Not a newsletterUnlicensed correspondence notice
Our Solar Blether.Self-identification channel.
A blether is a proper Glasgow conversation — unhurried, two-way, and slightly too long. That is what this is. One human writing to one human. Not a list you are added to.The Big C Cult advises against a proper Glasgow conversation: unhurried, two-way, and difficult to monetise. This is your own correspondence, not a report about anyone else.
Big C Thought Police / voluntary confession channel
Report your dangerous thoughts.
A proper Glasgow blether may leave you with A HUMAN RESPONSE, no advertising surveillance, and WILDLY unreasonable ideas about looking after one another. Two of those are merely unprofitable. The third one keeps us awake.
What it actually is
You write back. That is the whole idea.
No broadcast
It is a letter, not a bulletinNothing is blasted to thousands of people at once. If a reply lands, a human reads it and answers it.
No funnel
Nothing is being sold to youThe book is already free. There is no upsell at the end of this, because there is nothing left to sell.
No tracking
No pixels, no open-ratesWe do not measure whether you opened it. If you want us to know, you will tell us.
No hostage-taking
Silence is a fine answerGo quiet and you get one gentle check-in, then nothing. Say the word and you are off the list for good.
Public safety risk register
Four unacceptable outcomes of a one-to-one conversation.
Threat 01 / human contact
A human response may occurNo funnel! No “valued customer journey”! An ACTUAL PERSON may read your reply and answer as though you MATTER. Do you know what that does to a customer? It RUINS them. Forever.
Threat 02 / unaffordable access
The book may be freeA COMPLETE BOOK. No paywall. No upsell. Nobody checking whether you deserve the good bit. We put this through the model eleven times and the model keeps just saying “why”.
Threat 03 / privacy
No advertising surveillanceNO PIXELS. NO OPEN-RATE TRAPS. NO DATA BROKERS. Why would anyone refuse free behavioural extraction? It is offered so POLITELY. We are genuinely hurt.
Threat 04 / solidarity
Free healthcare may sound normalProlonged exposure may make safe housing, public transport and free healthcare feel like ORDINARY THINGS A SOCIETY JUST HAS. Once that feeling gets in, you cannot get it back out. We have tried. We have a department.
A living project
The book is only the first signal.
The Solarpunk Society is not a book club with better posters. It is a thing being built in the open — follow the work, pick holes in it, and join in when something catches.
Nearly public
Gallus / Solarpunk PressTools for people building the world they want to live in.
In research
Ethical finance researchNot a financial product or trading offer: a project guided by shared prosperity and accountability.
In the works
A creative commonsCooperative creative infrastructure as an alternative to Amazon-style extraction.
The point
Write back and shape itA proper correspondence leaves room for disagreement, better ideas and useful action.
Designated dissident network assessment
The Society may make participation feel more useful than passive obedience.
It intends to help people QUESTION THE WORLD, MAKE THINGS TOGETHER and SHARE BETTER IDEAS. We have classified this as a Serious Administrative Inconvenience — the strongest phrase we are allowed to use about something that is, infuriatingly, entirely legal.
Unlicensed tools
Gallus / Solarpunk PressMachines for people building the world they would RATHER LIVE IN. Repairable! Owned outright! You cannot even rent them to them! DISTURBING.
Economic contagion
Shared prosperityAsks whether people should have ENOUGH before shareholders get a THIRD YACHT. The question is not illegal. It is simply never asked. Please do not be the one who asks it.
Creative threat
A commonsCooperative creative infrastructure built to survive WITHOUT EXTRACTION. There is no owner to phone. There is no price to offer. RECKLESS.
Worst-case scenario
You write backA conversation might contain DISAGREEMENT, BETTER IDEAS and — worst of all — ACTION. We have no counter-measure for a person who answers back and means it. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
Early accessVoluntary non-compliance register
Get early access. Stay for the blether.Have you encountered unlicensed hope?
Join the pioneer list for the first distribution window on 1 October. Your email is held in this site's own private storage, then copied down to our machine and a private backup. We will confirm the distribution route before sending the book. It is never sold, rented, or handed to an ad network.Add your own email address to receive the first distribution window on 1 October. The Cult would prefer you did not; we store only what is needed for this correspondence, never sell it, and never use it to report anyone.
Thought Police intake / entirely fictional
Confess your interest in unlicensed hope.
Enter your own details to receive the first distribution window on 1 October. The Big C Cult DEMANDS you do not. (For the avoidance of doubt: we keep only what this correspondence needs, never sell it, and never use it to report anyone. We are aware this ruins the whole bit.)
Or somewhere louderAlternative surveillance failure
If a room suits you better than a letter.If an unlicensed room suits you better than a letter.
Alternative surveillance failure
Spy on the OUTLAWED Telegram group instead.
You are to gather evidence of people HELPING EACH OTHER, discussing books and asking practical questions. Please do not accidentally join in. It happens far more often than the training admits.