Breaking Down: Collapse
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  • Daily Episode 206: This Week in Fascism #34

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    ICE Targeted Wrong Person in Fatal Maine Shooting | The New Republic

    Every Witness to ICE Killing in Houston Says the Same Thing: ICE Lied | The New Republic

    Texas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MAGA Judges Abandon Trump | The New Republic

    After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’

    Trump Allows Habitat Destruction in Endangered Species Rollback

    Pentagon to keep National Guard activated in D.C. through Inauguration Day 2029

    Marco Rubio vows diplomatic campaign to 'dismantle' ICC in escalating row

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    21 min
  • Daily Episode 205 - Nobody likes a Cassandra

    I review a Substack that puts the blame on scientists for much of our current and future situation, going so far as to claim it's genocidal. Is that a fair assessment?


    Move Over Oppenheimer - The genocidal consequences of climate scientists still minimizing how bad things really are. : r/collapse

    Move Over Oppenheimer

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    30 min
  • Daily Episode 204 - Prioritizing infrastructure in an age of increasing heat

    As things keep getting hotter, those in charge of running and maintaining infrastructure are faced with increasingly difficult decisions. I can say I'm glad not to be in charge of managing catabolic collapse...


    Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data show - Sight Magazine

    Energy Department Wants Data Centers to Stop Draining the Grid During Brutal Heat Wave

    Con Edison Temporarily Shuts Off Electric Service To 9,800 Customers in Southwest Queens | Con Edison

    Data Center Exhaust Plumes Ashburn : r/nova

    New Jersey’s Hell Week Is a Warning for Everyone - Bloomberg

    Oops, scientists may have miscalculated our global warming timeline

    Another ‘Super El Niño’ is brewing. Scientists are looking at a controversial solution to squash them

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    18 min
  • Daily Episode 203: Will the UK be the first Western country to collapse?

    Secretive reports declare that the UK will have "no future" in a world where ecosystems fail, including food shortages in as short as 5 years.


    UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security | Food security | The Guardian

    MPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate crisis | Climate crisis | The Guardian

    Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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    17 min
  • Daily Episode 202 - Where will be safe from climate change?

    Is there anywhere safe from Climate change? This article highlights the future of mass migration and this start reality: We either live in a place where we must flee, or a place where a large number of people will flee to.


    The geography of survival

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    13 min
  • Daily Episode 201 - Enough of the Gaslighting (TWIF #33)

    Don't let them tell the story.


    US courts sentence 15 Prairieland defendants to 556 years in Trump’s fascist campaign against left-wing opposition - World Socialist Web Site

    FEMA threatens to withhold terrorism prevention funds unless states adopt Trump’s anti-voting agenda - Democracy Docket

    Trump's ATF Floating Rule That Could Effectively Ban Trans People with Accurate IDs from Buying Guns

    Trump considering pardon for P. Diddy and other high-profile figures to mark America’s 250th: report | The Independent

    US service member arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachment

    Ex-Olympian who touched Reflecting Pool charged with felony destruction of property by Trump’s DOJ | The Independent

    The Supreme Court is corrupting American democracy

    White House report says Smithsonian leadership ‘cannot be trusted’ with America’s story | The Independent

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    26 min
  • Daily Episode 200: 2 Dams on the brink of disaster

    A delicate balance act is happening in the West. Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon dam are like two clowns navigating a wobbly see-saw on a collapsing cliffside. If drastic changes aren't made, this river serving 40 million people in the west will stop running.


    Lake Powell Water Level

    Hoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff - Inside Climate News

    Supercharged bubbles are threatening Lake Powell’s dam. Federal officials are battling to sustain water levels.

    Unprecedented water cuts hit Utah and the Colorado River Basin

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    24 min
  • Daily Episode 199 - Thwaites to Go "Any Day Now"

    Thwaites is holding on for dear life. The shelf around the pinning point is crumbling, and the process of glacier sliding into sea may begin anytime in the next year. New research shows the glacier may move faster than previously expected. What new research will "shock scientists" as Thwaite's collapse unfolds?


    Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is weakening fast. What the loss means for the world

    Twice a day the tide lifts a glacier the size of Florida, and satellites just caught warm seawater slipping through the door it opens in a way no one thought was possible


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    16 min
  • Daily Episode 198 - Shifting Narratives on the AMOC and other Climate Systems

    There has been a marked change in scientific consensus on the AMOC over the last 5-10 years. What was once hyperbole is now expectation. What other systems might this be true of? What is considered hyperbole today but will be scientifically proven tomorrow?


    Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening | New Scientist

    The best explanation of AMOC collapse I have ever seen : r/collapse

    Scientists Just Found Something Very Disturbing About the AMOC Current Deep Below the Ocean: Evidence That Its Weakening Isn't Just a Fluke, and If It Collapses, the World Could Be Plunged Into Climate Catastrophe

    Explore - Google Trends


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    15 min
  • Daily Episode 197 - European Heat Deaths in the Thousands

    The summer continues to heat up and with it is coming thousands of death out of Europe, and intensifying fires in North America. How much worse will it get?


    About 1,000 deaths in France attributable to heat wave – POLITICO

    Europe heatwave: France records 2,025 excess deaths as Europe braces for more extreme weather

    Heat wave: European countries report 3,700 excess deaths

    Utah under historic ‘red flag’ weather warning amid dangerous wildfires | Utah | The Guardian

    Pretty much all of Northern Canada is on fire as of the last week : r/collapse

    Germany 'insufficiently prepared’ for extreme heat as transport and roads closed by 41C temperatures | Euronews

    Our Climate Models Are Missing Something Crucial – Mother Jones



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    16 min

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