{"id":69005,"date":"2024-12-18T07:21:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69005"},"modified":"2024-12-18T07:21:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T12:21:40","slug":"the-bulletin-december-12-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69005","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: December 12-18, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b><i>Bull<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">etin: December 12-18, 2024<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/natehagens.substack.com\/p\/the-baby-bust-how-the-toxicity-crisis\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Baby Bust: How The Toxicity Crisis Could Cause the Next Economic Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/predicament.substack.com\/p\/global-warming-and-the-great-unraveling\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global Warming and the Great Unravelling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/howtosavetheworld.ca\/2024\/12\/10\/all-stories-are-propaganda\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Stories Are Propaganda | how to save the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/charleshughsmith.substack.com\/p\/the-big-shining-lie-were-better-off\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Big Shining Lie: We&#8217;re Better Off Now&#8211;No, We&#8217;re Poorer, Much Poorer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rubino.substack.com\/p\/are-we-running-out-of-copper-this\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are We Running Out Of Copper? This Image Says Yes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/degrowthistheanswer.substack.com\/p\/america-is-a-long-con\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America Is A Long Con<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2024-12-saltwater-taint-coastal-aquifers-century.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saltwater will taint 77% of coastal aquifers by century&#8217;s end, modeling study finds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2024\/12\/12\/fukushima-disaster-response-is-to-spread-radioactive-waste-to-the-commons\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukushima: Disaster Response is to Spread Radioactive Waste to the Commons &#8211; CounterPunch.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/drought-alert-issued-in-pakistan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drought alert issued in Pakistan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedemoskratos.com\/water-scarcity-2\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Scarcity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resilience.org\/stories\/2024-12-12\/environmental-political-collapse-accelerates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates &#8211; resilience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radfembiophilia.substack.com\/p\/book-review-five-insights-for-avoiding\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book review: Five Insights for Avoiding Global Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/savageminds.substack.com\/p\/why-i-am-a-realist\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why I Am a Realist &#8211; by John J. Mearsheimer &#8211; Savage Minds<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vongreyerz.gold\/the-evil-cycles-of-war-and-economic-destruction\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE EVIL CYCLES OF WAR AND ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION \u2013 VON GREYERZ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/natehagens.substack.com\/p\/thank-you-for-ruining-my-life\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Thank You for Ruining My Life&#8221; &#8211; The Great Simplification<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theissue.io\/what-it-takes-to-master-a-collapsing-world\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What it Takes to Master a Collapsing World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.collapse2050.com\/collapse-a-timeline\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collapse: A Timeline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b\u200b<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/howtosavetheworld.ca\/2024\/12\/13\/corporations-are-not-your-friends\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corporations Are Not Your Friends | how to save the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rubino.substack.com\/p\/rhyming-history-frances-first-hyperinflation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rhyming History: France&#8217;s First Hyperinflation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehonestsorcerer.substack.com\/p\/before-societal-implosion-comes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before Societal Implosion Comes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alexkrainer.substack.com\/p\/syria-will-it-prove-to-be-the-empires\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Syria: Will It Prove To Be the Empire\u2019s Final Quagmire?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenearth.substack.com\/p\/food-from-commodity-to-commons-eba\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food From Commodity To Commons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b<\/span><a 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href=\"https:\/\/surplusenergyeconomics.wordpress.com\/2024\/12\/12\/295-beans-on-tech\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#295: Beans on tech | Surplus Energy Economics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/charleshughsmith.substack.com\/p\/all-three-pillars-holding-up-the\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Three Pillars Holding Up the Economy Have Cracked<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bioticregulation.substack.com\/p\/why-it-is-urgent-to-take-a-proactive\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why it is urgent to take a proactive attitude towards protecting the extant natural forests<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2024\/12\/14\/un-talks-fail-to-reach-agreement-on-dealing-with-rising-risk-of-global-drought\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UN Talks Fail To Reach Agreement On Dealing With Rising Risk Of Global Drought<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunstler.com\/p\/santa-please-bring-me-a-war-for-christmas\"><span 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Galvanizing US Public for War with Iran. Worldwide Military Escalation? &#8211; Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/internationalman.com\/articles\/whoever-does-not-respect-the-penny-is-not-worthy-of-the-dollar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoever Does Not Respect the Penny is Not Worthy of the Dollar &#8211; Doug Casey&#8217;s International Man<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caitlinjohnst.one\/p\/trump-and-israel-cant-wait-to-start\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump And Israel Can&#8217;t Wait To Start Bombing Iran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zeroinputagriculture.substack.com\/p\/book-review-after-progress\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book Review: After Progress &#8211; by Shane Simonsen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dothemath.ucsd.edu\/2024\/12\/egregious-inequality\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egregious Inequality | Do the Math<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bulletin: December 12-18, 2024 The Baby Bust: How The Toxicity Crisis Could Cause the Next Economic Crash Global Warming and the Great Unravelling All Stories Are Propaganda | how to save the world The Big Shining Lie: We&#8217;re Better Off Now&#8211;No, We&#8217;re Poorer, Much Poorer Are We Running Out Of Copper? 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