Oil’s Fate Hinges On OPEC+ Hanging Tough
Oil’s Fate Hinges On OPEC+ Hanging Tough The global oil market is in OPEC+ walk-up mode. That should keep prices supported this week ahead of the (now online) gaggle, which falls on June 2. After that, price direction hinges on the immediate fallout from the meeting, plus bets about the market’s 2H trajectory. Conventional wisdom points […]
NATO Country Says Goal Should Be Breakup Of The Russian Federation
NATO Country Says Goal Should Be Breakup Of The Russian Federation Last week, Russian media took note of the latest provocative statements by Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas. She has led Russia’s tiny Baltic neighbor into a firm hawkish anti-Moscow position. The country was part of the wave of eastern European nations to join NATO […]
Hidden Food Threat: Experts Warn of Dangers of RNAi Crops
Hidden Food Threat: Experts Warn of Dangers of RNAi Crops Imagine a technology that could genetically rewire organisms in real-time, silencing critical genes across entire ecosystems with unknown effects. Imagine a technology that could genetically rewire organisms in real-time, silencing critical genes across entire ecosystems with unknown effects. Sounds like science fiction? It’s not. It’s […]
German Minister admits ruinous home heating ordinances were merely a “test” to determine “how far society is prepared to go in terms of climate protection”
German Minister admits ruinous home heating ordinances were merely a “test” to determine “how far society is prepared to go in terms of climate protection” We are governed by crazy lunatics, Part 2436502345. The Greens really are every inch as crazy as they seem to be. Climate policies have long been a source of annoyance […]
An Ecocentric Second Age of Enlightenment
An Ecocentric Second Age of Enlightenment Five Tenets for a Livable Future The Age of Enlightenment, spanning the late 17th to the early 19th centuries, was a pivotal period in human history characterized by a profound transformation in thought, culture, and society. Intellectuals and philosophers such as Immanuel Kant, Voltaire, and John Locke championed reason, […]
Conscription is coming back to Europe, but which EU countries have re-introduced compulsory military service?
Conscription is coming back to Europe, but which EU countries have re-introduced compulsory military service? With Germany considering to re-introduce conscription, Hungarian news outlet Divány reviewed which countries across Europe enforce mandatory military service German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a joint media conference with Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda during the Lithuanian-German military exercise “Grand […]
The Holy Trinity
The Holy Trinity Getting a grip on energy, materials and civilisation I like trying to get to the internal organs of the matter. Not just the heart, but also the brain, the kidneys, the stomach, the lungs, the skeleton. My conversation with Tim Garrett last week did just that, centring the matter of the universe alongside energy […]
CEO Of Russia’s Second-Largest Bank Warns: “US Is Inevitably Headed For A Serious Economic Crisis”
CEO Of Russia’s Second-Largest Bank Warns: “US Is Inevitably Headed For A Serious Economic Crisis” Last September, we told readers that the US national debt was skyrocketing at a staggering $1 trillion every three months—roughly every 100 days. Since then, the debt spending has gotten worse. Out-of-control spending has delayed the US economy’s day of reckoning in […]
🔥🐸💦🔥 Rising Global Sea Surface Temperatures: Consequences, Causes, and the Faustian Bargain [Science Sunday][May 2024]
🔥🐸💦🔥 Rising Global Sea Surface Temperatures: Consequences, Causes, and the Faustian Bargain [Science Sunday][May 2024] Myth’s Note: At first, it was supposed to be a quick joke image; months later down the research rabbit hole, and especially with recent updates, this article has become a bit of an unwieldy monster at nearly nine thousand words. […]
The Master’s Checklists for Collapse
The Master’s Checklists for Collapse An A.I. assistant provides truly useful advice about practical resilience and “inner work.” I am continuing my investigation into A.I. as a potentially helpful resource for humane purposes like philosophizing and promoting collapse-awareness. So far, so good! I am fancifully calling the A.I. system “Master,” after the Go-playing program AlphaGo, which played online […]
Four die of leptospirosis, Brazil authorities warn of other diseases following floods
Four die of leptospirosis, Brazil authorities warn of other diseases following floods São Paulo, Brazil – Four people have died from leptospirosis in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, which has been hit with heavy rains and flooding since the beginning of May. The victims were all men, aged between 33 and 67, who lived […]
Mexico is about to experience its ‘highest temperatures ever recorded’ as death toll climbs
Mexico is about to experience its ‘highest temperatures ever recorded’ as death toll climbs The extreme heat smothering much of Mexico has killed dozens of people across multiple states The sun rises amid high temperatures in Mexico City on Thursday. Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions […]
Quantitative Brainwashing
Quantitative Brainwashing We’re all familiar with the term, “quantitative easing.” It’s described as meaning, “A monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities or other securities from the market in order to lower interest rates and increase the money supply.” Well, that sounds reasonable… even beneficial. But, unfortunately, that’s not really the whole […]
The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty And A Bird Flu Crisis Are Both Arriving At The Same Time
The WHO’s Pandemic Treaty And A Bird Flu Crisis Are Both Arriving At The Same Time Health officials are issuing very ominous warnings about the potential for an H5N1 pandemic among humans at the same time that the WHO is preparing for a vote on the global pandemic treaty at the 77th World Health Assembly […]
