Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

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Democracy-Activism-Climate-Environment, Director, Center for Environment, Community, & Equity and Professor, AU; NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings; Chair-elect Political Soc, ASA; IPCCWG3 AR6; New 📚 Saving Ourselves: from Climate Shocks to Climate Action

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 11:09 UTC

It was a pleasure speaking with Julie DiMauro at GRIP about Saving Ourselves and how to open doors for more effective climate action:

www.grip.globalrelay.com/book-review-...

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Fatima Ayub @thecynicist.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 12:50 UTC

The climate case for regulating AI grows more urgent by the hour as the plagiarism machines accelerate the burning of the planet.

www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 20:37 UTC

Read this great thread below. We can build a climate community on Bluesky. Here’s a starter pack for folks to follow some people who work on climate. go.bsky.app/Aa1sErQ

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 06, 2024 at 10:49 UTC

A quasi-experiment on climate information and responses on various social media platforms?? I'm so here for it! 👇

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social
[ View ] Oct 25, 2023 at 08:27 UTC

2023, the year that all sorts of climate records were broken in crazy ways...

Whether this could have been foreseen or not, maybe, but still fair to say we are entering uncharted territory.

academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

👇👇👇

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[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

👏👏

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Chad Hill @bchadhill.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:40 UTC

So not so much a story about the triumph of Labor as it was about the implosion of the Tories?

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:54 UTC

Absolutely 💯

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illumi @illumi.me
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:47 UTC

the thing about people who explicitly tell you not to vote is that they are absolutely going to vote

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Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 21:43 UTC

Election results night 2024: Your essential guide

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 20:50 UTC

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 15:17 UTC

Sobering thoughts.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 11:00 UTC

TL;DR: it's all about this climate policy supporting continued reliance on fossil fuels...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 18:37 UTC

Curious about how the IRA became the first climate policy ever passed through the US Congress? Check out our new paper in @plos.bsky.social

Full paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 18:37 UTC

Curious about how the IRA became the first climate policy ever passed through the US Congress? Check out our new paper in @plos.bsky.social

Full paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Eric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social
[ View ] Jul 01, 2024 at 15:13 UTC

VERY SERIOUS JUSTICES: The New Deal was unconstitutional and Watergate was constitutional.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 13:07 UTC

You should add: On JULY 1 (ie very early)

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 13:05 UTC

YASSS 👇

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 12:57 UTC

There’s a great book on this topic by McAdam and Kloos!

www.amazon.com/Deeply-Divid...

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earlyworm @theearlyworm.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 30, 2024 at 12:14 UTC

DROP OUT, DON “The only person who should withdraw from the race is Trump,” says The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:58 UTC

Anyone curious about the American Climate Corps and how it's growing, here's a great overview:

hechingerreport.org/column-biden...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 12:37 UTC

There's been a lot of discussion about the youth vote and questions about if young people will support Biden in Election2024. One clear outcome of the first debate was that youth-led climate groups are now calling for Biden to withdraw from the campaign:

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Mirya Holman @mirya.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 16:47 UTC

And if you love the *idea* of a woman for president but only could possibly stomach some fantasy candidate who is not under consideration and every actual woman is so deeply flawed you could never vote for her, you might be (are) sexist

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:58 UTC

Anyone curious about the American Climate Corps and how it's growing, here's a great overview:

hechingerreport.org/column-biden...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 13:02 UTC

AND the next president is likely to have 2-3 seats to replace on SCOTUS. (note I'm just reporting here).

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 12:51 UTC

Agreed, I'm just sharing information about trends based on data I'm collecting. As far as I'm concerned, these actions (and the general response to the first debate) should make anyone who cares about the climate crisis EXTREMELY WORRIED.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 12:50 UTC

🤮

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[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 12:37 UTC

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 11:44 UTC

Mobesity is a great word. Reading now.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 11:27 UTC

I get a lot of questions about art and cultural production around the climate crisis (vs other large scale social movements, which inspired popular music etc). I think people are missing all of the Comedy that is focusing on the issue--which makes a lot of sense given where the world is going.

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[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 11:17 UTC

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:47 UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, a charge also faced by Trump.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:46 UTC

If you thought it was hard to push back entrenched interests yesterday, it’s gonna get harder (thanks to SCOTUS)

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 14:45 UTC

Between last night’s debate and SCOTUS beginning to implement Project 2025 from the bench, I’m getting strong apocalyptic vibes today.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 11:32 UTC

Scary but realistic view of our current trajectory 👇

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 10:37 UTC

Friday thoughts (on the morning after the first debate as the world burns):

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 09:58 UTC

Good start

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 09:59 UTC

😱😱😱

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 17:32 UTC

Happy to talk about what makes effective protest and how disruptive climate activism might help us save ourselves from the climate crisis with Inside Science at BBC News

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 19:16 UTC

Yup.

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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:17 UTC

SCOTUS as not only an impediment to progress; it’s an impediment to survival.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 13:15 UTC

I agree (but everyone wants the exact number to effect change)!

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 13:10 UTC

Worth noting that there's a lot more nuance to this point and a question about its effectiveness outside autocratic states--see Chenoweth herself in this article and elsewhere, as well as Oscar Berglund's work on Extinction Rebellion (and my more recent work)...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 11:12 UTC

The first mainstream coverage of the Summer of Heat that I’ve seen (but I expect more is coming as the actions—and the heat—continue):

fortune.com/2024/06/26/c...

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Axel Maas @axelmaas.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 09:12 UTC

Very interesting article, which basically shows that activities like taken by @letztegenerationat.bsky.social are not counter productive.

What is a bit intimidating is the quote in the text

“Non-violence is effective. But what’s especially effective is non-violence met by repression,”

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 09:45 UTC

My new book, Saving Ourselves, actually speaks extensively about this point about repression that @owasow.bsky.social has worked on around the Civil Rights Movement (and I cite his valuable research) in the context of the climate movement. For Details and discussion: www.savingourselvesbook.com

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 08:47 UTC

Great New Overview of the science of protests in Nature. In it, I ask (again): “Is it better to throw soup on a painting, or block traffic, or glue yourself to something?” says Dana Fisher...“We don’t know which is the most effective.”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 19:36 UTC

We have a paper forthcoming on this…stay tuned for when it’s out of embargo!

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