{"id":69663,"date":"2026-05-13T03:00:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69663"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:20:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T23:20:31","slug":"the-bulletin-may-6-12-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69663","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: May 6-12, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: May 6-12, 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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China Openly defies US Sanctions, Strengthens Ties with Canada – Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Why Each American Lives Like a 40-Ton Whale: Power, Overshoot, and Climate<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Voices of Collapse Denialism | how to save the world<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lawrence Wilkerson: Rogue State America – Decay of a Superpower<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Transition Towns are key to degrowth, but current movements remain too reformist – resilience<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

From Extractive Capital to Living Capital<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

We Are the Envy of Our Ancestors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Collapse As the Framework Which Now Surrounds Us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Canada Is Quietly Putting War Into Your Portfolio. “The Financialization of War” – Global Research<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The War Came Home – by Lau Vegys<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

When Global Order Begins to Fracture \u2013 Preppgroup<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The \u201cFury\u201d is about China, not Iran!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Simplicity and Complexity, Doing and Non-Doing, Restoring and Preserving<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Greatest Energy Shock In History Is Unfolding<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Don’t Look Up! – The Honest Sorcerer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The West adrift – by Ismaele – GeoPolitiQ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gold, Debt And The Inevitable Global Housing Market Crash – Alt-Market.us<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

They’re Attacking Online Anonymity, And Other Notes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Day Civilization Runs Out Of Bread Will Not Feel Like Fiction<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Newsletter, 5\/8\/26 – by Jeffrey Strahl – Lockdown Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Supermarket Is Hiding a World Too Hot to Feed Itself<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Flail Weekly: May 9, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

All Empires Collapse. – by Sean Beaudoin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Collapse Chronicle 05.10.26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Last Week in Collapse: May 3-9, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Maersk CEO Warns Iran War Is A “New Wake-Up Call” For Global Trade | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Vegetable-Oil Inflation Sends World Food Prices Higher | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Global Fertilizer Shortage Is Going To Mean The Spring Planting Season In The Northern Hemisphere Will Be A Total Disaster<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

A Stick of Dynamite Can Ruin Your Day – by Guy R McPherson<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Limits of Power: Why a War With Iran Risks Ending in Strategic Retreat for the United States<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

10 Household Items to Stock Up on Before the Strait of Hormuz Price Shock<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Kagan Admits Iran Won \u2013 Global geopolitics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Malthus was right<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Truth Is the First Casualty of War. The Currency Is the Second.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Trump Floats Making Venezuela The 51st State | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Frequently Wrong, I Continue to Predict<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Climate Theatre Is the New Denial<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Economic Hitmen – Global GeoPolitics<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[Essay] 10 Qualities That Could Change the Future: The Seeds of New Cultural Mitochondria<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

China and US Trade Talks: A Solution For Oil Shortages<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Global Coal Demand Surges as Middle East Energy Crisis Deepens | OilPrice.com<\/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>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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