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A Letter to the Future
A Letter to the Future “The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time.”—WWI conspirator Edward Grey I do not write these words for my contemporaries. We are the damned. It is our lot now to watch as the lamp of liberty is extinguished, our burden to […]
Disunited States: Government Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid Revolution
Disunited States: Government Failure to Address Coronavirus is Sparking a Mutual Aid Revolution As state and local authorities struggle and the federal government focus on saving Wall Street, a volunteer-driven mutual aid revolution is taking hold in disenfranchised communities across America. I‘m not from DC, but I live here. I’m now a part of this […]
Crazy long food lines across America reveal the total LACK of preparedness that now characterizes our just-in-time society
Crazy long food lines across America reveal the total LACK of preparedness that now characterizes our just-in-time society (Natural News) As the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread across the United States, sickening and killing tens of thousands, other problems are just beginning, including food shortages. As reported by The Sun, the U.S. now has […]
Transition Towns, Re-localisation, COVID-19 and the Fracking Industry.
Transition Towns, Re-localisation, COVID-19 and the Fracking Industry. The vulnerabilities of the global village and its economy have been laid bare by the assault of the coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2), which has led to a pandemic of the infectious disease, COVID-19. The mobility chains that enable the flow of civilization are now substantially truncated, with collapsing demand for transportation […]
Limits to Growth and the COVID-19 epidemic
Limits to Growth and the COVID-19 epidemic Forty-eight years ago I led an 18-month study at MIT on the causes and consequences of growth in population and material production on the planet earth through the year 2100. “If the present growth trends … continue unchanged” we concluded, “the limits to growth on this planet will […]
Economies won’t be able to recover after shutdowns
Economies won’t be able to recover after shutdowns Citizens seem to be clamoring for shutdowns to prevent the spread of COVID-19. There is one major difficulty, however. Once an economy has been shut down, it is extremely difficult for the economy to recover back to the level it had reached previously. In fact, the longer the […]
Eight Phases of Crisis: COVID-19 Edition
Eight Phases of Crisis: COVID-19 Edition “You had a dishwasher box to sleep in? I didn’t even know sleep. It was pretty much twenty-four seven ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn.” – Deadpool One girl I dated in High School asked if she used too much makeup. I replied, “Dunno, depends on if you are trying […]
This pandemic IS ecological breakdown: different tempo, same song
This pandemic IS ecological breakdown: different tempo, same song Comparisons between the toll of COVID-19 and climate change are not helpful because they view each as two separate “things” In late 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS CoV-2) emerged from a wet market in Wuhan in the province of Hubei in China. At the time of writing, […]
The New Normal: Cascading and Multilayered Crises
The New Normal: Cascading and Multilayered Crises “The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.” – Antonio Gramsci The Pandemic & Public Health Crisis On January 20th, 2020, the first confirmed case of COVID-19 infection […]
South Korean Scientists Warn: COVID-19 Can Spontaneously “Reactivate” In Cured Patients
South Korean Scientists Warn: COVID-19 Can Spontaneously “Reactivate” In Cured Patients Yesterday, we reported on some new research that has just been published in the the Lancet, a journal of non-peer-reviewed research that is nonetheless viewed as an extremely credible resource. The report, published by scientists at a university in Shanghai, claimed that some COVID-19 patients showed […]
Building Community Resilience: Before, During, and After COVID-19
Building Community Resilience: Before, During, and After COVID-19 Dear friends and fellow Transitioners, So much has changed in so short a time: tens of thousands of people are now testing positive for the coronavirus daily in the US, most of the world is self-isolating at home, large sectors of our economy have ground to a […]
We Won’t Be Getting “Back to Normal.” Not Soon. Not Ever.
We Won’t Be Getting “Back to Normal.” Not Soon. Not Ever. When will we get back to normal? If you yearn for the days before COVID-19 swept across the planet, I regret to inform you that those days are gone. This isn’t a warm and fuzzy blog post telling you that everything is going to […]
World Is “Sleepwalking Into Surveillance State” As COVID-19 Crackdowns Escalate
World Is “Sleepwalking Into Surveillance State” As COVID-19 Crackdowns Escalate All across the world, starting with China, the COVID-19 pandemic has allowed for the proliferation of the surveillance state. More than 100 rights groups are warning that governments and corporations are partnering as a collaborative force to employ big data and increase widespread surveillance that […]
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 70k: Live Updates
Global Coronavirus Death Toll Passes 70k: Live Updates Summary: First ‘confrontation’ reported at White House task force ‘Peak week’ begins in the US Experts question drop in NYC hospitalizations, deaths Situation in Italy, Spain continues to improve as UK reports biggest jump in fatalities Tokyo reports another 50+ cases Global death passes 70k NYC expected […]
“Immunity Certificates” Are Coming – COVID-Survivors To Get ‘Special Passports’ Enabling Return To ‘Normalcy’
“Immunity Certificates” Are Coming – COVID-Survivors To Get ‘Special Passports’ Enabling Return To ‘Normalcy’ Update: Even more prophetically, billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman tweeted about his “optimism” and the need for “…Hydroxychloriquine and antibiotics appear to help. There is increasing evidence that the asymptomatic infection rate could be as much as 50X higher than expected. If this is […]
