Sounds more like a leak than an announcement.

Probably no one can stop it immediately but it’s up to citizens to run interference as much as we can safely.

If you are in Chicagoland connect with your local orgs, I guarantee you there are some people strategizing against this.

Resistance to Trump was fairly successful. It’s one reason his first administration was so ineffective.

It’s kind of scary that people are responding so passively and pessimistically this time. We need to rally and energize if we’re going to make it through the next 4 years and protect the people his administration seeks to harm.

Oh, sorry I don’t understand how censorship works on Twitter I guess.

First, it didn’t get taken down so I’m not sure why you shared this. Secondly, this definitely appears to be a troll post so yeah people usually don’t like being trolled. I’m not sure why you’re acting surprised.

Edit: ignore me, I’m ignorant of the ways of twitter.

Seems a bit redundant there.

No one knows the future so I think this kind of speculation is a bit pointless. Also, there can be many different kinds of collapse that look very different.

I don’t think the US is going to transition into some kind of mad max scenario or glorious people’s republic any time soon, and maybe not ever. It may suffer some serious hardships in the coming decades due to eroding democratic values and the unfolding climate emergency. These hardships could lead to substantial changes in economics or governance but probably not what people imagine in terms of collapse.

Gotta focus on what you personally have control over. We can’t directly influence the way other people behave, especially those we don’t know. Refocus on how you can help (and be helped by) people in your own community and you will feel much better.

If you’re not sure where to start just do an internet search for “mutual aid [your city/region]” and show up to an in-person event. That should get the ball rolling.

It was only when Minsung traded video games for playing real-life games, including Dungeons and Dragons, that he met women, and his views shifted. He became, in his words, an “ardent feminist”.

Tabletop gaming has really come a long way since the early days.

Reddit is a living emblem of the problem this is trying to solve so I have no idea what you mean.

Mods can’t be trusted to enforce the truth. It’s far too complicated and they invariably end up enforcing their own distorted view of the world instead.

There’s no evidence this happens on Lemmy though. You don’t need a conspiracy to explain the fact that the site was founded by people with a certain viewpoint and it has and continues to attract more such people as it grows.

I know we’re all supposed to be dunking on this for being “cringe” or whatever but honestly what’s the harm? It’s an object and if it brings people joy that’s their business not mine.

Maybe someday but I think it’s a long way off, and again, other sources of water would be far more practical so even if it becomes possible it’s unlikely to be economical.

But putting distant future hypothetical tech aside I doubt this is a factor here. The emerging mineral resources are reason enough on their own.

Resource extraction yes but there’s no practical way to transport large quantities of water from Greenland to the West where it’s needed. People have come up with similar ideas with the Great Lakes but the engineering required is insane and would be the largest public works project in human history.

There are much much cheaper ways to increase water supplies in the West, and some of them may even be worthwhile.

During the drought it was awful you could barely go outside for weeks on end. Last few years had been better until now but we’ll see. Extremely weird to have fires in January like this.

This really doesn’t end as well for you as you think it does.

Thanks, I will need to read up on these things.

I completely agree but that’s a conclusion that requires someone to think deeply about these topics and challenge the common definition of words. Most people haven’t done that, so I was setting that aside in this case. I don’t really blame people for not having challenged deeply held belief systems and categories of transgressive behavior in our society, much as I wish they would.

Funny but I saw the original post and I’m pretty sure the point was to mock or chastise the person who had this bumper sticker, not celebrate it. So it doesn’t seem inconsistent to allow it while also removing that comment.

As someone who plants a lot of trees, the main benefit in my view is the huge protective effect they’ll have on extreme heat in urban areas. They’re an essential climate adaptation strategy but not a very good preventative one.