By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026If 90% of the wealth is in the hands of 1% of the people, a war or disaster that wipes out most capital will mostly destroy the wealth of the 1%. The poor suffer terribly, but they start with nothing - and end with nothing. 1463
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026We are *clearly* steaming into one of these situations. The wealthy squandered two generations preventing the world from tacking the climate emergency, and now the inevitable has arrived. California is on track to see a *12"* sea-level rise in the next *month*: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comCalifornia rushes to prepare for massive ‘Kelvin’ wave and predicted sea level riseWave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska 15611
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/10/2026That's just the overture to the American run of this year's "Super El Nino," a blockbuster whose out-of-town previews have been slaying massive crowds all over the world: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comBangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakesWith 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia 1384
