Brazil’s AG and Supreme Court Reportedly Consider Shutting Down Access To X
Brazil’s AG and Supreme Court Reportedly Consider Shutting Down Access To X Brazil’s Attorney General and Supreme Federal Court are exploring drastic measures after getting called out for censorship demands. According to reports out of Brazil, the country’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, and the Supreme Federal Court (STF) are trying to find a way to […]
2023 Was Even Hotter Than Predicted, Raising Fears We’re in Uncharted Territory
2023 Was Even Hotter Than Predicted, Raising Fears We’re in Uncharted Territory Sea surface temperature anomalies for 9 April 2024. (NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio) Last year Earth warmed around 0.2 °C more than climate models predicted. While that may not seem like much in isolation, when you consider it’s a measure across an entire planet it […]
It’s All Chemistry, Isn’t It?
It’s All Chemistry, Isn’t It? This is #29 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk, hike, and explore in my local community. Chart above is my own invention, having studied the various chemicals that scientists believe are involved in feelings of […]
China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals
China can’t quit coal by 2040, researchers say, despite global climate goals A general view of a coal mine during a Huawei-organised media tour, in Yulin city, Shaanxi province, China April 24, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab BEIJING, April 23 (Reuters) – China’s coal consumption will fall by just one-third by 2040, according […]
China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south
China evacuates over 100,000 as heavy rain continues to lash south China is facing increasingly extreme weather events as climate change takes its toll. China has evacuated more than 100,000 people as heavy rain continues to lash the southern province of Guangdong. Authorities raised the highest level of alarm on Tuesday as the storms showed no […]
Can the US Legally Seize Russian Assets? Should It?
Can the US Legally Seize Russian Assets? Should It? Congress’s aid package encourages the president to seize frozen Russian reserves to support Ukraine. But the legality and desirability are both questionable. REPO Act Lets Biden Boost Ukraine The Wall Street Journal writer, Robert B. Zoellick, says REPO Act Lets Biden Boost Ukraine Now that Congress has […]
Economy Plunges into Stagflation with Both Feet
Economy Plunges into Stagflation with Both Feet Talk about a one-two-three punch to the ground! Stagflation came in perfectly on target for The Daily Doom’s predictions today. Real GDP is now falling much harder than was expected yesterday by two-faced Jamie Dimon when he spoke out of his second face, saying the economy is “booming,” backed by “healthy consumer finances.” He […]
Science Snippets: Planting Trees in Some Locations Warms Earth
Science Snippets: Planting Trees in Some Locations Warms Earth Draft script: A paper in Phys.Org published 31 March 2024 is titled Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: Study. The study referenced in the title appeared in Nature Communications on 26 March 2024. It was produced by 11 scholars. One of the study’s co-authors was quoted in the Phys.Org article: “There […]
Bank Failure: MAYBE nothing to see here this time.
Bank Failure: MAYBE nothing to see here this time. Regulators seized their first bank of the year on the same day that regulators are telling other regulators and financial institutions to ready themselves for possible trouble in the major financial clearing houses. (At least, same day in terms of when it hit the news.) Reminder: It was […]
The Vast Pharmaceutical Conspiracy to Silence Online Dissent
The Vast Pharmaceutical Conspiracy to Silence Online Dissent Millions of dollars were spent to weaponize the public against all of us Story at a Glance: •There has been a coordinated campaign to attack and defame anyone who has spoken out against the COVID-19 response. This has primarily been restricted to social media (e.g., getting people […]
Financial turmoil in Canada – and what it means for the rest of the world
Financial turmoil in Canada – and what it means for the rest of the world Max Bernier, leader of the People’s Party of Canada, says the new federal budget will send the country deeper into debt than it already is. Our latest episode of the Collapse Life podcast features a returning guest — Maxime Bernier, […]
Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding—the storm was far too big to be human-made
Don’t blame Dubai’s freak rain on cloud seeding—the storm was far too big to be human-made Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Some years ago, I found myself making my way up the narrow stairs of a Learjet on a sultry runway in a deserted airport near the South Africa-Mozambique border. The humidity was there to taste—the […]
Central Banks Are Wrong about Rate Cuts
Central Banks Are Wrong about Rate Cuts When we talk about monetary policy, people do not understand the importance of interest rates reflecting the reality of inflation and risk. Interest rates are the price of risk and manipulating them down leads to bubbles that end in financial crises, while imposing too high rates can penalize the […]
Accelerating Climage Change and Rising Global Conflict
ACCELERATING CLIMATE CHANGE AND RISING GLOBAL CONFLICT. THE STORM IS RISING As the sun sets on another day in what could be called the Anthropocene epoch, we stand at the precipice, watching as the once-stable climate system of our planet lurches toward a cascade of ecological tipping points, accelerating “faster than expected.” Recent phenomena, such […]
The Day We Stopped Trusting Media
The Day We Stopped Trusting Media Imagine future election campaigns One of the first posts in this newsletter’s Shrinking Trust Horizon series was about how “deep fake” technology will make fake images, videos, and audio recordings almost indistinguishable from the real thing. This will kill millions of modeling and acting jobs, while weaponizing audio and video in […]
