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"There's a lover in the story But the story's still the same There's a lullaby for suffering And a paradox to blame But it's written in the scriptures And it's not some idle claim You want it darker We kill the flame" (Leonard Cohen) #collapse

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Personal doomer update: I'm spaced out of my head, so I'm going to retreat forthwith into nature and recite poetry to myself for the day. #LatersDoomers #collapse

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Oh look, the US economy added 139,000 nonfarm payrolls in May, more than the 126,000 expected by economists. #Inflationary #collapse

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"Last weekend, watercraft inspectors found golden mussels, a highly invasive aquatic species, on a 45-foot boat that was headed to Lake Tahoe. Experts say golden mussels pose an extreme threat to Lake Tahoe." (sfgate.com) #collapse

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"The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) has announced that wearing face masks is now mandatory at the Philippine Eagle Center (PEC) to protect the endangered eagles amid rising monkeypox (Mpox) cases." (sunstar.com.ph) #lolz #collapse

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Oh look, a recent study by researchers at the Uni of Chicago Booth School of Business and the Uni of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School used the EPA’s social-cost-of-carbon measure to suggest US corporate emissions will do $87 trillion in economic damage by 2050. #collapse

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#DoomersAssemble

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"Each additional ton of carbon we pump into the atmosphere, thus warming the planet, will lead to enough wildfire smoke to do roughly $15.10 in US economic damage" (Bloomberg) #lolz #collapse

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"Permian dominates U.S. oil growth, contributing over 6 million barrels per day and nearly half of total U.S. output, but its growth is increasingly seen as unsustainable." (oilprice.com) #lolz #collapse

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Oh look, the market capitalization of Tesla has fallen 29.3% to $917 billion so far this year. #collapse

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Personal doomer update: I feel somewhat giddy today, and that's not necessarily a good thing. #MuteButton #collapse

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“There’s no part of the US that won’t experience wildfire smoke eventually. Even if there are small parts of the country not impacted recently, they will be at some point.” (Marissa Childs, University of Washington) #collapse

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Oh look, the acreage of US land burned by wildfires has doubled in the past 20 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. #collapse

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"Earth’s atmosphere now has more carbon dioxide in it than it has in millions — and possibly tens of millions — of years, according to data released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and scientists at the University of California San Diego." (NBC) #collapse

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“It’s an absolute sh*tshow. Morale at GISS [i.e., Goddard Institute for Space Studies] has never been lower, and it feels for all of us that we are being abandoned by NASA leadership.” (Anonymous GISS scientist speaking to CNN) #collapse

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Oh look, China has already approved 11 gigawatts of new coal power plants in the first quarter of 2025, exceeding the 10GW approved in the first half of last year. #collapse

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"Airlines are facing increased operational and financial burdens due to the rise in global conflict zones, including threats from missiles and airspace closures." (independent.co.uk) #collapse

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