Fernando Tormos-Aponte
@fernandotormos.com
I research social movements, intersectional solidarity, disasters, and environmental, racial, and economic justice at @pittsociology.bsky.social. I lead policy for the @jtalliance.bsky.social. @solverresearchlab.bsky.social director. www.fernandotormos.com
I spent two summers here doing research on inequalities in government responses to disasters, focused on what had taken place in Puerto Rico following hurricane Maria. NCAR has led on so many scientific advances. This admin’s harm to the scientific workforce in the US is beyond measure.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I spent two summers here doing research on inequalities in government responses to disasters, focused on what had taken place in Puerto Rico following hurricane Maria. NCAR has led on so many scientific advances. This admin’s harm to the scientific workforce in the US is beyond measure.
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I am once again reminding everyone that you can't 'marketplace of ideas' the far-right.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I am once again reminding everyone that you can't 'marketplace of ideas' the far-right.
Seems like a deep red state, Indiana, might vote down the Trump-mandated partisan gerrymander, even after Trump threatened to pull all federal funding. Trump is creating a shared grievance that crosses the ideological spectrum, and his coalition keeps showing cracks.
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Seems like a deep red state, Indiana, might vote down the Trump-mandated partisan gerrymander, even after Trump threatened to pull all federal funding. Trump is creating a shared grievance that crosses the ideological spectrum, and his coalition keeps showing cracks.
Assessing the presence of these actors in UN climate negotiations and their interactions with climate diplomats would be an important contribution.
This article didn't get the attention it deserved:
Where ideology meets private interest: the three-part composition of climate obstruction in the United States
doi.org/10.1088/2515...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Where ideology meets private interest: the three-part composition of climate obstruction in the United States
doi.org/10.1088/2515...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Assessing the presence of these actors in UN climate negotiations and their interactions with climate diplomats would be an important contribution.
I can't convince a growing number of websites that I'm human
November 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I can't convince a growing number of websites that I'm human
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The labor & persistent demands of grassroots groups made possible the #justtranstion mechanism at #COP30, providing a crucial UNFCCC institutional home for moving toward a just transition! JTA Policy Lead @fernandotormos.com provides analysis & describes the fight ahead! youtube.com/shorts/OilXF...
JTA Responds to the Just Transition Work Programme's Draft Text at COP30 and the Struggle Ahead
YouTube video by Just Transition Alliance
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November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The labor & persistent demands of grassroots groups made possible the #justtranstion mechanism at #COP30, providing a crucial UNFCCC institutional home for moving toward a just transition! JTA Policy Lead @fernandotormos.com provides analysis & describes the fight ahead! youtube.com/shorts/OilXF...
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Happening Tuesday at #COP30: Decolonization & Demilitarization at the Heart of #climatejustice!
Colonial extraction of resources & fossil fuels are the engine of climate chaos. Climate-impacted peoples will speak on demilitarization & decolonization, including JTA's Policy Lead @fernandotormos.com.
Colonial extraction of resources & fossil fuels are the engine of climate chaos. Climate-impacted peoples will speak on demilitarization & decolonization, including JTA's Policy Lead @fernandotormos.com.
November 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happening Tuesday at #COP30: Decolonization & Demilitarization at the Heart of #climatejustice!
Colonial extraction of resources & fossil fuels are the engine of climate chaos. Climate-impacted peoples will speak on demilitarization & decolonization, including JTA's Policy Lead @fernandotormos.com.
Colonial extraction of resources & fossil fuels are the engine of climate chaos. Climate-impacted peoples will speak on demilitarization & decolonization, including JTA's Policy Lead @fernandotormos.com.
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@fernandotormos.com gave a rousing speech at the Peoples' Summit #JustTransition plenary yesterday. He emphasized the need to move toward an intersectional, popular, & systemic #transicionjusticia in the ways exemplified by the solidarity shown during the Peoples' Summit. youtube.com/shorts/zdkc9...
Fernando Tormos-Aponte Calls for a Systemic, Intersectional Just Transition at the Peoples' Summit
YouTube video by Just Transition Alliance
youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:29 PM
@fernandotormos.com gave a rousing speech at the Peoples' Summit #JustTransition plenary yesterday. He emphasized the need to move toward an intersectional, popular, & systemic #transicionjusticia in the ways exemplified by the solidarity shown during the Peoples' Summit. youtube.com/shorts/zdkc9...
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In this @nacla-report.bsky.social op-ed,
@fernandotormos.com, Catalina de Onís, Nona Chai, and Lara Aumann (@jtalliance.bsky.social) argue that experiences of Indigenous peoples and frontline workers must be at the forefront of decision-making at #COP30.
Read the piece: nacla.org/establishing...
@fernandotormos.com, Catalina de Onís, Nona Chai, and Lara Aumann (@jtalliance.bsky.social) argue that experiences of Indigenous peoples and frontline workers must be at the forefront of decision-making at #COP30.
Read the piece: nacla.org/establishing...
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
In this @nacla-report.bsky.social op-ed,
@fernandotormos.com, Catalina de Onís, Nona Chai, and Lara Aumann (@jtalliance.bsky.social) argue that experiences of Indigenous peoples and frontline workers must be at the forefront of decision-making at #COP30.
Read the piece: nacla.org/establishing...
@fernandotormos.com, Catalina de Onís, Nona Chai, and Lara Aumann (@jtalliance.bsky.social) argue that experiences of Indigenous peoples and frontline workers must be at the forefront of decision-making at #COP30.
Read the piece: nacla.org/establishing...
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DCJ Opening Press Conference for #COO30: Will the Global North cooperate or compete? Peoples demand finance, just transition, no carbon markets.
WHEN 12th November 2025, 11 am Brasilia Time (GMT-3)
WHERE Press Conference 2, Area D, Room 2, Hangar Convention and Fair Centre in Belém, Brazil
WHEN 12th November 2025, 11 am Brasilia Time (GMT-3)
WHERE Press Conference 2, Area D, Room 2, Hangar Convention and Fair Centre in Belém, Brazil
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
DCJ Opening Press Conference for #COO30: Will the Global North cooperate or compete? Peoples demand finance, just transition, no carbon markets.
WHEN 12th November 2025, 11 am Brasilia Time (GMT-3)
WHERE Press Conference 2, Area D, Room 2, Hangar Convention and Fair Centre in Belém, Brazil
WHEN 12th November 2025, 11 am Brasilia Time (GMT-3)
WHERE Press Conference 2, Area D, Room 2, Hangar Convention and Fair Centre in Belém, Brazil
See our new piece for NACLA on the fight for a just transition at COP30 in Belém
Please read and share this Just Transition Alliance analysis and call for establishing a #JustTransition mechanism at #COP30, published yesterday by the North American Congress on Latin America: nacla.org/establishing...
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
See our new piece for NACLA on the fight for a just transition at COP30 in Belém
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" @povertyscholar.bsky.social said that losing food benefits is not only a crisis in itself, but it can lead to other crises...'Crises tend to cascade and compound...As this happens, people are less likely to vote.”
www.salon.com/2025/11/08/h...
www.salon.com/2025/11/08/h...
How a loss of public benefits harms democracy - Salon.com
When public programs like SNAP are cut, voter turnout historically declines
www.salon.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
" @povertyscholar.bsky.social said that losing food benefits is not only a crisis in itself, but it can lead to other crises...'Crises tend to cascade and compound...As this happens, people are less likely to vote.”
www.salon.com/2025/11/08/h...
www.salon.com/2025/11/08/h...
Trump appearing in the fox sports broadcast for an NFL game is a reminder that MAGA didn’t want politics out of sports, just anti-racist ones.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Trump appearing in the fox sports broadcast for an NFL game is a reminder that MAGA didn’t want politics out of sports, just anti-racist ones.
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"Despite Cop28’s global stocktake calling on all nations to contribute to “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, collectively there are still plans to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with ... 1.5C."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Net zero is an insidious loophole that distracts from the scientific imperative to eliminate fossil fuels | Joëlle Gergis
History tells us that polite incrementalism and political kowtowing will prevail at Cop30 – even as catastrophe unfolds around us
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Despite Cop28’s global stocktake calling on all nations to contribute to “transitioning away from fossil fuels”, collectively there are still plans to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with ... 1.5C."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Puerto Rico’s federally appointed and unelected fiscal oversight board chose to pay its consultants while imposing austerity measures and denying any relief to families who will face the consequences of the loss of SNAP benefits.
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Puerto Rico’s federally appointed and unelected fiscal oversight board chose to pay its consultants while imposing austerity measures and denying any relief to families who will face the consequences of the loss of SNAP benefits.
Hurricane Melissa will be one of the most destructive hurricanes in history. It is among the ugliest reminders of the consequences of failures in climate action.
October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hurricane Melissa will be one of the most destructive hurricanes in history. It is among the ugliest reminders of the consequences of failures in climate action.
Eyes on Jamaica, which is expected to experience a catastrophic Cat. 5 hurricane. Meanwhile, polluters fail to pay their climate debt and for loss and damage.
October 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Eyes on Jamaica, which is expected to experience a catastrophic Cat. 5 hurricane. Meanwhile, polluters fail to pay their climate debt and for loss and damage.
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Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
Institute for Qualitative & Multi-Method Research
www.maxwell.syr.edu
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Grad students in political science and other social sciences! Consider applying to the great 2-week summer program in Qualitative and Multi-Method Research at Syracuse. Info is here:
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...
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With recent headlines and op-eps stunned by the pervasive usage of racist jokes by young republicans, I think it’s worth mentioning a recent book I wrote that might be useful for better understanding the historical and systemic roots of such humor
October 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
With recent headlines and op-eps stunned by the pervasive usage of racist jokes by young republicans, I think it’s worth mentioning a recent book I wrote that might be useful for better understanding the historical and systemic roots of such humor
Remember how Trump and the GOP spend money when they say there’s no money to meet people’s basic needs.
October 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Remember how Trump and the GOP spend money when they say there’s no money to meet people’s basic needs.
the revolution will not be webinared
October 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
the revolution will not be webinared
Imagine what Puerto Rico, Detroit, and Flint residents feel seeing a 40 billion dollar bailout of Argentina’s failed neoliberal experiment after the US imposed relentless austerity measures and blocked all fiscal autonomy. People lost their lives due to these measures.
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Imagine what Puerto Rico, Detroit, and Flint residents feel seeing a 40 billion dollar bailout of Argentina’s failed neoliberal experiment after the US imposed relentless austerity measures and blocked all fiscal autonomy. People lost their lives due to these measures.
No need to be ungovernable if they can't govern.
No need to shame the shameless.
Movements need to innovate. The tactics that worked in the past may not work today.
No need to shame the shameless.
Movements need to innovate. The tactics that worked in the past may not work today.
October 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
No need to be ungovernable if they can't govern.
No need to shame the shameless.
Movements need to innovate. The tactics that worked in the past may not work today.
No need to shame the shameless.
Movements need to innovate. The tactics that worked in the past may not work today.
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“The right’s war on the academy and education is part of a generational war over what young people, especially young white people, will be taught and how they will be socialized."
www.bostonreview.net/articles/bui...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/bui...
Building a Political Home - Boston Review
Activist and scholar Cathy J. Cohen on winning power in the midst of a “generational war.”
www.bostonreview.net
October 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“The right’s war on the academy and education is part of a generational war over what young people, especially young white people, will be taught and how they will be socialized."
www.bostonreview.net/articles/bui...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/bui...
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While the choice to award Machado the Nobel Peace Prize is being framed as a kind of girl-boss democracy win, the reality is a bit more complicated.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to María Corina Machado is the latest honor given to a female democracy campaigner in recent years. Here's what to know.
Machado’s Peace Prize Is Latest Nobel Honor for Female Democracy Campaigners
Women in Iran, Liberia, Yemen and Myanmar have been recognized for their activism, occasionally while they were in prison and faced serious personal risk.
nyti.ms
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
While the choice to award Machado the Nobel Peace Prize is being framed as a kind of girl-boss democracy win, the reality is a bit more complicated.