collapse of the old society

Cross posted from: https://links.hackliberty.org/post/2260127

CBT’s strength is its ability to help people sort through their thoughts and figure out where their perception may have become distorted, and what feelings and actions stem from that.

But this doesn’t work for eco-anxiety because climate distress is inherently logical. It comes from a place of empathy for others and a world that they recognize is “in really big trouble,” Davenport says.

Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent study found.

"If microplastics might be promoting coronary disease, you might not be able to avoid ingesting the microplastics, because they're everywhere, but you can sure do the other things. You can keep your blood pressure low. You can exercise. You can get your cholesterol measured," Gerber said.

"The long-lasting and devastating impacts of invasive species reduce climate change resilience by altering ecosystem structure and function,"

Invasive species spread more widely with climate change and in the case of the pine beetle, create their own feedback loops, accelerating climate change by destroying forests.

"Lacing pesticides with forever chemicals is likely burdening the next generation with more chronic diseases and impossible cleanup responsibilities."

But researchers have found [oil and gas wastewater] is no better at controlling dust than rainwater. It can also contain toxic chemicals and have radioactive concentrations several hundred times the acceptable federal limit in drinking water.

Spreading fracking fluid over roads and nearby houses and streams. Wonderful.

Richmond is now a laboratory for online journalism startups, including the one owned by Chevron, whose massive refinery looms over the city and has been the focus of ongoing concerns over toxic emissions.

The future of journalism appears to be moving towards corporate propaganda outlets instead of independent investigation, be it WaPo and Bezos or the Richmond Standard and Chevron.

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The Ministry of Settlements and National Mission, which is headed by a far-right settler leader, confirmed it budgeted 75 million shekels ($20.5 million) last year for security equipment for “young settlements” — the term it uses for unauthorized Jewish farms and outposts in the West Bank. The money was quietly authorized in December while the country’s attention was focused on the war against Hamas in Gaza.

On Friday, the top United Nations court said Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories is unlawful and called for an immediate halt to settlement construction.

Netanyahu’s far-right government is dominated by West Bank settlers and pro-settler politicians.

“That being said, I am happy to give up my right to vote as a trade for a significantly better quality of life. It’s cleaner, it’s safer. There’s more opportunity in mobility,” she said.

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17854948

we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.