#TEOTWAWKI

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Believers look forward to the coming of their prophets, saviors or gods, and an apocalypse that will destroy the entire world.

Atheists... don't. We're the "evil" and "mentally ill" ones. 🤡

#atheism #religion #end of the world #TEOTWAWKI #end times #end of times #apocalypse #religion is a mental illness

[carringtoneventhorizon]

(Don't) WITNESS ME!

#road worriers #apocolyspo facto #teotwawki #fury road #road warrior #mad max #tank girl #damnation alley

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

When I hear the phrase "Doomsday Book," I imagine an ancient tome full of prophecies and portentions about the old gods rising to raze the Earth and create one anew, not a glorified census ledger.

#doomsday book #domesday book #doomsday #doom #doomsday preppers #end of the world #it's the end of the world as we know it #teotwawki #apocalypse #armageddon #ragnarok #judgement day

[hobohobgoblim]

Saturday mood

#abandoned places #cryptidcore #goblincore #naturecore #winter is coming #make the overgrown ruins you want to see in the world #I've had quite enough humanity for now #teotwawki #and I feel feral

[arcticdementor]

Tired: Worrying about nuclear radiation. Wired: Worrying about nuclear EMP. Inspired: Thinking about another Carrington Event.

Don’t be paranoid about the Ruskies or Chinamen or Norks setting off EMPs; everything relied on every day can be fried if ol’ Mr. Sun decides to burp.

At a Grug level, Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are when the ongoing nuclear explosion known as “the sun” tosses an energetic stream of plasma out with enough oomph to escape its massive gravity. The sun chucks these out daily, but space is big. Sometimes, tho, one hits the Earth.

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The Carrington Event was first observed by gentleman astronomer Richard Carrington, who saw the solar flare through his telescope the morning of September 1st, 1859. The bright white lights on the sun’s surface perplexed, but didn’t shock him; the shock would be felt elsewhere.

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By September 2nd, the CME hit Earth’s magnetic field. First, the good news: The magnetic field worked, and all life was not scoured from the planet’s surface. Moon and Mars and Venus colonizer bros, don’t dismiss that bit of good news. But there were still effects felt worldwide.

Auroras were seen even in the deep south as the planet was bathed in plasma. Larks awoke and began to sing, bricklayers started their morning routine, and people read their newspapers in the sky’s brilliant glow.. This being the 1800’s, nobody thought to ask primitives about it.

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The early telegraph system of the time saw dramatic effects. Wires sparked and set fires, badly shocking some telegraph operators. The nascent global communications web went entirely down for a while, but fortunately as everything was analog, most damage was easy to repair.

CMEs are always hurtling by this little planet. Carbon 14 sampling makes it look like similar spikes happened in the lifetimes of a tree; in 775 the CME smacking the planet was 10x more powerful than the Carrington Event. The sun is a Chicago gangbanger, and we’re a bystander.

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I use that analogy on purpose. Chicagoans don’t walk around in body armor, because it’s heavy and expensive and the random bullet isn’t extremely likely. There is *some* hardening that could be done against another Carrington Event, but in the end? If a CME hits, modernity dies.

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Life is extremely fragile, fren. I lost my wife just before Corona made the globe freak out about dying; you and everyone you love will inevitably die. The Carrington Event isn’t something alarming, it’s inevitable. Make peace with God, because tomorrow the whole world may fry.

[@mitigatedchaos​]

#frogbutt #twitter #twitter thread #carrington event #teotwawki

[rawheadex]

Sure, just give me a sawn-off pump sg

#ww3 #teotwawki #edc

[abigail-writingstuff]

Happy New Year, Everyone!

If you haven't already, now is the time to begin...

#abigail's thoughts #abigail writing stuff #142279.25 #life quotes #prepping #TEOTWAWKI

[jdeanmorgan]

#what's all this then...

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (2015-2023) 3.03 ✩ TEOTWAWKI

#fear the walking dead #ftwdedit #ftwd #horroredit #horrorgifs #tvedit #televisiongifs #nick clark #troy otto #* #tvarchive #filmtv #tuserjack

[blond-jerk-tourney]

Strawberry Bracket: Round 2, Poll 6

Propaganda from submitters Under Cut

Akagi Ritsuko

she has some serious mother issues and really seems to want to be straight, leading her to not only sleep with the dude her mother was sleeping with but help him bring about the end of the world as we know it. personally i don't think she can do it (be straight, i mean; TEOTWAWKI is definitely happening)

i feel like she should get extra points for presumably being a bottle blonde. also i like hot adults.

Teruki Hanazawa

My guy thrived on master-class assholery before he met the MC. So much so, that through the abuse of his psychic powers, he was convinced that he's the main character of the world. Even after he turns over a new leaf he's still a bit of an arrogant lil shit. Also waterboards terrorists for fun cuz he's just silly like that.

HANAZAWA SWEEP HE’S THE WORST I LOVE HIM

#strawberry bracket #strawberry bracket round 2 #polls #tournament polls #ritsuko akagi #shin seiki evangelion #teruki hanazawa #mob psycho 100 #mp100 teruki #mp100 #blond jerk tournament

[carringtoneventhorizon]

#apocolyspo facto #teotwawki #post apocalyptic #apocalyptic #post-apocalyptic #scooby doo #shaggy

[resistancekitty]

I’m pretty sure that the first places I’m looting after TEOTWAWKI are the libraries and the book stores.

[hobohobgoblim]

I think

I think it's time

For wrenches in the works

And bombs in the mail

Fires in the fracking fields

Assasins on Wall Street

I want the traffic to cease its constant growling

Banks blazing bright in the wee widdershin hours of the night

I want factories buried in vines and ruins in riotous bloom

My green thumbs and trigger finger itch.

#poetry #another end of the world is possible #apocacolyspo #bad poetry #endciv #the future is feral #teotwawki

[sataniccapitalist]

Sanity 101: Living Fully in an Age of Decline (Basic Training) Essential Wisdom for Hard Times

THESIS: The stability of the biosphere has been in decline for centuries and in runaway (unstoppable) collapse for decades. This “Great Acceleration” of technology- and market-driven ecocide is an easily verifiable fact. The scientific evidence is overwhelming. Evidence is also compelling that the vast majority of people will deny this, especially those still benefitting from the existing order, those legitimately concerned about the consequences of collapse, those who fear that accepting reality means “giving up”. The history of 80+ previous boom and bust societies clearly reveals how and why Homo colossus (industrial civilization) is in terminal decline and destined for near-term extinction. Paradoxically, acceptance of collapse and its inevitable consequences may be the single most important thing any of us can do to live fully, fearlessly, and inspiringly in this Age of Decline: at TEOTWAWKI (The-End-Of-The-World-As-We-Know-It).

#Youtube

[prepperjournal]

Tertiary Prepper Skills – Reconnaissance

The world of prepping is constantly evolving.  Just look at how far technological advancements in the past five to ten years have come and how it has benefitted not only the military and law enforcement but the prepper community as well.  But alas, with every technological advance, the prior way of doing things and that knowledge tends to slowly slip away into an abyss.  One major change has been in how we view defensive operations.  In the “ole” days one would have to reconnoiter if you needed to gather intel.  Fast forward to today and you ask any MAG, tribe, or prepper group, and more than likely they will have one, if not two, drones along with highly skilled and knowledgeable operators.  In essence, drones have become a force multiplier for not only the military but civilians as well.  The “eye-in-the-sky” is the new way of performing reconnaissance, but is it always the best way? DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RECONNAISSANCE, RECONNOITER, AND SURVEILLANCE: Before going further, I want to take a moment to explain the difference between reconnaissance, reconnoiter, and surveillance.  Many times, these words are used interchangeably, but there is a difference between reconnaissance and surveillance.  Surveillance usually involves the use of electronic equipment (drones, surveillance cameras, wiretaps, etc.).  Meriam-Webster Dictionary definitions are as follows: Reconnaissance: (N) a preliminary survey to gather information  Reconnoiter: (V) to make a reconnaissance of Surveillance: (N) close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) For the sake of this article, this tertiary prepper skill is going to be focused on utilizing old-school reconnaissance teachings to get back to the basics and not have to rely on technology, other than a comms system. If comms is not available, you could use a two-person team where one is a runner and communicates back to the team the findings of the reconnoiterer.  Lastly, there is nothing wrong with utilizing drones for surveillance or reconnaissance, however learning the manual way of collecting intelligence will ultimately help you and your group in the long run, if need be, given an EMP event. Once learned, meshing both drones and reconnoitering skills during TEOTWAWKI will only broaden your offensive and defensive security plan. The Prepper SKILLS OF RECONNAISSANCE: The GoArmy website definition for the military occupational specialty (MOS) 13F, or Joint Fire Support Specialist, is: As a Joint Fire Support Specialist, you’ll gather intelligence and enemy target location to help the Army determine where and how to deploy artillery in mission-based situations. You’ll set up and operate communications systems, encode, and decode messages, assist in the preparation of fire support plans, coordinate, and target, operate laser range finders, and target devices, and determine the target’s location using computers or manual calculations. The first part where it states, “gather intelligence and enemy target location” means in layman’s terms, stealthfully seeking out your enemy’s location without giving away your position and then reporting it back to your base of operations. This is mainly for FO’s (reconnoiterer) attached to light infantry and infantry airborne units (at least it was when I was an FO). Aside from getting to and setting up an observation post (OP), one must first be proficient in the art of stealthy reconnaissance.  This is not an exhaustive list, but some of the skills a forward observer needs to possess for reconnoitering are: - Topographic map reading - Day and night land navigation - Target / object distance estimation - Stealth and concealment - Radio operations (comms) - Physical and mental stamina - Ability to work autonomously - Basic survival knowledge (water procurement, wild edibles, etc.) - Intestinal fortitude In my belief, it is here that these skills should be more of a primary or possibly a secondary principle of prepping than a tertiary one.  Although drones can play an important role in OPSEC (Operations Security), physical reconnaissance has now become more of a TPS, which needs to be practiced and developed.  This is also one of the more elaborate tertiary prepper skills that need more attention than just a weekend or two to learn.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cF0ovA3FtY SCENARIO: It has been 9 days since the U.S. descended into chaos and it is a true WROL situation. The president shortly thereafter declares martial law across the United States, and all cellular towers and internet services have been disabled.  You hear chatter over the ham radio that there seems to be an estimated one-thousand-person caravan of starving people heading northbound on the major highway located five miles from where you live.  The horde is 15 miles away to the south currently.  There is also a secondary highway off the major northbound highway that skirts to within one mile of your bugout location.  If the caravan takes the secondary highway, you might have some serious problems, as scouts will most likely be venturing out to scavenge. To add insult to injury, it is dusk and the wind is blowing at 30 mph. You are hearing reports on the NOAA alert that a hurricane is coming inland and will be a tropical storm by the time it goes over your location.  (Yeah, it is a little far-fetched, but always try to incorporate Murphy’s Law into every scenario you develop.  You will thank yourself later.) This is where having reconnoiter experience as a tertiary prepper skill will come into play.  There are some knowns and unknowns in this scenario.  The Knowns are: - No one in the group has prepared for this type of scenario.  There is a potential threat approximately three to five hours away heading northbound in your direction (depending on how quickly a horde of starving people can walk). - The size of the caravan is reported to be 1k people. - You have one drone that is a long-range waterproof machine and can handle strong winds, but you risk the loss of the drone if you chance it.  - It is dusk and about to get ugly outside.  A hungry horde may be looking for a place to wait out a storm that could jeopardize your current location. The Unknowns are: - Is there really a large caravan of hungry people heading in your direction?  Are there really 1k people or is it only 50?  Is someone deploying psyop tactics in the hopes people in the surrounding area bug out and leave behind most of their prepper possessions? - Does the potential caravan threat have current vulnerabilities?  Are they armed?  Are they mostly women and children?  Are they all on foot or using other means of travel? - Your immediate group has not assessed and has had the time to process the risk of their vulnerability and potential of being exploited by a mass of starving people.  - Is it feasible to put countermeasures in place in such a short amount of time? The only way to address the unknowns is for someone from your prepper group, tribe, MAG, or even your family, to gather more intel to calculate this potential threat / non-threat and report it back to the team to take the necessary precautions. ITEMS NEEDED: Aside from the attributes above, to be successful at reconnaissance, one must start off with having the right equipment.  Although this is not an exhaustive list, this should give you a good idea of what you would need in the event you or someone from your group must perform these reconnoiter duties. - A 12-hour rucksack (5.11 Rush 12 2.0 is a good example) - 1:50,000 waterproof grid map of your area - Lensatic or orienteering compass - A good pair of binoculars (w/ range finder reticle pattern if possible; 10x50 magnification is a good start) - Two (2) military protractors (they are clear; two is one and one is none) - Pace counter beads - Comms (Ham, CB, or GMRS radio with an earpiece and small microphone would be preferred to remain as quiet as possible. You will also want a long enough antenna to transmit across harsh terrains.) - Range Cards - State Highway map (check your state’s dot.gov website for free visitor state highway maps) - Camouflage face paint - .3mm drafting mechanical pencils - Grease markers (non-permanent) - Large 4mil sealing plastic bag or map case - Flashlight or headlamp with red lens - Write in the rain notepad w/ pen - Rain Poncho - Firearm (Long Rifle or sidearm depending on the mission and terrain) - Proper seasonal clothing (camouflage preferably for your area, gray man if in the city or suburbs) - Proper footwear and socks for seasonal conditions - Water - Additional Items to consider:- Ghillie suit - Night Vision or Infrared (depending on budget) - Range Finder - Water Filter (Sawyer mini or squeeze) - BIC Lighter - IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) - Snacks - Ammo (consider the additional weight as to how many magazines you think you’ll need) - Paracord - Pocket road atlas This bag should always be packed to grab at a moment’s notice.  Do not confuse this bag with an INCH (I’m Never Coming Home) bag or a get-home / bug-out bag.  This bag has one purpose and that is for reconnaissance.  Try to avoid utilizing all the real estate on and inside the bag. Try to keep this bag around 15 lbs. if you can.  Remember, ounces equal pounds, and pounds equal pain.  Being stealthy is the key to the mission.  Being a minimalist is also key here, so you will want just the essentials to get to your OP or area of reconnaissance so you can grab the intel and extract yourself quickly and quietly.  10 STEPS TO GETTING STARTED: The art of reconnoitering needs to be developed over time as there are many aspects and skills needed to be successful, especially in a grid-down situation or WROL.  If you are serious about having someone perform reconnaissance, here is a non-exhaustive list to get you pointed in the right direction. - Purchase as many of the above items on the list as possible (NOTE:  Do NOT try to find the cheapest protractors or compasses.  A protractor that needs to be “trimmed” is not worth buying.  A great Lensatic compass is Cammenga.  Buy once / cry once). - Invest in a 1:50,000 grid map if you can.  (https://mapstore.mytopo.com/) - Purchase (or download) Map Reading and Land Navigation (FM 21-26) OR (FM 3-25.26). - Study these manuals if you are unfamiliar with map reading and land navigation and figure out your pace count and commit it to memory. - Once you have acquired your reconnoiter materials and you have familiarized yourself with the information, figure out whom from your tribe, group, MAG, or family has any experience map reading, glassing, and/or hunting and can physically handle the reconnoiter responsibilities for your group. - This one isn’t critical, but you might want to set up a code word cheat sheet for you and your group if you are planning on communicating on an unsecured radio channel during an SHTF situation. (NOTE:  Please abide by all FCC regulations when utilizing open-air communication devices.) - Begin creating dry run scenarios with your group or family.  Start off small, say, reconnoitering a half click (500M) to a location where you can set up a camouflaged Observation Post (OP).  Use your preferred comms to call into your base station, group, or family what it is that you see. - Egress.  Try to determine on your grid map an egress or two before committing to your OP.  It is good practice to always think about your extraction plan as things might get squirrely once you get into position. - Red team everything.  After your dry runs, get back with your group or family and assess the pros and cons of what you have just practiced.  Do NOT fall into an echo chamber during this time and embrace confirmation biases.  These dry runs need to be taken seriously and they need to be dissected for both the good and the bad for them to be perfected.  Getting captured (or even killed) while on a reconnaissance mission jeopardizes not only your well-being but the safety of the group as well. - Practice, practice, and practice some more because Murphy never takes a day off.  Ever. CONCLUSION: Reconnoitering is a tertiary prepper skill that is going to take some time to learn if you have never done it before.  But be rest assured, thousands of soldiers every year learn the basic skills of land navigation and map reading and you can too.  This is a skill that you will want to develop sooner rather than later, especially while times are still somewhat calm.  Read up on your manuals, watch YouTube videos, and talk to military veterans to learn tips and tricks to better perform reconnaissance. Stay strong, keep learning new tertiary prepper skills, and enjoy stealth reconnaissance! Sgt. Silverman Read the full article

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as a man who dragged one of my parents halfway out of the church and the other one to all-but-recant his faith on his deathbed so he could miserably sink into dementia... i'm not really a huge fan of the word "parentification" because it doesn't really begin to cover it

like to the degree that i thought about this for several days before i realized what i had done was so far beyond anything resembling that, that most people would not even recognize it as "parenting-like," because most parents don't have to drag their children out of a mormon teotwawki death cult, lobbying at the state legislature, climate change denialism as a geography professor, etc

like... in a society where these are still, by and large, problems, and not regarded as such, because so many people wrongly think christianity or mormonism are harmless, "parentification" is such an insufficient term that it conceals the true depth of the problem. i didn't have to raise them or care for them, i had to break and rebuild two fully conscious and cognizant, hateful adults, in the face of their incoherent screeching and crying about how wrong i surely must be, as a child, and one of them died from it. although again, research indicates parkinson's appears to be associated with long-flu, so that really wasn't MY fault, but it does feel like he abdicated his whole brain rather than accept responsibility for how demonically he had behaved his whole life

#gotta say it now so i don't say it to my mom's face! #i want to have a nice time visiting :(

[jdeanmorgan]

FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (2015-2023) 3.03 ✩ TEOTWAWKI

#fear the walking dead #ftwdedit #ftwd #horroredit #tvedit #horrorgifs #nick clark #troy otto #*