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Inside DAF Newsletter July 2025
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July 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
DAF's July newsletter...
Perhaps less reliance on government funding isn’t a bad thing.
Disclaimer: science is good. Research is good. Scientists who conduct research funded by government are likely doing excellent and untainted research. The model is bad, not the people making a living in the current paradigm.
Disclaimer: science is good. Research is good. Scientists who conduct research funded by government are likely doing excellent and untainted research. The model is bad, not the people making a living in the current paradigm.
With apologies to @tomgauld.bsky.social, this is now the life of an American scientist.
June 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Perhaps less reliance on government funding isn’t a bad thing.
Disclaimer: science is good. Research is good. Scientists who conduct research funded by government are likely doing excellent and untainted research. The model is bad, not the people making a living in the current paradigm.
Disclaimer: science is good. Research is good. Scientists who conduct research funded by government are likely doing excellent and untainted research. The model is bad, not the people making a living in the current paradigm.
An important angle on one of many converging crises. The story is US-centric but is likely applicable globally and for any size municipality.
"Fragility is what happens when a local government is overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away."
@strongtowns.org
"Fragility is what happens when a local government is overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away."
@strongtowns.org
The Opposite of Strong Isn’t Weak. It’s Dependent.
Fragile cities are overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away. New York City and Salt Lake City show us what this looks like.
www.strongtowns.org
April 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
An important angle on one of many converging crises. The story is US-centric but is likely applicable globally and for any size municipality.
"Fragility is what happens when a local government is overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away."
@strongtowns.org
"Fragility is what happens when a local government is overextended, under-resourced, and deeply dependent on decisions made far away."
@strongtowns.org
Earth Day is a good day. Earth Day seems worth celebrating.
Today is the day we have, no different than any other day. Make them count.
You are welcome to applaud this public service announcement.
Today is the day we have, no different than any other day. Make them count.
You are welcome to applaud this public service announcement.
April 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Earth Day is a good day. Earth Day seems worth celebrating.
Today is the day we have, no different than any other day. Make them count.
You are welcome to applaud this public service announcement.
Today is the day we have, no different than any other day. Make them count.
You are welcome to applaud this public service announcement.
Deep Adaptation in the press.
Even though it’s a global collapse we’re talking about, it really is possible in the company of others to metabolize these feelings and find stability in your life.”
- DA friend David Baum @feralmystic.io
@aarongell.bsky.social and @alexsteffen.bsky.social here too.
Even though it’s a global collapse we’re talking about, it really is possible in the company of others to metabolize these feelings and find stability in your life.”
- DA friend David Baum @feralmystic.io
@aarongell.bsky.social and @alexsteffen.bsky.social here too.
‘All of his guns will do nothing for him’: lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday
Liberals in the US make up about 15% of the prepping scene and their numbers are growing. Their fears differ from their better-known rightwing counterparts – as do their methods
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Deep Adaptation in the press.
Even though it’s a global collapse we’re talking about, it really is possible in the company of others to metabolize these feelings and find stability in your life.”
- DA friend David Baum @feralmystic.io
@aarongell.bsky.social and @alexsteffen.bsky.social here too.
Even though it’s a global collapse we’re talking about, it really is possible in the company of others to metabolize these feelings and find stability in your life.”
- DA friend David Baum @feralmystic.io
@aarongell.bsky.social and @alexsteffen.bsky.social here too.
Current USG leaders are worried about “climate anxiety” and their solution is to disappear the phrase.
Makes sense on the same day they announced increasing coal production and meantime are decreasing environmental impact monitoring across the board.
Makes sense on the same day they announced increasing coal production and meantime are decreasing environmental impact monitoring across the board.
Get this: Commerce is slashing $ to Princeton's world-renowned climate research b/c modeling changes to Earth systems is "contributing to a phenomenon known as 'climate anxiety,' which has increased significantly among America’s youth."
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
No research, no problem! www.commerce.gov/news/press-r...
Ending Cooperative Agreements’ Funding to Princeton University
On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick announced that nearly $4 million in funding is ending to Princeton University after a detailed, careful, and thorough review of the...
www.commerce.gov
April 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Current USG leaders are worried about “climate anxiety” and their solution is to disappear the phrase.
Makes sense on the same day they announced increasing coal production and meantime are decreasing environmental impact monitoring across the board.
Makes sense on the same day they announced increasing coal production and meantime are decreasing environmental impact monitoring across the board.
The predominant global paradigm is more off-kilter than usual because of one country's party in power. (It has long been off-kilter; this is merely a new-new added to the typical-usual.) Those who follow Deep Adaptation have long been reading these tea leaves and hopefully utilizing the knowledge...
April 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The predominant global paradigm is more off-kilter than usual because of one country's party in power. (It has long been off-kilter; this is merely a new-new added to the typical-usual.) Those who follow Deep Adaptation have long been reading these tea leaves and hopefully utilizing the knowledge...
Contentment is sexy.
Discernment is sexy.
March 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Contentment is sexy.
Current events are not good and require participation while always keeping the wide angle view in the mix too.
Also we have never any of us been in a planet-level extinction due to climate change timeline
March 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Current events are not good and require participation while always keeping the wide angle view in the mix too.
OODA - Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.
Mature adults consider reality, discuss potential responses, and take appropriate action.
Mature adults consider reality, discuss potential responses, and take appropriate action.
March 24, 2025 at 1:03 PM
OODA - Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act.
Mature adults consider reality, discuss potential responses, and take appropriate action.
Mature adults consider reality, discuss potential responses, and take appropriate action.
Tipping points have been a key part of the Deep Adaptation conversation from the start. Nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future (nor tomorrow, for that matter) but biophysical limits exist. This is a helpful article with a suite of links on the topic.
h/t @ppmv.bsky.social
h/t @ppmv.bsky.social
Introduction: (Almost) everything you wanted to know about tipping points, but were too afraid to ask
The evidence is mounting that vast changes are not only possible, but increasingly likely as the Earth warms. But how close the world is to crossing so-called “tipping points” is a matter of vigorous ...
thebulletin.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Tipping points have been a key part of the Deep Adaptation conversation from the start. Nobody knows what’s going to happen in the future (nor tomorrow, for that matter) but biophysical limits exist. This is a helpful article with a suite of links on the topic.
h/t @ppmv.bsky.social
h/t @ppmv.bsky.social
In the U.S. the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide locally and globally vital information.
March 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In the U.S. the National Weather Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration provide locally and globally vital information.
Upcoming Deep Adaptation Forum gatherings - see event link next post.
March 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Upcoming Deep Adaptation Forum gatherings - see event link next post.
If moxie is in short supply, if buzzy phrases like 'find your people' and 'build community' are falling flat, if you're flailing and bailing instead of showing up, if current events are sapping your power, a response is to focus on your stoke & seek agency on a scale that will succeed. Start here ⬇️
Glad you posted this here- so great. Kelly Hayes has been putting out great stuff. See the article she linked to as well:
grouphug.substack.com/p/becoming-a...
grouphug.substack.com/p/becoming-a...
Becoming a High Agency Person
A means of community worldbuilding
grouphug.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If moxie is in short supply, if buzzy phrases like 'find your people' and 'build community' are falling flat, if you're flailing and bailing instead of showing up, if current events are sapping your power, a response is to focus on your stoke & seek agency on a scale that will succeed. Start here ⬇️
"I walk on the ground and the ground’s walked on by me. I breathe the air and change it, I am entirely interconnected with the world.”
- Ursula Le Guin
Keep or bring back what is of value, let go of all that isn't, make peace with mortality.
- Ursula Le Guin
Keep or bring back what is of value, let go of all that isn't, make peace with mortality.
March 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"I walk on the ground and the ground’s walked on by me. I breathe the air and change it, I am entirely interconnected with the world.”
- Ursula Le Guin
Keep or bring back what is of value, let go of all that isn't, make peace with mortality.
- Ursula Le Guin
Keep or bring back what is of value, let go of all that isn't, make peace with mortality.
This looks great. Kudos to our DA groups and friends in Hungary.
March 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This looks great. Kudos to our DA groups and friends in Hungary.
Be human together.
Thank you, @mskellymhayes.bsky.social:
“Relearning how to be human together, rather than simply posting through our way through catastrophe, will be challenging, but essential. “We can't survive the coming onslaught if we don't relearn our ability to be together,” Shane said.
“Relearning how to be human together, rather than simply posting through our way through catastrophe, will be challenging, but essential. “We can't survive the coming onslaught if we don't relearn our ability to be together,” Shane said.
How To Be a Fighter When You Feel Like a Punching Bag
Many of us are suffering from a kind of social atrophy.
organizingmythoughts.org
February 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Be human together.
Reposted by Deep Adaptation Forum
The same people who tried to refute the link between cigarettes and cancer also tried to refute the link between fossil fuels and global warming. When corporations don’t like scientific facts they try to undermine all science.
genuinely jarring to watch the tone of EPA press releases shift from like, "epa works with forest service to identify invasive beetle" to absolutely batshit insane trumpist conspiracies
February 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The same people who tried to refute the link between cigarettes and cancer also tried to refute the link between fossil fuels and global warming. When corporations don’t like scientific facts they try to undermine all science.
Barn's burnt down / now I can see the moon
- Mizuta Masahide
- Mizuta Masahide
February 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Barn's burnt down / now I can see the moon
- Mizuta Masahide
- Mizuta Masahide
Reposted by Deep Adaptation Forum
February 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Things are falling apart?
“No need to worry. Things will fall together at the right time. Creation is still happening and we are part of it. Let things fall together.”
- Micmac descendant Evan Pritchard in his book No Word for Time (‘…things take as long as they take…’)
“No need to worry. Things will fall together at the right time. Creation is still happening and we are part of it. Let things fall together.”
- Micmac descendant Evan Pritchard in his book No Word for Time (‘…things take as long as they take…’)
February 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Things are falling apart?
“No need to worry. Things will fall together at the right time. Creation is still happening and we are part of it. Let things fall together.”
- Micmac descendant Evan Pritchard in his book No Word for Time (‘…things take as long as they take…’)
“No need to worry. Things will fall together at the right time. Creation is still happening and we are part of it. Let things fall together.”
- Micmac descendant Evan Pritchard in his book No Word for Time (‘…things take as long as they take…’)
“Everything is so thin and shallow and fake… [I look forward to when] developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Hayao Miyazaki
February 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“Everything is so thin and shallow and fake… [I look forward to when] developers go bankrupt, Japan gets poorer and wild grasses take over.”
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Hayao Miyazaki
"You have to work hard at ...rigorously casting off your own paradigms and throwing yourself into the humility of Not Knowing. In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly letting go."
- Donella Meadows
- Donella Meadows
“Leverage points are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes in everything.” — Donella Meadows
Meadows on systems change and de-growth )before it was popular):
Meadows on systems change and de-growth )before it was popular):
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System - The Donella Meadows Project
By Donella Meadows~ Folks who do systems analysis have a great belief in “leverage points.” These are places within a complex system (a corporation, an economy, a living body, a city, an ecosystem) wh...
donellameadows.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"You have to work hard at ...rigorously casting off your own paradigms and throwing yourself into the humility of Not Knowing. In the end, it seems that mastery has less to do with pushing leverage points than it does with strategically, profoundly, madly letting go."
- Donella Meadows
- Donella Meadows
Talk it out everyone. With whomever you can: professionals, friends, neighbors, family, and if none of the above try DAF’s global network of understanding people on zoom calls, online forums, even the dreaded FB. There’s a member map & a personal connections page. Linktree in the bio or DM for info.
3) In the terrain of collective trauma, this feels real. In our bodies, we are taking in profound stress, diffused fear, uncertainty and it’s getting converted to physical symptoms.
February 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Talk it out everyone. With whomever you can: professionals, friends, neighbors, family, and if none of the above try DAF’s global network of understanding people on zoom calls, online forums, even the dreaded FB. There’s a member map & a personal connections page. Linktree in the bio or DM for info.