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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 20h

Falling autumn leaves Pass like open submissions For eco haiku

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

OKAY! We have the lineup of #solarpunk bookclub picks and times for the next few months (plenty of time to get from the library and read!)! 🧵 OCTOBER BOOKCLUB: SKIPPED! NOVEMBER BOOKCLUB: Sat Nov 7, 4pm ET

Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Isn’t it amazing to live in a world where we can just, like, buy books For some easy recs, here are some books I’ve either bought or have on my list to buy which I learned about first on Bluesky

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just made my first pro-rate poetry sale! Roses and violets and colors and whatnot quoth and nevermore suck it Poe and Yates I’m a poet too

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fortune has some people’s luck on direct deposit. They get a steady amount on a regular basis. But the deposit form for my luck keeps getting lost until Fortune is cleaning out her trash and finds it and is like ohhh shoot this is three months overdue let’s just dole it all out at once

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Solarpunk Magazine @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Our last submission window of 2026 is now open through October 14. Send us your solarpunk short stories, poems, essays, and art!! Sub guidelines and link at solarpunkmagazine.com/submissions

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Me: I have a lot to get done today and I need to focus Me 5 minutes later: I haven’t eaten, I should probably make a quick snack Me 45 minutes later: And here we have finocchio al forno in saffron-infused olive oil

Roasted fennel with robusto cheese and garlic in a saffron olive oil

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Renan Bernardo @renanbernardo.com · 29/09/2026

Some people think shouting out about their own work is demeaning, but we're in the age of slop. Let's occupy the internet with our human-made art! Shot about your stories, your art, and those of your peers. Let more of you out there instead of leaving space for hollow content!

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here’s the short list for the World of Book Sustainable Story Award aka my tbr list only increases Range of books here, fiction and nonfiction, literary and lifestyle, kids and adults all based around climate, sustainability, and the environment www.worldofbooks.com/pages/sustai...

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Sustainable Story Award

Browse our massive collection of over 2 million used books. World of Books is one of the largest online sellers of second-hand books. Free US shipping on orders over $15.

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m seeing pasta discourse on here. I must contribute. For many Italian Americans, “macaroni” means any type of dried durum pasta, not just the elbow-shaped little tubes. This was a generational thing in my family. My grandpa called all pasta shapes macaroni, just like he called sauce “gravy”

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Lauren C. Teffeau @teffeau.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A roundup of where you can find me in the coming weeks including the Pajarito Literary Festival next weekend! laurencteffeau.com/2026/09/26/c...

Screencap of the latest blog post for Author Lauren C. Teffeau. The post is called "Coming up this fall!"

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

HAHA YES! I nailed my deadline! Manuscript for Book 2 COMPLETE! *dances around* *lays the manuscript gently to bed to rest and recover before the rigors of EDITING* The first book in this series comes out this October, and I'm so excited to have the next one ready to go! #solarpunk #amwriting

The cover of an upcoming book.
Title: Sign the Deal
Author: O.E. Tearmann
Image: a southwestern Solarpunk town against a backdrop of Utah mountains. In the foreground, a young woman with ears like a llama and dark skin stands with a seated nonbinary person on a rock formation. Both are dressed for extreme desert conditions. Around them are plants ready to be planted. The color scheme is light and hopeful.

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Olivia Wylie @otterkit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Now this is cool. There's a rising trend that integrates tourism into productive agricultural environments, and its benefits are many for both the tourist and the farming community. I hope we see more of this in years to come. www.archdaily.com/1171797/neit... #solarpunk #circularsky

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Neither Farm Nor Hotel: Why Agritourism Needs Its Own Architectural Typology

Uncover the evolving role of architecture in agritourism, creating spaces that connect visitors with productive landscapes.

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

We’re talking about Mercier’s Memoirs of the Year 2440 in my Utopia lit class, so I asked my students to imagine the US in 2440. Their ideas: no AI, walkable cities, access to affordable food and healthcare, sustainable energy…and we haven’t even gotten to our Solarpunk unit yet

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Days since I had to explain to someone that being from New Mexico does not make me an immigrant: 0

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I may have to add monstrofuturism to my history of utopia syllabus

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Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️‍⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 20/09/2026

I've assembled 24 Authors to bring you Punk Spec Fic We've got Cyberpunk (+ cards), & bio☣️ or nanopunk🧬 Steam & Dreampunk Hopepunk for dark times! Ecologically sustainable Solarpunk Aetherpunk w. magic tech. Elfpunk &dragons!✨ Most have Queer Rep. All have Mini Blurbs. 🌈📚🪐 itch.io/b/3913/punk-...

Punk Spec Fic Book Bundle Graphic, bordered by 24 covers, with bright blue, purple, pink, orange background.

Text: Punk Spec Fic, 24 books for $24, Sept 20-30.

Books & Authors;
Walking the Knife's Edge (Sythe Series #1), Elise Carlson.

CyberSnow, A.E. Bross.

Memento Moreau. Conrad Altmann.

Sting of the Shore: Stories & Poems. Devan Barlow.

Visual Snow. L. B. Shimaira.

Snowstorm & Overgrowth, Claudie Arseneault.

Run With the Hunted, Jennifer R. Donohue.

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Imagine if we talked about union membership as a qualifying trait for political office the same way we do military service

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Last chance to register for RightsCon! All online, pay what you can, access a community of thousands who are fighting for humans rights and dignity in the digital age www.rightscon.org/registration/

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Registration is now open for RightsCon Continues Summit (online, September 22)! Here you can find all the information to get your tickets!

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

JayHenge has some really fun calls out right now Great press to work with and their anthologies are always so much fun to read #shortstory #callsforsubmissions #sff #scifi #fantasy #booksy jayhenge.com/callforstori...

Call for submission for JayHenge’s Midnight Menagerie anthology, seeking speculative stories of night circuses

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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tomorrow (19th September) is #TalkLikeAPirateDay and your annual reminder that when we talk the way we talk when we're talking like a pirate, it's because of a film that was based on a book, inspired by an earlier book, inspired by a real life pirate from #Orkney! ARRR! 🏴‍☠️👇

An illustration of a pirate with a tricorn hat and a bushy moustache

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This was a fun read by Bruc Lockley with great glimpses of community building and a Catalan punk aesthetic #solarpunk #clifi #shortstory dailytomorrow.substack.com/p/fish-taco-...

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Fish Taco Tuesday — Full Story

By Bruc Lockley

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Gregory Moulinet @gregorymoulinet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The Floating Studio exercise asks a demanding question: what if students must first design the ground beneath their work? gregorymoulinet.substack.com/p/the-floati... #DesignEducation #solarpunk #CircularDesign #SustainableDesign #DesignForAutonomy

Floating artificial island with a geodesic dome on top of it and people working in and around the site with a few boats and birds.

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BrightFlame (she/they) * hope & magic * @brightflame.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The Why's and How's of Writing Hopeful Futures! My @writehive.bsky.social presentation! 👀 Lots of resources included! Plus #solarpunk narrative arc & words from @renanbernardo.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social @r-emrys.bsky.social @susankayequinn.bsky.social & more www.youtube.com/watch?v=shoS...

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Writing Hopeful Futures | WriteHive 2026 Conference

YouTube video by WriteHive

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@thedailytomorrow.bsky.social is making its archives more accessible, which means another chance to read my sentient asteroid cave story “A Brief History of Kuiper Belt Cave Song” Please enjoy along with all the other great stories here! #scifi #sff www.thedailytomorrow.com/stories/a-br...

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A Brief History of Kuiper Belt Cave Song — Part 1 | The Daily Tomorrow

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I had a lot of fun doodling through #solarpunkArtAugust and it was nice having something remind me to sketch a little every night (or few nights). We should do it again sometime but meanwhile here’s some of the doodles that came out of it

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sometimes #hopepunk means lighting things on fire Warm yourself by the pyre of the Tyranny of Gloom. I love Zozobra.

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Sarena Ulibarri @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s Book Birthday for WANDERING STAR AND OTHER STORIES! 💙📚 These are stories about: 🌸Singing to make flowers grow 🧜‍♀️Falling in love with a mermaid 🌖Watching the moon crash 😭Crying a literal river 🐙Tangling with a guard octopus 🐌Escaping from giant snails

What early readers are saying: “A great pick for anyone who enjoys fantasy but loves the variety and quick reads that short stories offer.” “Sarena Ulibarri has a beautiful writing style with very creative ideas that kept me captivated through these twelve short stories.” “The stories are well written and impossible to put down.” Out now!

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clarabiesel.bsky.social @clarabiesel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

For the "pollinators" prompt for #SolarpunkArtAugust I kept thinking about the bees and butterflies who obsess over our sunflowers, so here's a sketch of their flight paths.

A marker sketch of sunflowers, with lines drawing the flight paths of imagined bugs.

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Kevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 24/08/2026

Underappreciated: US farmland *already substantially produces energy, not food*, and does so very inefficiently. Corn ethanol (~40% of all US corn) requires about 100 times more land per vehicle-mile driven than solar photovoltaics -> electric vehicles. Shifting corn to solar *would free up land*.

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Utopia Science Fiction Magazine @utopiascifi.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

We're now entering the final week to submit on the theme of Revolution. If you have a story, poem, or article about an uprising or policy that changes our world (or another) for the better, send it our way! www.utopiasciencefiction.com/submit

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SUBMIT | Utopia Science Fiction Magazine

Utopia Science Fiction is open to submissions. We pay our authors for accepted stories, provide feedback. We are looking for fiction, art, poetry. Send us optimistic science fiction, hard science fict...

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

An academic corollary to the law of finding a typo in your book is finding a typo in your syllabus immediately after making it available to students on Canvas …sigh…

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#SOLARPUNK BOOKCLUB THIS WEEKEND! Join us Sunday, August 23rd, 4pm Eastern Time! Jitsi Meet link: meet.jit.si/August2026So...

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Haven Spec Magazine is closing to submissions for the entirety of next month, so send us all the things while you still can! For our complete guidelines and schedule, visit: www.havenspec.com/submit/

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Today we are doodling tropical solarpunk! Parrot fish are an indicator species, so seeing one perusing your seawall coral reef restoration site is a pretty big deal #SolarpunkArtAugust

A parrotfish swims through a recovering coral reef, growing along an artificial seawall. Two silhouettes above the water point downwards.

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Ever have a hard time sleeping because you’re so excited about the sandwich you’re going to make tomorrow? Got some fresh mozzarella and prosciutto I can’t stop thinking about and a new wine and DEAR LORD WHY AM I SUCH A WALKING STEREOTYPE SOMETIMES

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today’s #SolarpunkArtAugust takes inspiration from the Great Green Wall being used to hold back desertification below the Sahara. Plots like these have been very successful in reclaiming the Sahel and increasing useable green space

Crescent-shaped plots of dirt and grass, with a tree growing in each. Solar panel arrays line the dune in the background.

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Science Magazine @science.org · 19/08/2026

Landraces and wild species hold genetic diversity that could be key to developing new potato varieties, which are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and other challenges. 🥔 Learn more on #NationalPotatoDay in this 2019 issue of Science: scim.ag/4g3d0Cr

For thousands of years, Andean farmers have cultivated colorful landraces of domesticated potatoes, such as lioness, tunica, and tarmeña shown in this arrangement. Landraces and wild species hold genetic diversity that could be key to developing new potato varieties, which are needed to help farmers adapt to climate change and other challenges. Photo: Gustavo Ramirez

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“The point of Utopia is not that we should hope for salvation or learn to escape elsewhere in our dreams: It’s about shaking things up and using fiction to speculate wildly and with impunity.”

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Every book I have purchased this year (texts I’m teaching notwithstanding) I learned about from authors on Bluesky. Please keep posting about your books. I’ll keep reading them.

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Christina Orlando @cxorlando.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Hello, book people! I am the book content editor for Reactor Mag and I'm looking for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and speculative books coming out in 2027! If you have an adult or YA SFF/H book out next year (or publicist), share the link/info here!

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Christopher R. Muscato @chrisrmuscato.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Today’s prompt: pollinators! We love bees, but honeybees are not a native species. So take a closer look at some native pollinators when you have a chance (we’ve got 950 species of native bees here in Colorado alone)! #SolarpunkArtAugust

A person with exaggerated features examines a bee through a magnifying glass

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