Breaking Down: Collapse

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

Revisiting an episode from Kellan and I, titled "A Deeper Look at Catabolic Collapse"

Revisiting and episode from Kellan and I'd discussion around coping with the knowledge of collapse.

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/collapseHuntington Beach and Laguna Beach are being overtaken by the ocean due to global warming. : r/collapseThwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how. | GristThe world’s biggest cities are sinking. Is yours one of them? | Scientific AmericanSlovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summer | Glaciers | The Guardian

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 Guardian4 Tear Global Mean Surface Temperature Just Hit 1.5C : r/collapseWe've Entered Climate Overshoot - What Happens Now?Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening | New Scientist

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 HumanityDisaster Divide | OxfamU.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report saysEveryone Is Buying Electric Cars—Except Americans - The AtlanticMusk ordered Starlink slowdown for Ukraine: WSJ | Just The NewsUS inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect

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. PaulTrump Moves Natalie Harp Into Ultra-Private White House HideawayPentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges to stockpile supplies | FortuneUS warns allies to prepare for potential Iran strikes after election | AP NewsUS Army Starts Practicing Digging Mass Battlefield Graves - NewsweekWhat Is FORTRESS? Pentagon’s 90-Day Plan to Keep US Military Bases Running - NewsweekSenator Reveals Trump’s ‘Insane’ Plan for After the ElectionHegseth Fires a Top General - The AtlanticTrump's 'no more elections' during wartime quip revives fears about American democracy | FortunePentagon Secretly Braces for Embarrassing Trump Defeat

A look at two aspects of Trump corruption:Jared Kushner pushes back on report involving hacked phone, spies, billion-dollar transfer - CBS NewsWhite House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff - The Washington Sun

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.