{"id":69631,"date":"2026-04-15T03:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69631"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:00:07","slug":"the-bulletin-april-8-14-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69631","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: April 8-14, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: April 8-14, 2026<\/span><\/h1>\n

This past week\u2019s articles of interest\u2026<\/span><\/h3>\n

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\"\"<\/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

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The Canary\u2019s Death Throes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Interview with Luke Kemp, and Subsequent Discussion | Webinar Recording<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Collapse Is Being Hastened<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Meteorologists Warn About Super El Nino Event | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Oil 101: What You Actually Need to Know About Oil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Survival on a Budget – by Michael Campi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Debt, Banks, and the Machinery of Control – Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Empire of Cannibals<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Negentropy Trap: How to Co-opt the Laws of Physics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Violence – by Max Wilbert – Biocentric<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How nature spreads risk (and we don’t) – by Jonathan Tonkin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Collapse Chronicle 04.10.26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

There Is No “Next Economy” – The Honest Sorcerer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Earth Abides | Do the Math<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

First Wave of Energy Price Spikes Hit CPI Inflation | Wolf Street<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A War Over Oil Just Solved the Problem That Thirty Years of Climate Advocacy Couldn\u2019t<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The World Isn\u2019t Ending, It\u2019s Stopping Working.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Infinity Asymptote: What the All-Time DJIA Chart was Actually Measuring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Metal Shock: Gulf’s Largest Aluminum Producer Declares Force Majeure | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

I have a dream – by No1 – Gold and Geopolitics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Why the Ecological Imagination Matters<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Fertilizer Crisis That Will Hit Your Grocery Bill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hoping the Ship Arrives Isn\u2019t a Strategy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What Needs To Be In Your Comprehensive First Aid Kit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Moment Collapse Enters the Room<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The World After Collapse: Contemplating Human Extinction | how to save the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump Begins Blockade Of Hormuz Strait, Says Iran “Will Not Be Allowed To Profit From Extortion” | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

April 18 | Preparing for an Energy Crisis – Sharon Astyk’s Ko-fi Shop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Case for a Possible 20% Global GDP Contraction: A Confluence Scenario<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

No Fuel, Still Fed – by Nathan Surendran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Global Energy Crisis Response: Letters to Invercargill and Southland Councils<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Coming Civilization Collapse: A Biophysical Analysis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

All Wars Are Bankers\u2019 Wars: Iran and the Bankers\u2019 Endgame – Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Revolutionary Impotence<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When Hubris is the Coin of the Realm, Your Society is Bankrupt<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homesteading: Crop Selection, Pest Control, and Real Food<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Deforestation as Seen by the Ancient Sumerians<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We Are Doomed and Our Leaders Are Insane – by Matt Taibbi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Roman Empire\u2019s Fatal Mistake\u2014and America May Be Repeating It in Iran<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Does The Ministry of Truth Exist?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Can US Oil Replace Strait of Hormuz? No.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Great Entropy Debate: Why the Left Became the Party of Limits and the Right the Party of Denial<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Science Snippets: CNN, Scientists Declare First Tipping Point Reached (2 of 2)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

World at War: Ukraine, Iran, China & the US<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Irish Patriots are Fighting Back – American Thinker<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dumb Geniuses | Do the Math<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Essay 11: Discoveries That Changed My Worldview<\/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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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

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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

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