The Bulletin: October 22–28, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
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Bolivia’s Energy Crisis Deepens as Natural Gas Reserves Run Dry | OilPrice.com
Chemical Plume Blankets Parts Of Toledo, Triggering Evacuation Orders | ZeroHedge
Gorilla Gardening — by Shane — Recombination Nation
In the end, it might be a scratch that kills you
Richard Wolff: Imperial Decline — Crisis, Denial & War
Italy’s Protests: Meloni Deploys Troops as Austerity Fuels Anger
China Just Stopped Saving the World
The Banks Are Burning! — by David Haggith — The Daily Doom
Why Europe Is Burning — Prof. Glenn Diesen & Judge Napolitano
Brent Tops $112 As Tanker Attacks And Saudi Strikes Fuel Escalation Fears | ZeroHedge
Moral Collapse, Corruption Rewards
The Collapse of Europe. What Happens Now? — by Ugo Bardi
The Super-Entity That Owns the World — Global Research
A Project to Challenge Rural Communities
The Collapse of Modernity | William Rees
How AI Agents Are Entering American Bank Accounts
Major Oil Spill From Attacked Tanker Forces Closure Of UAE Beaches | ZeroHedge
Fusion Energy Won’t Save Us — Here Is Why
Inside the Bubble, Just Before It Bursts
Signal’s Red Line Is Canada’s Bill C-22
Protect and Survive — by No1 — Gold and Geopolitics
The Panopticon Has Come For My County
MISO Obliterates Solar, Storage, and Wind Capacity Values
You’re Being Influenced More Than You Think.
How Plants Feed the World Beneath Our Feet — by Hart Hagan
Record Oil, Empty Tanks: The UAE’s Miracle Recovery
7 Free Survival and First Aid Guides
What Happens When an Ecosystem Has to Learn Too Fast
Seyed M. Marandi: US Strike on Iran Imminent — Gulf States Will Not Survive
The Patient Is Us — by Ernesto Van Peborgh
Neo-liberalism and Limits to Growth | Damn the Matrix
Is it time for another worldwide civilizational collapse? — American Thinker
How to Ruin a Flashlight: Battery Leaks and How to Prevent Them
Means of Extinction: Climate Summit Told Capitalism Leads to War, Fascism
Towards a Church of the British Empire: World Government as British Empire Revivalism
The Tired Priests of Capitalism: Systems of Power and the Superstructure
Black Bloc: Who Are the Masked Protesters Disrupting European Demonstrations? — Global Research
Welcome to the Miocene. Will We Survive? — by Ugo Bardi
Yet another report saying we are fucked
The Next Money-Printing Binge Could Destroy a Lifetime of Savings — Financial Underground
Canada’s “Emergency” Debanking Powers Are Headed for Their Biggest Test
Climate Change Threatens Europe’s Food, Health, and Economy
IEA Birol Warns Of No “Credible Pathway” Back To Pre-War Energy Markets In 2027 | ZeroHedge
UK Must Be Ready For War In 1,000 Days, Says British Defense Secretary | ZeroHedge
[Essay] 7 Rungs of a Runaway System: How Civilization Descended Into Crisis
Yanis Varoufakis: US-Russia Reconciliation & European Vassalage
Microplastics Are Chemically Active, and Could Cause Biological Harm | Columbia News
Musings on Recycling | Damn the Matrix
France Had a Plan to Shut Down Social Media. You Need a Plan to Stay Online.
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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