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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

@fisherdanar.bsky.social

Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on being an Apocalyptic Optimist : go.ted.com/danarfisher

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m just spitballing here (based on years of studying echo chambers and how they work) and there’s an argument to be made that it is good for Bluesky to be an echo chamber on the Left in terms of supporting more solutions focused discourse etc

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · yesterday

Big day today in Michigan! FYI @tamarakeithnpr.bsky.social please correct the reference-- @wewill2026.bsky.social cofounded @sunrisemvmt.bsky.social (not SUNSHINE)! www.npr.org/2026/08/04/n...

Primaries in the Midwest have become a high stakes proving ground for progressives

Democratic primary elections in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota have made the Midwest a test case for whether progressive candidates can win in competitive states and what electability really means.

npr.org

Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 2d ago

New from me: 8 years ago, Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed ran for office. She won her House race on a moderate platform, he lost his gov primary on a progressive message. Tomorrow they face off in Michigan’s Senate race—in a very different landscape. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

Michigan’s primary reflects a Democratic base transforming in Trump 2.0: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Todd Blanche’s AG nomination is back on track ahead of a key committee vote.

nbcnews.com

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 2d ago

I’m just spitballing here (based on years of studying echo chambers and how they work) and there’s an argument to be made that it is good for Bluesky to be an echo chamber on the Left in terms of supporting more solutions focused discourse etc

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 2d ago

Love to see these stories of community support during times of extreme events 😍😍

Kathleen Bachynski@bachynski.bsky.social · 2d ago

“When Harmony Simon, a postal worker in Aix-les-Bains… rang the bell of a retiree’s apartment on a scorching recent morning, she wasn’t there to deliver the mail. She was there to check that the retired woman, Martine Combe, 68, who suffers from diabetes and asthma, hadn’t succumbed to heat stroke”

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 3d ago

"The paper concludes by determining that the most plausible pathway to an effective social response to the #ClimateCrisis would be driven by civil society. ...if society is experiencing large-scale & sustained levels of risk that have tangible long-term ...social cost to people & property"

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 3d ago

Worth remembering that the shock must be severe and sustained for a lasting AnthroShift: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Dr. Aaron Thierry@thierryaaron.bsky.social · 2d ago

A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!

Line chart titled "A first year above 2 C in the mid-2030s looks increasingly plausible". It shows global mean surface temperature from 1940 to 2050 as the annual anomaly against the 1850 to 1900 baseline, in degrees C. Data is ERA5 from Copernicus, running to 31 July 2026. A thin gold line shows individual years, wobbling around a thick dark blue smoothed trend. Both sit near 0.2 C through the 1940s to the early 1970s, then climb steadily from the mid-1970s onward. Three red dots mark the first year each threshold was passed. 0.5 C in 1980, 1.0 C in 2010 and 1.5 C in 2024. Labels beneath note the gap of 30 years between the first two and 14 years between the second and third. Everything above 1.5 C is shaded pink. Two dashed lines run forward from 2025. A blue line follows the 15-year trend of 0.42 C per decade and reaches 2 C in 2037. A fainter grey line follows the 30-year trend of 0.27 C per decade and reaches 2 C in 2044. Two orange circles mark estimates for the developing El Niño, at about 1.5 C for 2026 and about 1.7 C for 2027.
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 3d ago

If this passes, it will earn that the Senate mobilized to protect science (for now).* * note, though, that there are numerous other attacks on science that have gone through since January 2025. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

Senate finalizes funding patch that would block Trump’s grant overhaul

Language is included to delay the president’s move to put political appointees in charge of grant approval.

politico.com

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)@fisherdanar.bsky.social · 5d ago

The newest report out of the World Weather Attribution Consortium documents how climate change is contributing to recent heatwaves and wildfires. Check out this overview by @dpcarrington.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

‘Extremely scary findings’ show climate crisis is supercharging Europe’s wildfire weather

Latest study says global heating has made hot, dry and windy conditions in Spain at least 20 times more likely

theguardian.com