Cassandro Jones
@harriesthaller.bsky.social
I'm terrified, enraged, exhausted and can get mean.
Which makes moments of lucidity & joy all the more incredible.
Go love your people, play your guitar, chase your dog and bang your partner. #Bucketlist
Which makes moments of lucidity & joy all the more incredible.
Go love your people, play your guitar, chase your dog and bang your partner. #Bucketlist
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The most terrifying words?
"Winter isn't Coming."
Game of planet-trashing morons and greedheads.
"Winter isn't Coming."
Game of planet-trashing morons and greedheads.
Most of Europe is 6°C warmer than average for this time of year. France will reach 15°C today on 9 Dec.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
'Most of Europe is 6°C warmer than average for this time of year. France will reach 15°C today on 9 Dec.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
Mitigation is urgent.'
Via Peter Dynes [X]
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
Mitigation is urgent.'
Via Peter Dynes [X]
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The most terrifying words?
"Winter isn't Coming."
Game of planet-trashing morons and greedheads.
"Winter isn't Coming."
Game of planet-trashing morons and greedheads.
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The OVER is going to win this year, based on my OVER/UNDER line of 1.45°C for 2025.
And if another El Nino comes to pass, then 1.60°C should be in the rear view window for 2026. That would make 2026, in scientific lingo, a "bad hair year."
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
And if another El Nino comes to pass, then 1.60°C should be in the rear view window for 2026. That would make 2026, in scientific lingo, a "bad hair year."
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
Betting on the End of the World: 2025 Edition
So, you're at the water cooler hanging out with your work colleague, and the topic of global warming comes up. The two of you are getting an urge to make a friendly bet with each other, but you can't ...
climatecasino.net
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The OVER is going to win this year, based on my OVER/UNDER line of 1.45°C for 2025.
And if another El Nino comes to pass, then 1.60°C should be in the rear view window for 2026. That would make 2026, in scientific lingo, a "bad hair year."
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
And if another El Nino comes to pass, then 1.60°C should be in the rear view window for 2026. That would make 2026, in scientific lingo, a "bad hair year."
climatecasino.net/2025/01/bett...
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A new study shows the danger of pesticides isn’t only in what they kill, but in what they change. When bees forage less and fish behave differently, ecosystems begin to fail long before we notice the losses.
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
Researchers issue warning after observing concerning change in animal behavior: 'Much more far-reaching than previously assumed' — The Cool Down
apple.news
December 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A new study shows the danger of pesticides isn’t only in what they kill, but in what they change. When bees forage less and fish behave differently, ecosystems begin to fail long before we notice the losses.
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
apple.news/ALzThv-E0QfS...
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Media today: "Good news. We're not extinct yet despite ecological overshoot"
The technical term is #extinction #debt.
Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Note: Adding 80m more humans / year at 8bn means inevitable collapse.
The technical term is #extinction #debt.
Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Note: Adding 80m more humans / year at 8bn means inevitable collapse.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Media today: "Good news. We're not extinct yet despite ecological overshoot"
The technical term is #extinction #debt.
Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Note: Adding 80m more humans / year at 8bn means inevitable collapse.
The technical term is #extinction #debt.
Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Note: Adding 80m more humans / year at 8bn means inevitable collapse.
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I’ve grasped it. You’re describing demographic momentum.
I’m describing ecological overshoot.
They aren’t the same thing.
Declining birth rates don’t fix a planet already beyond its biophysical limits.
I’m describing ecological overshoot.
They aren’t the same thing.
Declining birth rates don’t fix a planet already beyond its biophysical limits.
I'm not sure you've grasped the message of either Runciman's article or my thread. As Runciman puts it: “Much of what will happen is already determined, so that even dramatically declining birth rates in some places will have little overall impact [on the residual rise in population]”.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I’ve grasped it. You’re describing demographic momentum.
I’m describing ecological overshoot.
They aren’t the same thing.
Declining birth rates don’t fix a planet already beyond its biophysical limits.
I’m describing ecological overshoot.
They aren’t the same thing.
Declining birth rates don’t fix a planet already beyond its biophysical limits.
Personally I think societal and economic collapse by 2050 is now all but inevitable - as increasing numbers of studies now predict
Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction
Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction
Personally I think societal and economic collapse by 2050 is now all but inevitable - as increasing numbers of studies now predict
Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Personally I think societal and economic collapse by 2050 is now all but inevitable - as increasing numbers of studies now predict
Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction
Any 'global transformation' is as far away as it ever was, and in many ways we are heading in the wrong direction
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Population momentum is math.
Ecological overshoot is biology.
Even if global fertility dropped to zero tomorrow, overshoot persists until consumption, land-use, and biodiversity impact fall back within Earth’s regenerative capacity.
Declining births ≠ declining footprint.
Ecological overshoot is biology.
Even if global fertility dropped to zero tomorrow, overshoot persists until consumption, land-use, and biodiversity impact fall back within Earth’s regenerative capacity.
Declining births ≠ declining footprint.
I don't think you're hearing me. Residual growth is the result of events 3 or 4 generations ago, coupled with increasing longevity. The only thing that would make any significant difference would be mass murder. You're picking a fight with a mathematical function.
ourworldindata.org/global-decli...
ourworldindata.org/global-decli...
The global decline of the fertility rate
The total fertility rate has halved in sixty years — what are the causes of the decline?
ourworldindata.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Population momentum is math.
Ecological overshoot is biology.
Even if global fertility dropped to zero tomorrow, overshoot persists until consumption, land-use, and biodiversity impact fall back within Earth’s regenerative capacity.
Declining births ≠ declining footprint.
Ecological overshoot is biology.
Even if global fertility dropped to zero tomorrow, overshoot persists until consumption, land-use, and biodiversity impact fall back within Earth’s regenerative capacity.
Declining births ≠ declining footprint.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
“The daily survival of 8 billion humans continues to depend upon destruction and extinction. This is a survival model which is undoubtedly unsurvivable”
“The daily survival of 8 billion humans continues to depend upon destruction and extinction. This is a survival model which is undoubtedly unsurvivable”
Read, subscribe, support
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Read, subscribe, support
open.substack.com/pub/georgets...
December 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“The daily survival of 8 billion humans continues to depend upon destruction and extinction. This is a survival model which is undoubtedly unsurvivable”
10 years after the Paris Agreement, we have reached a '3-year average global temperature anomaly of +1.5°C in 2 or more datasets'!
And we can't blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.
The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start..
And we can't blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.
The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start..
10 years after the Paris Agreement, we have reached a '3-year average global temperature anomaly of +1.5°C in 2 or more datasets'!
And we can't blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.
The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start..
And we can't blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.
The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start..
December 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
10 years after the Paris Agreement, we have reached a '3-year average global temperature anomaly of +1.5°C in 2 or more datasets'!
And we can't blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.
The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start..
And we can't blame El Niño for this, as ENSO was on average negative during this period.
The Paris Agreement was doomed from the start..
least reliable car: Tesla
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
least reliable car: Tesla
Can confirm:
"Not only is this system devoid of empathy, our very culture treats empathy as charity, not obligation, so that our only available support in a time of need ends up being the very dehumanising, exploitative system that never cared for us in the first place: capitalism"
"Not only is this system devoid of empathy, our very culture treats empathy as charity, not obligation, so that our only available support in a time of need ends up being the very dehumanising, exploitative system that never cared for us in the first place: capitalism"
Not only is this system devoid of empathy, our very culture treats empathy as charity, not obligation, so that our only available support in a time of need ends up being the very dehumanising, exploitative system that never cared for us in the first place: capitalism
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Can confirm:
"Not only is this system devoid of empathy, our very culture treats empathy as charity, not obligation, so that our only available support in a time of need ends up being the very dehumanising, exploitative system that never cared for us in the first place: capitalism"
"Not only is this system devoid of empathy, our very culture treats empathy as charity, not obligation, so that our only available support in a time of need ends up being the very dehumanising, exploitative system that never cared for us in the first place: capitalism"
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November 2025 Globally,according to Copernicus, had an average temperature of 14.02C which is +0.65C above the 1991/2020 norm and was the 3rd warmest on record.
Year-to-date 2025 is the 2nd hottest year below 2024 and still slightly above 2023 which might end tied with 2025.
Year-to-date 2025 is the 2nd hottest year below 2024 and still slightly above 2023 which might end tied with 2025.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
November 2025 Globally,according to Copernicus, had an average temperature of 14.02C which is +0.65C above the 1991/2020 norm and was the 3rd warmest on record.
Year-to-date 2025 is the 2nd hottest year below 2024 and still slightly above 2023 which might end tied with 2025.
Year-to-date 2025 is the 2nd hottest year below 2024 and still slightly above 2023 which might end tied with 2025.
Man that
@unep.org
GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
@unep.org
GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
Man that @unep.org GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Man that
@unep.org
GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
@unep.org
GEO-7 report is some grim reading, but few things more grim than this handy chart.
"Collapse" appears 48 times in the text - and this chart illustrates how the effects of collapse will undo centuries of work towards equality, amongst other things.
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November 2025 was the 3rd hottest November on record globally, following 2023 (warmest) and 2024 (2nd warmest).
This month was about 1.54°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. The last 12-months have been about 1.49°C above it.
Summary of month: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
This month was about 1.54°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. The last 12-months have been about 1.49°C above it.
Summary of month: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
November 2025 was the 3rd hottest November on record globally, following 2023 (warmest) and 2024 (2nd warmest).
This month was about 1.54°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. The last 12-months have been about 1.49°C above it.
Summary of month: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
This month was about 1.54°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average. The last 12-months have been about 1.49°C above it.
Summary of month: climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-...
Most of Europe is 6°C warmer than average for this time of year. France will reach 15°C today on 9 Dec.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
'Most of Europe is 6°C warmer than average for this time of year. France will reach 15°C today on 9 Dec.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
Mitigation is urgent.'
Via Peter Dynes [X]
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
Mitigation is urgent.'
Via Peter Dynes [X]
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Most of Europe is 6°C warmer than average for this time of year. France will reach 15°C today on 9 Dec.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
This isn’t weather noise.
It’s the signature of accelerating global warming — and a reminder that the climate we grew up with is disappearing fast.
Humans destroyed 50% of primary producers (plants) on land and 85-90% of wildlife mammals.
Our population growth and appetite for meat has broken the 10% rule. We consume far more than 10% and now face an #extinction debt (aka ecological #overshoot).
Our population growth and appetite for meat has broken the 10% rule. We consume far more than 10% and now face an #extinction debt (aka ecological #overshoot).
Humans destroyed 50% of primary producers (plants) on land and 85-90% of wildlife mammals.
Our population growth and appetite for meat has broken the 10% rule. We consume far more than 10% and now face an #extinction debt (aka ecological #overshoot).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecologi...
Our population growth and appetite for meat has broken the 10% rule. We consume far more than 10% and now face an #extinction debt (aka ecological #overshoot).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecologi...
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Humans destroyed 50% of primary producers (plants) on land and 85-90% of wildlife mammals.
Our population growth and appetite for meat has broken the 10% rule. We consume far more than 10% and now face an #extinction debt (aka ecological #overshoot).
Our population growth and appetite for meat has broken the 10% rule. We consume far more than 10% and now face an #extinction debt (aka ecological #overshoot).
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Hell on Earth..
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Hell on Earth..
Fun fact: This latest UN report doesn't just confirm overpopulation as the main driver of destruction (like the IPCC did in 2022).
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
Fun fact: This latest UN report doesn't just confirm overpopulation as the main driver of destruction (like the IPCC did in 2022).
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
#Collapse #InevitableCollapse
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
#Collapse #InevitableCollapse
Is this a serious question? Access to birth control works but we deny and do not acknowledge & accept the predicament.
Lyle has no children despite wanting some. 1st step: Be honest.
"All the environmental crises were worsening as the global population grows and required more food and energy"
Lyle has no children despite wanting some. 1st step: Be honest.
"All the environmental crises were worsening as the global population grows and required more food and energy"
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Fun fact: This latest UN report doesn't just confirm overpopulation as the main driver of destruction (like the IPCC did in 2022).
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
Reposted by Cassandro Jones
Fun fact: This latest UN report doesn't just confirm overpopulation as the main driver of destruction (like the IPCC did in 2022).
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
#Collapse #InevitableCollapse
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
#Collapse #InevitableCollapse
Is this a serious question? Access to birth control works but we deny and do not acknowledge & accept the predicament.
Lyle has no children despite wanting some. 1st step: Be honest.
"All the environmental crises were worsening as the global population grows and required more food and energy"
Lyle has no children despite wanting some. 1st step: Be honest.
"All the environmental crises were worsening as the global population grows and required more food and energy"
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fun fact: This latest UN report doesn't just confirm overpopulation as the main driver of destruction (like the IPCC did in 2022).
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
#Collapse #InevitableCollapse
It also uses the term "inevitable collapse" three times.
#Collapse #InevitableCollapse
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Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care.
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for as Little as $59 in Unpaid Bills.
Federally funded community health centers receive grants in exchange for serving patients regardless of their ability to pay. But ProPublica found at least five across the country garnishing patients’...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Community health centers were created to be medical safety nets for people who struggle to afford primary care.
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
But we found that several are suing patients and garnishing their paychecks – which experts say contradicts their mission.
www.propublica.org/article/fede...
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"The authors marshal a compelling blend of history, statistics, and anecdote in support of a quietly radical argument: that mass car ownership, far from natural and inevitable, is a historical blip that can and should be reversed." 😍
The Surprisingly Convincing Case Against Cars
Life After Cars dares to imagine how different, and enriching, a car-free world could be.
newrepublic.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"The authors marshal a compelling blend of history, statistics, and anecdote in support of a quietly radical argument: that mass car ownership, far from natural and inevitable, is a historical blip that can and should be reversed." 😍
New report: Environmental crises are worsening as the global population grows & requires more food & energy. We need measures such as a universal basic income, meat taxes & subsidies for healthy, plant-based foods + removing or repurposing ~$1.5tn in harmful subsidies to fossil fuels, food & mining.
New report: Environmental crises are worsening as the global population grows & requires more food & energy. We need measures such as a universal basic income, meat taxes & subsidies for healthy, plant-based foods + removing or repurposing ~$1.5tn in harmful subsidies to fossil fuels, food & mining.
‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
New report: Environmental crises are worsening as the global population grows & requires more food & energy. We need measures such as a universal basic income, meat taxes & subsidies for healthy, plant-based foods + removing or repurposing ~$1.5tn in harmful subsidies to fossil fuels, food & mining.
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Dismissing people as “clinging to an outdated idea” is easier than engaging with ecology.
Population isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about land, water, soil, habitat loss, nutrient cycling, fisheries, and mass extinction.
Emissions are only one symptom. Overshoot is the whole condition.
Population isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about land, water, soil, habitat loss, nutrient cycling, fisheries, and mass extinction.
Emissions are only one symptom. Overshoot is the whole condition.
That section of the film is incoherent to say the least, but if it has a motif, it is the tragic sight of someone desperately clinging to an idea long after the evidence has departed. share.google/R3sJQ4XRxbQg...
David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
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December 9, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Dismissing people as “clinging to an outdated idea” is easier than engaging with ecology.
Population isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about land, water, soil, habitat loss, nutrient cycling, fisheries, and mass extinction.
Emissions are only one symptom. Overshoot is the whole condition.
Population isn’t about nostalgia. It’s about land, water, soil, habitat loss, nutrient cycling, fisheries, and mass extinction.
Emissions are only one symptom. Overshoot is the whole condition.