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breadandcircuses, (edited ) to science

A few days ago, I linked to an article titled "We have destroyed our ecosystem – now we await the collapse of civilization." See https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/111171566319444868

The author of that article, Marshall Brain (https://marshallbrain.com/), has published a follow-up piece based on some of the reactions he got to the first one...

The article received a lot of traffic, and reactions were all over the map. Today’s article is for those people who think things aren’t that bad.

They say things like:

  • “Everything is going to be OK”
  • “Civilization is not going to collapse”
  • “We are on the road to solving climate change”

To those on this “positive” or “hopium” end of the spectrum, here is something to consider: Things are way, way worse than you think. The reason people can believe that everything is going to be OK is because they have not taken the time to comprehend all the different things that are going wrong simultaneously, nor how seriously these things are going wrong.

  1. Massive heat waves across the planet
  2. Rising fossil fuel emissions
  3. Heating of 1.5 degrees C in 2023
  4. Failure of the 2016 Paris agreements
  5. Huge wildfires in Canada
  6. Wildfires burning in the Amazon rainforest
  7. Arctic Tundra thawing out and tripping a climate feedback loop
  8. Other climate tipping points getting ready to trigger
  9. The acceleration of Arctic warming
  10. The coming Blue Ocean Event in the Arctic to make Arctic heating even worse
  11. All the mountain glaciers are melting
  12. Rivers are drying up
  13. Aquifers are drying up
  14. Reservoir lakes are drying up
  15. Aquifers and farmland are becoming contaminated with salt water
  16. Massive droughts across the planet
  17. Massive floods in other parts of the planet
  18. Crop failures
  19. Heating and melting in Antarctica
  20. Threats from the Thwaites glacier
  21. Sea level rise around the world
  22. Mass extinction events in every area

He goes into detail on many of those 22 items, and then concludes with this...

All these phenomena are happening simultaneously, and they will all be accelerating. If you can wrap your head around the convergence of these problems, you can begin to understand how bad things are getting.

Think about it this way: If we get together again next year in October, after humanity has released another 37 gigatons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, are any of these 22 things going to get better? What about in three years, after humanity has released another 100 gigatons of carbon dioxide? What about in 10 years, after humanity has released another 300 gigatons of carbon dioxide?

And then add in the unknowns:

◦ What if the Amazon rainforest collapses and releases another 100 gigatons of carbon dioxide?
◦ What if a large glacier in Antarctica collapses?
◦ What if all the ice in the Arctic disappears and we experience a blue ocean event?
◦ What if positive feedback loops like the Tundra really engage?
◦ What if droughts and floods and heat increase enough to cause major crop failures?

FULL ARTICLE -- https://wraltechwire.com/2023/09/29/just-how-bad-is-climate-change-its-worse-than-you-think-says-doomsday-author/

thehomespundays,
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@breadandcircuses I wonder if I can find this guy's office hours or schedule some.

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thehomespundays,
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@bojacobs @histodons @sts why did the Japanese test theirs in monument valley?

jwildeboer, (edited ) to random
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Mobile video editing studio in Bavaria. Editing a keynote presentation on the go. Cheers :)

thehomespundays,
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@jwildeboer what's the story on that board/knob deal?

slashdot, to random
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NASA Plans To Build Houses On the Moon By 2040 https://science.slashdot.org/story/23/10/04/0439245/nasa-plans-to-build-houses-on-the-moon-by-2040?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

thehomespundays,
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@slashdot you know we have people without homes right now, on earth. Seems way easier to start there.

RickiTarr, to random
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I hate the attitude that working very hard is some kind of moral obligation, it just isn't. People on salary that get asked to work overtime are being stolen from, period. It's interesting how often jobs will ask you to prove that you're a good worker, but never have to prove that they are good employers. Just like any good relationship, you should never be giving more than you're getting back.

thehomespundays,
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@RickiTarr it's the power imbalance. If you don't prove you're a good worker you starve if they don't hold up their end... so what?

dancinyogi, to random
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Stop scrolling

Are you clenching your jaw? Blow a raspberry and relax your facial muscles.

Are your shoulders tense? Shake out your arms and let the shoulders drop.

Are you hunched over? Sit up straight and stretch your arms over your head for a few seconds

Have you been sitting for a while? Walk around, stretch, or move what you can to get the blood flowing.

Take a few deep breaths and let the breath out in a sigh.

Carry on 😉

thehomespundays,
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@dancinyogi every one of these applies to me. Crap.

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thehomespundays,
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@laminda @bookstodon the cool thing is my book probably sabotaged the whole process. At least according to the reviews... 😎

jeffowski, to random
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thehomespundays,
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@jeffowski my family and I are exceptionally well qualified. We still spent over $1000 just on applications when we moved.

linuxmagazine, to opensource
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the Project and software freedom! https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/The-GNU-Project-Celebrates-its-40th-Birthday

thehomespundays,
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@linuxmagazine is GNU a type of unix?

Litzz11, (edited ) to random
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"Truck Stops Upgrade to Recharge Electric Vehicles (and Their Drivers)"

No no no. This is all wrong. It's like the dumbshits who put the EV charging port where a gas nozzle would go, instead of the logical place: the nose of the car.

Stop treating EVs like ICEs. The user experience is 100% different. I've had an EV since 2011. I want EV chargers in places where I spend a LOT of time: medical buildings. Movie theaters! Shopping malls.

Not a gas station!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/26/business/truck-stops-electric-vehicles.html

thehomespundays,
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@Litzz11 in all fairness, I can spend a hell of a long time at a truck stop. Edit: 2011 leaf and 2020 bolt owner here.

Linux_Is_Best, to internet
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I always recall fiber optic cables were buried in the ground.

The new company moving in appears to be installing possibly aerial fiber (along with new telephone poles everywhere).

I'm curious what the advantage or disadvantage would be for the consumer.

thehomespundays,
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@Linux_Is_Best poles are easier to take down in weather or an uprising of the proletariat

aral, (edited ) to humanrights
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A core fallacy of technologists is to conflate approximations of a thing with the thing itself.

This is particularly harmful when the thing in question happens to be a human being.

thehomespundays,
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@aral economists too.

rikefranke, to ai
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“Robots can help issue a fatwa” isn’t something I had on my bingo card for the bright new -enabled future.

‘Robots can help issue a fatwa’: Iran’s clerics look to harness AI.
via @FT

https://on.ft.com/3PRhr6f

thehomespundays,
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@rikefranke @FT have you never seen scifi?

ernie, to random
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In honor of John Fetterman forcing a welcome rule change to the Senate, my piece from earlier this year arguing in favor of a dressed-down society: https://tedium.co/2023/05/24/casual-wear-dress-code-decline/

We live in a world where way more people walk around dressed like Fetterman than like the rest of the Senate. Talk all you want about decorum, but that’s who they’re representing.

thehomespundays,
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@ernie I like the fashion from Soylent green. Really deals with the heat in a functional yet formal way.

drahardja, to random
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No shit, Sherlock.

“Fully remote workers could produce less than half the climate-warming emissions of people who spend their days in offices, according to a new study published Monday in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.”

“Working from home now has another powerful benefit”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/09/18/work-from-home-carbon-footprint/

thehomespundays,
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@drahardja I just had a fully tenured biologist yesterday rant at me for 15 minutes about the fossil fuels industry and emissions. About how the world is on fire. I joked that what he's saying is that he should support my hybrid work plan when I talk to my boss. He thought a moment and said "maybe next year when you've put in some time. You're still really on probation" The cognitive dissonance of baby boomers is astounding. I'm 41 with a master's degree. I think I can handle it...

thehomespundays, to random
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Man... that booster is kicking my butt. At least that's what I hope it is :)

thehomespundays,
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It's kind of cool actually. I'm learning a lot about biology. I didn't know the human body had this many joints. Every single one hurts :)

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thehomespundays,
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@gfarrell they're not going to pay for Glocks, just mandate teachers carry them.

garius, to random
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Kids today don't realise the Xennial trauma.

We were young enough to have a computer at home, but had no one around who could warn us what hitting the 'Insert' key would do.

thehomespundays,
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@garius our keyboards had a "break" key right on it. It's amazing any of those things survived a commander keen session.

ChrisPirillo, to apple
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speaking of watches, how much time are we going to spend talking about carbon over and over and over again

thehomespundays,
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@ChrisPirillo probably until burning it ruins what's left of society.

thehomespundays, to random
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Since they're spraying poison at work today I'm going to go do zoom calls and hack spreadsheets to automate work from home.

Hack The Planet GIF

Free_Press, to news
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SUPREMES TO JUDGE!?

Dear Reader,
It's looking more apparent that the US Supreme Court will decide Donald Trump's eligibilty to run for the White House under the 14th Amendment.

GAWD HELP US ALL!

thehomespundays,
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@Free_Press This whole experiment is a social contract. Contracts cut both ways. If one side doesn't honor their part of the agreement I don't have to listen.

lowqualityfacts, to random
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CEO: We need to cut costs.

Accountant: Okay. We paid you $50 million last year. We spent $10 million on your private jet flights and luxury hotel accommodations. For some reason you are being paid $1 million for this 45 minute meeting.

CEO: I see. Who's that in the hallway?

Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company from falling apart. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.

CEO: Fire Greg.

thehomespundays,
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@lowqualityfacts We're all Greg.

Chron, to news
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23 people were injured after an SUV drove through the wall of a Houston-area Denny's restaurant on Labor Day.

https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-dennys-car-crash-18347775.php

thehomespundays,
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@Chron bikes do that all the time

baldur, to random
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This opinion, though unusually clearly stated here, is getting quite common and is why I’m writing less about the practical risks of generative models

It isn’t possible to have a realistic discussion when the other side thinks AI is people and can be used to replace people

thehomespundays,
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@baldur that side generally has a really low value for people to start with

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