1/2, via @pookleblinky:

Fun fact: 60% of all animal species have declined since 1970, and 40% of all insects have also declined since then.

Only 4% of all land mammals are wild, non-domesticated. Livestock accounts for 64% of all biomass, humans for 34%. 70% of all birds are poultry, not wild.

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"Welcome to The Crumbles" is a zeitgeist catch-phrase floated by the It Could Happen Here podcast crew.

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@mjohnharrison as retweeted by William Gibson, in reference to the linked story:

everything's a metaphor now https://www.theguardian.com/education/2023/jun/14/uk-public-buildings-feared-to-be-at-risk-of-collapse-as-concrete-crumbles

#TheCrumbles #TheJackpot #crumbles #jackpot

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@eliotjacobson:

The game I'm seeing today is "let's blame someone."

* The far right.
* The billionaires.
* Capitalism.
* Environmentalists who stopped nuclear power.
* Shell & Exxon

Blame is a coping mechanism for anger, but at least it's not denial. Our grieving is just getting started.

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This is a leading indicator of the downstream consequences of climate change. See my pinned thread.

— @conways_law

tweeted in reponse to:

DiEM25: Our solidarity to the victims of the latest migrant tragedy in the Adriatic. And our outrage at the murderous Fortress-Europe policies, along with its hideous Fences & Pushbacks ....

— @yanisvaroufakis

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From the Old World via Naked Capitalism today, an observation and a response:

"We have the tools”, was the slogan, then they duct taped the toolbox shut, and threw it in the attic.

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And set the attic on fire...

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Quips traded on the day when this story was still making the rounds:

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230227/Study-shows-COVID-19-rates-were-likely-forty-times-higher-than-CDC-estimates-during-BA4BA5-dominant-period-in-the-US.aspx

Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Monday to Friday.

— @NeinQuarterly
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Wednesday. Set serotonin re-uptake inhibitors to selective.

— @NeinQuarterly
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The week is ending. But we regret to inform you that everything else is probably not.

— @NeinQuarterly
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I seriously hope that filtered air in public places becomes an aspirational goal, then the law. Humans evolved outdoors in low population density groups that didn't often mix with each-other. Viruses did not spread globally.

The Victorians purified water. We should do air.

— @leashless

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I seriously hope that filtered air in public places becomes an aspirational goal, then the law. Humans evolved outdoors in low population density groups that didn't often mix with each-other. Viruses did not spread globally.

The Victorians purified water. We should do air.

— @leashless

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This year the Darwin Award will be presented, collectively, to all humanity.

— @1goodtern
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We regret to inform you that, yes, there is a tomorrow.

— @NeinQuarterly
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Let’s be honest: if it isn’t blatantly disregarded, it probably isn’t truth.

— @NeinQuarterly

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Just another pandemic Monday.

— @NeinQuarterly
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Get in, loser, we're walking away from Omelas.

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We’re bringing that kid from the basement, right?

Right?

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If you liked the life-saving warnings of weather scientists, you might also enjoy the work of climate scientists.

— @pourmecoffee

Oct 29, 2012
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