Breaking Down: Collapse

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

Sources:FCC Threatens Broadcasters Over Polls Predicting Disaster for GOP | The New RepublicIf Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them? - The New York TimesHow the Trump Administration Politicized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — ProPublica'Don’t let them rig this' | Dolly Parton’s sister claims she had to correct her ballot selection while voting in Tennessee | wbir.comTexas Sued After Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter Registrations | The New RepublicExclusive: Thousands of North Carolina ballots set to be rejected after GOP imposed strict new rules, data shows - Democracy DocketArmed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen votersDOJ accuses California of facilitating 'unlawful voting'‘They will all go to jail’: Trump threatens California officials amid push to reject 20,000 ballots - Democracy DocketTrump DOJ’s California crackdown rests on 25 potentially illegal votes out of 45 million ballots cast - Democracy DocketTodd Blanche must confirm DOJ won’t seize ballots, senators demand - Democracy Dockethttps://www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/s/z2671NMevR

Things can change quickly in a collapsing world. We often think of what the future will be like, and forget that collapse is being experienced today, in a million different little ways:French supermarkets targeted by massive defrost cyberattack‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify | Protest | The GuardianFEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own - POLITICOTap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals | Norway | The Guardian

The way that we measure the economy is deeply flawed, as is manifest by the fact that the government says the economy is currently healthy. Do you feel confident in our current economy?US families are behind on bills at rate not seen since Great Recession of 2008 | The IndependentIMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’ | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | The GuardianGlobal Oil Tanker Shortage is Getting Worse By the DayAmerica Is Measuring Its Economy Wrong