David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026This was a opening slide to a presentation I gave this morning. We are in existential trouble. 000
Reposted by David KorowiczPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Free piece just released. Marco Rubio called on tolerant, democratic, liberal Europe to destroy itself and embrace a Trump-like future. He received a standing ovation and we are told some people are reassured. If so, Europe will deserve everything coming its way. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...open.substack.comRubio Calls For The End Of A Tolerant, Democratic Europe And The Crowd Goes WildJust over an hour ago, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in t... 63558280
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 05/02/2026There are real issues with US admin retaliation with EU taking on X. But giving in only re-enforces the stated Social media/US admin wish to undermine the EU. The only real response is a collective one, and it shouldn't triangulate, it needs to go hard. Fair play to Sanchez. 010
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Interested in systemic risk/ polycrisis/ collapse, and how to respond/prepare? This is the place to be! Glad to be making a contribution. @thinkorswim.bsky.social worldadaptationforum.orgworldadaptationforum.orgWorld Adaptation Forum 2026 - Facing PolycrisisConference on Our Future Clearly and Without Illusions - 23-24. April 2026 / Budapest 020
Reposted by David KorowiczAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 10/01/2026“The scenario is not so far from that deservedly famous line of Margaret Atwood’s: men fear women laughing at them. Women fear men killing them, because she dared to laugh at him.” 517060
Reposted by David KorowiczRTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · 09/01/2026All you ever wanted to know about emergency planning. On new #RTEBrainstorm @researchireland.ie podcast, Ronan Kelly talks to Caroline McMullan @dublincityuni.bsky.social @lucygobag.bsky.social & Mark Maguire @maynoothuniversity.ie about how you plan for the unplannable www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...rte.ieAll you ever wanted to know about emergency planningFrom pandemics and cyberattacks to terrorism and power blackouts, the A to Z on planning for the unplannable 086
Reposted by David Korowicz Centre for the Study of Existential Risk @cser.bsky.social · 25/11/2025📢 7 days to go! A reminder that the funding deadline for the MPhil in Global Risk and Resilience is 2nd December 2025. Find out more about the different funding options available on our website: www.cser.ac.uk/education/mp...cser.ac.ukFunding - CSER 001
Reposted by David KorowiczSFDB @sfdb.bsky.social · 22/11/2025"For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal." 13824
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 12/11/2025I haven't seen such a clear and direct articulation of where the US is going from sitting senator (though she's just in the door). www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnUO...youtube.comSenator Slotkin Delivers Speech on Trump's Authoritarian PlaybookYouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin 010
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 07/11/2025No surprise here, The Line 'undone by the laws of physics and finance", which is pretty similar to what will undo our civilization. 020
Reposted by David KorowiczIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...news.sky.comElon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows howElon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how 23163123527
Reposted by David KorowiczJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Euractiv's @claudiemoreau.bsky.social on our complaint to the European Commission against Ireland's appointing ex-Meta lobbyist as its new Data Protection Commissioner www.euractiv.com/news/complai...euractiv.comComplaint targeting Ireland over privacy watchdog's independence sent to Commission | EuractivThe Irish Council for Civil Liberties takes formal action questioning the process that led to an ex-Meta lobbyist landing a top privacy oversight job 1137
Reposted by David KorowiczEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...404media.coa16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a ServiceAndreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform. 24639255
Reposted by David KorowiczJohnny Ryan @johnnyryan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025The question of this moment is whether Europe will be a bastion of democratic resilience or a vassal. My piece in Tech Policy Press. www.techpolicy.press/europe-isnt-...techpolicy.pressEurope Isn’t Weak—It Just Pretends To Be. Here’s How to Fix That. | TechPolicy.PressEurope must reclaim digital sovereignty through three levers: politics, policing, and procurement, writes Johnny Ryan. 42816
Reposted by David KorowiczJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 19/10/2025This is the third story in the past week detailing how natural carbon sinks are starting to falter. We don’t know nearly enough about how these tipping points could play out, but the potential for genuinely terrifying outcomes should be obvious by now. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comWorld’s oceans losing their greenness through global heating, study findsResearchers say decline in phytoplankton suggests weakened planetary capacity to absorb carbon dioxide 28848
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 14/10/2025NEW systemic risk tool STEER launches today! STEER is a guidance framework that helps you ask the right questions about #SystemicRisks and spot gaps in current approaches, especially as tipping points are a plausible near-term reality. Great work by my @asranetwork colleagues. steer.asranetwork.orgsteer.asranetwork.orgSTEER - Systemic Tool to Explore and Evaluate Risks 012
Reposted by David KorowiczCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13/10/2025My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now. Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏 3013021051
Reposted by David KorowiczAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 04/10/2025President Macron: “We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=MggN...youtube.comFrench President Macron Speaks at German Unity Day Ceremony | WION LIVEYouTube video by WION 22676662674
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Reminding me of Turkmenbasy (Saparmurat Niyazov), the post-soviet dictator, with a deep love for himself and gold!! 000
Reposted by David KorowiczCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 26/09/2025What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊 11437121534
Reposted by David KorowiczAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2025"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too." Read Gisela Salim-Peyer: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comAuthoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’tLife in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed. 441442637
Reposted by David KorowiczRebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵) 715294729899
Reposted by David KorowiczResilience @resilience.org · 23/09/2025resilience.orgPeak Oil for Gen Z: Seven Questions and Answers for a New GenerationPeak oil calls on us to imagine a lower-energy future and to start adapting now. It’s a game-changer, and a life-changer. 001
Reposted by David KorowiczAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/09/2025On modern autocracies. With Brad Carr youtu.be/mqXOLNnqoeA?...youtube.comHow Dictators Really Control the World I Anne ApplebaumYouTube video by Brad Carr 29744274
Reposted by David KorowiczElaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2025There's plenty of blame to go around, incl. the failing EPA licensing system which failed to prevent the repeated pollution events which would undoubtedly have weakened the resilience of any wildlife in the river,making them more vulnerable to whatever pollutant ultimately caused the huge fish kill. 02013
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Cos Finland is a serious country. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comFinland is ready for the next crisis, with stockpiled food and 72-hour kits – Europe should be too | Miika IlomäkiThe next pandemic or geopolitical shock could be close at hand. To look after our people, we’re looking after our supply chains, agriculture and fuel reserves, says Miika Ilomäki of Finland’s National... 020
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The intensification and interaction of global crises, and their impact on economic stability and function means that it's very unlikely that these passengers will ever materialize (irrespective of any climate policy.) Better putting efforts into national resilience and preparedness. 100
Reposted by David KorowiczChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 14/09/2025Grok is being sent to the reeducation camp 538147754138
Reposted by David KorowiczElaine McGoff @elainemcgoff.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Precisely the question I keep asking myself: 'It begs the question: what on earth is the point of the EPA licensing regime if companies – in broad daylight, visible to us all – repeatedly breach the rules meant to protect our fragile rivers?' www.irishtimes.com/environment/...irishtimes.comEPA licensing rules to protect our fragile rivers are being repeatedly breachedPublic records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing 42514
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I'm sure he's up to no good, but would be very curious to know who he's up to no good with. 000
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Well done, John! Have begun the excellent book- got me reflecting on Irish agricultural change over the last 60 years (and summers with my farmer godfather in Kildare in the 70's). Thanks also for the opportunity to re-connect with said crowd. 110
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 04/09/2025If they did, Bragg would be paired with an unfunny comedian to help the medicine go down. 010
Reposted by David KorowiczJohn Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Looking forward to visiting Limerick next Wednesday evening to take part in a public interview in O’Mahony’s Bookstore to mark the launch of my new book - copies on display already! 1384
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 01/09/2025My be of interest in the wider context of the polycrisis- Brexit, Systemic Risk, and a Warning for a Changing World (2019) www.resilience.org/stories/2019...resilience.orgBrexit: Systemic Risk and a WarningSeen from this perspective, it is likely that we are severely underestimating the potential for large-scale systemic risks. 000
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Pleased to share our new @ASRA Network paper in Nature Communications. Focuses on 2 past food-energy crises 2 show how existing RM approaches need an upgrade for our global polycrisis. We present a new framework to assess interconnected risks and crises. Read the paper: www.doi.org/10.1038/s414...doi.orgA systemic risk assessment methodological framework for the global polycrisis - Nature CommunicationsThis paper proposes a framework to assess systemic risks that compound and cascade within and between systems. This emphasizes political economy and transformations, as well as trans-disciplinarity an... 130
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Space! Nuclear! Moon! As the integration and continuity of civilisation begins to de-stabilize, such grand projects are the unconscious stories we tell of our own starry greatness to protect us from confronting the chasm opening beneath our feet. However, it's a particularly f**king stupid example. 110
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 17/07/2025The @cascadeinstitute.bsky.social Nice people doing great work on global systemic risk, if your looking for an interesting job! However, i suspect an outbreak of worrying optimism "solutions for a healthy, just, and resilient world. "😉 010
Reposted by David KorowiczGuy Yeomans @guyyeomans.bsky.social · 09/07/2025EU: launches new integrative Stockpiling & Medical Countermeasures Strategies, as part of the Preparedness Union Strategy, "ensuring continuity of essential goods & lifesaving medical supplies at all times..." #societalresilience civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/news-stories...civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.euEU Stockpiling and Medical Countermeasures Strategies to strengthen crisis readiness and health securityThe European Commission launches today two initiatives under its Preparedness Union agenda: an EU Stockpiling Strategy and a Medical Countermeasures Strategy. Both are designed to improve access to es... 021
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Back from @ASRA Symposium on systemic risk. Ran a workshop- "Can We Prepare for Catastrophic Systemic Failure? An Interactive Exercise." Hard to imagine another symposium running such a topic (irreversible fast collapse of civilization) coupled with such high-level, policy-relevant participants. 000
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 11/06/2025It's been a great to give a workshop/scenario/exercise at the #ASRA Currents of Change Symposium near Paris. Can't imagine another forum that would host such a topic, and bring together such informed + relevant participants: Can We Prepare for Catastrophic Systemic Failure? An interactive exercise. 000
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I’m looking forward to @ASRA Network’s Currents of Change symposium, the first transdisciplinary, global symposium dedicated to action on systemic risk. More here: www.asranetwork.org/news/current...asranetwork.orgJUNE 2025: Currents of Change: New Horizons in Systemic RiskASRA presents Currents of Change: New Horizons in Systemic Risk—the first transdisciplinary, global symposium dedicated to action on systemic risk. 000
David Korowicz @davidkorowicz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025I'd bet euro28 billion of my own money that this penalty will never have to be paid. Reasonable likelihood the global economy will have been so destabilized by then that anthropogenic emissions will have collapsed. 021