https://jembendell.com/2026/10/04/what-we-grieve-incanting-50-shades-of-grief/ "We grieve for when hot weather was something to fully enjoy, not carrying the dread of accelerating environmental change. We grieve for the time when talking about the weather was our way to connect with one another, not to trigger anxieties, or invite a political debate. We grieve for when we could enjoy a beautiful landscape and not wonder about the suffering and loss of its wildlife. We grieve for the time when allergies, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and cancers, were unusual conditions and we would be unlucky to be affected by them. We grieve for when we didn’t know that microplastics and toxic chemicals are circulating in our blood, accelerating our aging and foretelling of future illness, as well as that of future generations. We grieve for when humanity was small enough for this Planet Earth to tolerate the financiers’ demand for exponential growth.” … #Collapse #ClimateCollapse