Communist Chocolate Hellhole
I wish this were not just an April Fool's joke: time traveler from the future breaks into the Large Hadron Collider: "Countries do not exist where I am from. The discovery of the Higgs boson led to limitless power, the elimination of poverty and Kit-Kats for everyone. It is a communist chocolate hellhole and I'm here to stop it ever happening."
Via Gerry Canavan.
In related news, I wonder, do I want to read this, or watch Children of Men? New book projecting the next fifty years, Climate Wars, lacks only the uplifting Christian symbology:
During the 2010s, Russia and NATO go head-to-head over control of the ice-free Arctic, and China implodes as millions starve in droughts. During the 2020s, cyclones kill millions in Bangladesh, while the US builds a "big fence" to keep out starving Mexicans. In the 2030s, India and Pakistan conduct a six-day nuclear war over a hydroelectric plant on the parched river Indus, whose water they are supposed to share. It leaves half a billion dead. By the 2040s, Canada is selling the contents of the Great Lakes to California, and the European Union collapses in the face of millions of refugees escaping from North Africa. Only the UK sits smug behind its wide moat, with a still equable climate.
Via New Scientist. I think I'll just reread KSR's Science in the Capitol series instead.
And not like you don't already know, but this week 1116 record highs were set across the US this past week. Via Climate Progress.
Someone on my fl has a "grim meathook future" tag that I'm tempted to adopt for this post.
Via Gerry Canavan.
In related news, I wonder, do I want to read this, or watch Children of Men? New book projecting the next fifty years, Climate Wars, lacks only the uplifting Christian symbology:
During the 2010s, Russia and NATO go head-to-head over control of the ice-free Arctic, and China implodes as millions starve in droughts. During the 2020s, cyclones kill millions in Bangladesh, while the US builds a "big fence" to keep out starving Mexicans. In the 2030s, India and Pakistan conduct a six-day nuclear war over a hydroelectric plant on the parched river Indus, whose water they are supposed to share. It leaves half a billion dead. By the 2040s, Canada is selling the contents of the Great Lakes to California, and the European Union collapses in the face of millions of refugees escaping from North Africa. Only the UK sits smug behind its wide moat, with a still equable climate.
Via New Scientist. I think I'll just reread KSR's Science in the Capitol series instead.
And not like you don't already know, but this week 1116 record highs were set across the US this past week. Via Climate Progress.
Someone on my fl has a "grim meathook future" tag that I'm tempted to adopt for this post.