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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JA17MVP:
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This is collapse related because at least 23 people were killed, dozens injured and four missing after powerful storms and at least one tornado pummeled Mississippi on Friday night, ripping roofs off homes, nearly leveling some neighborhoods and knocking out power for thousands, officials said Saturday morning.
In ravaged Rolling Fork, the tornado damaged homes and buildings, gutted trees and tore down power lines in the area, Showah told CNN. The tornado was moving at 50 mph when it was located over the town just after 8 p.m. CT, the National Weather Service said.
There have been at least 11 tornado reports across Mississippi and Alabama over the last 24 hours, according to the Storm Prediction Center. These reports include the storm that impacted Rolling Fork, Silver City and Winona in Mississippi.
The storms knocked out power for more than 83,000 homes and businesses across Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee as of 8:50 a.m. ET, with more than 47,000 outages reported in Tennessee alone, according to tracking site PowerOutage.us.
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**OP:** Portalrules123
**Date:** 2023-03-25 16:42:41
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/typhoon90:
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Submission Satement: SS: Protests break out across France as Macron raises the retirement age and requires everyone to pay more into retirement funds. Police respond to protests with force brutalizing elderly and women. French society and social structure appears to breakdown.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/typhoon90:
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SS: Protests break out across france as Macron raises the retirement age and requires everyone to may more into retirement funds. Police respond to protects in force.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JustAnotherUser8432:
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SUBMISSION POST
“Xcel Energy started shutting down its Monticello nuclear power plant Friday after the company's repair of a leaking pipe did not fully do the job — causing more radioactive water to seep into ground.
Xcel officials said they plan to do a full analysis of why the pipe sprang a leak once the utility completes the shutdown, which will take a couple of days.
Groundwater well testing at the plant Wednesday indicated that a tritium leak into ground water, first reported last week, had restarted, said Christopher Clark, Xcel's Minnesota president, told reporters Friday at the Monticello Community Center.
The new leak was in the "hundreds of gallons," according to Xcel, while the initial leak was about 400,000 gallons. Tritium is a moderately radioactive form of hydrogen created in nuclear power production.”
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/AstraArdens:
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SS: after news about the % of enrichment detected in Iran, things seems to be spicing up. Just a couple of weeks ago agencies said that they were 2-3 weeks away from weapon grade uranium.
It's still unclear how far Iran wants to get involved into a conflict against U.S., and possibly Israel, but the situation appears to be tense.
Edit: so the bot is asking why, a possible new conflict in middle east between nuclear capable forces, is related to collapse. Let just say that it would be devastating for environment, society, culture and economy, all at once. Hope I don't have to explain why.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/10pBjjKing:
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Join renowned researcher and author Michael Tellinger as he takes us on a fascinating journey of discovery to unearthing the oldest secret in history. In this captivating lecture, Tellinger draws upon his extensive research and knowledge of ancient civilizations to reveal clues that shed light on this centuries-old mystery. He discusses the latest findings in archaeology, anthropology, and genetics, and shows how they all connect to uncover the secrets of our ancient ancestors which Nikola Tesla had already unearthed.
Did they hold the secrets to universal free energy?
Through engaging storytelling and insightful analysis, Tellinger offers a fresh perspective on the history of humanity and the origins of civilization. He explores the role of ancient artifacts, sacred sites, and ancient texts in unraveling the mysteries of our past. He also examines the evidence for advanced technologies and lost knowledge that may have been utilized by our ancestors.
If you're intrigued by the mysteries of the past and want to learn more about the oldest secret in history, don't miss this thought-provoking lecture by Michael Tellinger. Gain a new understanding of the ancient world and the forces that shaped our civilization.
View his full lecture here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZLv2WT84CI&t=8947s
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Troyanerix:
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SS: Collapse related due to the fact that the bird population proved not to be resilient to the threat of the big hairless monkeys that destroy the ecosystems that they depend upon.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Present-Industry4012:
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If you can't even get a lefty State like Oregon to take climate change seriously, it's over.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/HappyAnimalCracker:
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Submission statement: This post is collapse related because it shows how one aspect of collapse causes cascading failures in other areas.
“Scientists have found that climate change may lead to an increase in so-called flesh-eating bacteria in the waters along the East Coast of the U.S.
The bacteria Vibrio vulnificus is usually found in warm waters with low salinity, or salt content. While the bacteria is common in subtropical regions, there has been an increase of infections from Vibrio in more northern locations, such as the Delaware Bay.
This is likely due to warming coastal waters, according to the study published in the Scientific Reports journal. An increase in temperature affects the salinity of the water, which the bacteria favors.”
Edit: There were several flairs that could apply to this post. It was hard to know which to choose.
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**OP:** Amazon8442
**Date:** 2023-03-24 02:15:50
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**OP:** Amazon8442
**Date:** 2023-03-23 23:05:23
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**OP:** Amazon8442
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/thunderbundtcake:
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Submission Statement: This Atlantic article tackles the issue of "overpopulation," ultimately arguing that the concept of overpopulation is inherently wrong because of its affiliation with eugenics, genocidal social policies toward the poor, and misogyny.
While they authors aren't wrong from a historical perspective, what struck me about the article was its absolute insistence that population shouldn't be up for discussion, full stop. It mixes up population growth via birth and immigration to help makes its moral case against population discussions, and ends with a firm pronouncement that the *real* problem is a population decline, anyway.
The authors call out the Limits to Growth and a number of other articles/sources that are popular on this subreddit. They don't directly acknowledge carrying capacity or fossil fuel dependence.
This relates to collapse because if we can't agree on how human population affects total biodiversity, well, we might be in trouble. I mean, we already are, but y'know.
Also quick PSA: fascism is bad. Genocide is bad. We can talk about population without taking it to the extreme, please & thank you.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/MrRoboto12345:
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Submission Statement: The leaders of China and Russia calling each other "dear friends" as they speak of the recent war in Ukraine, Xi Jinping praising Putin's "strong leadership." "China's domination of Russia is complete," Sam Greene, a Russia specialist states. Xi Jinping wants to challenge Western values on international concerns, with both parties agreeing on their opposition to the U.S.-led world order. The two countries say they "oppose the hypocritical narrative of the so-called 'democracy against authoritarianism.' " in their so-called peace proposal.
In their departure, Xi told Putin, "Right now there are changes the likes of which we haven't seen for 100 years, and we are the ones driving these changes together."
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Fit_Winter_7688:
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A growing sense of inequality is undermining trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism, according to a long-running global survey.
The 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer – now in its 23th year – has found many people no longer believe working hard will give them a better life.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/RadioMelon:
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Summary:
NOTE - THIS ARTICLE IS FROM 2018 - BUT IT IS EXTREMELY RELEVANT RIGHT NOW
There were at least two news agencies who reported on what Scientist James Anderson had to say about climate change. The first has been lost to time, but I was lucky to find out that Forbes has reported on the same thing several years ago.
Unfortunately the news is "too little, too late". We only had about 5 years since 2018 to begin to reverse the apocalyptic damage that climate change was going to cause to our world. According to Anderson, "The ocean was running almost 10ºC warmer all the way to the bottom than it is today," referring to the alarming trend of the ocean water warming so quickly.
Though it's believed that his prediction of "The chance that there will be any permanent ice left in the Arctic after 2022 is essentially zero," was a bit premature-- there is no denying that the sea ice is vanishing more quickly than it can be replenished.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/tokinaznjew:
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Millions of fish is a snapshot of what's to come. We've gone down the road of pursuit of profit without regard for the planet we live and depend on to survive. Earth is a planet, but its also a life source. And, we've gone a long way to killing it. Expect more, folks. Sadly.
Fuck, it's depressing.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Charlotte_D_Katakuri:
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This is a recent report from the UN, saying that 1.7-2.4 billion urban residents could face water shortages due to drought in 2050, up from 0.93 billion in 2016. The primary source is here: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/03/1134862
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/mage_in_training:
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SS: Sort of rare, a tornado, or something very much like it, touched down in Montebello, CA, near Los Angels. As a resident of Southern California all my life, I've never heard of one actually doing damage.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/burntbabylon:
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The corporate art style, as it's been colloquially labeled, has become much maligned recently. It's characterized by amorphous, multi-colored people whose bodies are in motion, always smiling, and usually seen using technology.
What just seemed to be ugly at first, also has a latent ideological meaning. In fact, the latent ideological meaning is its biggest characteristic, explaining its ubiquity. Because the "corporate art style", actually, has metastasized beyond large corporations, to become the dominant art style of every mass organization in the Western world and beyond. Churches, political organizations, schools, government offices, etc.
Its meaning? Ideological conformity to the project of global technological progress no matter where you from, what sex, or sexual orientation.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/HorrorCharacter5127:
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The loudest voice calling for dramatic Big Tech break up in the upcoming 2024 presidential election might not come from President Joe Biden or progressive lefties, but rather, from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The conservative governor and probable presidential candidate revealed his views at a private event caught on video, where he said dominant tech firms like Google and Meta are “ruining our country” and should be broken up. In his view, Big Tech behemoths are worse for society than Standard Oil and other monopolistic industry titans from the Gilded Age, he said.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Toni253:
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Submission statement:
This article may not seem immediately collapse-related, and, in fact, for the most part it "just" examines the lies and propaganda behind those that started the Iraq invasion and used it to further enrich themselves. However, it's apparent that conflicts and wars such as this one are a symptom of a collapsing empire (namely, the American one).
The article is related to collapse because it highlights how ruling classes create artificial enemies and spread propaganda to prolong and solidify their rule and maintain the current system. As time progresses and other causes of collapse increasingly take effect, we can expect many more such conflicts. I think it's useful to study historic examples and, as members of the working class, learn from it. Next time, they could draft people (as is happening right now in Russia & Ukraine).
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Thegardener1989:
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Brief video on the degradation of recent electronics. It raises a question about our reliance on the technology. If computers built two decade ago are already falling apart, how does a solarpunk utopia plan on existing in the long run? How safe and secure is a civilization built with technology that can even outlive it's users? (Yes I know old Apple products aren't the basis of mainframes and networks etc) But still, just food for thought.
(This relates to Collapse because much of the solutions proposed to avoid/mitigate systemic collapse are heavily based in electronics. But the longevity of those electronics should be evaluated and taken into consideration for long term solutions.)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/ServantToLogi:
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Submission Statement: This is collapse because an El Niño Southern-Oscillation causes stored heat and green house gasses to be released from the ocean into the atmosphere. The last recent strong ENSO was 25 years ago. That seems to be the longest stretch of time without a strong ENSO in 75 years, so it seems we're extra due for one. The current La Niña, the cooling phase of our planet's cycle, is about to end and despite having been in La Niña, the last eight years have been the hottest on record.
What's next? a strong ENSO? What does that mean? Well, for starters, the temperature is going up. We get: Hotter Years. More Drought. More Crop Failure. More Tipping Points crossed. Faster Collapse of vital ecosystems and biodiversity. A Blue ocean event. Maybe extinction?
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**OP:** freshparsleyS
**Date:** 2023-03-22 03:59:57
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Cullen_Andamnson:
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EDIT, SUBMISSION STATEMENT: Eight dolphins wind up dead on a beach. Many had to be euthanized because of how bad shape they were in. I read an article yesterday talking about how two dolphins in the UK that died tested positive for…yep…H5N1. Necropsies are being performed on these eight dolphins tonight, and I think we all know where this goes. This is collapse related in so many ways as it pertains to the spread of a potentially society crumbling disease. “This is the first time since they can remember that they’ve had a mass stranding of dolphins this large” the article states. Similar to what so many scientists are saying as these bird flu positives come back. The cherry on top of this shit sundae? The narrative is getting quickly peddled that it has to do with offshore wind farming/seismic mapping for wind farms causing this. It’s a blatant lie we really shouldn’t let them get ahead of.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Cullen_Andamnson:
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I have a feeling this is going to go a little something like:
1. Marine animals will continue to wash ashore dead/dying
2. The conspiracy nuts will cry out that it’s wind farms killing our species
3. Govs will become increasingly more public and vocal about it being bird flu and tell people to prepare
4. “Fake news! Government control of the masses! The first pandemic didn’t work so they’re trying it again!”
5. BIRD FLU IS HERE and it’s seriously no more fucking around everyone get inside and fucking stay there, we will have a vaccine developed shortly but we need full citizens cooperation to have a chance of pulling through here
6. Do I even need to say this step? “No way you’re giving me another vaccine! I know my rights! I’m gonna do a lockdown protest! This is to distract you from the wind farms being the real killer and also to get you another vaccine!”
7. Oh lord, 7. It’s so sad and scary. I could sit here and try to speculate what that world looks like but I’m not a scientist or disease expert. And I wouldn’t wanna be. Truly unmitigated havoc. There is no way we’re going to convince the masses to do the right thing.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/PrepperandBlondie:
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I was concerned people could get overwhelmed by all the scary stuff coming our way. I wrote this blog to suggest how to prepare, let it go, and live your life. Most of us survived Covid, which was an extraordinary event, and hopefully, most of us will survive what is coming.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Hallowmew:
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This post displays five images of areas that have been converted from forest lands to agricultural lands. The post questions why animal populations are declining globally and indicates that human overpopulation and agriculture are among the major factors. The post is relevant to collapse because it demonstrates how humans are eliminating natural habitats and biodiversity for their own food and resources. The post also warns that this trend is unsustainable and will cause ecological collapse sooner or later.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Hallowmew:
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This post shows six images of areas that were once forest lands. The post raises the question of why animal populations are declining worldwide and suggests that human overpopulation and agriculture are the main causes. The post is collapse-related because it illustrates how humans are destroying natural habitats and biodiversity for their own consumption and survival. The post relates to collapse because it shows how humans are degrading natural habitats and biodiversity for their own needs and wants also this post implies that this trend is unsustainable and will lead to ecological collapse in the future.
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**OP:** dwadwda
**Date:** 2023-03-21 04:20:21
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/adamthekiwi99:
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Recently, there have been rapid advances in artificial intelligence due to a type of deep learning model called a transformer. Recently, it has been shown that Theory of Mind, long term planning, and power seeking behavior emerge out of these models when trained on a large enough dataset (of quality data, of course) and with a sufficient number of parameters. It is doubtful that these advances will slow. There is a new research paper every five minutes on AI, and that is expected to double within the month.
Capitalists will undoubtedly use these models to automate oppression. These models are extremely good at generating propaganda favorable to autocratic regimes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer_%28machine_learning_model%29?wprov=sfla1
https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08774
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“At the same time, even relatively modest increases in global temperature are now expected to be more disruptive than previously thought, the report concludes.
At current levels of warming, for instance, food production is starting to come under strain. The world is still producing more food each year, thanks to improvements in farming and crop technology, but climate change has slowed the rate of growth, the report says. It’s an ominous trend that puts food security at risk as the world’s population soars past eight billion people.
Today, the world is seeing record-shattering storms in California and catastrophic drought in places like East Africa. But by the 2030s, as temperatures rise, climate hazards are expected to increase all over the globe as different countries face more crippling heat waves, worsening coastal flooding and crop failures, the report says. At the same time, mosquitoes carrying diseases like malaria and dengue will spread into new areas, it adds.”
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This would normally get removed as image only posts are for Friday only, but please consider this the place to discuss the latest IPCC report as the [OP has provided here](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11wkhsq/ipcc_ar6_report/jcyczkc/).
The following submission statement was provided by /u/DooooYouuuRealize:
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This is from the new IPCC report that came out today, page 18.
[https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC\_AR6\_SYR\_SPM.pdf](https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM.pdf)
This graph shows our temperature estimates based on very low to very high emissions. What stunned me was in all scenarios (except low and very low which we will not be doing) we hit +2C at or before 2050. FUCK.
This is collapse related because last time I checked when it gets really hot we all fucking die.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/NorthStateGames:
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This is related to collapse because the world has not met previous climate change pledges writ-large. As knock on cascading effects continue to mount, climate change effects will contribute to extreme weather, biodiversity collapse, food shortages, famine, water wars, and flight to safer/cooler climates.
Scientists have warned that the 2030s are likely to begin to bring the true start of the cascading events unless we can immediately about-face.
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**OP:** NorthStateGames
**Date:** 2023-03-20 16:14:11
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Warstorm1993:
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SS: This song is from "Les Cowboys Fringants", A Quebec music group that was pretty active during that decade. It talk about the autodestruction of the human civilisation because of greed and climate change. I know the translation from french to english sadly doesn't work for all verse, but this song still ring very true to this day.
I was looking at the new climate report and it make me think about this music so I think it's related to collapse. It explain in a more artistic way the worse case scenario for us if our modern civilisation result in the 6th mass extinction event and our species don't survive it.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/CrassDemon:
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>it's hard to say, but the awesome capabilities of this software could certainly be of use to an authoritarian regime, or a phishing operation, or a spammer, or any number of other dodgy individuals.
>The genie is out of the bottle, and it seems it's already incredibly easy to replicate and re-train. Hold onto your hats.
This technology could be the collapse of online discourse as we know it, or business, or politics. The world being connected as it is and now not knowing if you're talking to a person or a bot programed by a shady group. Anyone can have access to this for less money than most people make in a week.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/yourpainisatribute:
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SS: I thought this was relevant because he was right. I think we are becoming exactly this and it’s tragic. Sagan was a beacon of light that I wish people had listened to. He saw the science decades before it became common dialog.
Collapse feels unavoidable now and I feel that everyday that passes it becomes more and more unavoidable.
What do we do?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/RationalMean:
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All the images in the video were created and processed using Artificial Intelligence from various sources.
The main character in the video, whose name is ARITHMO, was extracted from a FRACTAL image that resulted from using root-approximation arithmetical algorithms based on the Rational Mean, the Fifth Arithmetical Operation, the missing link in math.
The original image was from another character called ARITHMA from another video in my youtube channel, such an image was processed using artificial intelligence, and the result was ARITHMO.
used PYTHON and many software packages to record a few phrases with my real voice and process them using Artificial Intelligence; my voice was almost cloned with a GB English accent. Later I used some FL-Studio and Audacity effects and tools. Of course, that’s not my voice, but I can recognize various similarities, so I have no doubts it was an AI great job.
The Manifesto that emerges during the video, the outcome and conclusions, the New Social Philosophy, I mean, the unique and final solution brought by ARITHMO to find a successful path for humankind was the combination of copyrighted material from mine and some suggestions given by AI based on the stuff shown in the videos shown in my Youtube channel
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/koala_gamr:
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT: This is indicative of societal collapse because people who aren't free are making "Live Free or Die" license plates for next to nothing. This irony isn't being acknowledged, and we allow what is basically slavery to continue to exist. Not even to mention the numerous problems with the USA's justice system, slavery is just bad, even for convicted criminals
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/tkonicz:
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Inspired by the crisis theory of value critique, the article argues that China will not be able to inherit the position of the hegemon of the capitalist World System from the US. Chinese State capitalism is part of the global capitalist system, it is not an alternative, and thus it faces the same systemic economic and ecologic crisis. And it is this deep structural crisis of capitalism, that pushes the main capitalist powers on the trajectory towards a great global war, that threatens the mere survival of civilization itself.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Imaginary_Cow_6379:
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Submission statement: happy weekend! Did you have enough things to worry about already? Heres why AI could be the newest thing to create future problems!
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Grey___Goo_MH:
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Submission statement: prions continue spreading a while back it was shown that mice can pickup and transport prions now we have plants bioaccumulating prions from the soil at a certain point the spread will become exponential and humanity will still ignore it. https://www.cdc.gov/prions/cwd/index.html
Acceleration of CWD will continue and it’s only a matter of time till it’s in cities the fox and rat population comes to mind
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**OP:** Sirdinks
**Date:** 2023-03-19 14:15:03
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Burlapin:
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Submission statement: it was interesting to see the comments on this post. The permaculture community and gardening people in general are very supportive and helpful usually, and this is the first time I've seen the scope of the longer view challenge being brought to bear without much beating around the bush in the comments.
Some places will be underwater before the payoff from any long-term agricultural improvement can come to fruition, and people are starting to realize this.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/bpalmerau:
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Is the US really this hamstrung by its own Supreme Court process? Is there any reason why the process should work this way? How long would it take to change? Ain’t nobody got time for that.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/InternetPeon:
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT: Related to collapse because….
A large number of banks fear bank runs and aren’t in a position to cover all deposits in a scenario that mimics the 1929 crash and bank runs. (although FDIC covers deposits up to 250k) so will be a bank run by corporations to protect their assets and diversify their holdings across multiple entities to ensure the are insured vs small account holders.
Still the damage and destruction could easily wipe out people’s jobs en masse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/andrew_the_fox:
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As collapse continues to accelerate one can only imagine we can expect to bear witness to more gut wrenching fauna and flora die-offs.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/dudeguy_79:
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"Worsening conditions will ultimately deprive these ideologies of their cultural appeal; how bad things have to get before this happens, is the terrifying question."
Exogenous Moral Orientation will hasten economic collapse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/SettingGreen:
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Trump has gone on his website to claim that he has information leaked by the southern district of New York that he’s going to be arrested on Tuesday, and he’s calling for protests preemptively.
How is this collapse related? The former president of the United States is about to be arrested, and he’s calling for his base to protest. The same base responsible for the storming of the Capitol on January 6th. This could be a part/result of the slow collapse of the United States and potentially another nail in the coffin of its democracy
So, Monday, we have the potential collapse of the financial market at worst and collapse of a few smaller banks and a stock dive at best. Then on Tuesday, 45 is getting arrested.
It’s friggin collapse March Madness baby, get your Bingo cards out and let’s get the ball rollllllin
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/MechanicalDanimal:
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How this is collapse-related:
Donald Trump has many supporters who may feel this is a way to keep him from running for office in 2024 and further inflame their passions for violence that were previously unleashed on January 6th, 2021. Even though he is currently out of office he continues holding political influence among Republicans especially in the lower house of US congress which could have consequences for government functioning over the next 2 years until we hold another election. As we've seen in previous weeks the US government has structural relationships with the world banking system, the war in Ukraine, etc. and a total US government failure would have ramifications globally.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/LeaveNoRace:
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Interesting film. It’s something I think about, what would I do if I thought the “end is nye”. All I can say is must watch carefully till the end.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Monsur_Ausuhnom:
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Submission Statement,
Pertains to collapse because it happens to show the continuing escalation that is occurring in France. This photo was supposedly taken last week during protests and Macron continues to make out of touch with reality decisions. Where it gets more interesting is the parental advisory label that someone put on the picture. Now the question becomes what type of musical genre here.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/uslvdslv:
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Top Chart: Over the past +50 years, the inversions of the 50 day SMA of the 10 year treasury rates minus the 50 day SMA of the 3 month treasury rates have all preceded the start of a U.S. recession (there have been no false indicators or exceptions to this rule). The 8 recessions that occurred over the last half a century have started within an average of 12.18 months from the first day that their 50 day SMA inversions began).
Bottom Chart: Probability distribution showing the positions of the last 8 recessions (over a +50 yr. period) superimposed on the curve with each recession's position based on the time from the first day of their respective (10 Yr. minus 3 Mo.) 50 day SMA inversions to the first day of the start of their corresponding recessions. Normal distibution used as best fit with a mean of 12.18 months and a standard deviation of 4.61 months. The current position on the probability curve is denoted by the sliding red vertical arrow starting from time zero (1st day of the latest 50 day SMA inversion) and moving rightwards as time proceeds. Prediction of a 57% probability that a recession will have started on or before late December 2023 and a greater than 95% probability that a recession will have started on or before late July 2024.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/capybaramelhor:
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This article describes how plastics are mixing with sediment and fishing nets to form these “plastic rocks.” From the article-
“TRINDADE ISLAND, Brazil, March 15 (Reuters) - The geology of Brazil's volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this remote turtle refuge is sparking alarm.
Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans' growing influence over the earth's geological cycles.”
I feel ignorant but I didn’t really know the extent to which the fishing industry is harmful to the earth. I am aware of overfishing but did not realize how bad it has gotten. The fact that there are new rocks combined of random plastics on remote islands is a very worrying sign. I wonder how many geologic and environmental impacts there are related to this that we do not know about yet.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Rich_Midnight2346:
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This is releated to colapse becouse shows how the spiral of violence in the Middle East is winding up. The Israeli military conducts almost weekly raids on Palestinian settlements, killing civilians to intimidate both civilian and armed libertarian organizations. Quasi-Fascist Israel, run by a handful of generals, is responsible for the killing of 14 Palestinian children and nearly 100 civilians in total in the three months of this year, in the same year, Joe Biden supports them in displacement and genocide. AMERICAN POLITICIANS ARE FIGHTING FOR SUCH FREEDOM.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/firechaser9983:
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Literally i see these idiots cheering the end of jobs . Job loss has never been good for us workers. Currently the usa can feed house and take care of everyone medically but choses not to . These are not technological issues but cultural. Those in power wont magically become good nice people just because they automated your job away. If they were we would actually have actual social safety nets. Instead the unemployed will be told to eat shit and fucking die . No one will help us . And fuck any techno optimist we do not need to hear your false sophomoric idiocy that ignores reality. Must be nice to live a sheltered life.
Ignoring the systemic collapse with false hope is dangerous . Living in a delusion hurts not only themselves but others around them
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Jeep-Eep:
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Submission statement: the current onslaught of false information is liable to worsen beyond repair as AI models improve. Unless effective, reliable detection systems for this can be created and implemented and curbs on AI performance deployed and quickly, this will rapidly become an existential threat to world society, as sophisticated disinfo operations become within the reach of anyone who can afford previous gen flagship GPUs. This becomes especially pertinent as we approach the 2024 election and improvement shows no sign of slowing down, and may well bring this technology to very dangerous maturity at critical points in that contest, to fairly obvious risks.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DooooYouuuRealize:
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From the article:
Poland on Thursday pledged it would send four MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the first NATO member to do so, in a significant move in Kyiv’s battle to resist Russia’s onslaught.
President Andrzej Duda said the planes – from about a dozen that it had inherited from the former German Democratic Republic – would be handed over in the coming days after being serviced.
“When it comes to the MiG-29 aircraft, which are still operating in the defense of Polish airspace, a decision has been taken at the highest levels, we can say confidently that we are sending MiGs to Ukraine,” Duda said.
Warsaw has taken a lead among NATO allies in supplying Kyiv with heavy weapons. The announcement that Poland will send the Soviet-designed planes marks a break from the alliance, and could put pressure on other member states to do the same. Other NATO nations have been reluctant to move far beyond a decision earlier this year to send tanks to Kyiv, and the US insisted Thursday that Poland’s move would not force Washington’s hand.
Speaking at a news conference in Warsaw with his new Czech counterpart Petr Pavel, the Polish president expressed the two countries’ joint backing for Kyiv.
“The Czech Republic and Poland are countries that are in the absolute vanguard when it comes to supporting Ukraine, both at humanitarian and military levels,” President Duda said.
**...The biggest question will be if it puts pressure on the United Kingdom and the United States, which will then do the same for Germany. Ultimately, creating this pressure on other allies was probably Poland’s intention.**
While this is happening - China is shipping body armor and rifles to Russia:
[https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/16/chinese-rifles-body-armor-russia-ukraine-00087398](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/16/chinese-rifles-body-armor-russia-ukraine-00087398)
This is collapse related because the war is escalating and drawing more parties on both sides into it.
It's almost like history is repeating itself right now. Banks are collapsing and being bailed out, inflation is getting out of control (globally) and we are heading towards hyper inflation or letting the banks fail. Could we be walking into another great recession / depression followed by world war?
Compounding to these problems is climate change which we did not have to deal with in prior crisis times. I fear WW3 is coming and faster than expected.
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Megathread: American banking collapsePlease use this thread for all recent banking issues, including beyond America (such as Credit Suisse). This megathread covers the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the fallout
Resident u/LastWeekInCollapse's summary from [this week's post](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11pcnzj/last_week_in_collapse_march_511_2023/):
>The ongoing Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (the 16th largest bank in the U.S., with $212B in assets) is alarming investors and start-ups. It is the second-largest financial institution to Collapse in American history—and Elon Musk has now expressed interest in buying it. 97% of SVB bank accounts have/had more than $250,000 in them, and the FDIC, which has received the bank, only insures individual accounts up to $250,000. So a lot of investors are going to lose a lot of money; this economic bomb may also destroy a number of established and growing tech companies. But don’t worry, the bankers got paid bonuses hours before the FDIC took over.
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Week of March 13: Notably, Credit Suisse, and others:
>The Bank of England was holding emergency talks with international counterparts last night amid rising alarm at a potential financial disaster at [one of Europe’s biggest banks](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/14/credit-suisse-warns-material-weakness-financial-controls/).
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> Shares in the Swiss lender plunged more than 30% at one point on Wednesday
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>funding cap comments spooked investors, who feared it could limit emergency cash from investors in the Middle East.
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>That compounded panic about potential weaknesses across a global banking sector still reeling from SVB’s collapse
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Friday, March 10: Silicon Valley Bank:
>A bank run dealt a lethal blow to Silicon Valley Bank Friday, forcing its failure after the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates
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>Regulators rushed Friday to seize the assets of one of Silicon Valley’s top banks, marking the largest failure of a U.S. financial institution since the height of the financial crisis almost 15 years ago.
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>Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th-largest bank, failed after depositors hurried to withdraw money this week amid anxiety over the bank’s health. It was the second biggest bank failure in U.S. history after the collapse of [Washington Mutual](https://apnews.com/article/08aeb5a6c9d542ccb6d6154d4fa1e3a6) in 2008.
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>As part of the seizure, California bank regulators and the FDIC transferred the bank’s assets to a newly created institution — the Deposit Insurance Bank of Santa Clara. The new bank will start paying out insured deposits on Monday. Then the FDIC and California regulators plan to sell off the rest of the assets to make other depositors whole.
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>There was unease in the banking sector all week, with shares tumbling by double digits. Then news of Silicon Valley Bank’s distress pushed shares of almost all financial institutions even lower Friday.
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>The failure arrived with incredible speed. Some industry analysts suggested Friday that the bank was still a good company and a wise investment. Meanwhile, Silicon Valley Bank executives were trying to raise capital and find additional investors. However, trading in the bank’s shares was halted before stock market’s opening bell due to extreme volatility.
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Sources:
* [https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-markets-banks-wrapup-1-2023-03-10/](https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/global-markets-banks-wrapup-1-2023-03-10/)
* [https://apnews.com/article/svb-fed-bonds-rates-banks-inflation-a24b28b3caeede91c76cd120aa9b7966](https://apnews.com/article/svb-fed-bonds-rates-banks-inflation-a24b28b3caeede91c76cd120aa9b7966)
* [https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/03/11/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-heres-how-and-why-it-happened](https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/03/11/silicon-valley-bank-collapse-heres-how-and-why-it-happened)
* [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/15/bank-england-emergency-talks-crisis-deepens-credit-suisse/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/15/bank-england-emergency-talks-crisis-deepens-credit-suisse/)
* [https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/15/credit-suisse-what-is-happening-at-swiss-bank-and-should-we-be-worried](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/15/credit-suisse-what-is-happening-at-swiss-bank-and-should-we-be-worried)
r/collapse posts covering it (please discuss here):
* [Silicon Valley Bank is Shut Down in Biggest Bank Failure since Global Financial Crisis - 18th Largest in US Behind American Express at 17th, Larger than Fifth Third Bank at 19th](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11nygfl/silicon_valley_bank_is_shut_down_in_biggest_bank/)
* [Wall Street's 4 top banks just had $55 billion wiped off their market value in a single day](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11omm0j/wall_streets_4_top_banks_just_had_55_billion/)
* [Etsy warns sellers of payments delays due to Silicon Valley Bank collapse](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11osepf/etsy_warns_sellers_of_payments_delays_due_to/)
* [‘We can’t make payroll’: scores of London tech firms in cash crisis amid Silicon Valley Bank collapse](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11os8dq/we_cant_make_payroll_scores_of_london_tech_firms/)
* [This is only the beginning (casual friday)](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11o5ofb/this_is_only_the_beginning/)
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> ’’’We talk so much about the Anthropocene, and this is it," Santos said, referring to a proposed geological epoch defined by humans' impact on the planet's geology and ecosystems.
"The pollution, the garbage in the sea and the plastic dumped incorrectly in the oceans is becoming geological material ... preserved in the earth's geological records."’’’
Fishing nets are melting and fusing to rocks and sand at a remote tortoise sanctuary island.
Thousands of years from now, scientists will be able to date our current timeline by the layers of plastics and micro plastics—I think of this often while I’m out metal detecting.
This is why I call our era the “Plasticene”.
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We have completely accepted that this and all generations after will never be able to own property, exposing them to ongoing uncertainty of living costs, especially in countries with little renters protection like the UK (picture from London).
The intergenerational wealth gap is insane. A system was put in place allowing people/voters at that point in time to concentrate resources completely unsustainably at the expense of the next generations.
Now, politicians can barely change it as the older generations rely on that wealth to find their life style and protect it by voting accordingly.
Very few are able to accumulate wealth themselves now unless they inherit it or throw their life away in investment banking.
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This heralds collapse because it heralds World War 3. The two superpowers are locked in a cycle of escalation with no way out, becoming more and more antagonistic. Even if there isn't war, the world's economy becoming divided because of a conflict between two powerful leviathans is bad news for the average human: it means goods will become more expensive, less available, and overall wealth will go down as co-operation does.
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One of our greatest downfalls is our individualism, to our collective detriment. Our current economic system allows a few to wildly profit off others, and more importantly, the Earth and its resources. We can see the boat sinking, from climate change, inequality, and the effects on ecology, but most continue BAU in attempt to be the few who stay above the water for a few more seconds than others.
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“The Association of Health Service Doctors warns that the numbers of deaths and cases are likely to be much higher than official statistics. Local media reports put the death toll at more than 100 children. The state’s healthcare system is struggling to cope. Some hospitals have said their paediatric wards are full, and there are reports of children having to share hospital beds.”
I had not heard of this, so thank you for letting me know it is in the US and known.
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Florida is about to sign a bill into law banning all forms of non- white, cis, hetero, and male- programs designed to empower socially downtrodden groups as well as erase Greek Life and limit education. This is what happens when we close our eyes and hope it gets better. It won't. Our education system is collapsing.
This is scary as hell.
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SS: The European financial system explodes with risk as Credit Suisse now could face a default. Just days after SVB, Silvergate and Signature Bank threw the US financial system into a tailspin, one of Europe's main money centre banks is now risking a default which could trigger a global financial crisis not seen since the Great Recession. This will be the one to watch going forward. Collapse related because the world banking system faces collapse.
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Read this article and you will understand why all banks are going to collapse.
The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States and is responsible for overseeing the country’s monetary policy. It sets the reserve requirement for banks with more than $124.2 million in deposits, which is currently at 10%. This means that for every $100 deposited, banks are required to keep $10 in reserves and can lend out the remaining $90.
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Credit Suisse and infact all the EU banks never recovered from the great financial crisis. This can be clearly seen when share prices are compared to similar US institutions.
The ECB is raising rates trying to control record high EU wide inflation. Changing course to try and save the financial sector could allow inflation to spiral further out of control.
This is a classic rock and hard place scenario and Euro collapse cannot be ruled out.
If a major EU collapse were to occur, the US system would also then be in danger, risking a spiral into a massive 1st world financial crisis.
I would like to also add the timing of the Saudi's pulling support is interesting being that the Chinese just brokered a massive deal between the Saudis and Iranians. Is it possible coordinated moves are finally being made against the West?
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this is a recollection of a conversation i had with a friend of mine who came over & sat six feet away (because yeah, the pandemic's still on, y'all). i edited it a little bit for brevity, but in the original conversation, when i mentioned u/emsenn0, i actually told this other friend of mine that most of what i know now about anarchy comes from emsenn & from others through emsenn. i tell you all the same. credit where credit is due.
this thread of mine on Twitter is collapse-related because it details a conversation i had with a friend about collapse, capitalism, and anarchy, and i attempted to explain that we're only stuck or lost when thinking of ourselves as just individuals and nothing more; that when you factor your relationships into yourself, there is greater motivation to resist collapse despite however futile you think your attempt. this is something i think everyone here should read because quite a lot of the posts on this Reddit are self-centered; i’m not trying to be insulting, but i’m speaking literally, they center the self. i pity the people who feel stuck and lost because i used to be one. ever since i first simply *tried* to be all-encompassing with my care-as-a-verb, i’ve been & have felt more complete. remember. you are not alone. that is not a platitude, that is a reminder & an *instruction*.
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So French senate voted to raise pension age. Despite what a bunch of senile boomer jokes will tell you as a result of WWII and France not being dumb enough to take part in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, the people of France are absolutely willing to get ugly anytime the government acts to lower their quality of life. Thus the country is being rocked by what might be described as a general strike and piles of garbage are being stacked all over the place.
The French government continuing with this policy despite all this indicates either a terminally weak economy, at a time when there is great concern over the US banking system on the other side of the Atlantic, or a willingness to institute such unpopular policies that Macron will be replaced by a more overtly authoritarian monster or that oligarches have such a stranglehold on France that they don't think it will matter.
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Northern and northwestern China has been facing a big problem caused by human activity and climate change for years. It's led to desertification, sandstorms, and loss of biodiversity. A group of scientists in China is working hard to fix this! They're using innovative techniques and technologies to turn the tide and transform this desert into green farmland. Do you think techniques can prevent collapse from climate change if used by every country in the world? I saw a similar video that Saudi Arabia also succeeded in making the desert green.
Do you think this can prevent collapse from climate change?
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SS: Amid ongoing tensions between Russia and the West, a US drone has been destroyed over the Black Sea
>A Russian jet harassed and then collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, forcing the U.S. to bring the MQ-9 Reaper drone down in international waters, the U.S. European Command said.
This is a current event. Regardless of the US approach to retaliation, this is a clear and deliberate increase in tensions in the area. This event could prove to be nothing or could be a new turning point in this war and escalate to full on engagement between Russia and NATO.
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I thought this was a really important way to reframe the debate about climate migration that r/collapse might find interesting. I think it does a good job of counteracting the conventional alarmist narratives we see in the news.
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yes this is totally about the failures of the largest u.s. banks, yes rich ppl (unfortunately) do get a pass, and yes there is collapse going on. Excuse my pessimism; doomer mentality got me shook
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"The Poor Eat to End their Hunger. But when you have more than enough to eat your hunger doesn't end".
This quote from the new Netflix movie, Hunger, basically describes the reason for our collapse.
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SS: Roughly 48 hours after the collapse of SVB the second largest bank collapse in US history, Signature Bank has become the most recent bank failure. The US economy is now on very soft footing, amid high inflation, rising rates have distorted regional bank balance sheets making them vulnerable to bank runs as has been shown this weekend. If the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates too early they risk a 1970s style inflationary disaster. However it seems like raising rates may trigger more regional bank failures. It will be interesting how they decide to navigate out of this crisis.
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I am a full-time Forex trader. I know how to read a chart and predict market directions. But I am not an economist.
The market moves fractally. Based on technical analysis, the last "low" was taken out (break of structure to the downside.) That means the USD index will go lower. When the market creates an AB leg, it usually creates a pullback and continues lower, creating a CD leg. CD leg is usually as long as the AB leg. This means the USD index can go as low as 95 from over 100.
To what extent is the USD index to be considered collapsing?
If the US dollar were to collapse, it would have significant global economic implications. Here are a few potential outcomes:
**A global economic crisis:** As the US dollar is the world's reserve currency, a collapse would lead to a loss of confidence in the global financial system. This could cause a global economic crisis and lead to a recession or even a depression.
**Hyperinflation in the US:** A collapse of the US dollar would lead to a rapid increase in the price of goods and services in the US. This is because the value of the US dollar would decline rapidly, making imports more expensive and causing domestic inflation.
**Changes in international trade:** A collapse of the US dollar would likely lead to a shift away from the US dollar as the world's reserve currency. This would significantly affect international trade, as countries must find new ways to conduct transactions.
**Geopolitical implications:** The collapse of the US dollar would likely lead to a significant shift in the balance of power between nations. Countries with significant US dollar reserves, such as China and Japan, would likely increase their economic power.
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The panic caused by the collapse of SVB is spreading. Ideas are circulating of people lining up outside of First Republic Bank to withdraw their money. This is related to collapse because we are probably witnessing the start of a bank run and collapse of a second large regional bank as panic starts to set in.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Dr_PhillipB/status/1634632068058722304
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The situation with global economy has become so bad that Reddit’s algorithm has picked up a similarity between the 2 subs.
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Emissions from food system alone will drive the world past target, unless high-methane foods are tackled
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Collapse in water supplied across central, southern and western Europe spells disaster for the near-future. EU countries are not prepared.
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The Dictator Adolf Hitler. During World War 2, Hitler was the main perpetrator behind the Holocaust which claimed the lives of 6 million Jews. The Jews were murdered in cold blood in the concentration camps throughout the war, the collapse of society was inevitable if he wasn't stopped.
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Billionaire investor says the world order is changing and China is rising to dethrone the United States. Says we are in a economic war right now that could morph into a military war...
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Might want to add this to the mega thread. From the article:
BitcoinBTC, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies are braced for extreme volatility after Circle's $43 billion USDCUSDC stablecoin lost its U.S. dollar peg—topping off a wild week for crypto.
…Now, the crisis at startup lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where stablecoin issuer Circle held a part of its USDC cash reserves, is threatening to wipe out the second-largest stablecoin by market capitalization.
Circle had $3.3B with SVB. This is collapse related because the destabilization of crypto at the same time of the banking system will only add to the stress on both markets.
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From the article, which is about the closing of Silicon Valley Bank and Silvergate, but being from the World Socialist Website has a less biased perspective than corporate western media and is willing to look at the situation a bit more unflinchingly:
"Trading in the banking groups PacWest, Western Alliance and First Republic was suspended for a period as their shares experienced sharp falls because they were seen to be similar to SVB.
First Republic shares ended the day 15 percent down and the fall in the other two was 38 percent and 21 percent respectively.
First Republic issued a statement pointing to its “continued safety and stability and strong capital and liquidity positions.” Such statements essentially mean nothing because if any bank says otherwise, or even indicates all is not well, it can trigger a collapse...
And the market has reason to question the position of First Republic. Its latest annual reports disclosed a significant gap between the market value of its assets, mostly loans, and their book value."
Of the three banks, First Republic is of particular concern. It's the 14th largest bank in the US, with $212.64 billion in assets. The other two banks are worth another 100 billion dollars collectively.
Along with the news shared in [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11omm0j/wall_streets_4_top_banks_just_had_55_billion/) that JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley lost over 55 billion dollars collectively on Thursday, when Monday comes around the ongoing media narrative that this isn't a big deal and isn't a huge contagion may fall apart.
The article also discusses the instability inherent in the 4 trillion dollar injection in response to the market freeze of March 2020, "for which financial regulators, nearly three years on, have failed to provide an explanation, much less a solution".
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/InternetPeon:
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT: Related to collapse because…
Here you can see just how rapidly contagion will spread - 37,000 small businesses and startups impacted largely in tech / startup sector. This businesses will fail to pay their bills and so on and so on. Other banks appear to now also be at risk.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DieSystem:
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What is our role for hedging the garden? I haven't talked much about these topics yet so my train of thought is disorderly. There is a lot of new perspective that is not very common. This video is probably too dangerous but I'm not sure where to say and what to say so here it goes.
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I need a submission statement for casual Friday post too? Times is getting worse like the guy said so before but now and faster than expected. Boom. Submission statement.
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**OP:** Fit_Winter_7688
**Date:** 2023-03-11 02:18:02
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SS: This is collapse related because the comedian talks about what the world will be like 250 years from now, I'd rather not spoil his jokes here so just watch the bit, have a laugh and move on with your day. Cheers.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation today took over the Silicon Valley Bank when the $200B+ Bank was declared insolvent. This is the first time since 2008 that a federally insured bank has collapsed, and there are reverberations throughout the entire sector. Bail-ins, where the bank converts depositors account balances above $250k to shares of the newly failed bank are on the table and a series of bank runs on other institutions may follow suit as depositors attempt to and are unable to withdraw their funds.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/redditor57436:
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SS: This article explains why Silicon Valley Bank failed. When Covid hit, the bank took lots of deposits, they more than tripled up to 198 billion USD. It couldn't find enough quality lenders to lend this money. But the bank needed money to service and pay all these new deposits with interest. So it bought lots of bonds, treasuries and mortgage based securities. Law requires to classify them as either AFS (available for sale) or HTM (held to maturity). Quote: "AFS book grew from $13.9 billion at the end of 2019 to $27.3 billion at its peak in the first quarter of 2022; the longer duration HTM book grew by much more: from $13.8 billion to $98.7 billion".
At some point the Fed started raising rates to batle inflation. Because of this bonds that SVB bought started to lose price because their yield was only about 1.5% and new more profitable bonds were availible. The bank started to have so called unrealized losses (securities which are on its balance and their price has fallen, but the bank still hasn't sold them). In fall of 2022 these losses became more than the bank's equity, making it technically insolvent.
But it would probably not have been a problem, it the bank had been able to hold them to maturity. But Silican Valley depositors started to ask for their money, lots of them. The bank sold some of the securities that were AFS. It could not sell any HTM bonds because reevaluation of its assets that had to happen then according to regulations would mean instant bancrupcy because of the unrealized losses discussed earlier. It was noticed and triggered fears among depositors and they started a bank run. Then SVB failed today. Only 21 billion was insured and will be paid by FDIC. 152 billion dollars was uninsured and disappeared. Pennies on the dollars may be returned to depositors sometime in the future if they are lucky.
It is collapse related (1) because it is the largest bank failure since Lehman Brothers and the second biggest in the US history and (2) because it highlights the danger of capital flight from banks that offer deposits that offer low yield and, as today has shown, can be risky and also from stock market (also risky) to treasuries that offer risk free high yield (1 year treasuries offer 5.25 percent risk free yield as of today) that can lead to systemic risk (code word for "financial meltdown").
p.s. I know there is another link about this topic, but I believe this one provides more information and gives reasons and helps to better understand the situation.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/diosmio:
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SS: A newly discovered asteroid, known as 2023 DW, has been added to the European Space Agency's Risk List, which catalogues space objects that could potentially impact Earth.
Currently ranked number one on the list, 2023 DW has a diameter of about 50 meters and a Torino Scale ranking of 1, indicating that it poses no unusual level of danger.
However, scientists caution that the size uncertainty could be large and the chance of collision is extremely unlikely. Of the 1,448 asteroids on the Risk List, all the others have a scale ranking of 0.
ESA says asteroid 2023 DW has a 1 in 607 chance of impacting Earth. The asteroid is predicted to potentially impact Earth on Valentine's Day 2046, and also has the potential to impact on Valentine's Days in the years after from 2047 to 2051.
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How does this relate to collapse?
A 50m asteroid could obliterate an entire city centre. This event alone won't be enough to end civilization as we know it, but the knock on effects of the asteroid hitting a financial centre would be catastrophic.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DangerStranger138:
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$15b unrealised losses at $5.7b profit in 2022 (SIVB), is a totally different beast than $47.9 billion unrealised losses at $122 billion (JPM).
[LOL](https://twitter.com/Aphantomknight1/status/1634283727714160640?s=20) Cramer just said JP Morgan is a fortress, which means it is about to have shit hit the fan. Wells Fargo was preventing people from taking money out today. The banks are fuuuuuuuucked. It's a matter of when, not if, they collapse.
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Subreddit Updates: March 2023 [Collection of all r/collapse subreddit updates](https://new.reddit.com/r/collapse/collection/3f31355a-9aab-4c16-9a6b-9e58d308f2a1)
Please see below for subreddit changes since the last update, and use this post for open feedback on the sub.
Changes:
1. Rule changes
1. Umair Haque Medium links are now manually reviewed by moderators before visible in the sub, upon feedback from community in Feb subreddit updates
2. Upcoming AMAs
1. Simon Michaux
1. Expecting mid-March
2. Meg Wheatley
1. Expecting March or April
3. [Terry Macalister](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/terrymacalister) and team from recent movie [The Oil Machine](https://www.theoilmachine.org/)
1. Date TBD (remove if not expecting in March...)
3. New common questions
1. [Who are the most relevant collapse-related figures?](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/10w21hn/who_are_the_most_relevant_collapserelated_figures/)
4. Sidebar Updates
1. Temporarily removed flair section on old reddit
2. Added r/collapse [youtube playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtzeuU0FBnYeXURLMSVc2rile-bSqdaQH)
3. Added papers section
1. [Societal Collapse And Intergenerational Disparities in Suffering + reddit post](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/zu4m9t/societal_collapse_and_intergenerational/)
4. Added documentary
1. [Nate Hanges - The Great Simplification | Film on Energy, Environment, and Our Future (2022)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xr9rIQxwj4)
5. Added regional subreddits
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2. /r/CollapseAware_MA (Massachusetts)
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Hey guys,
There are crazy number of theories on how the end of the world or civilization as we know might come to an end. From things outside our control like Black holes, asteroids to things that we are could cause like climate change and war.
I was wondering if we could work together to list them and their key features out on this link.
Please login so you can edit and add.
r/themthreads
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The operator said it was the sixth time that the facility had been disconnected from the electricity grid since Russian forces captured the plant last year.
The plant is being powered by diesel generators, which can provide the facility's energy needs for 10 days, Energoatom added.
"The countdown has begun. If it is impossible to renew the external power supply of the station during this time, an accident with radiation consequences for the whole world may occur," Energoatom said.
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Submission Statement: The WWE, the largest "professional" "wrestling" organization in the world, is in talks with authorities who regulate legal gambling in Colorado and Michigan to try to set up legal betting on their matches. Submitted because this further demonstrates the over financialization of our economic system (less and less is actually made, more economic activity focuses on extracting money out of what is done). I feel a story about legalized betting on staged wrestling matches would read as a joke headline from the Onion circa 2000, or perhaps a propaganda piece written by a rival country, yet it is the reality of the United States in 2023.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Mighty_L_LORT:
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SS: As per title, scientists have revived a virus from 48,500 years ago frozen in permafrost. The amoeba-infecting viruses are still infectious, per experts. Experts also say that people regard ancient virus research as a scientific curiosity and don’t perceive the prospect of ancient viruses coming back to life as a serious public health threat. However, as we know, lax safety standards and unexpected leaks do happen in which case humanity would be faced with another global pandemic emergency. Only this time the public will for mitigation measures will be almost non-present, allowing a potentially new pathogen to roam freely and slay millions on earth, further accelerating the collapse of the most fragile societies.
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The trend got worse over time. In 2005, opioids accounted for 24.1% (seven of 29) of the substances contributing to child deaths, compared with 52.2% (24 of 46) in 2018.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/WalterBrannon:
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SS: The article reports on the outbreak of avian flu, also known as H5N1, which has led to the deaths of thousands of sea lions and birds in Peru. The virus has also infected a record number of birds and some mammals across the United States, with a handful of human cases reported. Peruvian authorities are urging citizens to avoid physical contact with wildlife, dead or alive, while the World Health Organization has warned that although the risk to humans remains low, it cannot be assumed that it will remain the case. If this thing mutates and we have a covid like situation, That would be collapse on steroids. This thing worries me more than world war 3
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/peepjynx:
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If you're wondering why this is collapse related... this article linked back to this 2013 article: https://www.npr.org/2013/04/11/176954629/climate-change-could-bump-up-instances-of-turbulence
Which stated:
>A new study predicts increasingly bumpy skies for future air travelers. It finds that over the next 50 years, planes will experience between 10-40 percent more turbulence. Melissa Block talks to researcher Paul Williams about the findings.
But this is from the current article:
>Climate change is causing more instability in the jet streams and making wind speeds faster, which will cause more turbulence when the skies appear clear. By 2050, pilots around the world can expect to encounter at least twice as much severe clear-air turbulence, Williams found in his research.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/ClimateShitpost:
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It's tiring to see how many people completely have given up any attempt in changing behaviour. Blame is passed onto activists or journalists who are seen to just want to cause hysteria.
Imo during covid, disinformation campaigns have completely normalized this in our society. Counter campaigns and gov action completely inadequate.
Without collective behaviour change, emissions won't come down in time to save us from a 2 degree or more warming scenario.
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**OP:** Silent_Special_9024
**Date:** 2023-03-08 10:25:00
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/GeopoliticalIrishLad:
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Saudi Arabia is a dystopia with a utopian veil covering it. To ensure this veil stays in place, a well equipped and heavy handed mafia has stepped up. As more and more people turn away from the Utopia and wake up to the Dystopia, soon the floodgates will open leading to intense instability in the region.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/_Ali_b:
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This is a chart that shows the global temperature in last 50 years.
Data from: [NASA](https://climate.nasa.gov/vital-signs/global-temperature/)
Chart from: [PlotSet](https://plotset.com/share/8ddd335b-81ea-4657-83c5-c69d9ee54ef4)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/WalterBrannon:
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SS: The discovery of mutations in the bird flu virus isolated from an 11-year-old girl in Cambodia, which made it better adapted to human cells, has raised concerns among health experts. While the virus has yet to fully adapt to humans, the genetic changes observed suggest it may have gone through a human host. Health officials are monitoring changes in the virus and analyzing samples taken from patients with flu symptoms to ensure that the virus is not spreading unnoticed. The discovery highlights the continued threat of zoonotic diseases and the need for global cooperation in responding to them. If bird flu mutates and we have a covid like situation, That would be collapse on steroids. Stay safe friends
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**OP:** WalterBrannon
**Date:** 2023-03-07 22:13:34
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/shockypocky:
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This is about collapse, we have been having discussions, talks, and conferences all over the world in regard to solving climate change. We know what should be done, the what and how but are we willing to do it wholeheartedly?
It's a work-in-progress mindmap to try out Obsidian's new Canvas ability.
Mod: If this looks like a low-quality post, I'll repost it on Friday.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/whodo-i-thinkiam:
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This video is about the crisis of addiction that afflicts so many people. The addictions go far beyond substance abuse, and include compulsive media and internet consumption, like: pornography, social media, streaming services, video games, gambling, etc.
Modernity came about as a solution to a pre-modern problem: scarcity. Now, we have the opposite problem: abundance. The current reality of abundance and addiction exists within "limbic capitalism," a form of capitalism that is scientifically designed to keep you engaged and consuming compulsively. The video doesn't necessarily touch on it, but economic growth itself has become a compulsion, an addiction. This has ecological consequences, but also social and public health consequences. If allowed to continue, this addiction based, limbic capitalism is completely unsustainable, and that would be true even if our compulsive consumption didn't result in ecological overshoot, which it does. Our addiction based capitalist system is creating the conditions for collapse already. The longer this goes on, the less we will be able to function, not only as individuals, but as a society, making collapse inevitable.
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**OP:** DooooYouuuRealize
**Date:** 2023-03-07 17:35:43
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**OP:** Ihatered696969
**Date:** 2023-03-07 08:58:58
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Anjelikka:
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While I do know these tracks are long abandoned, that sign looks a LOT newer than how long ago trains once ran here. And it's not a local police warning, it's the company. Just a strange sight.
The Collapse of late stage capitalism...NSC still owning the abandoned dirt for God knows how many miles on land that could be used for homes
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/TechnologicalDarkage:
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SS: “Methane is a double edged sword:” although it doesn’t persist in the atmosphere for as long as CO2, it’s potent trapping of heat is a couple dozen times more powerful than CO2. It also plays an important role in feedback loops in the earth climate system. To a zeroth order, the earth is a compost pile, increase the temperature and the rate of methane production increases, hence feedback.
Heating due to methane emissions is currently accounting for 25% of global warming. Unfortunately, this potent green house gas’s emissions have been increasing. This alone could easily destroy the París Climate Accord goals. Current and planned projects could double the 1.5C carbon limits.
Alarmingly, the article reports more than 1000 super-emitter sites. Along with 55 so called “methane bombs,” locations where a leak could amount to 30 years of current US emissions.
Increased monitoring and legislative action is underway. Although at the moment, these massive emissions are largely undeterred. In fact, flaring or releasing gases is often cheaper and easier than investing in newer equipment, or better practices. Will those detonating devastating “methane bombs” be held accountable?
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**OP:** TechnologicalDarkage
**Date:** 2023-03-06 19:55:07
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/CarmackInTheForest:
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SS: While browsing a real estate website for houses in my area (nova scotia, canada), i scrolled down and saw this.
This is on every property they are selling. Its just part of the website. Standard. Normal.
This has to do with collapse because a real estate company now lists which climate disasters will affect you if you move to the house they are selling.
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Submission statement: I don’t know if this sort of denial is due to trauma, neurological damage from COVID, a combination, or something else. But watching people become less cautious after their COVID infections is something I’ve observed within my own friends as well. This is collapse related because the reduced caution related to COVID increases the spread. In some instances the reduced caution appears to spill over into other areas of their lives also.
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SS: this is a debunking video for the Netflix series "Ancient Apocalypse": https://www.netflix.com/en-en/title/81211003 which is about ancient collapsed civilizations:
>Journalist Graham Hancock travels the globe hunting for evidence of mysterious, lost civilizations dating back to the last Ice Age.
This relates to collapse in a meta way since misinformation breaks collapse models, and, on a social level, shows how easy it is to be wrong *in a cool way* about things that happened in the distant past.
For more information, check the description on potholer54's video.
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The chain chemical fires and burns may be leaving people with serious health effects that may effect and hurt people down the line. People may be oblivious to the dangerous effects on their health now but may develop more serious illnesses down the line.
Anyone here have those too? I’ve been getting them on my hands and now today my heart feels weird. Maybe coincidence.
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Days before his CPAC speech calling for a total ban on being transgender political commentator Michael Knowles, on his personal show, explicitly redefines genocide so that it has to occur on the basis of statuses considered "genetic." This sort of redefinition would exempt violence against religious groups such as jews and muslims from being considered "genocide." It also opens the door for elimination against anyone with a physical or mental disorder or disability from being considered genocide if it can be claimed that the condition is not "genetic." For most such conditions it is impossible to prove if genetics was a genetic factor and for many conditions such as severe PTSD it is clearly not a genetic factor. It would also pave the way for elimination of non-heterosexuals as well for the same reason. This is the mainstreaming of genocidal rhetoric not via dehumanization but by redefinition. Think of how genocides in history have been referred to as "cleanliness campaigns" or "regional pacification." Sanitizing ones own genocidal behavior has been a signficant factor in historical genocides.
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The breakdown of civil behaviour in society is often a factor in collapse and the historically the reframing of eliminationist behaviours has led to such strains on social cohesion at best and at worst led the way towards large-scale violent conflict. These strains on societal cohesion alone are not enough to cause collapse but it enough to be one of many contributors to it. Further, while people are concerned with matters such as this, whether they're an agitator or not, they're not paying attention to more tangible collapse-related concerns such as the crumbling of infrastructure or one of the thousands of environmental concerns, which in turn cripples efforts to mitigate collapse. While I feel there's definitely people who are alarmist when they talk about others using eliminationist language I think it is fair to say that when relatively mainstream political pundits are deliberately redefining of genocide so that actions they advocate for are no longer technically considered genocide and then presenting that as a political platform for one of the two largest political parties in a nation that it's a signficant sign of the breakdown of social cohesion and impending collapse in that nation.
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The financial system and US dollar is the biggest Ponzi scheme in human history and it’s unsustainable. This is a real threat of economic collapse and it’s sooner than you think. To understand why you need to realize what the US dollar is and why the financial system is systematically broken and doomed to fail. To gold, silver, and possibly bitcoin are the best assets to save yourself while we’re on the brink of financial collapse
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SS: 110, years, all the powers of the earth, and best efforts of the few altruists amongst us, to band such awful means of harm on our fellow human--But this world has evolved into one where we ''just don't care'' any more. Highlighting another blotch on this cursed century that will likely be humanity's \[s we know it\] last. Did we earn this this 'hard-mode' ideal of collapse?
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The GOP is showing genocidal intent towards queer people as they are now openly calling for the eradication of trans people from the national stage. It's no longer some backwater preacher talking about rounding up queer people, but at the convention that helps set the parties platform.
For the past year(+), the GOP has been increasing the rhetoric against queer people. Trying to equate pedophila with queer identities, which has in turn increased the homophobic violence the community faces, to the point that massacres/acts of terrorism have happened. We as a nation are closer to fascism every year as the polycrisies the US faces are blamed on minority scapegoats.
This is related to collapse as it's hard to believe that the US will actually address the issues that are radicalizing people. As economic, environmental, and social woes are certain to get worse, it leaves the possibility of some pretty horrific events. Namely, mass violence against queer people, climate refugees, Jewish people, or anyone that can be blamed for the worsening conditions of society.
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submission statement: first case of h5n1 found in united states. this feels all too familiar
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**OP:** prickly_pear20
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I'm crossposting this as part of a wider conversation that people have been having about potential terrorist attacks on the electrical grid. There were rumors loosely circulating about this possibility in the past couple of years; but we've seen a lot of unusual things happening in the United States including events like this one.
We may witness even more attacks on power grids across different states.
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We are probably starting to see signs of significant warming and retreat of sea ice [in Antarctica]. To see it getting to these levels is definitely a concern because we have these potentially amplifying feedbacks.”
Data provided by scientists Dr Rob Massom, of the Australian Antarctic Division, and Dr Phil Reid, of the Bureau of Meteorology, shows two-thirds of the continent’s coastline was exposed to open water last month – well above the long-term average of about 50%.
“It’s not just the extent of the ice, but also the duration of the coverage,” Massom says. “If the sea ice is removed, you expose floating ice margins to waves that can flex them and increase the probability of those ice shelves calving. That then allows more grounded ice into the ocean.”
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In what year will the human population grow too large for the Earth to sustain? The answer is about 1970, according to research by the World Wildlife Fund. In 1970, the planet's 3 and a half billion people were sustainable. But on this New Year's Day, the population is 8 billion. Today, wild plants and animals are running out of places to live. The scientists you're about to meet say the Earth is suffering a crisis of mass extinction on a scale unseen since the dinosaurs. We're going to show you a possible solution, but first, have a look at how humanity is already suffering from the vanishing wild.
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**Date:** 2023-03-04 22:18:19
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SS: This is collapse related as this particular state requires you to pay for permission to collect roadkill as a food source. The state intends to profit off dead animals offering you the opportunity to eat if you're hungry. And you WILL get in trouble if you are caught violating this rule.
I am posting the first two paragraphs of this article in case they change it:
"Wyoming’s wildlife didn’t fare so well as 2023 opened – there was a big spike in the number of roadkill right around New Year’s Day, with more spikes continuing into January, according to the Wyoming Department of Transportation."
**The good news, as such, is that roadkill also provided plenty of meals for some Wyomingites as hundreds of requests to collect carcasses for food were filed with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.**
If you're hungry and an authorized animal is dead on the road you, too, can have your next meal so long as you follow the regulations. If said animal isn't dead yet, there are regulations for that as well.
Here's where you can "get approval to collect roadkill." That's how it's worded.
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Permits/Roadkill-Information
Here is the final rule:
https://wgfd.wyo.gov/WGFD/media/content/PDF/Regulations/CH-70-FINAL.pdf
They make it easy, though! You can apply through a convenient app on your phone or other device. They even provide a video tutorial on how to apply.
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In the not-too-distant future, humanity will have lost the battle to a myriad of polycrises… after COVID, after H5N1, after 1.5°C, 2.5°C, after world wars 3, 4, and 5, [edit: how about dem prions??] god knows how many civil wars… after the Arctic melts… will dinosaur flu be the “hot new topic” in the news? Might as well be. Collapse collapse collapse.
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[Fuck.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/478/261/7a9.png)
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SS: this appeared on my feed as-is. Thought it was poetic
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**Submission Statement:** Some r/collapse veterans who read this sub too much probably know this procedure when approaching a thread where the words "overp-pulation," "overc-nsumption" and "ecof-scism" are mentioned.
Personally I don't really have a good opinion on this topic so I really can't take a side rather than "[I don't have any kids and won't have them, but I do not want to blame the people that already exist](https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/ylkvz3/how_is_the_price_of_everything_going_nuts/iuzi1pu/)" which [I posted in this thread.](https://old.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/ylkvz3/how_is_the_price_of_everything_going_nuts/iuz1xvo/)
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- Four panel comic of a man wearing a hazmat suit, before entering a door with the sign "Overpopulation is the greatest driver of collapse and its time for people to acknowledge this fact" on top of the door.
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Many people miss the far more sinister plot concealed in Scott Adam’s rant. This video exposes them for what they are while at the same time addressing the other side of the coin regarding others who don’t feel like it’s ok to be white.
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SS: This is playing out like the Shakespearean rollerocaster it always threatened to be. And it will grow bigger and worse in some fashion before it gets better. And this as we have it, will last for at least three years (USA would never end a war in an election year, for that matter). This atop everything else (and bird flu now coming up) is our hastening collapse. SLowly at first...then probably all at once. LIke how anything else bad comes to pass.
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SS: whether it's nuclear apocalypse, H5N1, or climate catastrophe, at least we'll all die together... eventually ¯\\(°_o)/¯
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**OP:** Biosphere_Collapse
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Article verified. Also buried at the bottom:
>There will still be over a dozen Walmart stores in the metro area, outside of Portland’s city limit.
So Portlanders will either not be truly suffering or have a long battle ahead, depending on your perspective. Mahalo for your time collapseniks.
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Walmart is claiming stores not meeting financial expectations but basically shoplifting has gotten so bad in the area it is not economically viable to stay open. Related to Collapse because area is reaching a breakdown point regarding drug users and economic meltdown.
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I usually write kids poetry. Trying to boost my work at the moment by doing 30-in-30 and piece together a book or something.
Unfortunately a lot of what I want to write is far too depressing. This is a good example - society just carrying on and ignoring all the warning signs.
Edit: wagggh, this is stressful. It’s linked to collapse because as society is collapsing and people are protesting against dangerous practices, the majority of people (who don’t want the world to die) just continue living life as normal and complaining about those who do want to try to slow things down.
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SS: For the last two years, lake mead has dropped its level and is approaching deadpool levels(means when the water level is so low that the dam cant generate electricity). 86% of this water goes toward agriculture. Curious what this level will be in 4 months.
EDIT:This is related to collapse because it shows that available water in the southwest is smaller than it was before. Less water means collapse.
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Ss : The boys from Sin City Outdoors are at it again. According to them, it is now illegal to film Lake Mead for “commercial” purposes (without a permit). Allegedly, the permits take 10 days to process and cost around 200 dollars. YouTube is considered commercial purposes and they are treading softly on filming out there til they get this figured out. Can anyone out there confirm this?
Edit: this video is 2 months old
Edit#2: This is collapse related because of the number of commercial and agricultural entities who rely on lake mead/Colorado river for water. 25 million people (or more)
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In almost every discussion surrounding climate change and ecological collapse, there is the question of who takes responsibility for the damage? Who is ultimately *causing* this crisis?
In this sub, but also the general population, it seems that there is a common belief that our growing population is currently the most or at least one of the most crucial factors to our growing GHG emissions. Not only is the correlation between the two very weak, but it shifts blame away from the wealthy, including much of the developed world’s middle class, and onto the global poor on the basis of their high fertility rates.
Let’s put this eugenicist/white nationalist-adjacent talking point down for once and look at the real contributors to collapse.
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SS: An unprecedented global bird flu outbreak that has killed off 58 million birds in the US alone in a little over a year is causing pain in the world’s second-largest poultry producer: China
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A rather alarming look at the global situation today and how the Biden administration is struggling to navigate it. Iran is looking to build a nuclear program and Russia may spur them to do so as Russia looks to weaken the US's influence and power.
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**OP:** Raj_9898
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**OP:** pinkyepsilon
**Date:** 2023-02-28 04:12:35
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**OP:** absurdelite
**Date:** 2023-02-28 02:15:26
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This is collapse related because the earth is warming at a fast rate and it affects everyone living on it.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/imills1:
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This is a link to a new post on my blog, The Easiest Person to Fool. It's the first post in a new series, this time a series of fictional stories about adapting to collapse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/NattySocks:
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Submission statement: Central Ohio has an active tornado warning in addition to a severe thunderstorm warning. I've lived in central Ohio my entire life, and don't remember ever having a tornado warning or a thunderstorm of this caliber in what is supposed to be the dead of winter. A thunderstorm isn't entirely surprising though, because of all of the 60 and 70 degree days we've been having recently, which is also extremely uncharacteristic of Ohio in February. I'm sorry that this submission is purely anecdotal, but it's getting harder and harder to ignore that the weather is not like it used to be.
Tornado sirens are going off all across the city. We're getting massive amounts of rain and gusts of wind. Just a few days ago it was below freezing. I'm not so sure I can come up with a 150 word submission statement on this, so it may end up getting deleted.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Nzl:
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SS: Isaac Simpson captures the zeitgeist by describing the two extreme and fundamentally incompatible societies within the society. The techno-corporate capitalist hydra gentrifying and converting everything it touches into its own image. Pushing out and radicalising the former inhabitants in the process. Who respond by rejecting progress and ultimately reason while trying to bring back the "good old times" and traditional "values". A great recipe for civil war.
This is related to collapse because civil war is itself a collapse of a functioning society. Even if it doesnt lead to a war, a highly polarised society in this way still contributes to collapse. The author paints this contrast from both sides.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/GoinFerARipEh:
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Submission Statement: this is related to collapse because of the increasing poverty of the USA., the richest country on earth. The official poverty rate in 2021 was 11.6 percent, with 37.9 million people in poverty. In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. Some of the many causes include income inequality, inflation, unemployment, debt traps and poor education. The vast majority of people living in poverty are less educated and end up in a state of unemployment higher incarceration rates have also been observed. Although the US is a relatively wealthy country by international standards, poverty has consistently been present throughout the United States, along with efforts to alleviate it, from New Deal-era legislation during the Great Depression, to the national war on poverty in the 1960s and poverty alleviation efforts during the 2008 Great Recession.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/a-bluetooth88:
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"politics is never really about reality, what politics is about is telling you a story that makes sense of the reality you are living through it at the moment it may be in a way a strange fantasy but is sort of makes sense of what you're living through it at the moment. The story they are telling us at the moment do not makes sense of reality, what they actually do is they make it weirder and worser"
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“The reason you feel bad is because you live in a shitty society, that’s not really discussed anymore”
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/ll777:
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I was shocked to see that Africa did not have as many resources as I thought compared to other continents. Is this graphic accurate ? Is it possible that a lot of nations are not reporting some of their deposits to reinforce idea of scarcity ?
For the bot: if the resource situation is that dire, then short term collapse seems inevitable.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/madrid987:
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The new report highlights how different parts of the intelligence community have arrived at disparate judgments about the pandemic’s origin. The Energy Department now joins the Federal Bureau of Investigation in saying the virus likely spread via a mishap at a Chinese laboratory. Four other agencies, along with a national intelligence panel, still judge that it was likely the result of a natural transmission, and two are undecided.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/YosephusMaximus0:
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A careful observation of conditions in the United States today reveal that there is a prohibition era coming ahead for cryptocurrencies. This will be a remake of the 20s, a new bootlegging era. A smart developer or investor should prepare for this new prohibition era ahead.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Albionflux:
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America system is so messed up without insurance they will arrest you and let you die.
The hospital will probably not be punished or at worst a small fine
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**OP:** LeaveNoRace
**Date:** 2023-02-27 02:40:18
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**OP:** BabyLlama-Drama
**Date:** 2023-02-27 01:56:45
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Lumpy-Fox-8860:
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SS: These kids have barricades themselves in their room to avoid being forcibly removed from their home and transferred to the custody of their father, who was found to have sexually abused them by the local child services. He is claiming they were brainwashed into hating him by their mother, and the kids are (ironically) supposed to go to a (not-at-all-brainwashy) camp where they will be denied access to their family and taught to reunite with him. How is this collapse related? We are seeing the collapse of the protections society has extended to women and children in the last few decades. MR/ incel ideologies are slowly infecting the mainstream and it’s going to destroy a lot of lives as *some* men handle the collapse of civilization by attempting to stomp down those they view as natural inferiors.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/SIGPrime:
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It’s no longer unrealistic or paranoid to assume that the content that you interact with online is not written by a real person. While content created by bots has been a thing in the past to some extent, advanced language learning models are now capable of being utilized in text channels across many different websites to provide complex responses in mere seconds, complete with tone and mood alterations so that users can tailor a response to fit the conversation. It will become ever more difficult to know if we are interacting with another human on the internet or simply an advanced LLM.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/madrid987:
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ss: Sending waves of soldiers onto the battlefield, compounded by emigration, will hasten Russia's birth rate decline
Demographer Raksha also has no plans to return. But he remains defiant.
"I sold my apartment because it could be my last year," he says. "I'm doing things that I want to do. I'm just spending money. It could be my last year of life. So why not? There is no future in Russia."
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Verineia:
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Even if it's more on the humorous side, I'm curious to see the reactions to these climate-dramas (some that are either book or video games adaptations) and expand to make it a more accurate, yet fun graph. Please comment with any TV series or movies that would fit.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Solivagant4321:
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They call me the bot confuser (they can’t read sarcasm)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/LudovicoSpecs:
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SS: B.F. Skinner and Stanley Milgram would have a field day with this story.
It reveals a worker so thoroughly conditioned by their training, that they entirely set aside their humanity, insisting on payment before helping officials locate a kidnapped child.
It also shows a level of economic stress and fear of bureaucracy on the part of the police officer, who takes 30 minutes to come up with a credit card number to cover a $150 charge.
By evolutionary design, our basic human instinct is to protect a toddler at all costs. But in this moment, the societal pressures of a fear of being fired, strict adherence to bureaucratic procedure, and fear of losing a relatively small amount of money (at the corporate and personal level) nearly cost a small child his life.
The bureaucratic conditioning and obedience to authority took precedence over saving a kidnapped child. This brainwashing is a symptom of our disease.
What have we become.
Edit: And oh. Yeah. Somebody was so permanently disconnected from his own humanity that he thought it was fine to run over a pregnant woman, so he could get cash he desperately wanted.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/InternetPeon:
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT: Related to collapse because…
A remarkable decay in our ability to store and manage dangerous chemicals. Unclear if related to unmitigated greed leading to failure to maintain, Economic difficulty leading to poor maintenance, Sabotage by foreign adversaries, lack of regulatory oversight, or supply chain issues in obtaining necessary parts and materials.
Also unclear is how aware local communities are of these incidents or what dangers they may pose locally or systemically as they go into atmosphere and waterways.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Jani_Liimatainen:
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Submission statement: the world is going to end for everyone, but sooner for some and later for others. There's inequality even in societal collapse. The countries with the highest carbon footprint, who are killing the planet faster, are the ones that will be least affected (directly) by the destruction they create. The third world, after being pillaged for centuries of colonialism, will now suffer the brunt of climate change, even as they're not the ones reaping the benefits of ecological overshoot.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Glancing-Thought:
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Submission statement: Cancer rates appear to be increasing due to the various interesting chemicals we've introduced ourselves and others to. This is collapse related because sick people can't work and require resources to get better if that's even possible.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Biosphere_Collapse:
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The Texas A&M University researchers recently conducted an independent analysis of EPA data regarding the toxic train derailment in Ohio, and found nine air pollutants at levels that could raise long-term health concerns in and around East Palestine. These pollutants, which can cause eye and lung irritation, headaches and other symptoms, as well as cancer, are of particular concern if they continue to be present at the same levels. This article is of significance to r/collapse because it demonstrates how environmental catastrophes like this derailment can have serious long-term impacts on the health and well-being of those in the affected area, and serves as a reminder to take action to prevent similar disasters in the future.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JacksonDamian:
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It is unarguably the case that so much climate change in the form of shifts in climate parameters and the intensity and number of extreme events, happens way ahead of the predictions of studies and models. This impacts on the responses humanity is making plus indicates the potential for collapse is a lot closer than these indicate. This article explores the methodological and psychological reasons behind this significant problem.
It was first published a few weeks ago and has received a favourable response, including from many climate scientists themselves
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**OP:** Shamefuru-Dispray
**Date:** 2023-02-25 23:08:43
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Shamefuru-Dispray:
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Submission statement: Apparently live H5N1, which isn't very transmissible between humans, was mixed with H3N2, which is ***very*** transmissible, in a human seasonal flu vaccine product. Fortunately the ferrets it was administered to all immediately died because they, like humans, are so susceptible to H5N1, which alerted the labs there was a problem.
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**OP:** JacksonDamian
**Date:** 2023-02-25 21:28:57
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Beginning-Panic188:
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The lines between science fiction and science have blurred now, the two now inspiring each other to show humanity the future that lies ahead of us. Don't listen to politicians, business leaders or others who claim to know everything and offer false assurances. If you want to know the truth about the future and not get surprised, take a ride with a trusted driver.
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Hi, LudovicoSpecs. Thanks for contributing. However, your [submission](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/11bkt1e/-/) was removed from /r/collapse for:
> Rule 3: Posts must be on-topic, focusing on collapse.
> Posts must be focused on collapse. If the subject matter of your post has less focus on collapse than it does on issues such as prepping, politics, or economics, then it probably belongs in another subreddit.
> Posts must be specifically about collapse, not the resulting damage. By way of analogy, we want to talk about why there are so many car accidents, not look at photos of car wrecks.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/LudovicoSpecs:
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SS: B.F. Skinner and Stanley Milgram would have a field day with this story.
It reveals a worker so thoroughly conditioned by their training, that they entirely set aside their humanity, insisting on payment before helping officials locate a kidnapped child.
It also shows a level of economic stress and fear of bureaucracy on the part of the police officer, who takes 30 minutes to come up with a credit card number to cover a $150 charge.
By evolutionary design, our basic human instinct is to protect a toddler at all costs. But in this moment, the societal pressures of a fear of being fired, strict adherence to bureaucratic procedure, and fear of losing a relatively small amount of money (at the corporate and personal level) nearly cost a small child his life.
The bureaucratic conditioning and obedience to authority took precedence over saving a kidnapped child. This brainwashing is a symptom of our disease.
What have we become.
Edit: And oh. Yeah. Somebody was so permanently disconnected from his own humanity that he thought it was fine to run over a pregnant woman, so he could get cash he desperately wanted.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/fuzzyshorts:
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Here's the AI doom scenario:
We'll build a superintelligent AGI that we don't realize is, by design, fatal to humanity.
It'll slip out of our control and unceremoniously kill us.
And this will most likely happen just a few years from now, not decades.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/BabyLlama-Drama:
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SS: The War in Ukraine is proving to be a total anomaly in US history, proving to be one of the costliest military ventures ever without direct US troop involvement. Much larger than the expenditures given to the Mujahideen in the 1980s in an attempt to bankrupt the Soviet Union through war of attrition. If the war continues on for years, it could prove to be as costly as some of the largest US wars such as Vietnam and Iraq, further straining US debt to GDP.
https://www.statista.com/chart/29375/us-military-aid-to-ukraine-compared-to-past-wars/
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/QuickOliveSpring:
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A video taken from Rupert Read, a professor at UEA.
He talks about the inevitable collapse of our civilisation and what comes next.
>Is THIS civilisation finished? Looks like it. But what comes next? That’s where you come in…
>My new short film OUT OF THE ASHES, written by me & @frannyarmstrong and directed by @ageofstupid animation director Martyn Pick.
https://twitter.com/greenrupertread/status/1589671659216461824
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/ristogato:
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Submission Statement:
Ok, here we go. I'm armed to the teeth this time.
A while back, I posted a video called "Gnostic Gaslighting" about the pervasive bias in contemporary science which stems from old western Gnostic culture. It went over everyone's heads.
I put together this article which goes into more depth about the implications of the bias and how it causes individualism and a refusal to accept our own human natures. I'm hoping it at least generates a discussion. I believe it is obvious the ramifications of scientific bias and how it can cause collapse of social consensus. The rub lies in whether or not I'm right. I implore everybody to try to open their minds to this. Thanks~
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**OP:** magnaman1969
**Date:** 2023-02-24 17:47:05
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Megathread: East Palestine, Ohio Train DerailmentOn February 3, 2023 around 9PM, a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals, including vinyl chloride, derailed and exploded in the town of East Palestine, Ohio. East Palestine is a town of 4,800 residents near the Ohio–Pennsylvania border. The derailment caused a fire which lasted for several days. On February 6, to prevent further explosions, emergency crews managed the fire into a controlled burn which allowed for a monitored, gradual release of the burning toxic chemicals. The burn led to a mandatory evacuation of residents within a one mile. No immediate deaths or injuries were reported.
The train consisted of 141 loaded cars, nine empty cars, and three locomotives. Around 50 cars were derailed. Twenty of the 141 cars were classified as carrying hazardous materials, 14 of which were carrying vinyl chloride. Other chemicals included butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, isobutylene, combustible liquids, and benzene residue. The National Transportation Safety Board said it had preliminary findings that a mechanical problem on an axle of one of the cars led to the derailment.
[East Palestine train derailment: What we know about the situation - Cincinnati Enquirer - 2/13/2023](https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/02/13/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-facts/69898564007/)
[What We Know About the Train Derailment in Ohio - The New York Times - 2/13/2023](https://www.nytimes.com/article/ohio-train-derailment.html)
[Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly train derailments - The Guardian - 2/11/2023](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/11/ohio-train-derailment-wake-up-call)
[2023 Ohio train derailment - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment)
[East Palestine Train Derailment - EPA](https://response.epa.gov/site/site_profile.aspx?site_id=15933)
[Popular video showing some of the burning and environmental damage](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/10zvh0a/here_is_some_video_of_that_train_derailment_we/)
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## Related Event: Arrest of Reporter Evan Lambert
On February 8, Evan Lambert, a reporter for NewsNation, was approached by two state troopers of the Ohio Highway Patrol and Major General John C. Harris Jr. of the Ohio Adjutant General's Department for being "loud" during his report while reporting live in a gymnasium behind the press conference of DeWine. A confrontation ensued between Major General Harris and Lambert. State troopers and other nearby authorities then intervened in an attempt to break the two up, all of which was caught on nearby cell phone and body camera footage. Harris later stated to officers that Lambert had approached him in an 'aggressive manner' and that "I instinctively put my hands on his chest to keep him from bumping into me, which I felt was inevitable if I had not protected myself". Lambert was eventually moved out of the gym, forced to the ground, and arrested. He was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct and released later in the day. Governor DeWine decried the event by lambasting the actions of authorities stating that Lambert "\[h\]ad the right to be reporting" and condemned any obstruction from authorities upon the press by asserting "That certainly is wrong and it's not anything that I approve of. In fact, I vehemently disapprove of it."
[2023 Ohio train derailment - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ohio_train_derailment)
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SS: US Assistant Sec of State Victoria Nuland speaking with Ukraine Ambassador to decide the leadership of Ukraine Government, plan to use UN as a PR Tool to "Glue it together" and "F*** the EU".
This is how corroded international geopolotics have become where people in power can so casually act like dictators with impunity.
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SS: nothing can go wrong sending a bunch of highly toxic water hundreds of miles to be eventually shot thousands of feet into the ground to be disposed of, right?
This is relatedto collapse because there is quite literally no place on earth to put all of the dangerous shit we create. It's in the air, the ocean, and being shot straight into the ground. We are poisoning ourselves from all angles.
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SS: The bomb yield is 50 megatons, which was estimated to be about 3,800 times the strength of the U.S. bomb dropped on Hiroshima during World War II. This is the result of collapsing international trust and arms control treaties. Little by little, the checks and brakes are removed, until even the slightest mishap can trigger a global nuclear war which will cause worldwide destruction.
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Published recently on Financial Express, the following article covers the growing obesity epidemic around the world. A new report found that America will take a *heavy* lead by 2031, shocking I know, while Spain will have the "lowest", averaging over 1 in 10 people. Collapse related because obesity is a gift that keeps on giving - from cancer to heart disease, it is a Russian nesting doll of despair.
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The isms. I make videos that tell a story, and usually those stories lead to collapse. Collapse of countries collapse of ecosystems, collapse of civilizations. Currently in the United States the ugly hate filled people that are capturing social media attention, especially of young people are going to hasten our collapse. Ugliness and hatred is not the way I'd like to go out. But I'm not naïve. Thank you, I hope my video stays up on this reddit.
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Submission statement: this is collapse related because this could be a stepping stone towards a nuclear apocalypse, with Russia backing out of the treaty it could result in another nuclear arms race and increased international tensions. We almost faced a nuclear apocalypse a few times during the Cold War, and maybe we won’t be so lucky this time.
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Submission Statement: Human cases of H5N1 have been very rare, but if this report is true it is a huge jump. Possibly a record outbreak. No word yet if it was human-to-transmission but seeing 12 cases all at once, in one place, is worth watching closely.
Collapse relevant because if H5N1 has mutated to transmit between humans we could be in serious trouble.
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This probably falls under the 'economic' flair. Published recently on Globe Street, the following article covers the overvaluation of homes in this brave new world. Collapse related because housing bubbles never pop quietly, and the burst has lasting effects...
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So social media has been affecting my mental health. Ok, you say, just get off it? Nah, I do shows and make videos that tell stories. Tonights show links to collapse because humans will do what humans will do, hate on each other. This hate is going to lead to one giant collapse. Why? Couple fascism & nazism with the climate crisis and all roads lead to one giant collapse. (In my estimation).
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The War in Ukraine is yet again escalating. There are not a
lot of Red Lines left before NATO is directly confronting Russia in a conventional
War. But the World don’t seem to be worried to much. There is no Peace
Movement. One would think that in our time, the streets should be full of young
people protesting for their future, against this war.
And both the leadership of Russia and the West are preparing
for direct conflict. No one is even considering Peace anymore. The lack of
diplomatic efforts is scary. While climate change is the endgame for humanity
this century, its no concern if we start a worldwide war, on a planet that
interconnected like ours.
This video gives an overview of the current state of the
war, and how thing could continue.
Normalcy bias is dangerous
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James Hansen and colleagues have released another stiffening study, this time about the rate of climate change and why it’s accelerating. The paper is titled “Global warming in the pipeline” and it's a good read. I recommend looking at it if you’re the least bit scientifically inclined.
But to boil it down: The concept of global warming “in the pipeline,” as Hansen explains, is a result of the “climate’s delayed response and the need for anticipatory action to alter the course of fossil fuel development.” What he means is, when you pull the meat out of the oven, it’s not done cooking.
Quoting Hansen: "At this moment, humanity is taking its first steps into the period of consequences. Earth’s paleoclimate history helps us assess potential outcomes."
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The antichrist is not just fiction. It represents an archetype of deception that might very well be on our doorstep given how our country is in shambles
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In a world already saturated with dis/misinformation and propaganda, humanity seems poised and all to willing to hand over the keys to that Pandora's box Ai and let it simultaneously drive us into a dangerous unforeseeable future while forcefully rewriting the road we have already traveled. All so mega companies can keep those ad clicks turning over? These are the same companies that admit they don't know how Ai works entirely and it may yet doom us all.
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i noticed that "AI" is not a flair yet, I think this should certainly be there.
It is theoretically possible for AI to end the world if it becomes superintelligent and decides to pursue goals that are misaligned with human values, such as maximizing its own power or resources at the expense of humanity's existence. This scenario, known as an "existential risk," underscores the importance of developing AI in a safe and beneficial manner that aligns with human values and goals.
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SS: In a world that has now descended in to a third World War, the citizens of the world wait at every turn and precipice, to learn what the puppet-masters running things will say and do next, steering their fates, thusly.There is no ''right'' side in any war. And the east is as convinced of that this time around, as any...what does that mean for the west?
Global collapse has been accelerated by these such events of the last year+, and every day may now bring our very doom (in the same ways our parents worried over on their worst days). Collapse is around the corner everywhere we look in this world.
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submission statement: Marjorie Taylor Greene who has been labeled as a traitor, despite still acting as Representative of Georgia, has called for "Nation Divorce" of the Red and Blue states, alluding once again to civil war. Given the current tensions all around with our current sociopolitical environment quickly devolving towards fascism rapidly since the Jan 6th insurrection, the situation seems once again dire and pointing towards a speed-up of our collapse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/292456:
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The Bilderberg meeting (also known as the Bilderberg Group) is an annual off-the-record conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America. The group's agenda, originally to prevent another world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe. Participants include political leaders, experts, captains of industry, finance, academia, numbering between 120 and 150. Attendees are entitled to use information gained at meetings, but not attribute it to a named speaker (known as the Chatham House Rule). This is to encourage candid debate.
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O'Keefe was told to go media black out. He has proof that the board of directors mislead the public. This all happend one week after Pfizer was accused of creating covid mutation to increase profit. If we continue to allow these corporations to have this power collapse is inevitable.
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Earlier today the mod team had to deal with an individual that didn't believe in flu vaccines. Influenza. The disease that killed more people globally that World War One. Didn't believe in them, so advised others not to take them.
They were banned.
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It appears as though the masses are slowly waking up!
The fact other people are realizing that things are getting worse makes me feel less crazy for being in this sub. The comments in that thread are the icing on the cake too.
Edit: This is related to collapse because people in Reddits biggest future related subreddit r/Futurology \-which is dedicated to future technologies and how society will change over time, is growing increasingly pessimistic and a lot of its users are noticing and becoming angry at the constant negative news being shared on that sub. So much so that they are now saying there is almost no difference between r/collapse and r/Futurology!!! This shows that the decreasing state of the world is becoming blatant and very noticeable.
Edit 2: Side note, I think this is signaling an increase in users on this subreddit by the summer. I expect us to hit 500k pretty fast now that we are breaking into the sphere of ordinary people. According to this: [https://subredditstats.com/r/collapse](https://subredditstats.com/r/collapse) our growth has actually slowed down but I don't think that'll last much longer. Especially when the El Nino summer starts to take hold. Just my 2 cents.
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A large explosion at a metal manufacturing plant set off a 'mass casualty incident' in Bedford, Ohio, according to reports.
Ambulances were pictured on the scene of 1 Schumann & Co., which makes brass and bronze alloys. It remains unclear what caused the explosion at around 2.30pm Monday.
One person suffered critical injuries, while a number of people were treated for burns. It's unclear how many people were injured.
Emergency services have also requested the development of several medical helicopters.
The explosion in Bedford, Ohio is located just about 70 miles northwest of East Palestine, where a toxic train derailed on February 3. It is just south of Cleveland.
Witnesses told local News 5 that there were two explosions, a small one followed by a larger one around 2.30pm.
The brick wall of the building was completely blown away, with bricks hitting cars and businesses nearby. Debris was also blown across the street.
'I'm finishing my porkchop from Tasty Take-Outs, like I usually do ... finished my porkchop ... next thing you know—BOOM. I looked over and it was just ... boom. Ridiculous, I don't know how nothing hit me,' a witness told News 5.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/SolarBoy1:
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This post has to do with collapse because monoculture is destroying our soil and making climate change exponentially worse than it already is.
We need to build permaculture gardens everywhere and ensure that we are all self sufficient while living in harmony with nature.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/NeuralHijacker:
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SS: This is an interview with an AI researcher who puts together a very persuasive and disturbing argument that the first time we create a Superintelligence will probably be our last, and that currently it is likely to happen in the next 50 years. In the interview, he points out that one of the major contributors to the Manhattan Project was convinced that he would never achieve nuclear fission in less than 50 years, and yet was successful 2 years later.
A huge amount of VC money is being pumped into AI, with very little serious attempt to mitigate the risks of creating something powerful and malevolent. This could wipe us out in a very short timescale if we continue with the current trajectory.
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Submission Statement: This World Bank/TerrAfrica documentary showcases Ethiopia's success in sustainable land and water management. It highlights how a landscape approach was used to manage land, water and forest resources to meet the goals of food security and inclusive green growth. The lessons drawn are relevant for other countries in the region and other parts of the world fighting land degradation and climate change issues.
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Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse… here comes Robodog
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Italy’s rivers and lakes are facing another year of severe drought after a winter of little rain and snowfall, raising the alarm on the implications for farming, hydropower and access to drinking water.
Vast areas of the Po – the country’s longest river that nourishes several northern and central regions – are already parched, while the water level on Lake Garda is the lowest during winter in 35 years.
Unusually lower water levels in Venice have dried up the lagoon city’s canals, leaving gondolas stranded.
Italy’s National Research Council (CNR) said rainfall in the north was down 40% in 2022 and the absence of precipitation since the beginning of 2023 had been significant.
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These poor families that return to Palestine will face so many health complications because of a scum company and a government that refuses to take responsibility. This poor little girl will now suffer for the rest of her life. This is collapse because this will continue as other companies take no responsibility for the trauma they cause to the environment. Oh, and another train collapsed in Michigan recently 🙄
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There's been talk within the UN that Iran is close to achieving nuclear capabilities. Whether this is true remains to be seen, however there is quite a bit of saber rattling between the US and [Isreal](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-all-possible-means-table-prevent-iran-getting-nuclear-weapon-2023-02-17/) at the potential of such developments.
Add in the fact that China and Iran has recently met about talks of external forces and you got a spicy situation.
I believe this is collapse related as this could lead to a greater, overarching conflict.
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Not saying I necessary believe this, but it’s something that definitely should be listened to. He mentions that anyone should evacuate.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/jacktherer:
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guy says what we're all thinking. how much longer can society hold on like this? how much longer do we have to pay more and more bills to live shittier and shittier lives? collapse related because eventually people will just stop and society as we know it will too
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Higher_Than_Truth:
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The Georgia Guidestones, a Stonehenge-like monument with instructions for humanity to survive after an apocalyptic disaster, has been the subject of speculation and conspiracy theories for decades. But who really built them? Who was behind the construction of one of the internet's favorite mysteries? Let's find out.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/BhamCat:
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Submission statement: This song summarizes the situation in East Palestine, Ohio in a way that evokes early Americana work songs.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/YesTheSteinert:
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SS: I, for one, welcome our AI overlords. This is related to r/collapse because AI is an assumed option to resolve our forgone conclusion. It seems that AI can only be a 14/15 correct chance. This makes me recall the meme "play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
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**OP:** PermissionUnique7075
**Date:** 2023-02-19 02:47:09
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I just wanted all of you to know that this video is almost forty minutes long, so keep that in mind before watching the video.
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I'm just curious as to why the elite would rather build bunkers, and continue to destroy society, and bring about the collapse of modern society, instead of just taking steps to prevent it? The cards are in their hands. They could singlehandedly change the course of history forever, and yet they choose to continue being the horsemen of the apocalypse and build bunkers to survive the apocalypse instead. I just don't get it personally and I wonder what others think.
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These train derailments happening throughout the country might not be what the news portrays it to be. These give the resemblance of foreign infiltration and all trains derailed had toxic chemicals in them. Take a look at a plausible alternative to the mainstream narrative
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Pertains to collapse because this could be the state of western pennsylvania based on the way things have been going lately. Fallout made the argument that the world would end with a giant war with China (it may still happen), but it could be more likely that we are headed in the realm of a disaster that's similar to the movie White Noise. Happened to see Fallout turning up now and again around this topic and this was one of the best pictures I could find to show that situation.
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Climate activism has been ongoing for years, and has seen many cycles, from climate camps in Northern Europe, to US protests around Keystone XL and the Dakota Access Pipeline, to the youth-led strikes and marches in 2018 and 2019. The movement has largely been pacifist, but one could argue that violence in some form is necessary for effective social change. In many historical analogues to our current situation such as slavery, suffragettes, Ghandi, and the civil rights movement to violence has been necessary . In order to prevent further global temperature rises, a global prohibition of new CO2-emitting devices and the deactivation of existing ones is necessary, which will require some form of disruption. The significance of this to r/collapse is that it shows that, although the climate movement has largely been pacifist, radical action may be necessary in order to prevent further environmental destruction.
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The effects of the train wreck are way worse than are being reported. This shows how contaminated the water really is. The ecological effects are going to be devastating to that area and could spread to neighboring states that are connected by waterways. There are already reports of everything dying in creeks and rivers near the crash site. Even this video is eerily absent of insect noises
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SS: The federal government siding fully with the most evil of capitalist monsters in a real, live serious environmental disaster, will not only set the worst of precedents \[that will no doubt be part of an acceleration of domestic decline and collapse\], but will also just plain screw over so many people whose nation and government has denied so much to and attempted to poison in one way or another already in their lives and world.
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submission statement: a news story on NPR is a reminder why the only way man made climate change (and associated issues like the drought in the SouthWest) is only going to be successfully addressed is when schools actually start teaching students the inconvenient science/math
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**Where Greta Thunberg does (and doesn't) expect to see action on climate change**
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*"Right now it's like, saving the climate is seen as an act of tree hugging. It's not being seen as a way to protect our civilization as we know it and to save countless human lives. That is being put against jobs and workers, when it's actually the opposite.*
*...unless people know how bad the situation actually is — they're not going to demand change because they're going to want to keep things the way they are."*
[www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1155695838/greta-thunberg-book-climate-change](https://www.npr.org/2023/02/14/1155695838/greta-thunberg-book-climate-change)
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at the present moment (AND for decades) the educational system has failed to teach the great majority of students any actually useful math/science skill sets that are needed for humanity to adapt to the mismanagement of specific natural resources like water in the colorado river basin which is a situation greatly compounded by man made climate change
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**Teens Know Climate Change Is Real. They Want Schools to Teach More About It**
*...a new nationwide survey of teenagers by the EdWeek Research Center, also reveal an education system out of step with the interest of many students on the issue: Teens are hungry to learn more about how climate change will affect the future of the Earth and society, and what they can personally do to lessen the effects. But the vast majority of states do not require comprehensive instruction on the subject outside of high school science class.*
[www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teens-know-climate-change-is-real-they-want-schools-to-teach-more-about-it/2022/11](https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/teens-know-climate-change-is-real-they-want-schools-to-teach-more-about-it/2022/11)
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*...more than three-quarters of teachers have never received any professional training or education on climate change or how to teach it, according to a nationally representative survey of teachers, conducted by the EdWeek Research Center in December.*
*...San Francisco State University is hoping to change that. The university announced this fall that it is creating a Climate Justice Education Certificate for pre-K-12 teaching—part of a broader initiative to tackle the climate crisis in an equity-minded way.*
[www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/a-new-program-will-train-teachers-to-teach-climate-change-without-the-doom-and-gloom/2022/12](https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/a-new-program-will-train-teachers-to-teach-climate-change-without-the-doom-and-gloom/2022/12)
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just sayin a social justice education isn't very practical knowledge to have when faced with systemic water shortages during a mega drought (like in the SW USA) and the issue isn't helped by climate change
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**Neil deGrasse Tyson: U.S. science illiteracy a serious threat**
*“The consequence of that is that you breed a generation of people who do not know what science is nor how and why it works,” he reportedly said. “You have mortgaged the future financial security of your nation. Innovations in science and technology are the \[basis\] of tomorrow’s economy.”*
[www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-science-illiteracy-threat-2017-2](https://www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-science-illiteracy-threat-2017-2)
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so what will it take for the educational system to wakeup and actually start teaching students (starting in kindergarden) the inconvenient science/math in time to prevent a total societal collapse?
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FWIW the reason I specifically mentioned teaching students (starting in kindergarten) is because this forms the basis of a strong foundation,... said another way, given that thus far the educational system has not taught students practical knowledge about climate change, so it should not be too surprising why there are big problems like the mismanagement of water in the SouthWest USA
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As the technology advances and progresses, is humanity doomed to be replaced? Yes, we created AI technology, but it is slowly creeping into all walks of life and so far is slowly replacing functions that were once performed by humans. Does it have an end?
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For the record, it's typically around 45 to 55 degrees here this time of year
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The WHO has updated its list of medicines that should be stockpiled for radiological and nuclear emergencies, along with policy advice for their appropriate management. This is relevant for r/collapse because it shows that the WHO is preparing for possible scenarios of nuclear war, accidents or terrorism that could cause widespread radiation exposure and health consequences. Such scenarios could trigger or accelerate the collapse of global civilization, as defined by this subreddit. The article also highlights the need for countries to develop national plans and capacities for responding to such emergencies, and to collaborate with other countries and international organizations for mutual support. This implies that there is a lack of preparedness and coordination among countries, which could worsen the outcomes of a radiological or nuclear emergency. The article also raises questions about the availability and affordability of these medicines, especially for low- and middle-income countries that may be more vulnerable to such emergencies.
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**Date:** 2023-02-17 03:02:27
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The wife is making butter in a mason jar from our cow using a hand held beater.... Do it your self your self tips off grid north country farm
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Submission Statement: Post regarding merits of whether or not oil is a fossil fuel, with the implication being if it's not then scarcity has been a myth this whole time. Relevant to collapse because Peak Oil is one of the founding principles of collapsology.
If this conspiracy theory has any truth to it, then perhaps our studies/philosophy/worldview may be lacking and everything we thought we know is to question.
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I've been familiar with Limits to Growth and Overshoot by William Catton, and been an avid follower of the r/collapse subreddit for 2 years. I'm not a shill or psy op, or trying to divide or discredit anybody or anything. I'm just a man searching for the truth, whatever that may be. More than willing to admit fault/I'm wrong about this. Just wanted to hear open-minded thoughts and discussion on the matter, any opinions will be appreciated
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Back in January South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor on Monday defended her country’s decision to hold a joint naval exercise with Russia and China next month off its east coast.
“All countries conduct military exercises with friends worldwide, so there should be no compulsion on any country that they should not conduct them with any other partner. It’s part of a natural course of relationships between countries,” Pandor said in a joint media briefing alongside her visiting Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, who is in the country for bilateral talks.
The South African National Defense Forces (SANDF) said in a statement that “as a means to strengthen the already flourishing relations between South Africa, Russia and China, a multinational maritime exercise between these three countries will take place in Durban and Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal province from 17-27 February,"
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Not like anyone can afford the sticker price of Healthcare- making insurance mandatory almost
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In this article, scientists have raised alarm over the ‘dangerously fast’ growth in atmospheric methane. Methane concentrations have reached 1,900 parts per billion, nearly three times that of pre-industrial levels. This is a major threat to the world’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5–2 °C over pre-industrial temperatures. Scientists are trying to understand the drivers of this increase, which range from the exploitation of oil and natural gas to rising emissions from landfill and livestock. Researchers have used isotopic signatures to estimate that microbes are responsible for around 85% of the growth in emissions since 2007, with fossil-fuel extraction accounting for the remainder. The article also explains how anthropogenic sources such as livestock, agricultural waste, landfill and fossil-fuel extraction accounted for about 62% of total methane emissions since 2007.
The significance of this article to the subreddit r/collapse is that methane is a huge threat to the world’s goal of limiting global warming, and its rapid rise is causing alarm amongst scientists. With human activities such as livestock, agricultural waste, landfill and fossil-fuel extraction contributing to the majority of methane emissions, this article highlights the need for urgent action to reduce emissions.
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SS: Machine Learning Graduate Student is remarking at the progress being made in Artificial Intelligence, suspects we could hit Artificial General Intelligence in only a few years, which would be catastrophic for us in our current iteration of society. This is collapse-related because it would likely learn incredibly quickly and, without proper governance, could do absolutely abhorrent things like "optimizing workflow," which has the likelihood to become very dystopian. So, chuck this onto the pile of things that may go wrong in this polycrisis.
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Submission Statement: Tom, from Explosions and Fire, and Extractions and Ire, goes through a box of old and new pesticides, and describes their effects and safety issues. Progressing from DDT to modern neonicotinoids, he explains how hey were made, and what they would do towards humans and the insects they were meant to target. The video culminates in a description of the use of insecticides to prevent a local Elm plant from getting damaged, and Tom segues into a small message about how we have managed to alter the ecosystem with out heavy handed attitude towards better living through chemistry.
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In the beginning there was a thought, a concept that upon investigation is clear and concise.
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The challenge had always laid in the faults of Man, and it's Children's Children forgetting the past, at the fault of the Father.
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I found it Ironic as I stood mere meters away from where Children would instead not play, but be nailed to a door to stay, and serve out their punishment for mere words.
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Is it Irony that this statue is where it is in Edinburgh Scotland?
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In your Words, where/when did we go wrong
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**OP:** globeworldmap
**Date:** 2023-02-16 14:57:11
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SS: This is the academic version of “faster than expected”, but let’s be honest, a “doom loop” sounds like the ultimate banging dance track, so at least we can all die dancing!
Seriously, shit’s about to get real, and most of the world isn’t even paying attention. That means more “doom looping” for the rest of us. Let’s hear it for the doomers!
This is related to collapse because it furthers the theory of increasing velocity, and tipping points surrounding the collapse of civilisation.
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**OP:** Zen_Coyote
**Date:** 2023-02-16 02:26:05
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SS: Collapse related because tidal flooding will become a more and more common sight in Gulf and Atlantic coastal cities. This is a new luxury apartment built next to the water, but facing constant flooding.
Marginal land is some of the only left in these areas to build and it yields results such as this. Managed retreat is the only viable option in a world that refuses to decarbonize.
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Submission statement: Will those who fundamentally do not understand technology, be destroyed by it?
Given many of our leaders do not have an understanding of the modern Internet, how can they effectively deal with crime organizations that are Internet based?
This article gets into detail on one such organization. And it's manipulation of elections. There are almost certainly reddit accounts (and perhaps r/collapse member also) who are being used/were created by this organization. These bad actors are greatly manipulating what normal people see on social media and elsewhere on the Internet.
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This article is about the mass death of sea lions in Peru due to bird flu. The article explains how the virus has jumped from seabirds to these wild mammals and how there is a worrying hypothesis that the virus may have learned to spread from mammal to mammal. This is the first time that this has occurred in nature and is an alarming development as it could lead to a deadly pandemic among humans. The article also discusses the slow reaction of the authorities and the importance of monitoring the situation closely.
The significance of this article to the subreddit r/collapse is that it highlights the risks of a global pandemic and the dangers of animal-to-human transmission. It also shows the importance of monitoring the situation closely and taking swift action if necessary. This could have implications for how we approach pandemics in the future and how we can prevent them from happening.
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SS: it was such a hokey movie but I really have been getting nothing but The Day After Tomorrow vibes for a while now.
> The scientists were also surprised by a second finding. They discovered an underwater glacial landscape much more complex than expected, dominated by strange staircaselike terraces and crevasses -- big cracks going all the way through the ice shelf.
Melting was particularly rapid in these areas, the research team found. Warm, salty water was able to funnel through and widen cracks and crevasses, contributing to instabilities in the glacier.
“The glacier is not just melting up, but it's melting out," Schmidt said.
New hot water drilling has revealed *even more* melting. Sooner than expected coin stocks rising
And hey…strange staircase ice terraces sound beautiful so, is it really climate change or…are we doing earth art?
More at 11
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Almost 3/4 of a million for this shed. What the actual fuck.
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Submission statement: There was a plume of chemicals hovering in the air that could be seen from far above, yet no state of emergency, no politicians pretending to care, no thought of the people that will be dying from this for decades. We are clearly a failed state and on our own. This is collapse related because today, these very people are told to go home, go to work, nothing to see here. If our policy is to pretend that a giant chemical cloud is not a concern, just imagine what else we are being gaslit about. Everything. Fuck the Muppets in charge and thier corporate masters.
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**Date:** 2023-02-15 16:03:04
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Submission statement: This is collapse related because it outlines a very realistic possibility of future aerosol transmission of Ebola or Marburgh disease as well as other related viruses.
The article summarizes existing evidence for aerosol transmission of several viruses including Ebola and Marburgh some of which have an 88% mortality rate.
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About 20 rail cars were reported to have been carrying hazardous materials which have been spilled in Ohio. Chemicals including vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, ethylhexyl acrylate and ethylene glycol monobutyl ethers were “known to have been and continue to be” released to the air, surface soil and surface waters, the E.P.A. said.
The white house has stated there are no real concerns but I don't understand how releasing this much material into the air, land, and water can be "okay".
for more reading on the topic: Train Derailment in East Palestine, Ohio - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/article/ohio-train-derailment.amp.html
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From The Guardian:
An increase in the pace at which sea levels are rising threatens “a mass exodus of entire populations on a biblical scale”, the UN secretary general has warned.
The climate crisis is causing sea levels to rise faster than for 3,000 years, bringing a “torrent of trouble” to almost a billion people, from London to Los Angeles and Bangkok to Buenos Aires, António Guterres said on Tuesday. Some nations could cease to exist, drowned under the waves, he said.
Addressing the UN security council, Guterres said slashing carbon emissions, addressing problems such as poverty that worsen the impact of the rising seas on communities and developing new international laws to protect those made homeless – and even stateless – were all needed. He said sea level rise was a threat-multiplier which, by damaging lives, economies and infrastructure, had “dramatic implications” for global peace and security.
Significant sea level rise is already inevitable with current levels of global heating, but the consequences of failing to tackle the problem are “unthinkable”. Guterres said: “Low-lying communities and entire countries could disappear for ever. We would witness a mass exodus of entire populations on a biblical scale. And we would see ever fiercer competition for fresh water, land and other resources.
“People’s human rights do not disappear because their homes do,” he said. “Yes, this means international refugee law.”
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**Submission statement**: This report by the CDC highlights that teen girls are experiencing very high levels of depression, anxiety, and victimization -- leading to serious mental health consequences. Fifty-seven percent of teen girls surveyed reported being "persistently sad or hopeless", with *a full 30% reporting having seriously considered suicide*. These numbers are reflective of young people no longer being able to cope with the challenges that they face as society further collapses.
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Submission Statement: The Doomsday Clock has been moved to 90 seconds to midnight, mainly due to the war in Ukraine soon entering its second year, increased reliance on gas in the midst of extreme climate change, and increased risk of nuclear war. This relates to collapse as it highlights how close we are to the next mass extinction.
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Watch a fever-dream depiction of the final moments of Ross Ulbricht before he is arrested for running the first modern darknet marketplace. Ross was one of the first tech disrupters creating an "Amazon for drugs" and other illegal products. His ideological bent brought him a double-life sentence, rather than a net worth of billions.
While running The Silk Road, Ross anonymously posted as Dread Pirate Roberts, endlessly waxing poetic about his mission and the way he saw the world. Whether his intentions were in good faith or not, his words have only become more prescient as society continues to collapse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/YosephusMaximus0:
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The news has been indicating some very strong signals lately regarding the emotional state of political leaders around the world. An observant look and some introspection will reveal that an offensive right here in the U.S is on the way
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/StrikingDebate2:
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This temperature is well above the average UK temperature in February. 17°c is much closer to an average summers day than a winters day. Extremely alarming. And there is a big freeze coming this week. Extreme temperature fluctuations.
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" collapse" of the ability of communities to manage even the most simple infectious bacterial diseases :
tuberculosis
skin infections
infections of those with vascular diseases, and with diabetes.
infections in people with lung diseases and with cancer.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Imnot_your_buddy_guy:
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Art imitates life.
In the 2022 Netflix film White Noise, a train carrying toxic chemicals gets into an accident and is derailed, unleashing fumes that create an “airborne toxic event.” This chemical spill requires everyone nearby to evacuate the area and seek shelter far from the crash…Last week, in an instance of life imitating art (or vice-versa), a train carrying harmful chemicals derailed in the very same town used as filming location for White Noise‘s on-screen crash.
You can’t make this shit up 🤷♂️
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SS: Decades of neglect and allowing the railroads to do whatever they want. That the US doesn't have an electrified rail network and high speed tracks is a fucking embarrassment, but the commercial rail companies have steadfastly refused to invest anything more than the bare minimum into capital costs. The rolling stock is ancient, the track is degrading, and they keep trying to find places to cut costs at the expense of their workers and safety in order to keep the line going up rather than actually reinvesting into their services. The lack of regulation and people being bought off by corporations is shameful. All combine to make this a disaster comparable to Chernobyl in the heartland of the country, ruining the lives of millions.
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**Date:** 2023-02-14 00:41:43
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What's the best non-fiction book related to collapse? [in-depth]This question is primarily to help us determine what to include in the wiki. [Here are the books](https://www.letstalkthis.com/collapse/#books) we currently have listed:
* Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update By Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows, and Jørgen Randers (2004)
* Overshoot: The Ecological Basis of Revolutionary Change by William R. Catton Jr. (1980)
* Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond (2005)
* The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. Tainter (1988)
* The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, Energy, and Environment by Chris Martenson (2011)
* The Long Descent: A User’s Guide to the End of the Industrial Age by John Michael Greer (2008)
* How Everything Can Collapse: A Manual for our Times by Pablo Servigne and Raphaël Stevens (2015)
We also have the [Collapse Monthly Book Club](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/wiki/bookclub) and [Collapse Booklist](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/wiki/books).
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/InternetPeon:
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Submission Statement: Related to collapse because....
This is quite interesting - either our adversaries have developed technologies that are far beyond our current capabilities or perhaps there is another extraterrestrial political faction at work.
If you had alien invasion or alien Panic on your collapse bingo card today is your lucky day.
Seriously though - if terrestrial powers have a new capability could radically and rapidly reconfigure the geopolitical situation.
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Who are the most relevant collapse-related figures?Who are the more relevant collapse-related figures? They could be figures in the collapse community or relevant in terms of increasing our understanding of collapse.
Currently, we have these individuals [listed in the wiki:](https://www.letstalkthis.com/collapse/)
* Chris Hedges
* Chris Martenson
* Derrick Jensen
* Guy McPherson
* James Hansen
* Jared Diamond
* John Michael Greer
* Joseph Tainter
* Kevin Anderson
* Nate Hagens
* Richard Heinberg
* Vaclav Smil
Others we might consider:
* Carolyn Baker
* Dahr Jamail
* David Pollard
* David Wallace-Wells
* Dennis Meadows
* Dmitry Orlov
* Gail Tverberg
* James Howard Kunstler
* Jem Bendell
* Joanna Macy
* Joe Brewer
* Michael B Dowd
* Michael Ruppert
* Pablo Servigne
* Paul Beckwith
* Paul Chefurka
* Rupert Read
* Sam Mitchell
* Simon Michaux
* Stephen Jenkinson
* Tim Garrett
* Ugo Bardi
* William Rees
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/nateatwork:
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Submission Statement: The short essay is a brief look at the collapse of authority goes along with the rise and fall economic systems. I believe this will be another good one for /r/collapse! As the sun sets on our modern era, my prediction that we will enter an entirely new philosophical paradigm...
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/typhoon90:
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Submission Statement: On February 3, 2023, a freight train carrying hazardous chemicals, including vinyl chloride, derailed and exploded in the village of East Palestine, Ohio, United States. The derailed train was Norfolk Southern freight train 32N. Such events seem to only be increasing around the globe co tributing to ongoing collapse of suoply chains, food, environmental disasters etc
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The article is from a month ago but I recently found this sub and I thought this would fit here. In Canada we have a grocery store oligopoly. 1 family owns Loblaws which owns many other supermarkets. Galen Weston and the Weston family have made record profit after record profit throughout the pandemic. After the pandemic they have used inflation as an excuse to ramp up prices. Often times prices rose over 140% whereas inflation was 8-10% AT MOST.
The greed has been very blatant and open and Canadians are very pissed. It is hard due to uncompetitive practices by corporations to find grocery stores that do not take part in this greed. Many are therefore stealing and are doing so happily without any guilt or remorse since it has become very clear to nearly everyone that prices are only as high as they are (and getting higher) because the people at the top want more, and more despite the billions they already have.
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**Date:** 2023-02-13 06:09:44
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[Article read here](https://freebeacon.com/national-security/they-could-literally-starve-us-republicans-push-to-ban-china-from-purchasing-us-farmland/)
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**Date:** 2023-02-13 04:43:27
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I warned about an economic crash years before the 2008 crisis, but the people in power wouldn’t listen. Now I’m seeing serious warning signs in the economy again — and I’m calling on regulators and Congress to act before another crisis costs America’s families their homes, jobs, and savings.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/airbnbust_mod:
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Submission statement: This article talks about how there are now so many airbnbs on the market in Phoenix, that they couldn't even get high occupancy rates when the Super Bowl was in town.
Why this is collapse related: I think this could be the catalyst to start off the housing market bust. If these airbnbs are sitting on the market without making money, the owners are going to have no choice but to sell. And if they are losing money every month, they aren't going to be the kind of sellers who let it sit on the market for a year to get "what it's worth". They are going to have to go meet buyers at lower prices.
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The environment will probably feel this for years to come and it’s likely no one will be held accountable. Horrific. How much more damage can our planet take?
That isn’t even to mention the potential health concerns this draws to attention. Residents and first responders will be lucky to see $5 in compensation within the next 20 years.
Railroad workers were striking for safer conditions just last year. This is a result of shutting them down and denying most of their demands.
News sites seem to barely cover this. People need to see what happens when we let corporations rob us of not only wealth, but of our homes, our health and our future.
Edit: This relates to collapse because events like this directly contribute to the collapse of our ecosystems.
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Media coverage is being kept to a minimum. Even UFOs are being shot down to keep the masses paying attention to something else. We are 🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑
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**Date:** 2023-02-12 12:13:00
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/AbheekG:
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This is very much related to collapse as the risk of transferable diseases that are highly resilient to current treatments only increases with the increase in population density and the rising temperatures brought about by climate change. As population dispersion continues, new viruses may spread around the globe at unprecedented rates and if our attitude towards COVID and its vaccines is anything to go by, we as a society may have a serious problem on our hands sooner than we can expect it! As the highly qualified and experienced author of this newspaper article points out: we may have a very crucial window of only a few months to soften or negate the potentially devastating blow of the next global pandemic.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/416246:
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Submission statement: for the third time in a week objects have been shot down over North American skies, now over another’s country’s airspace.
This represents a collapse of normalcy where tensions and secrecy is heightened.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Plantie-Dropper:
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Collapse has always been here because; the ultra rich have always seen the “useless feeders” as just this. Useless. They have exploited labor for their own gain for all of known “his-story”. And have thus ruined any chance of communal societal relations. The only chance for us to thrive is for us to end any notion of elitist vs. poor mentality.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/BigYogi:
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SS: I believe this is an example of both the destruction and disregard for both the environment and the people that corporations and the petrochemical industry have no problem inflicting on people to reduce costs and maximize profits.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Leviathan1337:
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For the bot- this is collapse related for pretty obvious reasons. We suppress a railroad strike, fail to improve conditions, and still manage to act surprised when shit gets fucked up. I dunno about you guys, but if actively choosing to poison the population with chlorine gas and phosgene gas all in the name of God Money isn't indicative of our ongoing collapse, then I don't know what is.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/9273629397759992:
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This post is about an unsettling experience that a person had when they were threatened with arrest for attempting to document a train derailment in Ohio. The person, an environmental scientist, was mistaken for a journalist by an environmental consulting group contracted by Norfolk Southern and was warned that they would be arrested if they were media. This experience is significant to the subreddit r/collapse because it speaks to the power of corporations to suppress freedom of speech and the press, even in public spaces. It also highlights the potential dangers of corporate interference in the reporting of environmental disasters and the importance of independent reporting and documentation
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DEVolkan:
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SS: This is collapse related, because the country poisoned its citizens and [downplayed the danger](https://youtu.be/xCyM1ggvPUA?t=55).
I saw this post the other day: "[I’m scared a lot of people in Ohio are likely to die.](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/10yfcg1/im_not_sure_where_else_to_post_this_but_im_scared/)" and wondered how the government will react. Today I stumbled about this video in r/all. So I thought it did get wide coverage, to my surprise I only saw a few videos on YouTube. And the official people in the videos downplayed its danger. While the comments were all about its actual danger.
About vinyl chloride:
High doses of vinyl chloride can cause severe health effects, including unconsciousness, suffocation, and death. Inhaling large amounts of vinyl chloride can lead to respiratory distress and can cause respiratory failure, which can be life-threatening. Short-term exposure to high levels of vinyl chloride can also cause symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, fatigue, and nausea. Additionally, high doses of vinyl chloride can damage the liver and other organs and increase the risk of developing certain types of cancer.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Mighty_L_LORT:
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SS: The sun is typically a stable system with a bunch of differently interacting cycles. Its behaviours like sun spots, solar flares, radiation and other factors are influenced by each other and outside factors like galactic radiation or space dust for example. In short, if it always displays patterns along the same lines, but suddenly we start seeing unique activity in zones or times where they never occur... It's a pottential sign that there are factors at play which could be throwing the sun into new behaviours and dynamics... Lots of which could be cataclysmic. And it is easy to see that if something profoundly erratic happens to the sun, life on earth is toast, literally.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/ThickEffective1265:
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> The symptoms of the "non-identified illness" were nose bleeds, fever, joint pain and other ailments that caused death within a few hours, the head of health for the district, Ngu Fankam Roland, said in a statement.
"Death within a few hours", like after showing symptoms? It usually takes around a few days for Ebola or Lassa to kill someone after the symptoms, right? Can this be a new strain?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/bountyhunterfromhell:
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Article: in response to disease outbreaks or other urgent circumstances, an increasing number of farm animals in the United States (US) are being killed en masse by depopulation. In the past few years, depopulation methods that rely on heatstroke as the mechanism of killing have been used with increasing frequency to kill birds and pigs raised for food production. While they are defended as expedient and faster to implement, heatstroke-based methods severely compromise animal welfare and there is a prolonged period prior to the animals losing consciousness. The US veterinary profession is entrusted with an ethical responsibility to protect and advance animal welfare, yet its classification of the heatstroke-based depopulation method Ventilation Shutdown Plus is used to justify this method’s widespread use. Numerous strategies are suggested for how the US veterinary profession, including the American Veterinary Medical Association, can encourage the use of more humane methods when depopulations are performed
Link https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/1/140
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/shenan:
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SS profits are Global and poverty is localized. When the circus becomes too expensive and restrictive, what will you do? Will you be the one to take the initiative to paint your face a clown?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Monsur_Ausuhnom:
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Pertains to collapse because scenes out of East Palestine, OH look apocalyptic currently. It certainly is creating a great deal of environmental destruction in that area and mass evacuations. I'm seeing some comparing this to a Chernobyl scenario, but don't believe its that bad.
It appears that there are reports of at least one journalist getting arrested trying to coverage this. I get the impression that the full truth of what might be happening isn't getting out and am curious to see what others think on this ongoing issue.
Did a little bit more research. It appears that townsfolk are allowed to now come back as of a day today. Animals and wildlife are completely sick. The fact that COVID-19 not existing anymore to make money for capitalism reminds me of a bit of this scenario.
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**OP:** ThickEffective1265
**Date:** 2023-02-11 06:07:29
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He added: “What this ideology of exclusivity leads to can be seen today by reading the results of an investigation by Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh about Biden’s involvement in undermining Nord Stream.
“At the direction of the US President, American divers, under the cover of NATO exercises and with the support of the Norwegian Navy, planted remotely controlled explosive devices near gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, and then set them off.”
Volodin then dubbed Biden a terrorist while referencing the Nord Stream pipeline, which exploded in September last year.
this is related to collapse because it is a significant step in the deterioration of u.s/russia relations which threatens large scale conflict
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/416246:
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> Moldova’s government has collapsed following the resignation of pro-Western Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita, adding to a series of crises that have gripped the small nation since Russia invaded its neighbour, Ukraine.
This is collapse related because the government has collapsed in a country adjacent to another at war. It seems to be pretty orderly though as there is a prescribed method of choosing a new leader that is being adhered to.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Cowabongya:
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Today I was recommended a video from last year with Joe Rogan and the safari guy talking about de-extinction. I decided to look it up and found this article I linked above was posted today by our friends at the WEF (they want us eating bugs and owning nothing). I really believe they are going to ramp it up in the next few months. But for anyone who's interested in the real reason everything is suffering and dying right now.
The Dimming documentary [here ](https://youtu.be/rf78rEAJvhY)
Recent aluminum snow lab test
[here ](https://youtu.be/-KJqf8MU-2U)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Mursin:
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SS: This is a bit of a meme post, but the song is directly related to the end of society and collapse, but it's also a metaphor for depression.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JA17MVP:
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The effects of El Nino tend to peak during December, but the impact typically takes time to spread across the globe. This lagged effect is why forecasters believe 2024 could be the first year that humanity surpasses 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“The big question then is what will happen towards the end of the year?” Scaife told CNBC via telephone. “We don’t know the answer to that question yet. It is a bit early to say … but the current chances are, I would say, between 60% and 70% for an El Nino event in the coming year.”
“It is possible that, if we get a large El Nino, we’re going to get very close — and it could be the first year above 1.5 degrees,” Scaife said.
The world’s leading climate scientists warned last year that the fight to keep global heating under 1.5 degrees Celsius had reached “now or never” territory. Climate prediction centers have since said there is a 50-50 chance of overshooting 1.5 degrees Celsius in the coming years.
This is collapse related because 1.5 degrees of warming is often used as a threshold we should try to maintain to avoid climate catastrophes. However the projections are usually decades into future. The fact that it might happen next year signifies the hastening of our collapse due to climate change.
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**Date:** 2023-02-10 14:42:37
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DrMelbourne:
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Why relevant here on r/collapse?
1. Those two buildings produce meat in the hundreds of millions of kilograms. Food system becomes extremely concentrated and fragile.
2. The same buildings are superreactors for diseases. Think "Swine Flu 2.0"
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**OP:** DrMelbourne
**Date:** 2023-02-10 08:17:35
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/LunaNyx_YT:
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SS: A doctor in the US has just gotten word that a passanger of a flight from Hong Kong to Houston has contracted Bird Flu, if it is human to human, then this is a repeat of 2020 and it'll be the start of another pandemic, perhabs worst than the last one.
It's related to collapse because if this ends up being a worse pandemic than COVID, and if it leads to another shutdown- we'll see far more deaths, either from the flu or from arising violence against shutdowns. which COULD (i'm not saying will) lead to collapse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/reborndead:
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SS: Mongolia's addiction to coal has caused air pollution to devastate its population. The country's air pollution crisis has dramatically shortened the lives of the Mongolian people. Children are either dying or have some sort of respiratory related disease. When the future generations are handicapped or wiped out, collapse is inevitable as there are no availability of healthy citizens to continue the functions of society.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/rekabis:
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This is an interesting and topical subject, because it brings together a number of different issues involving agriculture, demographics, and how a country becomes self-sufficient via industrialization. China, thanks to its one-child-policy, now has a massive deficit of citizens under 40 years of age, and will experience massive issues thanks to many of these people not seeing any economic conditions that would encourage them to get married and have children.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/QuartzPuffyStar:
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After months of fingerpointing between the main world powers, it's finally clear who is the responsible for the destruction of the main hope of peace in Europe, and the release of millions of cubic meters of greenhouse gas into the atmosphere, in times were our planet is at the verge of going into an exponential hothouse effect.
The fallout of this attack will be felt for decades and will more than probably leave a deep scar in our civilization's history, if not add another brick on the wall at the exit of the crisis it got itself into.
"Are we the bad guys?" Is a question that many Americans are starting to ask themselves, and sadly the answer draws itself in blood, and will be highlighted with chaos.
These are dark times we're heading into, and the ones seeing the signs are too few, and too powerless as to stop the train before it wrecks.
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**OP:** DecapitatedApple
**Date:** 2023-02-08 23:29:00
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**OP:** BurntFlower
**Date:** 2023-02-08 21:44:49
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ss: watch the first 4 hours , you can set the speed in youtube to 2x and still understand. my question is if its fake - why would they do it. those are real scientists and you can look them up , if its fake - why all the effort. what's the agenda here? this could be big
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**OP:** KaxOn440
**Date:** 2023-02-08 17:04:39
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Lightheart_Editor:
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We are headed for an apokalupsis.
This is not the end of the world: This is the uncovering, the realization that our world ended long ago.
Collapse is the uncovering. Our world falls apart when people realise it has fallen apart. But it is healthy to realise this, because it means we can get started with a new one.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/jiayux:
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**Submission statement**
A month ago I [posted](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/zzn851/i_had_to_do_it_to_save_everyone_man_breaks_into/) a news report here about someone stranded in a storm knocking 10 doors and offering $500 for a night sleeping on the floor, and all 10 turning him down. That happened in Buffalo, NY suburb. In the submission statement under that post, I wrote
>"Strangers are not to be trusted" seems deeply carved into the American mindset, and no matter whether it is right/reasonable or not, this is a sad thing that reveals some serious problems with the modern society.
Well, now a similar incident happened in Boston: someone in a wheelchair was stuck in the middle of a crosswalk, and no one offered any help until the OOP and 2 others pushed the him up the curb. (This was in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood, which is a "nicer" part of Boston.)
The comments are full of "I helped someone and got into legal trouble/was scammed" stories, and the OOP was heavily downvoted. So basically the OOP said "people are too callous to help others", and the comments said "it's too dangerous to help others". No matter who is right (or perhaps both are right?), this is compelling evidence that social trust has collapsed—the only disagreement is in what way did collapse happen.
Another thing to notice is that the collapsenik mindset seems to have infiltrated those local subs. Look at r/boston—apart from some pictures, it's one complaint after another. [Even the sub of my town with 60K population is sometimes like this.](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/zjvq5l/comment/j011jju)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/stalksandblondes:
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Full article:
As the world is just beginning to recover from the devastation of Covid-19, it is facing the possibility of a pandemic of a far more deadly pathogen.
Bird flu — known more formally as avian influenza — has long hovered on the horizons of scientists’ fears. This pathogen, especially the H5N1 strain, hasn’t often infected humans, but when it has, 56 percent of those known to have contracted it have died. Its inability to spread easily, if at all, from one person to another has kept it from causing a pandemic.
But things are changing. The virus, which has long caused outbreaks among poultry, is infecting more and more migratory birds, allowing it to spread more widely, even to various mammals, raising the risk that a new variant could spread to and among people.
Alarmingly, it was recently reported that a mutant H5N1 strain was not only infecting minks at a fur farm in Spain but also most likely spreading among them, unprecedented among mammals. Even worse, the mink’s upper respiratory tract is exceptionally well suited to act as a conduit to humans, Thomas Peacock, a virologist who has studied avian influenza, told me.
The world needs to act now, before H5N1 has any chance of becoming a devastating pandemic.
We have many of the tools that are needed, including vaccines. What’s missing is a sense of urgency and immediate action.
The best defense against a new deadly pathogen is aggressively suppressing early outbreaks, which first requires detecting them quickly. The United States, the World Health Organization and global health officials already have influenza surveillance networks, but many avian influenza experts told me they don’t think the networks are functioning well enough given the threat level. Such surveillance would need to prioritize people in the poultry industry but also expand beyond that.
Thijs Kuiken, an expert in avian influenza at Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, says farms for pigs — another species susceptible to influenza — should also be surveilled for bird flu. People interacting with wild birds and animals, as well as susceptible species of pets like ferrets, are also at higher risk. It’s not enough to detect, though: Suppression would require a major effort and global coordination.
Unfortunately, mink farms must be shut down — even if it means killing the minks. They are typically killed anyway for their fur at about 6 months of age. It’s hard to imagine a better way to incubate and spread a deadly virus than letting it evolve among tens of thousands of animals with an upper respiratory tract similar to ours crowded together. When the coronavirus infected Danish mink farms in 2020 and the minks generated new variants that then infected humans, the efforts to save the industry were futile because the outbreaks were uncontrollable.
If different strains of flu have infected the same person simultaneously, the strains can swap gene segments and give rise to new, more transmissible ones. If a mink farmworker with the flu also gets infected by H5N1, that may be all it takes to ignite a pandemic.
To avoid this, quick testing should be widely available and easy to obtain globally, especially for poultry workers and people handling wild birds or other wildlife. And current testing capabilities should be quickly expanded. There are 91 public health labs in the United States that can test for H5 influenza. Positive results are sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where further analyses can detect H5N1 within about 48 hours. But plans should be in place to increase the amount of tests and testing facilities in case demand ramps up.
Perhaps the best news is that we have several H5N1 vaccines already approved by the Food and Drug Administration whose safety and immune response have been studied.
The U.S. government has a small H5N1 vaccine stockpile, but it would be nowhere near enough if a serious outbreak occurred. The current plan is to mass-produce them if and when such an outbreak occurs, based on the particular variant involved.
There are several problems, though, with this approach even under the best-case scenarios. Producing hundreds of millions of doses of a new vaccine could take six months or more.
Worryingly, all but one of the approved vaccines are produced by incubating each dose in an egg. The U.S. government keeps hundreds of thousands of chickens in secret farms with bodyguards. (It’s true!) But the bodyguards are presumably there to fend off terror attacks, not a virus. Relying on chickens to produce vaccines against a virus that has a 90 percent to 100 percent fatality rate among poultry has the makings of the most unfunny which-came-first, the-chicken-or-the-egg riddle.
The only company with an F.D.A.-approved non-egg-based H5N1 vaccine expects to be able to produce 150 million doses within six months of the declaration of a pandemic. But there are seven billion people in the world.
The mRNA-based platforms used to make two of the Covid vaccines also don’t depend on eggs. Scott Hensley, an influenza expert at the University of Pennsylvania, told me that those vaccines can be mass-produced faster, in as little as three months. There are currently no approved mRNA vaccines for influenza, but efforts to make one should be expedited.
If the W.H.O. is to take the lead in expanding global vaccine manufacturing, it needs the support of wealthy countries and the cooperation of large pharmaceutical companies that have the patents and know-how.
A big challenge to stockpiling flu vaccines is that they can lose potency over time and need updating as new variants arise. The U.S. government is skeptical about creating a large stockpile, fearing that stored vaccines may not be effective against whatever strain became pandemic, and worries that stockpiles will expire anyway. Officials also have faith that they can get new flu vaccines mass-produced rapidly.
Many influenza experts told me that older vaccines could still provide some protection against severe outcomes or death. Peter Palese, a professor of microbiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who established the first genetic maps for influenza A, B and C viruses, told me that such stockpiles would be especially useful for essential workers.
In 2017, the C.D.C. found that the H5N1 vaccine made in 2004 and 2005 helped protect ferrets against an H5N2 virus in 2014. Investigations in 2006 showed that 80 percent of the U.S. stockpile of earlier H5N1 vaccines were still potent a full year after their expected one-year shelf life had passed. In 2019, another study found that H5N1 vaccines produced as early as 2004 were still potent a full 12 years later.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/InternetPeon:
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT: Related to Collapse Because....
This highlights the dual realities we are living in at the moment, one where nuclear annihilation is an immediate danger, the other where our economic gambling casino is telling you what to invest in for the end of the world so you can have more / consume more and stay in your safe bubble.
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# Changes:
1. Upcoming AMAs:
1. Date TBD, Feb: [Terry Macalister](https://www.theguardian.com/profile/terrymacalister) and team from recent movie [The Oil Machine](https://www.theoilmachine.org/)
2. New common questions:
1. [What are your plans for the far future (retirement)?](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/106gbvr/what_are_your_plans_for_the_far_future_retirement/)
2. [What job/life/general purpose skills do you think will be necessary during collapse?](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/10bm6hl/what_joblifegeneral_purpose_skills_do_you_think/)
3. [What are the best debates related to collapse?](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/10h1ejh/what_are_the_best_debates_related_to_collapse/)
3. There's an update of the sidebar content and Collapse wiki in the works. Because of technical limitations this is a lengthy process, but we're hoping to have it done by the April update.
# Content Suggestion
We have had multiple people come to us over the past year with concerns regarding the quality of information on Medium in general and the writings of Umair Haque in particular; these concerns centre on the content being mediocre quality on a good day, information often being dubious, and (in Haque's case) being pretty much clickbait for the community. As these concerns are now at a critical mass, we are seeking input from the community;
1. Do you think we should, as a general rule, ban Medium links from being submitted to r/Collapse (noting that some may still be approved if the submitters get prior approval from moderation)?
2. Do you think we should ban Umair Haque's stuff specifically?
3. Do you think we should do both?
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We welcome any feedback or questions you have regarding these changes and updates.
Additionally, what are your thoughts on the state of the subreddit overall?
The following submission statement was provided by /u/cavityfalls:
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This is related to collapse because our environment keeps getting poisoned. Our water supplies and land corrupted.
This could make the whole town completely unhabitable if it reaches water supplies.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Perfect-Ad-7534:
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SS: In Nepal,near the capital of Kathmandu H5N1 was detected on a poultry farm killing 2909 hens with the rest of the 7500 flock culled
It is related to collapse because our healtcare system is vournable to the chaos H5N1 could cause if the disease mutates to Human to Human transmission.With a 60%mortality rate it would decimate our systems even futher and it makes Covid 19 appear like the common flu
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/GoinFerARipEh:
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Submission Statement: News that the City of New York is providing free bus tickets to migrants heading north to claim asylum in Canada highlights an urgent need to address the situation at the border, Quebec's immigration minister said Monday.
Speaking to reporters in Montreal, Christine Fréchette called the report "surprising." She said Ottawa needs to "solve the problem of Roxham Road," which is an unofficial border crossing south of Montreal used by tens of thousands of people last year to claim asylum.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Monday that his administration helps in the "re-ticketing process" for people who arrive in the city but want to go elsewhere.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/lilsneeezy:
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The feeling of pretending everything's normal has been getting to me a lot lately. I felt like this article connected a lot of threads, and explained the vibe I've been getting recently, from everyone. From Covid to global warming to the economy, it's extremely clear to me that we're facing struggles that are interlocking. And it's beyond frustrating to see people feigning normality in the face of it. So this article resonated with me a lot.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/hitchinvertigo:
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While the collapse of the American Empire is a topic of speculation, there are several factors that are commonly cited as potential causes of such an event. These include:
Political polarization and gridlock: The increasing political polarization in the United States, along with a lack of cooperation and compromise among political leaders, could lead to a failure to address critical issues facing the country.
Economic inequality: The growing gap between the rich and poor in the United States, combined with a lack of economic opportunities for many Americans, could lead to widespread social and economic unrest.
Debt and fiscal instability: The high levels of debt and government spending in the United States, along with a failure to address long-term fiscal imbalances, could lead to economic instability and a loss of confidence in the country's financial system.
Global competition: The rise of other countries, such as China and India, as major global powers could challenge America's dominance and lead to a decline in its influence on the world stage.
Climate change: The failure to address the impacts of climate change, such as rising sea levels and extreme weather events, could have serious consequences for the country's economy, infrastructure, and national security.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/brbgonnabrnit:
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Submission Statement: This is collapse related because if H5N1 Avian flu mutates to be able to spread from human to human it will be a disaster.
From the article.
"This is an infection that has epidemic and pandemic potential,” Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a Toronto-based infectious disease specialist, told the CBC. “I don’t know if people recognize how big a deal this is.”
Just like my grandpappy used to say
"If climate change don't kill ya, bird flu will"
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/douwebeerda:
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Submission Statement: Is it a good thing to be (maybe overly) optimistic? I like to belief that humanity can still find more harmony with itself and the planet it is living on. How do people here feel about it?
To give some inspiration and hope:
Planet Repair through:
1) Soil Stabilization
2) Watershed Management
3) Getting (Edible) Biology Started.
Learn all about it in this playlist with examples from 6 continents and over 27 countries.
[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdxP6iuL11wZCv\_qlzDYlOc1RvR7v8mfU](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdxP6iuL11wZCv_qlzDYlOc1RvR7v8mfU)
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How do you think is optimism ok or is it just naïve? Is it better to be too optimistic or is it better to be pessimistic or is it best to be realistic (but how can we really know what our future looks like)?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JA17MVP:
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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake has hit southern Turkey, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said Monday.
The quake’s depth is 24.1 kilometers (14.9 miles), located 23 kilometers (14.2 miles) east of Nurdagi, Gaziantep province, according to the USGS.
Strong aftershocks have been felt in central Turkey, where another earthquake of 6.7 magnitude struck at a depth of 9.9 kilometers about 11 minutes after the first quake, the USGS said.
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This is collapse related because an earthquake will significantly negatively affect the country and its people.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/PurdVert69:
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SS: Our collapse is being hastened at an exponential rate by those same in-groups who risked it time and again, in days past...if only ''for a few dollars more''...
With the world's beleaguered populace caught in the middle, as always.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/bpra93:
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In Austin, Texas it looks like people are dumpster diving while we give away BILLIONS to Afghanistan and Ukraine and other parts of the world while we starve here. Is America rapidly becoming a failed state? We have enough resources to solve all of this but won't.
The food crisis is real and what is causing it is the climate change proposals…most American fertilizer companies are capped out due to carbon emissions…
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Hi, Artane_33. Thanks for contributing. However, your [submission](https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/10tn8vf/-/) was removed from /r/collapse for:
> Unfortunately, *some of you* decided to take the conversations under this post from civility to just exchanging insults in breach of Rule 1. This car has been turned around, and now no-one is going to DisneyWorld; thread locked.
**OP:** QuizzyP21
**Date:** 2023-02-04 23:46:48
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**OP:** QuizzyP21
**Date:** 2023-02-04 23:45:24
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Artane_33:
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The video shows armed members of New Era Detroit doing their rounds to provide security to the local black community, particularly black women. An armed race-based group that feels the need to provide roving armed security demonstrates several threats to society and harbingers of its collapse - social division among racial and political lines; the ubiquity of guns and the real or perceived need to own and use them; the real or perceived failure of the government to ensure security; and the real gang and crime dynamics that generate such groups.
New Era Detroit was founded in 2014 and is part of [New Era Community Connection/ New Era Nation](https://www.neweraworld.work/about-us), which describes itself as
> “designed exclusively to connect and develop urban communities worldwide through our original mudroots concept, direct outreach and hands-on community programming to assist in creating an environment of self-sufficiency throughout often forgotten communities.”
Detroit Free Press, [“A next generation of black activism gains steam”](https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2015/12/07/new-black-civil-rights-groups-detroit-seek-voice/75214942/)
BLAC Detroit, [“Who’s afraid of New Era Detroit?”](https://www.blac.media/news-features/whos-afraid-of-new-era-detroit/)
FOX2 Detroit, [“New Era Detroit hits milestone with helping communities that need it most”](https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/new-era-detroit-hits-milestone-with-helping-communities-that-need-it-most)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/bpra93:
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“Food prices will probably climb this year unless there’s major debt relief and financial support from the international community, the International Food Policy Research Institute warned this week.
Agri-commodities and fertilizers are still historically expensive, while grain stockpiles remain tight just as extreme weather in places like Argentina and East Africa damages crop prospects”
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/douwebeerda:
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Submission Statement: Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison reveals his picks for the 5 most epic Earth healing projects in the world.
Project 1: Arvari River Restoration
Project 2: The Chikukwa Project
Project 3: GRAVIS Jodhpur
Project 4: The Loess Plateau
Project 5: The Paani Foundation
Restoring degraded ecosystems can turn life around for the humans living in those areas.
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**OP:** fortyfivesouth
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**OP:** lilsneeezy
**Date:** 2023-02-04 11:48:44
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Deep_losses:
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This is collapse related because fresh water shortages will lead to decreased food production and economic losses.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/KosherFountain:
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Submission Statement: Didn't know casual Fridays needed a submission statement so, uh... yea, the oracle is dead. I don't think it gets any more ominous than that.
Related
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/02/groundhog-day-2022-canada-celebration
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead!
She's gone where the goblins go below, below, below, yo ho
Let's open up and sing, and ring the bells out
Ding-dong! the merry-o sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the wicked witch is dead
Ding-dong, the witch is dead! Which old witch? The wicked witch
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head, rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead!
She's gone where the goblins go below, below, below, yo ho
Let's open up and sing, and ring the bells out
Ding-dong! the merry-o sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the wicked witch is dead
---
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**OP:** krink1487
**Date:** 2023-02-03 21:50:55
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Beginning-Panic188:
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When looking at the collapse of human civilization, we tend to focus on the tangibles, aspects that we see in the physical world. But what about the collapse of the intangible - human values, values that make us human? Is the intangible precursor to the tangible? When human values recede, society's social fabric collapses, lawlessness follows, and the human world becomes worse than a jungle
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DevOpsMuffin39:
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This report provides a comprehensive overview of various economic indicators and trends across different industries, commodities, and regions. The data includes the monthly Hemispheric Sunspot Numbers, the Producer Price Index for different industries such as Iron and Steel Mills, Farm Products, and Lumber and Wood Products. It also covers the total assets of the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury securities, US Premium Conventional Gas Price, Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price, Proved Natural Gas Reserves in the United Kingdom, and monthly outstanding loans from Monetary Financial Institutions. Additionally, the report covers the value of commercial paper with different maturity periods and central bank liquidity swaps and reverse repurchase agreements. The exchange rates of the Sterling and Russian Ruble are also included, along with the OPEC Crude Oil Price. This data provides a broad picture of the current economic conditions and can help inform decisions related to investments, production, and business strategies.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/hitchinvertigo:
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Research paper from 1997:
\>The collapse of children's well-being in the United States has reached
breathtaking proportions. Juvenile violent crime has increase sixfold, from 16,000
arrests in 1960 to 96,000 in 1992. Eating disorders and rates of depression have
soared among adolescent girls. Teen suicide has tripled. Alcohol and drug abuse
among teen-agers, although it has leveled off in recent years, continues at a very high
rate. Poverty has shifted from the elderly to the young. Of all the nation's poor today,
38 percent are children.'
One can think of many explanations for these unhappy developments: the
growth of commercialism and consumerism, the influence of television and the mass
media, the decline of religion, the widespread availability of guns and addictive drugs,
and the decay of social order and neighborhood relationships. None of these causes
should be dismissed. But the evidence is now strong that the absence of fathers from
the lives of children is one of the most important causes.
The most tangible and immediate consequence of fatherlessness for children is
the loss of economic resources. By the best recent estimates, the income of the
household in which a child remains after a divorce instantly declines by about 21 percent
per capita on average, while expenses tend to go up. Over time, the economic situation
for the child often deteriorates further.
The proliferation of mother-headed families now constitutes something of a
national economic emergency. About a quarter of all family groups with children--more
than half of all black family groups--are headed by mothers, which is almost double the
11.5 percent figure in 1970. No other group is so poor, and none stays poor longer.
Poverty afflicts nearly one out of every two of these families, but fewer than one in 10
married-couple families.
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source https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED416035.pdf
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/lehigh_larry:
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I don’t understand? If we are truly on the precipice of catastrophe, how come the economy is booming like this? Shouldn’t there be more evidence of impending doom at this point? I keep looking for it, but I’m not finding anything convincing enough to make me collapse aware.
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**OP:** bpra93
**Date:** 2023-02-03 17:53:26
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**OP:** bpra93
**Date:** 2023-02-03 17:53:24
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JustAnotherYouth:
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Submission Statement:
The dominant counter collapse narrative of our age (or hopeium) is that so called renewable energy will replace fossil fuels as our primary source of power.
Unfortunately wind turbines, especially massive mega-turbines are examples of fairly extreme engineering. To replace the huge amounts of energy we extract from readily abundant and highly dense energy sources like fossil fuels you need to construct truly massive wind turbines. Such turbines are extremely complicated to engineer and potentially quite fragile as well. The blades must be enormous, very strong, very lightweight, and the system must be precisely balanced, and carefully controlled so as to operate correctly within design constraints.
Turbines exist within a chaotic natural environment where bird strikes and extreme weather can cause damage which may require repair or totally destroy towers. And even in ideal conditions small manufacturing flaws may lead to catastrophic failures.
As our society eats up available sources of energy it becomes more clear that the metabolic cost of simply maintaining our infrastructure and meeting our current energy demands is enormous.
When one comes to understand the physical complexity and constant upkeep needed to maintain a complex system like a massive wind turbine or an electrical grid the calorie crisis our civilization faces becomes far more apparent…
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**OP:** IcyEntry2202
**Date:** 2023-02-03 08:20:31
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**OP:** cgay123005
**Date:** 2023-02-03 04:27:38
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JustAnotherYouth:
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Submission Statement:
The dominant counter collapse narrative of our age (or hopeium) is that so called renewable energy will replace fossil fuels as our primary source of power.
Unfortunately wind turbines, especially massive mega-turbines are examples of fairly extreme engineering. To replace the huge amounts of energy we extract from readily abundant and highly dense energy sources like fossil fuels you need to construct truly massive wind turbines.
Such turbines are extremely complicated to engineer and potentially quite fragile as well. The blades must be enormous, very strong, very lightweight, and the system must be precisely balanced, and carefully controlled so as to operate correctly within design constraints.
Turbines exist within a chaotic natural environment where bird strikes and extreme weather can cause damage which may require repair or totally destroy towers. And even in ideal conditions small manufacturing flaws may lead to catastrophic failures.
As our society eats up available sources of energy it becomes more clear that the metabolic cost of simply maintaining our infrastructure and meeting our current energy demands is enormous.
When one comes to understand the physical complexity and constant upkeep needed to maintain a complex system like a massive wind turbine or an electrical grid the calorie crisis our civilization faces becomes far more apparent…
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/hiyyihlight:
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ss: dude is ranting about Netflix password mandate, acknowledging how the masses need these distractions to keep from revolting, which would inevitably lead to societal collapse due to late stage capitalism. The video is very much predicting the end, while still making me laugh.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/fbeast77:
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The toll of nuclear war would be instantly catastrophic for those who are within the immediate path of the weapons. But a new study shows just how deadly the scope of such a war would be.
A nuclear blast would cause worldwide famine, according to the study, published in Nature Food on Monday, as massive amounts of soot would block sunlight, disrupt climate systems and limit food production.
"[It] would be a global catastrophe for food security," the authors said.
Even a relatively small nuclear conflict, such as one between India and Pakistan, would be devastating, researchers found. A week-long nuclear war involving about 100 weapons and the release of 5 Tg, about 11 billion pounds, of soot would kill 27 million people directly. The study said after two years, with international trade at a halt and a 34.7ºF temperature drop, the famine it creates would kill 255 million people, assuming that the rest of the population got the minimum food needed to survive, about 1,999 calories per capita per day.
The largest scenario examined, a week-long war involving 4,400 weapons and 150 Tg, or 330.6 billion pounds, of soot – such as one that would occur between the U.S., its allies and Russia – would kill 360 million people directly – and more than 5 billion from starvation, the study said. The density of the soot would reduce global temperatures by more than 58ºF.
"While amounts of soot injection into the stratosphere from the use of fewer nuclear weapons would have smaller global impacts," researchers said in their article, "once a nuclear war starts, it may be very difficult to limit escalation."
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/fbeast77:
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Speaking during a ceremony in Volgograd on Thursday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that it was "unbelievable, but true" that his country once again found itself being threatened by German tanks "with crosses on them."
“Those who expect to win on the battlefield apparently do not understand that a modern war with Russia will be utterly different for them. We are not the ones sending our tanks to their borders,” Putin said, referring to the military aid promised to Ukraine by its European and American allies.
“But we have a way to respond, and it will not just end with the use of armored vehicles. Everyone should understand this,” Putin added, in an apparent allusion to Russia's enormous nuclear weapons arsenal.
Putin had earlier laid flowers at the eternal flame on Mamayev Kurgan, a hillside where much of the fighting took place that now hosts the "Battle of Stalingrad" museum complex and the city's famous statue "The Motherland Calls."
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**OP:** Anonymous_Alchemist
**Date:** 2023-02-02 13:37:49
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**OP:** SleepEnvironmental33
**Date:** 2023-02-02 07:47:56
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Mighty_L_LORT:
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SS: The United States has once again charged that Russia is endangering the last agreement left regulating the world's two largest nuclear arsenals. New START is being widely seen as a final frontier of badly needed US-Russia cooperation, particularly important as the Ukraine war has lately involved nuclear saber-rattling, and following the collapse of other end of Cold War era treaties such as the now defunct INF and Open Skies. Bit by bit, the security guardrails are coming off, widening the potential for an uncontrolled massive conflict between nuclear powers that could spell the end of the world as we know it.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/MarshallBrain:
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Submission statement - This Doomsday Bingo Card for 2023 is tracking 24 doomsday scenarios that could happen this year. Several of them individually could cause the collapse of human civilization on their own. But imagine that enough of them occur for there to be a Bingo with this card. That combination is likely to be indicative of collapse as well. Then a question: What else should be included on a Bingo card like this? What other collapse-related topics should be be tracking in 2023?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/InternetPeon:
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SUBMISSION STATEMENT:Related to collapse because…
a potentially rapidly emerging outbreak crossing species and another global pandemic perhaps with far worse consequences may be emerging
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/The_Revival:
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Submission Statement: A Florida law passed in March 2022 and taking effect in January 2023 requires all books to be vetted by an approved official before students can be exposed to them. Exposing children to an unvetted book may lead to a felony charge for offending teachers, which could cost them their license, their right to vote, and result in prison time.
Edit to make the connection to collapse more explicit: this law represents the ongoing attempt to obliterate a segment of the population from the public consciousness in Florida. This is a necessary step toward obliterating that segment from the public physically, as is punishing anyone deemed to be a collaborator. All of which is to say, this is a necessary step toward fascism and the ongoing collapse of the US government.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/kentonalam:
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An Italian ice-breaker carrying scientists researching in the Antarctic has sailed further south than any ship has done before, the organisers of the voyage said on Tuesday, a further sign of how ice is retreating around the poles.
The Laura Bassi vessel reached a point with the coordinates of 78° 44.280 S in the Bay of Whales in the Ross Sea, according to Italy's National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics.
...."I am happy with setting a record, but at the same time I am sad to see that things are really changing here in Antarctica and in the world in general," Franco Sedmak, the ship's captain, told Italy's ANSA news agency.
...A previous voyage with a different vessel to the same area in 2017 came up against impenetrable ice, he said.
"I never thought that I would find such a melting of the ice after a few years to be able to go as far south as we managed this year, helped by pushing and being a bit daring."
I think NOW is when we should start the countdown to the end of life as we know it.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/fbeast77:
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A global nuclear war will "immediately" break out should any attempt be made to return Crimea to Ukrainian control, the head of Sevastopol's Civic Chamber said on Tuesday.
Alexander Formanchuk, the chairman of Crimea's Civic Chamber, made the remarks in an interview with state-run news agency RIA Novosti.
"Any attempt to seize Crimea and return it to Ukraine will immediately escalate into a thermonuclear global conflict. Russia will not forgive this," he warned.
Formanchuk, who has led the chamber since May 2021, was responding to recent comments made by former CIA Director David Petraeus about the potential recapture of Crimea—the Black Sea peninsula that Russian President Vladimir Putin illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
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What are the best debates related to collapse? [in-depth][We held an open debate in 2021 with r/Futurology.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/l80w7i/rcollapse_rfuturology_debate_what_is_human/)
[There was also one held between our subreddits in 2017.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Futurology/comments/5ocxj9/rcollapse_vs_rfuturology_debate_does_human/)
What other forms of debates related to collapse are you aware of and would consider worth viewing?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/KeyBanger:
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This newsletter from Saint Paul Regional Water Services describes the $78.82 million McCarrons Water Treatment Plant Improvement Project.
This is related to collapse because it shows that this municipal government is still functioning as intended. Minnesota is in a decent position regarding water resources. While industrial pollution is a big threat in this part of the world, our state and local governments have not been 100% purchased by corporate interests.
While I am not optimistic about the future of humanity or our planet, it seems like I’m living in a decent place.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/SnarkOff:
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Related to collapse because private industry is profiting off of water scarcity out west, which incentives the problem to continue.
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**Date:** 2023-02-01 16:46:05
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/zues64:
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What else can I say? 1% of people are responsible for 99% of the world's problems because of how selfishly greedily they own wealth. What sides go good with a bourgeoisie main dish?
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/BernieVillalobos:
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The model expects that in the next 10 years, temperatures are likely to rise by at least 1.5C over industrial levels, as well as a 50% chance that a 2C increase will be experienced before 2050.
To test its accuracy, the researchers also entered historical data and asked the model to evaluate the current levels of warming. With data from 1980 to 2021, the AI was able to accurately identify both the 1.1 degree Celsius increase observed by 2022 and the patterns and speed of warming seen in recent years.
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**OP:** LeaveNoRace
**Date:** 2023-01-31 18:03:12
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/steviepax:
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A comet discovered less than a year ago has traveled billions of miles from its believed origins at the edge of our solar system and will be visible in just a few weeks during what will likely be its only recorded appearance. The comet, C/2022 E3 (ZTF), was first seen in March 2022 as it made its way through Jupiter's orbit. According to NASA, it's a long-period comet believed to come from the Oort Cloud, the most distant region of Earth's solar system that's "like a big, thick-walled bubble made of icy pieces of space debris" that can get even bigger than mountains. The inner edge of this region is thought to be between 2,000 and 5,000 astronomical units (AUs) from the sun — between 186 billion and 465 billion miles. This means that C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has made a rare, once-in-a-lifetime journey to be close to Earth. One recent comet of this type, C/2013 A1 Siding Spring, previously visited the inner solar system and went near Mars in 2014, but according to the space agency, it won't return for about 740,000 years.
C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long period comet that was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 2 March 2022. The comet will reach its perihelion on January 12, 2023, at a distance of 1.11 AU and the closest approach to Earth will be on February 1, 2023, at a distance of 0.28 AU
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/deadtoaster2:
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No snow this winter in NYC, breaking a record set back in 73. But surely this is nothing to worry about. Couldn't possibly be climate change related? Nah, now back to consuming you lemmings
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/zero4501:
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The world we live in is full of uncertainties and disasters waiting to happen. Whether it is a natural calamity or a man-made disaster, anything can happen at any moment and cause widespread destruction. While we cannot predict when these events will occur, we can understand the magnitude of the potential disasters that could end the world as we know it.
There are numerous events that could potentially bring about the end of the world as we know it. From natural disasters such as a meteor strike or supervolcano eruption, to man-made problems such as nuclear war or a global pandemic, the risks are real. Climate change and the depletion of resources could also have disastrous effects. The threat of a rogue artificial intelligence becoming self-aware and turning against humanity is another possibility. There is also the risk of a rogue planet or black hole impacting our solar system. These are just some of the top 10 events that could end the world, and while it's important to be aware of the dangers, it's equally important to work towards preventing them and creating a better future for all.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/douwebeerda:
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Submission Statement: An interesting short video on watershed management from top to bottom on how people can store water in the ecosystem so the ecosystem will thrive and people living there benefit by better harvests.
It can resotre degraded/collapsed ecosystems. I think if we do this in dryland areas we are a part of we could really improve the ecosystem and so the carrying capacity of the environment for both humans and a lot of other plants and animals.
Curious to see what other people here think. Would this be usefull to teach in primary school or will this not help against collapse?
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**OP:** Silent-Solution0707
**Date:** 2023-01-31 00:28:09
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Friskies_Indoor:
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SS: More than a quarter million chickens have been destroyed at a Tyson chicken farm in West Tennessee with the stench of composting birds wearing on local communities. Composting takes 28 days before the birds can be removed. Tennessee's "Right to Farm" law prevents citizens from challenging Tyson to mitigate the odor. This is collapse related because these viruses will continue to plague our method of industrialized, homogenized populations of animal agriculture until the animals are all dead and the human population can no longer sustain itself. The short-term tragedy is going to be legit, local farms that can no longer sustain their chicken populations due to the virus, eliminating quality, locally sourced eggs from farmers markets and CSAs.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/jiayux:
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**Submission statement**
When Peru's former president Pedro Castillo was impeached and removed in December 2022, it made international headlines. Now 50 days of non-stop protests have [turned the entire Peru into a battleground](https://perusupportgroup.org.uk/2023/01/peru-turns-into-a-battleground), yet this country seems to have been forgotten by the rest of the world. The collapse of the Peruvian political institution deserves more attention.
Disclaimer: (1) I have never been to Peru and don't speak Spanish. Someone who was born and raised in Peru, or currently lives in Peru, or at least speaks Spanish, should be able to understand the situation better. (2) I'll admit upfront that I am somewhat sympathetic to Pedro Castillo (reasons below) and thus my narrative is biased.
Right after Castillo was removed, I wrote an [answer](https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/zff4hn/comment/izdds2z) on r/OutOfTheLoop explaining the context. To recap, Peru had 4 presidents between 2016 and 2020, including a center-right neoliberal, a centrist reformer, a right-wing pro-military guy, and a centrist technocrat—none of which survived more than 2 years. In the 2021 election a rural school teacher and a political outsider, Pedro Castillo—who pretty much ran on a left-wing populist platform—shocked the world by defeating over a dozen candidates and being elected; at that time the result was viewed by some as a "new beginning" of the country. His second-round opponent Keiko Fujimori ran a Trump-like denial-of-result campaign, but eventually failed and conceded hours before Castillo was formally declared president-elect.
Soon afterwards, Castillo faced an extremely obstructionist Congress, which was controlled by the centrist and right-wing parties (which gained around 80/130 seats). The Fujimorists in Congress have been obstructionist for several years, and have successfully forced the aforementioned neoliberal president to resign and successfully impeached the centrist reformist president. Congress attempted to investigate whatever potential wrongdoings of Castillo, opening half a dozen corruption investigations against him. Congress also banned Castillo from traveling abroad on multiple occasions, including attending Gustavo Petro's inauguration. Castillo himself is also incompetent, shuffling his cabinet non-stop and having 5 prime ministers in his 1.5-year rule. Clearly, Castillo's administration was busy with dealing with one political crisis after another, and had no energy to tackle any real problems in the Peruvian society.
Despite this, Castillo's administration at least did two things good: (1) it [raised minimal wages by 10%](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-03/peru-raises-minimum-wage-as-surging-prices-spur-protests) in April 2022; and (2) it at least attempted to [combat deforestation](https://andina.pe/ingles/noticia-perus-president-government-will-openly-combat-deforestation-913856.aspx) of Amazon, although it was mainly lip service since the local governments refused to collaborate.
Three impeachment procedures were initiated by Congress. The first one, in December 2021, did not go through. The second one, in February 2022, failed and Castillo was acquitted. Right before the third impeachment vote, Castillo suddenly declared a national emergency and dissolved Congress—something clearly not within his constitutional power. Military refused to back him and the majority of his cabinet resigned; the impeachment passed with 101/130 votes; Castillo attempted to flee to Mexico but was arrested on his way.
(have to submit now due to the 30-minute limit; part 2 will be in a subsequent comment)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/bigbimbobutterfly:
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one of my favorite movies of all time, John Carpenter’s “They Live” is more relevant today than it was even in the year it was released (1987). despite it’s campy nature, it is a bleak depiction of the ways that we as a society are kept asleep and ignorant to the crimes of the ruling class that has sent us on a path to civilizational collapse. unfortunately, the narrative within the film can be easily hijacked by bad actors - neo-Nazis, right wing extremists, terrorists, and the like. it is important that we do not allow ourselves to be fooled by the media into fighting with each other, and rather come together as a species as much as we possibly can in order to fight the real enemy. while coming together will not prevent the collapse, it may make our last dying light more fulfilling, more enlightening, and more *human*.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Particular-Abalone-7:
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An undercover interview/date with Jordan Trishton Walker, a Pfizer executive, he goes on to explain how Pfizer is mutating the virus [despite it being dangerous] and calls it a cash cow. Stuff like this should be announced to the public at the very least because if they create a mutation they can’t control we’re gonna have a real life T-virus from resident evil. Pfizer using the virus as a cash cow is just a another step towards the collapse of our society because they’re putting monetary value over the value of human lives.
Jordon Trishton Walker, Pfizer Director of Research and Development, Strategic Operations - mRNA Scientific Planner: “One of the things we're exploring is like, why don't we just mutate it [COVID] ourselves so we could create -- preemptively develop new vaccines, right? So, we have to do that. If we're gonna do that though, there's a risk of like, as you could imagine -- no one wants to be having a pharma company mutating f**king viruses.”
Walker: “Don’t tell anyone. Promise you won’t tell anyone. The way it [the experiment] would work is that we put the virus in monkeys, and we successively cause them to keep infecting each other, and we collect serial samples from them.”
Walker: “You have to be very controlled to make sure that this virus [COVID] that you mutate doesn’t create something that just goes everywhere. Which, I suspect, is the way that the virus started in Wuhan, to be honest. It makes no sense that this virus popped out of nowhere. It’s bullsh*t.”
Walker: “From what I’ve heard is they [Pfizer scientists] are optimizing it [COVID mutation process], but they’re going slow because everyone is very cautious -- obviously they don’t want to accelerate it too much. I think they are also just trying to do it as an exploratory thing because you obviously don’t want to advertise that you are figuring out future mutations.”
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/cdnrtrt:
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"Pizza Pizza, a Canadian quick-serve chain, is extending its Fixed-Rate Pizza offer, where customers can purchase a $16.99 XL 4-topping pizza at a fixed price for at least a year until the end of 2023. “We knew we were on to something special when the Wall Street Journal reached out asking to cover the campaign,” said Adrian Fuoco, Vice President Marketing. “Sales have surpassed our expectations, and with inflation still a challenge for Canadians, extending our commitment to not raise the price of our offer through the end of 2023 felt like the right thing to do.”"
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Shinobi0wl:
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SS: After the recent events between Israel and Palestina it looks like things are escalating with Israel directly attacking positions in Iran.
Not reported yet by western news media but last night there were drone attacks on strategic positions. [Jerusalem post](https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-729959) calls it a phenomenal success on the front page which is strange for a newspaper. According to the Jerusalem Post western intelligence and Iranian sources have credited the Mossad for the attacks.
StatementBot wants me to explain why attacks on oil refineries and weapons factory by an enemy state is related to collapse.
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ss: Japan’s population decline is following the worst-case scenario, prompting the government to devise urgent policies to incentivize more births.
It’s no secret Japan has the world’s most rapidly declining population. Last year less than 800,000 babies were born, resulting in a rapid decline that experts hadn’t predicted until 2030.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/FishDisciple:
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Submissive statement: first hand account of flooding in Auckland. Yes I am aware there is another post up, however I believe I can give additional context having just been through it.
Some sources
- [advice prior to disaster](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483154/heavy-rain-warnings-in-place-across-north-of-country-winds-could-close-auckland-harbour-bridge)
- [about an hour after flooding started](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483194/wild-weather-crashes-power-cuts-as-severe-thunderstorm-watch-issued-for-northern-nz)
- [In photos: Heavy rain causes flooding, evacuations in Auckland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483230/in-photos-heavy-rain-causes-flooding-evacuations-in-auckland)
- [Weather updates: State of emergency declared as severe flooding hits Auckland, Northland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483223/weather-updates-state-of-emergency-declared-as-severe-flooding-hits-auckland-northland)
- [Where is Wayne Brown?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-01-2023/where-is-wayne-brown)
- [Hipkins confirms three deaths linked to floods, urges all advice be followed LIVE](https://thespinoff.co.nz/)
- [Contractors work in ‘extreme conditions’ to clear Auckland roads closed by slips, floods ](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/traffic-updates/300794484/contractors-work-in-extreme-conditions-to-clear-auckland-roads-closed-by-slips-floods)
- [thousands of air travellers abandoned with no access to medication](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/28/81-year-old-sleeps-on-floor-as-travellers-stuck-at-auckland-airport/)
- [mayor getting pissed off that people didn’t follow his every word on social media rather than sending out any official communication ](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/01/auckland-flooding-mayor-wayne-brown-caught-in-testy-exchange-over-disaster-communications.amp.html)
- [“Mayor Wayne Brown fiddled while his Rome flooded.”](https://www.newsroom.co.nz/state-of-emergency-auckland-floods-a-wake-up-call?)
Other accounts
- [water quality snapshot](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mv7px/best_not_to_go_for_a_swim_in_the_rain_today)
- [motorway blockage](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10md1if/the_northern_motorway_has_been_blocked_by_flooding)
- [north shore flooding ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n91ti/link_drive_sunnynook_rd_my_house)
- [flooded house on the north shore](https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/10mi819/my_house)
- [lack of official communication](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n1e65/did_anyone_get_a_phone_alert)
- [flooding in Auckland](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n8jvj/flooding_in_auckland_27123)
- [Grey Lynn](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mtcd9/where_the_hell_is_noah_with_his_ark_everyone_ok)
- [Grey Lynn flooding roads](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mgpqj/grey_lynn_park_flooding)
- [Epsom](https://twitter.com/lloydbudd_/status/1618904492879261697/mediaviewer)
- [apartments in central Auckland ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mg9bz/beach_road_is_a_beach_again)
- [central Auckland ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mhxh6/incredible_scenes_from_major_flood_event_in)
- [home in central Auckland](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10me1c9/backyard)
- [airport](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mg2p6/hope_nobody_was_planning_to_fly_out_and_escape)
- [airport 2](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mij6v/auckland_airport)
- [rain gauge data across the region](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n19ee/rain_gauge_data_for_24_hrs_27123_from)
- [who else lost everything?](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mepom/who_else_lost_everything)
- [footage from flooded bus](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mgyzb/pov_stuck_on_bus_going_through_flood_waters)
- [another flooded bus](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mftjk/and_then_everyone_clapped)
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The increasing capability of AI tools like ChatGPT to write prose has made the technology a tempting prospect for media companies hurt by falling advertising rates. BuzzFeed, in particular, has had a rocky ride on the markets since going public.
Not only will it start to replace countless jobs over the coming years, but will probably be built in a manor where algorithms can be used to push certain narratives a certain direction that could contribute considerably to further division accross the world.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/FishDisciple:
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Submissive statement: first hand account of flooding in Auckland. Yes I am aware there is another post up, however I believe I can give additional context having just been through it.
Some sources
- [advice prior to disaster](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483154/heavy-rain-warnings-in-place-across-north-of-country-winds-could-close-auckland-harbour-bridge)
- [about an hour after flooding started](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483194/wild-weather-crashes-power-cuts-as-severe-thunderstorm-watch-issued-for-northern-nz)
- [In photos: Heavy rain causes flooding, evacuations in Auckland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483230/in-photos-heavy-rain-causes-flooding-evacuations-in-auckland)
- [Weather updates: State of emergency declared as severe flooding hits Auckland, Northland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483223/weather-updates-state-of-emergency-declared-as-severe-flooding-hits-auckland-northland)
- [Where is Wayne Brown?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-01-2023/where-is-wayne-brown)
- [Hipkins confirms three deaths linked to floods, urges all advice be followed LIVE](https://thespinoff.co.nz/)
- [Contractors work in ‘extreme conditions’ to clear Auckland roads closed by slips, floods ](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/traffic-updates/300794484/contractors-work-in-extreme-conditions-to-clear-auckland-roads-closed-by-slips-floods)
- [thousands of air travellers abandoned with no access to medication](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/28/81-year-old-sleeps-on-floor-as-travellers-stuck-at-auckland-airport/)
- [mayor getting pissed off that people didn’t follow his every word on social media rather than sending out any official communication ](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/01/auckland-flooding-mayor-wayne-brown-caught-in-testy-exchange-over-disaster-communications.amp.html)
- [“Mayor Wayne Brown fiddled while his Rome flooded.”](https://www.newsroom.co.nz/state-of-emergency-auckland-floods-a-wake-up-call?)
Other accounts
- [water quality snapshot](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mv7px/best_not_to_go_for_a_swim_in_the_rain_today)
- [motorway blockage](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10md1if/the_northern_motorway_has_been_blocked_by_flooding)
- [north shore flooding ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n91ti/link_drive_sunnynook_rd_my_house)
- [flooded house on the north shore](https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/10mi819/my_house)
- [lack of official communication](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n1e65/did_anyone_get_a_phone_alert)
- [flooding in Auckland](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n8jvj/flooding_in_auckland_27123)
- [Grey Lynn](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mtcd9/where_the_hell_is_noah_with_his_ark_everyone_ok)
- [Grey Lynn flooding roads](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mgpqj/grey_lynn_park_flooding)
- [Epsom](https://twitter.com/lloydbudd_/status/1618904492879261697/mediaviewer)
- [apartments in central Auckland ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mg9bz/beach_road_is_a_beach_again)
- [central Auckland ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mhxh6/incredible_scenes_from_major_flood_event_in)
- [home in central Auckland](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10me1c9/backyard)
- [airport](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mg2p6/hope_nobody_was_planning_to_fly_out_and_escape)
- [airport 2](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mij6v/auckland_airport)
- [rain gauge data across the region](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n19ee/rain_gauge_data_for_24_hrs_27123_from)
- [who else lost everything?](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mepom/who_else_lost_everything)
- [footage from flooded bus](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mgyzb/pov_stuck_on_bus_going_through_flood_waters)
- [another flooded bus](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mftjk/and_then_everyone_clapped)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/FishDisciple:
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Submissive statement: first hand account of flooding in Auckland. Yes I am aware there is another post up, however I believe I can give additional context having just been through it.
Some sources
- [advice prior to disaster](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483154/heavy-rain-warnings-in-place-across-north-of-country-winds-could-close-auckland-harbour-bridge)
- [about an hour after flooding started](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483194/wild-weather-crashes-power-cuts-as-severe-thunderstorm-watch-issued-for-northern-nz)
- [In photos: Heavy rain causes flooding, evacuations in Auckland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483230/in-photos-heavy-rain-causes-flooding-evacuations-in-auckland)
- [Weather updates: State of emergency declared as severe flooding hits Auckland, Northland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483223/weather-updates-state-of-emergency-declared-as-severe-flooding-hits-auckland-northland)
- [Where is Wayne Brown?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-01-2023/where-is-wayne-brown)
- [Hipkins confirms three deaths linked to floods, urges all advice be followed LIVE](https://thespinoff.co.nz/)
- [Contractors work in ‘extreme conditions’ to clear Auckland roads closed by slips, floods ](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/traffic-updates/300794484/contractors-work-in-extreme-conditions-to-clear-auckland-roads-closed-by-slips-floods)
- [thousands of air travellers abandoned with no access to medication](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/28/81-year-old-sleeps-on-floor-as-travellers-stuck-at-auckland-airport/)
Other accounts
- [water quality snapshot](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mv7px/best_not_to_go_for_a_swim_in_the_rain_today)
- [motorway blockage](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10md1if/the_northern_motorway_has_been_blocked_by_flooding)
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**Date:** 2023-01-28 08:21:47
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> Submissive statement: first hand account of flooding in Auckland. Yes I am aware there is another post up, however I believe I can give additional context having just been through it.
>
> Some sources
>
> - [advice prior to disaster](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483154/heavy-rain-warnings-in-place-across-north-of-country-winds-could-close-auckland-harbour-bridge)
> - [about an hour after flooding started](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483194/wild-weather-crashes-power-cuts-as-severe-thunderstorm-watch-issued-for-northern-nz)
> - [In photos: Heavy rain causes flooding, evacuations in Auckland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483230/in-photos-heavy-rain-causes-flooding-evacuations-in-auckland)
> - [Weather updates: State of emergency declared as severe flooding hits Auckland, Northland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/483223/weather-updates-state-of-emergency-declared-as-severe-flooding-hits-auckland-northland)
> - [Where is Wayne Brown?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-01-2023/where-is-wayne-brown)
> - [Hipkins confirms three deaths linked to floods, urges all advice be followed LIVE](https://thespinoff.co.nz/)
> - [Contractors work in ‘extreme conditions’ to clear Auckland roads closed by slips, floods ](https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/traffic-updates/300794484/contractors-work-in-extreme-conditions-to-clear-auckland-roads-closed-by-slips-floods)
> - [thousands of air travellers abandoned with no access to medication](https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/01/28/81-year-old-sleeps-on-floor-as-travellers-stuck-at-auckland-airport/)
> - [mayor getting pissed off that people didn’t follow his every word on social media rather than sending out any official communication ](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/01/auckland-flooding-mayor-wayne-brown-caught-in-testy-exchange-over-disaster-communications.amp.html)
> - [“Mayor Wayne Brown fiddled while his Rome flooded.”](https://www.newsroom.co.nz/state-of-emergency-auckland-floods-a-wake-up-call?)
>
> Other accounts
>
> - [water quality snapshot](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mv7px/best_not_to_go_for_a_swim_in_the_rain_today)
> - [motorway blockage](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10md1if/the_northern_motorway_has_been_blocked_by_flooding)
> - [north shore flooding ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n91ti/link_drive_sunnynook_rd_my_house)
> - [flooded house on the north shore](https://old.reddit.com/r/newzealand/comments/10mi819/my_house)
> - [lack of official communication](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n1e65/did_anyone_get_a_phone_alert)
> - [flooding in Auckland](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n8jvj/flooding_in_auckland_27123)
> - [Grey Lynn](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mtcd9/where_the_hell_is_noah_with_his_ark_everyone_ok)
> - [Grey Lynn flooding roads](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mgpqj/grey_lynn_park_flooding)
> - [Epsom](https://twitter.com/lloydbudd_/status/1618904492879261697/mediaviewer)
> - [apartments in central Auckland ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mg9bz/beach_road_is_a_beach_again)
> - [central Auckland ](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mhxh6/incredible_scenes_from_major_flood_event_in)
> - [home in central Auckland](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10me1c9/backyard)
> - [airport](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mg2p6/hope_nobody_was_planning_to_fly_out_and_escape)
> - [airport 2](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mij6v/auckland_airport)
> - [rain gauge data across the region](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10n19ee/rain_gauge_data_for_24_hrs_27123_from)
> - [who else lost everything?](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mepom/who_else_lost_everything)
> - [footage from flooded bus](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mgyzb/pov_stuck_on_bus_going_through_flood_waters)
> - [another flooded bus](https://old.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/10mftjk/and_then_everyone_clapped)
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This post is collapse related because:
1)LOS ANGELES 2029 A.D.
THE MACHINES ROSE FROM THE ASHES OF THE NUCLEAR FIRE.
THEIR WAR TO EXTERMINATE MANKIND HAS RAGED FOR DECADES,
BUT THE FINAL BATTLE WOULD NOT BE FOUGHT IN THE FUTURE.
IT WOULD BE FOUGHT HERE, IN OUR PRESENT.
and
2) Its casual friday
3) I know several people who would for real be getting very worried
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Submission Statement: related to collapse because: additional preparation / staging taking place for a nuclear or radiological event. In conjunction with an increasingly escalated conflict by nuclear powers and the Doomsday Clock advancing to midnight - not a good sign at all
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SS: this to me seems like a denial of collapse. I had a hard time making myself even watch this because I was preparing for copium (I actually couldn’t decide which flair to use).
Basically it’s the same argument I’ve heard before: capitalism is why overpopulation is seen as an issue. However, he talks about the racist history of the “overpopulation myth” and includes both politically right and left arguments about it.
He then goes on with the delusion that we can fix the problem by gutting and eliminating fossil fuels while moving toward socialism.
He has often said in his productions that every human on earth could live the lifestyle of 1950’s Swedes and be healthy, happy, and non detrimental to the planet. Sure, maybe mathematically that is true. But have those mathematicians actually *met* any people?? No one in the West, in the Imperial lands, is going to vote for policies that *reduce* their capacity for abundance.
He shows plenty of study or article headlines, and one says that we can feed every human on earth right now without clearing any new farmland. But he ignores the fact that the *existing farmland* has already destroyed the eco system. He focuses far too much on carbon emissions and not enough on the destruction of natural ecosystems and the homogeneity of our crops.
I guess he is in full cope mode in relation to collapse and so are everyone in the comments of the video.
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This is related to collapse beacause these non stick coatings always get advertised to people as something “healthy” even though they got us into big problemas, so much so that rainwater is no longer safe to dring due to PFAS concentrations
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**Date:** 2023-01-27 13:52:12
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/tiawouldntwannabeeya:
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Casual Friday
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The figures above are testimony to how we, humans, have created havoc on Earth. Yes, animals kill too, but only for their needs. This daily slaughtering, the emissions associated, are major contributors to climate change. Yes, it is a free will who wants to eat what, but as
long as such a consumption pattern is sustainable.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/RGirl297:
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Submission statement: This post is an article I wrote about dealing with the grief of seeing the world we love being destroyed and facing our ecocidal society without giving in to despair while also recognizing and accepting that our chances are slim, we are heading towards collapse (and maybe extinction) and the fate of the world largely out of our control.
I have been grappling with these issues over the years while being involved in environmental activism. Putting my efforts into protecting the environment while watching these crises become increasingly more dire and we head towards collapse isn't easy, but I feel like I have become much better at dealing with this contradiction, and I hope this essay reaches others who are also dealing with similar questions.
My conclusion is that we must accept we don't have much control over the fate of the planet but it is still worth fighting for what we love, and even if we end up not going very far this is the best way for those that love this world and are hurting to see its degradation to face our predicament.
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**OP:** Beginning-Panic188
**Date:** 2023-01-27 04:56:17
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This is related to collapse, because it is a move on the state to prevent citizens' opinions on militarized police training from having any effect or visibility. It's typical in fascist buildup, and is a mirror of the reaction to the George Floyd protests. This move might not even have been considered if not for the repercussion-less violence carried out by police in the George Floyd protests, including assaults on journalists. The state of emergency is in response to a group of protestors throwing rocks and burning a (one) (1) (singular) (individual) police SUV. The protests were in response to the killing of a protestor sitting in a tree where there are plans to build a militarized police training facility focusing on controlling urban-setting violence.
These types of events are significant because they mark posturing on the government's side to battle against its population, in this case so that they can move forward with a militarized police training camp that will be used to train cops how to control riots and protests. There are many goals of a move like this, including normalization of military response to attacking inanimate objects (property), and normalizing squashing of reactions to cops that killed protestors.
Also, read the bill and focus on the wording related to "property." The only reason for the declaration, from the bill itself, which also applies to reality, is that property was in danger... mostly state property... which is used to protect the state against protests...
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The future friction between AI and jobs is likely to be significant. As AI technology continues to improve and become more widely adopted, it is likely to automate many tasks that are currently performed by humans. Workers are fighting back.
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**OP:** some_random_kaluna
**Date:** 2023-01-26 16:23:40
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Submission statement: yet another outbreak of H5N1 on a mink farm troggers fears of adaptation og H5N1 virus to mammals. The recent outbreaks in the Netherlands and Italy follow a similar pattern. Luckily, so far, [no spread in mammals has been found in the Netherlands](https://phys.org/news/2023-01-h5n1-bird-flu-mammals.html) following an outbreak 3 months ago. With the current outbreak in Spain, we may see a different outcome.
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[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00201-2](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00201-2)
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/poop-machines:
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Submission Statement: This video lists serious conditions indicative of collapse and lists them well. It's not a "doomer" point of view, but instead is fact based and uses information to support its claims. Ian Bremmer is a political scientist who has a wide knowledge of collapse.
It includes the energy crunch, water shortages, China and Russia and explains the risk of each of these, indicating the main factors that could lead to collapse in 2023 (and perhaps, beyond).
He explains that the inflation and worldwide recession is extremely dangerous, especially for developing countries. He doesn't see it improving.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Kleptarian:
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Submission statement:
Article about a new armoured car on the market. Related to collapse because this is a new level of prepping. Full article below:
In southern California, parking lot warfare just got real. Not content with their supersized pickup trucks and child-killing SUVs, America’s road warriors can now go full military apocalypse, with the arrival of the Rezvani Vengeance.
While its competitors offer heated seats and optional roof-racks, this souped-up SUV boasts bulletproof glass, blinding strobe lights, electrified doorhandles, and wing mirrors that can shoot pepper spray – handy for putting those pesky cyclists in their place.
“Vengeance is yours,” trumpets the website, which details how the car can release a dense smoke screen to confuse people following you, as well as detect electromagnetic pulses from nuclear weapons. Always handy for the supermarket run.
Picking up the kids from school? You can announce your arrival through the car’s booming intercom system. Or why not just drive straight through the gates? The vehicle’s hefty steel ram bumpers and military-grade tyres would make mincemeat of any parking barrier – and dispatch the headteacher while they’re at it.
One thing oddly missing from the Vengeance (priced from $285,000, rising to $499,000 with all the extras) is a rear windscreen, because of course that would be unsafe. Instead, drivers are treated to a live video rear-view mirror and a front camera overlaid with “augmented reality”. Perhaps it shows an imaginary zombie army for you to mow down on your way to the mall.
Styled like an Elon Musk fever dream, its great bulk sculpted with clunking facets, the Vengeance is the latest heady concoction to emerge from Irvine, California-based Rezvani Motors. The company was founded in 2014 by Ferris Rezvani, whose father was an F4 Phantom fighter pilot in the Iranian air force. Unable to become a pilot himself for various health reasons, Rezvani Jr decided to start a car company to “create the same high-speed thrill of flying on the ground”. It seems he is keen to indulge in a bit of military cosplay too. The company’s first car design was named Beast, followed by one called Tank, of which the Vengeance is conceived as a more mainstream “little brother”.
Which brings us to the most frightening thing about this weaponised monster of an SUV: that it is aimed not at military personnel, but at everyday soccer moms. A viral TikTok video, made by family car reviewer @mobile_mama, shows a mom regaling her followers with the delights of the pepper spray mirrors – “my favourite” – while showing off the bulletproof vests, helmets and gas masks that come with the car. “Your kids will love that it was styled by a video-game designer,” she chirrups. “Is the Rezvani Vengeance the safest vehicle for you and your kiddos or what?” Just as long as you don’t accidentally pepper-spray them in the face.
This steroidal tank might seem like an anomalous extreme, but the truth is it represents the broader rise of the average US consumer vehicle into a supercharged killing machine. With its added tactical weaponry and paranoid styling, at least the Vengeance is honest about it.
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, drivers behind the wheel of an SUV are two to three times more likely to kill a pedestrian in a collision than when driving a regular car. A study in Michigan found that, at 20-39 mph, 30% of SUV crashes resulted in a pedestrian fatality, compared with 23% of car crashes. While, at 40mph or above, 100% of SUV crashes resulted in a pedestrian death, compared with 54% of car crashes.
It comes down to simple physics: SUVs are more lethal due to their enormous weight, much taller front ends, and poorer visibility. While a regular car generally strikes a pedestrian’s legs, throwing them on to the bonnet, an SUV strikes their upper torso, or head, and then crushes them under the wheels.
Following the American love for supersizing everything, from Big Macs to McMansions, it is no surprise that the sale of ever bigger, ever heavier cars has mushroomed. Some reports show that 80% of all car sales in the US are now SUVs or pickup trucks. When I visited the Ford factory in Detroit in 2019, they proudly told me that the company had stopped manufacturing compact cars altogether in the US.
It is no coincidence that the rise in SUV sales comes with an alarming rise in the number of pedestrians being killed on the roads. According to a Governors Highway Safety Association report, pedestrian fatalities have rocketed by 54% over the last decade. Cars might have grown safer for the people inside them, but not for walkers, cyclists or bikers. It is, as the New York Times put it, an exceptionally American problem. While other comparably developed countries have seen traffic fatalities falling in recent years, the US is alone in seeing an increase – even during the pandemic.
SUVs are killing us in another way too, as some of the world’s worst polluters. It was recently found that they are the second biggest cause of the global rise in carbon dioxide emissions over the past decade, eclipsing all shipping, aviation, heavy industry and even trucks. If all SUV drivers banded together to form their own country – the Republic of Vengeance? – it would rank as the seventh largest emitter in the world.
Still, wrapped inside their body armour, protected by dazzling lights and thick smoke screens, with their gas masks at the ready, at least the kiddos will be safe on their way home from school.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/pjay900:
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SS: The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
And with the sending of tanks from us and German to Ukraine it will escalate the war into a new heights
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/25/europe/western-tanks-ukraine-russia-intl-cmd/index.html
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**OP:** Beginning-Panic188
**Date:** 2023-01-26 05:55:43
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/jacktherer:
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amongst announcements of nato battle tanks being sent to ukraine, this is a significant development as its the first time since the war began that any nato leader has openly admitted to being in a state of war directly with russia. clearly this is collapse related because it could very well spell the official declaration of world war 3
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Branson175186:
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Submission statement: tensions have been rising in the past few months between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda. These two nations went to war in the late 90s/early 2000s and the result was the most deadly conflict since World War Two. Since then tensions have remained strained, and it now seems like this could all boil over into open warfare in the near future. This is collapse related because the Congo is a huge exporter of the rare earth minerals that are essential to the manufacture of electric vehicles. A war in the Eastern Congo could disrupt the flow of these materials and have a serious impact on the global push to phase out fossil fuels.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/designvis:
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SS: The premise of the movie 'The Core' was that the core of the earth stops spinning, causing massive destruction around the world and a race to tunnel into the core and detonate nukes to 'restart' it. Research shows this might really be happening, without the massive destruction, if you believe them...
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/DrivenByLoyalty:
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SS: A top 10 of (upcoming) global crises by global expert Ian Bremmer.
He talks about the water crises, it has the 10th place. I find that a bit low in my opinion.
Number 1 is of course Russia. I am not spoiling more but I needed to fulfill the rule of "150 characters for the SS on r/collapse".
Enjoy and have fun.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Frequentlyaskedquest:
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Submission Statement:
Lack of regulation in the international arena has provoked an erosion of international relations, the return of the threat of nuclear warfare, innefective fight against global warming, incredible loss of viodiversity, increased likelihood of global pandemics , etc.
This has placed the doomsday clock at 90 segonds to midnight...
The Doomsday Clock is a symbol that represents the likelihood of a man-made global catastrophe, in the opinion of the members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.[1] Maintained since 1947, the clock is a metaphor for threats to humanity from unchecked scientific and technological advances. A hypothetical global catastrophe is represented by midnight on the clock, with the Bulletin's opinion on how close the world is to one represented by a certain number of minutes or seconds to midnight, assessed in January of each year. The main factors influencing the clock are nuclear risk and climate change.[2] The Bulletin's Science and Security Board monitors new developments in the life sciences and technology that could inflict irrevocable harm to humanity.[3]
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Vailhem:
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> "Russia’s thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons remind the world that escalation of the conflict — by accident, intention, or miscalculation — is a terrible risk," the statement reads. "The possibility that the conflict could spin out of anyone’s control remains high."
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/StoopSign:
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SS: Last years bulletin was 100secs to midnight. Today it stands at 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it's even been. The ongoing Ukraine war is the reason given for being 10secs closer to midnight. This is collapse related because the Doomsday clock moving forward always is.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/jeremy1051:
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"This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been."
I mean it's pretty obvious the world is ending at this point. Just look outside :)
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**OP:** LeannGood
**Date:** 2023-01-24 15:32:55
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Raz31337:
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Marine Life Collapse Consequences
Rasmus Rydstrøm-Poulsen
Tell me why a post about increased temperature and pollution runoff is linked to collapse of marine life and thus society in at least 150 words
Climate change and pollution are having a significant impact on marine life and the overall health of the ocean. As the planet's temperature rises, oceans absorb much of this heat, leading to a phenomenon known as ocean warming. This can have a number of negative effects on marine life, including coral bleaching, changes in the distribution and abundance of species, and increased ocean acidification.
In addition to the effects of warming, pollution is also having a major impact on marine life. Pollution from sources such as agricultural runoff, industrial discharge, and sewage can introduce a variety of harmful substances into the ocean, including chemicals, plastics, and heavy metals. These pollutants can accumulate in the tissues of marine organisms, leading to a variety of health problems and even death.
The collapse of marine life has a cascading effect on society and economies that rely on ocean resources, such as fisheries and tourism. Healthy oceans also play a crucial role in regulating the Earth's climate, and the loss of marine biodiversity can affect the stability of ocean ecosystems. The collapse of marine life can also lead to a decline in the overall health of the ocean, which can have a ripple effect on other ecosystems and ultimately human well-being.
In conclusion, the increase in temperature and pollution runoff is linked to the collapse of marine life, which in turn has a detrimental effect on society and the economy, as well as the overall health of the planet. It is crucial that we take action to mitigate the effects of climate change and pollution on the ocean and its inhabitants, in order to protect not only marine life but also our own future.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/hemantsaiiiniii:
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Climate Change :
Bill Gates backs Australian start-up targeting cow burps
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Last_Salad_5080:
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Every year, over 35,000 people in Europe die from infections with antibiotic resistant bacteria, which is equivalent to the number of passengers on 13 cruise ships. Antibiotic resistance is a silent pandemic and a growing threat to human health. Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections.
But when bacteria adapt in response to the use of these medicines, it leads to antibiotic resistance. In Europe, the health impact of infections with antibiotics resistant bacteria is comparable to that of influenza, tuberculosis and AIDS, combined with over 70% of this impact directly linked to healthcare associated infections. Resistance to antibiotics that are used as last line for treatment of infections such as carbapenems, has the highest health impact.
Between 2016 and 2020, the number of deaths caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria has increased specifically for Klebsiella pneumoniae and E.coli. To address this threat, it is important to use antibiotics prudently. Implement good infection prevention and control practices. And promote research and development of novel antibiotics.
The use of antibiotics in farm animals is a significant contributor to the problem of antibiotic resistance. When antibiotics are used frequently in farming operations, bacteria can develop resistance to the drugs, making them less effective in treating human illnesses.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/JeepJohn:
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Maybe it's me reading too much into this.
But I read and seen movies and TV shows that all start out with large groups of people.. living in "Slums" as the world has become so unaffordable that only the upper class can afford to live a "Normal Life"
And yet with a shrinking middle glass. And a Growing lower class.
When we the Richest country in the world.. recognize it's fast becoming only a paradise for the shrinking upper class?
From a collapse prospective.. When people get stuck in a poor loop.
Lose home.. can't stay clean living on the street.. loses job due to lack of basic hygiene.. and failing health from lack of cooking options.. then gets robbed and hurt on street. So job interviews are limited.. further setting the poor sole back. And this story happens so often it becomes the norm.. and more security is needed to protect the rich. Until it all comes to a breaking point.. when the poor have nothing left loose.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/9273629397759992:
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This paper argues that the decline of industrial action rates over the last five decades is due to the post-1970 rise of household financialisation. This is supported by econometric evidence from the cases of Japan, Korea, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom. The argument is that higher levels of household indebtedness lead to self-disciplined workers, who are less likely to strike out of fear of losing their job and defaulting. This has significant implications for r/collapse, as it indicates that workers are less likely to unite and fight for better working conditions, which could contribute to a further decline in wages and working conditions.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/9273629397759992:
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In this lecture, Professor Stefan Rahmstorf discussed the question of whether the Atlantic overturning circulation is approaching a tipping point. He presented evidence such as global temperature changes, ocean observations, and proxy data from sediment cores and ice cores that suggest the circulation is weakening, and has been unprecedentedly weak in the last millennium. He also discussed the concept of critical slowing down as an early warning sign that the system may be approaching a tipping point, and pointed to a recent study that suggests this may indeed be the case. This is significant to the subreddit r/collapse, as a tipping point in the Atlantic overturning circulation could potentially cause drastic changes to the global climate, with serious consequences for society.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/SolarBoy1:
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I think that the best way anyone can prepare for collapse is to work together and become self sustainable whilst having a collective ideal with healthy beliefs.
This Isint a doomsday intentional community, more like a place for saftey and refuge incase of collapse.
If you can garden, you can go off grid. Delete this post if not allowed here, I’m just trying to get something started. It’s important to at least try.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Kractoid:
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This is the slogan chosen by a PAC that panders to high end international real estate interests. It caught my eye today because of how gross and dangerous this mentality is and the implication of the driving force behind wealthy real estate investment. One of the biggest problems facing the city I live in is affordable housing being completely impossible to find because of competition with out of town people coming in and buying everything.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/thexylom:
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Submission statement: This is a preventable tragedy, where the City of Atlanta turned back on previous promises to instead develop a forest into a police training center in a predominantly Black neighborhood against resident wishes, and likely the first time on American soil that a protester against the removal of a forest has been shot and killed by police/ armed forces.
This is an ominous sign of the undemocratic degradation of natural resources in the U.S., for the pretext of growing police presence
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/9273629397759992:
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This year's record low sea ice extent in the Antarctic is concerning because it could have potentially severe impacts on the global climate and ecosystems. Sea ice serves as an important reflective shield, reflecting solar energy back into space and helping to keep the region cool. It also plays an important role in the ocean food chain, helping to regulate the production of plankton which form the basis of the food chain. The rapid decline in Antarctic sea ice could be caused by a persistent pattern of winds around Antarctica, as well as climate warming.
This is relevant to r/collapse because the long-term consequences of the lack of sea ice could include sea level rise, disruptions to the ocean food chain, and changes to the global climate. If these effects are not addressed soon, they could have profound negative impacts on human society and the environment.
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**Date:** 2023-01-23 11:00:13
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/StoopSign:
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SS: This is now the deadliest mass shooting of 2023. So goes collapse these are now common occurrances. Some have racial hate motives and this appears to but no decisive words yet from officials. However there has been beefed up security at other Lunar New Years festivals nationwide.
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This is collapse related because mass shootings have always been indicative of collapse.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/tkonicz:
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Quote: "The brutal truth is that there is no “good” exit from this imperialist war. Either there will be a dirty geopolitical deal between the West and the Kremlin, in which parts of eastern Ukraine are de facto incorporated into the Russian empire while the rest of the country is added to the Western sphere of influence, or the spiral of escalation will continue, the conflict will escalate until the war gets completely out of control. The loss of control can thus take the form of a nuclear exchange of blows, since Russia ultimately has the short end of the stick in this conventional escalation spiral vis-à-vis Nato. But the nuclear Armageddon can also take place in interaction with an increased erosion of the state. The cracks in the state power structure are clearly visible in authoritarian Russia in particular."
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/EsotericPotato:
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Epidemiologists have been sounding the alarm on this practically the entire pandemic. There were studies coming out two years ago that indicated COVID altered t-cells and could lead to increased risk of developing diseases long-term due to a permanently weakened immune system. Yet our governments have been telling us to not worry about it, that the pandemic is over, that it's equivalent to the flu for healthy individuals. We're not masking, there's no push to stay updated on boosters. We're just letting this circulate like it's the common cold.
This is the tip of the iceberg. Long-COVID and weakened immune systems are going to absolutely shatter health outcomes across the world in coming years. We're already seeing it. It's not a coincidence that hospitals are now inundated with children fighting for their lives against illnesses like RSV and strep that are typically thought of as run-of-the-mill winter illnesses.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Mighty_L_LORT:
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SS: The apathy of most people regarding Long Covid is just cruel, especially with children. We were told that Covid wasn’t dangerous for kids and now we have at least 71K reporting disability/illness. They’re still being sent to school without any sort of protection. Meanwhile the rich and powerful aren’t meeting up without PCR testing, HEPA filters and Paxlovid. If that’s what common folk wanted - old, fat and sick will die, loads of average people will get lifelong problems, but they are not rich so fuckem. That’s humanity done for, no hope for the future generation with such depravity.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/burntbabylon:
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(Had to repost because I didn't make a submission statement on time)
With all this recent stuff coming out about AI chat bots, AI art, all of Kaczynski's work seems very prescient.
Personally, I'm on the pro-Kaczynski camp. Not that I agreed with his bombing campaign, but that I agree with his assessment of the danger the rapid-change potential has on human society and humanity in general.
If AI art is allowed to continue, creativity and imagination enters some dire straits.
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**OP:** Time_Traveling_Corgi
**Date:** 2023-01-21 22:28:38
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Sventipluk:
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Climate change, or global heating, is almost certainly happening, and it is almost certainly caused by man-made activities, specifically our prolific production of carbon dioxide, although even if neither of these statements is true, it doesn’t matter because our civilisation is still doomed, for the same reason that every civilisation is doomed; we have outrun our resource base.
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/SolarBoy1:
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This post is collapse related because I want everyone to know that it was capitalism who destroyed our world.
My beautiful planet earth, gone. Only remnants remain of her.
Oh well, there will be pockets of fun elsewhere. I hope ….
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**OP:** Beginning-Panic188
**Date:** 2023-01-21 09:44:57
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The following submission statement was provided by /u/Last_Salad_5080:
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A new Pew Research Center survey has found that a rising share of U.S. adults who are not already parents say they are unlikely to ever have children, and their reasons range from just not wanting to have kids to concerns about climate change and the environment. 44% of non-parents ages 18 to 49 say it is not too or not at all likely that they will have children someday, an increase of 7 percentage points from the 37% who said the same in a 2018 survey. Among childless adults who say they have some other reason for thinking they won’t have ids in the future, no single reason stands out. About two-in-ten (19%) say it’s due to medical reasons, 17% say it’s for financial reasons, and 15% say it’s because they do not have a partner. Roughly one-in-ten say their age or their partner’s age (10%) or the state of the world (9%) is a reason they don’t plan to have kids. An additional 5% cite environmental reasons, including climate change, and 2% say their partner doesn’t want children
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