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World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold" (www.cbsnews.com)
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World hits 12 straight months of record-high temperatures — but as warming continues, it'll be "remembered as comparatively cold"

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fuck this is depressing

[–] loaf 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It really is. It’s already bordering on intolerable. By 2050, I assume only the wealthy will have the luxury of not dying from a heat stroke.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago

it wasn't until all the workers where dead that they realized labour is the source of all capital but by then it was too late.