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Why insurers worry the world could soon become uninsurable Günther Thallinger, a board member at Allianz, one of the world's biggest insurers, says the climate crisis could make adaptation economically unviable.

"“If this volume just grows even more, we simply have a societal situation that is not bearable anymore because it is just too much risk that is no longer covered,” Thallinger told CNBC..."

whatever politicians pretend to believe about climate, this is what they know

www.cnbc.com/2025/08/08/c...

Why None of These People Will Ever Talk to You About Overpopulation The Civilisational Lie Series

Do you think global human population must dramatically decrease if there’s any hope of mitigating the worst of civilisational overshoot?
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Leaked Logs Show ChatGPT Coaxing Users Into Psychosis About Antichrist, Aliens, and Other Bizarre Delusions Dozens of chatlots show that ChatGPT would validate a user's delusions while feeding new ones it had invented.

Is ChatGPT the reason why Peter Thiel can’t stop talking about the Antichrist?
futurism.com/chatgpt-psyc...

Scientists decry Trump energy chief’s plan to ‘update’ climate reports: ‘Exactly what Stalin did’ Ex-fossil fuel executive Chris Wright said administration is reviewing national assessments made by past governments

Political climate denial has reached new lows under
Donald Trump:

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

However, you were warned that his was coming, and you did not listen.

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#ClimateBrawl

Pete Hegseth shares video of pastors saying women shouldn’t be allowed to vote His apparent endorsement of the video follows several public comments and instituted military policies that critics say discriminate against women

None of this is a surprise if you’ve been paying attention to right wing circles. The end game is a system that caters to rich straight white Christian men with everyone else as a second class citizen.

49.81% of people who voted chose this.

Everyone should have it, and those of us that have more should be willing to pay an extra share for stuff like universal healthcare and UBI

Rent is not set at the 'market rate' it is set as high as possible to provide maximum profit and 15% of Landlord owned houses are empty.

If you make that too expensive to do, rent will go down and housing will go up.

“This is a group of people who have been very intentional about trying to drive fear in order to control power of people of color” @maya4rights.bsky.social explains what is at the root of Stephen Miller’s assertion that D.C. is more violent than Baghdad.

Luddites were like coal miners today demanding we stop advancing alternate energy technology so they can keep digging coal for pay at the cost of their health and lives.

We should be living with universal basic income, free schooling, and people being able to follow their dreams, not labor all day!

A war crimes net is tightening around Israeli soldiers abroad The arrest and investigation of two Israeli soldiers in Belgium over alleged Gaza war crimes could mark a turning point in the pursuit of global accountability

8/4/25💡”first time serving Israeli soldiers have been arrested in connection with violations of humanitarian law in Gaza, deeming it a crucial recognition of the gravity of their purported crimes”🙏🇵🇸🙏 www.newarab.com/analysis/war...

Palantir: As Revenues Rise, Controversy Grows Palantir is on a roll, experiencing record growth through government contracting. But its activities have raised ethical concerns from former employees and the larger public.

8/7/25👺South African nazis make billions automating genocide (💡1/20/29 Nuremberg type trials🇺🇸) www.forbes.com/sites/willia...

True: @zohranmamdani lives in 1 unit of rent-stabilized housing.

Also true: Andrew Cuomo oversaw the loss of 96,064 units of rent-stabilized housing. And killed NYC’s program helping people move out of shelter.

Leaders must show moral clarity. Andrew, time to move out. 🧵
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Yes, very much. People’s politics are a product of their social environment and interactions. By making it cheaper to live in liberal spaces we can expose more people to liberal social environments.

Given all the actions taken just in this past week by the Department of Justice that include going after a number of Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies, we wanted to remind everyone of what Trump's Attorney General-Nominee Pam Bondi said at her confirmation hearing in January.

The heat inside America's prisons Race and justice reporter Disha Raychaudhuri and host Christopher Walljasper examine the challenge of extreme temperatures inside crammed U.S. prisons.

🔊 Extreme heat is creating a dangerous environment for prisoners and staff in the United States. Listen now on this episode of On Assignment with @Cwalljasper and @Disha_RC reut.rs/46K4Quk

What you cannot afford is the billionaires owning Public Services, providing terrible service but charging you a fortune.

There is only one solution to this.

Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.

What does JD Vance do besides take luxury vacations?

📌 Off to yet another vacation in a $10K/wk English manor while Americans struggle to afford groceries.

Mike Johnson hit with new accusation showing ‘clear-cut violation’ of federal law House Speaker Mike Johnson has been accused of using campaign money to pay his rent in what the government watchdog group Campaign Legal Center described as a “clear-cut violation of federal campaign ...

Seems Mike Johnson has been using campaign funds to pay his rent in DC, which is a major legal no no.

www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson...

Here's a basic fact about how Trump works.

1) He forces right wingers to support a WILDLY unpopular bill.
2) Which puts their political careers at risk.
3) So they put party over democracy and America itself in an attempt to extend one-party states.

The Guardian view on plastic pollution: global action is desperately needed to deal with this scourge | Editorial Editorial: Delegates at UN treaty talks must not allow negotiations to be derailed again by fossil fuel interests

Like fossil fuel emissions, America’s government is blind to the threat, thanks to dirty petrochemical politics and money. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Portland, ME first socialist political salon · Mobilize We are putting together the first salon of the Cumberland county branch. Please watch this quick 8 minutes video that explain Social Democratic Socialism: https://youtu.be/BVfdsaahdRs We are Sociali...

"We believe in Free Education, Universal Health Care, Anti-Death Penalty, Pro-Abortion, Universal Basic Income, the Right to Unionize, Separation of Church and State, and the belief that the Government should make life bearable for all and ensure citizens' Liberties"

www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...

This makes me so mad...

California Democrats Back Newsom Plan to Redraw Congressional Maps for 2026 | KQED Texas lawmakers who fled their state to block a GOP-led map joined California Democrats in Sacramento as Gov. Gavin Newsom promoted a plan to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of the mi...

CALI got it covered.

Fighting Rommel and Tojo is part of our history too, but we don't erect statues in their honor at Arlington.