Justin McAffee
@mcaffee.bsky.social
Biocentric provocateur, dissecting the unraveling of industrial civilization and illuminating radical pathways to ecological restoration. Incisive, irreverent, Earth-first. Written and video content on the above here https://linktr.ee/mcaffee
Did anyone have Adolf Hitler winning an election on their 2025 bingo card?
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Politician named Adolf Hitler becomes focal point of local election campaign
Germany's colonial legacy in Namibia creates unusual name combination, and a local politician with a dictator's name seeks another term in regional elections.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Did anyone have Adolf Hitler winning an election on their 2025 bingo card?
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There’s never good news about commercial industrial activity.
This is increasingly common.
Coal ash, nuclear waste, industrial toxins… all sitting in “temporary” sites engineers swear are safe.
But time, technology, & luck always run out. Ohio isn’t the exception. It’s the rule.
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Coal ash, nuclear waste, industrial toxins… all sitting in “temporary” sites engineers swear are safe.
But time, technology, & luck always run out. Ohio isn’t the exception. It’s the rule.
www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
'Should scare the hell out of everybody'| Concerns about former Beckjord coal plant reach Gov. DeWine's office
Officials are worried about drinking water safety and the lack of emergency readiness at the former Walter C. Beckjord power plant, where billions of tons of leftover coal ash sit on the Ohio River.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
There’s never good news about commercial industrial activity.
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The #timelapse video I filmed at #sunrise this morning with the DJI Osmo Action 6. #wawx
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Sunrise Timelapse filmed with DJI Osmo Action 6
YouTube video by Illuminationsfromtheattic
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November 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
The #timelapse video I filmed at #sunrise this morning with the DJI Osmo Action 6. #wawx
youtu.be/541GM77-qQc
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I’m writing a second book called BECOMING EARTHKEEPERS. I’m publishing a first draft of each chapter on Collapse Curriculum. The first chapter deals with what modern life has done to us and starts the journey of reclaiming ourselves from the machine.
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What Modern Life Has Done to Us
Chapter 1 of Becoming EarthKeepers
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November 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’m writing a second book called BECOMING EARTHKEEPERS. I’m publishing a first draft of each chapter on Collapse Curriculum. The first chapter deals with what modern life has done to us and starts the journey of reclaiming ourselves from the machine.
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The silent revolution of neoliberalism. It is the worst of the worst form of capitalism. It’s accelerating ecosystem destruction, and turning human living into a nightmare. But it is the natural outcome of technological society that replaces human freedoms with systems and efficiencies.
Five corporations control 90% of the US media market.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today.
Four giants control 80% of meat processing.
A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry.
The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.
November 20, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The silent revolution of neoliberalism. It is the worst of the worst form of capitalism. It’s accelerating ecosystem destruction, and turning human living into a nightmare. But it is the natural outcome of technological society that replaces human freedoms with systems and efficiencies.
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
Eugene Ionesco
Eugene Ionesco
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.”
Eugene Ionesco
Eugene Ionesco
The dominant narrative: Democrats want to give a person a fish; Republicans believe in “teach a man to fish.”
Reality: the industrial system, fully supported by both parties, is killing all the fish. No fish for anyone.
Reality: the industrial system, fully supported by both parties, is killing all the fish. No fish for anyone.
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The dominant narrative: Democrats want to give a person a fish; Republicans believe in “teach a man to fish.”
Reality: the industrial system, fully supported by both parties, is killing all the fish. No fish for anyone.
Reality: the industrial system, fully supported by both parties, is killing all the fish. No fish for anyone.
Apparently @safety.bsky.app believes Sarah did not “Walk The Line” even the their line is invisible and arbitrary. As these things tend to go, eventually there’s no one left to censor except you. So they will.
November 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Apparently @safety.bsky.app believes Sarah did not “Walk The Line” even the their line is invisible and arbitrary. As these things tend to go, eventually there’s no one left to censor except you. So they will.
Hard truth… but 💯 truth.
You don't get transformative change by operating according to the incentives of the dominant system.
October 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hard truth… but 💯 truth.
It is truly incredible how much the public “commons” have been totally decimated by this capitalist incarnation we call “neoliberalism.”
October 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It is truly incredible how much the public “commons” have been totally decimated by this capitalist incarnation we call “neoliberalism.”
Republicans are shitting on voter-lead initiatives all over the country, showing their dedication to states’ rights, as long as the people aren’t involved.
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July 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Republicans are shitting on voter-lead initiatives all over the country, showing their dedication to states’ rights, as long as the people aren’t involved.
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If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that most people don’t want the truth—especially not the kind that tears at the myth of progress, the lie of civilization. Because to truly see—to really let it in—would mean everything they depend on is soaked in blood and ash.
May 31, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that most people don’t want the truth—especially not the kind that tears at the myth of progress, the lie of civilization. Because to truly see—to really let it in—would mean everything they depend on is soaked in blood and ash.
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It’s always “what’s in it for us”—we measure wildlife by its utility. It’s unthinkable that nature has intrinsic value beyond our selfish interests.
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This bizarre fish has no red blood — just antifreeze. Could it help scientists save lives? — BBC Wildlife Magazine
How nature's ingenious solutions to extreme environments offers valuable insights for human organ preservation April 11, 2025 Discover how the white-blooded icefish's unique adaptations to Antarctica'...
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April 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
It’s always “what’s in it for us”—we measure wildlife by its utility. It’s unthinkable that nature has intrinsic value beyond our selfish interests.
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Learn more below. Part Two is not about slogans or marches—it’s about formation. Resilient, decentralized, invisible. The ghost in the machine is you, is us, is everyone ready to resist not with hope, but with discipline. The cell is the crucible…
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Ghosts in the Machine: Total Resistance, Part II
Why Cells, Not Movements, Will Outlive Collapse
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April 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Learn more below. Part Two is not about slogans or marches—it’s about formation. Resilient, decentralized, invisible. The ghost in the machine is you, is us, is everyone ready to resist not with hope, but with discipline. The cell is the crucible…
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Let me break it down for the folks in the back:
You cannot extract your way to harmony.
You cannot innovate your way out of a death cult.
You cannot extract your way to harmony.
You cannot innovate your way out of a death cult.
What the Sámi and other indigenous people are facing is the latest mutation of empire—a "green" empire, sure—but it’s still empire. Just with better branding.
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Green Colonialism Is Still Colonialism
How Tech Utopians Are Rebranding Empire—And Who’s Standing in the Way
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April 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Let me break it down for the folks in the back:
You cannot extract your way to harmony.
You cannot innovate your way out of a death cult.
You cannot extract your way to harmony.
You cannot innovate your way out of a death cult.
What the Sámi and other indigenous people are facing is the latest mutation of empire—a "green" empire, sure—but it’s still empire. Just with better branding.
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
Green Colonialism Is Still Colonialism
How Tech Utopians Are Rebranding Empire—And Who’s Standing in the Way
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April 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
What the Sámi and other indigenous people are facing is the latest mutation of empire—a "green" empire, sure—but it’s still empire. Just with better branding.
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
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"I’m so sick of millennial’s attitudes lately... walking around like they rent the place."
- credit to Logan Lisle
- credit to Logan Lisle
April 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"I’m so sick of millennial’s attitudes lately... walking around like they rent the place."
- credit to Logan Lisle
- credit to Logan Lisle
My buddy Nate on the value of community in a collapsing world….
“Your neighbors can lend you an extension cord or hand you a beer. Online communities can send thoughts and prayers. The exchange rate of thoughts-and-prayers to tangibles is usually unfavorable.”
“Your neighbors can lend you an extension cord or hand you a beer. Online communities can send thoughts and prayers. The exchange rate of thoughts-and-prayers to tangibles is usually unfavorable.”
April 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My buddy Nate on the value of community in a collapsing world….
“Your neighbors can lend you an extension cord or hand you a beer. Online communities can send thoughts and prayers. The exchange rate of thoughts-and-prayers to tangibles is usually unfavorable.”
“Your neighbors can lend you an extension cord or hand you a beer. Online communities can send thoughts and prayers. The exchange rate of thoughts-and-prayers to tangibles is usually unfavorable.”
Latest in the series just dropped!
One thing I enjoyed from the book Total Resistance, is that Hans von Dach laid it out clearly: every person has a role in the fight for freedom. Elders carry wisdom and memory. Women organize, coordinate, and run the nerve centers.
One thing I enjoyed from the book Total Resistance, is that Hans von Dach laid it out clearly: every person has a role in the fight for freedom. Elders carry wisdom and memory. Women organize, coordinate, and run the nerve centers.
March 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Latest in the series just dropped!
One thing I enjoyed from the book Total Resistance, is that Hans von Dach laid it out clearly: every person has a role in the fight for freedom. Elders carry wisdom and memory. Women organize, coordinate, and run the nerve centers.
One thing I enjoyed from the book Total Resistance, is that Hans von Dach laid it out clearly: every person has a role in the fight for freedom. Elders carry wisdom and memory. Women organize, coordinate, and run the nerve centers.
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After writing about the book Total Resistance, some people asked me what is the law on speech that talks of guerrilla warfare in a modern context. I wrote a piece that summarizes law in the United States on this topic. I hope it helps.
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Resistance and the First Amendment: What You Can (and Can’t) Say in a Dying Empire
Understanding the legal boundaries of revolutionary writing in the United States
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March 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
After writing about the book Total Resistance, some people asked me what is the law on speech that talks of guerrilla warfare in a modern context. I wrote a piece that summarizes law in the United States on this topic. I hope it helps.
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
After writing about the book Total Resistance, some people asked me what is the law on speech that talks of guerrilla warfare in a modern context. I wrote a piece that summarizes law in the United States on this topic. I hope it helps.
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
Resistance and the First Amendment: What You Can (and Can’t) Say in a Dying Empire
Understanding the legal boundaries of revolutionary writing in the United States
open.substack.com
March 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
After writing about the book Total Resistance, some people asked me what is the law on speech that talks of guerrilla warfare in a modern context. I wrote a piece that summarizes law in the United States on this topic. I hope it helps.
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
open.substack.com/pub/collapse...
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"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
March 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order."
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist
Finally…. American is back!… back to not even pretending to have any concern for the environment.
One of the people fired from NOAA today is the director of the Ocean Acidification Program. That program also leads the U.S. government's effort on marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR). The destruction of American science is incomprehensible.
Home - NOAA Ocean Acidification Program
NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program prepares us for the impacts of ocean acidification through research and interdisciplinary partnerships.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Finally…. American is back!… back to not even pretending to have any concern for the environment.
These are good films. Free too.
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In 1970, MIT professor Jay Forrester presented a computer model to the Club of Rome that analyzed the impact of unconstrained human growth on Earth
interviewed in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace www.filmsforaction.org/watch/bbc-al...
In 1970, MIT professor Jay Forrester presented a computer model to the Club of Rome that analyzed the impact of unconstrained human growth on Earth
interviewed in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace www.filmsforaction.org/watch/bbc-al...
February 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
These are good films. Free too.
Tactical pants are more than just gear—they’re survival tools. I put CQR vs. 5.11 Tactical through 3 years of hell. One brand still works. The other? Velcro failures, busted seams, and potential disaster. Find out which is worth your money. 👇 collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/i-tried-tw...
I Tried Two Different Pants for 3 Years—Here’s What Happened
The Importance of Durability in Survival Attire
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February 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Tactical pants are more than just gear—they’re survival tools. I put CQR vs. 5.11 Tactical through 3 years of hell. One brand still works. The other? Velcro failures, busted seams, and potential disaster. Find out which is worth your money. 👇 collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/i-tried-tw...