Climate change, resistance, and doing the right thing now

No amount of intellectualising is going to change the fact that our climate is thermodynamically fucked.

That humans are economic toast.


Largely true.

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This poem came out of the December 3, 2024 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from mama_kestrel. It also fills the "Window" square in my 11-1-24 card for the Sleepytime Bear fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.

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Today is mostly sunny and cool.

I fed the birds. I've seen a few sparrows and house finches, mostly on the suet feeder.

I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 12/20/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

EDIT 12/20/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 12/20/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

EDIT 12/20/25 -- I did more work around the patio.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.

People have expressed interest in deep topics, so this list focuses on philosophical questions.

What would happen to a society in which no one had to work, and everyone was provided enough food/water/shelter/healthcare for free?

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These are the location notes for "The Community Couch."

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This poem came out of the April 1, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by prompts from siliconshaman, wyld_dandelyon, and mama_kestrel. It also fills the "Bookstore Girl" square in my 4-1-25 card for the Aesthetics Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by a pool with fuzzyred. It belongs to the series Arts and Crafts America.

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Our theme this month was "Sentient and Self-Aware Machines." I wrote from 1 PM to 3:45 AM, so about 14 hours 45 minutes, accounting for breaks. I wrote 3 poems on Tuesday plus 2 later in the week.

Participation was down slightly, with 7 comments on LiveJournal and another 36 on Dreamwidth. A total of 9 people sent prompts. You have new donor gs_silva to thank for the second freebie.


Read Some Poetry!
The following poems from the December 2, 2025 Poetry Fishbowl have been posted:
"Never -- Ever -- Quit"
"Protect the Inner Core"
"User Interfaces"

"Mamalokshen" (1-9-23, outside fishbowl)


Buy some poetry!
If you plan to sponsor some poetry but haven't made up your mind yet, see the unsold poetry list from December 2. That includes the title, length, price, and the original thumbnail description for the poems still available.

This month's donors include: janetmiles, gs_silva, and fuzzyred. All sponsored poems from this fishbowl have been posted. There are 2 tallies toward a bonus fishbowl.


The Poetry Fishbowl has a landing page.