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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

How do we interrupt the ‘grief to grievance pipeline’ that fuels leaders like Trump, Putin and Xi? open.substack.com/pub/goodapoc...

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vantazach @vantazach.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

NYC artists catching up to London now

picture of a street sign ziptied to a pole that reads "Be a responsible citizen. Properly dispose of your dog's waste." There is a picture of a pile of poop and an arrow pointing to a Cybertruck. The sign goes on "Place it into the nearest Cybertruck. If you see Elon Musk, you may also deposit it directly into his mouth. CITY CODE ELNZ-A-DKHD. DEPT of @FOLAFIA, CITY OF NEW YORK"

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Bombing civilian areas is fucking barbaric and should just be an absolute hard no in the 21st century. We condemn Israel for it, we condemn Russia for it, and we should absolutely condemn Ukraine for doing it — especially given that we’re funding it. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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Two killed in largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, authorities say

At least 91 drones targeted Russian capital, according to officials, disrupting flights and train services

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Stock markets since Trump took over

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

He can’t tame Donald Trump. So what *should* Keir Starmer’s foreign policy mission be? New out on the Good Apocalypse Guide: open.substack.com/pub/goodapoc...

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Keir Starmer's mission impossible

He can't tame Trump. So what should Starmer's foreign policy mission be?

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

V much agree we face the additional headwind of a completely toxic information environment. But I feel like that just increases the need for resonant stories that we can rally too

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Before the United Nations was the United Nations, it was the Allies, fighting fascism together. This meme is *so ripe* for being dusted off, updated and repurposed for the global rebel alliance we need right now.

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

My daughter came home claiming that if you’d been given $100k every day since Jesus was around, you’d still have less money that Elon Musk. My wife and I called bullshit, googled his net worth, and did the maths. It’s true. 🤮

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

3 kinds of deep stories that can help us to stay afloat and find our way during moments of crisis and breakdown: 💥 Apocalypse myths 🌳 Restoration myths 👶 Emergence myths Lots more in the latest post on the Good Apocalypse Guide: alexevansuk.substack.com/p/apocalypse...

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Apocalypse. Restoration. Emergence.

Three myths to make sense of the polycrisis

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Lovely to see that my favourite post-apocalyptic novel from when I was a kid has been republished - but, umm, paging Danny Boyle about the new cover design...

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

This graph shows the emotional stages communities go through after a disaster, like an earthquake or wildfire. But what happens when it's not just one disaster, but lots of them all at once - a polycrisis that feels apocalyptic? alexevansuk.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

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Once upon a crisis

How stories help communities to find their way after disasters

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

First post out in an hour - second one (next week) gonna go deep on all the stuff you and Casper and I wrote about in This Too Shall Pass :-) Will link to Mortals too, obvs!

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Colin Walker @colin-walker.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

The data - global sales of EVs increased by 25% in 2024 The @telegraphnews.bsky.social - "European electric car market suffers ‘devastating’ collapse!!!" (sales fell 3% in Europe)

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Interested in the left leaning bell curve point (hadn’t seen the Utrecht paper) - interested as to reasoning on why means we won’t rejoin EU? (Not agreeing or disagreeing, just curious)

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

This piece is absolutely excellent (and huge props to FT for going so deep on this crucial risk). I’m quoted in the article about the need for new stories to help us make sense of risks like this - going to use the next couple of Good Apocalypse Guide posts to focus on what those stories might be

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 26/11/2024

New starter pack! Practitioners + researchers in both mental health & societal well-being, addressing the individual and collective anxiety & grief we feel in response to the climate crisis, as well as understanding + overcoming societal & psychological barriers to climate action. Who'd I miss?

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Love this!! So fab to work with you guys this year ❤️🎄

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Ha you are doing better than me Liz - I’ve been so flat out this year that I couldn’t remember finishing a book outside of the trashy thrillers I read exhaustedly while on holiday this summer, hence my absence from this year’s list!

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Liz Slade @lzsl.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

It’s that time of year when @alexevansuk.bsky.social makes me realise how few books I actually finish reading - the Larger Us book list is out! Glad to have contributed to it these last few years - and it’s always a reliable source of recommendations larger.us/ideas/larger...

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Larger Us's books of the year 2024 - Larger Us

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I feel v uneasy about how conservative Christians are pushing politics in an authoritarian direction, and sounds like you do too - but I do think (and argue in the piece) that secular contempt towards them is one of the factors that got us in to the acutely dangerous situation that we’re in now

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Ha ha no I’m English too. (Although I think Trump being president is everyone’s problem, even if more so the Americans’ than ours 😔)

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thanks Jack. I’m uneasy about the Christian right too. But I think we do have to engage people who voted for Trump, given the stinging defeat we just suffered - and Christians voted for him 2:1. And I think there are ways we can do so, as the piece sets out

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

What should we think (and do) about the fact that Christians voted for Trump over Harris by two to one? alexevansuk.substack.com/p/bad-faith

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Bad faith?

On Christians and Trump

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Sorry I mean interesting not interested!

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I think collective grieving is really interested in activist contexts. And something we often skip over

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

That’s interesting - appreciate the reply

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

What is the theory of change here, out of interest?

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

*Finally* finished drafting next week’s Substack on Christians and Trump. Only took seven drafts…

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

This is *outstanding*. Best documentary I’ve seen on consumerism. My 11 year old - a superfan of Amazon, Apple etc - watched it with me and he was completely gripped. Cannot recommend highly enough youtu.be/OVfZw_eqJW8?...

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Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy | Official Trailer | Netflix

YouTube video by Netflix

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Forgot to post this here when I published it last week - 4 ideas for what we all do now under Trump 2.0 open.substack.com/pub/alexevan...

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What do we do now?

Four suggestions

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

* Such* a joy to finally meet Daryl Davis - the African American blues musician who has helped more than 200 white supremacists out of the KKK and other hate groups. 💯 the story of hope and redemption that we need right now (especially this week of all weeks) www.buzzsprout.com/1738464/epis...

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How to get a white supremacist to leave the KKK - with Daryl Davis - The Larger Us Podcast

What happens when an African American befriends members of the Ku Klux Klan? Our guest for this episode is Daryl Davis - a blues musician who's played with greats like Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and...

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

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How to get a white supremacist to leave the KKK - with Daryl Davis - The Larger Us Podcast

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Ah so sorry Stuti it’s at the max it will let me add! I may do another list, will def add you if I do

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Ah so sorry Nic it’s at the max it will let me add! I may do another list, will def add you if I do

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Ah so sorry Nicolas it’s at the max it will let me add! I may do another list, will def add you if I do

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Ah so sorry Rose it’s at the max it will let me add! I may do another list, will def add you if I do

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Resharing this starter pack on people to follow on climate, nature, environment and inhabitable futures if you've recently joined go.bsky.app/LKdVK8W

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

Thanks Stephen :-) I used to work on climate at IPPR too (20 years ago!!) so great to be in touch

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 22/08/2024

So good by @anandwrites.bsky.social on the new strategy / culture on show at the DNC this week. Massively with him on the importance of storytelling and joy. Less sure about focusing on the base not Persuadables - it *has* to be both/and. Terrific piece 👏🏻 open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

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The rise of the "Brat Pack" — and a new Democratic political style

At the DNC, a political approach long relegated to the wings takes center stage

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2024

Wise advice on how to avoid a civil war in the US from someone who's spent four decades defusing them in other countries www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Opinion | A recipe for cooling down American politics

I’ve worked in war-torn countries, and I’ve seen what it takes. People need to talk — really talk.

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Alex Evans @alexevansuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

Interested you see it in zero sum terms as an either/or. (And maybe you're right to do so, given land is finite; augurs badly for red/green relations as Lab reforms planning regs, if so!) But surely we should be looking for a both/and given poverty and biodiversity are both massive crises

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