{"id":69593,"date":"2026-02-25T03:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69593"},"modified":"2026-02-24T19:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:57:21","slug":"the-bulletin-february-18-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69593","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: February 18-24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: February 18-24, 2026<\/span><\/h3>\n

This past week\u2019s articles of interest\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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CLICK HERE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re new to my writing, check out <\/b>this overview<\/b><\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Why Cities Won (History 3,000 BCE)<\/span>
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\nAmerica\u2019s Oligarchic Techno\u2011Feudal Elite Are Attempting to Build a Twenty\u2011First\u2011Century Fascist State | Collapse of Industrial Civilization<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oil Surges On Report Warning US-Iran War Is Far Closer Than Americans Realize | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

CO2 as an Ecosystemic Poison – by Ugo Bardi – Living Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Myth of the West: Democracy and the State<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

5 soundbites from James Hansen’s latest warning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Derrick Jensen – Endgame (complete lecture in one file)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Comprador Calculus: Why Europe\u2019s Elites Applaud Their Own Vassalage<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Copper Curtain | Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Brits Spied on Me, According to Memo Marked \u201cSTRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

IEA Chief Warns Fracturing Global Order Is Splintering Energy Policy | <\/span><\/a>OilPrice.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Geopolitical Thermodynamics: Why We Misdiagnose Imperial Japan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Limits to Growth Update – by Ian Sutton – Net Zero by 2050<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Energy Transition\u2019 is the Story We Tell Ourselves While Fossil Fuels Keep Expanding<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Biodiversity on the Brink: Ecological Rhythms & Human Urgency – Jonathan Tonkin | Rapid Response #20<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Video: Attempting to Control Nuclear Weapons<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Going Green, Transitioning, Banning<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

There is no \u201caway\u201d to run to – by Kathleen McCroskey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When the Boom Hits the Wall: A Commercial Reality Check on Fossil Expansion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When, How, & Why Complex Societies Collapse – Joseph Tainter | #64<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Complexity, energy, people and inequality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Financial WMD: How Iran Could Trigger a Global Economic Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The 2014-2016 water drop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Jevons Paradox, Marx, the Modern Left and Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Entropy Machine – by Adrian Lambert<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Why Social Science Cannot Read a Phase Diagram<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Resource Insights: The chemical society and its discontents: Ozone layer edition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Seyed M. Marandi: “War for Survival” – Iran\u2019s Strategy as War Is Imminent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Debt & Sin – by Nathan Knopp – System Failure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Heating Our Greenhouse with Manure – by Brett Gallagher<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Imperial Noble Lie: Translating Thermodynamic Collapse into Geopolitical War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Overshoot: The World Is Hitting Point of No Return on Climate – Yale E360<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

$845 Trillion Derivative Crisis as U.S. Banks Prepare for Bail-Ins | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Are we Too Many? Or are we Going to Become Too Few?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Book Review: 22 Cells In Nuremberg A Psychiatrist Examines the Nazi Criminals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Alberta And Switzerland To Vote On Immigration Control Amid Growing Backlash | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The second after – by No1 – Gold and Geopolitics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Coming Struggle: How to Survive (and Even Thrive) in a Brutal Economy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2018Civilization\u2019 and the human maladaptation syndrome<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Wide Boundary News: Biodiversity Depletion, Iran & the Straight of Hormuz, and the Green Wedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Question of Being A Decent Person in an Indecent World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Eat Cake!\u00a0 3. Farms as Doom Victims<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Compartmental Fracture of Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[Essay] The Biophysical Pyramid – by Nate Hagens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fossil fuel pollution\u2019s effect on oceans comes with huge costs \u00bb Yale Climate Connections<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Economist Says the World is Preparing to Pull the Rug on the US Dollar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Rights of Nature: A Short History of Ownership<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Former Norway PM Attempts Suicide After Epstein-Linked Raid, Corruption Charges: Report | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Escobar: The Discombobulated West | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

US Right to Know publishes blockbuster report today on Bayer’s influence peddling<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“Cruel Optimism” – by elba – Our New Reality The Plasticene<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Robbing the Ocean Blind – by Tony Povilitis – SCALE DOWN<\/span>
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\nWar with Iran is Likely More Imminent than you Think<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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PLEASE NOTE: This list is just \u2018of interest\u2019. 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 \u2018educational\u2019 and\/or \u2018informational\u2019 purposes, some are for far more nefarious \u2018narrative management\u2019 ones\u2013you, the reader, can decide which is which. Keep in mind a relevant passage from a Bill Rees <\/span>paper<\/span><\/a>: \u201c<\/span>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\u2014even scientific theories\u2014are socially constructed \u201cstories\u201d 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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