Dr Stephen Pekar
@drclimatewarrior2.bsky.social
Science detective exploring past climates to predict our future Professor Queens College CUNY Climate change communicator Author The Human Dragon Briefing https://substack.com/@stephenpekar Non-fiction writer & Dad of a beautiful little daughter & son
The Human Dragons spent decades telling us we're powerless while they hoarded wealth, bought politicians, and delayed climate action. A major global report says the opposite: humanity can build a prosperous, climate-safe future, but only by defanging the human dragons. substack.com/@stephenpeka...
Every new record-breaking heat wave brings the same excuse: "It's just El Niño." James Hansen's latest analysis says otherwise. The Human Dragons want us to blame nature, not burning fossil fuels, making them richer while endangering our children's future. open.substack.com/pub/stephenp...
A new climate study projects major declines in global food production by 2050. This wasn't inevitable. The Human Dragons spent decades protecting fossil fuel profits while delaying climate action. Our children will inherit the consequences. open.substack.com/pub/stephenp...
The fossil-fuel industry was warned decades ago. Its own scientists studied global warming and predicted what was coming. The Human Dragons had a choice: protect our children’s future or protect the hoard. They chose the money. Our children inherit the consequences. substack.com/@stephenpeka...
Human Dragon Briefing: The Mother of All Human Dragon Stories — Part 2
They Knew the Planet Was Burning. They Chose the Money Anyway.
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The fossil-fuel industry was warned decades ago. Its own scientists studied global warming & predicted what was coming. The Human Dragons had a choice: protect our children’s future or protect their hoard. They chose the money. Our children inherit the consequences. Read Part 2
When our children are our age, they will live in a catastrophically worse world than the one we knew, unless we dramatically change course on climate change. The Human Dragons had a choice: protect our children’s future or protect the hoard. stephenpekar.substack.com/p/human-drag...
Human Dragon Briefing: The Mother of All Human Dragon Stories — Part 1
Our Children Will Inherit a Catastrophically Worse World. Are We Really Willing to Accept That?
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JD Vance's 2016 essay correctly recognized America's pain, but it never identified who benefited from it. My latest Human Dragon Briefing argues that the real story isn't one politician. It's the concentration of wealth & power that has reshaped America. Read it here: substack.com/@stephenpeka...
"Free" shipping isn't free. Someone pays the price & often it's the workers whose bodies keep the system running. My latest #HumanDragonBriefing explores Amazon, worker injuries, and what they reveal about an economy driven by endless wealth accumulation. stephenpekar.substack.com/p/human-drag...
New Human Dragon Briefing! Peter Thiel's criticism of the Giving Pledge isn't really about charity. It's about what happens when accumulating wealth becomes the goal itself. The Human Dragon metaphor helps explain why some fortunes are never "enough." Link: stephenpekar.substack.com/p/human-drag...
Human Dragon Briefing 8
When Even Giving Away Half Isn’t Enough for Human Dragons Like Peter Thiel
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This is critical for the 99.99% of the reason why there is a rush to build these monstrosities.
The Collapse Chronicle@collapsechronicle.bsky.social · last mo.“Data centers are the physical substrate that surveillance, digital ID, behavioral scoring, and predictive systems run on. Reclassification of pushback as a threat is the legal lever. Detention capacity is the physical. Language is the cultural.” It’s about surveillance. And we’re paying for it.
We were just one vote from losing the 14th Amendment, as we have four sick SCOTUS. Is this scary or what?!?! Born in the U.S.A. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Born in the U.S.A.
The Supreme Court did the right thing, but four justices are dangerously off their rockers
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New Human Dragon Briefing #7 Would You Kill for Another Billion Dollars? When does ambition become wealth addiction? This article explores why some corporate leaders repeatedly chose profits over people and introduces a new series examining the evidence. stephenpekar.substack.com/p/human-drag...
Human Dragon Briefing #7: Would You Kill for Another Billion Dollars?
The Morality of Wealth Addiction
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This is a disgrace. Many of them have already repaid 2 to 3 X the original loan amount. BTW, I discuss this in the book I just finished writing, on which my Human Dragon Briefing Substack is based (I am now working to secure an agent). www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
They’re in Their 60s and Their Student Loans Won’t Let Them Retire
Student loans are following more Americans into what were supposed to be their retirement years.
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AOC on possibly running for the Senate or President: They assume my ambition is a title or a seat. My ambition is way bigger than that. My ambition is to change this country. Presidents come and go, elected officials come and go, single payer healthcare is forever.
New Human Dragon Briefing is out. What if extreme wealth hoarding isn't ambition, but an addiction? Why do some people keep accumulating billions long after they have more money than they could ever spend? Read Blog #6: stephenpekar.substack.com/p/blog-6-the... #Inequality #HumanDragons
Blog #6: The Human Dragon Briefing
The Human Dragons, Part 1: Why Is Enough Never Enough?
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Human Dragon Briefing #5 is live: "The Biggest Lie Ever Sold: The Myth of the Rich" What if billionaires aren't richer because they're better—but because the rules were written in their favor? Read here: stephenpekar.substack.com/p/the-bigges... #HumanDragonBriefing #MiddleClass #Inequality
The Biggest Lie Ever Sold: The Myth of the Rich
For most of our lives, we have been told a story.
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The Human Dragons told us technology would create a better future. Now many of the same billionaires are buying bunkers and preparing for collapse. If the people who built the system are getting ready to escape it, maybe the rest of us should ask why. www.collapselife.com/p/elites-pre...
The parasite class is prepping for a future they helped create. How many others are seeing it?
Powerful people are privately gaming out AI disruption, war, cults, social breakdown, and survival, while the public is told to trust the system.
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I have created a Substack titled The Human Dragon Briefing: Why the Middle Class Is Struggling, Who Benefits, and What We Can Do About It. Please subscribe, as I will be creating regular posts about the middle class and what we can do about it. open.substack.com/pub/stephenp...
Welcome to The Human Dragon Briefing
Why the Middle Class Is Struggling, Who Benefits, and What We Can Do About It
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This study is chilling as it was expected. MAGA personalities score higher on measures of malevolent traits and lower on empathy and compassion. www.zmescience.com/science/news...
This Study Finds a Chilling Link Between Personality Type and Trump Support
Malevolent traits and reduced empathy go hand in hand.
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This is as bad as the Nazis. This is cowardly, brutal fascism. The Democrats are feckless, as every democratic state & city govt must pass a law for all ICE to have ID &faces visible. PERIOD! Where are the Democrats protecting not only immigrants but US citizens? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’
Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their lives
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I completely agree. The world is heading for a catastrophic collapse in the coming decades. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats and climate groups ‘too polite’ in fight against ‘malevolent’ fossil fuel giants, says key senator
Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island gives 300th climate speech on the US Senate floor
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This is great news for the news!!! This removes the corporate control over how we get information. This could finally be a way to get real news, facts, and information to the average folks. We all need to support her in this endeavor. breakingnews60s.com/lam/rachel-m...
Rachel Maddow’s Quiet Rebellion: Inside Her Secret Plan to Break Free from MSNBC and Reinvent the Future of Journalism - News
It didn’t begin with a press release. Or a headline. Or even a rumor. It began with a silence—a series of quiet, deliberate moves made far from the lights of
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For those who cannot understand why so many MAGA folks are following and cheering such cruelty, watch this. www.filmsforaction.org/watch/what-m...
What Makes Trump & MAGA So Cruel? A Psychiatrist Explains
14 minutes | Have you ever wondered why Trump and MAGA seem so cruel to many people? In this video, psychiatrist Dr Russell Razzaque explains the psychological factors at play. We'll dive into the emo...
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If you want to know Trump's endgame, read this. You need to know who Curtis Yarvin is. theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Friday essay: Trump’s reign fits Curtis Yarvin’s blueprint of a CEO-led American monarchy. What is technological fascism?
The Washington Post called Curtis Yarvin’s blog ‘required reading for the extremely online right’. He advocates for the end of democracy – and a governing monarch.
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For all New Yorkers, See how the human dragon billionaires are doing everything in their power to prevent Mamdani from becoming mayor. If that is not enough reason to vote for him, I don't know what will. www.wsj.com/us-news/nyc-...
NYC Real-Estate Execs Throw Money Behind Adams to Counter Rise of Mamdani
Developers turn their backs on former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and host fundraisers for incumbent mayor
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How the New York Times is hurting Mamdani is disgusting. An ultra-rich family owns the NYT, so I am not surprised. But these articles expose the paper for what it is, a paper for and by the human dragons. It is time for me to cancel my NYT subscription. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Is the New York Times trying to wreck Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral bid? | Margaret Sullivan
With their made-up scandal, combined with the pre-election editorial, the Times looks like it’s on a crusade against Mamdani
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This is what happens when you gut governmental agencies whose purpose is to protect Americans. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...
As Floods Hit, Key Roles Were Vacant at Weather Service Offices in Texas
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There are a few Democrats willing to show some backbone and fight for the middle class and our democracy. AOC is one of them. www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/p...
‘Deal with the devil’: AOC rails on House floor over Trump’s megabill | CNN Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells House members that the provisions in the proposed budget bill ‘jack up’ taxes on those making less than $50,000.
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The descent into fascism is accelerating, and in my opinion, we are almost there. Nearly every day, the Trump administration implements another way to move us into a dictatorship. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump seizes on ‘moral character’ loophole as way to revoke citizenship
A new justice department directive may signal a crackdown on US citizens as part of Trump’s deportation agenda
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