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
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
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This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
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"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"[AMOC collapse] is a direct threat to national resilience and security" the Icelandic Climate Minister said
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
"It's the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been brought to the National Security Council as a potential existential threat"
Significant
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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"HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF BUT IT OFTEN RHYMES . . . "
POST REALITY 2025
QUANTUM FASCISM
www.realitystudies.co/p/quantum-fa...
POST REALITY 2025
QUANTUM FASCISM
www.realitystudies.co/p/quantum-fa...
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"HISTORY DOESN'T REPEAT ITSELF BUT IT OFTEN RHYMES . . . "
POST REALITY 2025
QUANTUM FASCISM
www.realitystudies.co/p/quantum-fa...
POST REALITY 2025
QUANTUM FASCISM
www.realitystudies.co/p/quantum-fa...
For months I’ve been feeling like the particular brand of American authoritarianism needs a new containing concept. “Quantum Fascism” is my attempt: www.realitystudies.co/p/quantum-fa...
Welcome to Quantum Fascism: American Authoritarianism Under Donald Trump
Mark Twain famously said that "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes"—that's a guiding principle for the emerging political philosophy in the U.S. and beyond.
www.realitystudies.co
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
For months I’ve been feeling like the particular brand of American authoritarianism needs a new containing concept. “Quantum Fascism” is my attempt: www.realitystudies.co/p/quantum-fa...
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Like séances surging after the Civil War and Spanish Flu, today's AI promises—eternal life, superintelligence, climate solutions—emerge from the conditions of collective grief and fear.
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Like séances surging after the Civil War and Spanish Flu, today's AI promises—eternal life, superintelligence, climate solutions—emerge from the conditions of collective grief and fear.
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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Deleted this because the quotes were spiraling.
I’m not hoping for an angry mob. I’m worried about it and I’m worried about leaders who aren’t.
I’m not hoping for an angry mob. I’m worried about it and I’m worried about leaders who aren’t.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Deleted this because the quotes were spiraling.
I’m not hoping for an angry mob. I’m worried about it and I’m worried about leaders who aren’t.
I’m not hoping for an angry mob. I’m worried about it and I’m worried about leaders who aren’t.
A rousing message from the “born yesterday” department.
Hassan: With the government reopening shortly, Republicans now finally have to come to the table. Or make no mistake, Americans will remember who stood in the way.
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
A rousing message from the “born yesterday” department.
Time to register as independent. I mean it.
No more “lesser of two evils” voter alignment. It’s a small thing you can do to send the DNC a message.
No more “lesser of two evils” voter alignment. It’s a small thing you can do to send the DNC a message.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Time to register as independent. I mean it.
No more “lesser of two evils” voter alignment. It’s a small thing you can do to send the DNC a message.
No more “lesser of two evils” voter alignment. It’s a small thing you can do to send the DNC a message.
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it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
it is pretty darkly funny seeing posts like URGENT!!!! it is SUNDAY EVENING you must PUT DOWN YOUR DINNER and call your senator IMMEDIATELY to politely request they not press the big button marked "fuck you". this will not actually stop them from pressing the fuck you button. functioning democracy
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Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
November 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Bernie Sanders: "What this Senate is about to do is make a horrific situation even worse. So let's be clear what this vote is about. If this vote succeeds, over 20 million Americans are gonna see at least a doubling in their premiums in the ACA."
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
Your experience on Instagram is about to get worse. More on @realitystudies.bsky.social:
www.realitystudies.co/p/instagram-...
www.realitystudies.co/p/instagram-...
Instagram is Killing Off Meme Accounts
For years, Instagram has been an ideal platform for meme creators to build community. But new policies are destroying that capacity. Here's why I think that's a major miscalculation.
www.realitystudies.co
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Your experience on Instagram is about to get worse. More on @realitystudies.bsky.social:
www.realitystudies.co/p/instagram-...
www.realitystudies.co/p/instagram-...
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The hardening Beltway conventional wisdom about the tolerability of 3°C of warming (leaving aside the possibility of carbon cycle feedbacks kicking that up to around 4°C) is crazy. thebulletin.org/2022/07/extr...
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The hardening Beltway conventional wisdom about the tolerability of 3°C of warming (leaving aside the possibility of carbon cycle feedbacks kicking that up to around 4°C) is crazy. thebulletin.org/2022/07/extr...
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substack.com/@damiani/not...
Platforms change policies constantly, and generally, we can choose to adapt or not (I left X entirely because no adaptation could salvage the content sewer it had become). @jessedamiani.bsky.social focuses here on Instagram/Meta’s latest move:
Platforms change policies constantly, and generally, we can choose to adapt or not (I left X entirely because no adaptation could salvage the content sewer it had become). @jessedamiani.bsky.social focuses here on Instagram/Meta’s latest move:
Instagram is Killing Off Meme Accounts
For years, Instagram has been an ideal platform for meme creators to build community. But new policies are destroying that capacity. Here's why I think that's a major miscalculation.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
substack.com/@damiani/not...
Platforms change policies constantly, and generally, we can choose to adapt or not (I left X entirely because no adaptation could salvage the content sewer it had become). @jessedamiani.bsky.social focuses here on Instagram/Meta’s latest move:
Platforms change policies constantly, and generally, we can choose to adapt or not (I left X entirely because no adaptation could salvage the content sewer it had become). @jessedamiani.bsky.social focuses here on Instagram/Meta’s latest move:
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
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"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
Jamaicans Have Been Turning to Solar Power. It Paid Off After the Storm.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Rooftop solar is spreading fast in Jamaica, and people with panels got their power back almost immediately. The ‘entire neighborhood benefits,’ one resident said."
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"An American-Israeli geoengineering startup seeking US government contracts to [dim the sun] has quietly begun lobbying on Capitol Hill."
Yet Holland & Knight, the law firm they hired for that purpose, "didn't disclose its lobbying 'due to a clerical error'."
Shady in multiple senses of the word!
Yet Holland & Knight, the law firm they hired for that purpose, "didn't disclose its lobbying 'due to a clerical error'."
Shady in multiple senses of the word!
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"An American-Israeli geoengineering startup seeking US government contracts to [dim the sun] has quietly begun lobbying on Capitol Hill."
Yet Holland & Knight, the law firm they hired for that purpose, "didn't disclose its lobbying 'due to a clerical error'."
Shady in multiple senses of the word!
Yet Holland & Knight, the law firm they hired for that purpose, "didn't disclose its lobbying 'due to a clerical error'."
Shady in multiple senses of the word!
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have just authorized a massive strike.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
Union Starbucks baristas voted to authorize the strike by 92%.
Now baristas in over 25 cities could launch an unfair labor practice strike on Thursday, November 13th.
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"Deutsche Bank is exploring ways to hedge its exposure to data centres after extending billions of dollars in debt to the sector to keep up with demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing."
Deutsche Bank explores hedges for data centre exposure as AI lending booms
Executives discussing options including shorting basket of artificial intelligence stocks or using derivatives to transfer risk
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
🫧⚠️
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The far right want you to believe that immigration causes an explosion of crime.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
The far right want you to believe that immigration causes an explosion of crime.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
It's simply untrue.
Crime has gone down - and crucially, we are a markedly less violent society than we once were.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
November 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
GOOD MORNING AMERICA