Jesse Damiani
@jessedamiani.bsky.social
🎙️Urgent Futures youtube.com/@UrgentFutures. Follow for big ideas in overshoot/climate, tech, philosophy, postgrowth ➡️ YT, Spotify, Apple Pods @urgentfutures.bsky.social
🧑🏫 Adjunct Prof, NYU
✍️ realitystudies.co + NBC News, The Verge, WIRED
🧑🏫 Adjunct Prof, NYU
✍️ realitystudies.co + NBC News, The Verge, WIRED
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Jesse Damiani
@jessedamiani.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Status quo economics is breaking down.
I made a Starter Pack of folks who are progressing ideas, philosophies, & strategies for systems change, including ecological economics, degrowth, post-growth, post-/anti-capitalism, ecosocialism, Modern Monetary Theory, Doughnut Economics
go.bsky.app/So5vwTn
I made a Starter Pack of folks who are progressing ideas, philosophies, & strategies for systems change, including ecological economics, degrowth, post-growth, post-/anti-capitalism, ecosocialism, Modern Monetary Theory, Doughnut Economics
go.bsky.app/So5vwTn
“The United States on Friday halted all decisions relating to asylum claims and paused visa issuances for Afghan nationals, a day after President Donald Trump posted an anti-immigration screed in which he vowed to ‘permanently pause’ migration from nations he described as ‘Third World Countries.’”
U.S. halts all asylum decisions, pauses visas for Afghan nationals — The Washington Post
The decisions come a day after President Donald Trump vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” among other threats.
apple.news
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“The United States on Friday halted all decisions relating to asylum claims and paused visa issuances for Afghan nationals, a day after President Donald Trump posted an anti-immigration screed in which he vowed to ‘permanently pause’ migration from nations he described as ‘Third World Countries.’”
“Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,’ said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law.”
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“Even if the U.S. were at war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter, which would be a war crime,’ said Huntley, now director of the national security law program at Georgetown Law.”
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Climate breakdown is a public health emergency - in slow motion.
"The climate now is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetime"
@HayleyFowler
We are all victims, can you name the perpetrators?
"The climate now is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetime"
@HayleyFowler
We are all victims, can you name the perpetrators?
“Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by the Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg, according to U.S. tax records reviewed by DeSmog.”
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Climate breakdown is a public health emergency - in slow motion.
"The climate now is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetime"
@HayleyFowler
We are all victims, can you name the perpetrators?
"The climate now is the least extreme climate you will experience in your lifetime"
@HayleyFowler
We are all victims, can you name the perpetrators?
Quantum Fascism. Context via @realitystudies.bsky.social:
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Quantum Fascism. Context via @realitystudies.bsky.social:
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“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“Black Friday,” Stephen miller yells, getting redder and redder, “will be replaced with White Friday.”
“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.” —Nathalie Seddon
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“This isn’t about choosing between the economy and the environment. It’s about recognising that the economy is embedded within the environment, and that the health of the nation depends on the living systems that sustain us.” —Nathalie Seddon
“Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by the Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg, according to U.S. tax records reviewed by DeSmog.”
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by the Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg, according to U.S. tax records reviewed by DeSmog.”
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Passionate about climate science & extreme weather? Join our team at Reading. Apply by 4 January 2026:
@uor-research.bsky.social
ncas.ac.uk/job-opportun...
@uor-research.bsky.social
ncas.ac.uk/job-opportun...
Job Opportunity: Research Scientist (Extreme Weather Events) - NCAS
We are seeking to appoint a Research Scientist in Extreme Weather Events to join our team at the University of Reading.
ncas.ac.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Passionate about climate science & extreme weather? Join our team at Reading. Apply by 4 January 2026:
@uor-research.bsky.social
ncas.ac.uk/job-opportun...
@uor-research.bsky.social
ncas.ac.uk/job-opportun...
“Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities last year that they faced ‘relatively low fire risks’ after complaining repeatedly about fire hazards posed by ongoing renovation works.”
Hong Kong's deadliest fire in decades followed a year of safety complaints
Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities last year that they faced "relatively low fire risks" after complaining repe...
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“Residents of the housing complex that was engulfed in Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in seven decades were told by authorities last year that they faced ‘relatively low fire risks’ after complaining repeatedly about fire hazards posed by ongoing renovation works.”
“It shouldn’t surprise any of us that the CIA backed paramilitary Zero Force members have been implicated in war-crimes … The entire purpose of a CIA-led paramilitary is to create a layer of separation & deniability…to protect the US government from backlash against the atrocities [they commit]”
D.C. Shooter Served on CIA Assassination Team in Afghanistan
I want to dive into the rabbit hole of these secretive CIA-lead kill squads known as “Zero Units” in Afghanistan.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“It shouldn’t surprise any of us that the CIA backed paramilitary Zero Force members have been implicated in war-crimes … The entire purpose of a CIA-led paramilitary is to create a layer of separation & deniability…to protect the US government from backlash against the atrocities [they commit]”
“In a statement, Caracas said the carriers had ‘joined actions of state terrorism promoted by the United States’ by ‘unilaterally’ halting commercial flights.”
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
Venezuela revokes flight rights for six airlines amid escalating US tensions
Venezuela has revoked operating rights for six major international airlines which suspended flights to the country following a warning from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“In a statement, Caracas said the carriers had ‘joined actions of state terrorism promoted by the United States’ by ‘unilaterally’ halting commercial flights.”
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
www.reuters.com/world/americ...
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
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I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
I see a lot of Paidchecks on X didn’t realize that a whole lot of people on social media lie about their location to grift off the naïveté of the rage-addled American right.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
Turns out this problem is real and it’s a thing those of us who worked on “disinformation” pointed out.
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
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Great article from @felipedlh.bsky.social about a rarely-acknowledged vibe among recent immigrants: disappointment in the United States. Especially among people who believed they could succeed here by working hard. Only on Flaming Hydra!
TODAY: @felipedlh.bsky.social tracks a sad trend; “a deep-seated regret, among immigrants, for having come to the United States at all.” flaminghydra.com/r/fc898c29?m... r
Bill of goods / Feline fame
Felipe De La Hoz on immigrants’ regrets; Ace and Jack on Hollywood cats
flaminghydra.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Great article from @felipedlh.bsky.social about a rarely-acknowledged vibe among recent immigrants: disappointment in the United States. Especially among people who believed they could succeed here by working hard. Only on Flaming Hydra!
This is one of those very obvious “never, ever open this door” situations. How do they not get this?
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This is one of those very obvious “never, ever open this door” situations. How do they not get this?
The fight against murder isn’t about the murderers who murder, but the death that results from their murdering
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today that the fight against climate change was not against the fuels that cause it — only the pollution they emit.
Von der Leyen says EU is not fighting fossil fuels, only emissions
The comment could undermine European countries’ push at COP30 to move away from coal, oil and gas.
www.politico.eu
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The fight against murder isn’t about the murderers who murder, but the death that results from their murdering
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
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A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
Can We Blame Private Equity for Everything?
Did PE firms make the world worse? Or was it something else?
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
A new piece for @thenation.com on everyone's favourite industry -- private equity; in conversation with one of the many new books on PE, by Megan Greenwell.
Here:
Here:
Hot take: we should banish “whom” and “whomever” from the English language. They create an unnecessary lose-lose situation: you either use them incorrectly and sound uninformed or use them correctly and sound like a snob.
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Hot take: we should banish “whom” and “whomever” from the English language. They create an unnecessary lose-lose situation: you either use them incorrectly and sound uninformed or use them correctly and sound like a snob.
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The kids get it. www.wowt.com/2025/11/18/o...
Over 30,000 Charlotte students absent from school in protest of ICE operation, reports say
Over 30,000 Charlotte students were absent on Monday, according to school officials.
www.wowt.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The kids get it. www.wowt.com/2025/11/18/o...
No idea if this is accidental or an intentional act, but either way, I can’t think of a more poignant visual of COP30 (and the entire COP enterprise).
Have just been sent this video from inside the pavilion area. Standing outside now as fire engines scream past to respond.
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
No idea if this is accidental or an intentional act, but either way, I can’t think of a more poignant visual of COP30 (and the entire COP enterprise).
You know, like the weather! Out of anyone’s control
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You know, like the weather! Out of anyone’s control