Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

Is the FBI Investigating Environmental Activists? - Inside Climate News A recent visit by an FBI agent to a climate activist hints at a broadening Trump administration effort to target political opponents.

“The autocrat’s handbook is all about repression of our civil liberties and our rights,” Fisher said. Read all about the move by the federal government to investigate groups engaging in climate activism in @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/0803202...

Unpacking the effects of repression and civil disobedience I write a lot about protest and the ways that repression can escalate violence and lead to more disruptive tactics. So, I was delighted to read these recently published papers that help us understa…

This week, I focus on the recent research on repression and civil disobedience and how it helps us understand collective action and what we should expect to see as repression grows and activists mobilize to push back to draw attention to the growing polycrisis. danarfisher.com/2026/03/07/u...

Actually, there's a growing literature documenting exactly the OPPOSITE: people who experience climate shocks are more supportive of climate science, more interested in climate action, and more engaged in climate work! Read Saving Ourselves for a start... @climatenews.bsky.social

AI error or not, Iran school bombing is a permanent stain on America’s soul | Will Bunch A debate on AI in warfare obscures the truth about an Iran school bombing. U.S. humans are to blame for this war crime.

They had names. They had beautiful faces. And they had the same dreams as your kids - crushed when American "precision" bombs slammed into their Minab elementary school, killing 175

Don't blame AI for this. Blame the sick humans who see war as a game

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/iran...

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See the work from @djpressman.bsky.social and @chenoweth.bsky.social from @crowdcounting.bsky.social for some of the most sophisticated analyses

Geneva Convention 1977 Protocols:
“It is prohibited to attack, destroy, remove or render useless objects indispensable to the survival of the civilian population, such as... drinking #water installations & supplies and irrigation works... for any other motive.”

Happy to see @drjamesehansen.bsky.social on here!! Definitely a must follow for anyone who cares about/wants to understand climate change and the worsening climate crisis!

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The presumed upcoming El Nino will help cement and quantify global warming acceleration, showing that 2C global warming is likely to be reached in the 2030s, not at midcentury.
See Another El Nino Already? mailchi.mp/caa/another-... Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/another-el...

Aww that gif is just perfection!!

“The easiest thing we could do is a general strike.

Stay home, that’s all we asking.

And I guarantee every billionaire in this country that’s gonna lose all their millions of dollars in one day — they’re gonna be at our feet…

But that’s up to us.”

youtu.be/Ly3mjB9dxA4?...

Also wow that there's no event in downtown DC! I see lots of events scheduled around bridges including walks into the District, but nothing at Freedom Plaza, the Washington Monument, or on the Mall--what's going on @indivisible.org ??

WOW! NoKings 3.0 is scheduled for 20 days from today and this map of events is already impressive 🤩 Go to www.nokings.org to learn more.

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a baby is sitting on a couch with pillows and a book . ALT: a baby is sitting on a couch with pillows and a book .

Anyone else feel completely wrecked by the time change this am?

#StopSLAPPs

Yes but still tons of more work to do!

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Unpacking the effects of repression and civil disobedience I write a lot about protest and the ways that repression can escalate violence and lead to more disruptive tactics. So, I was delighted to read these recently published papers that help us understa…

This week, I focus on the recent research on repression and civil disobedience and how it helps us understand collective action and what we should expect to see as repression grows and activists mobilize to push back to draw attention to the growing polycrisis. danarfisher.com/2026/03/07/u...

Ty for clarifying what I thought was happening: more people are finding that these experts knew / know what they are saying ✔️⚖️

1) It takes a while for the research to get published and to diffuse. 2) Misinformation has been successful in distracting people in specific areas post-disaster. It's not well understood--I've got a new project that hopefully will help but we need all hands on deck to study this process

Thanks for tagging me. I tried to set the record straight above--I recently participated in a conversation about this exact subect at the National Academies!

Actually, there's a growing literature documenting exactly the OPPOSITE: people who experience climate shocks are more supportive of climate science, more interested in climate action, and more engaged in climate work! Read Saving Ourselves for a start... @climatenews.bsky.social

Humanity heating planet faster than ever before, study finds Researchers identify sharp rise to about 0.35C every decade, after excluding natural fluctuations such as El Niño

It doesn’t matter whether the rate of global warming is increasing. It’ll never cease to amaze me that people don’t care that it’s happening at all. It should be the most alarming thing ever.

Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study - Carbon Brief An acceleration in human-caused global warming could see the Paris Agreement’s 1.5C limit breached before...

I'm not suggesting this is an open secret within the climate science community, but it's remarkable how little impact this sort of research is generating. Because if the rate of warming really has *doubled* then you can kiss goodbye to 2°C. www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob...

Anyone looking for and up-to-date measure of our changing climate, here you go 👇

Nothing like capitalizing on the fall of our democracy to make you smile...😆