davekarpf.substack.com/p/every-gene... This by @davekarpf.bsky.social is very, _very_ good. Much traditional media is badly geared to understand movement politics, and often, it helps to actually know stuff!

In the Fall 2017 issue of EAA, @kimanh.bsky.social published "The 'Mundane Violence' of International Water Conflicts," introducing readers to environmental and social issues that have only grown more acute in the years since this article first appeared.

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it. The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait. At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Black journalist starter pack on bluesky! More Black folks who know what they're talking about! go.bsky.app/FVsDa69

He’s really going full fascism now, openly threatening American citizens while attacking both the press and basic democratic freedoms. Once again, Trump tried to glorify his deployment of the National Guard in

Let's get a hell yeah in the chat for this great write up of how we get more free as we adapt to climate change from @mills-novoa.bsky.social, @kimanh.bsky.social & @mmikulewicz.bsky.social

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was voted on 15 years after the assassination and 22 senators voted "no."

I would not — and I cannot stress this enough — trust anything coming from Pam Bondi, Kash Patel or anonymous "internal law enforcement sources." Fascists lie. We have evidence, both contemporary and historical. Unless there is indisputable proof behind a claim made in this case, question it.

Two tenure-track positions at Haverford College in the Peace, Justice, and Human Rights program, with links to the Kim Ethics Institute. An amazing place working with incredible colleagues! (Deadline Oct. 24) www.haverford.edu/provost/news...

The people whipping up panics about "academic freedom" rarely speak up when academic freedom is actually imperiled. This is absolutely chilling.

In this short commentary in Nature Climate Change, @mills-novoa.bsky.social, @kimanh.bsky.social and I discuss the inherent issues with the project form in the context of adaptation. Projects, by their very nature, are not capable of delivering transformative adaptation. But there are alternatives!

Projects are not delivering the transformative change needed for climate change adaptation. This failure is due to the delivery of adaptation as projects. In this article, we explore real alternatives that can address the structural causes of vulnerability. DM for pdf! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

New comment in Nature climate change published this week on the dangers of adaptation projects by Meg Mills-Novoa, Kim Anh Thomas and Michael Mikulewicz (three scholars whose work you should follow!) www.nature.com/articles/s41...

lemme tell you i study fascism for a living and this one got me staring at the screen gobsmacked for a good five minutes

We're organizing rallies around the country to save Social Security! HandsOffSocialSecurity.org

we're defunding those silly volcano scientists and replacing them with an innovative program whereby kids in your area can pay down interest on their student lunch debts by collecting old batteries and other e-waste in wheelbarrows and then dumping them directly into live calderas

UNDERSTAND THE ASSIGNMENT: tomorrow, February 28th, is the Economic Blackout. I ain’t buying shit. Plan ahead, but if you must buy essentials, use cash and support local businesses only. No corporate chains!

The new executive orders slashing funding & programs for social justice and env’tl protection paint a bleak picture for the future of climate justice (CJ). But liberal political theory–the basis of the mainstream CJ movement–was always going to fall short even without these cuts tinyurl.com/2ju5k82x

The new executive orders slashing funding & programs for social justice and env’tl protection paint a bleak picture for the future of climate justice (CJ). But liberal political theory–the basis of the mainstream CJ movement–was always going to fall short even without these cuts tinyurl.com/2ju5k82x

THIS is what fighting back looks like! 👏 Democrats are planning to hold the Senate floor all night tonight to try and stop the confirmation of Project 2025 architect and OMB nominee Russell Vought. REPOST if you support their efforts!

Trump/Musk/Project 2025 Marches Forward Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs. Full text, per government source:

I can’t believe this is the first paragraph of a U.S. government memorandum. It’s fucking insane. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Earlier today, OMB published a memo ordering all agencies to freeze all federal grants and loans. This funding affects NSF, DOE, NIH, NASA, NOAA, and USDA research funding. The order ia flagrant violation of the Congressional Impoundment Act. 🧵

🧵HOW TO CALL CONGRESS AND FIGHT FASCISM 🧵 The US Capitol Switchboard is (202) 224-3121. Save that number in your phone. (1/x)

Heard from inside the National Cancer Institute, part of NIH — travel through April is canceled. Purchasing with government card is frozen. All public comms are off limits. Can’t even submit abstracts to future meetings. Can’t submit *manuscripts* for publication. All hiring activity frozen. Fuck.

Helpful!

“Scam and grift revealed.” Sure it’s about money. But it’s even more about control. Right wing oligarchs already own most of the message. TikTok is the most addictive and controlling of them all.

All the shitposting on here about AI is giving me life! I didn’t expect to see so many others disgusted by the hype. To add to the pile on, I’m baffled by assertions that AI is going to solve problems, from water security to climate change, that are inherently social and political in nature.

Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text. “In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “

NEW: My staff just got ahold of this memo from House Budget Committee Republicans. It's lengthy and hard to digest but it tells us exactly how Republicans plan to sell out the American people for another round of tax cuts to the rich. We're breaking down the highlights as we go:

I'm sure by now you've seen the viral tweet/phrase that goes something like "Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it" and while accurate, it's a bit self-deterministic. /1

When the bubble pops, and it will, you’re not just looking at a few Johnny-come-lately companies shuttering. This is a load-bearing delusion. The entire tech industry is fucked because they all bought in, every VC firm bought in, investors have everything in it. They need to make you like it.

1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture. The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention. Here’s how they did it... 🧵

After a nice holiday vacation, I'm back to work @insideclimatenews.org. If you've got a story or think I need to know about something happening across the West in this new year, get in touch @ [email protected]

If "being realistic" is what has gotten us here, I propose we stop being realistic and instead assume that power can yield, economics can be transformed, self-governance can be pure, and people and planet can be put first.

For others out there seeking escape in absurd holiday romcoms but who can’t sufficiently suspend their critical faculties, I offer you Trashy Holiday Movie Bingo. If you play, post what movie got you a bingo! 🌟

Standing in solidarity with my colleagues in the UK who are striking today and tomorrow ✊🏾

For new people, this is a great way to find environmental social scientists: go.bsky.app/GNpJZBo

Applications are now being accepted for Postdoctoral Research Fellows at the USC Center for Civil Rights History & Culture. Excited to see this program being launched! For more info: civilrights.sc.edu/postdocs/

5. Bluesky's team consists of about 20 full-time employees. That's a million users here per employee now 🤯 Also, we're hiring! bsky.social/about/join

Why not doing my first Bluesky post advertising a PhD position? We are looking for a PhD researcher working on social and ecological #restoration effectiveness in #Madagascar based at Wageningen University & attached to the #Demand4Restoration project. Apply by 3.12.! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

I published this on a random blog I started & didn't keep up years ago and just thought of it because I am convinced that hyper-individualism is the root of every problem in the U.S. (yes directly linked to colonialism, white supremacy, patriarchy) cw: self-harm the-contract.ghost.io/the-cult-of-...

I made a starter pack of social scientists who study the environment/climate change. Let me know who else I should add! go.bsky.app/GNpJZBo

Welcome @berkeleylabemp.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social @miamiresilience.bsky.social @climatereefs.bsky.social @ficlima.bsky.social to my starter pack of research organizations, centers and departments that bring folks together to tackle climate. Click here to follow some or all:

Anyone know a student looking for a fully-funded ($25k/year + tuition waiver) master's degree focused on community-based environmental research? Tell them to apply to the CSAW program here at Georgia State! For more info on applying, see: geosciences.gsu.edu/csaw/applica... #geosky

📢Some people are making handsome profits from efforts to reduce marginalized groups’ vulnerability to climate change. But how exactly is adaptation made into profitable activity? My new open-access article addresses this very question.

Via Kyle Powys Whyte: "A 12-week remote summer opportunity for undergrads to participate in identifying & addressing climate change & energy issues in their American Indian & Alaska Native communities" Info webinar Tuesday, November 14th, 2-3pm Email [email protected] for webinar link #IndigiSky