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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Bread isn’t bread anymore. Honey isn’t honey anymore. Once, bread rose with the help of wild microbes. Once, honey carried the memory of a hundred flowers. My new essay asks: What happens to a culture that forgets how to work with living systems? open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

There’s never good news about commercial industrial activity.

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Andy Zahn @andyzahn.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

The #timelapse video I filmed at #sunrise this morning with the DJI Osmo Action 6. #wawx youtu.be/541GM77-qQc

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Sunrise Timelapse filmed with DJI Osmo Action 6

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I’m writing a second book called BECOMING EARTHKEEPERS. I’m publishing a first draft of each chapter on Collapse Curriculum. The first chapter deals with what modern life has done to us and starts the journey of reclaiming ourselves from the machine. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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What Modern Life Has Done to Us

Chapter 1 of Becoming EarthKeepers

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

The silent revolution of neoliberalism. It is the worst of the worst form of capitalism. It’s accelerating ecosystem destruction, and turning human living into a nightmare. But it is the natural outcome of technological society that replaces human freedoms with systems and efficiencies.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

“Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.” Eugene Ionesco

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

The dominant narrative: Democrats want to give a person a fish; Republicans believe in “teach a man to fish.” Reality: the industrial system, fully supported by both parties, is killing all the fish. No fish for anyone.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Apparently @safety.bsky.app believes Sarah did not “Walk The Line” even the their line is invisible and arbitrary. As these things tend to go, eventually there’s no one left to censor except you. So they will.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

It is truly incredible how much the public “commons” have been totally decimated by this capitalist incarnation we call “neoliberalism.”

Public spaces reflect and reinforce culture. Capitalism produces spaces that are clogged with vehicles, ads, pollution, plastic and pavement. There is no longer any space for children, pedestrians, nature, public gathering, socializing, or anything else that makes us human. We need to take back space for people.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Republicans are shitting on voter-lead initiatives all over the country, showing their dedication to states’ rights, as long as the people aren’t involved. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that most people don’t want the truth—especially not the kind that tears at the myth of progress, the lie of civilization. Because to truly see—to really let it in—would mean everything they depend on is soaked in blood and ash.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Learn more below. Part Two is not about slogans or marches—it’s about formation. Resilient, decentralized, invisible. The ghost in the machine is you, is us, is everyone ready to resist not with hope, but with discipline. The cell is the crucible… open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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Ghosts in the Machine: Total Resistance, Part II

Why Cells, Not Movements, Will Outlive Collapse

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yukongertie.bsky.social @yukongertie.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Let me break it down for the folks in the back: You cannot extract your way to harmony. You cannot innovate your way out of a death cult.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

What the Sámi and other indigenous people are facing is the latest mutation of empire—a "green" empire, sure—but it’s still empire. Just with better branding. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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Green Colonialism Is Still Colonialism

How Tech Utopians Are Rebranding Empire—And Who’s Standing in the Way

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

"I’m so sick of millennial’s attitudes lately... walking around like they rent the place." - credit to Logan Lisle

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

My buddy Nate on the value of community in a collapsing world…. “Your neighbors can lend you an extension cord or hand you a beer. Online communities can send thoughts and prayers. The exchange rate of thoughts-and-prayers to tangibles is usually unfavorable.”

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Latest in the series just dropped! One thing I enjoyed from the book Total Resistance, is that Hans von Dach laid it out clearly: every person has a role in the fight for freedom. Elders carry wisdom and memory. Women organize, coordinate, and run the nerve centers.

Image of Sophie Scholl, the Student Who Defied Hitler.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

After writing about the book Total Resistance, some people asked me what is the law on speech that talks of guerrilla warfare in a modern context. I wrote a piece that summarizes law in the United States on this topic. I hope it helps. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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Resistance and the First Amendment: What You Can (and Can’t) Say in a Dying Empire

Understanding the legal boundaries of revolutionary writing in the United States

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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Resistance and the First Amendment: What You Can (and Can’t) Say in a Dying Empire

Understanding the legal boundaries of revolutionary writing in the United States

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 23/03/2025

"When a complex system is far from equilibrium, small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos have the capacity to shift the entire system to a higher order." Iya Prigogine, Noble prize-winning chemist

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Finally…. American is back!… back to not even pretending to have any concern for the environment.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

These are good films. Free too.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Tactical pants are more than just gear—they’re survival tools. I put CQR vs. 5.11 Tactical through 3 years of hell. One brand still works. The other? Velcro failures, busted seams, and potential disaster. Find out which is worth your money. 👇 collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/i-tried-tw...

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I Tried Two Different Pants for 3 Years—Here’s What Happened

The Importance of Durability in Survival Attire

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Eventually things like democracy and even biology simply get in the way of advanced technological society. Astounding read (albeit long). Long story short, the tech bros don’t think democracy is good enough any more. Neither is the Earth or you. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...

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The Plot Against America

How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Politicians and the environmental organizations they fund pat themselves on the back for protecting one area while they support destroying the adjacent area. It doesn’t work like that. It’s just virtue signaling… greenwashing. Meanwhile mass extinction is worsened by human activity every day.

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 04/02/2025

The collapse of global industrial civilization is happening much faster than expected. It hurts terribly to watch these evil people do their evil things. But I keep returning to the truth that the faster modern civilization is gone, the better off everything else will be. Is it good or bad?

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

This isn’t sci-fi; it’s the endgame of industrial civilization. Our obsession with tech has reduced even war to mechanized efficiency. Where’s the line? When will we say enough? #DystopiaUnfolding

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

In today’s “Never tell me the odds”: These scientists give a 90% chance that society will collapse in the next 20-40 years. DEFORESTATION is the primary driver. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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a man says never tell me the odds in front of a gold robot

ALT: a man says never tell me the odds in front of a gold robot

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Flexing the legal muscles here with a primer on birthright citizenship in the United States. I explain why it can’t simply be repealed by executive order or legislation. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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A Legal Primer on Birthright Citizenship in the United States

Navigating the Arguments for Abolishing Jus Soli by Executive Order

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Considering what we’ve seen with raging fires in Los Angeles, it’s not hard to imagine a scenario where the internet is down and cell towers are out. With surveillance and the ability of actors to shut down these forms of communications, radio offers independence. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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From Crisis to Connection: Why Radio is the Lifeline You Need to Learn Now

Part I: Mastering Radio Communications

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Despite Biden’s order, logging of old growth forest increased over the last 4 years. Destruction of the natural world is deeply embedded systemically, and signs point towards worse, not better. The law and the priority of the Bureau of Land Murder must be radically changed.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I once got lost in the Shawnee National Forest as a kid. No GPS, no map. Just my boots and luck. If I’d had a proper bushcraft knife, I could’ve been far better prepared, especially had night come. A belt knife is THE survival tool—here's how it saves lives. 🧵

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

5 Ways a Knife Could Save Your Life in an Emergency Situation Bonus: How to Choose a Bushcraft Knife - Video collapsecurriculum.substack.com/p/5-ways-a-k...

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I don’t really feel bad for the wealthy buggers who live in Malibu though.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Does this mean I’m a real patriot now? 🎉🤣

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

When your friend calls to let you know they are now #collapse aware…

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Best reply so far: “Sorry but Brian Thompson’s murder took place out of network, so I’m gonna have to deny your claim for me giving a fuck.”

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Their trained response to me is “go live in a cave.” My oft repeated response is “go fck yourself.”

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I have many people tell me they aren't really interested in the "survivalist skills" that is part of what I teach about adaptation and collapse. I get the aversion to prepper mentality, but here's a few reasons why it's more than that. 🧵

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A good week to reflect on our food. Thanksgiving represents traditional food pathways: it’s based on season it brings people together utilizes traditional foods. I unboxed a cast iron skillet set recently, and I think this method is worthy of our consideration year-round. youtu.be/OS-6JtBdLjY?...

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Unboxing Cabela’s 5-Piece Cast Iron Set: Great for Outdoor Cooking?

YouTube video by Justin McAffee

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The tortoise, voiceless and vulnerable, reminds us: renewables were never about sustainability. It is about power and spectacle. Will we finally listen before there is nothing left?

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

As I predicted, turns out Matt Gaetz was a pawn. Now anyone Trump puts up for AG looks brilliant in comparison, no matter how bad. This is Art of the Deal shenaniganism.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

A little poem I wrote while meditating on the edge of a wildlife refuge, a boxed-in homage to a time when nature was abundant, yet a reminder of her enslavement. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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Where the Wild’s Hold Their Last Breath (A Poem)

Author’s note: I wrote this while standing on the edge of a wildlife refuge, as thoughts of its significance poured in.

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Justin McAffee @mcaffee.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Depression and poor mental health are peak in 2024 and are only poised to get worse. There are a variety of reasons. I wanted to share the most effective things you can do with the least amount of time. Turns out it’s called the 20/10/5 Rule. open.substack.com/pub/collapse...

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The Best Mental Health Hack - 20/10/5 Rule

3 Simple Tools For Feeling Better, Even Amidst Collapse

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