BrightFlame (she/they)

Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk. A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.

After decades of political obsession, I now believe the most powerful political strategy is a *positive vision.*

So I joined the solarpunk movement, because a world with clean energy & living wildlife is the *most subversive vision* to our current world on fire

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Have you heard about @andrewism 's annual #solarpunk #art Collabs, created to explore different aspects of our #climate future?

A lot of works in the #storySeedLibrary were created thanks to them!

I'm looking into a possible theme for 2026:

Disaster Response and Relief

Away from pristine […]

Definitely for slander...but anyone scrolling through the names will see otherwise. Proud to be on it alongside many friends!

Exactly! Hopeful climate fiction like #solarpunk is radical, active #hope not just wishful thinking. We expand the notion of what is possible. And inspire solutions and trajectories.

And solarpunk is a verb! Doing the thing... creating change now. Art and literature support the action.

Hey all, this free-to-read #solarpunk anthology pairs nicely with www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Stories by @renanbernardo.com @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social @daniellearostegui.bsky.social @tkrex.bsky.social @singingtotigers.bsky.social and me!

#BookSky #SpecLit #reading #SFF #hope #justice

A while back when I lifted the work of EFF, a fellow writer pointed out that they tended towards this AI stance. (Justifying use cases)

Nonbinary Thinking is Solarpunk...and Essential ⋆ BrightFlame Binaries create harm. I explore the nonbinary of dystopia and hopeful fiction ... and much more in this article.

Ha! I wrote about that in my latest blog: brightflame.com/nonbinary-th...

#hope #dystopia #solarpunk

I also just posted about this. #solarpunk worth reading!

Into the Hyperspace: T. K. Rex and Wildcraft Drones "Their goal is never growth — it’s restoration and maintenance."

Two of my favorite people in one place: @renanbernardo.com talks with @tkrex.bsky.social about their new book from @stelliform.press. Love the cover! Can't wait to read the book!

#SpecLit #solarpunk #WritingCommunity #BookSky #SFF
#justice #resilience #ecosystems

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ps I love @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social 's Authortunities blog. This one especially stands out.

Escaping the Extraction Machine Claiming Our Collective Power

A spot-on post by @angelayurikosmith.bsky.social offers an excellent frame: extraction vs ecosystem.

Very #solarpunk! While the post is about publishing & our creative work, the frame applies to patriarchal, fascist overculture: authortunities.substack.com/p/escaping-t...

#WritingCommunity

Bright Green Futures Edited by Susan Kaye Quinn Bright Green Futures: FREE for Awards Season Hugo, Nebula, British Science Fiction Association Awards

Free #solarpunk stories for Awards Season—time to nominate & vote!

Stories from
@renanbernardo.com
@sarenaulibarri.bsky.social
@tkrex.bsky.social
@daniellearostegui.bsky.social
@brightflame.bsky.social
@singingtotigers.bsky.social

#BSFAAwards2026
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Bright Green Futures is free during this awards season! My piece The Doglady and the Rainstorm is in it, alongside the great works of @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social, @brightflame.bsky.social, @tkrex.bsky.social, @daniellearostegui.bsky.social, and @singingtotigers.bsky.social!

My story "Ancestors, Descendants" is among brilliant stories by @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social @tkrex.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @singingtotigers.bsky.social & @daniellearostegui.bsky.social

The anthology is free atm! Read it--vote!
#solarpunk #SFF #SpecLit #WritingCommunity #BookSky #hope #read

...and not just the book cover. I highly recommend @renanbernardo.com 's #solarpunk Different Kinds of Defiance! It's among other wonderful recommendations of #climate fiction and diverse works on my site.

go #solarpunk! (And check out this awesome pod + lots of resources brightgreenfutures.wtf ) #hope #justice #resilience

thank you for the reporting! I love his work in the world. anti-#technofascist

What a great idea! #solarpunk

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.

Minneapolis. Rage and tears.

Let our rage and tears add resilience and strength to all those on the front lines of the horror and harm caused by tRump and the like...in the US and globally.

Sending support--tangible and not--from my location (I'm not near MN).

#resist #justice #RaiseVoices

Say it loud: This is what democracy looks like!

If you live in Hakeem Jeffries district can you please call him and ask how many more Minnesotans need to die before he takes meaningful action to abolish ICE?

Glad The Working's coven kept you company while sick! And thank you for reading!

Yes, please continue to support Mimi!

... and Ness even won a Nebula for self-pubbed work! @vriccithode.bsky.social

Nonbinary Thinking is Solarpunk...and Essential ⋆ BrightFlame Binaries create harm. I explore the nonbinary of dystopia and hopeful fiction ... and much more in this article.

New blog about the #nonbinary of dystopia and #hope.

Plus, I mentioned YK Hong's recent article about rejecting the binaries of Empire, fascists, colonizers.

And, of course, #solarpunk

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#justice #resist #liberation #SpecLit

An important panel on #activism happening now. Lovely to "meet" the panelists I don't already know. And good followup to our earlier #solarpunk panel.

Thank you @britfantasysoc.bsky.social for hosting the #writing and Social #Justice event today.

Wonderful #solarpunk discussion today. Thank you to @yenooi.bsky.social for facilitating. And @renanbernardo.com Francesco Verso and Wren James for joining us.

What a great panel! Glad to be "live" with you today!