FedPosterman5000

Okay so I’m going to be all over the place in this comment, but try to organize things and provide useful links. But my major takeaways are:

• focus on trauma-informed communication and empathetic science communication,
• learn the stages of grief and how they apply to climate conversations
• build communities and support networks,
• reform/abolish systems of power such that marginalized groups have an equal seat
• overthrow capitalism by any means necessary

I’m learning more and more (I’m still young) that quality of science has not been the issue, but rather communication linked to painting rosy pictures (with the intent to not cause panic) instead of facing harsh realities and discussing how to approach them. Trauma-informed communication and general, empathetic communication of science rooted in community-building and “meeting people where there at” is our strongest tool at the present.

We’re well past the time for discussions of whether climate change is real, and as a rule I automatically treat any discussion on the matter as in bad faith and don’t waste my time - people who have experienced climate trauma will not argue this - only soft fucks who have never left their culdesac. Unfortunately, this is an expected stage of grief, and your ultimate goal is to get everyone through those stages and on to doing something about it.

Generally- things aren’t looking good in terms of habitability of coastal areas, shifts of arable land (and the food production industry’s inability to adapt accordingly), water scarcity, loss of biodiversity, disruption of feedback loops regarding ocean acidification/loss of buffer capacity/wind patterns/food webs - and frankly are getting worse faster than I was ever taught they would. It’s running headlong into the “socialism or barbarism” decision and the “most developed” nations are following the US in lockstep with hammering that motherfuckin barbarism button.

This is of course inextricably driven by the capitalist systems need to maintain a status quo, until capitalists are well-positioned to make the jump to take advantage of the next status shift. (E.g. bill gates and Microsoft have been positioning physically and politically in North Dakota, and i would say they’ve successfully done so.) Essentially, capitalism cannot survive if we intend to. Concepts of nationality must also be left behind in favor of open borders so that systems of productivity and distribution of food, water, and commodities are able to adapt based on shifting global population centers.

With sea level rise we will of course see major disruptions to sea ports and their connections to rail, population shifts away from the coasts, and general failure of infrastructure that’s not meant to be submerged. Inland we can expect changes in precipitation patterns leading ultimately to movement of communities away from floodplains- where many established for production/transportation.

I think we will be more limited in areas we live within leading to lots of necessary migration- and it’s of the utmost importance then to be sure that groups in precarious positions are not taken advantage of.

I don’t know where things are going in 70 years (presumably the longest I’ll live) - but my most optimistic viewpoint is bleak, especially if systems cling to the status quo. In that case I will cling to my family and comrades and save all we can.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240116222020/https://www.landscapepartnership.org/maps-data/climate-context/cc-resources/ClimateSciPDFs/Five%20Stages%20of%20Climate%20Grief.pdf/index_html

https://www.ctipp.org/post/integrating-near-science-into-trauma-informed-efforts

https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/climate-change-global-sea-level

https://press.un.org/en/2019/gaef3519.doc.htm

Very cool - thanks!

Lmao clearly it’s not your dogshit personality repels everyone, you just haven’t been invited to the right overpriced speed dating event

Another win for American capitalism, the religion

Lmao my dad grew up in Algeria/Morocco/Tunisia in the mid century, and he just finished getting his remaining teeth removed in prep for implants. Since he never had fluoride growing up, his teeth were extremely porous and had literally rotted out through his life - an extremely common oral health problem with a clear divide between people who had fluoride treatment in childhood or not. Like polio or measles though I suppose XD

Amazing! What did you do? I literally just used my phones built in snipping tool- but I’ve been trying to learn editing software as I’ve been learning photography - just have no idea what most of the knobs do yet haha curious if you had any tips :)