Ian@collapseaphorisms

Oh look, high inflation will persist in the global economy well into next year, according to hundreds of economists polled by Reuters, who are now increasingly concerned that price pressures will become entrenched beyond rising energy costs caused by the conflict in ​the Middle East. #collapse

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Oh look, the Trump Administration is set to announce easing of the federal methane regulations for oil and gas production. #collapse

Oh look, the Houthis said on Tuesday they had hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura oil refinery, the biggest in the kingdom, with ​a ballistic missile. #collapse

Oh look, global LNG importers face $39 billion in additional costs in 2026, despite buying 60.7 million tonnes less LNG due to Middle Eastern supply disruptions. #collapse

"in 2025, carbon dioxide concentrations were at 426.8 parts per million (ppm); methane at 1,948 parts per billion, and nitrous oxide at 339.1 parts per billion. That takes them respectively to 153%, 267% and 126% of the pre-industrial levels witnessed before the year 1750." (RTE News) #collapse

Oh look, Russian refiners have raised diesel output for October after Moscow issued export quotas under the Kremlin’s supply agreement with the United States, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday. #collapse

Oh look, Egypt’s parliament on Monday authorized military support to defend Saudi Arabia, the same day Yemen’s Houthis claimed unconfirmed attacks on pumping stations along the kingdom’s East-West crude pipeline and on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. #collapse

Oh look, property investment in China collapsed -21% YoY in the first 9 months of 2026, its largest decline for this period of the year on record. #collapse

Oh look, Brazil's stock market collapsed nearly -30% today and the Brazilian Real lost -10% after President Lula da Silva is unexpectedly re-elected. #collapse

Personal doomer update: I've been spending a lot of time with the black dog as of late, and the black dog doesn't like me talking to doomers. #collapse

"An oil spill from a ‌damaged tanker off the coast of the United Arab Emirates has widened, satellite images showed, triggering more beach closures and raising environmental concerns." (Reuters) #collapse

Oh look, Faith Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency said ​on Monday that he does not expect energy markets in 2027 to return to where ‌they were before the Iran war, which began in late February. #collapse

Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers. #collapse youtu.be/eI24dkvUeYk?...

Oh look, Trump has announced that the US will not strike Iran today. #collapse

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"The global temperature anomaly for October 22nd was 1.94°C above the 1850-1900 IPCC pre-industrial baseline and set a new daily record." (Prof Eliot Jacobson) #collapse

Oh look, US diesel prices rose nearly 10 cents a gallon in the latest week to an average of $6.28, reversing two weeks of declines and remaining near record highs, according to the Energy Information Administration. #collapse

Oh look, the Department of Energy on Friday authorized an emergency exchange of up to 400,000 barrels from the SPR to Phillips 66's Lake Charles refinery, citing a temporary disruption to crude deliveries. #collapse

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"The total value of the US stock market has surged to 350% of the US M2 money supply, the highest level since the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble." (The Kobeissi Letter) #collapse

Oh look, the UK government is to create an AI Cobra unit to spot wildfires after this year’s record-breaking summer saw devastating blazes across the country. #TedWasRight #collapse

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Oh look, the Nasdaq is in the red to the tune of 2.73%. #collapse

Personal doomer update: Let's get weird, doomers. #collapse youtu.be/55yCQOioTyY?...

Oh look, Nvidia is in the red to the tune of 4.34%. #collapse

Oh look, the SPR fell -300,000 barrels last week, to 282.7 million barrels, the lowest level since October 1982. #collapse

Oh look, Meta is in the red to the tune of 7.33%. #collapse

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"At $100.84 (89.76 euros) per megawatt-hour (MWh), the European gas price is now at its highest levels since December 2022," (oilprice.com) #collapse

Oh look, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy on Thursday claimed that seven vessels, including oil tankers, were either hit by Iranian forces or struck mines in the Persian Gulf over the past day. #collapse

Oh look, Heidelberg Materials, one ​of the world's largest cement makers, ‌has paused its carbon capture plant project in Geseke, Germany, because the current framework conditions do not support ​a viable business case, it said on ​Thursday. #collapse

Oh look, an earthquake of magnitude 7 ​struck China's southwestern region of Tibet ‌at around 10:33 p.m. (1433 GMT) on Thursday, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. #collalpse

Oh look, the IMF projects fertilizer prices up 10% by the end of 2026, adding 5% to food costs this year and another 2.4% in 2027. #collapse

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Oh look, it's that awkward part of collapse where Irish normies still have no idea that by this time Sunday, they'll all need a fucking canoe. #collapse

"Before Google’s arrival a few months ago, an estimated quarter of a million trees occupied the 330 hectares (815 acres) of forest near the town of Muhos in rural northern Finland. Now they are all gone." (The Guardian) #collapse

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Oh look, the KOSPI is in the red to the tune of 4.03%. #collapse