Breaking Down: Collapse

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 WeatherNew May 1 ECMWF El Nino forecast significantly worsens from previous month : r/collapseBrace 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/collapsenino3.4_may2026_plume_S2S.png (1689×1093)Opinion | The New El Niño Might Make 2027 the Hottest Year on Record - The New York Times

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 sayBox Elder County data center's projected daily heat equivalent to 23 atomic bombsStuart Adams PAC Received $135,000 From MIDA Donors After Data Center ApprovalUtah senator smacks ABC4 reporter's phone out of his hand amid Data Center controversyData center approved in Utah despite community protestsA giant OpenAI-Oracle data center was voted down by a Michigan farm town. Weeks later, construction began | Fortune

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 InsiderK-shaped economy hits the gas pump as lower-income Americans pull back, NY Fed findsThe K-Shaped Economy Is Reshaping American Cities | Dame MagazineAmericans owe a record $1.68 trillion in car loans | Fortune

Sources:Palantir CEO Says Legalizing War Crimes Would Be Good for BusinessBill banning whites-only housing passes Pennsylvania House by 1 vote | ABC27Judicial nominees don’t know if Trump can run for a 3rd term : r/lawLouisiana Governor Tossed Thousands of Votes In Order to Help Trump | The New RepublicLouisiana 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 DocketEmergency Planning: The President Is Preparing to Challenge 2026 Midterms. The Country Can Still Act to Protect Them. | Washington SpectatorAlabama House approves last-minute congressional gerrymander, despite votes already cast - Democracy DocketTrump issues ‘demand’ that states cancel elections and rig maps for GOP after Callais - Democracy Docket

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 WaterCorpus Christi residents frustrated as water crisis makes national newsCentral Texas is running out of water, and we keep building like we have plenty : r/collapseThe Corpus Christi Water Crisis Isn't Exceptional. It's Early.Day Zero approaches Iran | CtechComplicating Long-Term Stability: Water Security and the Iran War | New Security Beat

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 JazeeraNational Science Board members fired by Trump administration | AP NewsDelays have kept new NSF grants to a trickle — that could be about to changeScience 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

Sources:DOJ aims to strip citizenship from hundreds of foreign-born Americans, sources sayTrump Administration Says Green Cards Could Be Denied Over Political OpinionsCanada Changes Law: Millions of Americans May Already Be Canadian Citizens — and Don't Know It Yet | IBTimes UKAs expected, Supreme Court officially greenlights Texas’ gerrymandered congressional map for midterms - Democracy DocketSupreme Court limits key provision of the landmark Voting Rights ActVirginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map - Democracy DocketSenate Republicans push for White House ballroom fundingJudge orders Trump, DOJ to justify why president's $10B IRS lawsuit should proceed - ABC NewsCorporate donors are sounding the alarm about Trump’s presidential library fund - Alternet.orgU.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren | Warren, Blumenthal, Stans...Trump Administration Wants Executions With Electric Chairs, Firing Squads | HuffPost Latest NewsFCC orders review of ABC licenses after Jimmy Kimmel’s Melania Trump joke | Trump administration | The GuardianTodd Blanche Sued Over Epstein Files Cover Up - Above the LawTrump Sued Over Alarming Memo Allowing Officials to Delete Records | The New RepublicThe Trump administration is withholding NY transportation funds, again. NY's suing, again. - GothamistJudge Says Maurene Comey Can Sue the Trump Administration for Firing Her - The New York TimesAtlantic writer sued by Kash Patel says she’s been ‘inundated’ with new sources corroborating her reporting

Another weeks of climate news from around the world:Experts warn climate change will make parts of Israel uninhabitable in decadesAntarctic emperor penguins on the brink of extinction due to climate change and disease - KurioziteteWellington, New Zealand Just Shattered Its Rainfall Intensity Record — Over Half a Month’s Rain Fell in One Hour : r/collapseAn ‘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 DreamsToo hot for solar and too much wind for turbines: Can renewables withstand our worsening climate? | EuronewsAn intense marine heat wave has California in its crosshairs, with impacts set for land and sea | CNNClimate change eroding nighttime breaks in wildfire activityOcean warming weakens the sea–land breeze in coastal megacities | Nature Climate ChangeIn climate change fight, doomerism is out. Laughter is in | AP News

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