This post HERE from mid-February seems slightly prophetic now in light of recent global events. The historic swings in oil prices will certainly disrupt global supply lines which will result in inflationary pressure. This situation also has the potential to generate a catastrophic economic impact if the Straits of Hormuz are not open soon and things could deepen if the Houthis in Yemen resurrect pressure on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Some commentators suggest that only a ground invasion and occupation of all the land and sea around the Straits of Hromuz by the Zionist-American forces will secure the Straits and if things escalate to that the entire global economy could have a heart attack - almost overnight, as a result of rocketing oil prices and the resulting hyperinflation and crash of equity markets.
Of course the greatest concern here is the people who are physically caught up in this violent conflict, wider financial concerns pale into insignificance compared to what they are going through. Disconnecting from the Zionist-western matrix and building a personal nature centric sustainable system arond themselves is the best way any individual can help others IMO. At the end of the day it is the mass compliance with these unsustainable, ecocidal and murderous systems which provides the power for them to limp on into the abyss so disconnecting and building a personal system that connects to a new emerging sustainable human and nature centric system (AI has the potential to help create this) is the best response IMO.
As ever nobody knows what is going to happen next but personally I can't see how there will be a quick end to this war. Israel have waited over 40 years for a US President who is mad enough to attack Iran (my accountant calls him the Mad King) and there will never be such a maverick figure in power to try again so Israel know they only have this chance to fulfill their objectives of dominating the Middle East. There seems zero possibility that Israel will now stop- this is their one and only chance. The US may be powerless to pull out of the war as any escalation by Israel will result in retaliation by Iran on US bases and global infrastructure - President Kennedy's remark that 'If you ride on the back of the Tiger you end up in its belly' appears to be coming true (although not sure who the Tiger is here - I think they could all eat each other!) . There also appears to be zero possibility of Iran surrendering- the new Ayatollah has just had his father, wife and children murdered by the Zionist-US forces and there is no sign of any populist uprising. This could all be a black hole which has already opened that soon everything is going to be pulled into. Maybe. Maybe not. One thing for certain is that this is an extremely dangerous situation which could plunge the world into chaos and cause mass asset stripping of citizens and transfer of wealth in the ongoing emergence of Global AI-fuedalism (for good and bad).
Considering we are teetering on the brink of economic chaos (although we often are and if often passes without too much trouble) and also that bird migration has slowed down, I thought I would take a bit of time to build up some more of our self sufficiency, off-grid capabilities and personal resilience. All these things make economic and personal wellbeing sense and help to reconnect closer to nature in order to buffer any system shocks even if they are never 'needed' and the shocks never come. Personally I find it all helps with managing 'planetary stress'. Also there are the opportunities of a life time during economic collapses so it is vital to always be prepared to be in a position to take those opportunities, to stay calm and immediately get to work on any necessary rebuild and build back better.
Therefore in order to increase our 'personal defences', this week we are increasing our water storage and water harvesting capabilites, building up the logs piles, filling up our cupboards with non perishable food supplies (also makes sense to buy now before inflationary pressure hits), buying some new books to read (below), planting up more of the food growing beds, taking out a bit of cash, making any large purchases now ahead of inflationary risk (this year travel bookings etc), keeping vehicles tanks full rather than running them to empty, and planting up more wildlife garden habitat so that if we have a fuel shortage and supply line lockdown having plenty of birds and wildlife in the garden will be good company to hide out with.
A few new purchases. The Portland report has been out for a while but Kojak had my copy which I got last weekend. A brilliant read- covers a four year period. Great to compare patterns with whats going on round here. Pan-species listing by Graeme Lyons is a great addition to a personal resilience strategy and getting the most out of local nature (I'll be doing more pan-species work in our garden this year- I find the garden is a large enough area for my small brain!). I've also bought Birding with AI. When I was at uni they used to say text books were always at least two years out of date. For computer science I presume it means this book is an epoch out of date but if I can try and keep up with any of this stuff it will be useful- considering most of the stuff I do is simple approach citizen science anyway. Just knowing how the popular recording platforms work a bit is interesting and my main goal is to learn how to use AI to not only assist with recording systems but to write bird reports and simple population trend analysis and distributions (basically bird book style science).
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