{"id":69595,"date":"2026-03-04T03:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T08:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69595"},"modified":"2026-03-03T17:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T22:19:14","slug":"the-bulletin-february-25-march-3-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69595","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: February 25-March 3, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: February 25-March 3, 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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The End of Certainty | Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Grammar of Collapse: Why We Mistake Language for Physics (And AI for Salvation)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Expansion and Domination, Not Democratisation \u2013 Global geopolitics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Sugar Maple – Alchemist, Nurturer and Matriarch of the Northern Woodlands<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

One Year in Hell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Technical Issues\u2122 – by No1 – Gold and Geopolitics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The whole food system must be converted \u2013 not just the farming system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The anesthesia of the rules-based order – Collapse Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How The World’s Richest 10% Are Destroying The Planet For Everyone Else<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Hard Road Back From Overshoot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Why is Overshoot a Predicament and Not a Problem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homesteading: The Regenerative Farming Paradox<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Breaking History Ep 138: Empires, Assassinations & The Architecture of Permanent War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The world\u2019s rivers are entering uncharted territory<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Choking on Hope – Prof. Eliot Jacobson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Limits to Growth and mining realism – by Deirdre Kent<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Multilevel Selection II – Cliodynamica by Peter Turchin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Scenario: EMP in a Small Town in Georgia<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Pakistan Declares ‘All-Out War’ Against Afghanistan, Hundreds Dead In Overnight Clashes With Taliban | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cuba Under Siege Battles U.S. Oil Blockade – ZNetwork<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

‘Bombs Will Be Dropping Everywhere’: Trump Launches Illegal Regime Change War Against Iran | Common Dreams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

World War III Is About to Begin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Collapse Chronicle 02\/28\/26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iran Retaliates Against ALL US Targets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sharing Land With Trees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We Want One Solution, But One Solution Can’t Solve Our Polycrisis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chas Freeman: The War Against Iran Could Destroy the U.S. Republic<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Larry Johnson: The U.S. Will Exhaust Itself & Lose War Against Iran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Life Expectancy In A Post-Industrial World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The whole world is watching this critical energy chokepoint as Iran conflict enters more dangerous phase – MarketWatch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How To Exit The Empire (Without Burning Out Or Going Off-Grid) Pt. 3<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Microreactor Race Is On | RealClearEnergy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Daniel Davis: U.S. Miscalculation – War Not Going as Planned<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Focus on What Truly Matters In This World of Uncertainty<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Palace on the Landfill: Chomsky, Thermodynamics, and the Eric Arthur Blair Problem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Operation Epic Folly(Fury) – Part 1: US-Israeli Miscalculation and Iranian Retaliatory Doctrine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

European Gas Prices Soar 50% After Qatar Shuts World’s Largest LNG Export Plant | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Strait of Hormuz – New Zealand Energy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An Energy-Related Explanation for Tariffs and Bombings<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Limits to the Energy Transition: What Physics Means for New Zealand\u2019s Economy – Whitepaper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A New Threat to the Grid, a Sudden Drop in Demand for Electrical Power \u2013 MishTalk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Limits to the Energy Transition: What Physics Means for New Zealand\u2019s Economy – Whitepaper<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The War Against Us All – by Max Wilbert – Biocentric<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iran: Another Shock to a Fragile System | Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oil Jumps, but It\u2019s Not the 1970s anymore: US Crude Oil Production Hits Record, Net Exports Soar, Imports Decline | Wolf Street<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Iran War is Already Lost and Europe Just Got Nukes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Paper Barrels vs. Physical Molecules: The Market Hallucinates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

EcoSphere Lessons | Do the Math<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Global Energy Monitor. March 26, 2026.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Simple Guide to Growing Zucchinis – Modern Exodus<\/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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The Bulletin: February 25-March 3, 2026 This past week\u2019s articles of interest\u2026 CLICK HERE If you\u2019re new to my writing, check out this overview. The End of Certainty | Art Berman The Grammar of Collapse: Why We Mistake Language for Physics (And AI for Salvation) Expansion and Domination, Not Democratisation \u2013 Global geopolitics The Sugar […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,5,6,7],"tags":[2487,15085,150,1914,259,5930,1912,349,1535,441,1049,485,34920,588,1745,33809,1574,1026,19386,1343,9311,34921,3335,827,862,1823],"class_list":["post-69595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-energy-2","category-environment","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","category-survival-2","tag-afghanistan","tag-certainty","tag-collapse","tag-emp","tag-empire","tag-energy-transition","tag-food-production","tag-gas","tag-hydrocarbons","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-limits-to-growth","tag-microreactor","tag-oil","tag-pakistan","tag-polycrisis","tag-power-grid","tag-qatar","tag-regenerative-agriculture","tag-regime-change","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-sugar-maple","tag-uncertainty","tag-united-states","tag-war","tag-world-war-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69596,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69595\/revisions\/69596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}