John Fisher
@johnpfisher.bsky.social
making art in glass, steel, copper, paper, resin, and found objects
Really great summary of polycrisis and collapse.
thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/how-i-came...
thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/how-i-came...
The Honest Sorcerer | Substack
A critic of modern times - offering ideas for honest contemplation. Also on Medium: https://medium.com/@thehonestsorcerer. Click to read The Honest Sorcerer, a Substack publication with thousands of s...
thehonestsorcerer.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Really great summary of polycrisis and collapse.
thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/how-i-came...
thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/how-i-came...
Mr. Resistor goes to No Kings
October 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mr. Resistor goes to No Kings
Keep Portland weird!
and have voodoo donuts. I like clowning and humor as a form of resistance.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
and have voodoo donuts. I like clowning and humor as a form of resistance.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
‘Emergency’ World Naked Bike Ride planned in Portland
The announcement comes in response to Trump's "militarization of our city."
www.oregonlive.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Keep Portland weird!
and have voodoo donuts. I like clowning and humor as a form of resistance.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
and have voodoo donuts. I like clowning and humor as a form of resistance.
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
VJAYBOMBS
great idea, they did it in London too.
#vjaybombs #satire #politics
hyperallergic.com/1045119/arti...
great idea, they did it in London too.
#vjaybombs #satire #politics
hyperallergic.com/1045119/arti...
September 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
VJAYBOMBS
great idea, they did it in London too.
#vjaybombs #satire #politics
hyperallergic.com/1045119/arti...
great idea, they did it in London too.
#vjaybombs #satire #politics
hyperallergic.com/1045119/arti...
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
stolen from a Reddit post
September 18, 2025 at 8:32 PM
stolen from a Reddit post
Back to art soon...
Lincoln Project: It Can't Happen Here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
#democracy #fascism #trump #lincolnproject #resist #anonymous #protest
Lincoln Project: It Can't Happen Here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
#democracy #fascism #trump #lincolnproject #resist #anonymous #protest
Bloodlines
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
www.youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Back to art soon...
Lincoln Project: It Can't Happen Here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
#democracy #fascism #trump #lincolnproject #resist #anonymous #protest
Lincoln Project: It Can't Happen Here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Y-...
#democracy #fascism #trump #lincolnproject #resist #anonymous #protest
Myths of the Education System and Suggestions-
A readable jarg article that seems worth a discussion in schools. Preferably not only in social media.
www.context.org/iclib/ic27/o...
#education #culture #climate #philosophy
A readable jarg article that seems worth a discussion in schools. Preferably not only in social media.
www.context.org/iclib/ic27/o...
#education #culture #climate #philosophy
What Is Education For?
We are accustomed to thinking of learning as good in and of itself. But as environmental educator David Orr reminds us, our education up till now has in some ways created a monster. This essay is a…
www.context.org
August 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Myths of the Education System and Suggestions-
A readable jarg article that seems worth a discussion in schools. Preferably not only in social media.
www.context.org/iclib/ic27/o...
#education #culture #climate #philosophy
A readable jarg article that seems worth a discussion in schools. Preferably not only in social media.
www.context.org/iclib/ic27/o...
#education #culture #climate #philosophy
Texas is actually a blue state.
So we don't have to evict them from US to restore peace and tranquility, we just have to un-gerrymander them.
independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx
So we don't have to evict them from US to restore peace and tranquility, we just have to un-gerrymander them.
independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx
Texas Voter Registration Statistics
Learn more about Texas's Partisan primaries, partisan voter registration statistics, current voter totals, political parties, and more from the Independent Voter Project.
independentvoterproject.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Texas is actually a blue state.
So we don't have to evict them from US to restore peace and tranquility, we just have to un-gerrymander them.
independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx
So we don't have to evict them from US to restore peace and tranquility, we just have to un-gerrymander them.
independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx
10 tales told in Econ 101
and fervently believed by traditionalist academics and financial people, especially when their livelihood depends on toeing the line. Hagens does a good job, according to me, of bringing basic economics into the real world.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
and fervently believed by traditionalist academics and financial people, especially when their livelihood depends on toeing the line. Hagens does a good job, according to me, of bringing basic economics into the real world.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The 10 Core Myths Still Taught in Business Schools
Frankly #99
substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
10 tales told in Econ 101
and fervently believed by traditionalist academics and financial people, especially when their livelihood depends on toeing the line. Hagens does a good job, according to me, of bringing basic economics into the real world.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
and fervently believed by traditionalist academics and financial people, especially when their livelihood depends on toeing the line. Hagens does a good job, according to me, of bringing basic economics into the real world.
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Sprawl is not the Answer.
Why the fad for Abundance is short-sighted, wrong-headed and impractical.
Bloomberg
archive.ph/qsnrP
Why the fad for Abundance is short-sighted, wrong-headed and impractical.
Bloomberg
archive.ph/qsnrP
July 2, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Sprawl is not the Answer.
Why the fad for Abundance is short-sighted, wrong-headed and impractical.
Bloomberg
archive.ph/qsnrP
Why the fad for Abundance is short-sighted, wrong-headed and impractical.
Bloomberg
archive.ph/qsnrP
Government report says immigrants add to the economy.
Stephen Miller wants to hide it, possibly because he fears looking dumb or maybe just felonious.
Not a surprise dept.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Stephen Miller wants to hide it, possibly because he fears looking dumb or maybe just felonious.
Not a surprise dept.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Did a Banned Federal Study Show That Refugees Bring in More in Government Revenues Than They Cost?
A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services study compared the tax revenues generated by refugees to the overall cost of resettlement.
www.snopes.com
July 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Government report says immigrants add to the economy.
Stephen Miller wants to hide it, possibly because he fears looking dumb or maybe just felonious.
Not a surprise dept.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Stephen Miller wants to hide it, possibly because he fears looking dumb or maybe just felonious.
Not a surprise dept.
www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...
Not good news on climate, I'm afraid.
Earth's heat balance is off.
Intentional funding cuts in Washington will mean the ostriches' heads in the sand will be surprised when the heat burns their massive rears.
theconversation.com/earth-is-tra...
Earth's heat balance is off.
Intentional funding cuts in Washington will mean the ostriches' heads in the sand will be surprised when the heat burns their massive rears.
theconversation.com/earth-is-tra...
Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years
Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.
theconversation.com
June 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Not good news on climate, I'm afraid.
Earth's heat balance is off.
Intentional funding cuts in Washington will mean the ostriches' heads in the sand will be surprised when the heat burns their massive rears.
theconversation.com/earth-is-tra...
Earth's heat balance is off.
Intentional funding cuts in Washington will mean the ostriches' heads in the sand will be surprised when the heat burns their massive rears.
theconversation.com/earth-is-tra...
A hopeful (somewhat) program to change public urgency on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate #politics #collapse #resistance
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate #politics #collapse #resistance
‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis
The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A hopeful (somewhat) program to change public urgency on climate change.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate #politics #collapse #resistance
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#climate #politics #collapse #resistance
Selling off public lands, National Forest, BLM land, is a new Seizure of the Commons. This is in the Fat, Ugly Bill.
Exploiting and ruining a permanent, public resource so a tiny minority can make a few extra bucks.
www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/sho...
Exploiting and ruining a permanent, public resource so a tiny minority can make a few extra bucks.
www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/sho...
June 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Selling off public lands, National Forest, BLM land, is a new Seizure of the Commons. This is in the Fat, Ugly Bill.
Exploiting and ruining a permanent, public resource so a tiny minority can make a few extra bucks.
www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/sho...
Exploiting and ruining a permanent, public resource so a tiny minority can make a few extra bucks.
www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/articles/sho...
I don't want to make political posts every two days, I want to work on my art. These East Coast city-boy sissies want to sell off millions of acres of BLM and National Forest. They see only instant profit. They can't see the true value of our public lands.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I don't want to make political posts every two days, I want to work on my art. These East Coast city-boy sissies want to sell off millions of acres of BLM and National Forest. They see only instant profit. They can't see the true value of our public lands.
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
No Kings in Santa Barbara bigger than Dumpy tank parade?
Maybe, at least roughly same turnout. SB area has roughly 200K residents. Thats a good turnout.
www.independent.com/2025/06/14/h...
Maybe, at least roughly same turnout. SB area has roughly 200K residents. Thats a good turnout.
www.independent.com/2025/06/14/h...
Huge Protest in Santa Barbara Says 'No' to King Trump
About 12,000 people rallied for democracy with good cheer but some fear along Cabrillo Boulevard.
www.independent.com
June 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
No Kings in Santa Barbara bigger than Dumpy tank parade?
Maybe, at least roughly same turnout. SB area has roughly 200K residents. Thats a good turnout.
www.independent.com/2025/06/14/h...
Maybe, at least roughly same turnout. SB area has roughly 200K residents. Thats a good turnout.
www.independent.com/2025/06/14/h...
A new post on my Substack
#climate #collapse # finance #capitalism #overshoot # degrowth
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/the-parado...
#climate #collapse # finance #capitalism #overshoot # degrowth
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/the-parado...
The Paradox and Poison of Growth
A quick look for average citizens who want to understand a little about why things are the way they are.
johnfisher51.substack.com
June 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A new post on my Substack
#climate #collapse # finance #capitalism #overshoot # degrowth
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/the-parado...
#climate #collapse # finance #capitalism #overshoot # degrowth
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/the-parado...
Fatal cuts to science funding in budget proposal.
You could call these proposed cuts, "Hyper-Capitalism shoots its own legs off"
National Science Foundation 57%
NASA 25%
National Institutes of Health 40%
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#science #budget #nature #NSF #NIH #capitalism #growth
You could call these proposed cuts, "Hyper-Capitalism shoots its own legs off"
National Science Foundation 57%
NASA 25%
National Institutes of Health 40%
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#science #budget #nature #NSF #NIH #capitalism #growth
Trump moves to slash NSF: why are the proposed budget cuts so big?
Major US science funder could lose more than half its budget — and researchers are reeling.
www.nature.com
June 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Fatal cuts to science funding in budget proposal.
You could call these proposed cuts, "Hyper-Capitalism shoots its own legs off"
National Science Foundation 57%
NASA 25%
National Institutes of Health 40%
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#science #budget #nature #NSF #NIH #capitalism #growth
You could call these proposed cuts, "Hyper-Capitalism shoots its own legs off"
National Science Foundation 57%
NASA 25%
National Institutes of Health 40%
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#science #budget #nature #NSF #NIH #capitalism #growth
A rare post about software and AI.
Software that writes itself for AI. Maybe. Apply skepticism about anything that Big Tech says. Carry on.
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/claims-of-...
Software that writes itself for AI. Maybe. Apply skepticism about anything that Big Tech says. Carry on.
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/claims-of-...
Claims of AI Rewriting its own Code
They call it Darwin Gödel Machine
johnfisher51.substack.com
June 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A rare post about software and AI.
Software that writes itself for AI. Maybe. Apply skepticism about anything that Big Tech says. Carry on.
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/claims-of-...
Software that writes itself for AI. Maybe. Apply skepticism about anything that Big Tech says. Carry on.
johnfisher51.substack.com/p/claims-of-...
Today's Meme
Tried to think of worst case in recent history of someone in power breaking all the plates in the china shop.
Tried to think of worst case in recent history of someone in power breaking all the plates in the china shop.
May 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Today's Meme
Tried to think of worst case in recent history of someone in power breaking all the plates in the china shop.
Tried to think of worst case in recent history of someone in power breaking all the plates in the china shop.
Hyper-normalization.
With info about Adam Curtis (I'm a big fan) documentary.
'Posting articles like this is not activism' more or less.
#politics #resistance #culture #democracy #fascism #autocracy
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
With info about Adam Curtis (I'm a big fan) documentary.
'Posting articles like this is not activism' more or less.
#politics #resistance #culture #democracy #fascism #autocracy
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
Systems are crumbling – but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hyper-normalization.
With info about Adam Curtis (I'm a big fan) documentary.
'Posting articles like this is not activism' more or less.
#politics #resistance #culture #democracy #fascism #autocracy
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
With info about Adam Curtis (I'm a big fan) documentary.
'Posting articles like this is not activism' more or less.
#politics #resistance #culture #democracy #fascism #autocracy
www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-...
