Breaking Down: Collapse

Sources: FBI raid of Ohio voting rights group stokes fear of pre-midterm crackdown | Ohio | The Guardian The FBI’s raid on free and fair elections - Democracy Docket Arizona advances voter ID ballot measure for November - Democracy Docket Florida Reinstates Trump Lawyer Chesebro Despite Guilty Plea (2) California sues county that just eliminated mail and early voting - Democracy Docket In hopeful...

Here we discuss a few examples of the impact of climate change on the natural world, according to recent research. Record winter temperatures in Antarctic raise fears over speed of climate breakdown | Polar regions | The Guardian Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average | Antarctica | The Guardian ‘Simply mind-boggling’: world rec...

Sea Level Rise numbers just got more intense for large coastal cities, thanks to the double whammy of rising oceans and sinking ground levels. Subsidence more than doubles sea-level rise today along densely populated coasts | Nature Communications Sea levels rising dramatically in some areas due to land subsidence Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community...

This week I speak again with Juan Pablo Quinonez, nearly 4 years after our first interview. Juan Pablo has written and released a book about navigating collapse. Find it here Books – Juan Pablo Quiñonez 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.

RCP 8.5 was removed as a potential emissions scenario. This is great news, right! Right? Right... The climate apocalypse is canceled. The merely terrible is not. | Vox 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.

The billionaires are heading towards becoming trillionaires, and the masses are struggling to get by. Why, and what are the mechanisms? Sources: Why Bezos and other oligarchs/kleptocrats and interest groups are trying to bankrupt the US federal government : r/collapse Bezos defends billionaires, hypes AI, praises Trump on CNBC What Are ‘Freedom Cities’? Billionaire CEOs’ Plan Could Reshape America...

Sources: Exclusive: Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics Hawaii just found a way around Citizens United. Trump's midterm plot rejected as court blocks Alabama's new congressional map - The Mirror US California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.” : r/law gov.uscourts.tnmd.104622.312.0_2....

A list of climate woes and research from the week: Something startling is happening in the Gulf of Mexico » Yale Climate Connections The next era of Atlantic hurricanes could be far more destructive » Yale Climate Connections Why an immense marine heatwave off the US west coast has alarmed scientists | West Coast | The Guardian Some seas may soon be trapped in near-permanent heatwaves - Earth...

As the title describes, we walk through the question: What will collapse first in a slow collapse? What infrastructure systems would realistically fail first in a slow maintenance collapse? : collapse Spirit Airlines collapse to benefit these airlines Another airline files for bankruptcy protection and cancels all flights Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord c...

A new outbreak of Ebola in DRC and Uganda is growing rapidly. Even from the time of recording this article to the day of releasing it, the death count has nearly doubled and known cases continue to climb, with some articles claiming that it's continually breaking containment. We take a look here at how catabolic collapse played a part in this outbreak and will likely continue to do in other diseas...

Sources: Trump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends | Moira Donegan | The Guardian 💪Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): "Trump's corruption has reached an entirely new level. The $1.7B slush fund is just outright theft. And no Republican owes such bind allegiance to the president to defend this."🇺🇸 : r/law Trump's top attorney quits hours after $1.8 billion slush fund to pay MA...

The world is becoming more of a surveillance state every day, and the growth is accelerating. Unfortunately, we don't always see the change happening so it's not front of mind. Let's talk about Flock and work towards eradicating it in our local communities. Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance | American Civil Liberties Union House approves bill to extend divisive...

$20 trillion spent globally on disaster cleanup and prevention in the last 20 or so years. This money could all have been spent in other places, and it begs the question: Will investment eventually move towards planet (or human) preserving endeavors? A $20 Trillion Wealth Transfer Is Happening Under Our Noses - Bloomberg USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought - Ag...

In the previous 35 years, we've experienced a whopping 95% loss of wildlife in South America and the Caribbean. What other impacts to biodiversity have we seen recently? New Study: 95% Decline in Wildlife in Latin America & Caribbean since 1970 | by IZY-Hosting | Medium We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup – Mother Jones Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US...

India faces multiple simultaneous challenges, that could prove overwhelming in the coming years and decades: Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging | Japan | The Guardian Modi says Iran war poses severe risks to India, urges cuts in fuel use and gold purchases India’s Oil Crisis Deepens as Hormuz Remains Shut | OilPrice.com Foreign investors pull out of Ind...

Sources: The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans | Trump administration | The Guardian Texas mother of 4 says "no one is safe" after spending more than 6 weeks in ICE custody - CBS News Trump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groups | CNN Politics ‘MAGA has rigged th...

It took only 1 month for the probabilities to shift momentously. Here's an update on El Nino, and what it tells us about the future of the world in the coming decade. European forecast shows 100% chance of Super El Niño forming | Fox Weather New May 1 ECMWF El Nino forecast significantly worsens from previous month : r/collapse Brace yourselves. Strongest El Niño in over a century is coming. El Ni...

Billionaire Kevin O'Leary wants to build the world's largest data center at the tippy toppy of the Great Salt Lake. People are (rightfully) not happy about it. Utah's data center could create a massive heat island that could devastate the Great Salt Lake, scientists say Box Elder County data center's projected daily heat equivalent to 23 atomic bombs Stuart Adams PAC Received $135,000 From MIDA Do...

The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Here's a few drivers behind it: What's Powering the K-Shaped Economy: Inflation, Stock Market Gains - Business Insider K-shaped economy hits the gas pump as lower-income Americans pull back, NY Fed finds The K-Shaped Economy Is Reshaping American Cities | Dame Magazine Americans owe a record $1.68 trillion in car loans | Fortune Please join us on Patreo...

Sources: Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for Business Bill banning whites-only housing passes Pennsylvania House by 1 vote | ABC27 Judicial nominees don’t know if Trump can run for a 3rd term : r/law Louisiana Governor Tossed Thousands of Votes In Order to Help Trump | The New Republic Louisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymander - Democracy Docket 'Li...

The Western US is not the only region struggling with a terrible water decade. Corpus Christi, Texas is potentially one of the first cities to actually run dry. Climate Scientists Shake Their Heads as First US City Running Completely Out of Water Corpus Christi residents frustrated as water crisis makes national news Central Texas is running out of water, and we keep building like we have plenty :...

New news about Trump firing the entire National Science Board is one step closer to the death of science at his hand. Trump administration fires all members of US National Science Board | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera National Science Board members fired by Trump administration | AP News Delays have kept new NSF grants to a trickle — that could be about to change Science and Public Health in the...

Sources: DOJ aims to strip citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, sources say Trump Administration Says Green Cards Could Be Denied Over Political Opinions Canada Changes Law: Millions of Americans May Already Be Canadian Citizens — and Don't Know It Yet | IBTimes UK As expected, Supreme Court officially greenlights Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map for midterms - Democracy Dock...

Another weeks of climate news from around the world: Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decades Antarctic emperor penguins on the brink of extinction due to climate change and disease - Kuriozitete Wellington, New Zealand Just Shattered Its Rainfall Intensity Record — Over Half a Month’s Rain Fell in One Hour : r/collapse An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary i...

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.