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O FORTUNA- Ch. VII
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
O FORTUNA- Ch. V & VI
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
I OF THE STORM- Ch. XV & XVI
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
I OF THE STORM- Ch. XI, XII, XIII, XIV
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
I OF THE STORM- Ch. VII, VIII, IX, X
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
I OF THE STORM- Ch. V & VI
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
I OF THE STORM- Ch. III & IV
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
O FORTUNA- Ch. III & IV
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
O FORTUNA- Ch. I & II
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
I OF THE STORM- Ch. I & II
New chapters of Lower Heaven released every Wednesday. A serial solarpunk novel by Benjamin Loomis.
Commerce ≠ Capitalism
Commerce and capitalism are not the same thing. I think it’s good to separate these concepts that have become so intertwined because making these two terms synonymous leads to all sorts of misunderstandings.
We Need Each Other
I just keep thinking that we have to adapt. We still need each other. That never stopped, only becoming more true when the virus hit.
Renting Sucks in Watauga County, Part II
If you’re going to retaliate against someone for speaking generally about renting conditions in Boone, you’ve proved my point that you have more interest in maintaining your market dominance than listening to the community you serve.
The Age of Enlightenment is Ending
There is no climate crisis without the Haber-Bosch process, no chemical weapons. There is no mass marketing without sociology and behavioral science. Facebook itself is a scientific triumph that ultimately degrades public discourse and trust in scientific authority.
Renting Sucks in Watauga County
WNC Renters Help is accepting submissions of landlord stories for a new community accountability database!
Mutual Aid, vending machines, zines, cataclysms and then some
It’s been a busy pandemic, that’s for sure. Now accepting zine submissions for publication.
Theory of Change
I’m not saying stop paying attention, or don’t vote. This isn’t a call to not participate in the current system. I am saying vote your conscience come November, but treat that vote as your least important political act of the year.
Guide to Lower Heaven 4: The Ranger's Oath
We the gathered, in observance of the Heavenly Ideals of Merit, Logic, and Freedom, do pledge to consider the full Range of options in defense of the autonomous territory of Heaven as defined. Serving as the activated will of Heaven’s populace, I pledge to:
Changing (the Shape of) the World
When you look at the word “world” long enough it itself falls apart. The ‘rld’ throws the brain back to the time of cairns and charnal grounds, grievous, primordial eras this word has survived through. It’s an Old English car-crash of ‘wer’ and ‘ald’, together the weralt, the Age of Man, the world.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents (or Theory of Change) of an eventual untitled fiction book about organizing and revolutioncraft.
Commerce and capitalism are not the same thing. I think it’s good to separate these concepts that have become so intertwined because making these two terms synonymous leads to all sorts of misunderstandings.