A Discord bot for the Apocalypse Early Warning System

2026-05-02

A Discord bot that mirrors Kyle McDonald’s Apocalypse Early Warning System — pings you when the alert level changes.

Web app for monitoring an FAA-derived business-jet cohort against a rolling 24-hour baseline.

The dashboard (ews.kylemcdonald.net, source) does all the work — pulls live ADS-B data, compares against a rolling baseline, and posts an emergency level from 1 to 5. Kyle also runs a Telegram channel and an RSS feed. I just wanted the same alerts in Discord.

Install

Add to a server
Add to your account (works in DMs from anywhere)

Commands: /subscribe, /unsubscribe, /status, /help. Or just @-mention it.

Discord screenshot of an @-mention to the bot

How it works

Polls the RSS feed every 30 minutes and announces every level transition (Notice → Elevated → Warning → Attention, plus stand-downs). Most days the level stays at 1 and you hear nothing.

Built with bun, discord.js, and bun:sqlite. Source: github.com/jamiew/apocalypse-ews-discord.