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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 36m

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

#lolz
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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 45m

Eek. Hope she's okay

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

"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)

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

I'm as cool as a breeze.

*casually rolls off on skateboard*

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

They have the good sense to lose the same

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

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 · 1h

"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
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Ian@collapseaphorisms @collapseaphorisms.bsky.social · 1h

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

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

"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 · 1h

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

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

Doomers when they overhear a normie talking about politics.

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

"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 · 1h

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

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

Oh look, Afghanistan is enduring its worst drought in 30 years, having recorded less than half of its usual rainfall this past winter.

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

Lolz

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

Oh look, 88% of the Turkish territory is currently at risk of desertification.

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

ka-ching!

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

Gonna volunteer with The Samaritans. #givingback

Mornings Donald

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Donald McCarthy @void-d00m.bsky.social · 2h

For many years we in the Doom Commune have been posting about the great unravelling of the biotic freak show. We do it for shits and giggles, that we might revel in the cool streams of consciousness while our simian siblings wallow in the mud of fools. We do it to affirm the reality of extinction.

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

"I am displeased with everything. If they made me God, I would immediately resign, and if the world were just me, I would sunder myself apart, burst into tiny pieces, and disappear."

(Emil Cioran)

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

Oh look, areas of high wildfire risk close to human populations cover 10% of Earth’s landmass, according to a new study published in the journal Science.

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

Oh look, dolphins are getting Alzheimer’s, and climate change might be the one driving them senile, according to a new study published in Communication Biology.

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

Daily doomer update: There is nowhere on earth that is not now showing signs of collapse.

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

"Record high temperatures are currently being set across the northernmost portions of the #Arctic. In fact, it is effectively ice-free on the Atlantic side of the Arctic all the way up to about 85°N latitude! This includes record low sea ice around Svalbard."

(Zack Labe)

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

"If you really want to understand civilisational collapse don’t waste a plane ticket to Angkor Wat. Just find your local dilapidated relic or listen to a two-minute speech of whichever psychopath is ruling your country right now. It will get the point across."

(George Tsakraklides)

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