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This is now also a space for organizing tips for our collective survival as we confront climate change and everything else. Still no doom-posting. We're here to work together, support each other, and boldly face the future.
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Time for another bloomer thread in which we post about the good stuff. Be it something big, like a major breakthrough with your org, some good news you want to share, or even something small like "hey, look at this cute bug!". This is a thread where we take a short moment to spread some joy in some very dark times. So if you have something nice to share, share it!
I hope this isn't too gloomy (feel free to remove it mods), just need to get off my chest:
I understand depression (I have it) but I legitimately can't understand people who just seem to think that humanity is just going to collectively give up.
There are a shit ton of bad things going on, but I keep seeing people with these concerns and takes that only make any amount of sense if the person saying them truly thinks that humanity collectively is just going to roll over and lie face down in the mud while the specific thing they're worried about goes to hell.
I just can't imagine looking at the breadth of human history, invention, ingenuity, creativity, etc and going "No, what's going on now is so significantly different that we're all just fucked." Some of us, maybe, but the whole collective of humanity?
Get out of here.