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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

Cracking stuff!

Happy sabbath, Dennis

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

Trippy!

Happy sabbath, Eanna

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

"The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to continue contributing to GDP growth, capital investment needs to remain parabolic. This is highly unlikely."

(George Saravelos, Global Head of FX Research at Deutsche Bank)

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

Oh look, at 9:30 AM ET on Friday, crypto's market cap hit $4.1 trillion, near a record, but by 5:20 PM ET, crypto's market cap hit $3.3 trillion, down -$800 billion.

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

"Afghanistan has said it killed 58 Pakistani soldiers in overnight border operations, in response to what it called repeated violations of its territory and airspace."

(irishexaminer.com)

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

Oh look, the Estonian Border Guard Board closed the Saatse border crossing on Friday after border guards observed higher-than-usual Russian military activity on the territory of the Russian Federation.

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 2h

"“Died of a delusion” seems a fitting epitaph for our civilisation’s tombstone."

(Julian Cribb)

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 3h

"Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” scientists have found, raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been underestimated."

(CNN)

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 15h

Personal doomer update: My own doomerism is primarily borne out of principled empiricism, the ethic of absurdist rebellion, and a perhaps unhealthy obsessive fixation with the aesthetics of fire and ash.

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 15h

"U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday his administration has found a way to pay troops during the federal government shutdown and that he has ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to do so."

(Reuters)

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 15h

Oh look, 41% of US Department of Health and Human Services staff have been furloughed.

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 15h

Fabulous stuff! And plenty of doom to peruse besides

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 23h

Oh look, Hegseth on Friday announced a agreement that will allow Qatar to build an air force base in Idaho.

#lolz
#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

Eek. Hope she's okay

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

"WTI crude tumbled below the critical $60 per barrel mark for the first time since May, with front-month futures settling at $58.90 per barrel for a steep 4.24% loss on Friday."

(oilprice.com)

#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

I'm as cool as a breeze.

*casually rolls off on skateboard*

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

They have the good sense to lose the same

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look, it's that awkward part of collapse where we have all been born into a tragi-comedy of world-historical proportions.

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

"Rachel Reeves is aiming to create more “headroom” against her fiscal rules in November’s tax-raising budget, to cushion the UK against volatile government bond markets."

(The Guardian)

#GoodLuckWithThat
#collapse

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

Doomers when they hear an apocaloptimist wax lyrical about some new-fangled techno fuckwankery.

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

"The price of beef and veal [in Ireland] soared by 23.6% in September compared to the same time last year, while milk prices jumped by 12.1% and butter rose by 11.7%."

(RTE News)

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

He would still be in irl by god!!!!!!

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

Doomers when they overhear a normie talking about politics.

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

"The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled."

(The Guardian)

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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to start following him around irl to compensate for his loss of digital followers.

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