Breaking Down: Collapse

The world looks a little closer to 1984 every day. Marco Rubio is trying to speed run it.Leak: Rubio’s WMD Scandal Is “Far-Left Terrorism”

Sources:ICE Targeted Wrong Person in Fatal Maine Shooting | The New RepublicEvery Witness to ICE Killing in Houston Says the Same Thing: ICE Lied | The New RepublicTexas ICE Killing Takes Damning Turn as Even MAGA Judges Abandon Trump | The New RepublicAfter Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’Trump Allows Habitat Destruction in Endangered Species RollbackPentagon to keep National Guard activated in D.C. through Inauguration Day 2029Marco Rubio vows diplomatic campaign to 'dismantle' ICC in escalating row

I review a Substack that puts the blame on scientists for much of our current and future situation, going so far as to claim it's genocidal. Is that a fair assessment?Move Over Oppenheimer - The genocidal consequences of climate scientists still minimizing how bad things really are. : r/collapseMove Over Oppenheimer

As things keep getting hotter, those in charge of running and maintaining infrastructure are faced with increasingly difficult decisions. I can say I'm glad not to be in charge of managing catabolic collapse...Europe recorded 10,000 excess deaths during late-June heatwave, data show - Sight MagazineEnergy Department Wants Data Centers to Stop Draining the Grid During Brutal Heat WaveCon Edison Temporarily Shuts Off Electric Service To 9,800 Customers in Southwest Queens | Con EdisonData Center Exhaust Plumes Ashburn : r/novaNew Jersey’s Hell Week Is a Warning for Everyone - BloombergOops, scientists may have miscalculated our global warming timelineAnother ‘Super El Niño’ is brewing. Scientists are looking at a controversial solution to squash them

Secretive reports declare that the UK will have "no future" in a world where ecosystems fail, including food shortages in as short as 5 years. UK has ‘no future’ if it fails to act on ecosystem collapse threatening national security | Food security | The GuardianMPs call on UK government to host televised emergency briefing on climate crisis | Climate crisis | The GuardianScientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security | Climate crisis | The Guardian

Is there anywhere safe from Climate change? This article highlights the future of mass migration and this start reality: We either live in a place where we must flee, or a place where a large number of people will flee to.The geography of survival

Don't let them tell the story.US courts sentence 15 Prairieland defendants to 556 years in Trump’s fascist campaign against left-wing opposition - World Socialist Web SiteFEMA threatens to withhold terrorism prevention funds unless states adopt Trump’s anti-voting agenda - Democracy DocketTrump's ATF Floating Rule That Could Effectively Ban Trans People with Accurate IDs from Buying GunsTrump considering pardon for P. Diddy and other high-profile figures to mark America’s 250th: report | The IndependentUS service member arrested at Capitol after calling for Trump’s impeachmentEx-Olympian who touched Reflecting Pool charged with felony destruction of property by Trump’s DOJ | The IndependentThe Supreme Court is corrupting American democracyWhite House report says Smithsonian leadership ‘cannot be trusted’ with America’s story | The Independent

A delicate balance act is happening in the West. Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon dam are like two clowns navigating a wobbly see-saw on a collapsing cliffside. If drastic changes aren't made, this river serving 40 million people in the west will stop running.Lake Powell Water LevelHoover Dam Approaches a Hydropower Cliff - Inside Climate NewsSupercharged bubbles are threatening Lake Powell’s dam. Federal officials are battling to sustain water levels.Unprecedented water cuts hit Utah and the Colorado River Basin

Thwaites is holding on for dear life. The shelf around the pinning point is crumbling, and the process of glacier sliding into sea may begin anytime in the next year. New research shows the glacier may move faster than previously expected. What new research will "shock scientists" as Thwaite's collapse unfolds?Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is weakening fast. What the loss means for the worldTwice a day the tide lifts a glacier the size of Florida, and satellites just caught warm seawater slipping through the door it opens in a way no one thought was possible