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The Larva in the Midst of Chaos: Letting go of everything but this moment
"Return to the state of the uncarved block. When the block is carved, it becomes useful. When the sage uses it, he becomes the ruler....
Tawanda Jazz
24 minutes ago


Enjoying Our Days When We're Terrified of What the Future Will Bring
I am no stranger to worrying about the future. In fact, it's almost impossible, in our day and age, to always be in the present moment,...
Tawanda Jazz
2 hours ago


Far-Right Accelerationism & the Collapse of Empire
The future is now. Rather than an abstract sense of "later", some unknown point far from today when scenarios like those portrayed in...
Tawanda Jazz
2 hours ago


Numbered Days: An Interview with Conservation Biologist Guy McPherson
"Our days are numbered. Passionately pursue a life of excellence" —Guy McPherson S065 by Igor Morski. http://www.igor.morski.pl/ After...
Tawanda Jazz
2 hours ago


AI Utopia, AI Apocalypse, and AI Reality
Recent articles and books about artificial intelligence (AI) offer images of the future that align like iron filings around two magnetic...
Richard Heinberg
Aug 1


Comic: Why Billionaires Suck
"Billionaires: A Visual Explainer" by Sarah Gertler, (2020). Available at: https://inequality.org/article/billionaires-visual-explainer/...
Sarah Gertler
Aug 1


American Oligarchy: Moving from Denial to Effective Action
In the United States of America, there has been a long tradition of trust—especially among the groups of people who haven't been...
Tawanda Jazz
Aug 1


The 1% and the Rest of Us: Why Prices Keep Rising and the Rich Keep Winning (Part 1)
Cartoon by Steve Greenberg Crooksandliars.com . https://crooksandliars.com/user/82518/posts Prices in America and worldwide have been...
Tawanda Jazz
Aug 1


Catching Up with Cody Lundin: Survival Tips and His New Show
I had the chance to catch up with Cody Lundin, survival expert, star of the show Dual Survival , and all-around awesome guy. He answered...
Tawanda Jazz
Aug 1


Why I Wear a Mask
It is the beginning of the summer in 2025, and I am still wearing a protective face mask. I wear it inside almost always (with the...
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Jun 30


The Larva in the Midst of Chaos: Notes on Collapse from a Taoist, Minimalist Prepper
#1: Adaptation vs. Accumulation "If you want to become full, Let yourself be empty. If you want to be reborn, Let yourself die. If you...
Tawanda Jazz
Jun 30


The World Economy is Reaching Its Collapse Point
The world economy is at a major turning point, which is why we should brace for rapid changes in the economy. The world is moving from...
Gail Tverberg
Jun 30


Just because we're not eating human flesh doesn't mean we're not zombies: Part 2
"Where does personality end and brain damage begin? " -Douglas Coupland " Phone Addiction " by Zephyo is licensed under CC BY NC 3.0 At...
Tawanda Jazz
Jun 30


Revolistion: List #1: Question of Sanity
Some of you said that you wanted some unfiltered, short-and-to-the point reading that you could chew on. Enter Revolistion, a column that...
Tawanda Jazz
Jun 30


Getting Deep With Philip K. Dick: In 2025, What is Reality?
“Today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious...
Tawanda Jazz
Jun 30


It’s Not Your Imagination: Consumer Goods are Less Durable, more disposable, and way more expensive. Here’s Why.
Most of the mainstream press is keen to blame it on “Greed-flation” , a term coined to describe the choices of grocery corporations to...
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Jul 1, 2024


Fiction: Pandemonium Blues, Part I
Nicole Nicole is pulling goddamn fucking field bindweed out from her bed of arugula and bok choy when her mostly zen garden time is...
Tawanda Jazz
Jul 1, 2024


The Case for Compassionate Hunting (From Someone Who Used to Oppose Hunting)
The question of whether or not hunting is ethical, sustainable, or necessary usually leads to an emotional discussion regarding diet and...
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Apr 10, 2024


Rewilding Ourselves as a Response to Collapse
Humans like to think of ourselves as separate from the animal world—as if, by evolving to walk on two legs and write, invent, build, that...
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Apr 3, 2024


Shop ‘til You Melt: Phoenix, Arizona is the Unsustainable, Ultra-Capitalist Desert Metropolis From Hell
The rotten and oppressive summer in Phoenix lasts six months, the air dry and the hot winds that smell of death and burnt coal, palm...
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Apr 3, 2024
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