The Collapse Chronicle
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I edit a newsletter that bears witness to the unwinding and collapse of late stage capitalism. The current system will collapse in the near future due to environmental overshoot and resource constraints.
Over three-quarters of Americans, 76 percent, say that the administration has not “clearly explained the U.S. position on military action in Venezuela.” These poll findings come despite the U.S. now having built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades.
Poll Shows 70 Percent in US Disapprove of Striking Venezuela as Trump Mulls War
The US has built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades off the coast of Venezuela.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Over three-quarters of Americans, 76 percent, say that the administration has not “clearly explained the U.S. position on military action in Venezuela.” These poll findings come despite the U.S. now having built up the largest military presence in Latin America in decades.
Charlie Warzel writes that an X update shows that foreign accounts are posing as Americans and piping political spam into people’s timelines. Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Charlie Warzel writes that an X update shows that foreign accounts are posing as Americans and piping political spam into people’s timelines. Musk may have revealed that the platform he’s long called “the number 1 source of news on Earth” is really just a worthless, poisoned hall of mirrors.
Sarah Connor reports that James Hansen, who first focused the world’s attention on global warming, has a fresh set of warnings: humanity has a larger price to pay than currently expected and that institutional failures to communicate the true scale of the crisis: scientific reticence on steroids.
James Hansen: Candid Truth About Global Warming
"Substantial underestimate"
www.collapse2050.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sarah Connor reports that James Hansen, who first focused the world’s attention on global warming, has a fresh set of warnings: humanity has a larger price to pay than currently expected and that institutional failures to communicate the true scale of the crisis: scientific reticence on steroids.
Dept. of Karma, Your Table is Ready: A senior Campbell Soup Company executive is under scrutiny: “We have sh*t for f*cking poor people. Who buys our sh*t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f*ck‘s in it.” And the whistleblower? Already fired.
"For poor people": Campbell's Soup exec allegedly caught on secret audio trashing the product and its customers
"I don’t wanna eat a piece of chicken that came from a 3-D printer," the exec is heard saying in the audio.
www.dailydot.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Dept. of Karma, Your Table is Ready: A senior Campbell Soup Company executive is under scrutiny: “We have sh*t for f*cking poor people. Who buys our sh*t? I don’t buy Campbell’s products barely anymore. It’s not healthy now that I know what the f*ck‘s in it.” And the whistleblower? Already fired.
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants.
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants.
Future monsoon storms may weaken in wind but grow wetter, last longer over land, and increase flood risk across South Asia.
Why future monsoon storms will become much more dangerous
Future monsoon storms may weaken in wind but grow wetter, last longer over land, and increase flood risk across South Asia.
www.earth.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Future monsoon storms may weaken in wind but grow wetter, last longer over land, and increase flood risk across South Asia.
'Seasonal Drift:' The Science Behind A Warmer Thanksgiving, Why Future Monsoons Will Become More Dangerous, Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat, Mumbai Suffers as Datacenters Demand Coal, Insect Apocalypse, Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle November 25
‘Seasonal Drift:’ The Science Behind A Warmer Thanksgiving, Why Future Monsoons Will Become More Dangerous, Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat, Mumbai Suffers as Datacenters Demand Coal, Insect Apoc...
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
'Seasonal Drift:' The Science Behind A Warmer Thanksgiving, Why Future Monsoons Will Become More Dangerous, Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat, Mumbai Suffers as Datacenters Demand Coal, Insect Apocalypse, Elon Musk's Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors… in The Collapse Chronicle!
Ten years ago the 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, humanity has lost the bet. Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. So, what comes after failure?
The world lost the climate gamble. Now it faces a dangerous new reality
The world bet on collective but voluntary action to keep global warming at a safe level.
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ten years ago the 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, humanity has lost the bet. Warming is going to exceed 1.5°C. We are heading into “overshoot” within the next few years. So, what comes after failure?
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
Borrowed trust in a broken society
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
www.collapselife.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In the West, we used to live in a genuine high-trust society. No longer. Today, we're a low-trust society, masquerading as a high-trust society, fueling a booming 'trust industrial complex.'
There is a moment in collapse awareness that is rarely described with clarity. It is not the moment you learn the facts. Awareness is the realization that industrial civilisation is entering contraction and demise. Acceptance is recognition that the worldview you lived inside no longer holds.
THE TRUTH ABOUT COLLAPSE ACCEPTANCE
The reality of coming to terms with the end of industrial civilisation
adrianlambert.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
There is a moment in collapse awareness that is rarely described with clarity. It is not the moment you learn the facts. Awareness is the realization that industrial civilisation is entering contraction and demise. Acceptance is recognition that the worldview you lived inside no longer holds.
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. During the Great Depression, the economic system collapsed. The country discovered that personal responsibility alone could not hold a society together. Now our current polycrisis is global.
A Worldview for a World That Is Failing
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. The story often begins with a crisis that exposes the limits of a dominant…
medium.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
History turns when an old way of seeing the world fails. During the Great Depression, the economic system collapsed. The country discovered that personal responsibility alone could not hold a society together. Now our current polycrisis is global.
The Zero State And What Comes After, A Worldview for a World That Is Failing, Borrowed Trust in a Broken Society, Climate Change, Models, and the Politics of Uncertainty, COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action, A Virus Takes Flight, You Don't Hate The Mass Media Enough… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle November 24
The Zero State And What Comes After, A Worldview for a World That Is Failing, Borrowed Trust in a Broken Society, Climate Change, Models, and the Politics of Uncertainty, COP30 Backpedals on Climate A...
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The Zero State And What Comes After, A Worldview for a World That Is Failing, Borrowed Trust in a Broken Society, Climate Change, Models, and the Politics of Uncertainty, COP30 Backpedals on Climate Action, A Virus Takes Flight, You Don't Hate The Mass Media Enough… in The Collapse Chronicle!
Sarah Connor of Collapse 2050 had a Gen Z correspondent who wrote: “Previous generations bought houses, raised families, and had pensions simply by showing up. They got to play the economic game with cheat codes, and now, they’ve handed us the debt...I am paying for a future that no longer exists."
A personal message from Gen Z
Gut wrenching truth you don't normally hear
www.collapse2050.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Sarah Connor of Collapse 2050 had a Gen Z correspondent who wrote: “Previous generations bought houses, raised families, and had pensions simply by showing up. They got to play the economic game with cheat codes, and now, they’ve handed us the debt...I am paying for a future that no longer exists."
The Illiberal World Order Is Here, The Empire Self-Destructs, Fortress America, Prophecies of Doom, What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century, David Suzuki on Systemic Collapse, The Future Is Arriving Faster Than Promised, Living Beyond Limits… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle Review November 23
ICYMI: Best Stories of the Week
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Illiberal World Order Is Here, The Empire Self-Destructs, Fortress America, Prophecies of Doom, What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century, David Suzuki on Systemic Collapse, The Future Is Arriving Faster Than Promised, Living Beyond Limits… in The Collapse Chronicle!
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While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks. Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém.
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks
Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:34 PM
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks. Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém.
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks. Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém.
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks
Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 talks. Three representatives of developing countries speak candidly about meetings behind closed doors in Belém.
The body of evidence that the climate is changing due to humanity’s actions is large and ever-growing. However, we haven’t yet taken the required steps to limit these changes by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale. In fact, our emissions remain at record high levels.
What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed?
Cimate scientists are more certain than ever that humans are changing the climate – but there are signs of hope on the horizon.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The body of evidence that the climate is changing due to humanity’s actions is large and ever-growing. However, we haven’t yet taken the required steps to limit these changes by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale. In fact, our emissions remain at record high levels.
Living beyond limits, What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed? Is modern civilization unsustainable? Can we handle the truth on climate? A personal message from Gen Z, The future is arriving faster than promised, Fortress America… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The Collapse Chronicle November 22
Living beyond limits, What do we know about climate change?
collapsechronicle.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Living beyond limits, What do we know about climate change? How do we know it? And where are we headed? Is modern civilization unsustainable? Can we handle the truth on climate? A personal message from Gen Z, The future is arriving faster than promised, Fortress America… in The Collapse Chronicle!
The deal on food buckets is that they're part of a prepper pantry, but they're not going to keep anyone alive during a true collapse. Millionaires and billionaires who fill their bunkers with these things are going to have a rough time.
Are Survival Food Buckets Worth It?
A serious take.
www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net
November 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The deal on food buckets is that they're part of a prepper pantry, but they're not going to keep anyone alive during a true collapse. Millionaires and billionaires who fill their bunkers with these things are going to have a rough time.
Dept. of What Could Possibly Go Wrong? By wiping out the environmental guardrails, Congress reopened one of the planet’s last great wilderness regions to oil and gas development, a move that could destabilize one its largest carbon stores.
Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling - Inside Climate News
By wiping out the environmental guardrails, Congress reopened one of the planet’s last great wilderness regions to oil and gas development, a move that could destabilize one its largest carbon stores.
insideclimatenews.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Dept. of What Could Possibly Go Wrong? By wiping out the environmental guardrails, Congress reopened one of the planet’s last great wilderness regions to oil and gas development, a move that could destabilize one its largest carbon stores.
Two dozen of the world's richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push, a study published on Thursday shows, with many slashing aid budgets and cash funneled through multilateral lenders.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Two dozen of the world's richest nations, including the United States and Japan, are pulling back from their global development push, a study published on Thursday shows, with many slashing aid budgets and cash funneled through multilateral lenders.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
New research warns more than 5,500 toxic sites across the U.S. could face coastal flooding by 2100, threatening to spill contaminants into surrounding neighborhoods. Seven states are one flood away from a toxic sludge site spilling into the community.
Toxic sludge threatens at least 7 states — and the 'risk is already locked in'
Seven states are one flood away from a toxic sludge site spilling into the community. Mother Jones reported Friday, "Florida, New Jersey, California, Louisiana, New York, Massachusetts, and Texas acco...
www.alternet.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
New research warns more than 5,500 toxic sites across the U.S. could face coastal flooding by 2100, threatening to spill contaminants into surrounding neighborhoods. Seven states are one flood away from a toxic sludge site spilling into the community.
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
As Seas Rise, So Do the Risks From Toxic Sites - Inside Climate News
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.
insideclimatenews.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Flooding from surging seas is likely to inundate thousands of U.S. hazardous sites in coming years as global temperatures rise, placing the nation’s most vulnerable at greatest risk.