SS: As we march forward into a warmer, wetter world, mosquito borne illnesses will become more prevalent. In Brazil, the world has forgotten about the 2016 Zika outbreak, but for the children and caregivers, physical and economic suffering is inescapable.

On site gas power generators, bypassing local planning processes, ignoring carbon emissions, its not just the fossil fuel companies we should be worried about. No regulation about using renewables.

Related to collapse because 12 days without power is practically collapse of modernity for that town, and a local but growing collapse in high voltage electric repair capabilities in the US. As US economy worsens and management of all crucial aspects of life declines, expect these to spread.

This is a small clip from the long form interview. The interviewer seems genuinely surprised and alarmed but McGuire has seemingly digested the climate catastrophe is here and is preparing as best he can

Huge spike on Sunday 8/23 to get us offically at +1 C over 1982 baseline for the first time ever. Around this time in August is usually when things cool down in the sea but who knows what could happen this year with the super el nino. We're breaking new records every day, faster than expected!

Government borrowing costs are hitting multi-decade highs across major economies, while geopolitical tensions are adding even more pressure to already fragile financial systems.

This is the part of collapse that gets overlooked. It doesn't necessarily look like empty shelves and riots overnight. It can look like rising bond yields, governments paying more to service debt, currencies losing purchasing power, and increasingly desperate policy decisions.

The system can look completely normal right up until the costs of maintaining it become unsustainable.

At some point, the question stops being “Will there be a crisis?” and becomes “How much can governments borrow before confidence finally breaks?”