Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
EMERGENCY: KUWAIT DECLARES FORCE MAJEURE, CUTS OIL PRODUCTION
March 7th, 2026Via: Bloomberg: Kuwait Petroleum declared force majeure — a legal clause allowing a company not to fulfill contractual obligations because of circumstances outside its control — on sales of oil and refinery products, according to a notice seen by Bloomberg. The country produced about 2.57 million barrels a day of oil in January, according to […]
EMERGENCY: ISRAEL ATTACKS IRAN’S OIL AND GAS FACILITIES
March 7th, 2026Perhaps this is also a war against China: China has emerged as the largest buyer of Iranian crude, importing more than 80% of Iran’s oil exports in 2025. This amounted to around 1.38 million barrels per day, roughly 13–14% of China’s total seaborne crude imports, according to Kpler. Tehran’s oil has limited buyers due to […]
“I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?”
February 24th, 2026Many AIs fail to answer the question correctly, but far more of a worry is that 28% of humans also get it wrong: The most common pushback on the car wash test: “Humans would fail this too.” Fair point. We didn’t have data either way. So we partnered with Rapidata to find out. They ran […]
Tech Billionaires Shielding Their Children From The Products That Made Them Rich
February 22nd, 2026Via: Fortune: As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs told a New York Times reporter his kids had never used an iPad and that, “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” Since then, the trend of Silicon Valley billionaires keeping their families away from technology has become even more pronounced, […]
Mamdani Requires Snow-Shovel Volunteers Show Two Forms Of ID, Social Security
February 22nd, 2026Just don’t suggest that people should have to show photo ID to vote in U.S. elections. Via: ZeroHedge: With 2-3 feet of snow predicted to hit New York City and New Jersey, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on New York residents to volunteer as emergency snow shovelers. “You too can become an emergency snow […]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Trump Tariffs
February 20th, 2026Update: Trump Says He Will Raise U.S. Global Tariff Rate from 10% to 15% — Update: Live: Trump Press Conference — The U.S. might have to refund $175 billion. Via: ZeroHedge: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down Trump’s tariffs. In a 6-3 decision (170-pages), the court ruled that Trump’s use of the 1977 International […]
Vote Fraud in California
February 17th, 2026Via: Nick Shirley:
As Refineries Close, California Needs to Get Gasoline Transhipped Through the Bahamas
February 16th, 2026This is so painfully retarded that I struggled to read all of it. Via: Bloomberg: US supplies of gasoline are being shipped out of the country to travel thousands of miles via the Bahamas before finally ending up in California, a state battling shrinking fuelmaking capacity and high pump prices. Shipments on the circuitous route […]
U.S. Budget Hole Set to Deepen by Trillions
February 11th, 2026Via: Wall Street Journal: The U.S. budget deficit will remain roughly flat for the next two years and then widen over the next decade as interest costs consume an increasing share of spending, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday in a forecast that highlighted the country’s long-run fiscal challenges. The U.S. is projected to run […]
Anthropic AI Safety Researcher Quits: “The World Is In Peril.”
February 11th, 2026Today is my last day at Anthropic. I resigned. Here is the letter I shared with my colleagues, explaining my decision. pic.twitter.com/Qe4QyAFmxL — mrinank (@MrinankSharma) February 9, 2026 In other Anthropic news… “It was ready to kill someone, wasn’t it?” “Yes.” "It was ready to kill someone, wasn't it?" "Yes." Daisy McGregor, UK policy chief […]
