All things said and done, this isn’t the worst pick I’ve seen in this hellscape administration. I was fully expecting an Exxon CEO or something. It’s still extremely worrying how easy Jacobs can throw away any scientific integrity for Trump’s loyalty (e.g. Sharpiegate).
It’s almost like… we need societal level changes that take power away from this ultra-rich class. Have you read The Ministry for the Future? It’s a really interesting look at the dystopian near future of the climate crisis.
We all need to buckle in, brace for the worst, and push back at every step. The strategy is just do everything they can to overwhelm the people of the country (their “adversaries”) so that even if they only get 10% successfully pushed through, that’s still a huge problem.
The real alternative is to restructure our incentives systems (i.e. capital market regulations), but that’s the absolute last thing that will ever happen. Carbon taxes are a step in that direction but are still just a tiny bandaid on a gaping wound.
Reddit has been Facebook since like 2019-2020. Any social media service that gets too big just becomes a complete shit hole, hence my joining the fediverse.