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.
"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
@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.
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
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Monday to Friday.
— @NeinQuarterly
#OnceThereWasAWebsiteCalled
Wednesday. Set serotonin re-uptake inhibitors to selective.
— @NeinQuarterly
#OnceThereWasAWebsiteCalled
The week is ending. But we regret to inform you that everything else is probably not.
— @NeinQuarterly
#OnceThereWasAWebsiteCalled
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
This year the Darwin Award will be presented, collectively, to all humanity.
— @1goodtern
#OnceThereWasAWebsiteCalled
We regret to inform you that, yes, there is a tomorrow.
— @NeinQuarterly
#OnceThereWasAWebsiteCalled
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