{"id":69795,"date":"2026-08-26T03:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69795"},"modified":"2026-08-25T20:31:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:31:32","slug":"the-bulletin-august-20-26-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=69795","title":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Bulletin: August 20\u201326, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0Bull<\/em><\/strong>etin: August 20\u201326, 2026<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n

This past week\u2019s articles of interest\u2026<\/h3>\n
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If you\u2019re new to my writing, check out\u00a0<\/strong>this overview<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Collapsing Now, Gone in 2030 \u2014 Johnny Silverhands<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeff Currie: Forget $91 Brent, The Real Crisis Is $170 Diesel | ZeroHedge<\/a><\/p>\n

More on the Next \u2018Super El Ni\u00f1o\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Energy: Preparations and Possibilities Revisited \u2014 Ecosophia<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S. Diesel Reserves Sit Near 23-Year Lows | OilPrice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Long Emergency Has No Referee<\/a><\/p>\n

40 Trillion Reasons To Own Gold \u2014 by Quoth the Raven<\/a><\/p>\n

Our Anthropocentrism and Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n

The Wildfire Solution That Makes Wildfires Worse<\/a><\/p>\n

A New Food Crisis From the Strait of Hormuz to the Black Sea, From the Danube to the Rhine \u2014 Global Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Hudson: The West\u2019s Financial System on the Brink of Collapse<\/a><\/p>\n

The West on the Path to World War \u2014 Glenn Diesen\u2019s Substack<\/a><\/p>\n

The Causes of Inflation<\/a><\/p>\n

Game Theory and Degrowth\u2019s Strategic Dilemma<\/a><\/p>\n

Why Comfortable People Don\u2019t Revolt: Propaganda, Debt, and Control<\/a><\/p>\n

I Saw the Future of the West\u2026 In India<\/a><\/p>\n

Climate Crisis, Supply Chains, and the Erosion of Global Power | Collapse of Industrial Civilization<\/a><\/p>\n

Society Collapse 2040: The Year Your World Stops Working and Starts Dying \u2014 Preppgroup<\/a><\/p>\n

What\u2019s Happening with US Bonds, Debt, and Oil \u2014 global geopolitics<\/a><\/p>\n

Are We Living in 1984<\/a><\/p>\n

The Renewable Data Center Fantasy<\/a><\/p>\n

Our Entire Civilization Is Run By Oligarchs And Empire Managers \u2014 And Other Notes<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to this article: We are at Serious Risk of Nuclear War, Yet We Hear Little About It<\/a><\/p>\n

Canada at War with US Says Carney, Why the Trade Negotiations Broke Down \u2014 MishTalk<\/a><\/p>\n

Human Unpredictability is Overrated<\/a><\/p>\n

Cultural Revolution: From Impossible to Possible to Likely to Inevitable<\/a><\/p>\n

Diesel Crack Spread Madness Deepens As Jefferies Finds No Easy Exit From Russia\u2019s Refining Crisis | ZeroHedge<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World\u2019s Climate<\/a><\/p>\n

When Your Partner Ignores the Collapse<\/a><\/p>\n

Humanity After the End: A Review of The Dog Stars | Collapse of Industrial Civilization<\/a><\/p>\n

When Rule of Law Fails This is Warning of the End of a Government<\/a><\/p>\n

Thermonuclear Twilight: When 7\/10 Rule Become Your Death Sentence and First Responders Calculate Your Life in Roentgens<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Unbearable Heaviness of a CO2-Rich Atmosphere<\/a><\/p>\n

Richard Wolff: The Decline of the American Empire is Accelerating Fast<\/a><\/p>\n

2050 Part 2 \u2014 by Matt Orsagh \u2014 Degrowth is the Answer<\/a><\/p>\n

8 Billion Junkies: The Addiction That Is Killing Civilisation<\/a><\/p>\n

The World After Collapse: When Individual \u2018Wants\u2019 Cease to Matter | how to save the world<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s \u201cMental Insanity\u201d. Endangers the Entire Planet \u2014 Global Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Reality Check: We\u2019re Still Overpopulated \u2014 And It\u2019s Still A Problem<\/a><\/p>\n

Peak Oil as a Stick Bomb \u2014 by Ugo Bardi \u2014 The Seneca Effect<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s the Entropy, Stupid<\/a><\/p>\n

Russia Scrambles to Restore Fuel Supplies as Refineries Resume Operations | OilPrice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

AI is the Greatest Bubble of All Time \u2014 Ed Dowd | Greg Hunter\u2019s USAWatchdog<\/a><\/p>\n

Ontario Prime Minister Responds to Trump \u201cHe Can Kiss My Ass\u201d \u2014 MishTalk<\/a><\/p>\n

Japan Power Prices Surge to Highest Since 2023 | OilPrice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

TotalEnergies CEO Reveals Cost To Move A Supertanker Through Hormuz | ZeroHedge<\/a><\/p>\n

Society Collapse 2040: The Year Your World Stops Working and Starts Dying \u2014 Preppgroup<\/a><\/p>\n

Central Banking: The Scourge of Civilization | Mises Institute<\/a><\/p>\n

Some Places Should Have No Roads \u2014 by Justin McAffee<\/a><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Let The Values Of This Dystopian Society Shape How You Live Your Life<\/a><\/p>\n

Science Snippets: Study Warns Droughts are Ideal Breeding Ground for Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria<\/a><\/p>\n

China Rejects US Sanctions on Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

Canada Retaliates, Slaps $20 Billion In Tariffs On 700 US Goods | ZeroHedge<\/a><\/p>\n

Canada Retaliates and Trump Threatens to Rename Lake Ontario \u2014 MishTalk<\/a><\/p>\n

[Essay] When Truth Becomes Hazardous: Navigating Information Through the Metacrisis<\/a><\/p>\n

THE HIDDEN WAR OF WORDS: HOW LINGUISTIC MANIPULATION IN PROPAGANDA WORKS<\/a><\/p>\n

Seven Days in the Dark<\/a><\/p>\n

In the Name of Science | Do the Math<\/a><\/p>\n

As print literacy fades, our perception of truth is warping<\/a><\/p>\n

The Long Way Home<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\u00a0paper<\/a>: \u201cWe 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 \u2014 even scientific theories \u2014 are 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<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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