Breaking Down: Collapse

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 | CNNStates with the most data centersEconomists Are Drawing Stronger Connections Between A.I. and Jobs - The New York TimesTop leadership experts sound the alarm on the AI doomsday: bosses are choosing tech over people | FortuneLabor market impacts of AI: A new measure and early evidence \ Anthropic

Sources: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/lawEnsuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections – The White HouseTrump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours | The New RepublicHumiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS HearingJudge orders Trump to halt $400 million White House ballroom project, for now | ReutersDonald Trump tells Pam Bondi she's fired over Epstein files fiasco after humiliating clash - The Mirror USTrump DOJ sues Idaho as even red states resist voter data demands - Democracy DocketSecret Chaos Exposed at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s DOJ Over Trump’s $10B SuitArkansas’ Ten Commandments Monument Law Ruled UnconstitutionalJudge says Trump not immune from civil claims his Jan. 6 words incited riot | AP News

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. Sorry!Limiting global warming to 2C would not ‘rule out’ extreme impacts - Carbon BriefUK food supply at risk of 'catastrophic failure' by 2030, report warns - FarmingUK NewsMalaysia dam levels on alert amid heatwave | The Straits Times16 states with the highest March day temperature record. : r/collapseExtreme climate, our biggest"enemy" : r/collapseArctic 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 GuardianJakarta rapidly sinks as climate change and overdevelopment collide | PBS News

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 shortageFrance confirms oil crisis, says 30-40 percent of Gulf energy infrastructure destroyed - Business - France 24Cuban health-care workers struggle to support the sick amid U.S. oil embargo | CBC AccessibilityPhilippines declares ‘national energy emergency’ and boosts coal power as Iran war grinds on | Philippines | The GuardianReliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge | Pacific islands | The Guardian

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 GuardianA Texas Cop Searched License Plate Cameras Nationwide for a Woman Who Got an AbortionTexas passes bill banning abortion pills from being mailed to the state - The 19thAny Texas resident could sue over abortion pills under bill OK'd by lawmakers and headed to governor | AP NewsTrump is Trying to Reverse Crucial Strides in Women’s Rights Movement | American Civil Liberties UnionSeven Ways the Trump Administration Is Hurting Women - Common Cause

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 ChronicleDrought could fuel the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs as climate change worsens, new research suggests | Live ScienceEXPERT REACTION: Soils exposed to glyphosate might also be harbouring hospital superbugs - ScimexPipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs is ‘worryingly thin’, experts warn | Pharmaceuticals industry | The GuardianToxic herbicides: Map showing how high use is by state

Sources:Judge Ends Asylum Claims for Liam Ramos and His FamilyStephen Miller is pushing states to stop educating undocumented children | The IndependentTom Homan confirms ICE to be at airports starting Monday - POLITICOBushehr nuclear plant hit again as Pentagon deploys 82nd Airborne — Day 25 of Iran war escalatesChris Murphy accuses Trump administration of insider tradingTrump says he's 'glad' Robert Mueller is dead | Advocate.comTrump has damaged democracy at remarkable speed, reports find : NPRDonald Trump links shutdown end to SAVE America Act passageTrump 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 | ReutersGeorgia woman charged with murder after police say she took pills to induce abortion | Georgia | The GuardianA page out of ‘The Handmaid's Tale’: Ohio Republicans propose bill to track all pregnanciesWe 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/lawAll of DOGE’s work could be undone as lawsuit against Musk proceeds - Ars TechnicaThree Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk's xAI for creating sexually explicit images of them | FortuneWashington state bans all law enforcement - including ICE agents - from wearing masks while on duty | The IndependentFired FBI agents who worked on Trump 2020 election probe sue for wrongful termination - CBS News

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 | NatureThe Hidden Environmental Impact of Pharmaceutical WasteAntibiotics found in rivers raise new concerns about water safety - Earth.com

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 NewsEarth’s climate swings increasingly out of balanceEarth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high | Oceans | The Guardian