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There's a meme on FB that asks why no billionaire has funded the halting or reversal of climate change, just so people would revere them for literally saving humanity. This was my response:
Partly it involves a process change to everything we do, so it doesn't happen on a specific day and so there is no glory, like saving us from an asteroid that's about to destroy Earth. There is no definitive problem that on a certain day you can say "see, it's done".
Partly because the solutions involve changing how everything on the planet operates in a way that many people will regard as adverse, because even though we talk about caring about our kids, people are really a lot in it for themselves and if it comes down to them having a good time or leaving a livable world for their kids, they're going to have a good time and pretend to hope their kids will survive it.
Partly it's that there's good money in pretending it's not a big deal, and these are people who like to use money as their signal of goodness. To the extent they pretend they care about humanity, in many cases they're just trying to make a profit on the fact that others do.
Partly it's that the solution is actually something that even billionaires don't have enough to just buy outright overnight.
Partly it's that it cuts into their lifestyles, in many cases, because the are some of the most planet-intensive people in existence. One of the things we need to do in order to survive as a species is stop being consumption-oriented and they are the poster-children for consumption.
Partly it's that they do not perceive that the threat is to all of humanity, only to some of it, and they think the people who escape it will be the clever ones, who they imagine are the ones with money. They think that by becoming rich, they have avoided it, and that they are humanity's best chance.
Partly it's that they have a bunker in their basement that is prepper-stocked with what they imagine is everything they need and they just don't care about others.
Partly it's that although we revere them as super-smart for getting to where they are, we over-attribute intelligence and under-attribute sociopathy. So, yes, they don't care that much about others, but also they aren't in a lot of cases the smartest among us.
Partly it's that everything else they do they already model as saving humanity in one way or another, so the "high" of having these alleged bragging rights would not last long.
Partly it's that their notion of what "investing" in has nothing to do with outcomes you want to see in the world, and everything to do with what brings monetary return, which steers them in the wrong direction.
Partly they think there are too many people and it's good that most of them will die, so they are doing humanity a favor by culling its numbers. (I'm not going to get into the racial breakdown of the order in which people die, but there's probably a lot to be said there, too.)
Partly they may just do the calculation that there are cheaper ways to get adulation.
#climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateDenial #collapse #extinction #billionaires #LateStageCapitalism #sociopathy #Consumption #AntiConsumption #sustainability #ClimateCulling
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Once-in-40,000 years, wheee. (though I suspect, this year will make it twice-in-40,000 years).
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46°C. 115°F. India and Pakistan hit it in late April. At least 37 dead in India, 10 in Karachi, before the calendar reached summer. World Weather Attribution: this heat is three times more likely now than pre-industrial baseline. Mariam Zachariah called it "regular reality."
https://twp.ai/4hrVa0
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #HeatWave #SouthAsia #ClimateEmergency #Karachi #EnvironmentalJustice #MutualAid #ClimateAction #Solarpunk -
these two major fires happened nine days apart. Either one could have come into town with the right conditions. We are having a community meeting on Wednesday to go over what happened last year. It's going to be interesting and probably pretty emotional. Rightly so.
I honestly think a big reason why most of the Liberal Party just doesn't get it is because they are centered in urban and sub urban Ontario and don't have to worry about their homes burning down every year.
And allow me to just stop you right there before you say this is normal for our neck of the woods.
Fires? sure. Fires that threaten towns on Vancouver Island. No. Never. Not in my lifetime. Nor anyone elses.
#cdnpoli #canpoli #climateEmergency #wildfire #climateChaos #endfossilfuels
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Question for Carney supporters.
When my house burns down in a climate change- accelerated fire, will I be allowed to vote for someone other than the Liberals without the "but you'll just elect a Conservative" or "but the economy" bullshit?
I await your permission. 🙏
P.S. And this is not a rhetorical question, we have had 3 major fires within 20km of our home in the past 3 years. We have been protected by geography, BCWildfire, and luck.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/el-nino-worry-9.7198199#cdnpoli #canpoli #climateEmergency #wildfire #climateChaos #endfossilfuels
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Week 359 Bega Climate Strike. Forgot my banner and my shirt is in the line #ClimateEmergency #ClimateStrike #Bega #ClimateBreakdown #SuperElNino
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At least these folks didn't hide climate change under the rug...
"..Unprecedented warming driven by the burning of fossil fuels has pushed global temperatures to about 1.4 C above pre-industrial averages, placing the planet on the brink of surpassing global climate targets roughly a decade earlier than scientists had initially anticipated...."
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Global News/Canada: "What could a supercharged El Nino mean for Canada?"
https://globalnews.ca/news/11849949/what-could-a-super-el-nino-mean-for-canada/
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Warning of record global temperatures as chance of very strong El Niño grows
SSTs: "...In the latest prediction from the EC, more than half of their forecast models suggest a temperature of over 2.5C by the autumn.
Anything over 2.5C would be a "historically strong event," said Johnson.
BoM forecasts are also confidently showing the possibility of a very strong El Niño to develop later this year.
Some forecast data is even suggesting the temperature could exceed 3C, surpassing the current known peak of 2.7C recorded in 1877...."
(My note: NO mention that this is all driven by human injection of CO2 into the atmosphere)
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Day 63: Big setback as only ferry serving Wewak has broken engine. The pastor looking after me recommends an alternative route through the Sepik river.
He leaves it late, but in the end he manages to find a place on the last truck of the day travelling to Angoram on the Sepik river. They leave me the privilege of travelling on the front of the truck where I have a comfy seat rather than the wooden benches all the other passengers use on the back. the scenery is very diverse from the ones I used to in Bougainville. there's no rainforest here, but rather grassland and bushes. it strikes me that even this very old, noisy and rusty truck is a luxury in comparison with the many who cannot afford it and walk over the main (and only) road. actually, we are lucky there's a road at all. This will stop at the Sepik river, as there's no bridge crossing over it.
I get to Angoram after an 8-hour drive. I have no idea where to stay and find a place to sleep in the local church (along with rats & insects).
https://youtube.com/shorts/xT5dboTbjP8
#refusetofly #travel #slowtravel #decarbonise #climateemergency #globalwarming #climateBreakdown #collapse #TippingPoint #papuaisland #PNG #Wewak #Sepik #WestSepik #researcher #researcherlife #AFuoco
I slow travel mainly to reduce my carbon footprint (by 10 times according to available estimates) but also to experience travel as most people in this world do.
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BBC: Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says
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I've been saying for years that the West will only care about the climate crisis when it starts being hungry... Is it coming? #climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #GlobalHeating
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vdueaxkpd7ofdkkze4awsnqp/post/3mls3ogxx322a -
Severe thunderstorms produced giant hail up to 11.4 cm (4.5 inches), damaging winds, power outages, and road blockages across parts of Texas on May 10 and 11, 2026
#ClimateChange #climateemergency #democracy #humanrights #healtcare
https://watchers.news/2026/05/12/giant-hail-damaging-winds-texas-may-2026/ -
'The proportion of electricity used by vast warehouses stacked with microchips to power AI and the internet has risen 15% worldwide in the past two years as annual global investment in datacentres approaches $1tn (£740bn) – nearly 1% of the global economy, according to the International Data Center Authority'
#climateEmergency #polycrisis #coporateRaiders #enclosureOfTheCommons #genAI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/13/datacentres-electricity-consumption-uk-us-ai
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addendum for the “Carney is better than PP crowd”
OK... Yes, Carney is better than PP.
However, he is worse than Harper (according to multiple reports now)
That means the current hierarchy is:
Harper
Carney
Poillievre.The *only* option for progressive, environmentally conscious, and patriotic Canadians appears to be @avilewis
#Carney #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #OilGas #EndFossilFuels #Quebec #Francais
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@weatherwest/116564630132541872
#DanielSwain #WeatherWest #OfficeHours #ElNino #ENSO
Was waiting for this! Deep dive by Dr. Daniel Swain on the expected #SuperElNino
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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One of the many things I love about Quebeccers, is they care about the environment and they also know a fraud when they see one.
Mark Carney is a fraud on the environment.
“Oui, Carney est pire qu’Harper en environment”
I don't think I need to translate the headline. :)
#Carney #CanPoli #CdnPoli #Environment #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #OilGas #EndFossilFuels #Quebec #Francais
https://www.journaldequebec.com/2026/05/13/oui-carney-est-pire-quharper-en-environnement -
LAist: Something is killing birds on local beaches — and no one knows why
(registration wall - worst decision ever by LAist, imho... can't even see a summary without confirming an email with them)
https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/mystery-killing-birds-local-beaches-no-known-cause
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Seeger & Minderhoud 04 March 2026, Nature 652, 667–674
Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10196-1
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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Törnqvist et al. 04 May 2026, Nat Sustain
Climate-driven depopulation and adaptation realities in America’s coastal ground zero
doi: 10.1038/s41893-026-01820-z
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture & literature review #SeaLevelRise
(We really screwed this up, didn't we? -.-)
Paul explains why #NewOrleans is sinking and needs immediate start of evacuation, and the cause of widely underestimated sea level rise.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmFtSupELcw
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather #polycrisis
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CNN: As the US starves it of oil, Cuba is pulling off one of the fastest solar revolutions on the planet — with China’s help
"...Cuba is struggling with devastating nationwide blackouts as the United States’ effective oil blockade strangles fuel supplies. But this crisis may also be accelerating a China-backed clean energy revolution that’s been quietly unfolding in the Caribbean nation. ..."
https://lite.cnn.com/2026/05/13/climate/cuba-solar-us-oil-blockade-trump-china
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LA Times: Air conditioning battery program for renters could help cities manage heat waves
"...NEW YORK — When a heat wave hits, millions of air conditioners switch on at once, straining the electric grid and driving up the risk of outages — and residents’ power bills. To ease that strain, power companies may ask customers to do something many probably won’t: Set the air conditioner a few degrees higher....Now, a renter-friendly pilot program in New York City is testing a different approach: plug-in batteries that can power air conditioners during peak demand, helping ease pressure on the grid at its most stressed moments while still keeping residents cool....Every Electric’s program works specifically for people with window AC units, who are typically renters. It reduces demand by using stored battery power. ..."
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"Rejoice, for even though we do, verily, walk through the valley of the shadow of death, not all the phantasms we see in the valley are as dark as they appear."
This essay, like all the essays on my blog, is on #CreativeCommons Attribution/Share Alike licence.
Please feel free to republish it anywhere.
#ClimateEmergency
#Ecocide
#ArtificialGeneralIntelligence
#AGIhttps://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2026-05-11-AGI-Will-Not-Have-A-Lizard-Brain/
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"our energy systems are already massively in carbon debt. We cannot afford to borrow any more carbon from fossil reserves. To burn carbon now to build AGI on the vague hope that it may by some remote chance produce systems with more insight than we now have, at a time when our politicians are already failing to act on the very clear data being produced by their own scientists, it the purest folly"
#AGI
#ArtificialGeneralIntelligence
#ClimateEmergencyhttps://www.journeyman.cc/blog/posts-output/2026-05-11-AGI-Will-Not-Have-A-Lizard-Brain/