The Bulletin: February 25-March 3, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
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The End of Certainty | Art Berman
The Grammar of Collapse: Why We Mistake Language for Physics (And AI for Salvation)
Expansion and Domination, Not Democratisation – Global geopolitics
The Sugar Maple – Alchemist, Nurturer and Matriarch of the Northern Woodlands
Technical Issues™ – by No1 – Gold and Geopolitics
The whole food system must be converted – not just the farming system
The anesthesia of the rules-based order – Collapse Life
How The World’s Richest 10% Are Destroying The Planet For Everyone Else
The Hard Road Back From Overshoot
Why is Overshoot a Predicament and Not a Problem
Homesteading: The Regenerative Farming Paradox
Breaking History Ep 138: Empires, Assassinations & The Architecture of Permanent War
The world’s rivers are entering uncharted territory
Choking on Hope – Prof. Eliot Jacobson
The Limits to Growth and mining realism – by Deirdre Kent
Multilevel Selection II – Cliodynamica by Peter Turchin
Scenario: EMP in a Small Town in Georgia
Cuba Under Siege Battles U.S. Oil Blockade – ZNetwork
World War III Is About to Begin
The Collapse Chronicle 02/28/26
Iran Retaliates Against ALL US Targets
We Want One Solution, But One Solution Can’t Solve Our Polycrisis
Chas Freeman: The War Against Iran Could Destroy the U.S. Republic
Larry Johnson: The U.S. Will Exhaust Itself & Lose War Against Iran
Life Expectancy In A Post-Industrial World
How To Exit The Empire (Without Burning Out Or Going Off-Grid) Pt. 3
The Microreactor Race Is On | RealClearEnergy
Daniel Davis: U.S. Miscalculation – War Not Going as Planned
Focus on What Truly Matters In This World of Uncertainty
The Palace on the Landfill: Chomsky, Thermodynamics, and the Eric Arthur Blair Problem
Operation Epic Folly(Fury) – Part 1: US-Israeli Miscalculation and Iranian Retaliatory Doctrine
European Gas Prices Soar 50% After Qatar Shuts World’s Largest LNG Export Plant | ZeroHedge
Strait of Hormuz – New Zealand Energy
An Energy-Related Explanation for Tariffs and Bombings
The Limits to the Energy Transition: What Physics Means for New Zealand’s Economy – Whitepaper
A New Threat to the Grid, a Sudden Drop in Demand for Electrical Power – MishTalk
The Limits to the Energy Transition: What Physics Means for New Zealand’s Economy – Whitepaper
The War Against Us All – by Max Wilbert – Biocentric
Iran: Another Shock to a Fragile System | Art Berman
Trump’s Iran War is Already Lost and Europe Just Got Nukes
Paper Barrels vs. Physical Molecules: The Market Hallucinates
EcoSphere Lessons | Do the Math
Global Energy Monitor. March 26, 2026.
Simple Guide to Growing Zucchinis – Modern Exodus
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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