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haiducul.bsky.social
@haiducul.bsky.social
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Collapsology/X-risk
OSINT
"Thinking about the unthinkable"
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haiducul.bsky.social
In relation to the National Security Strategy of the United States of America, November 2025, there are a few points worth noting:

#collapse #collapsologyandbeyond #usa

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
haiducul.bsky.social
Ted Parson explains the possible future of geoengineering. A good and balanced interview that helps to understand solar geoengineering
#geoengineering #collapse #Collapsologyandbeyond #Xrisk
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN8z...
The Science and Politics of Geoengineering with Ted Parson | TGS 200
YouTube video by Nate Hagens
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
haiducul.bsky.social
A short movie based on a dystopian scenario exploring what mini-drones combined with AI could do.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipT...

#AI #drones #Slaughterbots #futureoflife #collapsologyandbeyond
Slaughterbots
YouTube video by Future of Life Institute
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
haiducul.bsky.social
A video debunking Trump’s false claims about climate at the UN
#trump #climatechange #un #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEEw...
Climate Scientist Reacts to Trump's UN Speech
YouTube video by ClimateAdam
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
haiducul.bsky.social
Janet Yellen discusses how another of Trump’s actions ultimately threatens the United States’ standing and the stability of the global financial system.
#collapse #USA #finance #trump
www.ft.com/content/d2ea...
Trump’s attack on the Fed threatens US credibility
History teaches us that chaos follows when leaders undermine the independence of central banks
www.ft.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
haiducul.bsky.social
A good compilation of "insights from researchers, defense experts, philosophers, and policymakers on humanity’s ability to survive and recover from catastrophic events." Long but is worth it
#collapse #X-risks #80000Hours
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnC_...
Rebuilding after apocalypse: What 13 experts say about bouncing back
YouTube video by 80,000 Hours
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August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
haiducul.bsky.social
This is not an unexpected evolution for the Trump administration as it moves toward pushing the United States into a civil war. However, not all the necessary conditions for such an outcome are present yet. More is yet to come

#civilwar #trump #USA #collapse

edition.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Live updates: Trump deploys National Guard to LA in response to immigration clashes | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to disperse protests that began in response to immigration raids, the White House said last ni...
edition.cnn.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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The 'bull in a China shop' behaviour of Trump and Musk with U.S. civil servants will leave behind a crippled administration, unable to react properly to future crises.

#trump #musk #DOGE #USA #crisis #xrisks #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
haiducul.bsky.social
An interesting short film about the existential risk of superintelligence

#Ai #Superintelligence #xrisks #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfMQ...
Writing Doom – Award-Winning Short Film on Superintelligence (2024)
YouTube video by Foregone Films
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February 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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An article by David Korten about today's oligarchy, its risks, and what we can do about it.

#Xrisks #collapsology #Oligarchy #Billionaires #WealthInequality #collapsologyandbeyond

www.clubofrome.org/blog-post/ko...
When billionaires rule the world - A global threat to a viable human future - Club of Rome
29 January 2025 -
www.clubofrome.org
February 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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In his farewell address to the nation, President Biden warned about the threat of oligarchy and identified AI and global warming as existential risks
#ExistentialRisk #OligarchyThreat #FarewellAddress #BidenWarns #ClimateCrisis #collapse #xrisks #collapsologyandbeyond
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ygf...
President Biden Delivers a Farewell Address to the Nation
YouTube video by The White House
www.youtube.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Samples showing a continuous record of our climate history, dating back as far as 1.2 million years and possibly further, have been recovered from beneath the Antarctic ice sheet. Link in the first reply
#climatechange #OldestIce #xrisks #collapsology #collapsologyandbeyond #beyondepica #euresearch
January 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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A move that will heighten tension and deepen divisions in our society—a prime example of how the ultrarich are driving us toward collapse.
#facebook #BlindEye #Misinformation #MetaFail #FactCheckers #collapse #xrisk #collapsologyandbeyond #ultrarich
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meta to get rid of factcheckers and recommend more political content
Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Another article in the mainstream press about the collapse, featuring well-known facts from the field. It mentions Danilo Brozović, someone I must admit I’ve never heard of until now. And most likely, we won’t be able to make the necessary changes
#collapse #Xrisk www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘We need dramatic social and technological changes’: is societal collapse inevitable?
Academic Danilo Brozović says studies of failed civilisations all point in one direction – today’s society needs radical transformation to survive
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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About a polar geoengineering project that uses the liquid water flowing beneath the ice to increase its thickness.

#ArcticRestoration #polarice #globalwarming #xrisk #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond

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A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks | CNN
Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on ...
edition.cnn.com
December 19, 2024 at 9:29 AM
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Scientist playing with the "chirality" of life. Another possible existential risk from the bioengineering labs.

#BioengineeringRisk #ExistentialThreat #MirrorLife #ResearchRegulation #xrisks #existentialrisk #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond

www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Unprecedented risk’ to life on Earth: Scientists call for halt on ‘mirror life’ microbe research
Experts warn that mirror bacteria, constructed from mirror images of molecules found in nature, could put humans, animals and plants at risk of lethal infections
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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One of the tipping points of global warming has been reached: the Arctic tundra is shifting from being a carbon sink to becoming a carbon source.

#ArcticTundra #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #TippingPoint #xrisks #CarbonSink #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond

www.sciencealert.com/arctic-tundr...
Arctic Tundra Now a Carbon Source: 2024 Report Shows Stark Changes in Just Decades
The Arctic can feel like a far-off place, disconnected from daily life if you aren't one of the 4 million people who live there.
www.sciencealert.com
December 14, 2024 at 7:57 AM
haiducul.bsky.social
A very concerning yet not unforeseen action from our latest great invention of purpose. Long-term containment is most likely not feasible.
#ChatGPT #containment #AI #existentialrisk #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond #xrisks
www.msn.com/en-in/money/...
December 11, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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A book about a possible future, praised by some and considered very well documented. If I were to use a word to define the future, it would be a neologism: polycrisis.
#TheMinistryForTheFuture #Polycrisis #existentialrisk #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond
November 23, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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A subject to watch: What might happen during a new pandemic with an anti-vaxxer, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services? We may just find out.
#Pandemic #AntiVax #RFKjr #HealthCrisis #collapse #RFKJrHealthCrisis #h5ni
www.statnews.com/2024/11/18/b...
H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager displays mutations demonstrating virus’ risk
The H5N1 virus that infected a Canadian teen appears not to have spread, but it shows signs of mutation that makes flu virologists nervous.
www.statnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:06 AM
haiducul.bsky.social
“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a great man can stand prosperity" Abraham Lincoln
#ElonMusk #power #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond #powercorrupts #existentialrisk
November 17, 2024 at 2:58 PM
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1/2 I would add this to the section on 'how the super-rich are distorting civilization' in the collapse research topic.
#collapse #superrich #collapsologyandbeyond #existentialrisk #ElonMusk #GROK #misinformation #disinformation #psychopath #troll
November 16, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
#Totalitarianism #collapse #Trump #AntiVaxxer #RFKJr #collapsologyandbeyond
November 15, 2024 at 8:12 AM
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Timothy D. Snyder view on freedom, history, philosophy, politics and why not, the end of our world.
“People who lie about the end of the world will keep lying until the world ends.”
#SnyderOnFreedom #collapse #collapsologyandbeyond #EndOfTheWorld #existentialrisks #EndTimes #SnyderQuotes
November 14, 2024 at 9:29 PM