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Ian@collapseaphorisms
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Thinking out loud about overshoot, doom, & the pointlessness of being
"Revelio estimates US nonfarm employment declined by -9,000 in October, the 2nd-biggest decline in 5 YEARS.

Notably, September was revised down from +60,100 to +33,000, bringing total revisions for June through September to -142,500."

(Global Markets Investor)

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November 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Oh look, Warren Buffett's cash holdings hit a record $382 billion in Q3 2025, nearly quadrupling since 2022.

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November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"US consumer delinquencies are surging:

3.0% of auto loans transitioned into 90+ days delinquency in Q3 2025, the highest in 15 years.

At the same time, 7.1% of credit card debt became seriously delinquent, near the highest in 14 years."

(The Kobeissi Letter)

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November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Oh look, it's that awkward part of collapse where the era of doomers being proven wrong about such and such is well and truly fucking over.

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November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Our public sphere has turned into a place where you basically have no rules, no responsibility and where the most aggressive warlord wins. In the UK, in Italy, in Brazil, in South Korea, everywhere.”

(Giuliano da Empoli)

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November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers.

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SMILE - JOKER (2019) Trailer Music Cover | Full Orchestral Cover
YouTube video by Roland Mair-Gruber - Composer
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November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"75% of Tesla shareholders approved a $1 TRILLION pay package for Elon Musk.

$1,000,000,000,000.

Tesla only made $7.13 billion in net income in 2024.

This is so stupid it defies basic math and reality itself"

(Ben Norton)

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November 10, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh look...

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November 10, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"A bad beginning makes a bad ending."

(Euripides)

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November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) has decided to move to the next phase of the digital euro project."

(marketsmedia.com)

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November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Oh look, it's that awkward part of collapse where the writing's on the wall and homo colossus is still pretending to be dyslexic.

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November 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
"By Monday morning, New Delhi’s air quality index stood at 344, a level considered “severe” and dangerous to breathe, according to the World Health Organization’s recommended exposure limits."

(Mongabay)

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November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Oh look...

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November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Oh look...

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November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"The top 10 US stocks now have a combined market cap of $24.5 TRILLION.

This is 5 TIMES more than the total value of stocks in Europe’s broad Euro Stoxx 50 index."

(The Kobeissi Letter)

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November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"The three-year running mean for the global surface temperature anomaly now exceeds 1.50°C over the pre-industrial baseline, as of November 8, 2025."

(Prof Eliot Jacobson)

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November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Oh look, a third outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in a commercial turkey farm in Co Monaghan in Ireland this week.

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November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers.

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by CCRVEVO
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November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Shell has ditched plans to build two wind farms offshore Scotland, days after announcing it is withdrawing from the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project in the United States."

(oilprice.com)

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November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Oh look, gold is currently trading for $4,120.80 an ounce.

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November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"The median value of US consumers' stock market investments has surpassed $300,000 for the first time in history."

(The Kobeissi Letter)

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November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Oh look, gold is currently trading at $4,083.70 an ounce.

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November 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Further into December, keep an eye on the polar vortex.”

(Dan Hart, a meteorologist at OpenWeather Ltd.)

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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"Cautious optimism greets new global forest fund at COP30"

(mongabay.com)

#lolz
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November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A gentle reminder: Awareness is our penance and acceptance our salvation.

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November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM