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Expat RepeatNew <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> tip: be mentally prepared for some epic failures. Those young, fit, energetic folks on YouTube and TikTok make it look easy, but they only show you their successes. If you manage to try ANYTHING new, even if you fail, I’m here to applaud you. Or even if you don't manage to try anything new, you are surviving, and I applaud that too. Solidarity.

scholar_farmerFrom the Guardian: “‘It’s Disneyland for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a>’: why apocalypse-minded shoppers go to Costco”“more than half of US families stockpile food, according to the market research firm Packaged Facts, signaling some level of concern with the state of things”I read <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dystopian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dystopian</a> literature a LOT, especially during graduate school, but evidently now my compatriots think it’s a way of life…<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/costco-preppers-apocalypse-meal-kit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/21/costco-preppers-apocalypse-meal-kit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a>

ClemensPSuter“<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a> is really screwed, so let’s slow down, help each other, be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nicer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nicer</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animals</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> , defend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freedom</a> , grow <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> , <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/play" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#play</a> more, be <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openminded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openminded</a> about what might <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#help</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/forgive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#forgive</a> ourselves.”- <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lefty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lefty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> are taking a different approach to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doomsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doomsday</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/17/preppers-liberals-climate-collapse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/17/preppers-liberals-climate-collapse?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/earthday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earthday</a>

Garry Knight‘All of his guns will do nothing for him’: lefty preppers are taking a different approach to doomsday'Liberals in the US make up about 15% of the prepping scene and their numbers are growing'Relevant worldwide.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Preppers</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EndTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndTimes</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/17/preppers-liberals-climate-collapse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/apr/17/preppers-liberals-climate-collapse</a>

Mike<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@N0ty3p" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@N0ty3p</a> The UK Red Cross advice for emergency kit is here: <a href="https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies/prepare-an-emergency-kit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies/prepare-an-emergency-kit</a>And their general household advice page is excellent <a href="https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-help/prepare-for-emergencies</a><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/prepping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prepping</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ukpreparedness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukpreparedness</a>

Revista 15/15\15"Desde pequeñitos y jugando, hablábamos de cómo actuar en un apocalipsis, qué hacer si el mundo colapsa, si hay un apagón mundial o si vienen los zombies (...)" ES: <a href="https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/03/04/jugando-al-apocalipsis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.15-15-15.org/webzine/2025/03/04/jugando-al-apocalipsis/</a> <a href="https://15-15-15.social/tags/colapso" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colapso</a> <a href="https://15-15-15.social/tags/homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeschooling</a> <a href="https://15-15-15.social/tags/pandemia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pandemia</a> <a href="https://15-15-15.social/tags/educacion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#educacion</a> <a href="https://15-15-15.social/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a>

Adële 🦥Kiwix Server is awesome !You can have many documentation, books and even Wikipedia... on a local server.Kiwix software is available here : <a href="https://kiwix.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://kiwix.org/</a>And a bunch of ZIM files (format used by kiwix) on <a href="https://library.kiwix.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://library.kiwix.org/</a>You can test my personal instance running on a home smolserver (atom cpu) on <a href="https://zim.pollux.casa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://zim.pollux.casa/</a><a href="https://social.pollux.casa/tags/kiwix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kiwix</a> <a href="https://social.pollux.casa/tags/zim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zim</a> <a href="https://social.pollux.casa/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://social.pollux.casa/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resilience</a>

R3Foresta🔥 DOOMSDAY 2025: EL DÍA QUE DEFINIRÁ NUESTRO FUTURO 🚒El Doomsday 2025, también conocido como el Día del Juicio Final, se recuerda el 13 de enero de 2025, una fecha simbólica que marca el punto crítico en la crisis ambiental y geopolítica global. Es el momento en que científicos, activistas y líderes mundiales advierten que, si no se toman medidas drásticas, el planeta cruzará un umbral irreversible de destrucción.Este día no es una profecía mística, sino un recordatorio brutal de las consecuencias del cambio climático, la deforestación masiva, la escasez de agua y el colapso de ecosistemas esenciales. También representa la amenaza de conflictos por recursos, crisis económicas y la creciente inestabilidad social.El objetivo del Doomsday 2025 es despertar conciencia y acción inmediata. No es solo una advertencia, sino un llamado a la transformación. La humanidad aún puede revertir el curso, pero el tiempo se agota. ¿Tomaremos las decisiones correctas antes de que sea demasiado tarde?Más información WhatsApp +591 767 77544<a href="https://masto.es/tags/R3Foresta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#R3Foresta</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Doomsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Doomsday</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/R3ForestaDoomsday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#R3ForestaDoomsday</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Apocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apocalypse</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/EndOfTheWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndOfTheWorld</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Armageddon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Armageddon</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/TheEndIsNear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheEndIsNear</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ConspiracyTheories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConspiracyTheories</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/EndTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndTimes</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Nostradamus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nostradamus</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Prophecy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Prophecy</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Survival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Survival</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GlobalWarming</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extinction</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/EarthCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthCrisis</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Preppers</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Survivalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Survivalist</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/DoomsdayPreppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoomsdayPreppers</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/BugOutBag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BugOutBag</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/SHTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SHTF</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/DoomsdayClock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoomsdayClock</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/WW3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WW3</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blackout</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/AIpocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIpocalypse</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ZombieApocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZombieApocalypse</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Octant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Octant</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/Arbitrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arbitrum</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/EcoToken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoToken</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/OctantR3Foresta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OctantR3Foresta</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ArbitrumR3Foresta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ArbitrumR3Foresta</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/EcoTokenR3Foresta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EcoTokenR3Foresta</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/AppR3Foresta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppR3Foresta</a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/CapturaCo2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CapturaCo2</a>

Mountain ⛰️Hello everyone, I'm Mountain, I'm a new Mastodon user. I run a phpBB board for women needing a non-reddit community in these uncertain times (<a href="https://twox.prep.gameplayer.club" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://twox.prep.gameplayer.club</a>) as well as the r/grimezs subreddit, which has documented the musician Grimes' ties to technofascism in the US. My profile picture is AI generated slop, please don't let that deter you from following this account. <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/new" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#new</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/goodbyetwitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#goodbyetwitter</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/twittermigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twittermigration</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mastodonmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mastodonmusic</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reddit</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/grimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grimes</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/edm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#edm</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aiart</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fashion</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/prepping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prepping</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/phpbb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phpbb</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/technofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technofascism</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/muskcoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#muskcoup</a>

WulfricI almost feel bad for all the years of thinking badly of preppers. It's starting to look like they were right, but the irony is that they voted to make it happen. Wait, is it irony or did they just decide it was time?<a href="https://beige.party/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a>

UNINOIZEHowdy ho my Canadian neighbourinos! Remember to prep for the tariffs: Made in Canada groceries only. This should help: <a href="https://madeinca.ca/grocery-store-guide/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://madeinca.ca/grocery-store-guide/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tariffs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prep</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/prepper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prepper</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kkkanada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kkkanada</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canaduh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canaduh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amerikkka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amerikkka</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#america</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tradewar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tradewar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/getrekt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#getrekt</a>

amen zwa, esq.For mindful <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a>:• Casio G-Shock square GWM5610-1 solar—ya gotta tell time • Victorinox Compact—ya gotta cut things up • Lodge 6" cast-iron skillet—ya gotta cook and scoff • Categories for the Working Mathematician—ya gotta keep yaself amused

The Bonny Prepping QuineIt’s time to Prepare <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/prepping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prepping</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/doomsdaypreppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doomsdaypreppers</a>

TheNovemberFella ✊🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀<a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a> The dumbest fucking thing about <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> : imagine if, instead of "preparing" for some imagined future crisis, they put all that thought and time and energy into taking care of their communities and the immediate problems thereof.Maybe the great crash/disaster/apocalypse /revolution wouldn't seem so imminent then.But they'd have to care beyond just themselves 🙄

Coach Pāṇini ®“Neoliberalism's mind-zap is to convince us all that our only role in society is as an individual”- <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pluralistic</a><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/24/mall-ninja-prophecy/#mano-a-mano" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/24/mall-ninja-prophecy/#mano-a-mano</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neoliberalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a>

Julie WebgirlROLL CALLAfter the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BombCyclone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BombCyclone</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WAWX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WAWX</a> event in the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Seattle</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PNW</a> how many of you are warm, fed & comfortable AND have no power?No?Might want to take a few steps on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EmergencyPrep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmergencyPrep</a> & stop mocking <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Preppers</a>. Just sayin.

Shantell PowellHow am I supposed to believe people’s zombie apocalypse survival plans when they won’t even wear masks or get vaccinated against COVID? <a href="https://c.im/tags/MaskUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaskUp</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/ZombieApocalypse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZombieApocalypse</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Zombies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zombies</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CovidIsNotOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CovidIsNotOver</a>

Kent Pitman<a href="https://mastodon.social/@salixsericea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@salixsericea</a> I have trouble with this because the foundations of such arguments are based on trends that presume some kind of physics, when economies are structurally, if not also actually, more like whims. A panic over something can send prices spinning in one or another direction. There is no structural requirement that yesterday relates to tomorrow.And by these things, I include even things like Steven Pinker going on about the world getting better by studying what amount to almanacs. Truly, the betterness he describes is built on surplus, and surplus is a product of structural integrity, which is not always a visible thing. Pinker has done interesting work in other areas, but his predictions and assurances on the goodness of the world rely on really no structure at all. They have zero predictive value in my book. The moment the world has no surplus (and that is what climate change is setting us up for), all "betterness" that Pinker speaks of will evaporate like so much cotton candy.To turn the conversation back by way of climate metaphor, it can look like the ice in, say, Antarctica has not changed as seen from a satellite, only to find that it's been melting from below due to heating oceans or some sort of volcanic effect or other effects we just haven't discovered, and things can just fall in.The economy is the same. For a hopefully-entertaining brief parable on the matter, see my 2009 essay "Hollow Support" (<a href="http://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2009/03/hollow-support.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2009/03/hollow-support.html</a>). In it, I offer a metaphor for thinking about the economy and its fragility, which I was pondering after what was then a recent crash.A lot of what we are doing with the economy these days has been aptly, I think, described as a "sugar high". It locally seems good, but it's not improving structure, so doom must follow.And so back to this actual piece: High rent is something hard to sustain in hard times, so becomes a weight that weighs one down. And while I'm a big advocate of things like community kitchens, they are rarely publicly funded, and the importance of that is critical to understand. Public funding is eschewed by many as some kind of socialism, but another way to think of it is a public commitment to making sure a process is there no matter the economy. In tough times, donations to private matters dry up, and that cascades down to hard times for our most vulnerable. To make something like this, or social security, or medicare, be publicly funded to a proper degree is to say we have no higher priority in society than the survival of our citizens. We are either committed to them or we are not, but privatization basically says we are not, that they will somehow manage to survive tough times by means we aren't willing to think through.So there is no real backstop there. There is just the illusion of continuity from good times. And it is terrible policy, public or private, to tell people to reason about the future based on the artifacts of the past. Those artifacts can inform intuitions, but what must really inform thought is an understanding of what is changing, including the hearts of the public.Any suggestion I can offer is unsatisfying. Some would say this is why people should be preppers, but prepperism is really only useful for temporary problems. The climate problem is so structural that no basement full of food will get anyone through it. At best it will help people survive a brief glitch or give people a chance to endure climate pain for longer before it is too much to endure.The solution is to care about climate, and also social justice, and make structural changes there. But there seems little public appetite for that, in part because the people likely to be most affected are mindlessly backing the people who would do the worst to them.<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoodSecurity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateCrisis</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privatization</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/privatisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privatisation</a>

Mark GardnerWhat a lazy “<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/documentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#documentary</a>.” It’s almost all archival footage skewing towards the false notion that <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Y2K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Y2K</a> was hysterical hype about a nonexistent problem. <a href="https://www.hbo.com/movies/time-bomb-y2k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hbo.com/movies/time-bomb-y2k</a>People who diminish the necessity of the massive effort and expense directed at the <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Year2000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Year2000</a> problem are no better than doomsday <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> and <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> theorists spreading pointless <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#disinformation</a>.<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#movies</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/HBO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HBO</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Max" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Max</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1990s</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#90s</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#2000s</a>

Ineke<a href="https://mastodon.nl/@extinctionrebellionnl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@extinctionrebellionnl</a> Hun nakomelingen mogen creperen? Of wanen de <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/preppers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preppers</a> zich veilig in hun bunkers? Of op de nieuw te ontwikkelen nederzetting op mars? <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/zoveelvragen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zoveelvragen</a>

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