I won't live to see 2050 but my children and grandchildren will / may.
I read things like this and think about my trivial concerns about every day life as I know it now. But I have already had to make small adaptations to our gardens due to the change in our climate and watch as certain birds just don't show up anymore on the property to nest, although the hummingbirds have arrived. I've noticed I don't have to clean dead bugs off my windshield after driving to town. No bugs = no birds? Even the ubiquitous wasps have all but disappeared.
And I thought Trump was going after Greenland because Putin told him to, so that Russia has a firmer military grip on that area of the world, but is it possible that someone in Trump's administration actually believes in climate change after all, and is "prepping"?
Great article! We have six kids ranging from 20 to 5 years old. Teaching them gardening is more than just sticking seeds in soil and watering them…. it’s like the other commenter said: what pollinators are showing up (and not showing up)? What birds are you seeing? How are they behaving? Our home was on a migration path… nearly every day, especially during spring and fall, literally thousands upon thousands, endless streams, of birds would fly over, for years. We haven’t seen a flock in weeks. It’s very, very strange and unexplained. But we wouldn’t know about any changes in the natural order if we were inside in front of a TV. Teaching them to spend quality time outside, observing, is so important.
(The answer to the interruption of the bird migration may be that we live next to a Navy base and the jets and helicopters have been flying training missions what feels like non-freaking-stop for the last couple of months. So being outside doesn’t just give you a glimpse of erratic patterns in the natural world, it can give you a glimpse of erratic patterns in the human world, too. Our military is clearly gearing up for big things.)
We also have frank conversations with our older kids. We’re all getting passports and looking at various locations to emigrate, central Canada being top choice on everyone’s list. If we go, we want to all go together, but some of them are adults and spreading their own branches in different directions. My deepest fear is that I may lose my children when they move halfway across the world and I rarely see them again. We are very close. I would have a very hard time dealing, but with every passing month of this regime, I am coming to grips with this most likely scenario. Especially for my boys who don’t want to get conscripted into military service under this regime.
We are in deep shit. In so many ways. I mentioned to my husband the other day… I adore my kids, and they are strong and resilient. But if I knew then what I knew now, I would never have brought them into this world to inevitably suffer the way they will in their later years.
A very harsh article—that sounds most likely true. Thank you for your courageous honesty. I agree that it’s more helpful to look reality in the eye rather than distract oneself, pretending it’s not happening. I’ve come to the conclusion that those with the power and money are pulling back on government resources (and pocketing the proceeds) because they’ve already relegated the rest of us to the trash bin. In a way, I’m glad that I will be gone before all this comes to pass… and that we never had kids/ grandkids who will be left behind to suffer. I read about bunkers carved into the sides of mountains and underground cities. I’m guessing each “golden ticket” is worth millions. We are now in a “pay to play” world. But in the end, we may not survive our hubris and greed as a species. I only pray that the earth will somehow still find a way to go on without us.
A very harsh article—that sounds most likely true. Thank you for your courageous honesty. I agree that it’s more helpful to look reality in the eye rather than distract oneself, pretending it’s not happening. I’ve come to the conclusion that those with the power and money are pulling back on government resources (and pocketing the proceeds) because they’ve already relegated the rest of us to the trash bin. In a way, I’m glad that I will be gone before all this comes to pass… and that we never had kids/ grandkids who will be left behind to suffer. I read about bunkers carved into the sides of mountains and underground cities. I’m guessing each “golden ticket” is worth millions. We are now in a “pay to play” world. But in the end, we may not survive our hubris and greed as a species. I only pray that the earth will somehow still find a way to go on without us.
I won't live to see 2050 but my children and grandchildren will / may.
I read things like this and think about my trivial concerns about every day life as I know it now. But I have already had to make small adaptations to our gardens due to the change in our climate and watch as certain birds just don't show up anymore on the property to nest, although the hummingbirds have arrived. I've noticed I don't have to clean dead bugs off my windshield after driving to town. No bugs = no birds? Even the ubiquitous wasps have all but disappeared.
And I thought Trump was going after Greenland because Putin told him to, so that Russia has a firmer military grip on that area of the world, but is it possible that someone in Trump's administration actually believes in climate change after all, and is "prepping"?
My view is "yes" to if Trumpists really believe in climate change https://stephenthair.substack.com/p/what-if-the-trumpists-really-believe?r=wxx11
And large parts of Project 2025 can be seen through a climate change prepping lens... https://stephenthair.substack.com/p/collapse-vs-project-2025?r=wxx11
Great article! We have six kids ranging from 20 to 5 years old. Teaching them gardening is more than just sticking seeds in soil and watering them…. it’s like the other commenter said: what pollinators are showing up (and not showing up)? What birds are you seeing? How are they behaving? Our home was on a migration path… nearly every day, especially during spring and fall, literally thousands upon thousands, endless streams, of birds would fly over, for years. We haven’t seen a flock in weeks. It’s very, very strange and unexplained. But we wouldn’t know about any changes in the natural order if we were inside in front of a TV. Teaching them to spend quality time outside, observing, is so important.
(The answer to the interruption of the bird migration may be that we live next to a Navy base and the jets and helicopters have been flying training missions what feels like non-freaking-stop for the last couple of months. So being outside doesn’t just give you a glimpse of erratic patterns in the natural world, it can give you a glimpse of erratic patterns in the human world, too. Our military is clearly gearing up for big things.)
We also have frank conversations with our older kids. We’re all getting passports and looking at various locations to emigrate, central Canada being top choice on everyone’s list. If we go, we want to all go together, but some of them are adults and spreading their own branches in different directions. My deepest fear is that I may lose my children when they move halfway across the world and I rarely see them again. We are very close. I would have a very hard time dealing, but with every passing month of this regime, I am coming to grips with this most likely scenario. Especially for my boys who don’t want to get conscripted into military service under this regime.
We are in deep shit. In so many ways. I mentioned to my husband the other day… I adore my kids, and they are strong and resilient. But if I knew then what I knew now, I would never have brought them into this world to inevitably suffer the way they will in their later years.
A very harsh article—that sounds most likely true. Thank you for your courageous honesty. I agree that it’s more helpful to look reality in the eye rather than distract oneself, pretending it’s not happening. I’ve come to the conclusion that those with the power and money are pulling back on government resources (and pocketing the proceeds) because they’ve already relegated the rest of us to the trash bin. In a way, I’m glad that I will be gone before all this comes to pass… and that we never had kids/ grandkids who will be left behind to suffer. I read about bunkers carved into the sides of mountains and underground cities. I’m guessing each “golden ticket” is worth millions. We are now in a “pay to play” world. But in the end, we may not survive our hubris and greed as a species. I only pray that the earth will somehow still find a way to go on without us.
A very harsh article—that sounds most likely true. Thank you for your courageous honesty. I agree that it’s more helpful to look reality in the eye rather than distract oneself, pretending it’s not happening. I’ve come to the conclusion that those with the power and money are pulling back on government resources (and pocketing the proceeds) because they’ve already relegated the rest of us to the trash bin. In a way, I’m glad that I will be gone before all this comes to pass… and that we never had kids/ grandkids who will be left behind to suffer. I read about bunkers carved into the sides of mountains and underground cities. I’m guessing each “golden ticket” is worth millions. We are now in a “pay to play” world. But in the end, we may not survive our hubris and greed as a species. I only pray that the earth will somehow still find a way to go on without us.