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Websites hosting major US climate reports taken down

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593 points geox | 1 comments | 02 Jul 25 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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archildress ◴[02 Jul 25 22:51 UTC] No.44449673[source]▶
I just feel extremely sad about the mass quantity of events like this happening right now because they are all aggregate to huge negative effects but the average person knows nothing of it. It feels so unfixable.
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lrvick ◴[04 Jul 25 07:58 UTC] No.44462248[source]▶
It is fixable, but we are going to have to wait until the mid-terms to slow down the insanity, so in 3 years we can roll it back and start the cycle over again, as is tradition.
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crackrook ◴[05 Jul 25 01:23 UTC] No.44469390[source]▶
I believe the false perception that geopolitics are cyclical is a major contributor to the political apathy that allows clowns to get elected, or it seems strongly correlated, at least. Some doors can't be shut, once opened, and the current administration opens every door without a thought of what could be behind it. Maybe better people get elected next cycle, but they won't be able to rebuild everything.

I hope people recognize that their tax dollars aren't the only dollars that can evoke change; we don't have to wait our turn to start fixing things.

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1. lrvick ◴[05 Jul 25 12:12 UTC] No.44472234[source]▶
It is not entirely cyclical. We always have these one-step-back phases of the old guard clinging to power, then we make big steps forward again.

Black people are not slaves anymore, women can vote, gays can marry, weed is mostly legal, etc. It takes longer than anyone wants it to, but we always get upgrades that stick in the progress phases of the cycle.

This time the steps backwards are bigger than usual, so in 3 years there will be a lot more will to take even bigger steps forwards and progressives need to be ready to move fast when it is their turn again.

Mamdani is a preview.