Last Week in Collapse: August 16-22, 2026
Warnings of runaway permafrost melt, data centers are planned to service AI corporations, U.S. government debt hits $40 trillion…plus famines, dam conflicts, & methods to work through “climate doom.”
Last Week in Collapse
A Weekly Summary of the Ongoing Collapse of Civilization
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Last Week in Collapse: August 9-15, 2026
Climate reports, Drought, a host of new temperature records, Ebola continues spreading, Houthi attacks expand, escalation in Ukraine, and water rationing.
Last Week in Collapse: August 2-8, 2026
Another week of shocking temperature records, lots of rivers & lakes at all-time lows, AI creates new viruses, food price inflation, Houthi escalation, and old Wars grind on.
Last Week in Collapse: July 26-August 1, 2026
Wildfires rage across Spain and France, worsening societal anomie, premonitions of future heat dome, Earth Overshoot Day, an earthquake in Japan, population warnings, and a Russian mass mobilization...
Last Week in Collapse: July 19-25, 2026
A siege worsens in Sudan, the noose tightens on the people of Gaza, new temperature records are made, the Ebola outbreak spreads as the fastest Ebola pandemic on record, and a new AI model escapes...
Last Week in Collapse: July 12-18, 2026
Wildfires, aquatic deoxygenation, Ebola, oil shortages, famine warnings, shipwrecks, and escalation in Iran (again).
Last Week in Collapse: July 5-11, 2026
Summer heat waves, El Niño records, nanoplastics in Antarctic soil, declining literacy rates, and the end of the Iran ceasefire.
Last Week in Collapse: June 28-July 4, 2026
An American heat wave, aftermath from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes, record new temperatures across many European countries, warnings about AI and the global economy, and conflicts around the globe.
Last Week in Collapse: June 21-27, 2026
Two strong earthquakes devastate Venezuela, unbelievably hot temperatures rolled across Europe, AI & data centers become a greater problem, and crimes against humanity continue.
Last Week in Collapse: June 14-20, 2026
A ceasefire made (and soon broken) in Iran, more temperature records sweep the globe, a worsening Ebola pandemic threatens to spread, and Ukraine mounts a major refinery attack in Moscow.
Last Week in Collapse: June 7-13, 2026
A grim report on global peace, a doomy prophecy for our oceans, record hot temps in Antarctica, and the world mints its first trillionaire.