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And so it begins. wsj.com/articles/sever…
WSJ: Severe Drought Stunts Great Plains Wheat Crops Harvest in nation’s breadbasket forecast to be the worst in 60-plus years By Shannon NajmabadiFollow June 17, 2023 at 10:09 am ET
“Smallest citrus crop in a century” washingtonpost.com/business/2023/…
Mississippi: “After a June 14 severe thunderstorm dropped some of the state’s largest recorded hail on Noxubee County, row-crop farmland there suffered up to 50% yield loss.” extension.msstate.edu/news/feature-s…
“They are dying essentially. It’s something that we’ve never experienced before. We’ve had dry conditions later in the season but to have it at the end of May, beginning of June like this is unprecedented.” globalnews.ca/news/9761043/d…
Global News Canada: “Extremely dry spring leaves southern Albertan farmers on the road to ‘zero production’”  By Carolyn Kury de Castillo   Global News Posted June 11, 2023 6:10 pm
“The lack of water has significantly affected vegetation and crops in the middle of the growing season, leading to delayed sowing and low yield forecasts.” joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-u…
Crops in drought:

“57% of the U.S. corn crop
51% of soybeans
64% of sorghum
50% of winter wheat

Those numbers are up from last week, when 45% of corn and 39% of soybeans were covered in drought.” agweb.com/news/crops/cro…
Central Pennsylvania: “Crops are looking stressed out there and we are at this point concerned about farmers losing yields in their crops.” fox43.com/article/news/l…
“Standing in his field of stunted, withered maize, Santi Caudevilla is very worried. ‘If the weather does not change it will be zero. Nothing is going to be harvested.” cnn.com/2023/05/02/eur…
“An unusually dry May in the Midwest has raised concerns over this year's corn crop in the Corn Belt, the region stretching from the panhandle of Texas up to North Dakota and east to Ohio which dominates the country's corn production.” newsweek.com/corn-prices-so…
“He predicted that ‘there’s going to be very little harvested come this fall, if any.’” h/t @heatherwritesss klkntv.com/some-nebraska-…
@heatherwritesss “Georgia is known as the ‘Peach State’ for its normally abundant crops, producing more than 130 million pounds of the fruit every year.

But this year, about 90% of the state's crop has been lost...” h/t @BlueWest18 cbsnews.com/news/georgias-…
The future is now.


Fox Weather: WEATHER NEWS Published June 30, 2023 2:33pm EDT Violent derecho flattens corn crops in Illinois with 100-mph winds  Homes lost shingles, and several trees had fallen on properties around Farmer City, Illinois as the derecho blasted through. Just outside of town, crops had been flattened by the blistering winds. By Emilee Speck Source FOX Weather
North Carolina WSPA 7: “Polk County crops damaged, killed in floods” 1 week ago Chloe Salsameda
Pennsylvania WNEP 16: “Punch to the gut' - Fruit crops lost at Columbia County orchard  Temperatures fell to 26 degrees at a section of OHF Orchards near Bloomsburg.   Author: Nikki Krize Published: 3:40 PM EDT May 18, 2023 Updated: 3:40 PM EDT May 18, 202
13 WMAZ: You won't see a Georgia peach in the grocery store': Central Georgia farmers face drastic crop loss  Farmers in Central Georgia roughly lost 90 percent of their peach crop   Author: Suzanne Lawler (WMAZ) Published: 6:36 PM EDT May 12, 2023 Updated: 6:36 PM EDT May 12, 2023
“Farmers in B.C. are dealing with challenges amid the worst wildfire season in recent years, causing them to brace for potential crop loss.” vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/06/28/bc-…
There are so many crop losses in so many states and countries, I can’t keep up. 5newsonline.com/article/news/c…
“The U.S. Department of Agriculture now rates only half of the U.S. corn crop as good or excellent — the lowest percentage since 1988. Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s corn-growing areas are in drought.” apnews.com/article/drough…
Media is cleverly describing this as a “weird” fluke instead of the new normal. We won’t be hearing about the imminent threats to our survival, as they distract us from working & consuming. It’s going to get very ugly, very fast. Prepare accordingly. stateline.org/2023/06/23/dro…
State line: Drought hits the Midwest, threatening crops and the world’s food supply Farmers endure a ‘weird’ rainless period at a critical time. BY: MATT VASILOGAMBROS - JUNE 23, 2023 5:00 AM
Soooo, now that global food prices have hit record highs, and the US just ended food assistance for millions, what is the plan to feed people amid catastrophic food and water shortages? What’s that? The plan is to kill folks with mass disease before they starve to death? Oh, ok.
“Consumers, farmers and even McDonald’s struggle in shortage blamed on irregular weather.” theguardian.com/world/2023/jul…
“About 26.5 million Americans reported sometimes or often not having enough to eat between June 7 and June 19, according to the Census's latest Household Pulse Survey - up 4.4% from last month's survey and 12% from June 2022.” reuters.com/world/us/us-hu…
“Corporations & oligarchs with massive fortunes can hire as many junktanks (so-called thinktanks), troll farms, marketing gurus, psychologists & micro-targeters as they need to devise justifications & to demonise, demoralise, abuse & threaten people trying to sustain a habitable planet.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…The Guardian: “With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth  Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo.” George Monbiot July 15, 2023
Wow, seems like a problem that isn’t going to go away. whas11.com/video/news/loc…
Just. Keep. Consuming. Line graph Canadian wildfires. “How much has burned so far this year in Canada.” The x axis is dates from May to October. The y axis is 0-10M (estimated cumulative hectacres burned) There are lines from 2016-2023. In all previous years besides 2023, the maximum hectares burned was 4M. In 2023, it’s already up to 10M. It’s a stark anomaly.
But if we can persuade the masses FEAR & KNOWLEDGE are the problems, then the logical solution is preserving the status quo, & the record profits can continue while we collectively march to our mass premature deaths. Everyone wins! 🥰
BREAKING: The news, & our collective survival:

“Successive heatwaves threaten nature’s ability to provide us with food, say researchers, as they warn of an ‘unseen, silent dying’ in our oceans amid record temperatures scorching the Earth.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
The Guardian: “Rampant heatwaves threaten food security of entire planet, scientists warn After hottest day ever, researchers say global heating may mean future of crop failures on land and ‘silent dying’ in the oceans”
“The government said it was imposing a ban on non-basmati white rice after retail rice prices climbed 3% in a month after late but heavy monsoon rains caused significant damage to crops.

India accounts for more than 40% of world rice exports.” reuters.com/markets/commod…
All around the world, same song.

“The country has experienced ‘absolute extremes in terms of both drought & the amount of water that we've had,’ Serbian farmer Dejan Ivanišević says.

‘Believe me, I absolutely do not understand what is happening.’” euronews.com/2023/07/17/cli…
Massachusetts: “Record-low temperatures in February destroyed the peaches. In May, the cold weather damaged the apple crops.” wcvb.com/article/record…
Who could have predicted? ksat.com/weather/2023/0…
Crop diseases are the real nightmare, & few think about them.

“Flooding ‘may exacerbate the prevalence’ of diseases that affect corn, rice and soybeans. reuters.com/world/china/ch…
2021: “Climate change may pose an increased risk for crops to become infected with pests and pathogens, leaving the yields inedible and risking quantities of the world's food supply.” abcnews.go.com/US/climate-cha…
“When temperatures get too hot (above 27.8C, or about 82F), wheat photosynthesizes more slowly, and when it gets very hot (above 32.8C, or about 91F) enzymes in the plant can start to break down.” theguardian.com/environment/20…
The guardian: “The summer food went weird: searing heat reshapes US food production From wilting wheat to stressed pollinators, US farmers and fishermen see unexpected climate effects”  Supported by 11th Hour Project About this content Cecilia Nowell Sat 2 Sep 2023 07.00 EDT
Everyone is asleep, blissfully unaware of what’s coming.
*At precisely the same time food shortages will be kicking off in earnest. Great.
“The world’s largest producer has said it is having to import supplies from South America to keep up with demand.

‘Today it is almost physically impossible to buy olive oil. It is sold out.’” amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep…
Guardián: Extreme weather Europe’s olive oil supply running out after drought – and the odd hailstorm Heatwaves around Mediterranean have damaged harvests and forced producers to import from South America Sarah Butler, Sam Jones and Helena Smith Thu 28 Sep 2023 11.35 EDT Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare via Email
Hello? (hello, hello, hello)

Is there anybody out there?
“‘We don't understand the full picture,’ said Matthew Travis, the USDA's point man on the crisis. ‘It's very challenging for us.’” phys.org/news/2023-10-i…
Physics. Org: In US, invasive spotted lanternflies are devastating crops by Elodie MAZEIN
North Carolina: “It's been so dry. We've had half an inch of rain this month. A half an inch. We were supposed to have more than three. These plants are so stressed -- and now the cold.” wcnc.com/article/news/l…
WCNC: Cold snap impacting local farmers, unclear how much crop they could lose  The big change in weather is creating a challenge for local farmers working to save their crop.   Author: Kayland Hagwood Published: 6:13 PM EDT October 31, 2023 Updated: 6:13 PM EDT October 31, 2023
Who could have predicted…

“A new report finds the federal government is spending billions on crop failures caused by extreme weather — and it’s growing only more expensive.” thegazette.com/agriculture/re…
The Gazette: Report: Climate change making crop failures even more costly to insure Iowa ranks No. 4 in payouts for drought and excess moisture  Brittney J Miller, ReporterBrittney J. Miller Nov. 1, 2023 5:30 am, Updated: Nov. 1, 2023 7:54 am
We aren’t ready. The public has no idea what’s coming because media narratives are carefully managed, and governments have decided Keeping Up Appearances is more profitable than warning the public & planning for climate collapse.

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“Instead of culling birds infected with the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus, farmers should let it spread through flocks.

The idea is that by doing this, farmers can ‘identify the birds, & preserve the birds, that are immune to it.’” livescience.com/health/flu/rfk…Live science: Essentially, the longer you allow a virus that has shown to be effective in infecting multiple hosts survive in an environment, the greater the chance you give it to spread, to mutate, and to try its luck at adaptation," perspective first-author Erin Sorrell, a virologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, told Live Science. "Worse case scenario, the virus adapts and expands its host range to become transmissible in humans … Now we have a pandemic."
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Beautiful 🤌

The accelerationists are ramping up the accelerationism.
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Everyone has expertly memory-holed this. It’s chilling.

This phenomenon highlights exactly why we never make progress: Everyone ignores human rights violations when their preferred “side” is in power. They only begin to show concern when the other side takes over & does it too.
I am SO THANKFUL I kept a history of the pandemic on this app for this very reason. It’s like a time capsule.
Here is the thread I kept on the end of pandemic funding under Biden despite RECORD disease & death.
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It has been a full year since the NIH Director admitted SARS-CoV-2 is a live replicating virus that persists.

The below thread on all the areas SARS-CoV-2 persists is my most lengthy thread on this app.
China is using repurposed HIV drugs to clear the virus. Western countries are not.

China’s approach “hinges on a crucial scientific move.

That the mechanisms driving SARS-CoV-2’s persistence and immune evasion are similar to those in HIV.”
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These are people with jobs & degrees, & they used to have homes…
In 2023, homelessness increased 12% in the U.S. amid RECORD RENT PRICES & lapsed pandemic aid.

In 2024, homelessness in the US increased another 18%+.
2024: “The US homeless population increased by more than 18% in a year…

The number follows a 12% increase the previous year & is the highest since the federal government began an annual count of the homeless population in 2007.” bbc.com/news/articles/…BBC: US homelessness hit record high in 2024
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