{"id":69676,"date":"2026-05-27T03:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69676"},"modified":"2026-05-26T19:22:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T00:22:51","slug":"the-bulletin-may-20-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69676","title":{"rendered":"The Bulletin: May 20-26, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The <\/span>Bull<\/i><\/b>etin: May 20-26, 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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Carrying capacity: The vinegar in economists\u2019 wine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Western leaders play their part in our charade democracies. Can you spot the tell?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

American Democracy Does Not Exist – by Caitlin Johnstone<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Energy Independence Means Needing Less Permission to Live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Are We Going To Run Out Of Fuel By July 3rd?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Second Copernican Revolution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Canada: VPN Companies Threaten to Leave Over Bill C-22<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Scott Ritter: Europe Attacked Russia – Retaliation Is Now Unavoidable<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Is Another Oil Spike Ahead? – by Jesse Colombo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Homesteading: The Great American Food Delusion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Redefining Inflation to Obscure Its Origins | The Daily Economy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How To Do Degrowth – by Matt Orsagh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Collapse Chronicle 05.20.26<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Coal Was Already Coming Back\u2013Before Hormuz Even Closed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Will Solar Replace Fossil Fuels, or Only Add to the Mix?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Gorozen Commentary: 2026 Q1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

It’s Not Iran Trapping Ships In The Hormuz, It’s The Insurance Risk | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The World Beyond Hormuz – The Honest Sorcerer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, “The End of the World” is not Coming by 2030<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Defending Capitalism to Death – by Steve Keen<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Shaping, Sustaining, and Decisive: The Three Types of Action<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Looming Crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The US Is Exporting Like Mad as Global Oil Stocks Deplete at a Record Pace<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Dozens of nations scramble for World Bank financing amid US-Israeli created global shock<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

El Nino: Another Acceleration Push in The Entropy Spiral \u2013 George Tsakraklides<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Apocalypse – by Nathan Knopp – System Failure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Seyed M. Marandi: Iran Closes Its Airspace as Negotiations Fail and the U.S. Prepares to Strike<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

They Key to (Quick) Cooling is Plants not Emissions Reductions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

War profiteers: the Trump system – by Ismaele – GeoPolitiQ<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Lavrov Elaborated On The US\u2019 Plans To Eternally Control The EU\u2019s Energy Market<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

UAE State Oil Company Head Says Hormuz Bypass Pipeline Nearly 50 Percent Complete | ZeroHedge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Atmosphere as a Steam Engine: New Results<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

OPCW Admits to Shunning Key Dissenter in Douma Cover-Up<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Iran War Could Trigger Gold\u2019s Return as Money<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Everybody Is Talking About The Cost Of Gasoline – Soon Everybody Will Be Talking About The Cost Of Food<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Overstuffed Freezer Analogy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Science Snippets: Warming Ocean Threatens Prochlorococcus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The Only Way to Feed the World is With Healthy Soil<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Westminster Recycles Tobacco-Style Panic Campaign For Internet Crackdown<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Bioregions, or the Return of the Living World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

[Essay] A Guide to Staying Human (Part 1): Desperately Seeking Agency<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As Rome Goes Dark, Christianity Emerges onto the Stage of History<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Newsletter, 5\/25\/26 – by Jeffrey Strahl – Lockdown Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Can the Imperial Core be Reformed? | Chris Hedges & Aaron Mat\u00e9 at the Vancouver Web Summit<\/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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