Oh look, a wildfire in Greece, possibly caused by vibrating electricity conductors and fanned by gale-force winds, has burned thousands of hectares of farmland near a popular holiday destination northwest of Athens. #collapse
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Thinking out loud about overshoot, doom, & the pointlessness of being
"Retail investors sold ~20 times more semiconductor and memory stocks than the 2-year average weekly flow in the week ended July 30th. This marks the 3rd weekly sale over the last 4 weeks, following 10 consecutive weekly purchases." (The Kobeissi Letter) #collapse
Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers. #collapse youtu.be/-SGpCnriobw?...
We're Doomed
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Oh look, the Trump administration is set to rejig how it manages nearly 5m acres in northeastern Oregon & southeastern Washington., which could triple logging in the Umatilla, Malheur and Wallowa-Whitman national forests, which comprise the U.S. Forest Service’s Blue Mountains region. #collapse
Oh look, 14% of all domestic electricity customers in Ireland are in arrears. and ff those households behind on their electricity bills, 186,380 are more than three months in arrears. #collapse
Oh look, since the start of the war in Ukraine, more than 450,000 Russian soldiers have been killed, with another 1 million wounded or missing. #collapse
RTÉ News: Three lions die at zoo as Japan swelters in extreme heat
Oh look, Russian crude processing fell to its lowest level in more than two decades in July after Ukraine expanded its drone campaign from refineries to tankers, pipelines and export infrastructure, according to The Moscow Times. #collapse
Oh look, in Spain, the ministry of agriculture predicts the country’s 2026-27 cereal crop will fall from last year’s 24m tonnes to little more than 18.5m tonnes – a forecast made before wildfires took their toll. #collapse
Oh look, the U.S. Red Cross has declared a blood shortage crisis for the second time in 150 years. #collapse
Oh look, Khartoum State has been plunged into a severe water crisis since the beginning of 2026, driven by a dramatic drop in Nile River levels and catastrophic damage to critical utility infrastructure. #collapse
Oh look, Trump is reportedly indifferent to losing congressional majorities in the upcoming midterms because he intends to focus on executive actions and pardons rather than passing legislation, per Axios. #collapse
Daily doomer update: Y'all know the fucking score. #collapse
Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers. #collapse youtu.be/j4nZhKFiKd8?...
God Of The Grain
YouTube video by Amebix - Topic
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Oh look, Jim Cramer has said he's reportedly selling all his Bitcoin, per CoinDesk. #BTCToTheMoon #collapse
Oh look, Romanian naval forces carried out a controlled explosion to help redirect vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube to the country’s last working nuclear reactor, while neighbouring Hungary said it may be able to eke out two more days of power from its only atomic plant. #collapse
Oh look, the US Treasury has informed a number of banks that it may intervene in the Japanese yen market on Friday and that they should "stand ready for future action," per Reuters. #collapse
Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers. #collapse youtu.be/b03LL0DpyTM?...
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - You're Doomed
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“Farmers [in the UK] are telling us this is the worst harvest in years. A sodden winter followed by drought has left wheat at half its usual height and some crops not worth harvesting." (Gavin Lane, the president of the Country, Land and Business Association) #collapse
Oh look, South Korea has registered its highest temperature since records began more than a century ago, as authorities warned people to “immediately” stop all outdoor activities in affected areas. #collapse
"A small town in south-eastern Colorado was recently declared abandoned after all of its local public leaders resigned amid a drinking water supply crisis." (The Guardian) #collapse
"Half a dozen empty Saudi oil tankers have turned away in the Arabian Sea from the Red Sea chokepoint Bab el-Mandeb and headed south around Africa in the western direction, in highly unusual moves for tankers loading crude from the Middle East." (oilprice.com) #collapse
"Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025." (Nahel Belgherrze) #collapse
Oh look... #collapse
John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺@thinkorswim.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s 49C in Basra, Iraq today. Coolest it will get overnight is 36C. Temperatures will top 50C next week. #Climate breakdown is already well underway. Furnace-like conditions like this will continue to spread, year after year.
Oh look, wildfires across more than a quarter of a million acres in Washington state have prompted widespread evacuations and power outages in the Spokane area, state officials said on Saturday evening. #collapse
Oh look, two firefighting helicopters collided in Greece while helping to control a huge wildfire on Sunday that has destroyed more than 100 homes northwest of Athens, while a fresh blaze forced evacuations on the popular tourist island of Kefalonia. #collapse