Breaking Down: Collapse

As the title describes, we walk through the question: What will collapse first in a slow collapse?

What infrastructure systems would realistically fail first in a slow maintenance collapse? : collapse

Spirit Airlines collapse to benefit these airlines

Another airline files for bankruptcy protection and cancels all flights

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A new outbreak of Ebola in DRC and Uganda is growing rapidly. Even from the time of recording this article to the day of releasing it, the death count has nearly doubled and known cases continue to climb, with some articles claiming that it's continually breaking containment. We take a look here at how catabolic collapse played a part in this outbreak and will likely continue to do in other disease outbreaks to come.

Ebola outbreak live updates: WHO says deadly virus is spreading faster than they can stop it

As WHO Declares Ebola Outbreak a Global Health Emergency, Did USAID Cuts Worsen the Crisis? | Democracy Now!

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield warns Ebola outbreak could become pandemic

Ebola epidemic spreading rapidly and outpacing containment efforts | UN News

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Trump has created a slush fund of taxpayer money to give to his friends | Moira Donegan | The Guardian

💪Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT): "Trump's corruption has reached an entirely new level. The $1.7B slush fund is just outright theft. And no Republican owes such bind allegiance to the president to defend this."🇺🇸 : r/law

Trump's top attorney quits hours after $1.8 billion slush fund to pay MAGA allies and J6 rioters sparks backlash | Daily Mail Online

WATCH: Corruption ‘has never been more blatant’ with new DOJ fund, Sen. Murray tells Blanche : r/law

Mike Johnson says we should have sympathy because Congress isn’t paid enough—so we should “allow” insider trading just so they can take care of their families(70% of Americans can’t afford a $1k emergency) : r/law

Man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement | AP News

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The world is becoming more of a surveillance state every day, and the growth is accelerating. Unfortunately, we don't always see the change happening so it's not front of mind. Let's talk about Flock and work towards eradicating it in our local communities.

Flock’s Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance | American Civil Liberties Union

House approves bill to extend divisive US surveillance program | AP News

Find Nearby ALPRs | DeFlock

AI license plate cameras tore this town apart and led to a state of emergency - The Washington Post

Mission Creep: AI Surveillance at DHS Crosses Dangerous Line Into Tracking Americans - American Immigration Council

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$20 trillion spent globally on disaster cleanup and prevention in the last 20 or so years. This money could all have been spent in other places, and it begs the question: Will investment eventually move towards planet (or human) preserving endeavors?

A $20 Trillion Wealth Transfer Is Happening Under Our Noses - Bloomberg

USDA Projects Smallest US Wheat Harvest Since 1972 Due to Plains Drought - AgWeb

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In the previous 35 years, we've experienced a whopping 95% loss of wildlife in South America and the Caribbean. What other impacts to biodiversity have we seen recently?

New Study: 95% Decline in Wildlife in Latin America & Caribbean since 1970 | by IZY-Hosting | Medium

We Are Bombarding America’s Forests With Roundup – Mother Jones

Wood burning is reintroducing lead pollution into the air, US scientists find | Air pollution | The Guardian

Study finds microplastics in tadpoles in the Amazon for the first time

Pollution Contaminating Sea Food — Hive

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India faces multiple simultaneous challenges, that could prove overwhelming in the coming years and decades:

Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging | Japan | The Guardian

Modi says Iran war poses severe risks to India, urges cuts in fuel use and gold purchases

India’s Oil Crisis Deepens as Hormuz Remains Shut | OilPrice.com

Foreign investors pull out of India at record pace

India warns over AI’s threat to youth population | Semafor

Wave of Suicides Hits as India's Economy Is Ravaged by AI

On one April day, all of the planet’s top 50 hottest cities were in India | CNN

India’s Power Grid Struggles as Extreme Heat Drives Record Electricity Demand - Bloomberg

India is burning more coal as extreme heat and the Iran war squeeze energy supplies

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The Trump administration is deleting government data. From infant deaths to hunger, here are five ways it’s hurting Americans | Trump administration | The Guardian

Texas mother of 4 says "no one is safe" after spending more than 6 weeks in ICE custody - CBS News

Trump administration now classifies Antifa and left-wing networks among ‘major’ terror groups | CNN Politics

‘MAGA has rigged the system’: Democrats slam Virginia Supreme Court for overruling voters on redistricting - Democracy Docket

The glaring error in the Virginia Supreme Court’s gerrymandering decision, in Scott v. McDougle | Vox

In blow to direct democracy, Missouri Supreme Court upholds GOP gerrymander - Democracy Docket

Mississippi governor plans to redraw congressional map, eliminate majority-Black district after midterms - Democracy Docket

Republicans launch election monitoring operation in 17 states ahead of midterms - Democracy Docket

After Virginia Redistricting Map Is Tossed, Democrats Search Desperately for a Response - The New York Times

Court not impressed with Hegseth theory to punish Mark Kelly

Trump handed AG a stack of articles labeled 'treason' — and now DOJ is targeting reporters - Alternet.org

Justice Dept. Officials Consider Settling Trump Suit Against I.R.S. - The New York Times

There’s an Obvious Reason Why The Republican Justices Sound So Nervous

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It took only 1 month for the probabilities to shift momentously. Here's an update on El Nino, and what it tells us about the future of the world in the coming decade.

European forecast shows 100% chance of Super El Niño forming | Fox Weather

New May 1 ECMWF El Nino forecast significantly worsens from previous month : r/collapse

Brace yourselves. Strongest El Niño in over a century is coming. El Niño patterns are correlated with food shortages, water impacts and even civil conflict. : r/collapse

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Opinion | The New El Niño Might Make 2027 the Hottest Year on Record - The New York Times

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Billionaire Kevin O'Leary wants to build the world's largest data center at the tippy toppy of the Great Salt Lake. People are (rightfully) not happy about it.

Utah's data center could create a massive heat island that could devastate the Great Salt Lake, scientists say

Box Elder County data center's projected daily heat equivalent to 23 atomic bombs

Stuart Adams PAC Received $135,000 From MIDA Donors After Data Center Approval

Utah senator smacks ABC4 reporter's phone out of his hand amid Data Center controversy

Data center approved in Utah despite community protests

A giant OpenAI-Oracle data center was voted down by a Michigan farm town. Weeks later, construction began | Fortune

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The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Here's a few drivers behind it:

What's Powering the K-Shaped Economy: Inflation, Stock Market Gains - Business Insider

K-shaped economy hits the gas pump as lower-income Americans pull back, NY Fed finds

The K-Shaped Economy Is Reshaping American Cities | Dame Magazine

Americans owe a record $1.68 trillion in car loans | Fortune

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Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for Business

Bill banning whites-only housing passes Pennsylvania House by 1 vote | ABC27

Judicial nominees don’t know if Trump can run for a 3rd term : r/law

Louisiana Governor Tossed Thousands of Votes In Order to Help Trump | The New Republic

Louisiana governor suspends active election to allow for gerrymander - Democracy Docket

'Lines are going to change': Trump DOJ confirms it will target minority voters nationwide after Supreme Court ruling - Democracy Docket

Emergency Planning: The President Is Preparing to Challenge 2026 Midterms. The Country Can Still Act to Protect Them. | Washington Spectator

Alabama House approves last-minute congressional gerrymander, despite votes already cast - Democracy Docket

Trump issues ‘demand’ that states cancel elections and rig maps for GOP after Callais - Democracy Docket

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The Western US is not the only region struggling with a terrible water decade. Corpus Christi, Texas is potentially one of the first cities to actually run dry.

Climate Scientists Shake Their Heads as First US City Running Completely Out of Water

Corpus Christi residents frustrated as water crisis makes national news

Central Texas is running out of water, and we keep building like we have plenty : r/collapse

The Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early.

Day Zero approaches Iran | Ctech

Complicating Long-Term Stability: Water Security and the Iran War | New Security Beat

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New news about Trump firing the entire National Science Board is one step closer to the death of science at his hand.

Trump administration fires all members of US National Science Board | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera

National Science Board members fired by Trump administration | AP News

Delays have kept new NSF grants to a trickle — that could be about to change

Science and Public Health in the Trump Era: The Dismantling of Evidence and Institutions, and Proposals for Reconstruction | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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DOJ aims to strip citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, sources say

Trump Administration Says Green Cards Could Be Denied Over Political Opinions

Canada Changes Law: Millions of Americans May Already Be Canadian Citizens — and Don't Know It Yet | IBTimes UK

As expected, Supreme Court officially greenlights Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map for midterms - Democracy Docket

Supreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act

Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map - Democracy Docket

Senate Republicans push for White House ballroom funding

Judge orders Trump, DOJ to justify why president's $10B IRS lawsuit should proceed - ABC News

Corporate donors are sounding the alarm about Trump’s presidential library fund - Alternet.org

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren | Warren, Blumenthal, Stans...

Trump Administration Wants Executions With Electric Chairs, Firing Squads | HuffPost Latest News

FCC orders review of ABC licenses after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke | Trump administration | The Guardian

Todd Blanche Sued Over Epstein Files Cover Up - Above the Law

Trump Sued Over Alarming Memo Allowing Officials to Delete Records | The New Republic

The Trump administration is withholding NY transportation funds, again. NY's suing, again. - Gothamist

Judge Says Maurene Comey Can Sue the Trump Administration for Firing Her - The New York Times

Atlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting

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Another weeks of climate news from around the world:

Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decades

Antarctic emperor penguins on the brink of extinction due to climate change and disease - Kuriozitete

Wellington, New Zealand Just Shattered Its Rainfall Intensity Record — Over Half a Month’s Rain Fell in One Hour : r/collapse

An ‘ordinary’ storm with extraordinary impacts: what made Wellington’s deluge so intense?

Opinion | Extreme Weather Is Sending Home Insurance Rates Through the Roof; Big Oil Should Pay | Common Dreams

Too hot for solar and too much wind for turbines: Can renewables withstand our worsening climate? | Euronews

An intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea | CNN

Climate change eroding nighttime breaks in wildfire activity

Ocean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities | Nature Climate Change

In climate change fight, doomerism is out. Laughter is in | AP News

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AI is either a bubble, or it's going to take all the jobs. Which is it? Today's article leans towards a resounding "pop" of the bubble.

The AI economy runs on helium. The Iran war just created a $650 billion problem | Fortune

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This episode highlights an example of how the wealthiest nations will leave impoverished nations to struggle.

More than six million Haitians need urgent humanitarian aid: ‘The population is at breaking point’ | International | EL PAÍS English

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Declining accessibility of food doesn't mean that one day it's here and one day it's gone; it means who gets access to it will shift. In this episode we discuss multiple articles highlighting the crisis currently facing the food system.

Food prices are rising again. Drought, war, and tariffs are to blame | Fortune

World food systems ‘pushed to the brink’ by extreme heat, UN warns | Global food crisis | The Guardian

2026 Super El Niño Threatens Global Crops

Already under pressure, Australia’s food system could now be in big trouble | SBS News

Florida is about to lose its most famous symbol forever. What happened?

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Southern Poverty Law Center indicted for fraud, money laundering - POLITICO

Trump admin coerced removal of ICE trackers, court says

ICE official behind warehouse detention camps quits after tense congressional hearing

Leaked Memos Reveal Just How Much the Supreme Court Has Betrayed the Constitution

Supreme Court Shadow Docket Tracker — Challenges to Trump Administration Actions | Brennan Center for Justice

FBI Director Patel sues Atlantic, says story about his drinking false

The Internet’s Favorite Lawyer Says We’re Living Through ‘Multiple Watergates per Week’ | WIRED

Resolution to block the sale of 12,000 bombs to Israel (119_SJRES_138)

Trump, IRS in talks to settle US president's $10 billion lawsuit | Reuters

Rep. Roy Introduces MAMDANI Act to Denaturalize and Deport Marxists and Islamic Fundamentalists | Representative Chip Roy

Supreme Court Is Poised to Gut Remaining Protections of the Voting Rights Act | Truthout

Exclusive: Trump administration blocking appointments to key panel overseeing voting machines, officials say - Democracy Docket

Trump DOJ loses again, now 0 for 5 on voter roll cases, as court rejects Rhode Island lawsuit - Democracy Docket

Viktor Orbán's defeat showed Democrats how to end Trump's rule.

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A roundup of this week's climate news:

Mosquitoes reach Iceland for the first time as the Arctic heats up

Projected warming will exceed the long-term thermal limits of rice cultivation | Communications Earth & Environment

Africa’s forests have flipped from carbon sink to carbon source | ScienceDaily

Cities are leaking far more methane than previously thought - Earth.com

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought | Oceans | The Guardian

Why people are working so hard?Does it makes sense : r/collapse

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A brief episode about beef. A beef brief, if you will.

New World Screwworm detected about 90 miles from the United States

Screwworm.gov | Unified Government Response To Protect the United States

Beef Prices: Your Expensive Cheeseburger Is a Taste of What’s to Come - Bloomberg

‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country | US wildfires | The Guardian

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Let's hit again on some ways the models are a mess, but today in regards to Sea Level Rise...

One Wrong Variable in a Climate Formula Could Mean Sea Levels Rise 35% Faster Than Current Models Show

Saltwater is closing in on coastal groundwater, putting billions and food supplies at risk

Long-term adaptation pathways for Venice and its lagoon under sea-level rise | Scientific Reports

Venice is threatened by rising sea levels. Will the city be forced to relocate? | Euronews

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I discuss 3 articles highlighting new research on methane emissions, showing that the models are undercounting their impacts and severity.

Hidden ocean feedback loop could accelerate climate change

100 Times Worse? Thawing Permafrost May Be More Dangerous Than Previously Thought

Measurement of Gas Fraction and Gas Permeability of Thawing Permafrost Caused by Climate Change - Glover - 2026 - Earth's Future - Wiley Online Library

Non-producing oil and gas wells may emit microbial methane at rates 1,000 times higher than previously estimated

Why do we compare methane to carbon dioxide over a 100-year timeframe? Are we underrating the importance of methane emissions? | MIT Climate Portal

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Poll: Americans worry Trump will seize ballots, voting machines in midterms

Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office - WSJ

Proposed Amendment: Congress Can Nullify Presidential Pardons. (119_HJRES_135)

US edges closer to popular vote deciding winner of presidential elections | US politics | The Guardian

Trump Says Israel And Lebanon’s Leaders Will Speak, Hegseth Gives Iran War Update: Live Updates | HuffPost Latest News

‘It’s absolutely wrong’: Vietnam vet sues to stop construction of ‘vain’ Trump arch in DC

USPS suspends contributions to employee pensions after warning of "cash crisis" - CBS News

Is Operation Epic Fury Illegal? Legal Experts Warn Donald Trump Could Face War Crime Violations | IBTimes UK

Trump Fires Judges Who Blocked Deportations of Student Activists Rümeysa Öztürk and Mohsen Mahdawi — “[The Trump administration is eroding] the concept of procedural due process, the idea that you get to have a hearing in the United States…” : r/law

Trump Mostly Fired Black Agency Officials, New Lawsuit Says

Trump says he’ll fire Powell next month if he stays in his role at the Fed | CNN Business

ICE is now flagging people that protest against them for punishment e.g. by cancelling their Global Entry credentials. They are reportedly using facial recognition scanning software by Palantir to track and tag people exercising First Amendment rights to protest and congregate. : r/law

Posts/Comments about recent ICE enforcement efforts are now prohibited : r/GlobalEntry

The Tech Arsenal That ICE Has Deployed in Minneapolis - The New York Times

Tennessee’s Charlie Kirk Act bans student walkouts, protects conservative speakers | WPLN News

Feds Try Secret Grand Jury to Unmask Reddit ICE Critic

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Greenland’s Ice Is Melting Faster Than Ever, and Scientists Are Alarmed

Lakes forming next to Greenland's melting ice sheet are speeding up glacier flow

AMOC collapse could turn Southern Ocean into carbon source, adding 0.2°C to global warming

Shifting Gulf Stream may signal an ocean current collapse is next - Earth.com

Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave | US news | The Guardian

Wildfires are spreading into places that rarely burned before - Earth.com

Summer is getting longer, and it's happening faster than we thought

‘Non-survivable’: heatwaves are already breaching human limits, with worse to come, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Arctic ice at lowest in marcch ever : r/collapse

Arctic: Sea-Ice Concentration/Extent – Zachary Labe

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The Philippines is a great example of a nation on the brink due to an externality, because of their heavy reliance on imported oil.

Nation on brink: this oil crisis may destroy everything we built | Inquirer Opinion

DOE: Philippines’ fuel supply can last up to 50.42 days

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Probabilities are increasing for a "Very Strong El Nino" this summer or fall. What are the potential impacts?

To date, 2026 is averaging 1.48°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline. This is striking because we're still in ENSO-neutral conditions, with El Niño on its way. : r/collapse

Super El Niño next year? Here's the probability of one | king5.com

Buckle Up! Gonna be a wild 12 months coming up : r/collapse

ECMWF | Charts

Possible super El Niño could bring extreme heat, droughts, strong floods - The Washington Post

A Super El Niño is coming. Here’s how a hotter ocean could change the weather near you | CNN

Iran war: Why a super El Niño event poses fresh risks to food costs

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A new paper suggests the carrying capacity of earth is 2.5 billion, just under a third of the current population. What say you? Realistic, or too high or low?

Earth can no longer sustain the global human population - Earth.com

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Democrats introduce impeachment articles against Trump and Hegseth as nearly 100 lawmakers call for 25th Amendment | The Independent

Trump uses the language of annihilation to threaten Iran | AP News

House Democrat announces impeachment push against Hegseth over Iran war

Trump pulls back on Iran threats after warning a 'civilization will die tonight' if deal isn't reached | PBS News

Trump threatens 'bigger and stronger' attacks if Iran doesn’t comply with 'real agreement'

With Trump Threatening Genocide in Iran, Military Must Disobey His Orders, Former Pentagon Officials Say

Trump threats cause dilemma for US officers: disobey orders or commit war crimes | War crimes | The Guardian

Pope says Trump's threat to destroy Iranian civilization is 'unacceptable' | AP News

Pentagon, White House Push Back on Alleged Remarks Made to Pope, Vatican | Military.com

Trump threatens CNN over its Iran coverage moments after announcing ceasefire plan | The Independent

Florida can fund religious charter schools, ‘encourage’ religion, state AG says | firstcoastnews.com

Supreme Court vacates Steve Bannon contempt-of-Congress charges - ABC News

Trump announces ‘fraud’ crackdown in Democratic states as arrests begin in California | Donald Trump | The Guardian

DeSantis signs Florida law to label groups as terrorists and expel student supporters

Exclusive: FBI’s New Political Pre-Crime Center

Acting attorney general: Trump has ‘right’ to order investigations into his enemies - Democracy Docket

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What a fun little game we play. Step 1: Scientific consensus is too conservative. Step 2: Something happens "shocking scientists". Step 3: Articles are released describing how it happened faster than expected, but don't worry because someone will fix it. Step 4: No changes are made, and the models remain conservative. Repeat.

Earth is warming faster than previously estimated, new study shows - Los Angeles Times

Uh-Oh—Global Warming Is Actually Speeding Up, Scientists Say

Thawing permafrost becomes 25 to 100 times more permeable, experiments find

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientists | US weather | The Guardian

Amazon wildfires have released far more carbon than we thought - Earth.com

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It's not just the current geopolitical situation that's putting food supply under stress - it's been growing for a long time and is getting worse.

‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Hawaii’s small farmers begin recovery after catastrophic flooding | Hawaii | The Guardian

Couriermail.com.au | Subscribe to The Courier Mail for exclusive stories

UK looks to relax planning rules for factory farms after industry lobbying | Farming | The Guardian

From gas to grain: Fertilizer disruptions raise risks for food security and trade | UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

How the Iran war could shatter global food security

Australia to Plant Less Wheat as Iran War Deepens Global Fertilizer Supplies - Bloomberg

Palm oil, cocoa, coffee… Who's going to tend to tomorrow's large tropical plantations?

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Established and important US infrastructure is rapidly being demolished, not as a forced response to desperate need, but in the petulant outbursts of a grifting narcissist.

The US government just used a dormant 48-year-old committee to strip endangered species protections from the entire Gulf of Mexico. : r/collapse

Trump’s ‘God Squad’ chose oil drilling over endangered species in the Gulf. This whale could be in particular danger | CNN

BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service

White House seeks $1.5 tn defense budget as Iran war drives costs

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New updates to economists' thoughts on AI and job loss, and new research shows the "heat island" effect of data centers on more than 340 million people globally.

Data centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNN

States with the most data centers

Economists Are Drawing Stronger Connections Between A.I. and Jobs - The New York Times

Top leadership experts sound the alarm on the AI doomsday: bosses are choosing tech over people | Fortune

Labor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence \ Anthropic

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Trump announces he is issuing an unconstitutional executive order to shut down mail-in voting nationwide and he will defund states if they do not comply with him : r/law

Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections – The White House

Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours | The New Republic

Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing

Judge orders Trump to halt $400 million White House ballroom project, for now | Reuters

Donald Trump tells Pam Bondi she's fired over Epstein files fiasco after humiliating clash - The Mirror US

Trump DOJ sues Idaho as even red states resist voter data demands - Democracy Docket

Secret Chaos Exposed at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s DOJ Over Trump’s $10B Suit

Arkansas’ Ten Commandments Monument Law Ruled Unconstitutional

Judge says Trump not immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 words incited riot | AP News

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This was a wild week in the climate, and I fear every week will be this way moving forward. Here's some news from the around world.

Also, please forgive the audio quality. I recorded it twice, and the second time I apparently had the wrong mic recording. I love you, but not enough to record it a 3rd time. Sorry!

Limiting global warming to 2C would not ‘rule out’ extreme impacts - Carbon Brief

UK food supply at risk of 'catastrophic failure' by 2030, report warns - FarmingUK News

Malaysia dam levels on alert amid heatwave | The Straits Times

16 states with the highest March day temperature record. : r/collapse

Extreme climate, our biggest"enemy" : r/collapse

Arctic sea ice at lowest level ever this winter

‘A sobering preview’: extreme heat now affects one in three people globally, study finds | Extreme heat | The Guardian

Jakarta rapidly sinks as climate change and overdevelopment collide | PBS News

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The world is suffering the consequences of Trump and Israel's war on Iran. How long will our oil woes last?

Israeli chief of staff warns army on verge of 'collapse' amid troop shortage

France confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed - Business - France 24

Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo | CBC Accessibility

Philippines declares ‘national energy emergency’ and boosts coal power as Iran war grinds on | Philippines | The Guardian

Reliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge | Pacific islands | The Guardian

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Donald Trump hates women. Here's some ways he's showing it:

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say | US immigration | The Guardian

A Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an Abortion

Texas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state - The 19th

Any Texas resident could sue over abortion pills under bill OK'd by lawmakers and headed to governor | AP News

Trump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement | American Civil Liberties Union

Seven Ways the Trump Administration Is Hurting Women - Common Cause

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3 brand new reports highlight the various ways that superbugs are proliferating around the world. Are we heading into a post-antibiotic world?

The Cost of War We Aren’t Talking About: Superbugs • The Austin Chronicle

Drought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggests | Live Science

EXPERT REACTION: Soils exposed to glyphosate might also be harbouring hospital superbugs - Scimex

Pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs is ‘worryingly thin’, experts warn | Pharmaceuticals industry | The Guardian

Toxic herbicides: Map showing how high use is by state

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Judge Ends Asylum Claims for Liam Ramos and His Family

Stephen Miller is pushing states to stop educating undocumented children | The Independent

Tom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday - POLITICO

Bushehr nuclear plant hit again as Pentagon deploys 82nd Airborne — Day 25 of Iran war escalates

Chris Murphy accuses Trump administration of insider trading

Trump says he's 'glad' Robert Mueller is dead | Advocate.com

Trump has damaged democracy at remarkable speed, reports find : NPR

Donald Trump links shutdown end to SAVE America Act passage

Trump casts mail ballot in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'

US Supreme Court conservatives lean toward Republican bid to limit mail-in voting | Reuters

Georgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion | Georgia | The Guardian

A page out of ‘The Handmaid's Tale’: Ohio Republicans propose bill to track all pregnancies

We have 5 articles of impeachment for AG Bondi: defying a subpoena for the full & unredacted Epstein files, violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act, weaponizing the DOJ for President Trump, consistently defying Court Orders (herself & DOJ), and perjuring herself to Congress. - Rep. Summer Lee : r/law

All of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds - Ars Technica

Three Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk's xAI for creating sexually explicit images of them | Fortune

Washington state bans all law enforcement - including ICE agents - from wearing masks while on duty | The Independent

Fired FBI agents who worked on Trump 2020 election probe sue for wrongful termination - CBS News

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Anthropogenic mass is overtaking natural biomass. Such hubris from humanity leads to collapse. In this episode we discuss recent findings in pharmaceutical waste and how it hurts local aquatic ecosystems.

Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass | Nature

The Hidden Environmental Impact of Pharmaceutical Waste

Antibiotics found in rivers raise new concerns about water safety - Earth.com

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A new $1billion disaster in the US unfolds thanks to climate change, and the WMO's report on the State of the Climate goes into detail on the growing energy imbalance.

Thousands urged to evacuate as Hawaii flooding anticipated to cause widespread damage | CBC News

Earth’s climate swings increasingly out of balance

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high | Oceans | The Guardian

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It's been a while since we broached the topic of H5N1. Let's talk about its status, and the ways it effects the world beyond just the fear of impending human to human transmission.

H5N1 in marine mammals is spreading: Research tallies over 50,000 seals and sea lions killed along South America's coast

More animals die from H5N1 avian flu at Ano Nuevo State Park in California | CIDRAP

Hong Kong bans poultry imports from five nations after fresh H5N1 alerts

Philippines halts poultry imports from Indiana over H5N1 outbreak

Bird flu rampant among black vultures: Study points to year-round H5N1 circulation

Govt makes registration mandatory for all poultry farms across country amid H5N1 spread - Healthcare News | The Financial Express

A(H5) Bird Flu: Current Situation | Bird Flu | CDC

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This weeks heat dome in the US West would be virtually impossible without climate change, according to scientists. What does it mean for the rest of the summer, when you factor in a potentially Super El Nino, catastrophically dry conditions in some areas, and other destabilizing conditions?

The US is on the verge of an all-time heat record for March | CNN

Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists | US weather | The Guardian

There’s No Way the West Will Have a Normal Summer - The Atlantic

Get Ready for a Year of Chaotic Weather in the US | WIRED

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Red Flag Alert - Anti-Trans Genocide in the USA - #3 | Lemkin Institute

U.S. court allows state bans on gender-affirming care for adults in unprecedented ruling | Advocate.com

Anti-ICE protesters accused of being part of antifa found guilty of support for terrorism in Texas | US news | The Guardian

ICE Accused Of Detaining 14-Year-Old Girl In Massachusetts As 'Bait' To Snare Her Father — Judge Orders Her Immediate Return | IBTimes UK

Trump Melts Down at Supreme Court Justices in Unhinged Truth Social Rampage

Federal judge blocks RFK Jr.'s childhood vaccine cuts, says he likely broke the law | Fortune

Judge permanently blocks Ten Commandments displays at several Arkansas school districts

Hegseth Vows Lethal Day in Iran as Air War Intensifies - The New York Times

Trump faces impeachment calls after massive TikTok deal fee revealed

Trump Presidential Library Fund Paid by Companies He Sued Has Dissolved With No Public Accounting, Lawmakers Allege | IBTimes UK

In latest blunder, Trump DOJ spent months emailing the wrong address demanding Oklahoma’s voter rolls - Democracy Docket

Democrats Formally Request an Investigation Into Kristi Noem’s Lies | The New Republic

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The rate of climate news and research should be alarming... are you as desensitized to it as I am?

US weather to go nuts with blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome, atmospheric river all at once

The most extreme March heatwave in US history is coming : r/collapse

Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on | Marine life | The Guardian

Mangrove waters are losing oxygen, putting fish nurseries at risk - Earth.com

Experts warn of ‘dramatic development’ as all but two of Austria’s 96 glaciers have retreated | The Independent

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We talk often of the effects of CO2 on our atmosphere and climate, but what about its effect on our bodies? New research shines the light.

Carbon dioxide overload, detected in human blood, suggests a potentially toxic atmosphere within 50 years | Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health | Springer Nature Link

Short-term exposure to indoor carbon dioxide and cognitive task performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis - ScienceDirect

Atmospheric CO2 Getting So High That It's Weakening Human Skeletons

Carbon dioxide emissions and change in prevalence of obesity and diabetes in the United States: An ecological study - ScienceDirect

Rising carbon dioxide levels now detected in human blood

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A discussion on the various effects of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

I feel this is our last year : r/collapse

On the Brink in Hormuz: Iran War and the Global Order

The Global Costs of Instability in the Strait of Hormuz

Fertilizer isn't getting through the Straight of Hormuz, which could lead to a global food crisis. | Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

‘A big burden for farmers’: Gulf shipping crisis threatens food price shock | Supply chain crisis | The Guardian

Environmental Consequences Few Outlets Are Discussing : r/collapse

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Some anecdotal experiences regarding the increasing anti-intellectualism in the age of collapse.

So many Americans minds are completely rotted. : r/collapse

With how insanely warm and dry this winter has been, have you seen people changing their perspectives on climate change? : r/collapse

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Banning Islam, deporting Muslims discussed at Fort Worth church after primary elections | Fort Worth Report

"Political suicide": Idaho Republicans vote no on overturning same-sex marriage - LGBTQ Nation

Trump administration threatens eminent domain to seize warehouses for ICE detention

Kids Online Safety Act: New Protections and Parental Controls. (119_HR_7757)

SAVE Plan Blocked: Student-Loan Borrowers Kicked Off in Court Reversal - Business Insider

Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say | CNN Politics

Pete Hegseth evades question on whether U.S. is at "war" with Iran: "The lawyers will debate all of these things. We have great lawyers, and we'll make sure it's all buttoned up...call it what you want." : r/law

Donald Trump threatens to veto all bills until SAVE Act passes Senate

Donald Trump tells House Republicans: SAVE America Act will ‘guarantee the midterms’

Trump won't say if he'll send armed agents to the polls. So Dems are suing to find out - Democracy Docket

Kristi Noem battered over $143M in no-bid contracts to operative-tied biz that doesn’t have a HQ or even website | The Independent

Trump sets off GOP shockwave by contradicting testimony Noem made under penalty of perjury - Alternet.org

DOGE Lead in deposition details how he emailed documents to his personal device to then send with Signal using auto delete : r/law

DOGE staffer responsible for flagging grants for ‘DEI’ struggles to define DEI : r/law

DOGE member took Social Security data on a thumb drive, whistleblower alleges - The Washington Post

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