{"id":69634,"date":"2026-04-22T03:00:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69634"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:54:21","slug":"the-bulletin-april-15-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69634","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: April 15-21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: April 15-21, 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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Western Australia Establishes Strategic Fuel Reserve | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Avatar and the Entropy Dump: Why the ‘Deep State’ Needs a Mad King<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Consciousness Of Sheep News: Spring 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Means Of Extinction: Global Mass Starvation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

They predict famine next year, so start gardening now. Here is my quick and dirty primer for new gardeners.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The fertilizer shortage, and it isn’t just nitrogen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Earth is Heating at a Rate of Over One Million Hiroshima Bombs Every Day!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

You Are Eating Plastic. Every Single Day.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Russia Vows To ‘Fill China’s Energy Resource Gap’ Amid Hormuz Crisis In Lavrov-Xi Meeting | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dissecting Corpses of Past Empires<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

They Always Tell You Why The Empire Uses Violence, But Never Why Its Enemies Do<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Beyond Oil: Global Food Crisis Emerging From Hormuz \u2014 Why Brazil and BRICS Matter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Petrogas-Dollar: The Secret US Strategy Behind the Iran War<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Iran, China & Russia vs Trump – Glenn Diesen\u2019s Substack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Knowing more, understanding less – by Jonathan Tonkin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

IMF Warns Australia Set For One Of Highest Inflation Rates In Developed World | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Drought Engulfs 60% Of U.S. As Farmers Begin Spring Planting | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

LAST PLANTING SEASON: What to Grow Now for the Famine Ahead<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Critical shortage of jet fuel, European airline market has 6 weeks of supply remaining<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

China At An Ecohydrological Crossroads<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How to Think About the Future (Part 1): Changing the Future Starts with How You Think<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Solution-delusions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Fantasy of Space Colonization: The Spaceship We’re Already On – The Great\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Predatory economies in the Spodocene – by Ismaele<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Hormuz Blockade, Fertilizer Shock, Food Crisis \u2014 What Most People Don\u2019t See Coming<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Miscalculation, Hypocrisy & The Collapse of Western Power<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Warning: US Petroleum Inventories Are Being Raided<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Greenwashing and Resistance Tactics with Justin McAffee and Jeff Gibbs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Catton on Collapse \u201cBottleneck: Humanity\u2019s Impending Impasse\u201d | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This Is Your Brain On Chaos | how to save the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Surviving the The Coming Struggle: Book Recommendations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

One Of Us Is Delusional, But Which One?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Super El Ni\u00f1o Is Coming: Climate Denial Is About To Run Out Of Weather<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Canada’s Carney Revives Online Censorship Bill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Sharon Astyk: <\/span>Thoughts From Last Nights Energy Crisis Zoom<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Below the Surface: the Structural-Demographic Roots of the Current Political Crisis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The small water cycle papers – by Alpha Lo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Population: Can Collapse be Predicted? – by Ugo Bardi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A Banana Republic: A Rogue Nation Pretending to Be a Democracy, “Addicted to War” – Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What the AMOC Shutdown Means for You. – by Matt Orsagh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

What comes after Civilization ? From Cosme via Civitas to the Planetary Civium<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Fuel Crisis – Nathan’s Media Coverage Roundup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kuwait Declares Force Majeure as U.S. Seizure of Iranian Ship Escalates Tensions | OilPrice.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

70 Percent Of U.S. Farmers Say That They Will Not Be Able To Purchase All The Fertilizer That They Need In 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Strait Of Hormuz Will Cause “Ripple Effects” For The Whole World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Thermodynamic Endgame of Industrial Civilization<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday Lament: Overwhelming Complexity – by Mike Meyer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How Is This Possible? Seriously<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mything out on \u2018sustainable development\u2019\u2014 why it ain\u2019t happening<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Levels of Faith | Do the Math<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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

Science Snippets: Self-Reinforcing Feedback Loop Triggered<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Biden Official: Biden Was Preparing To Bomb Iran If Re-Elected<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gold vs. An Erupting Financial Volcano<\/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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