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You got mold across the ceiling

And the cabinets are peeling

Broken switches

Tiny sink to dump your dishes

And the kitchen’s by the bathroom

And the bathroom has no vent

Aren’t you glad you had to spend

All of your paycheck on your rent?

And now your neighbour needs a favour

‘Cause to save her from eviction

You must keep alive the fiction

That she doesn’t have a dog

And now the tub is clogged

The knob is off the door

The floor is cracked

The mouse is back

It sees the trap and laughs at you

But you’re never gonna move

Take off your shoes

You’re never gonna move

Too much to lose

You’re never gonna move

You got holes in all the curtains

And the faucet isn’t working

Faulty plumbing

City workers never coming

There’s a humming

There’s a rattle

There's an all-night rave upstairs

There’s a wide array of chairs

Next to a couch that needs repairs

But the budget for the furniture’s

Reserved for eggs and bacon

‘Cause to keep up with inflation

You need blocks of solid gold

And now your feet are cold

Your ears are hot

The heat is here then not

The room is dark

Except for sparks

The fuse just blew

But you’re never gonna move

Take off your shoes

You’re never gonna move

Too much to lose

You’re never gonna move

They’re building a train line

You live on the main line

You learn to expect a note in the mail

Tiptoe round the landlord

Live free while you can for

The future you build

Is always on sale

It’s always on sale

The future you build

It’s always on sale

You’re never gonna move (move)

Till they force you to

You’re never gonna move

This reminded me of someone:

>Steve Eisman is warning that the artificial intelligence boom has become increasingly dependent on the fortunes of just two companies: OpenAI and Anthropic.

>The investor, best known for his bet against the housing market ahead of the global financial crisis, said the two AI startups account for roughly 70% of AI-related revenue at Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet’s Google and Oracle — and as much as 25% to 35% of their cloud revenue.

>“The futures of these massive companies, in a sense, are a bet that OpenAI, Anthropic are going to succeed,” Eisman said late Tuesday on CNBC’s “Fast Money.”

"Northern hemispheric permafrost stores twice as much carbon as is found in the atmosphere. As permafrost thaws due to climate warming, it becomes a potential source of methane emissions caused by microbial decomposition of soil organic carbon in wetlands, which could cause further warming. Zhu et al. report that methane emissions in Siberia have increased at a rate of around 5% per year since 2010 due to a combination of fires and permafrost melting. This source of methane is projected to become more important as climate continues to warm."

This sub only tracks a fraction of what's really going on the world. I haven't seen China mentioned much, but it's about the same size as the US with a billion more people in it. Just some headlines from the summer:

China’s Power Demand Hits Records as Heatwave Grips Key Regions

China warns of crop risks as heatwave sweeps agricultural regions

China Heat Wave Threatens Corn, Rice and Cotton: Why It Matters for Global Agriculture

Heat triggers health alerts across China

Record-breaking heatwave to hit several areas of China

China Hit by “Deadly Weather Events”

Torrential rain and floods batter China, killing at least 12 and forcing mass evacuations

Storm Causes Mass Evacuations, Floods and Flight Disruptions in China

Torrential rains bring devastating floods to a Chinese city – and a snake invasion

I recommend signing up for Carbon Brief's China email newsletter. All their emails are good round-up summaries of global climate-related news and events: https://www.carbonbrief.org/

Chat are we cooked?

Stacy thought he had seen Kearny’s worst crisis in 2024, when a wildfire blazed toward the edge of town. He ran from house to house getting people out while embers blew above their heads. But the water shortage has been, in many ways, worse.

“It’s like a slow death,” Stacy said, “instead of an actual emergency happening right in front of your eyes where you can actually help.”

The town tried to prepare residents late last year for what was coming. In a Dec. 29 letter, officials warned that the reservoir fed by their primary water source, the Gila River, was running low.

The first question in the FAQ section was, “What happens if our allotment is zero?”

Answer: “Severe restrictions will be imposed.”

"Water becomes scarcer and more expensive during shortages, which have become more frequent amid prolonged drought. Women who have experienced sexual violence in their efforts to obtain water and the advocates who work with them say that is when the risk of harassment and sexual violence increases."

SS: Headline keeps changing on this live feed, so this *was* the headline when I posted. Local officials near Madrid say the wildfires are beyond their capacity to control. The fires are now "a few dozen kilometres" from the outskirts of the capital. While 65,000 residents have been evacuated cross France and Spain, thousands more are in lockdown in their houses. Regional president calls it "the worst fire in the history of the region." Residents say "Never experienced anything like this." Back to back heatwaves are a contributing factor. This is not collapse related; this is collapse.