“Your job now is simply to do what you can to make the end a little less cruel.” ~ Sarah Connor

An absolutely excellent question in a collapsing world: "Tell me, is it still OK to be happy?" @collapse2050 It's ok to be happy, but it's much harder. And as Sarah suggests, happiness in #collapse has a lot to do with meaning & purpose. #justcollapse collapse2050.substack.com/p/…

I like their philosophy, too. My grandmother had peach trees & made jam. I thought of her & our tree convo when reading an article by @collapse2050 on her web page titled Reclaiming Sanity in an Insane World. There’s a section on gardening. collapse2050.com/reclaiming-…

Descent is terminal. We have permanently exhausted the physical prerequisites for any future technological reboot. collapse2050.com/the-last-co…

great post on the cognitive dissonance of living with collapse awareness as you show up for work to pay the bills.. ..& in my case, the cognitive dissonance of caring for homeless folks while "my" country deliberately traumatizes & homelessizes folks in palestine, lebanon, iran

"You are asking yourself how you can possibly keep doing this. You possess the leaden conviction that the systems sustaining our civilisation are in terminal decline, yet you must continue to feign enthusiasm for bullshit meetings with bullshit people about bullshit problems."

"According to leading climate scientists, the risks are profound: Impending multi-regional crop failures will drive severe spikes in global food prices, while lethal marine heatwaves threaten to wipe out vital ocean ecosystems… The crisis is imminent." #SuperElNino #FoodSupply

A brutal global reckoning remains imminent. collapse2050.com/can-us-oil-…

US consumes 20Mbbd. Produces 13Mbbd. Exports 7Mbbd refined product. But somehow US is going to fill the 20Mbbd global deficit?

The deadline approaches. collapse2050.com/8pm-waiting…

"Every empire comes to an end, often to the sound of applause. Sometimes a new order is formed to pick up the pieces. Sometimes the transition is marked by global chaos, nationalism, and isolationism." collapse2050.com/death-throe…

The simultaneous failure of the Colorado River and the fertilizer supply chain leaves American agriculture in peril this year. collapse2050.com/collapse-of…

This is a road test for systemic collapse. The physical limits of the remaining energy supply impose a hard ceiling on global output. collapse2050.com/famine-mark…

Food crisis incoming! collapse2050.com/heads-up-fo…