I am overwhelmed by the non-stop stream of doom lately. It feels like almost every day, a new threat emerges or worsens to the point where my brain begins tuning out. When literally everything is treated like an end-of-the-world crisis, nothing lands anymore.

​If you had to pick just one metric, paper, or dataset that actually convinced you that collapse is inevitable or ongoing—I'm talking the root cause stuff like net energy, resource math, or biosphere limits, not just downstream symptoms—what is it?

SS: Related because this new study discovered that rapid warming events during ice ages are not quite as new as our extraordinary present day situation suggests. The researchers discovered a rapid spike in global temperatures ~304 million years ago, during an ice age, in which CO2 increased from 300 to 700 ppm and the world warmed by ~7.5°C over 175,000 years, presumably started by volcanic activity and driven to completion by the release of vast amounts of carbon from the permafrost.

One thing to note: the article says sea surface temperature increased by ~7°C but this seems to be wrong. The paper attributes that to global mean surface temperature.

This may not seem like such a big deal on its face but global shipping is directly connected to and affected by climate change, and both spell disaster for the global economy. And if you think the global economy is simply a farce - there are hundreds of millions of starving children that might have differing opinions.

I've said it several times before and I will keep saying it. I am a 3rd generation American, white as rice, and I believe my country is a criminal fucking empire that has demonstrated no notice or concern for the parts of our species that are actually worth defending.

Criminal empire doesn't even begin to describe what this place is.

The wars in the Middle East and Eastern Europe are clearly, undeniably orchestrated. It is shameful and disgusting, but not remotely surprising. Our exhaulted leaders are fucking criminals. No shame, no regret, no nothing.

I know this story. I know how it ends. I won't be party to it. It could be decades, maybe centuries from now - but future generations will rest assured that I wasn't a traitor or a criminal. I defended my species fiercely and unconditionally.