The Bulletin: May 27-June 2, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
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Aluminum Supply Crisis Is About To Get Worse | ZeroHedge
The path ahead – by Chris Smaje
Towards a Thermoeconomically Viable Food System
The Third Attractor and the Bioregional Commons
The Most Important Chemical You’ve Never Heard Of
Masked Twice: Neurodivergent Advocacy in a Collapsing Society
Accelerating Non-Linearity in the Climate System, the New Abnormal
Is the Great Reset Coming By 2030?
Forget the Coal Eulogies Here’s What’s Actually Happening.
The AI Bubble: The Hidden Costs of the Data Center Boom – Global Research
Building an Eco-Civilisation | Jeremy Lent
LAST PLANTING SEASON: What to Grow Now for the Famine Ahead
Ecological complexity—and the erosion of scientific capacity
Exclusive Report: The Worsening Crisis
Looking Beyond Canada-Alberta Squabbles. The 51st State? – Global Research
When Evidence Becomes a Threat to Patriotism
Trump’s Oil Confabulations – by Larry C Johnson
It’s Intentional, Which Means It’s All Going to Get Worse, Not Better
Destruction of Demand for Oil: Why’s That So Bad?
There’s A Lot of Mythology Around Super El Niño. Here’s What It Actually Means.
Shortages And Rationing Loom As Global Oil Reserves Fall At The Fastest Rate In History
The Spurned Generation – The George Tsakraklides View
Google to Dump 32 Million Diseased, AI-Bred Mosquitoes on Florida and California
Manufacturing Consent for War against Cubans – FPIF
The Signal in the Filter – Shanaka Anslem Perera
U.S. Oil Reserves To Dry Up Before August? | ZeroHedge
90 Days of the Largest Energy Crisis Didn’t Break the Market. Why? | Energy Shots
The Oil Shock’s Consequences: Resilience or Collapse?
Population Collapse: Can It Be Predicted? – by Ugo Bardi
The Search for a Living Myth | Art Berman
Alastair Crooke: Iran War Resets the Geopolitics of the World
The twilight of the rule of law: how the collapse of the JCPOA has undermined the global order
How the AI Layoff Shock Is Triggering the Greatest Wealth Transfer in History
The Climate is Putting Its Foot on the Accelerator
Burning the Lifeboats – Global geopolitics
The Collapse Chronicle 06.02.26
6 Signs That Total Surveillance Is Coming FAST
Cerebral Disconnect | Do the Math
Let Them Drive Less – Ken Klippenstein
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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