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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 17h

If you were Earth, would you trust the species that is destroying you, to fix you?
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 20h

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 20h

“Humanity’s most defining quality is self-sabotage: humans came and went but the trees were the quiet winners in the end”
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They Came. They Danced. They Went Extinct.

I normally don’t expect a nature hike in the clean suburban air of my beach town to turn into a back-to-the future, post-apocalyptic excursion into the remnants of an extinct society.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 20h

“Since the internet came along all of us created our own personal planet, a place where there is only space for one”
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They Came. They Danced. They Went Extinct.

I normally don’t expect a nature hike in the clean suburban air of my beach town to turn into a back-to-the future, post-apocalyptic excursion into the remnants of an extinct society.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

Follow me on Substack and get all my new articles for FREE in your e-mail. I don't want to charge for writing what I believe. But I do accept paid subscriptions as this is my main income ❤️✌🏽💀🌿
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

Welcome home!

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J of dubious gender @salt-bread-8329.bsky.social · 1d

#truth #facts #science
"Today as we witness the aftermath of a millennia-long relentless ecological, environmental and climate holocaust, some still choose to call this disaster a “civilisation”. As a biologist, I prefer to refer to it by its scientific term: a quickly escalating pest infestation."

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

Follow me on Substack and get all my new articles for FREE in your e-mail. I don't want to charge for writing what I believe. But I do accept paid subscriptions as this is my main income ❤️✌🏽💀🌿
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 3d

Modern business is out to kill us all. Our post-industrial business model may be profitable for the business owner, but it is overwhelmingly a loss maker for equality, environment, climate and everything that lives and breathes on Earth
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 3d

“Capitalism is a trap that lured humans into believing they had created a stable world. Indeed, an economy where everyone exploits everyone else is surprisingly stable in the short term”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

“Humans today are unable to imagine themselves or civilisation for that matter, without the expansionist structures of a society that has been built to exhaust, not sustain”
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Delusion Is The Ultimate Renewable Energy Source

When a species eliminates all its predators, it automatically becomes a planetary-level threat.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

“Humans will leave an endless sea of trash behind them even if they disappear, because this is what you do when you party like there’s no tomorrow. And this is why there won’t be a tomorrow”
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They Came. They Danced. They Went Extinct.

I normally don’t expect a nature hike in the clean suburban air of my beach town to turn into a back-to-the future, post-apocalyptic excursion into the remnants of an extinct society.

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

Disaster capitalism phase 1: profit from destroying Gaza

Disaster capitalism phase 2: profit from rebuilding Gaza

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

Disaster capitalism phase 1: profit from destroying Gaza

Disaster capitalism phase 2: profit from rebuilding Gaza

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

“Humans today are unable to imagine themselves or civilisation for that matter, without the expansionist structures of a society that has been built to exhaust, not sustain”
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

Delusion Is The Ultimate Renewable Energy Source

When a species eliminates all its predators, it automatically becomes a planetary-level threat.

open.substack.com

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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 1d

“We may have elucidated the biological basis of a tumour undergoing unchecked cell division, but we have yet to come to grips with the cancerous nature of human civilisation”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 2d

“The global economy is a depressing conveyor belt of self-destruction: resources go in, nothing comes out. Everything disappears forever into a black hole of extinction”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 2d

“The global economy is a depressing conveyor belt of self-destruction: resources go in, nothing comes out. Everything disappears forever into a black hole of extinction”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 2d

“Most of us are designed to be sheep, not heroes: we will avoid personal sacrifice that serves the common good, and steer clear of short-term personal risk even if it comes with long-term benefits for society”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 3d

“While old fascism dismantled political parties, the meta terror state has made them identical, effectively achieving the same result. Voting is pointless when the necrosystem owns us”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 3d

“Capitalism is a trap that lured humans into believing they had created a stable world. Indeed, an economy where everyone exploits everyone else is surprisingly stable in the short term”
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George Tsakraklides @tsakraklides.bsky.social · 3d

Modern business is out to kill us all. Our post-industrial business model may be profitable for the business owner, but it is overwhelmingly a loss maker for equality, environment, climate and everything that lives and breathes on Earth
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...

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