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Daily Episode 282 - This Week in Fascism #48

29 min

Sources: Trump’s Manic 5:50AM Meltdown Reveals His Biggest Fear ‘EXTORTIONISTS’ — Trump orders probe of Democrats for promising accountability - Democracy Docket White House Threatens to Charge Democrats if They Investigate | The New Republic DOJ Discussing Jailing Journalists Over WH Leaks: Report The Free Press forced to issue correction after falsely claiming El-Sayed gave victory speech in Arabic | The Independent Two Top Justice Department Officials Jump Ship on the Same Day | The New Republic Trump officials ‘destroying documents’ ahead of Democrat takeover Alex Karp Says Palantir Is “Progressive” Now, Months After Fascist Manifesto | Truthout Hegseth's Office Kept Secret Files of Internet Printouts to Block Admiral Promotions: Report Turns Out We Blew Up All Those Boats in the Caribbean for Nothing Calls to Replace Jeffries and Schumer Explode After Democratic Wins | The New Republic Sanders Won’t Back Schumer for Senate Majority Leader Job (2) Trump, 80, Issues Deranged Mexico Threat in All-Caps Freak-Out Trump Launches Late-Night Tirades Against New York Times on Truth Social ICE Deported Record 483,000 People in Past Year Under Trump - Bloomberg ICE rapidly re-arresting immigrants released after winning court petitions | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian Bombshell Transcript Unsealed: Government Lawyer Confirms U.S. Plans to Remove People to Iran, Acknowledging They Will Face Potential Death - Public Citizen Democrats Are Ready to Investigate Corruption—With One Exception – Mother Jones Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 281 - Cognitive Dissonance in Turbulent Times

12 min

Back from a weekend away. The democrats accomplished their blue tsunami, and the climate keeps weirding. Global Temperatures Hit 2.04°C Above Preindustrial Levels, Tying Hottest Day Ever Recorded, With Seven Days Now Above 2°C : r/collapse ‘Everything is so out of whack’: UK trees experience spring six months early | Trees and forests | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 279 - Revisiting "Episode 15: Coping"

42 min

Revisiting and episode from Kellan and I'd discussion around coping with the knowledge of collapse. Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 278 - Sea Level Rise already causing chaos

17 min

Sea level rise is not just something to fear in a distant future, where the sea encroaches daily into a given space. Instead, it starts today, with new floods happening with each new centimeter increase, forcing a portion of the 50% of the human population living close to the coast. ALL TIME HIGH Sea Levels recorded in Newport Beach: Kelvin Wave and King Tides flood Homes : r/collapse Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach are being overtaken by the ocean due to global warming. : r/collapse Thwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how. | Grist The world’s biggest cities are sinking. Is yours one of them? | Scientific American Slovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summer | Glaciers | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 277 - We've hit 1.5c on the 4 year average

19 min

Analysis from Eliot Jacobsen show's we've hit 1.5c over the baseline on the 4-year year running average: Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn | Climate science | The Guardian 4 Tear Global Mean Surface Temperature Just Hit 1.5C : r/collapse We've Entered Climate Overshoot - What Happens Now? Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening | New Scientist Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 276 - Research on the Impact of the Ultra Wealthy

23 min

A new analysis on the negative impact that the ultra wealthy have, compared to the average person: The Ultrawealthy Produce More Carbon Pollution Than Nearly Half of Humanity Disaster Divide | Oxfam U.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report says Everyone Is Buying Electric Cars—Except Americans - The Atlantic Musk ordered Starlink slowdown for Ukraine: WSJ | Just The News US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 275 - Incoming Narcissistic Injury

18 min

Narcissists don't like losing, and they don't like being told that people don't like them. What often results is a "narcissistic injury" - an existential threat to their self-worth, and a resulting fit of rage or need to exert power or control, fueled by ego. When the person expressing that rage is one of the most powerful people in the world, it can have lasting and out weighted impacts. JD Vance cancels Minnesota visit to discuss fraud, officials say | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Trump Moves Natalie Harp Into Ultra-Private White House Hideaway Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges to stockpile supplies | Fortune US warns allies to prepare for potential Iran strikes after election | AP News US Army Starts Practicing Digging Mass Battlefield Graves - Newsweek What Is FORTRESS? Pentagon’s 90-Day Plan to Keep US Military Bases Running - Newsweek Senator Reveals Trump’s ‘Insane’ Plan for After the Election Hegseth Fires a Top General - The Atlantic Trump's 'no more elections' during wartime quip revives fears about American democracy | Fortune Pentagon Secretly Braces for Embarrassing Trump Defeat Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 274: This Week in Fascism #47

16 min

A look at two aspects of Trump corruption: Jared Kushner pushes back on report involving hacked phone, spies, billion-dollar transfer - CBS News White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff - The Washington Sun Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 273 - Revisiting episode 29: Our Dying Oceans

34 min

Apologies, as expected I didn't have time to record a new episode today, so we'll revisit an old classic on our oceans, which is more relevant today than ever. Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 272 - Corporations are Destroying the Planet for Profit

12 min

Corporations are gaining more and more power to do as they please. As that translates to more profit, they will continue to do so at the expense of the planet and its citizens (both human and not). Woody Harrelson: "No one loves you more than Exxon" | New Exxon El Niño Commercial ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre | Environment | The Guardian Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mud | Tom's Hardware Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 271: "Black October - AI Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities"

15 min

It's becoming evident very quickly that the advancement of AI will bring an increase in cybersecurity issues - making the internet an increasingly dangerous foundation to rely on. AI's 'Black October': PHP vulnerabilities trigger fresh wave of alarms Altman admits the cybersecurity crisis is going to get worse: "I no longer think we're gonna be able to patch all the bugs." : r/OpenAI Impact of AI on cyber threat from now to 2027 | National Cyber Security Centre AI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts say | Reuters Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 270 - Wargaming the Dimming of the Sun

18 min

As geo-engineering becomes more of an inevitable reality, we look at the results of one war-gamed scenario: They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think | WIRED Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 269 - This Week in Fascism #46

30 min

Sources: FCC Threatens Broadcasters Over Polls Predicting Disaster for GOP | The New Republic If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them? - The New York Times How the Trump Administration Politicized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — ProPublica 'Don’t let them rig this' | Dolly Parton’s sister claims she had to correct her ballot selection while voting in Tennessee | wbir.com Texas Sued After Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter Registrations | The New Republic Exclusive: Thousands of North Carolina ballots set to be rejected after GOP imposed strict new rules, data shows - Democracy Docket Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters DOJ accuses California of facilitating 'unlawful voting' ‘They will all go to jail’: Trump threatens California officials amid push to reject 20,000 ballots - Democracy Docket Trump DOJ’s California crackdown rests on 25 potentially illegal votes out of 45 million ballots cast - Democracy Docket Todd Blanche must confirm DOJ won’t seize ballots, senators demand - Democracy Docket https://www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/s/z2671NMevR Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 268 - How quickly things can change

19 min

Things can change quickly in a collapsing world. We often think of what the future will be like, and forget that collapse is being experienced today, in a million different little ways: French supermarkets targeted by massive defrost cyberattack ‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify | Protest | The Guardian FEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own - POLITICO Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals | Norway | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 267 - Asking the Right Economic Questions

16 min

The way that we measure the economy is deeply flawed, as is manifest by the fact that the government says the economy is currently healthy. Do you feel confident in our current economy? US families are behind on bills at rate not seen since Great Recession of 2008 | The Independent IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’ | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | The Guardian Global Oil Tanker Shortage is Getting Worse By the Day America Is Measuring Its Economy Wrong Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 266 - An Accelerating Rate of the Rate of Accelaration

15 min

New papers have come out emphasizing the increase in the rate of change, when it comes to the warming of the planet A recent doubling of global warming rate signals a 1.5 °C breach by 2028 | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science Climate Change Is Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond, Scientists Warn Global Warming Rate Has Recently Doubled Meaning We Pass 1.5C By 2028 and 2.0C by as Early as 2038 : r/collapse Scientists say Doomsday Glacier melting ‘aggressively’ | CNN Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 265 - New Study on Humanity's Biggest Threats

20 min

A new report analyses the 17 biggest threats that humanity faces, including a couple of possibilities for extinction: Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment | Global health | The Guardian The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health Rethinking threats to human survival - The Lancet Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 264 - This Week in Fascism #45

15 min

Sources: Ilhan Omar investigation seeks to denaturalize member: Report ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 263 - Continuing decline of ecosystems and biodiversity

17 min

Species are declining at an accelerating rate. Here, a glimpse into some of them: ‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record | Birds | The Guardian Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says - The Japan Times World's largest penguin colony hit by climate-driven decline Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water Redwoods are iconic ecosystems. But now they’re overheating. | Vox Vegetables are now half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts have worked out why | The Independent Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 262 - Increasing Methane Emissions

15 min

Just because we don't talk about it often doesn't mean it isn't happening... Methan emission are growing and aren't accounted for in the models: Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian US will rescind policy targeting oil and gas industry methane leaks | Reuters Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet Decadal doubling of Siberian methane emissions due to warming-induced fires and methanogenesis | Science Siberian methane emissions have doubled in a decade, study co-led by UK scientists finds | EurekAlert! Siberia's growing methane threat could offset 20% of global methane reduction targets by 2050 Extreme weather likely to increase methane emissions from landfills | Research | Chemistry World Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 261 - How nations will react to mass migration

15 min

As pressure builds on the nations first (and most severely) impacted by Climate Change and collapse, a Substack article considers the force that will be used against migrants fleeing the chaos. Comments - The Massacres are Coming - by Sarah Connor Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 260 - Localized Impacts of Strengthening El Nino

17 min

As the Super El Nino continues to grow, local governments are taking pre-emptive actions: We're gonna need a bigger chart : r/collapse We have a bigger chart : r/collapse The clocks are changing and so is the season - get ready for a summer of weather surprises Auckland - OurAuckland ‘Like an earthquake’: El Niño is coming for California – is the state ready? | California | The Guardian How California is bracing for a winter of floods, fires and extreme storms all at once | Environment | The Guardian El Niño high tides will batter California Thanksgiving, Christmas Ten things to do right now to prepare for predicted severe El Niño impacts | ANR News Releases The Godzilla El Niño Is a Rehearsal for the Rest of Our Lives - Bloomberg Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 259 - This Week in Fascism #44

35 min

Sources: This time, take Trump literally 'Should Concern All Americans': Records Show ICE Has Gathered 50 Million Voter Records Ahead of Midterms | Common Dreams Trump plan to send 1,000 DOJ monitors to the polls could ‘jeopardize the election,’ NAACP lawsuit warns | The Independent DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms - Democracy Docket ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls - Democracy Docket Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says - Democracy Docket GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal - Democracy Docket Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to regulate voting machines - Democracy Docket New Jersey GOP operative, pardoned by Trump, accused of scheming to purge Democratic voters ahead of midterms - Democracy Docket Can Trump really pay for campaign ads with your tax dollars? Trump Calls for Media Outlets to Be Arrested Over Rally Coverage ABC to federal judge: Trump’s FCC is holding our head on a ‘guillotine’ | CNN Business FBI Whistleblower: Trump Ordered Probe of Protesters Over a TikTok | The New Republic Pete Hegseth's New Religious Affairs Office Sparks a Legal Church-State Fight Veterans at NYC Homeless Shelter Could Lose Funding; City Clashes With VA Over Trump Orders Congress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds - The Washington Sun Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies by suicide - The Banker Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 258 - Revisiting Episode 63

50 min

Revisiting Episode 63: Why we're wrong or so they say - Resource Scarcity Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 257 - Revisiting Episode 51

48 min

Revisiting Episode 51: A conversation with Tom Murphy Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 256 - Revisiting Episode 32

35 min

Revisiting Episode 32: Overconsumption vs Overpopulation Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 255 - Revisiting Episode 11

39 min

I'm taking a brief break this week, so we'll revisit some old classics! Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 254 - This Week in Fascism #43

29 min

Sources: Federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump's challenge to collusion finding tied to IRS settlement Trump to Cut Nearly $1 Billion in Pocket Rescission Package (1) DOJ Prepares to Investigate Nearly Every Federal Judge in Blue State | The New Republic Former Bush Ethics Lawyer: Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ad 'Could Be An Impeachable Offense' - Above the Law Trump Has Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of - Above the Law WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation' | PBS News California Authorizes People To Sue ICE, Border Patrol For Constitutional Violations Under New Law By Senator Wiener | Senator Scott Wiener January 6 Rioters Claim They Were “Punished,” Demand Restitution | The New Republic Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens | US voting rights | The Guardian Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Win in Quest to Make Voting Harder | The New Republic DHS failed to provide records supporting Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says - Democracy Docket Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines - Democracy Docket Trump admin violating VRA with armed feds at polls: Lawsuit Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 253 - Private Companies to Control the Climate?

17 min

The climate keeps spinning out of control. Are we really going to allow private companies to make a profit off sketchy attempts to "fix" it? ‘Our house was under water’: Bangkok floods force thousands into shelters as disaster declared | Thailand | The Guardian 'New reality': Calif. scientists uncover why rivers are turning orange The company with a $10 billion a year plan to cool the planet | CNN Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 252 - Glacier Meltdown

15 min

Glacier collapse is accelerating. In this episode we discuss the rate of change, as well as the impacts it will have on people and ecosystems. Europe's earliest glacier loss day in years signals a reckoning for the Alps Glacier Collapse Threatens Southeastern Tibetan River Basin : r/collapse Microbial communities and ecological functions shift with glacier retreat in the Canadian High Arctic | Scientific Reports Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 251 - What to Expect from an Oil Shock?

20 min

Going deeper into last weeks' episode on the potential impacts of an extended oil shock: Armed group shuts pipeline from Libya's largest oil field, jeopardising exports | Euronews Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply | OilPrice.com ‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain | Petrol prices | The Guardian How record diesel prices will rip through the U.S. economy Global Food Shock is Imminent: Stock Up on Your Favorites Now - The New Sentinel People dont realize how dependent most of the world is on oil and how quickly the economy/society will collapse without it : r/collapse Silver Lining to the Oil Shortages : r/collapse Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 250 - What the governments won't tell us

14 min

What do governments suspect about collapse that won't share with us? UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer | Climate crisis | The Guardian ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Climate crisis | The Guardian Opinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table - The New York Times Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 249 - This Week In Fascism #42

24 min

Sources: White House faces mounting legal backlash after barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico CNN, MS NOW and Politico go back to court after reporters were denied access to the White House despite judge’s order | CNN Politics MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access : r/law The Source Behind The Ban Trump cites national security, midterms coverage to defend press ban - POLITICO Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant: Court ICE Just Made Thousands of Detainees Vanish From Its System | The New Republic Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian ICE accused of continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon despite injunction | Courthouse News Service ICE is Quietly Firing Recruits, Including a Marine Reservist Who Died by Suicide FBI Security Breach: Hackers 'Steal Data' on Every Agent Under Kash Patel The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms - The Atlantic Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms - Democracy Docket Governor Newsom signs new laws to protect California elections from Trump interference | Governor of California Lawsuits seek to prevent federal officers at polls : NPR Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 248 - Record Moisture, Record Heat. El Nino is starting to show it's ugly head

24 min

As El Nino starts to ramp up, we're seeing record breaking indicators of a rough next 12 months: ‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian news.mongabay.com/2026/09/global-ocean-breaks-records-with-100-days-of-heat-as-el-nino-adds-new-threat/amp/ Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom | South Australian algal bloom | The Guardian With millions of dead oysters and mounting debt, P.E.I. farmers fear they'll lose everything | CBC Radio Hurricane Polo intensifies into Category 5 storm, fueling Southwest flood threat | Fox Weather The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August | Environment | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 247 - Hypocrisy of Leadership

12 min

A short one today. I was angry and needed to take a break. E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants - The New York Times Prime Minister Carney introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment | Prime Minister of Canada Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements - Canada.ca Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline | Reuters Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 246 - Ongoing Oil Shock

20 min

A deeper look at the oil/diesel availability crisis around the world: Some Gas Stations ‘Out of Diesel’ as Prices Surge - Newsweek Oil: What next as Saudi Arabia scrambles to restore East-West pipeline Saudis tell European refiners they’ll get no crude next month | Financial Post The Depletion Ledger — The Oil Supply Crisis Costco Is Rationing Oil And Doubling Its Price As Supply Dwindles Skyrocketing fuel prices spark protests around the globe | CNN Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 245 - Winter is Coming

16 min

Winter is coming, and with it many challenges. Winter is Coming for Diesel | Rigzone "There is no money." Russian farmers began to massively refuse to sow winter wheat - Russian Service of The Moscow Times 61% of French groundwater monitoring points sit below normal, up from 44% a year ago. The autumn rain everyone is waiting for mostly will not reach the aquifer. : r/collapse Panama canal traffic facing further cuts as drought from El Niño worsens | Panama canal | The Guardian Kelvin Waves: What they are, and why they pose a threat to Southern California : r/collapse Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 244 - This Week in Fascism #41

17 min

Sources: Trump erupts at Supreme Court for being ‘bullied by the Radical Left’ after mail-in ballot ruling | The Independent Trump Makes Crowd Swear Pledge to “Cheat Like Hell” This Election | The New Republic Bush-Appointed Judge J. Michael Luttig Warns of ‘Another Jan. 6’ After Midterms WATCH: Blumenthal asks Patel to commit to not sending FBI agents to polling places on Election Day | PBS News : r/law The IRS shared info it shouldn’t have with ICE. What now? Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges - Democracy Docket Former US detention officer charged with 20 counts of felony forgery | North Carolina | The Guardian ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines | The New Republic Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 243 - Heat is increasing... increasingly

12 min

The rate at which the planet is heating is accelerating. Models haven't taken this into account, so when do we hit climate sensitivity, and how hot will that be? Post by @climatecasino.net — Bluesky Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian The Arctic melt season is now more than a month longer than it was in the 1980s, new research on sea ice trends shows The U.S. just had its hottest summer on record, NOAA says - CBS News Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 242 - Take AI Development Seriously

20 min

AI is an increasingly divisive topic, even (or especially) among collapse aware folk. How seriously should we take its development? Anthropic Researcher Quit, Says AI Labs Are 'Gambling With Our Lives' - Business Insider Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit | The New Yorker Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 241 - And it starts at the bottom

14 min

Today we take a look at the bottom of the marine food chain, where new research indicates things aren't looking to great: Climate change may erase 25 million hectares of kelp forests by 2050 Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss | PLOS Biology Projected declines in zooplankton energy supporting Northwest European Shelf ecosystems | Communications Earth & Environment s43247-026-03840-1_reference.pdf (PDF) Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 240 - Wildlife is running out of time

17 min

Wildlife is collapsing, and time is running low to make the changes we must in order to protect them. Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming | Scientific American France's wildlife suffers severe blow from intense heat: 'The entire food chain is disrupted' Bears, coyotes spotted in unexpected SoCal places during scorching heat wave - ABC7 Los Angeles One effect of climate change: More rats, ticks and mosquitoes — and more disease - Evanston RoundTable Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 239 - This Week in Fascism #40

22 min

Sources: Judge blocks Trump’s new USPS rules for mail-in ballots with just weeks before midterm elections | The Independent 2026 midterms: Trump is getting the mail-ballot chaos he wants. US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel | House of Representatives | The Guardian Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won't Air After FCC Threats Meagan Morris Speaks From Jail After Being Sentenced to 50 Years by the Trump Administration for an Alleged Terrorist Attack [WATCH] ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted - The New York Times Trump Pushes to Rename New Mexico ‘New America,’ but He Can’t Do It by Executive Order | Law Commentary Donald Trump pledges $5K dividend if GOP wins Congress Judge reinforces order banning immediate work on Trump’s 250-foot arch Constitution Doesn’t Cover Right to Clean Water, Court Rules (1) Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 238 - Do people even want change?

21 min

Am I alone in imagining a better future? A whole bunch of data says no: Support for changing the current economic system | Pew Research Center Americans stand out internationally for their pessimism about the nation’s political system | Pew Research Center AP-NORC America 250 Poll - AP-NORC Harvard Youth Poll Finds a Generation Under Pressure — and Losing Faith in the System | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University 51st Edition - Fall 2025 | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University Americans End Year in Gloomy Mood New poll: Just 13% of youth feel America is headed in the right direction | Harvard Kennedy School Young Voters Have Growing Power, but Broken Politics Leave Them ‘Fatalistic,’ Studies Find | Research UC Berkeley The State of Public Trust in Government 2025 - Partnership for Public Service New Low in U.S. 'Very Satisfied' With Personal Life Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 237 - Is there a point to it all?

25 min

If collapse is inevitable, is there a point to trying? FYI the episode contains spoilers for the musical "Hadestown". Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 236 - Renewables have made big strides: Can they save us now?

22 min

Renewables have made massive strides in the 2020s. I answer the question that still comes up from time to time: Can a successful rollout of renewables save society from collapse? Tracking the energy transition: Where are we now? | McKinsey So, where exactly does the US energy transition stand? | Canary Media Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 235 - +1.5C is Dead

18 min

A new UN report officially announced that limiting warming to +1.5C is no longer a viable goal: Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 234 - This week in Fascism #39

27 min

Sources: Judge Tells RFK Jr. to Stop Using Fake AI Studies on Teen Pregnancy | The New Republic Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Stanford Students Who Criticized Israel - The New York Times The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders” IRS Softens on Businesses in Wake of Agency Worker Exodus Wyoming judge weighs transgender woman’s self-defense | Advocate.com The Trump Administration is Now Claiming That Being a Trans Ally Makes You More Violent. Yes, Really. James Talarico: "Nothing terrifies them more, than people who show up to vote... Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring - The New York Times ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database | WIRED DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites - Democracy Docket Mail voting live updates: Judge weighs fate of Trump’s anti-voting executive order - Democracy Docket ICE owes millions to hospitals and detainees can't get treatment ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian 'Who is Profiting from ICE?' Texas mom's site sparks secret DHS note Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Daily Episode 233 - Collapse and the US Military

22 min

The US military is simultaneously contributing to collapse, as it also says it's working to fight against it (climate change and resulting instability). Meanwhile, it's also tying up its resources, firing all its best people, and opening the world to destabilization. Sources: West Point’s only climate scientist fired after insisting on human causes of climate change | US news | The Guardian DOD Preparing for Climate Change Impacts, Official Says > U.S. Department of War > Defense Department News | U.S. Department of War The US military’s fatal stance on climate change - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Mission impossible? Quantifying military emissions - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Experts raise concerns of Army readiness amid Pentagon changes under Hegseth Dan Driscoll’s Parting Shot - The Atlantic Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations - The Washington Post Pentagon furious over Washington Post’s Iran war scoop Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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