silence7

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by silence7 to c/climate
 

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/15335273

Thanks to the relentless burning of fossil fuels, we are — right now, in real time — departing the Holocene epoch, the Goldilocks zone of relative climate stability that enabled us to build the world as we know it over the past 12,000 years. We must recognize this moment for what it is: the beginning of a new era of civilizational retreat, contraction and consolidation. Call it the post-Holocene.

For context, wildfire has been quite rare in the northeast US for the past few hundred years.

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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by silence7 to c/climate
 

Thanks to the relentless burning of fossil fuels, we are — right now, in real time — departing the Holocene epoch, the Goldilocks zone of relative climate stability that enabled us to build the world as we know it over the past 12,000 years. We must recognize this moment for what it is: the beginning of a new era of civilizational retreat, contraction and consolidation. Call it the post-Holocene.

For context, wildfire has been quite rare in the northeast US for the past few hundred years.

[–] silence7 9 points 2 weeks ago

Probably six months before we see big auctions again.

[–] silence7 26 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

They covered Project 2025 before the election, including the ties Trump's circle has to it.

[–] silence7 6 points 2 weeks ago

This is generally not a great way to do it, since the emissions largely coming from fossil fuel burning. Fewer people doesn't help much if we burn even more.

[–] silence7 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

In practice, those rules made it easier to have centrist primary challenges to Democrats in congress, rather than left-wing ones.

The big thing we need to change is the media environment. Much of the US is a news desert, so people are depending on things like YouTube shorts and Xitter for their news.

[–] silence7 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They've been making it clear for a while.

The problem isn't the NYT here; it's that very few Americans read the NYT.

[–] silence7 20 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)

A whole bunch of Sanders supporters got themselves elected to the DNC and changed the rules to make contested primaries easier. The Democratic party isn't some static thing that we have no control over.

[–] silence7 16 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

It's a lot easier to reshape a political party than to dump them and start afresh.

[–] silence7 3 points 2 weeks ago

Some states mail a sticker with the ballot.

[–] silence7 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He'd have months named after himself if he could.

[–] silence7 21 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

There are a ton of things we should be doing to push Democrats. But not today — to even have a chance of any kind of activism to work, we need to elect them first.

[–] silence7 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If my experience is any guide, Harris weekday rallies are full of people who have already voted, and have been canvassing in the area. People don't go to one because they're expecting a reason to vote for her; they're going because it's a way to stay excited at times of day/week when people are less likely to answer the door.

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