Chronicles of Collapse
chronicled-descent.bsky.social
Chronicles of Collapse
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A reaction to hopium; stark flags in the ground to show all who can see that everything is ending all around us.
Thanks Meg. Individuals can make some meaningful changes, but they're a tiny blip on the map compared to what major industries like hers need to do to reduce GHG emissions. #collapse

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’
Meg O’Neill tells energy industry conference that individual consumers’ role in driving emissions is ‘missing’ in conversations about fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
China is cutting its emissions, but not India - and of course the United States is back to worshiping coal and methane gas. We will reach the 2.7 C mark much faster than 2100. #collapse

theconversation.com/earth-is-hea...
Earth is heading for 2.7°C warming this century. We may avoid the worst climate scenarios – but the outlook is still dire
The world seems to have avoided truly catastrophic climate scenarios, and global emissions may be about to peak. But we’re by no means out of danger
theconversation.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
This is the kind of sickness you find only in America. It's not enough to destroy millions of lives through our "healthcare" system. No, we need to extend that abomination to our pets so that they're "protected."

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May 27, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A "new level of alarm" and the same static level of inaction from your typical lemming-brained American.
Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ
May 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"I'll take Things That Will Never Happen in America for $1 Alex."
-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and
with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.
May 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We actually live in the 15th century.

But a few locals resent what they consider the elitist scientists at the facility, which has employed about 500 people in recent years. Or they fear the contagious pathogens studied there could escape the labs' well-protected walls.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...
A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
www.npr.org
May 26, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I always want the NYT to revisit these articles to see the fate of the couple, as roughly one in three will end up divorced.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/s...
Their Friend Rigged the Gala Seating Chart. It Worked.
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Others welcome the shift."
Remember that someone had to actually build Big Brother. #collapse

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/b...
At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"From June 2024 to February 2025, the United States suffered its worst commercial honeybee crash on record. An estimated 62 percent of commercial colonies perished..."

www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The Trump Administration Is Tempting a Honeybee Disaster
Bees are dying. Federal funding cuts aren’t helping.
www.theatlantic.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM