The Bulletin: November 5–11, 2026
This past week’s articles of interest…
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Sunk Ships Don’t Sail Home: Why Peace Won’t Save the Oil Market and War Will Wreck It
Elizabeth Holmes and the Business of Saving the World
US-Canada: A Real Trade War or A Kabuki-Style Charade?
Politics: Imperial Sunset Revisited — Ecosophia
Europe Prepares For War, Russia’s Reply
The System is Rigged: The Politicians Are Just Paid Actors
When migration stops making sense — by Jonathan Tonkin
7 Unexpected Realities of Long-Term Blackouts That Reveal How Fragile Society Really Is
Joe Kent: Post-Midterm Desperation — Could Israel Escalate to a Nuclear Strike on Iran?
Digital Money Is a Form Of Behavioural Control
The Sixth Mass Extinction? — by Steve Keen
Conscription and Capital Controls: A Warning You Can’t Afford to Ignore
AI: The Biggest Corporate Grift in History | how to save the world
France’s General Strike: 1.6 Million Protest Macron’s Policies
Ready For War, Stockpile Supplies
The 90-Day Pantry: Eat Well When the Paycheck Doesn’t Show Up
NATO’s “Nordic Model” Brings Arctic Confrontation Closer to Russia’s Nuclear Bases — Global Research
The More Comfortable We Become, the Less Prepared We Get
The Way Forward — Charles Hugh Smith’s Substack
Living Without Meaning: Robert Jensen on Authenticity, Philosophy, and Radical Humility
Climate Stories 4: Plants Cool the Planet
Electrifying the Titanic — Mike Joy
Preparing For the End of Oil, A Reply
What a Slow Crash Looks Like From Inside a Household That Still Has a Job
Intellectuals Paved the Road to Serfdom — The Future of Freedom Foundation
Selling Us Opinions Disguised As Knowledge | how to save the world
The Powerful Re-Write The Past AND The Present
Nature doesn’t need your money — by Gunnar Rundgren
The Inflation Hot Potato | Mises Institute
Rothbard Told Us How the Next Reset Will Happen
Permafrost Tipping Point Reached
When Reporting on Ukrainian Victims Becomes “Russian Propaganda”
Staying Grounded in an Unraveling World | Frankly 163
Living life in anarchy — by John Hunt, MD
Bill 140 would open the door to corruption by gutting Environmental Bill of Rights
Energy Slaves and Slaves to Energy
The War for the World’s Energy — global geopolitics
They Want To Use AI To Re-Centralize Control Of Information
Nordic Power Prices Could Soar This Winter as Hydropower Reserves Plunge | OilPrice.com
The Economy Is Not a Thing — by Arthur Berman
Every Climate Report You’ve Shared Made Doing Nothing Look Normal
Earth is Warming Beyond the Ability to Grow Sufficient Food
Data Centres Are the Climate Event We’ve Been Waiting For
America’s Nuclear Revival Is Running Into a Fuel Supply Wall | OilPrice.com
Google Warns Australia’s Online “Safety” Bill Would Bring Mass Surveillance
🚨 New “Terrorist” Threat: Pessimists
Breaking Iran’s Deadline For Full War
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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