Cultural spamming.

The UK is not going to end up with Mediterranean climate (even setting aside the fact that globally things will just keep getting hotter). When the AMOC collapses, they're going to end up with a Canadian climate. They're kept much, much warmer than their geography would suggest because of heat transport from equatorial waters. That current is already wobbling.

Yeah, I definitely could not do this accurately without reference, but I'm also not giving a presentation on behalf of the US state department about the region.

I know it's possible to get shockingly close to growing enough to feed yourself on surprisingly small plots of land with very careful planning, management, and companion gardening, but something tells me the kind of person willing to dedicate a huge chunk of their "self-sufficient" compound to suburban lawns is not proficient enough to do something like that.

Their whole Wikipedia entry is so incredible:

Malcolm is the great-grandson of Carr Collins Sr., founder of the Fidelity Union Life Insurance Company, and grandson of James M. Collins, a Dallas, Texas businessman and politician.[27] In 1997, Malcolm's parents undertook a contentious divorce and custody dispute; the proceedings were characterized by one judge as "extensive, bitter and long-lasting".[28][29] During the divorce, Malcolm was ordered to live at a private boarding school funded by a family trust.[29] The divorce was finalized in 2001.[28] It was discovered in 2021, upon the death of James Collins's wife Dorothy Dann Collins Torbert, that some $29 million had been embezzled from the family trust fund by Barbara Chalmers, the family bookkeeper.[30][31] Reflecting on his childhood, Malcolm noted that he has "no beef with my parents. My childhood was hard, but my adulthood has been easy. Can I say a parent did a bad job if I’m happy with my life today? I don’t think so."[29]

Simone was born in Japan[32] as a self-described "mistake baby" and the only child to a failed polyamorous marriage.[29] At some point in her life, Simone experienced eating disorders that gave her fertility issues.[29]

Marriage and children

The Collinses married after Malcolm proposed on Reddit in 2013.[33][4] They live in Audubon, Pennsylvania.[34]

The Collinses have stated that they plan to have seven to thirteen children total.[1][35] As of 2025, they have five children.[36] The Collinses refuse to give their daughters traditionally feminine names, because they believe social research shows that women with feminine names are taken less seriously.[2][29] Beginning with their third child, the Collinses have used preimplantation genetic testing during in vitro fertilisation to select embryos with a desirable genetic makeup.[1][16][15] The Collinses claim that every decision they make is backed by data.[29] The Collinses also employ corporal punishment in disciplining their children, which is based on Simone's personal observation of lions and tigers during a safari trip, despite clinical consensus that it impairs childhood development.[29][37][38]

Religious beliefs

In 2024, the Collinses stated they were atheists,[29] and at the time were promulgating a theological worldview they called "Techno-Puritanism" which they described as an "intentionally constructed religion, technically atheist".[29][39] However, by 2025, they stated that "the belief that God is a real entity that actually exists at a different point in time ... is just so core to our worldview".[40] They base Techno-Puritanism on the book The Martyrdom of Man by William Winwood Reade as well as the Bible; they consider both of these works divinely inspired scripture.[39]

Fucking lol

She's younger. Like 38 or something. I think he's 40.

I have a vegetable garden close to that size in my back yard. My wife and I get maybe 10 meals out of it a year. That's a hobby, not a farm.

Also, using triple the land you use for vegetables to raise what, maybe two cows?

elite team of Communinjas (Ninjas who are communists) and using them to eliminate all opposition

Elections have consequences

There are certainly some like this, but I think a similarly eschatological view, only centered on AI is becoming just as (more?) common. They think they're sparking the end times and the rapture, but they'll be taken up into the arms of machines of loving grace instead of Jesus.

The fact that their use of Signal was successfully presented as proof of terrorist intent should be extremely alarming to everyone.