How to know when you've crossed over to full, freakin' paranoia?? When you read an article like this & immediately envision #Christofascist legislation to grow "abandoned" frozen embryos via artificial wombs so they can become neglected, traumatized kids--oops, I mean properly-educated RW voters. Voila... the next anti-abortion tool. 🤦♀️
...factor, #overpopulation. Earth has been hit by the shockwaves of a #PopulationBomb and is suffering from the explosion's fallout of currently 8 billion people. We have been in #overshoot for decades and are all living on borrowed time, the so-called #PhantomCarryingCapacity of #Earth. 4)
When Star Trek takes a swing at the “overpopulation problem”, Kirk is kidnapped and used to introduce a deadly STD into the population. Is Earth spiraling toward overpopulation? Are we prepared to make difficult decisions for the survival of our species? Why doesn't anyone ever ASK FOR HELP? Will Allie ever watch Futurama?
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When Star Trek takes a swing at the "overpopulation problem", Kirk is kidnapped and used to introduce a deadly STD into the population. The writers even kicked both sterilization and prophylactics past the 1960's censor goalpost. Is Earth spiraling toward overpopulation? Are we prepared to make difficult decisions for the survival of our species?
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As a human rights activist, I cannot remain silent about the alarming situation faced by people deprived of their liberty. Overcrowding and overpopulation in prisons not only violate human dignity, but also make it impossible to guarantee minimum living conditions.
Together, we can and must promote a prison system that focuses on rehabilitation rather than punishment, a system that reflects the values of justice and humanity that we all deserve.
In 1969, the physicist Albert Bartlett gave a now famous lecture entitled Arithmetic, Population and Energy.👇
It begins with the line: "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function."
In the context of global challenges such as #climatechange, pandemics & financial crises, the inability to understand exponential growth can lead to delayed responses, inadequate policies, and missed opportunities for intervention.
@Climatehistories In his book Overshoot, "...Catton is making a positive argument for change, rather than misanthropic framework to label our predicament"
and once our predicament is understood, we can then agree and take action.
Quite simply: As human population grows and our footprint expands, more human habitat means less habitat for endangered species. Pile on invasive species (like domestic cats) and climate change and native species don't stand a chance.
But the author almost entirely misses Section 7 in their word-fluffed up article, where critical habitat is defined as off-limit to developers. But developers rule in #hawaii
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Humans, corporate greed, overpopulation, capitalism. I think it says it all.
I am sick of how we treat animals. They suffer for no reason. Not to mention even ourselves, underpaid workforce, suffering also, thanks to our shiny big fucking C A P I T A L ism. I ain't no socialist, but this is not a great system.
The state population is expected to be flat over the coming decades for the first time in California history. See which counties will gain and lose people.
Did you know that one female dog and her offspring can produce a staggering 67,000 #puppies in just six years?
On average a female dog can have two litters a year with 6-10 puppies. 67,000 figure is based on all puppies surviving to adulthood. (numbers via #SoiDogFoundation, correct as of 30 June 2023)
Of these puppies, more than half will die before they reach adulthood. For those who do make it, they are bound to a miserable life of #suffering.
Every day is a struggle as they live in constant fear of #hunger, #disease, #injury and the risk of #cruelty.
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It is. But being right about the causes and ending up dead isn't the right survival tactic. Numbers will not drop before the crash, because #consumerism is what drives them up, and that's characteristic of today's world. It's depleting natural resources and destroying nature. Utopian islands exist only in fantasy.
Avoiding talking about #overpopulation is just cowering before the problem. We're all in it, no matter where we place ourselves in the political spectrum.
Not enough fish in the sea and too many people needing them for food.
"The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects the need for a 15% increase in global #fish consumption by 2030.
There’s one big problem: The growth rate of the global wild-fish catch peaked in 1963 and plateaued in the 1990s. It has been in slow decline the last few years. When it comes to the wild-fish catch, we are likely past “peak fish." #fisheries#environment#population#overpopulation#ocean#sea#aquaculture#seafood
L.A. County could have 1.7 million fewer people by 2060. It's not only because residents are leaving (www.latimes.com)
The state population is expected to be flat over the coming decades for the first time in California history. See which counties will gain and lose people.
Japan’s population drops by nearly 800,000 with falls in every prefecture for the first time (www.theguardian.com)
Changing demographics are affecting nearly every part of society, while efforts to turn around the decline have so far had little impact