The Bulletin: April 29-May 5, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
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National Gasoline Prices Hit the Highest Level Since Start of War in Iran – MishTalk
Why the Economy Is a House of Cards…In an Earthquake Zone
Farmers Frazzled to the Bone – by David Haggith
Our Rulers Take So Very Much And Give Us So Very Little
Soon Comes The Mother Of All Supply Shocks, Part 1
There’s A New World Ahead — And It Wasn’t Built On Hope
Trump’s war on Iran enters a familiar phase – by Aaron Maté
Doug Casey on Energy Lockdowns and the New Era of Government Control
Oil Crisis Worst in History and Worse than Most People Imagine
Rivers don’t lie – by Jonathan Tonkin – Predirections
SURVIVE Magazine, Issue 9 May 2026
Fuel, Physics, and What Comes Next | Webinar Recording
China at an Ecohydrological Crossroads
Inflation in the Entire US economy Is Rocking and Rolling, and It’s Not Just Energy | Wolf Street
Will the Iran War Cause a Global Depression? (w/ Prof. Richard Wolff) | The Chris Hedges Report
The Farm Bill and the shameless lies about it
War is the enemy of all mankind – David Suzuki Foundation
The Persian Polycrisis – The Honest Sorcerer
The Hormuz Closure: What Standard Analysis Misses
Why This Oil Shock Changes Everything – by Deirdre Kent
Everyone is Playing Correctly – by Adrian Lambert
Newsletter, 5/1/26 – by Jeffrey Strahl – Lockdown Times
ZeroHedge Fertilizer Debate: Hormuz Closure Could Usher In New Arab Spring
The Warmongering WSJ Editorial Board Now Sounds Just Like Trump – MishTalk
Safer Alternatives to Big-Tech Apps
Food, People, Haber, and Bosch – by Jeff McFadden
Trump on Hormuz Blockade: “We’re pirates…and it’s very profitable.”
Will the US Curtail Oil Exports As Fuel Prices Rise?
Will the Fertilizer Crisis Cause a Decline in Food Production? Yes and No
Saving Everything Else – by Prof. Eliot Jacobson
The Collapse Chronicle 05.04.26
THE DEEPER DIVE: Trumpflation and Predictions for the Crisis Ahead
Powell is Leaving. The Money Printer Isn’t.
Russia’s Oil Revenues Surge as the World Scrambles for Supply | OilPrice.com
Signs of Collapse: When We Normalize Abnormality | how to save the world
How Extinction Was Legalised – The George Tsakraklides View
What Communities Do When Government Won’t
John Mearsheimer: Alliance System Collapses & Risk of Nuclear War
The Proposed Trans-Caspian Pipeline Is Shaping Up To Be A Flashpoint
The Small Swap That Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Zakharova Echoed Lavrov’s Warning About The West’s Plans To Dominate Russia
Stock Up On These Now….. – by Jake Martin | Modern Exodus
[Essay] Why the World Feels Like It’s Falling Apart: A Superorganism Speed Round
Hormuz “Deserted” As Iran Expands Area Of Control; Hundreds Of Ships Cluster Near Dubai | ZeroHedge
Emergency Preparedness Week: The Week Most People Ignore, Until They Need It
What the World Actually Runs On–And Why Hormuz Means More of It
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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