The Bulletin: August 13-19, 2025
If you’re new to my writing, check out this overview .
Science Snippets: Connecting War with Climate Change
The Forgotten Skills of Dying and Grieving Well: How Engaging with Loss Can Help Us Live More Fully
You Can’t Make This Shit Up – by Michael Campi
The Untold Story of How Plants & Trees Cool Their Surroundings
Degrowth Needs Teambuilding – by Matt Orsagh
Inflation Comes in for a Summer Scorcher – by David Haggith
Ducks and Blueberries: A Reflection on Price, Cost and Value
The Myth of the Social Contract – by Justin McAffee
Clear-Cutting Triggers 18x More Floods, for 40+ Years
The Aftermath Of a Regional Nuclear War
With waters at 32C, Mediterranean tropicalization shifts into high gear
10 Rest Stops on the Way to Olduvai Cliff
Sanctions Are Just as Deadly as War: Lancet Study | The Libertarian Institute
The Trillion-Dollar Military-Industrial Complex
The Sloth Economy – The Honest Sorcerer
Doomerism at the End of the Universe – Watching the World Go Bye
Science Snippets: New, Huge Source of Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Q: What Happens When Insurance Fails? – by Matt Orsagh
Some Suggestions – by Caitlin Johnstone
The End of Modernity? Or the ‘Back Loop’ of Civilisation
Myths You Should Choose To Believe – by Justin McAffee
How Much Energy Does ChatGPT’s Newest Model Consume? | OilPrice.com
Earth’s Continents Are Drying Out at an Unprecedented Rate, Study Warns : ScienceAlert
Debunking Green Growth: What They Won’t Tell You | by Adam Lantz | The New Climate. | Medium
Why do leaders & the public deny peak oil & limits to growth?
U.S. East Coast On Alert As Powerful Hurricane Erin Approaches | ZeroHedge
If you have arrived here and get something out of my writing, please consider ordering the trilogy of my ‘fictional’ novel series, Olduvai (PDF files; only $9.99 Canadian), via my website or the link below — the ‘profits’ of which help me to keep my internet presence alive and first book available in print (and is available via various online retailers).
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).
If you are interested in purchasing any of the 3 books individually or the trilogy, please try the link below indicating which book(s) you are purchasing.
Costs (Canadian dollars):
Book 1: $2.99
Book 2: $3.89
Book 3: $3.89
Trilogy: $9.99
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You can also find a variety of resources, particularly my summary notes for a handful of texts, especially William Catton’s Overshoot and Joseph Tainter’s Collapse of Complex Societies: see here.
