solar midday

The moment when the sun is at its zenith.

Solar midday.

by Ñuñu January 27, 2026

solar noon

The moment when the sun is at its zenith.

Solar noon.

by Ñuñu January 27, 2026

Solaris

1. A Polish science fiction novel published in 1961 that was later adapted into two feature films, one released during the 1970s, the other during the 2000s. It tells the story of a man named Kris exploring a mysterious space station only to be deceived and tempted by visions of past memories.

2. The words "Solar" and "Is" typed together without the space, likely due to a typo.

"Solaris my favorite type of power source"

"Are you talking about Tarkovsky's 1973 magnum opus Solaris?"

"No, sorry. I meant Solar is. Typo."

"Ah, that makes sense."

by ObeisantBread84 January 27, 2026

Solar Reflectors

The orbital sunglasses and magnifying glasses for an entire planet. These are vast, maneuverable mirrors in space used for macro-engineering. They can be positioned to shade specific regions, reducing heat and combating desertification, or to focus extra sunlight on polar regions to melt ice caps (a risky geoengineering move) or extend growing seasons. They're the ultimate climate control dial, but one controlled by whoever owns the infrastructure in space, raising huge geopolitical questions about who gets to adjust the planet's thermostat.

*Example: "The Venusian terraforming project started with a fleet of solar reflectors the size of continents, parked at the Lagrange point to throw sunlight back into space and finally start cooling that hellish greenhouse down over the next century."

by Dumuabzu January 29, 2026

Solarpunk Posthumanism

A visionary branch that combines posthumanist thought with the optimistic, aesthetically rich imagination of solarpunk—a movement that envisions futures of renewable energy, ecological harmony, and social justice. Solarpunk posthumanism imagines posthuman futures that are not dystopian (Terminator) or transhumanist (uploading consciousness) but green, communal, and beautiful. It asks: what could humans become if we lived in harmony with nature, powered by the sun, guided by cooperation rather than competition? The answer is solarpunk: a future worth wanting, a posthumanism worth working toward.

Example: "He was tired of dystopian futures—apocalypse after apocalypse, collapse after collapse. Solarpunk posthumanism offered something else: a future where humans had decentered themselves without disappearing, where technology served ecology, where cities were gardens and energy was sunlight. It wasn't naive; it was necessary. If you can't imagine a good future, you can't build one."

by Dumu The Void February 19, 2026

Solarpunk Cyber-Nihilism

A seemingly paradoxical fusion of cyber-nihilism's anti-humanist, world-ending embrace of technology with solarpunk's optimistic vision of green, communal, post-scarcity futures. Where solarpunk imagines humans living harmonically with nature and technology, cyber-nihilism welcomes a post-human transformation where biological lifeforms may not survive. This variant might appropriate solarpunk's aesthetic—its images of solar panels, green cities, and ecological harmony—as a comforting myth or "meta-meatspace" gentrification of a far more alienating reality. It could be seen as a form of memetic warfare, using appealing visions of the future to mask a deeper acceptance of technological chaos, or as an attempt to steer the inevitable transformation toward more beautiful ruins. The tension remains: solarpunk's inherent humanism clashes with cyber-nihilism's core indifference to human survival.

Solarpunk Cyber-Nihilism Example: "The solarpunk cyber-nihilist collective built beautiful gardens around server farms, creating oases of green tech. But their manifestos made clear: this wasn't about saving humanity; it was about making the coming bio-mechanical landscape more aesthetically pleasing before it consumed everything. The gardens were a farewell gift, not a blueprint."

by Dumu The Void February 19, 2026

Solartre

La sensación provocada al ver los últimos rayos de sol iluminar la copa de un árbol . Especialmente notoria en otoño, cuando se ven los colores del atardecer mezclarse con los de las hojas.

Persona 1: Puah tía; vaya solartre me ha dado.
Persona 2: Normal, si es que el bosque se ve precioso a esta hora.

by alen’s influence February 22, 2026