28/cli…

Sexual minorities in the US are 2x as likely than the general population to experience homelessness, but they’re still here & still queer. For Chicago Reader’s Pride feature on trans & genderqueer elders, I interviewed Jeff, my friend & yours. chicagoreader.com/news-politics/…

Gender exploratory therapy is a new form of conversion therapy espoused by members of anti-LGBTQ+ groups like the American College of Pediatricians, a pseudoscience group designated a hate group by the SPLC. Read about it here: xtramagazine.com/health/gender-…

We’re live!!! archive-stories.com ~ Archive Stories is a website about how to work with creative, community and anticolonial archives. We invited people who already do this work to take us on their journey with archiving. Enjoy! ~

I don’t have a wedding ring but realizing these signals matter in medical care. So a fake ring to go to the hospital today. “Advocate for yourself. Make sure doctors know you have a family that expects you to come home.” Advice I was given. This is America 🇺🇸 for a Black woman.

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In this RadicalHousingJournal @radicalhousing.bsky.social #LongRead Thalles Vichiato Breda writes 'The role of black women in urban housing struggles in #Brazil: From land occupations to the institutional policy radicalhousingjournal.org/2023/the-role-…

Marc Augé, the anthropologist who coined the term non-place, passed away yesterday at the age of 87. In his honor, we're publishing his introduction of the second edition of Non-Places. versobooks.com/blogs/news/int…

"the series as a chance to honor the sometimes forgotten Black history behind America’s environmental movement. “Everyone now uses the language of environmental justice, but we thought it was important to acknowledge just how Black that history is” capitalbnews.org/hazel-johnson-…