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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

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

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Dana R. Fisher is an American sociologist, professor of sociology, public speaker, and author. She is the director of the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity and a professor in the School of International Service at American University. Her areas of research and expertise are activism, democracy, the climate crisis, and environmental policy. .. more

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Nov 19

My TED Talk on Saving Ourselves is OUT! Tune in to learn why we ALL need to be apocalyptic optimists: Prepared for the climate shocks that are coming and ready to rally as activists, disruptors, and bridge-builders to save ourselves from the climate crisis. go.ted.com/danarfisher

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

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[Report] Visualizing the Loss of the American Climate Corps - Center for Environment, Community, & Equity (CECE)

How do we visualize the loss of the American Climate Corps? This report maps out the reach of the American Climate Corps to understand where jobs and communities were most impacted when the program wa...

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 9h

It may come as a surprise, but in 2011, Michele Bachmann using the word "retardation" essentially nuked her presidential campaign. Now, when Trump uses it to describe Tim Walz, Republicans collectively shrug. My latest for @msnowreports.bsky.social
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Opinion | Trump used an ugly slur against Tim Walz. Many on the right didn't mind.

Eric Garcia: Note how few Republicans have criticized the president's rhetoric.

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.

Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.

Hamed Aleaziz @haleaziz.bsky.social · 1d

Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.

More coming soon.

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Tammie Visintainer @proftv.bsky.social · 1d

Hopeful to see that this is continuing! I teach an interdisciplinary climate justice action research course focused on urban and extreme heat and students get so fired up and inspired to create change. We need programs like this at universities everywhere! Let’s go!!!!

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

And, since it's #GivingTuesday, if you're looking for a way to support cool interdisciplinary research and action on environment, community, & equity, check us out here: giving.american.edu/page/50424/d...

Give to the Center for Environment, Community, and Equity | University Advancement | American University, Washington, DC

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

I'm thrilled to be able to announce the second year of our DataCorps Graduate Fellowship Program, which will run May-June 2026! For details, go here: cece.american.edu/cece-announc...

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Women’s March @womensmarch.com · 1d

We walk out because a Free America is the only America worth calling great. This is a protest and a promise. Take the walkout pledge here: https://act.womensmarch.com/survey/FreeAmericaWalkoutPledge/ #FreeAmericaWalkout #FreeAmericaWO #FreeAmericaFromFascism

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

Can you please share the Author's Alliance site/information and I'll share it as well?

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

Happy 55th anniversary EPA--here's hoping you survive your current midlife crisis!

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Nancy Beiman @beiman-nancy.bsky.social · 1d

I just joined the Author's Alliance. They explained it pretty well. There are four items to sign off on before the end of January, 2026.

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

I got that too and the lawfirm (and the settlement) is legit. The font and website do seem sketchy though.

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 1d

And a ton of stranded assets in new fossil fuel projects that will take years to retire and worsen the climate crisis

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 1d

Hey if anyone at NREL or DOE or anywhere really knows more or has thoughts about the renaming of NREL and wants to share, Signal is davelevitan.26 and you can remain anonymous

News Release: Energy Department Renames NREL 'National Lab of the Rockies' | NREL

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

Anyone have the snow day over-under for Montgomery County Md tomorrow?

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

Such a great word 🔥

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 2d

HOLY SMOKES!

"Starbucks will pay about $35 million to more than 15,000 workers in what officials are calling the largest worker protection settlement in New York City history."

VENTI-sized accountability. ✊

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

Absolutely 💯--when the government works for you, you would not support a statement saying that we may need political violence.

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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 3d

From Copernicus: This shows how the expected date for breaching 1.5C has been creeping ever closer in recent years. The orange date shows the baseline for the extrapolation; the red date shows when 1.5C is breached based on the trend...

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

What does that even mean???

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

They should follow the information here to see if their work is part of the settlement: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified

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

Nope, I got an email directly from the lawfirm managing the settlement with information about my books.

Reposted by Dana R. Fisher, Karin Wulf

Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 3d

I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books. So let’s end the holiday weekend with my 252nd! Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️

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#ScholarSunday Thread 252 (11/30/25) – Black and White and Read All Over

I’m so thankful for the chance to compile & share #ScholarSunday threads of great public scholarly writing, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. So let’s end the holiday weeke...

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

Just filled out the paperwork for a class action lawsuit for 3 of my books that were part of the Anthropic AI training settlement. I've got emails from others now asking me to sign away the rights to 2 other books for payment. I have been refusing, but am starting to feel trapped--THOUGHTS??

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 3d

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 3d

Targeting the free press is nothing new for this administration or for Trumpism but this feels like an elevation of hostiles

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

You know, apropos of nothing in particular, and although I haven't researched it yet, I strongly suspect that a president starting a foreign war to distract from his extensive ties with child sex traffickers is probably a high crime or misdemeanor under the Constitution's impeachment clauses.

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Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 4d

Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/

Media Offenders

Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 4d

The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/

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