Minthe Cocytus
@minthestyx.bsky.social
Minthe was a nymph of the river Cocytus ("wailing"), one of the rivers, including the Styx, surrounding the Underworld.
Herbs. Plants.
Doomer. Stygian doomer.
Short temper.
Water and Death mythology.
Cannot DM.
Herbs. Plants.
Doomer. Stygian doomer.
Short temper.
Water and Death mythology.
Cannot DM.
So, fellow murderers, we carry on murdering ...
'Hundreds of Bornean orangutans, one of three orangutan species, live in the direct vicinity of the research stations, with >2,500 thought to inhabit the park, many areas of which are now on fire. All three orangutan species are considered critically endangered.'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo
Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Rangkong research station work round the clock to stave off blaze
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 12:14 PM
So, fellow murderers, we carry on murdering ...
Our fear is seeing another face that actually looks like us.
We fear a more powerful intelligence taking our resources, reshaping our world, and eliminating us when we become inconvenient.
Wildlife has been living with that intelligence for a very long time.
New Substack Essay: The Real Fear: AI Is Like Humans
Wildlife has been living with that intelligence for a very long time.
New Substack Essay: The Real Fear: AI Is Like Humans
The Real Fear: AI Is Like Humans
Are humans frozen in the headlights?
lylel.substack.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Our fear is seeing another face that actually looks like us.
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Remembering Amy Winehouse on her birthday. 🤍
September 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Remembering Amy Winehouse on her birthday. 🤍
Listen up - WATER VAPOUR IN ATMOSPHERE ACTS LIKE GREENHOUSE GAS, INCREASES WARMING.
But you know it was all going to be incredibly complex and increasingly impossible, didn't you? Didn't you?
But you know it was all going to be incredibly complex and increasingly impossible, didn't you? Didn't you?
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"it is unimaginable that any month in the last few thousand years, maybe 100,000 years, has more [Precipitable water] in the atmosphere than August 2026."
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...
"it is unimaginable that any month in the last few thousand years, maybe 100,000 years, has more [Precipitable water] in the atmosphere than August 2026."
www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-atmosp...
The Atmosphere Just Set a Water Vapor Record
More water vapor means more rocket fuel for extreme rain — so this record is not good news
www.theclimatebrink.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:16 AM
Listen up - WATER VAPOUR IN ATMOSPHERE ACTS LIKE GREENHOUSE GAS, INCREASES WARMING.
But you know it was all going to be incredibly complex and increasingly impossible, didn't you? Didn't you?
But you know it was all going to be incredibly complex and increasingly impossible, didn't you? Didn't you?
Water. Water.
None of us are mentally prepared for what's coming (don't kid yourself) - 'But just as you think you are “psychologically prepared”, I don’t think ANY of us are. We are talking about famine, malnutrition, destitution...'.
Like waters of the river Cocytus - cold and nothing but weeping.
None of us are mentally prepared for what's coming (don't kid yourself) - 'But just as you think you are “psychologically prepared”, I don’t think ANY of us are. We are talking about famine, malnutrition, destitution...'.
Like waters of the river Cocytus - cold and nothing but weeping.
September 14, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Water. Water.
None of us are mentally prepared for what's coming (don't kid yourself) - 'But just as you think you are “psychologically prepared”, I don’t think ANY of us are. We are talking about famine, malnutrition, destitution...'.
Like waters of the river Cocytus - cold and nothing but weeping.
None of us are mentally prepared for what's coming (don't kid yourself) - 'But just as you think you are “psychologically prepared”, I don’t think ANY of us are. We are talking about famine, malnutrition, destitution...'.
Like waters of the river Cocytus - cold and nothing but weeping.
My simple thoughts on the nexus of climate change and politics -
September 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM
My simple thoughts on the nexus of climate change and politics -
I don't give an eff about your politics, your belief in human exceptionalism, your hopium addiction - *WHEN* this happens, it is the end. And it's gonna happen ...
'The Breakdown of Natural Systems Could Intensify Warming by 30%…
…while the added warming from feedback loops will further hasten the rise in temps, emissions from the breakdown of natural systems are largely absent from the most influential climate models'
e360.yale.edu/digest/warmi...
…while the added warming from feedback loops will further hasten the rise in temps, emissions from the breakdown of natural systems are largely absent from the most influential climate models'
e360.yale.edu/digest/warmi...
The Breakdown of Natural Systems Could Intensify Warming by 30 Percent
e360.yale.edu
September 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
I don't give an eff about your politics, your belief in human exceptionalism, your hopium addiction - *WHEN* this happens, it is the end. And it's gonna happen ...
OK, fellow murderers?
'Six more orangutans rescued from wildfires raging in Indonesia’s Borneo.
The apes were saved from plantations in rural West Kalimantan province, where they had become trapped after fires cut off access to their forest habitat'
www.independent.co.uk/asia/southea...
The apes were saved from plantations in rural West Kalimantan province, where they had become trapped after fires cut off access to their forest habitat'
www.independent.co.uk/asia/southea...
Six more orangutans rescued from wildfires raging in Indonesia’s Borneo
Apes were saved from plantations in rural West Kalimantan, where they had become trapped after fires cut off access to their habitat
www.independent.co.uk
September 13, 2026 at 6:28 AM
OK, fellow murderers?
"Humanity has successfully delayed, for thousands of years, the negative effects of its own density. But physics always wins in the end. The longer the delay, the more spectacular the collapse will be."
Day of reckoning cometh. Twist and wriggle all you want 💀
Day of reckoning cometh. Twist and wriggle all you want 💀
“Human civilisations are like shooting stars. They shine very bright, but then they disappear”
September 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
"Humanity has successfully delayed, for thousands of years, the negative effects of its own density. But physics always wins in the end. The longer the delay, the more spectacular the collapse will be."
Day of reckoning cometh. Twist and wriggle all you want 💀
Day of reckoning cometh. Twist and wriggle all you want 💀
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Not to detract from the terrible events of 9/11, but a comparable number of people died in the UK during the May and June heatwaves this year
Nothing from government and barely a murmur elsewhere about this tragedy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nothing from government and barely a murmur elsewhere about this tragedy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Remembrance ceremonies to be held across the US to honor victims of 9/11
Memorials and remembrances will mark the 25 years since the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 on 11 September 2001
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Not to detract from the terrible events of 9/11, but a comparable number of people died in the UK during the May and June heatwaves this year
Nothing from government and barely a murmur elsewhere about this tragedy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Nothing from government and barely a murmur elsewhere about this tragedy
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Come on, you ain't surprised, are you - surely?
'Pointless obstruction by governments over publishing scientific climate evaluation is threatening crucial work… These schedules have never taken more than two years to finalise in the past. The IPCC has now spent more than three years failing to agree one.'
www.ft.com/content/2bec...
www.ft.com/content/2bec...
An IPCC stand-off risks a historic climate rupture
Pointless obstruction by governments over publishing scientific climate evaluation is threatening crucial work
www.ft.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Come on, you ain't surprised, are you - surely?
What so much of humanity has wanted for so long - escaping rot-destined flesh and attaining life after death.
I can almost hear the slavering of billionaires and transhumanists.
I can almost hear the slavering of billionaires and transhumanists.
Just in case you think I've made up the fact we've basically invented necromancy at this point ... 💀
Post from Gabriel Torch - YouTube
I'm sorry, we basically invented necromancy. I am shocked people are not more excited for this. A human brain after expiration operated a robot arm and learn...
youtube.com
September 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
What so much of humanity has wanted for so long - escaping rot-destined flesh and attaining life after death.
I can almost hear the slavering of billionaires and transhumanists.
I can almost hear the slavering of billionaires and transhumanists.
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Helena Bonham Carter reading Rumi's poem "The Guest House," at Belcombe Court, England.
This is part of a project for Allie Esiri's poetry book, 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day.'
The poem compares human life to a guest house, encouraging people to accept emotions and thoughts as visitors.
#poetry
This is part of a project for Allie Esiri's poetry book, 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day.'
The poem compares human life to a guest house, encouraging people to accept emotions and thoughts as visitors.
#poetry
September 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Helena Bonham Carter reading Rumi's poem "The Guest House," at Belcombe Court, England.
This is part of a project for Allie Esiri's poetry book, 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day.'
The poem compares human life to a guest house, encouraging people to accept emotions and thoughts as visitors.
#poetry
This is part of a project for Allie Esiri's poetry book, 'A Poem for Every Autumn Day.'
The poem compares human life to a guest house, encouraging people to accept emotions and thoughts as visitors.
#poetry
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'Not only was Aug 2026 the warmest Aug on record, it was also the planet’s *moistest month* on record…
As Earth has warmed, the level of water vapor in the atmosphere has risen, a trend that has grown steeper in recent years. Water vapor is itself a powerful greenhouse gas…'
x.com/BenNollWeath...
As Earth has warmed, the level of water vapor in the atmosphere has risen, a trend that has grown steeper in recent years. Water vapor is itself a powerful greenhouse gas…'
x.com/BenNollWeath...
Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) on X
Not only was August 2026 the warmest August on record, it was also the planet's *moistest month* on record, surpassing July 2024.
As Earth has warmed, the level of water vapor in the atmosphere has r...
x.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:07 AM
'Not only was Aug 2026 the warmest Aug on record, it was also the planet’s *moistest month* on record…
As Earth has warmed, the level of water vapor in the atmosphere has risen, a trend that has grown steeper in recent years. Water vapor is itself a powerful greenhouse gas…'
x.com/BenNollWeath...
As Earth has warmed, the level of water vapor in the atmosphere has risen, a trend that has grown steeper in recent years. Water vapor is itself a powerful greenhouse gas…'
x.com/BenNollWeath...
OK, fellow murderers?
'The growing number of extreme weather events is forcing wild animals to deploy all their adaptive abilities, which are not always enough to survive. This summer, many people decided on their own to help to make up for the overwhelmed shelters and care centers.'
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...
France's wildlife suffers severe blow from intense heat: 'The entire food chain is disrupted'
The growing number of extreme weather events is forcing wild animals to deploy all their adaptive abilities, which are not always enough to survive. This summer, many people decided on their own to he...
www.lemonde.fr
September 9, 2026 at 7:12 AM
OK, fellow murderers?
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'Super El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in Amazon…
The most up-to-date forecasts… show a “terribly dangerous [rainfall] anomaly” developing over the Amazon by Jan, says Scaife. Hotter air temps are also expected in the region due to El Niño.'
www.newscientist.com/article/2587...
The most up-to-date forecasts… show a “terribly dangerous [rainfall] anomaly” developing over the Amazon by Jan, says Scaife. Hotter air temps are also expected in the region due to El Niño.'
www.newscientist.com/article/2587...
Super El Niño set to cause 'terribly dangerous' drought in the Amazon | New Scientist
The El Niño phase now under way will be the most damaging on record for the Amazon, scientists warn, raising the risk of catastrophic wildfires
www.newscientist.com
September 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
'Super El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in Amazon…
The most up-to-date forecasts… show a “terribly dangerous [rainfall] anomaly” developing over the Amazon by Jan, says Scaife. Hotter air temps are also expected in the region due to El Niño.'
www.newscientist.com/article/2587...
The most up-to-date forecasts… show a “terribly dangerous [rainfall] anomaly” developing over the Amazon by Jan, says Scaife. Hotter air temps are also expected in the region due to El Niño.'
www.newscientist.com/article/2587...
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“For a species that can calculate the speed of electrons and measure the distance to nearby stars, it is astounding that it stubbornly refuses to solve the simplest of math problems: overpopulation”
September 3, 2026 at 5:36 PM
“For a species that can calculate the speed of electrons and measure the distance to nearby stars, it is astounding that it stubbornly refuses to solve the simplest of math problems: overpopulation”
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Accompanying horrific data point:
An area right next to the North Pole just switched from extremely high albedo to extremely low albedo.
An area right next to the North Pole just switched from extremely high albedo to extremely low albedo.
"An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29." via @livescience.com at www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole
An image from NASA Worldview shows how brittle Arctic sea ice is becoming due to global warming, with large patches of open water visible near the North Pole on Aug. 29.
www.livescience.com
September 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Accompanying horrific data point:
An area right next to the North Pole just switched from extremely high albedo to extremely low albedo.
An area right next to the North Pole just switched from extremely high albedo to extremely low albedo.
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If you take latency into account (most committees agree on a 10yr latency) then assuming we hit 'net zero' tomorrow 2C is locked in.
If we don't hit that target, delay net zero to 2050 then 4C or higher is in the pipe line within the lifetime of someone reading this....
bsky.app/profile/marc...
If we don't hit that target, delay net zero to 2050 then 4C or higher is in the pipe line within the lifetime of someone reading this....
bsky.app/profile/marc...
we just crossed 1.5C
2C is a decade out.
No point in rushing what's already coming like a freight train
bsky.app/profile/clim...
2C is a decade out.
No point in rushing what's already coming like a freight train
bsky.app/profile/clim...
Dear WMO,
The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037.
You’re welcome.
The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037.
You’re welcome.
September 4, 2026 at 1:54 PM
If you take latency into account (most committees agree on a 10yr latency) then assuming we hit 'net zero' tomorrow 2C is locked in.
If we don't hit that target, delay net zero to 2050 then 4C or higher is in the pipe line within the lifetime of someone reading this....
bsky.app/profile/marc...
If we don't hit that target, delay net zero to 2050 then 4C or higher is in the pipe line within the lifetime of someone reading this....
bsky.app/profile/marc...
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I spend a fair amount of time with most of your graphs.
But this one...
this one is the mother od dragons.
this one portends a world of fire
But this one...
this one is the mother od dragons.
this one portends a world of fire
Daenerys Targaryen & Dragon in Game of Thrones
ALT: Daenerys Targaryen & Dragon in Game of Thrones
static.klipy.com
September 4, 2026 at 5:58 PM
I spend a fair amount of time with most of your graphs.
But this one...
this one is the mother od dragons.
this one portends a world of fire
But this one...
this one is the mother od dragons.
this one portends a world of fire
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As of now, there are 71,735 wildfires currently burning worldwide.
50,472 of those are critical.
> currentwildfires.com/en/
#FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #Worldwide
50,472 of those are critical.
> currentwildfires.com/en/
#FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #Worldwide
September 3, 2026 at 7:20 PM
As of now, there are 71,735 wildfires currently burning worldwide.
50,472 of those are critical.
> currentwildfires.com/en/
#FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #Worldwide
50,472 of those are critical.
> currentwildfires.com/en/
#FossilFuels #Meat #Dairy #Collapse #Climate #Worldwide
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Everything is fine.
September 3, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Everything is fine.
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'When forests go up in smoke, they release back into the atmosphere, in a matter of days, CO2 they had been capturing for decades or centuries through photosynthesis. This injects massive quantities of GHG into the air, triggering a long list of feedback loops.'
geographical.co.uk/climate-chan...
geographical.co.uk/climate-chan...
How wildfires could push the climate crisis beyond repair
The warnings were clear, but the response fell short. Now intensifying wildfires threaten to push the climate crisis beyond repair
geographical.co.uk
September 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
'When forests go up in smoke, they release back into the atmosphere, in a matter of days, CO2 they had been capturing for decades or centuries through photosynthesis. This injects massive quantities of GHG into the air, triggering a long list of feedback loops.'
geographical.co.uk/climate-chan...
geographical.co.uk/climate-chan...
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Dear WMO,
The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037.
You’re welcome.
The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037.
You’re welcome.
September 3, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Dear WMO,
The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037.
You’re welcome.
The planet has already passed the Paris limit of 1.5°C (2.7°F) above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline, and is well on its way to 2.0°C (3.6°F) by 2037.
You’re welcome.