Notices by T Chu 朱 (chu@climatejustice.social)

Watch the GOP try to cancel the Pope now.

We were warned.

But the men in the suits kept saying 'oh but the economy'.

You want to see what will damage an economy? Starving people. And these starving people will suddenly realize their best path of survival is to come after your fancy mansions with pitchforks and raid your bunkers of food.

#ClimateCrisis

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/europes-local-olive-oil-supply-runs-almost-dry-after-summer-of-extreme-weather?s=09

In conversation w a friend, she was surprised when I said we won't have electricity after social collapse. She asked "why? What happens to electricity?"

I had to then explain that infrastructure needs people to maintain and if things fall apart, nobody will keep the generators going or the wires in check. She seemed surprised by this.

Is this why people don't seem worried about what's coming? They have no idea???

I was trying to hide my shock that I had to explain this to someone who isn't a child. I think I take too much for granted and assume too much of people's ability to be logical.

Now her obsession with social issues at the expense of #ClimateCrisis makes sense. I was always wondering how someone on the left would not care about collapse. I have tried to explain before that as much as I share her concerns about the many dire issues that do need dealing with, none of it matters if climate change causes collapse. Then we won't have social housing, or equity, or any of the other things she cares about. (she was even part of a group that protested demanding "affordable gas")

Her look of shock finally helped me realize that she has absolutely no idea what #ClimateCollapse means. No idea. I've been arguing with her all these years and she's had no idea.

I don't even know what to say.

There's no way she's the only one. Lots of well intentioned people say "yes climate is important but....".

I am here to tell you that none of those other issues will even exist in the face of climate and social collapse.

I don't know if the average person can even image the number of deaths that we are facing when the society we built loses electricity.

@Sheril

A prof who I worked with, PROF, like with a PhD and a name in the field declared bankruptcy because his late wife got a cancer diagnosis. He was a tenured prof at the time at a good university.

For Republicans that say if you can't afford xxx, go back to school, get a better job, I really want them to tell this guy to get a second PhD or something. 🙄

He's in Canada now and stressed, but happier I think.

Climate Activists had this underlying assumption that part of our problem was that there was too much disconnect between action and consequence. We thought it was because people couldn't immediately see #ClimateCrisis or its effect was the main problem.

COVID proved that wrong. Literally friends, family, and neighbours were dying and in order to preserve whatever stupid ideology they wanted to preserve, people started suing coroners to take COVID off of their loved ones' death certificates.

We thought if we could show people evidence, they'll accept it and move on. Now we know that evidence is irrelevant. This is the fight of our lives. We are beyond asking nicely. If they are intent on killing us, we must take action to preserve our lives.

@pezmico

Media should switch to "this is rich people induced climate crisis"

@mcnees

You have motivated me to buy a flashlight.