Breaking Down: Collapse

AI is either a bubble, or it's going to take all the jobs. Which is it? Today's article leans towards a resounding "pop" of the bubble. The AI economy runs on helium. The Iran war just created a $650 billion problem | Fortune Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode highlights an example of how the wealthiest nations will leave impoverished nations to struggle. More than six million Haitians need urgent humanitarian aid: ‘The population is at breaking point’ | International | EL PAÍS English Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Declining accessibility of food doesn't mean that one day it's here and one day it's gone; it means who gets access to it will shift. In this episode we discuss multiple articles highlighting the crisis currently facing the food system. Food prices are rising again. Drought, war, and tariffs are to blame | Fortune World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns | Global food cri...

Sources: Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraud, money laundering - POLITICO Trump admin coerced removal of ICE trackers, court says ICE official behind warehouse detention camps quits after tense congressional hearing Leaked Memos Reveal Just How Much the Supreme Court Has Betrayed the Constitution Supreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker — Challenges to Trump Administration Actions | Bre...

A roundup of this week's climate news: Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation | Communications Earth & Environment Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source | ScienceDaily Cities are leaking far more methane than previously thought - Earth.com Critical Atlantic curre...

A brief episode about beef. A beef brief, if you will. New World Screwworm detected about 90 miles from the United States Screwworm.gov | Unified Government Response To Protect the United States Beef Prices: Your Expensive Cheeseburger Is a Taste of What’s to Come - Bloomberg ‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires | The Guardian Please jo...

Let's hit again on some ways the models are a mess, but today in regards to Sea Level Rise... One Wrong Variable in a Climate Formula Could Mean Sea Levels Rise 35% Faster Than Current Models Show Saltwater is closing in on coastal groundwater, putting billions and food supplies at risk Long-term adaptation pathways for Venice and its lagoon under sea-level rise | Scientific Reports Venice is thre...

I discuss 3 articles highlighting new research on methane emissions, showing that the models are undercounting their impacts and severity. Hidden ocean feedback loop could accelerate climate change 100 Times Worse? Thawing Permafrost May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought Measurement of Gas Fraction and Gas Permeability of Thawing Permafrost Caused by Climate Change - Glover - 2026 - Earth'...

Sources: Poll: Americans worry Trump will seize ballots, voting machines in midterms Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office - WSJ Proposed Amendment: Congress Can Nullify Presidential Pardons. (119_HJRES_135) US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections | US politics | The Guardian Trump Says Israel And Lebanon’s Leaders Will Speak, Hegs...

Sources: Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Faster Than Ever, and Scientists Are Alarmed Lakes forming next to Greenland's melting ice sheet are speeding up glacier flow AMOC collapse could turn Southern Ocean into carbon source, adding 0.2°C to global warming Shifting Gulf Stream may signal an ocean current collapse is next - Earth.com Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of...

The Philippines is a great example of a nation on the brink due to an externality, because of their heavy reliance on imported oil. Nation on brink: this oil crisis may destroy everything we built | Inquirer Opinion DOE: Philippines’ fuel supply can last up to 50.42 days Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

Probabilities are increasing for a "Very Strong El Nino" this summer or fall. What are the potential impacts? To date, 2026 is averaging 1.48°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline. This is striking because we're still in ENSO-neutral conditions, with El Niño on its way. : r/collapse Super El Niño next year? Here's the probability of one | king5.com Buckle Up! Gonna be a wild 12 months comi...

A new paper suggests the carrying capacity of earth is 2.5 billion, just under a third of the current population. What say you? Realistic, or too high or low? Earth can no longer sustain the global human population - Earth.com Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sources: Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment | The Independent Trump uses the language of annihilation to threaten Iran | AP News House Democrat announces impeachment push against Hegseth over Iran war Trump pulls back on Iran threats after warning a 'civilization will die tonight' if deal isn't reached | PBS News Trump...

What a fun little game we play. Step 1: Scientific consensus is too conservative. Step 2: Something happens "shocking scientists". Step 3: Articles are released describing how it happened faster than expected, but don't worry because someone will fix it. Step 4: No changes are made, and the models remain conservative. Repeat. Earth is warming faster than previously estimated, new study shows - Los...

It's not just the current geopolitical situation that's putting food supply under stress - it's been growing for a long time and is getting worse. ‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Hawaii’s small farmers begin recovery after catastrophic flooding | Hawaii | The Guardian Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms aft...

Established and important US infrastructure is rapidly being demolished, not as a forced response to desperate need, but in the petulant outbursts of a grifting narcissist. The US government just used a dormant 48-year-old committee to strip endangered species protections from the entire Gulf of Mexico. : r/collapse Trump’s ‘God Squad’ chose oil drilling over endangered species in the Gulf. This w...

New updates to economists' thoughts on AI and job loss, and new research shows the "heat island" effect of data centers on more than 340 million people globally. Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN States with the most data centers Economists Are Drawing Stronger Connections Between A.I. and Jobs - The New York Times Top leadership ex...

Sources: Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him : r/law Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections – The White House Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours | The New Republic Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hear...

This was a wild week in the climate, and I fear every week will be this way moving forward. Here's some news from the around world. Also, please forgive the audio quality. I recorded it twice, and the second time I apparently had the wrong mic recording. I love you, but not enough to record it a 3rd time. Sorry! Limiting global warming to 2C would not ‘rule out’ extreme impacts - Carbon Brief UK f...

The world is suffering the consequences of Trump and Israel's war on Iran. How long will our oil woes last? Israeli chief of staff warns army on verge of 'collapse' amid troop shortage France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed - Business - France 24 Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo | CBC Accessibility Philippi...

Donald Trump hates women. Here's some ways he's showing it: US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say | US immigration | The Guardian A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state - The 19th Any Texas resident could sue over abortion pills unde...

3 brand new reports highlight the various ways that superbugs are proliferating around the world. Are we heading into a post-antibiotic world? The Cost of War We Aren’t Talking About: Superbugs • The Austin Chronicle Drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggests | Live Science EXPERT REACTION: Soils exposed to glyphosate might also b...

Sources: Judge Ends Asylum Claims for Liam Ramos and His Family Stephen Miller is pushing states to stop educating undocumented children | The Independent Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday - POLITICO Bushehr nuclear plant hit again as Pentagon deploys 82nd Airborne — Day 25 of Iran war escalates Chris Murphy accuses Trump administration of insider trading Trump says he's 'gl...

Anthropogenic mass is overtaking natural biomass. Such hubris from humanity leads to collapse. In this episode we discuss recent findings in pharmaceutical waste and how it hurts local aquatic ecosystems. Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass | Nature The Hidden Environmental Impact of Pharmaceutical Waste Antibiotics found in rivers raise new concerns about water safety - Earth.com Pl...