Breaking Down: Collapse

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.

Corporations are gaining more and more power to do as they please. As that translates to more profit, they will continue to do so at the expense of the planet and its citizens (both human and not). Woody Harrelson: "No one loves you more than Exxon" | New Exxon El Niño Commercial‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre | Environment | The GuardianWolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mud | Tom's Hardware

It's becoming evident very quickly that the advancement of AI will bring an increase in cybersecurity issues - making the internet an increasingly dangerous foundation to rely on.AI's 'Black October': PHP vulnerabilities trigger fresh wave of alarmsAltman admits the cybersecurity crisis is going to get worse: "I no longer think we're gonna be able to patch all the bugs." : r/OpenAIImpact of AI on cyber threat from now to 2027 | National Cyber Security CentreAI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts say | Reuters

As geo-engineering becomes more of an inevitable reality, we look at the results of one war-gamed scenario:They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think | WIRED