{"id":69600,"date":"2026-03-18T03:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69600"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T22:17:02","slug":"the-bulletin-march-11-17-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69600","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: March 11-17, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bull<\/i>etin: March 11-17, 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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

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

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

\n

The Coup de Gr\u00e2ce for Humans (and all species?)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

An arc of future Earth – by Chris Smaje – Chris\u2019s Substack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nobody Gives a Damn About Climate Change Anymore \u2014 Or So The Story Goes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump Energy Chief Accused of Manipulating Oil Markets With Deleted Post About Strait of Hormuz | Common Dreams<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Invention of Infinite Growth: How Economics Went Down the Rabbit Hole of No Return | naked capitalism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

JPMorgan Limits Lending To Private Credit Groups After Marking Down Loan Collateral | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Questioning Human Exceptionalism: How Rethinking Our Place in the Web of Life Could Change Our Global Crises<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Catabolic Correction: Redefining Carrying Capacity (K) at the Entropic Event Horizon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Paging Nostradamus: You Have a Margin Call<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Scientists DUMP 65,000 Litres Of CHEMICALS Into Ocean In Geoengineering Experiment – modernity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Great Phanerozoic Cycle: Extinctions and Biodiversity<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

On Being a “Doomer” (2026 Update) – by Prof. Eliot Jacobson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What If the Ultimate Extinction Plan Is Failing?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Not \u2018a litre of oil\u2019 to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Feeding The Future | Nicole Negowetti<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“Please, Please, Please”: Denmark’s Energy Minister Begs Citizens To Stop Driving As Global Energy Shock Spreads | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Deutsche Bank Dumps After Flagging $30 Billion Exposure To Private Credit<!– –> | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Breaking History Ep. 140: Iran War, Energy Politics, and the Battle Over the Middle East Narrative<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When the Future No Longer Waits – by Ernesto Van Peborgh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

No, 400 Million Barrels Isn\u2019t Enough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

RED ALERT: Something Big Just Happened at BlackRock | Daily Pulse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Energy Inflation for Americans | Wolf Street<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Iran War: A World-Changing Event | Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Where Did the Village Go?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

AI Predicts 78 Days To Cactus With Hormuz Closed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Uncomfortable Questions in Unsettled Times: Iran Effects, Local Preparedness, and End of Empire?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Is Hormuz Chokehold Foretaste Of Peak Oil?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Bubble, the War, and the Coming Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The New Gulf War: Epic Fubar Goes Global<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

March, 13: Schr\u00f6dinger’s war – by No1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Canada’s Bill C-22 Mandates Mass Metadata Surveillance of Canadians<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This Polycrisis Is Unique – Charles Hugh Smith’s Substack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Burning the Lifeboats to Keep the Lights On<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Heads-up: Food crisis incoming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Planet Has Shifted Gears<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hormuz disruption: we ain’t seen nothing yet (part 2)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

British Tourist Faces Prison Sentence in UAE for Filming Iranian Missiles – News From <\/span><\/a>Antiwar.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump Crosses Iran’s ‘Red Line’ By Heavy Bombing Of Kharg Island, Endangering Energy Assets Across Region | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sensemaking: Part 3 – The New Unhinged<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Myth of the Oil Glut Is Dead | <\/span><\/a>OilPrice.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Can Collapse Be Avoided? Part I: Learning from the Biosphere How to Handle Inequality<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sell Now: Here’s Why – Charles Hugh Smith’s Substack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Iran War Could Collapse the United States in the Next Six Months<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Collapse Chronicle 03.15.26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Magic of Plato – by Nathan Knopp – System Failure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When All the Buffers Empty – by Malte – Anima Mundi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

CIA Prepares Criminal Referral of Tucker Carlson, as Israel and its Loyalists Demand His Arrest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Links of the Month: March 2026 | how to save the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

NY state proposal to end the application of sludge (sewage waste) on land used for food crops<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The low-tech brilliance of Iranian design – by TheLastFarm<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hormuz Chokepoint Claims Next Victim: World’s Largest Aluminum Smelter Cuts Capacity | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Energy Secretary Directs Oil Company To Resume Operations In California, Citing National Security | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iran war updates: Tehran says ready for long war, Israel expands strikes | News | Al Jazeera<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Peak Food: Is the Human Population Going to Collapse?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Supply chain layoffs spread across warehouses, factories and rail terminals – FreightWaves<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Growth at All Costs – by Matt Orsagh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Top Oil Expert Warns Of ‘Never Before Seen’ Oil Shock | Art Berman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

BREAKING: TRUMP REGIME IS THREATENING “MEDIA” WITH TREASON CHARGES FOR REPORTING TRUTHFULLY ON OPERATION EPSTEIN FURY IN IRAN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Drilling Laterally – Doomberg<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) and the Dollar Price Gasoline Crisis: There Is a Number Nobody in Washington Will Say Out Loud – Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Goal Leads To Cactus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Sachs: Iran War Could Escalate Into Nuclear War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Agricultural and grocery (near) monopolies use their pincer grip to destroy the small farming industry and the quality of available food<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Cuba’s national electric grid collapses, leaving millions without power | Reuters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Russia’s Rumored Telegram Block Appears Underway As Outage Reports Surge | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How New Zealand Could Build a Fair Rationing System in Eight Weeks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2019m An Australian Wholesale Fuel Trader<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Science Snippets: Trace Amounts Can Produce Large Effects<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How the War With Iran Will Trigger a Global Financial Crisis (w\/ Yanis Varoufakis) | The Chris Hedges Report<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Consequences of Closing the Straits of Hormuz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Declaring War\u2014on the Environment – by Lyle Lewis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iran “Starts New Phase Of Oil War” After Energy Production Hit | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

10-18 Days Until Australia Runs Dry<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

living with collapse | 1. Jumping Ship<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

THE NITROGEN TRAP – Shanaka Anslem Perera<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Everything, Everywhere, All at Once – by No1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Up to our Waists in Dead Canaries – by Prof. Eliot Jacobson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Invading a Thermodynamic Black Hole: The Biophysics of the Cuban Grid Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\n

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

\n

If you have arrived here and get something out of my writing, <\/span>please consider ordering the trilogy of my \u2018fictional\u2019 novel series, Olduvai (PDF files; only $9.99 Canadian)<\/b>, via my <\/span>website<\/span><\/a> or the link below \u2014 the \u2018profits\u2019 of which help me to keep my internet presence alive and first book available in print (and is available via various online retailers).<\/span><\/p>\n

Attempting a new payment system as I am contemplating shutting down my site in the future (given the ever-increasing costs to keep it running).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are interested in purchasing any of the 3 books individually or the trilogy, please try the link below indicating which book(s) you are purchasing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Costs (Canadian dollars):<\/span>
\n<\/span>Book 1: $2.99<\/span>
\n<\/span>Book 2: $3.89<\/span>
\n<\/span>Book 3: $3.89<\/span>
\n<\/span>Trilogy: $9.99<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel free to throw in a \u2018tip\u2019 on top of the base cost if you wish; perhaps by paying in U.S. dollars instead of Canadian. Every few cents\/dollars helps\u2026\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/paypal.me\/olduvaitrilogy?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US\u00a0<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

If you do not hear from me within 48 hours or you are having trouble with the system, please email me: <\/span>olduvaitrilogy@gmail.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can also find a variety of resources, particularly my summary notes for a handful of texts, especially William Catton\u2019s Overshoot and Joseph Tainter\u2019s Collapse of Complex Societies: see <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bulletin: March 11-17, 2026 This past week\u2019s articles of interest\u2026 CLICK HERE If you\u2019re new to my writing, check out this overview. The Coup de Gr\u00e2ce for Humans (and all species?) An arc of future Earth – by Chris Smaje – Chris\u2019s Substack Nobody Gives a Damn About Climate Change Anymore \u2014 Or So […]<\/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":[15210,41,34875,34924,93,103,1499,135,150,1983,7844,11589,26592,299,4065,8205,1912,1741,1916,391,2328,441,1049,34925,512,522,4002,4574,581,588,3044,2480,617,14357,649,12237,694,5621,9311,14428,3237,2662,34293,15173,14693,2428,827,34926,862,7254],"class_list":["post-69600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-energy-2","category-environment","category-geopolitics","category-liberty","category-survival-2","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-australia","tag-biophysics","tag-biosphere-integrity","tag-britain","tag-canada","tag-carrying-capacity","tag-cia","tag-collapse","tag-cuba","tag-donald-trump","tag-doomer","tag-epstein","tag-farming","tag-fertiliser","tag-food-crisis","tag-food-production","tag-geoengineering","tag-grid-collapse","tag-growth","tag-infinite-growth","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-kharg-island","tag-media","tag-middle-east","tag-new-zealand","tag-nitrogen","tag-nuclear-war","tag-oil","tag-oil-glut","tag-oil-shock","tag-peak-oil","tag-plato","tag-preparedness","tag-private-credit","tag-russia","tag-sewage-sludge","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-strategic-petroleum-reserves","tag-supply-chains","tag-tehran","tag-telegram","tag-thermodynamics","tag-tucker-carlson","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-united-states","tag-village","tag-war","tag-water-stress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69600","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=69600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69601,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69600\/revisions\/69601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}