Staying up all night, learning just to be unemployed after school is crazy
@gadedeselorm
๐ฌ๐ญGhanaian bridging the gap between climate experts & you. No fear-mongering, just common sense. Think of Earth as your home: you protect it from "robbers" because itโs yours, not because youโre afraid. Iโm not here to spread fearโ just common sense. Peace
Staying up all night, learning just to be unemployed after school is crazy
Ghana in 2026 is heartbreaking. The only fast way to success is through Galamsey, politics, gambling, or fraud.
Your University degree becomes useless. This is frustrating
This isnโt politics or panic.
Itโs what happens when heat keeps adding up over time.
Scientists even found old plants under the ice-proof it wasnโt always this frozen, even when the planet was only a bit warmer than today.
Wonderful piece.
Incase you wondering what it saysโฆ.
Greenlandโs ice isnโt โsuddenly collapsing.โ
Itโs slowly getting weaker โ from the top, from the inside, and through small cracks.
Like a wall that looks fineโฆ until one day it isnโt.
True
I like that perspective. Do you think awareness of that makes us more responsible, or just more conflicted?
Saw a bumper sticker once that read "Nature always bats last."
Exactly. Nature doesnโt care about opinions, only consequences๐
What gets me is how small things stack up dust, algae, heat and suddenly the melt speeds up.
Wondering what this article is talking about??
Greenlandโs ice is melting faster partly because itโs getting darker.
Wind blows dusty โfertilizerโ onto the ice.
Algae grows.
Dark ice absorbs more heat.
Itโs like swapping a white shirt for a black one in the sun.
Same planet. More heat absorbed.
Wow, chicken diseases are terrible. In Ghana cooked eggs used to be 0.5cedis in 2018, now itโs 4 Cedis.
Quick check
Have food prices changed where you live in the last few years?
Up? Same? Down?
Me: yes. In Ghana, a ball of kenkey in 2018 used to be 1 cedi, now itโs 5 cedi.
You: ?????
Clouds in Sky over Long Road in Countryside
One thing climate change teaches you is this:
Nature doesnโt negotiate.
You can argue online.
Delay decisions.
Pretend itโs politics.
But physics just keeps going.
Everything uses energy.
The question is whether it saves more energy than it burns.
Climate isnโt about being โpure.โ
Itโs about being efficient. I try my best and I am also asking everyone to try their best ๐๐๐ฟ
Think of it like this:
If you build your house inside a river path,
you can keep raising the walls
But at some point, the river always wins.
The smart move isnโt bigger walls,
itโs moving the house.
Climate action isnโt fear.
Itโs common sense.
#ClimateMitigation #SeaLevelRise #ClimateReality
From what I just read - The Somerset Levels used to be under the sea.
Scientists say sea levels could rise ~2m within 75 years โ and more after that.
Translation:
You canโt permanently fight the ocean.
At some point, moving people is smarter than raising walls forever.
This isn't just an issue for Somerset. Huge swathes of England, including the Fens, Broads and Humberhead Levels, are already at or below sea level
We're going to lose much of our best agricultural land, and millions of people will become climate refugees
What's the plan?
Open car bonnet with heat waves rising, symbolizing maintenance
Climate action isnโt charity.
Itโs maintenance.
You donโt service your car because you love mechanics โ you do it so the engine doesnโt fail on the highway.
Poll asking what made people believe climate change is real.
What convinced you climate change is real?
Aโข Extreme heat
Bโข Flooding
Cโข Rising food prices
Dโข Iโm still skeptical
Split image showing a protected home on one side and climate threats like flooding and heat on the other.
If armed robbers were breaking into your house slowly,
you wouldnโt wait for the TV news to confirm it.
Youโd lock doors.
Call neighbors.
Fix weak points.
Climate change is the same thing โ just quieter.
Protect the planet like youโd protect your home.
If you rent a house, you donโt wait for the landlord to care before you sweep.
You sweep because you live there.
Earth is the same.
No planet B. No landlord in the sky.
Just us โ tenants who forgot basic house rules.
Taking care of the environment isnโt activism.
Itโs home training.
Climate action isnโt just about being โgreen.โ
Itโs about not leaving messes for strangers, future children, or poorer communities to clean up.
Most of us were raised better than that.
You donโt have to be an activist to care.
Net Zero is little more than greenwash.
And now that neoliberal โcentrismโ has successfully paved the way for neoliberal authoritarianism, greenwash is no longer necessary.
The lesson?
Money will always trump our childrenโs futures until this system is ripped to pieces.
This got me cracking up ๐
To my Muslim brothers and sisters, If you donโt celebrate Christmas, thereโs no need to announce it. Simply abstain and move on. We donโt need unnecessary drama over personal beliefs when peaceful coexistence and mutual respect should be our priority.
I have LGBTQ friends. I have rich friends, poor friends, Muslim friends, Christian friends, and friends from different backgrounds.
I do not have any problem with what someone chooses to do with themselves. I just mind my business and cheer people up. Maybe you should try that and be at peace!
Happy Christmas to all who celebrate, and a peaceful and happy Thursday to those who donโt.
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To those quietly doing good this Christmasโfeeding, helping, listening, showing upโmay your kindness return to you in ways you never expect. Keep going. You matter and ๐ ๐ค๐
I may not have the luxury to travel outside the country, but I genuinely love connecting with peopleโno matter your religion, culture, or where youโre from.
Iโm friendly, and always open to good conversations. Feel free to DM meโletโs get to know each other. Be friendly, no spamming ๐๐ค