The Bulletin: August 20–26, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview.
Collapsing Now, Gone in 2030 — Johnny Silverhands
Jeff Currie: Forget $91 Brent, The Real Crisis Is $170 Diesel | ZeroHedge
More on the Next ‘Super El Niño’
Energy: Preparations and Possibilities Revisited — Ecosophia
U.S. Diesel Reserves Sit Near 23-Year Lows | OilPrice.com
The Long Emergency Has No Referee
40 Trillion Reasons To Own Gold — by Quoth the Raven
Our Anthropocentrism and Psychology
The Wildfire Solution That Makes Wildfires Worse
Michael Hudson: The West’s Financial System on the Brink of Collapse
The West on the Path to World War — Glenn Diesen’s Substack
Game Theory and Degrowth’s Strategic Dilemma
Why Comfortable People Don’t Revolt: Propaganda, Debt, and Control
I Saw the Future of the West… In India
Climate Crisis, Supply Chains, and the Erosion of Global Power | Collapse of Industrial Civilization
Society Collapse 2040: The Year Your World Stops Working and Starts Dying — Preppgroup
What’s Happening with US Bonds, Debt, and Oil — global geopolitics
The Renewable Data Center Fantasy
Our Entire Civilization Is Run By Oligarchs And Empire Managers — And Other Notes
Listen to this article: We are at Serious Risk of Nuclear War, Yet We Hear Little About It
Canada at War with US Says Carney, Why the Trade Negotiations Broke Down — MishTalk
Human Unpredictability is Overrated
Cultural Revolution: From Impossible to Possible to Likely to Inevitable
The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate
When Your Partner Ignores the Collapse
Humanity After the End: A Review of The Dog Stars | Collapse of Industrial Civilization
When Rule of Law Fails This is Warning of the End of a Government
On the Unbearable Heaviness of a CO2-Rich Atmosphere
Richard Wolff: The Decline of the American Empire is Accelerating Fast
2050 Part 2 — by Matt Orsagh — Degrowth is the Answer
8 Billion Junkies: The Addiction That Is Killing Civilisation
The World After Collapse: When Individual ‘Wants’ Cease to Matter | how to save the world
Trump’s “Mental Insanity”. Endangers the Entire Planet — Global Research
Reality Check: We’re Still Overpopulated — And It’s Still A Problem
Peak Oil as a Stick Bomb — by Ugo Bardi — The Seneca Effect
Russia Scrambles to Restore Fuel Supplies as Refineries Resume Operations | OilPrice.com
AI is the Greatest Bubble of All Time — Ed Dowd | Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog
Ontario Prime Minister Responds to Trump “He Can Kiss My Ass” — MishTalk
Japan Power Prices Surge to Highest Since 2023 | OilPrice.com
TotalEnergies CEO Reveals Cost To Move A Supertanker Through Hormuz | ZeroHedge
Society Collapse 2040: The Year Your World Stops Working and Starts Dying — Preppgroup
Central Banking: The Scourge of Civilization | Mises Institute
Some Places Should Have No Roads — by Justin McAffee
Don’t Let The Values Of This Dystopian Society Shape How You Live Your Life
Science Snippets: Study Warns Droughts are Ideal Breeding Ground for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
China Rejects US Sanctions on Iran
Canada Retaliates, Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On 700 US Goods | ZeroHedge
Canada Retaliates and Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario — MishTalk
[Essay] When Truth Becomes Hazardous: Navigating Information Through the Metacrisis
THE HIDDEN WAR OF WORDS: HOW LINGUISTIC MANIPULATION IN PROPAGANDA WORKS
In the Name of Science | Do the Math
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.”
If you have arrived here and get something out of my writing, please consider ordering the trilogy of my ‘fictional’ novel series, Olduvai (PDF files; only $9.99 Canadian), via my website or the link below — the ‘profits’ of which help me to keep my internet presence alive and first book available in print (and is available via various online retailers).
Attempting a new payment system as I am contemplating shutting down my site in the future (given the ever-increasing costs to keep it running).
If you are interested in purchasing any of the 3 books individually or the trilogy, please try the link below indicating which book(s) you are purchasing.
Costs (Canadian dollars):
Book 1: $2.99
Book 2: $3.89
Book 3: $3.89
Trilogy: $9.99
Feel free to throw in a ‘tip’ on top of the base cost if you wish; perhaps by paying in U.S. dollars instead of Canadian. Every few cents/dollars helps…
https://paypal.me/olduvaitrilogy?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US
If you do not hear from me within 48 hours or you are having trouble with the system, please email me: olduvaitrilogy@gmail.com.
You can also find a variety of resources, particularly my summary notes for a handful of texts, especially William Catton’s Overshoot and Joseph Tainter’s Collapse of Complex Societies: see here.