Extinction Life

Me too but I think I'm at the acceptance stage of grieving. Probably helps that I am no longer considered young. Extremely worried about my kids though.

New word for many of you.
"Solastalgia" The emotional distress caused by environmental change, particularly when it affects the place you call home. A manifestation of climate anxiety. Nearly 85% of young adults 16-25 are at least moderately concerned about the climate, with 59% extremely worried.

Tesla revenue and profits plunge as trade war clouds company’s future | CNN Business Tesla reported a sharp drop in revenue and earnings in the first quarter on Tuesday, and warned that the outlook for the rest of this year is uncertain.

WSJ reports 71% decline in net revenue.

Tesla revenue and profits plunge as trade war clouds company’s future

www.cnn.com/2025/04/22/b...

Celebrities criticize all-female rocket launch: ‘This is beyond parody’ Amy Schumer, Olivia Wilde and Olivia Munn are among the famous names calling out the much-publicised space trip

Even more evidence we are edging ever closer to total collapse.

www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

‘Shock to the system’: farmers hit by Trump’s tariffs and cuts say they need another bailout With extreme weather and Trump’s looming trade war, US farmers are reeling and resigned to needing more cash help

Why do they bury farmers only one foot deep?

So they can still get a handout.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump says he’s open to sending violent criminals who are US citizens to El Salvador prison President Trump on Monday indicated he would be open to sending American citizens who are violent criminals to El Salvador to be held in a notorious prison there, telling reporters his administrati…

It was only a matter of time before he threatened this.

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Authoritopianists

"The egg prices were going through the sky" Cheeto says and "they are down 50%". Whaaat?

Absolutely devastating study released last week on North American pollinator biodiversity: "We assessed the extinction risk of nearly 1,600 species of vertebrate and insect pollinators and found that more than one in five species is at risk of extinction."

Very rare to see a research paper devoted to the topic of a post-collapse world. h/t @hopeforfuture1.bsky.social

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What a great breed.

Got a canoe? There are lots of lakes....

Been doomscrolling and hoping for something to lift my spirits before bed. Thank you!

If only....

We really have no clue what we are doing do we?

It's all disinformation. They know. They just don't want us to know. Keep the public uninformed.

There is growing evidence of a link between cyanobacteria exposure and neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. It is suspected that the toxins may travel miles through the air.
So many threats out there from our warming world.

If it sounds like a fuck and acts like a fuck, it's a fuck. Or not a fuck depending on context

This morning - zero rain in the forecast. Late afternoon - 100% chance of rain and T-storms tonight. I've noticed sudden changes in the forecast for awhile now, well before the NOAA and NWS cuts. Am I just experiencing climate bias or is local short term forecasting less reliable?

We are well on our way to ecologic collapse.... it's actually here, just as the climate crisis is here.
Did you know that lowly moths account for about 1/3 of all pollinator visits? I was quite surprised to learn that.

Any guesses how many birds and mammals are killed on the road every year?

"Estimates can reach to 340 million of birds killed on the roads in USA, 194 million birds, 29 million mammals in Europe and 17 million of birds and mammals in Latin America"

Pure disinformation. It's what authoritarians do. He knows what's going on. He's protecting big oil and eyeing northern lands.

Perfect 🤣🎯

Yeah Elon, if this world just needs more humans why are you trying to kill so many?

YouTube video by CBC News Why Yale professor Jason Stanley is moving to Canada

"Donald Trump is an existential threat"...
"There is absolutely no doubt the United States is an authoritarian country partnering with other authoritarian countries"...
Yale professor Jason Stanley author of How Fascism Works & Erasing History & who btw is moving to Canada.

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'The President is a dangerous threat to religious liberty': Lutheran bishops take a stand Who gets to decide what is Christian? What does religious liberty look like today? With so much unsettling and destabilizing news coming from the new administration in Washington, DC, it’s hard to kee...

www.alternet.org/lutheran-chr...

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Trade wars, federal cuts complicate lives of some Nebraskans who put Trump back in office

Nebraska farmers love to complain about socialism.

Says this Nebraska farmer: "...in 2020... we were subsidized by the government... it ended up being a very profitable year for farmers."

Sounds a lot like socialism to me. No self-awareness at all. Makes me livid

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Your very own Blues Ocean Event.
I'll stop there.

Please keep doing what you're doing.