An Unwilling Participant in Planetcide
@aupip.bsky.social
Our society is built on a foundation of selfishness, greed and ignorance. It is vile, cruel, and destructive. Our societies should support life not money.
Witness to humanity's despoliation of the planet.
Witness to humanity's despoliation of the planet.
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I've gotten a host of new followers recently so hello & thank you! I largely just try to put out articles and information of interest to me, usually without any commentary from me but if you happened to want to know where I stand, the key points are:
“I’ve seen about 14 dead in less than a mile stretch. There’s a lot of does, big bucks and even fawns. You smell the dead everywhere,” he says. “And I haven’t really went deep into the woods.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Infectious diseases are killing deer and risking rural US economies: ‘You smell the dead everywhere’
Climate crisis contributing to spread of diseases as hunting industry takes a hit from growing number of dead deer
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“I’ve seen about 14 dead in less than a mile stretch. There’s a lot of does, big bucks and even fawns. You smell the dead everywhere,” he says. “And I haven’t really went deep into the woods.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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"Once they work out how to do this profitably, it will spread to others, too,”... if Amazon achieves its automation goal, “one of the biggest employers in the United States will become a net job destroyer, not a net job creator.”
www.theverge.com/news/803257/...
www.theverge.com/news/803257/...
Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents
They’re taking our jobs.
www.theverge.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Once they work out how to do this profitably, it will spread to others, too,”... if Amazon achieves its automation goal, “one of the biggest employers in the United States will become a net job destroyer, not a net job creator.”
www.theverge.com/news/803257/...
www.theverge.com/news/803257/...
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Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
Three specimens discovered in what was previously one of the only places in the world without the insects
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Mosquitoes have been found in Iceland for the first time as global heating makes the country more hospitable for insects.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Current emotional state:
3% gobsmacked
5% outraged
8% bemused
10% anxious
11% confused
25% angry
34% exhausted
5% WTF!
...
brain rebooting, please stand by....
Time for the sweet bliss of slumber.
3% gobsmacked
5% outraged
8% bemused
10% anxious
11% confused
25% angry
34% exhausted
5% WTF!
...
brain rebooting, please stand by....
Time for the sweet bliss of slumber.
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Current emotional state:
3% gobsmacked
5% outraged
8% bemused
10% anxious
11% confused
25% angry
34% exhausted
5% WTF!
...
brain rebooting, please stand by....
Time for the sweet bliss of slumber.
3% gobsmacked
5% outraged
8% bemused
10% anxious
11% confused
25% angry
34% exhausted
5% WTF!
...
brain rebooting, please stand by....
Time for the sweet bliss of slumber.
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It's the guns 💯%
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It's the guns 💯%
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Suicidal
There is no way whatsoever we can dodge catastrophic climate breakdown
We are actually turning away from serious action on emissions and heading instead towards an Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
There is no way whatsoever we can dodge catastrophic climate breakdown
We are actually turning away from serious action on emissions and heading instead towards an Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Brazil greenlights oil drilling in Amazon as environmentalists raise alarm
Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Suicidal
There is no way whatsoever we can dodge catastrophic climate breakdown
We are actually turning away from serious action on emissions and heading instead towards an Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
There is no way whatsoever we can dodge catastrophic climate breakdown
We are actually turning away from serious action on emissions and heading instead towards an Eocene hothouse
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Well who'd of thought it. More people = more material consumption. Less people = less material consumption.
Still, it's a good article highlighting that measuring materials doesn't give a good indication of the impact of using said materials.
ourworldindata.org/material-foo...
Still, it's a good article highlighting that measuring materials doesn't give a good indication of the impact of using said materials.
ourworldindata.org/material-foo...
October 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Well who'd of thought it. More people = more material consumption. Less people = less material consumption.
Still, it's a good article highlighting that measuring materials doesn't give a good indication of the impact of using said materials.
ourworldindata.org/material-foo...
Still, it's a good article highlighting that measuring materials doesn't give a good indication of the impact of using said materials.
ourworldindata.org/material-foo...
“Life on this planet is sustained by water. It is not sustained by data. We don't need data the way we need water,” Barnwell said.
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
Thirsty AI data centres are coming to Canada, with little scrutiny or oversight | CBC News
Canada is poised to join the data centre boom. But as such projects face greater scrutiny around the world, there is little debate here about what this will mean for the country’s water.
www.cbc.ca
October 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Life on this planet is sustained by water. It is not sustained by data. We don't need data the way we need water,” Barnwell said.
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
www.cbc.ca/news/ai-data...
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We can’t make it on a planet that gives us air, food and water so let’s go somewhere with none of this and live happily ever after? Don’t you just love the best minds of our wealthiest people!
October 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We can’t make it on a planet that gives us air, food and water so let’s go somewhere with none of this and live happily ever after? Don’t you just love the best minds of our wealthiest people!
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Your 'doom quote' for today:
"We are again living through a holocaust but this time a holocaust of the world we have known all our lives. It is a holocaust that is killing by the billions the kindred lives that surround us."
www.chelseagreen.com/product/eart...
"We are again living through a holocaust but this time a holocaust of the world we have known all our lives. It is a holocaust that is killing by the billions the kindred lives that surround us."
www.chelseagreen.com/product/eart...
Earth Grief by Stephen Harrod Buhner
The Journey Into and Through Ecological Loss
www.chelseagreen.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Your 'doom quote' for today:
"We are again living through a holocaust but this time a holocaust of the world we have known all our lives. It is a holocaust that is killing by the billions the kindred lives that surround us."
www.chelseagreen.com/product/eart...
"We are again living through a holocaust but this time a holocaust of the world we have known all our lives. It is a holocaust that is killing by the billions the kindred lives that surround us."
www.chelseagreen.com/product/eart...
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This changes everything!
The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.
More:
www.patreon.com/posts/141034...
The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.
More:
www.patreon.com/posts/141034...
October 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This changes everything!
The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.
More:
www.patreon.com/posts/141034...
The Northern Hemisphere used to radiate more heat to space than it absorbed from the sun, but this changed over the past 20 years.
More:
www.patreon.com/posts/141034...
😱 Shocking! We haven't done anything meaningful about any of our issues. 😜
"Deforestation has not meaningfully declined since the beginning of the decade, and we're already halfway through,"
phys.org/news/2025-10...
"Deforestation has not meaningfully declined since the beginning of the decade, and we're already halfway through,"
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Global goal to end deforestation nowhere near being met: Experts
Deforestation "has not meaningfully declined" despite a global pledge to halt forest destruction, but next month's UN climate summit in the Amazon could mark a turning point, experts said Tuesday.
phys.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
😱 Shocking! We haven't done anything meaningful about any of our issues. 😜
"Deforestation has not meaningfully declined since the beginning of the decade, and we're already halfway through,"
phys.org/news/2025-10...
"Deforestation has not meaningfully declined since the beginning of the decade, and we're already halfway through,"
phys.org/news/2025-10...
...if space is given, nature will always find ways to return, often faster and more creatively than we expect.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A new island erupted from the sea – can it show us how nature works without human interference?
The volcanic island of Surtsey emerged in the 1960s, and scientists say studying its development offers hope for damaged ecosystems worldwide
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:43 AM
...if space is given, nature will always find ways to return, often faster and more creatively than we expect.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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“Forests are non-negotiable infrastructure for a livable planet. Continued failure to protect them puts our collective prosperity at risk."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Dismal’ health of world’s forests is threat to humanity, report warns
Financial institutions pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to stop destruction, says Climate Focus
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“Forests are non-negotiable infrastructure for a livable planet. Continued failure to protect them puts our collective prosperity at risk."
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you think biodiversity loss is irrelevant to you...
If you think it's not that big an issue...
If you think it doesn't really affect you personally...
If you think it's someone else's problem...
... Boy oh boy, you and your kids have a hell of a shock coming.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you think it's not that big an issue...
If you think it doesn't really affect you personally...
If you think it's someone else's problem...
... Boy oh boy, you and your kids have a hell of a shock coming.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
If you think biodiversity loss is irrelevant to you...
If you think it's not that big an issue...
If you think it doesn't really affect you personally...
If you think it's someone else's problem...
... Boy oh boy, you and your kids have a hell of a shock coming.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
If you think it's not that big an issue...
If you think it doesn't really affect you personally...
If you think it's someone else's problem...
... Boy oh boy, you and your kids have a hell of a shock coming.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you were Earth, would you trust the species that is destroying you, to fix you?
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
October 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you were Earth, would you trust the species that is destroying you, to fix you?
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
While having a press conference with Canadian PM Mark Carney, Trump stated that he was a great man, a great negotiator.
When the press asked Trump if he's such a great man why isn't the US making a deal with Canada he responded with
"Because I also want to be a great man".
... (1/2)
When the press asked Trump if he's such a great man why isn't the US making a deal with Canada he responded with
"Because I also want to be a great man".
... (1/2)
October 9, 2025 at 4:21 PM
While having a press conference with Canadian PM Mark Carney, Trump stated that he was a great man, a great negotiator.
When the press asked Trump if he's such a great man why isn't the US making a deal with Canada he responded with
"Because I also want to be a great man".
... (1/2)
When the press asked Trump if he's such a great man why isn't the US making a deal with Canada he responded with
"Because I also want to be a great man".
... (1/2)
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They will quit in 6 months due to being overworked.
October 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
They will quit in 6 months due to being overworked.
Their research, published in Global Change Biology, found that across Switzerland, the average number of plant species on agricultural grassland has fallen by 26% over the last century.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Century-old papers saved from the bin reveal changes in Europe’s plant life
Plant inventories dating back to 1884 and nearly thrown away enable unique time-lapse study of biodiversity in Swiss meadows
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Their research, published in Global Change Biology, found that across Switzerland, the average number of plant species on agricultural grassland has fallen by 26% over the last century.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
