The Bulletin: January 28-February 3, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
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Collapse is near, scientists warn – by Julian Cribb
EU ‘Celebrates’ Replacing One Massive Energy Dependency With Another One | ZeroHedge
BREAKING: US Threatens to Use Military Force Against Canada
Systemic Stupidity Part VI: The Legume Strategy
A Warming World Can Also Turn Winter Into a Weapon
Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate – Yale E360
The Circular Lie: Why We Should Ban Plastic Recycling and Embrace the Landfill
Why learn primitive skills? – Marley Peifer
Truthful and Disingenuous at the Same Time
US Triples Gas Power in Development in 2025
The Empire Crumbles: Part I—The Big Picture – resilience
Ronald Wright – Seeing the Future in the Ruins of the Past
New satellite method maps ‘creeping drought’ in Canada’s mountain snow
Wide Boundary News: Japan, Silver, Venezuela, and More – the Biophysical Phase Shift Cometh
The Surplus Energy Economy, Part One
(PDF) Human Domination of Earth’s Ecosystems
Scientist’s warning on recasting our relationship with plastics: Looking to the broader context
Biomass Energy is Bad News For Our Forests
Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy Targets Cuba’s Oil Lifeline, Puts Suppliers In Crosshairs | ZeroHedge
Trump Targets Canadian Aircraft With Decertification Threat, 50% Tariff Warning | ZeroHedge
The Renewable IN-FERN-O – by Isaac Orr and Mitch Rolling
A Love Story We Forgot We Were In
The Dirty Work of Clean Energy with Robert Friedland – YouTube
Over 185,000 Americans In The South Remain Without Power After Ice Storm | ZeroHedge
The Geological, Engineering, and Financial System Dynamics of the Canadian Oil Industry
You’re Already Living Through the Crash
Everything Is Under Control… Until It Isn’t
The Art of War: Canada, America, China – by John Doe
Two Lessons in Humility and Disillusionment | how to save the world
Our Civilization is a Junkie – by Matt Orsagh
The Myth of System Change. And The Heroes That Actually Make It Happen – George Tsakraklides
Understanding Deglobalization: The Role of Diesel and Jet Fuel
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz For Live Fire Drills
From Inflation to Hyperinflation: The Gathering Monetary Hurricane – Doug Casey’s International Man
Have Fiat Money, Will Tyrannize | Mises Institute
Additional Evidence Earth is Beyond Peak Oil
Living in a World Without a Worldview | Art Berman
A Million Miles of Transmission Lines?
The Bank Collapse That Wasn’t Allowed to Be Seen – Global geopolitics
Babylonian Banter | Do the Math
The Monetary Reset is Already Underway
PLEASE NOTE: This list is just ‘of interest’. It does not mean I personally endorse or agree with the content of a listed article; in fact, some I certainly do not agree with. But these are all part and parcel of stories told by our species about our world. Some are published by the authors for ‘educational’ and/or ‘informational’ purposes, some are for far more nefarious ‘narrative management’ ones–you, the reader, can decide which is which. Keep in mind a relevant passage from a Bill Rees paper: “We begin with a reminder that humans are storytellers by nature. We socially construct complex sets of facts, beliefs, and values that guide how we operate in the world. Indeed, humans act out of their socially constructed narratives as if they were real. All political ideologies, religious doctrines, economic paradigms, cultural narratives—even scientific theories—are socially constructed “stories” that may or may not accurately reflect any aspect of reality they purport to represent. Once a particular construct has taken hold, its adherents are likely to treat it more seriously than opposing evidence from an alternate conceptual framework.”
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