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  1. Daily Episode 278 - Sea Level Rise already causing chaos

    5 november 2026 · 17 min

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    Sea level rise is not just something to fear in a distant future, where the sea encroaches daily into a given space. Instead, it starts today, with new floods happening with each new centimeter increase, forcing a portion of the 50% of the human population living close to the coast. Lees meer

    ALL TIME HIGH Sea Levels recorded in Newport Beach: Kelvin Wave and King Tides flood Homes : r/collapse

    Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach are being overtaken by the ocean due to global warming. : r/collapse

    Thwaites is a runaway climate disaster. New studies show how. | Grist

    The world’s biggest cities are sinking. Is yours one of them? | Scientific American

    Slovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summer | Glaciers | The Guardian

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  2. Daily Episode 277 - We've hit 1.5c on the 4 year average

    4 november 2026 · 20 min

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    Analysis from Eliot Jacobsen show's we've hit 1.5c over the baseline on the 4-year year running average: Lees meer

    Cryosphere faces permanent damage when world overshoots 1.5C, scientists warn | Climate science | The Guardian

    4 Tear Global Mean Surface Temperature Just Hit 1.5C : r/collapse

    We've Entered Climate Overshoot - What Happens Now?

    Satellites show some of the strongest evidence the AMOC is weakening | New Scientist

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  3. Daily Episode 276 - Research on the Impact of the Ultra Wealthy

    3 november 2026 · 24 min

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    A new analysis on the negative impact that the ultra wealthy have, compared to the average person: Lees meer

    The Ultrawealthy Produce More Carbon Pollution Than Nearly Half of Humanity

    Disaster Divide | Oxfam

    U.S. is a big reason the world is losing ground in the fight against climate change, U.N. report says

    Everyone Is Buying Electric Cars—Except Americans - The Atlantic

    Musk ordered Starlink slowdown for Ukraine: WSJ | Just The News

    US inequality is getting worse in ways you might not expect

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  4. Daily Episode 275 - Incoming Narcissistic Injury

    2 november 2026 · 19 min

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    Narcissists don't like losing, and they don't like being told that people don't like them. What often results is a "narcissistic injury" - an existential threat to their self-worth, and a resulting fit of rage or need to exert power or control, fueled by ego. When the person expressing that rage is one of the most powerful people in the world, it can have lasting and out weighted impacts. Lees meer

    JD Vance cancels Minnesota visit to discuss fraud, officials say | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

    Trump Moves Natalie Harp Into Ultra-Private White House Hideaway

    Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges to stockpile supplies | Fortune

    US warns allies to prepare for potential Iran strikes after election | AP News

    US Army Starts Practicing Digging Mass Battlefield Graves - Newsweek

    What Is FORTRESS? Pentagon’s 90-Day Plan to Keep US Military Bases Running - Newsweek

    Senator Reveals Trump’s ‘Insane’ Plan for After the Election

    Hegseth Fires a Top General - The Atlantic

    Trump's 'no more elections' during wartime quip revives fears about American democracy | Fortune

    Pentagon Secretly Braces for Embarrassing Trump Defeat

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  5. Daily Episode 274: This Week in Fascism #47

    30 oktober 2026 · 16 min

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    A look at two aspects of Trump corruption: Lees meer

    Jared Kushner pushes back on report involving hacked phone, spies, billion-dollar transfer - CBS News

    White House Is Weighing Mass Pardons for Junior Staff - The Washington Sun

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  6. Daily Episode 273 - Revisiting episode 29: Our Dying Oceans

    29 oktober 2026 · 34 min

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    Apologies, as expected I didn't have time to record a new episode today, so we'll revisit an old classic on our oceans, which is more relevant today than ever. Lees meer

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  7. Daily Episode 272 - Corporations are Destroying the Planet for Profit

    28 oktober 2026 · 13 min

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    Corporations are gaining more and more power to do as they please. As that translates to more profit, they will continue to do so at the expense of the planet and its citizens (both human and not). Lees meer

    Woody Harrelson: "No one loves you more than Exxon" | New Exxon El Niño Commercial

    ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre | Environment | The Guardian

    Wolves roam into Finnish villages after Google destroys 1,300 acres of forest for AI data centers — forest where wolf packs used to live is now an expanse of mud | Tom's Hardware

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  8. Daily Episode 271: "Black October - AI Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities"

    27 oktober 2026 · 16 min

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    It's becoming evident very quickly that the advancement of AI will bring an increase in cybersecurity issues - making the internet an increasingly dangerous foundation to rely on. Lees meer

    AI's 'Black October': PHP vulnerabilities trigger fresh wave of alarms

    Altman admits the cybersecurity crisis is going to get worse: "I no longer think we're gonna be able to patch all the bugs." : r/OpenAI

    Impact of AI on cyber threat from now to 2027 | National Cyber Security Centre

    AI-discovered bugs may soon trigger fresh disruptions, cyber experts say | Reuters

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  9. Daily Episode 270 - Wargaming the Dimming of the Sun

    26 oktober 2026 · 18 min

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    As geo-engineering becomes more of an inevitable reality, we look at the results of one war-gamed scenario: Lees meer

    They War-Gamed Dimming the Sun. It Went Even Worse Than You Think | WIRED

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  10. Daily Episode 269 - This Week in Fascism #46

    23 oktober 2026 · 31 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    FCC Threatens Broadcasters Over Polls Predicting Disaster for GOP | The New Republic

    If Democrats Win Congress, Could the G.O.P. Refuse to Seat Them? - The New York Times

    How the Trump Administration Politicized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency — ProPublica

    'Don’t let them rig this' | Dolly Parton’s sister claims she had to correct her ballot selection while voting in Tennessee | wbir.com

    Texas Sued After Glitch Delays 600,000 Voter Registrations | The New Republic

    Exclusive: Thousands of North Carolina ballots set to be rejected after GOP imposed strict new rules, data shows - Democracy Docket

    Armed federal agents knock on doors looking for noncitizen voters

    DOJ accuses California of facilitating 'unlawful voting'

    ‘They will all go to jail’: Trump threatens California officials amid push to reject 20,000 ballots - Democracy Docket

    Trump DOJ’s California crackdown rests on 25 potentially illegal votes out of 45 million ballots cast - Democracy Docket

    Todd Blanche must confirm DOJ won’t seize ballots, senators demand - Democracy Docket

    https://www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/s/z2671NMevR

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  11. Daily Episode 268 - How quickly things can change

    22 oktober 2026 · 19 min

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    Things can change quickly in a collapsing world. We often think of what the future will be like, and forget that collapse is being experienced today, in a million different little ways: Lees meer

    French supermarkets targeted by massive defrost cyberattack

    ‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify | Protest | The Guardian

    FEMA tells states to handle disasters on their own - POLITICO

    Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals | Norway | The Guardian

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  12. Daily Episode 267 - Asking the Right Economic Questions

    21 oktober 2026 · 16 min

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    The way that we measure the economy is deeply flawed, as is manifest by the fact that the government says the economy is currently healthy. Do you feel confident in our current economy? Lees meer

    US families are behind on bills at rate not seen since Great Recession of 2008 | The Independent

    IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’ | International Monetary Fund (IMF) | The Guardian

    Global Oil Tanker Shortage is Getting Worse By the Day

    America Is Measuring Its Economy Wrong

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  13. Daily Episode 266 - An Accelerating Rate of the Rate of Accelaration

    20 oktober 2026 · 16 min

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    New papers have come out emphasizing the increase in the rate of change, when it comes to the warming of the planet Lees meer

    A recent doubling of global warming rate signals a 1.5 °C breach by 2028 | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

    Climate Change Is Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond, Scientists Warn

    Global Warming Rate Has Recently Doubled Meaning We Pass 1.5C By 2028 and 2.0C by as Early as 2038 : r/collapse

    Scientists say Doomsday Glacier melting ‘aggressively’ | CNN

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  14. Daily Episode 265 - New Study on Humanity's Biggest Threats

    19 oktober 2026 · 21 min

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    A new report analyses the 17 biggest threats that humanity faces, including a couple of possibilities for extinction: Lees meer

    Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment | Global health | The Guardian

    The Lancet Commission on 21st century global threats to health

    Rethinking threats to human survival - The Lancet

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  15. Daily Episode 264 - This Week in Fascism #45

    16 oktober 2026 · 16 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    Ilhan Omar investigation seeks to denaturalize member: Report

    ICE Planning $100 Million ‘Nightmare’ Domestic Spy Program - The American Prospect

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  16. Daily Episode 263 - Continuing decline of ecosystems and biodiversity

    15 oktober 2026 · 18 min

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    Species are declining at an accelerating rate. Here, a glimpse into some of them: Lees meer

    ‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record | Birds | The Guardian

    Populations of wild species fell by an average of 73% from 1970 to 2022, WWF says - The Japan Times

    World's largest penguin colony hit by climate-driven decline

    Puffin island Lundy on cusp of closure as it runs out of water

    Redwoods are iconic ecosystems. But now they’re overheating. | Vox

    Vegetables are now half as nutritious than 60 years ago. Experts have worked out why | The Independent

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  17. Daily Episode 262 - Increasing Methane Emissions

    14 oktober 2026 · 15 min

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    Just because we don't talk about it often doesn't mean it isn't happening... Methan emission are growing and aren't accounted for in the models: Lees meer

    Revealed: the methane mega-leaks from UN climate summit host Turkey | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian

    US will rescind policy targeting oil and gas industry methane leaks | Reuters

    Heat-trapping gas once frozen in Arctic ground is slowly leaking and warming the planet

    Decadal doubling of Siberian methane emissions due to warming-induced fires and methanogenesis | Science

    Siberian methane emissions have doubled in a decade, study co-led by UK scientists finds | EurekAlert!

    Siberia's growing methane threat could offset 20% of global methane reduction targets by 2050

    Extreme weather likely to increase methane emissions from landfills | Research | Chemistry World

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  18. Daily Episode 261 - How nations will react to mass migration

    13 oktober 2026 · 15 min

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    As pressure builds on the nations first (and most severely) impacted by Climate Change and collapse, a Substack article considers the force that will be used against migrants fleeing the chaos. Lees meer

    Comments - The Massacres are Coming - by Sarah Connor

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  19. Daily Episode 260 - Localized Impacts of Strengthening El Nino

    12 oktober 2026 · 17 min

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    As the Super El Nino continues to grow, local governments are taking pre-emptive actions: Lees meer

    We're gonna need a bigger chart : r/collapse

    We have a bigger chart : r/collapse

    The clocks are changing and so is the season - get ready for a summer of weather surprises Auckland - OurAuckland

    ‘Like an earthquake’: El Niño is coming for California – is the state ready? | California | The Guardian

    How California is bracing for a winter of floods, fires and extreme storms all at once | Environment | The Guardian

    El Niño high tides will batter California Thanksgiving, Christmas

    Ten things to do right now to prepare for predicted severe El Niño impacts | ANR News Releases

    The Godzilla El Niño Is a Rehearsal for the Rest of Our Lives - Bloomberg

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  20. Daily Episode 259 - This Week in Fascism #44

    9 oktober 2026 · 35 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    This time, take Trump literally

    'Should Concern All Americans': Records Show ICE Has Gathered 50 Million Voter Records Ahead of Midterms | Common Dreams

    Trump plan to send 1,000 DOJ monitors to the polls could ‘jeopardize the election,’ NAACP lawsuit warns | The Independent

    DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms - Democracy Docket

    ICE is already showing up near voting sites, bolstering lawsuit against armed agents at polls - Democracy Docket

    Trump admin quietly changed overseas voter form at 11th hour to disenfranchise Democrats, lawsuit says - Democracy Docket

    GOP-controlled Georgia election board asks DOJ to declare state’s voting machines illegal - Democracy Docket

    Election deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Trump’s commerce secretary to regulate voting machines - Democracy Docket

    New Jersey GOP operative, pardoned by Trump, accused of scheming to purge Democratic voters ahead of midterms - Democracy Docket

    Can Trump really pay for campaign ads with your tax dollars?

    Trump Calls for Media Outlets to Be Arrested Over Rally Coverage

    ABC to federal judge: Trump’s FCC is holding our head on a ‘guillotine’ | CNN Business

    FBI Whistleblower: Trump Ordered Probe of Protesters Over a TikTok | The New Republic

    Pete Hegseth's New Religious Affairs Office Sparks a Legal Church-State Fight

    Veterans at NYC Homeless Shelter Could Lose Funding; City Clashes With VA Over Trump Orders

    Congress’ Watchdog Finds Trump Illegally Withheld More Than $1 Billion in Federal Funds - The Washington Sun

    Whistleblower who flagged Lutnick’s links to Epstein dies by suicide - The Banker

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  21. Daily Episode 258 - Revisiting Episode 63

    8 oktober 2026 · 51 min

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    Revisiting Episode 63: Why we're wrong or so they say - Resource Scarcity Lees meer

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  22. Daily Episode 257 - Revisiting Episode 51

    7 oktober 2026 · 49 min

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    Revisiting Episode 51: A conversation with Tom Murphy Lees meer

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  23. Daily Episode 256 - Revisiting Episode 32

    6 oktober 2026 · 36 min

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    Revisiting Episode 32: Overconsumption vs Overpopulation Lees meer

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  24. Daily Episode 255 - Revisiting Episode 11

    5 oktober 2026 · 40 min

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    I'm taking a brief break this week, so we'll revisit some old classics! Lees meer

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  25. Daily Episode 254 - This Week in Fascism #43

    2 oktober 2026 · 30 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    Federal appeals court rejects Donald Trump's challenge to collusion finding tied to IRS settlement

    Trump to Cut Nearly $1 Billion in Pocket Rescission Package (1)

    DOJ Prepares to Investigate Nearly Every Federal Judge in Blue State | The New Republic

    Former Bush Ethics Lawyer: Trump's Taxpayer-Funded Campaign Ad 'Could Be An Impeachable Offense' - Above the Law

    Trump Has Officially Out-Kinged The King We Fought A Revolution To Get Rid Of - Above the Law

    WATCH: Jack Smith says he would prosecute Trump again for 'serious crimes against our nation' | PBS News

    California Authorizes People To Sue ICE, Border Patrol For Constitutional Violations Under New Law By Senator Wiener | Senator Scott Wiener

    January 6 Rioters Claim They Were “Punished,” Demand Restitution | The New Republic

    Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens | US voting rights | The Guardian

    Supreme Court Hands Trump Huge Win in Quest to Make Voting Harder | The New Republic

    DHS failed to provide records supporting Trump’s allegations of noncitizen voting, watchdog says - Democracy Docket

    Georgia election board asks for Trump admin to help go after state’s voting machines - Democracy Docket

    Trump admin violating VRA with armed feds at polls: Lawsuit

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  26. Daily Episode 253 - Private Companies to Control the Climate?

    1 oktober 2026 · 18 min

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    The climate keeps spinning out of control. Are we really going to allow private companies to make a profit off sketchy attempts to "fix" it? Lees meer

    ‘Our house was under water’: Bangkok floods force thousands into shelters as disaster declared | Thailand | The Guardian

    'New reality': Calif. scientists uncover why rivers are turning orange

    The company with a $10 billion a year plan to cool the planet | CNN

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  27. Daily Episode 252 - Glacier Meltdown

    30 september 2026 · 15 min

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    Glacier collapse is accelerating. In this episode we discuss the rate of change, as well as the impacts it will have on people and ecosystems. Lees meer

    Europe's earliest glacier loss day in years signals a reckoning for the Alps

    Glacier Collapse Threatens Southeastern Tibetan River Basin : r/collapse

    Microbial communities and ecological functions shift with glacier retreat in the Canadian High Arctic | Scientific Reports

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  28. Daily Episode 251 - What to Expect from an Oil Shock?

    29 september 2026 · 20 min

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    Going deeper into last weeks' episode on the potential impacts of an extended oil shock: Lees meer

    Armed group shuts pipeline from Libya's largest oil field, jeopardising exports | Euronews

    Macron Calls for Another Emergency Oil Release as Europe Loses Supply | OilPrice.com

    ‘Half my day’s pay goes to filling up my car now’: diesel crisis ripples across Britain | Petrol prices | The Guardian

    How record diesel prices will rip through the U.S. economy

    Global Food Shock is Imminent: Stock Up on Your Favorites Now - The New Sentinel

    People dont realize how dependent most of the world is on oil and how quickly the economy/society will collapse without it : r/collapse

    Silver Lining to the Oil Shortages : r/collapse

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  29. Daily Episode 250 - What the governments won't tell us

    28 september 2026 · 14 min

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    What do governments suspect about collapse that won't share with us? Lees meer

    UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer | Climate crisis | The Guardian

    ‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Climate crisis | The Guardian

    Opinion | Climate Catastrophe Is Still on the Table - The New York Times

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  30. Daily Episode 249 - This Week In Fascism #42

    25 september 2026 · 24 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    White House faces mounting legal backlash after barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico

    CNN, MS NOW and Politico go back to court after reporters were denied access to the White House despite judge’s order | CNN Politics

    MS NOW reports that their White House reproter was denied access to the White House this morning despite a court order demanding she have access : r/law

    The Source Behind The Ban

    Trump cites national security, midterms coverage to defend press ban - POLITICO

    Border agents can search cellphones without a warrant: Court

    ICE Just Made Thousands of Detainees Vanish From Its System | The New Republic

    Revealed: ICE lost count of miscarriages, while detaining a record number of pregnant women | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian

    ICE accused of continuing warrantless arrests in Oregon despite injunction | Courthouse News Service

    ICE is Quietly Firing Recruits, Including a Marine Reservist Who Died by Suicide

    FBI Security Breach: Hackers 'Steal Data' on Every Agent Under Kash Patel

    The Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the Midterms - The Atlantic

    Democrats sue Trump admin to keep armed agents from polls during midterms - Democracy Docket

    Governor Newsom signs new laws to protect California elections from Trump interference | Governor of California

    Lawsuits seek to prevent federal officers at polls : NPR

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  31. Daily Episode 248 - Record Moisture, Record Heat. El Nino is starting to show it's ugly head

    24 september 2026 · 24 min

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    As El Nino starts to ramp up, we're seeing record breaking indicators of a rough next 12 months: Lees meer

    ‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian

    Huge El Niño projected to cause more than 450,000 deaths by February | El Niño southern oscillation | The Guardian

    news.mongabay.com/2026/09/global-ocean-breaks-records-with-100-days-of-heat-as-el-nino-adds-new-threat/amp/

    Sea dragon populations decimated in ‘mind-blowing’ mass mortality event caused by South Australian algal bloom | South Australian algal bloom | The Guardian

    With millions of dead oysters and mounting debt, P.E.I. farmers fear they'll lose everything | CBC Radio

    Hurricane Polo intensifies into Category 5 storm, fueling Southwest flood threat | Fox Weather

    The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record

    El Niño and global heating pushes water vapour in Earth’s atmosphere to record levels in August | Environment | The Guardian

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  32. Daily Episode 247 - Hypocrisy of Leadership

    23 september 2026 · 12 min

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    A short one today. I was angry and needed to take a break. Lees meer

    E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants - The New York Times

    Prime Minister Carney introduces new Productivity Mega Deduction to boost Canada’s advantage as the most competitive G7 country for new business investment | Prime Minister of Canada

    Canada’s Changing Climate Report 2026: Headline statements - Canada.ca

    Exxon raises 2050 global emissions forecast, sees slower coal decline | Reuters

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  33. Daily Episode 246 - Ongoing Oil Shock

    22 september 2026 · 21 min

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    A deeper look at the oil/diesel availability crisis around the world: Lees meer

    Some Gas Stations ‘Out of Diesel’ as Prices Surge - Newsweek

    Oil: What next as Saudi Arabia scrambles to restore East-West pipeline

    Saudis tell European refiners they’ll get no crude next month | Financial Post

    The Depletion Ledger — The Oil Supply Crisis

    Costco Is Rationing Oil And Doubling Its Price As Supply Dwindles

    Skyrocketing fuel prices spark protests around the globe | CNN

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  34. Daily Episode 245 - Winter is Coming

    21 september 2026 · 17 min

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    Winter is coming, and with it many challenges. Lees meer

    Winter is Coming for Diesel | Rigzone

    "There is no money." Russian farmers began to massively refuse to sow winter wheat - Russian Service of The Moscow Times

    61% of French groundwater monitoring points sit below normal, up from 44% a year ago. The autumn rain everyone is waiting for mostly will not reach the aquifer. : r/collapse

    Panama canal traffic facing further cuts as drought from El Niño worsens | Panama canal | The Guardian

    Kelvin Waves: What they are, and why they pose a threat to Southern California : r/collapse

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  35. Daily Episode 244 - This Week in Fascism #41

    18 september 2026 · 17 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    Trump erupts at Supreme Court for being ‘bullied by the Radical Left’ after mail-in ballot ruling | The Independent

    Trump Makes Crowd Swear Pledge to “Cheat Like Hell” This Election | The New Republic

    Bush-Appointed Judge J. Michael Luttig Warns of ‘Another Jan. 6’ After Midterms

    WATCH: Blumenthal asks Patel to commit to not sending FBI agents to polling places on Election Day | PBS News : r/law

    The IRS shared info it shouldn’t have with ICE. What now?

    Homeland Security officers are illegally accessing state voter data, new whistleblower alleges - Democracy Docket

    Former US detention officer charged with 20 counts of felony forgery | North Carolina | The Guardian

    ICE Attacks Two U.S. Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in Marines | The New Republic

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  36. Daily Episode 243 - Heat is increasing... increasingly

    17 september 2026 · 13 min

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    The rate at which the planet is heating is accelerating. Models haven't taken this into account, so when do we hit climate sensitivity, and how hot will that be? Lees meer

    Post by @climatecasino.net — Bluesky

    Climate ‘feedback loops’ could worsen global warming by 30%, study finds | Climate crisis | The Guardian

    The Arctic melt season is now more than a month longer than it was in the 1980s, new research on sea ice trends shows

    The U.S. just had its hottest summer on record, NOAA says - CBS News

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  37. Daily Episode 242 - Take AI Development Seriously

    16 september 2026 · 20 min

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    AI is an increasingly divisive topic, even (or especially) among collapse aware folk. How seriously should we take its development? Lees meer

    Anthropic Researcher Quit, Says AI Labs Are 'Gambling With Our Lives' - Business Insider

    Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit | The New Yorker

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  38. Daily Episode 241 - And it starts at the bottom

    15 september 2026 · 14 min

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    Today we take a look at the bottom of the marine food chain, where new research indicates things aren't looking to great: Lees meer

    Climate change may erase 25 million hectares of kelp forests by 2050

    Seaweed carbon removal cannot keep up with climate-driven loss | PLOS Biology

    Projected declines in zooplankton energy supporting Northwest European Shelf ecosystems | Communications Earth & Environment

    s43247-026-03840-1_reference.pdf (PDF)

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  39. Daily Episode 240 - Wildlife is running out of time

    14 september 2026 · 18 min

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    Wildlife is collapsing, and time is running low to make the changes we must in order to protect them. Lees meer

    Gray whales are washing up dead on the West Coast. The reason is alarming | Scientific American

    France's wildlife suffers severe blow from intense heat: 'The entire food chain is disrupted'

    Bears, coyotes spotted in unexpected SoCal places during scorching heat wave - ABC7 Los Angeles

    One effect of climate change: More rats, ticks and mosquitoes — and more disease - Evanston RoundTable

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  40. Daily Episode 239 - This Week in Fascism #40

    11 september 2026 · 23 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    Judge blocks Trump’s new USPS rules for mail-in ballots with just weeks before midterm elections | The Independent

    2026 midterms: Trump is getting the mail-ballot chaos he wants.

    US House passes bill penalizing universities that participate in boycott of Israel | House of Representatives | The Guardian

    Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won't Air After FCC Threats

    Meagan Morris Speaks From Jail After Being Sentenced to 50 Years by the Trump Administration for an Alleged Terrorist Attack [WATCH]

    ICE Arrests Soar as People With No Criminal Record Are Increasingly Targeted - The New York Times

    Trump Pushes to Rename New Mexico ‘New America,’ but He Can’t Do It by Executive Order | Law Commentary

    Donald Trump pledges $5K dividend if GOP wins Congress

    Judge reinforces order banning immediate work on Trump’s 250-foot arch

    Constitution Doesn’t Cover Right to Clean Water, Court Rules (1)

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  41. Daily Episode 238 - Do people even want change?

    10 september 2026 · 21 min

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    Am I alone in imagining a better future? A whole bunch of data says no: Lees meer

    Support for changing the current economic system | Pew Research Center

    Americans stand out internationally for their pessimism about the nation’s political system | Pew Research Center

    AP-NORC America 250 Poll - AP-NORC

    Harvard Youth Poll Finds a Generation Under Pressure — and Losing Faith in the System | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University

    51st Edition - Fall 2025 | The Institute of Politics at Harvard University

    Americans End Year in Gloomy Mood

    New poll: Just 13% of youth feel America is headed in the right direction | Harvard Kennedy School

    Young Voters Have Growing Power, but Broken Politics Leave Them ‘Fatalistic,’ Studies Find | Research UC Berkeley

    The State of Public Trust in Government 2025 - Partnership for Public Service

    New Low in U.S. 'Very Satisfied' With Personal Life

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  42. Daily Episode 237 - Is there a point to it all?

    9 september 2026 · 25 min

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    If collapse is inevitable, is there a point to trying? Lees meer

    FYI the episode contains spoilers for the musical "Hadestown".

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  43. Daily Episode 236 - Renewables have made big strides: Can they save us now?

    8 september 2026 · 22 min

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    Renewables have made massive strides in the 2020s. I answer the question that still comes up from time to time: Can a successful rollout of renewables save society from collapse? Lees meer

    Tracking the energy transition: Where are we now? | McKinsey

    So, where exactly does the US energy transition stand? | Canary Media

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  44. Daily Episode 235 - +1.5C is Dead

    7 september 2026 · 19 min

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    A new UN report officially announced that limiting warming to +1.5C is no longer a viable goal: Lees meer

    Global heating will hit at least 1.8C, UN warns, and there are ‘no good outcomes’ | Climate crisis | The Guardian

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  45. Daily Episode 234 - This week in Fascism #39

    4 september 2026 · 27 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    Judge Tells RFK Jr. to Stop Using Fake AI Studies on Teen Pregnancy | The New Republic

    Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Stanford Students Who Criticized Israel - The New York Times

    The U.S. Has Killed 227 Civilians in Boat Strikes During “A Year of Murders”

    IRS Softens on Businesses in Wake of Agency Worker Exodus

    Wyoming judge weighs transgender woman’s self-defense | Advocate.com

    The Trump Administration is Now Claiming That Being a Trans Ally Makes You More Violent. Yes, Really.

    James Talarico: "Nothing terrifies them more, than people who show up to vote...

    Wyoming Governor Objects to ‘Very Odd’ D.O.J. Election Monitoring - The New York Times

    ICE Plans to Pay $5 Million to Create National Voting Database | WIRED

    DHS chief says ICE could make arrests at polling places — ignoring federal ban on armed agents at voting sites - Democracy Docket

    Mail voting live updates: Judge weighs fate of Trump’s anti-voting executive order - Democracy Docket

    ICE owes millions to hospitals and detainees can't get treatment

    ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian

    'Who is Profiting from ICE?' Texas mom's site sparks secret DHS note

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  46. Daily Episode 233 - Collapse and the US Military

    3 september 2026 · 23 min

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    The US military is simultaneously contributing to collapse, as it also says it's working to fight against it (climate change and resulting instability). Meanwhile, it's also tying up its resources, firing all its best people, and opening the world to destabilization. Lees meer

    Sources:

    West Point’s only climate scientist fired after insisting on human causes of climate change | US news | The Guardian

    DOD Preparing for Climate Change Impacts, Official Says > U.S. Department of War > Defense Department News | U.S. Department of War

    The US military’s fatal stance on climate change - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

    Mission impossible? Quantifying military emissions - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

    Experts raise concerns of Army readiness amid Pentagon changes under Hegseth

    Dan Driscoll’s Parting Shot - The Atlantic

    Military leaders warn Hegseth against extending Iran war operations - The Washington Post

    Pentagon furious over Washington Post’s Iran war scoop

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  47. Daily Episode 232 - The US is a Mess

    2 september 2026 · 21 min

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    A collection of articles highlighting the current mess that is the US. And we're just getting started: Lees meer

    Gary, Indiana’s Suffering in a Blackout Brings a Global Crisis Home - Bloomberg

    US kindergarten vaccination rates dip as exemptions hit record high | Vaccines and immunisation | The Guardian

    Baby goats had rabies at NC petting zoo, attendees urged to contact health officials | CNN

    New Mexico’s largest reservoir shrinks to its lowest level in 55 years

    The US has a plan to save the Colorado River. Experts say it won’t be enough to stop the crisis | Colorado river crisis | The Guardian

    ICE purchasing Boston Dynamics robots to support operations - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

    Nearly 300K California students are homeless, enough to fill 5 Dodger Stadiums: UCLA | KTLA

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  48. Daily Episode 231 - Nepal's Disaster made more likely by Climate Change

    1 september 2026 · 17 min

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    A look at stories across the world related to climate change, including the story of a landslide/flash flood along the Tibet/Nepal boarder that has resulted in the deaths of hundreds, and likely thousands. Lees meer

    It's all gone. Flash Flood in Nepal sweeps away cities after cities. : r/collapse

    Panama Canal to cut daily ship traffic as drought worsens from El Nino - France 24

    Japan's farmers go nocturnal as deadly heat intensifies

    ‘Like smoking a cigarette’: Indonesia chokes on haze as blazes intensify amid super ‘El Niño’ | Indonesia | The Guardian

    Brazil's President Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon river

    A melting glacier contributed to the deadly Nepal floods. We can expect more like this : NPR

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  49. Daily Episode 230 - Climate Change News across Europe

    31 augustus 2026 · 20 min

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    A look at several articles highlighting this summer of climate chaos in Europe: Lees meer

    Lake Zurich sees water level hit record low amid drought

    European farmers face ‘unprecedented crisis’ after successive heatwaves | Farming | The Guardian

    France faces lowest potato yield in over 30 years as drought hits crops

    Heat wave-hit Europe logs over 30,000 excess summer deaths: First figures

    Europe: Wildfire affected area could triple due to climate change | PreventionWeb

    UK to warn citizens to stock up on food amid threat from climate crisis and hostile states | Defence policy | The Guardian

    Last year’s output from Norway’s fossil-fuel giant ‘will kill up to 58,000 people’ – EUobserver

    Fotograf dokumenterer hvordan norske breer forsvinner – NRK Innlandet – Lokale nyheter, TV og radio

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  50. Daily Episode 229 - This Week in Fascism #38

    28 augustus 2026 · 27 min

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    Sources: Lees meer

    Supreme Court Sides With Trump for Now on Mail Ballot Curbs - Bloomberg

    Half the Country Sues to Stop Trump’s Dangerous USPS Mail Ballot Rule | The New Republic

    Trump Pardons of Fraudsters Cost Victims Nearly $2 Billion | The New Republic

    Trump Administration Ends Corporate Ownership Reporting Rule, Orders U.S. Records Deleted

    Texas Secretly Started Torturing Trans Prisoners By Forcibly Detransitioning Them ‘a Few Weeks Ago’

    Federal judge strikes down Rubio's immigrant visa freeze on 75 nations | Fox News

    20260814175803632_TRUMP_Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.pdf (PDF)

    Trump admin says Kennedy Center 'cannot be saved' without his name

    Trump administration is preparing to revoke visas of up to 200,000 foreigners | AP News

    Judge strikes down Texas ban on drag shows, tells people offended by them ‘just don’t go’

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