Year: 2026

Economics & Investing Media of the Week

In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Economics & Investing Links of Interest At The Telegraph: Gold overtakes US bonds as world’s favourite investment. A Ron Paul interview: The Economic Implications of the Iran War — Phillip Patrick. Reported on June 6th: Over $1Trillion wiped out as chip selloff impacts Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron. Warren Buffett’s Successor, Greg Abel, Overhauled Berkshire Hathaway’s Portfolio and Has 61% of Its Assets Invested in Just 5 Stocks. At Zero Hedge: UK Conservatives Blast Labour North Sea Ban As ‘Utter …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column, more out-of-control AIs.. Anthropic Seeks Pause of AI Development First up, over at Yahoo News: Anthropic calls for pause of global AI development, The article begins: “Artificial intelligence …


SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — Several readers mentioned a recent interview of actor Josh Duhamel by Shawn Ryan.  At just after the 30-minute mark, Duhamel credits reading my novel Patriots for putting him on the preparedness path. o  o  o Peter Thiel’s Plan B, Plan C, and Plan D: Why Peter Thiel Is Decamping to the End …


SurvivalBlog’s American Redoubt Media of the Week

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest. Redoubt News Links: Avista agrees to framework to provide single business with power equal to half of all Spokane County customers. JWR’s Comments:  Huge industrial electrical power customers (read: data centers) tend to be given “sweetheart deals”, where the customer is offered rates below 6 cents per kilowatt hour. So, in effect, the residential customers end up subsidizing the cost of the local grid expansion. It is also …


Editors’ Prepping Progress

To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year.  We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR: Meme Text: It Used To Be Shunned As One Of The Seven Deadly Sins But Now, If We Fail To Endorse “Pride” We Are Shunned as “Homophobic”   Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.


The Editors’ Quote Of The Week:

“Man’s cleverness is almost indefinite, and stretches like an elastic band, but human nature is like an iron ring. You can go round and round it, you can polish it highly, you can even flatten it a little on one side, whereby you will make it bulge out the other, but you will never, while the world endures and man is man, increase its total circumference.” – H. Rider Haggard (Sir Henry Rider Haggard) 1856-1925


Preparedness Notes — June 2, 2026

SurvivaBlog Now Comes Fresh Every Tuesday Today we are commencing our weekly posting schedule, with posts on Tuesdays. After more than 20 years of daily posts I was feeling exhausted. But with this new editorial pace, I’m feeling re-energized and confident that I have another 20 years ahead of me. To recap the changes: Starting today SurvivalBlog will be posted on Tuesdays, and perhaps the occasional Thursday, if the Tuesday posts get too crowded. So, you can expect to see SurvivalBlog “Fresh Every Tuesday.” (An homage the late, great Ol’ Remus.) We discontinued the SurvivalBlog Writing Contest. Round 124 was the …


Modern Handloads for Antique 7mm Mauser Rifles – Part 1, by Tunnel Rabbit

Is the 7x57mm Mauser M1893/95 rifle obsolete?  The original 7mm Mauser cartridge is in no way an obsolete cartridge, yet it can be improved when modern powders are used.  As of this date, few handloaders are exploring what can be done with the old warhorse when modern propellants are used to make it competitive with modern cartridges such as 7mm-08, 7.62 NATO, and even .308 Winchester.  There is no discussion on this topic that I’ve yet found on the Internet.  Perhaps we are breaking new ground, as we speak.


Economics & Investing Media of the Week

In Economics & Investing Media of the Week we feature photos, charts, graphs, maps, video links, and news items of interest to preppers. Today, a map showing the States of the Union with more cows than people. Update: Blog reader Tim in Connecticut wrote to mention that Oklahoma was mistakenly left off the list. But it actually qualifies, with a human population of 3,959,353 versus 4,600,000 cattle. The thumbnail below is click-expandable. (Graphic courtesy of Reddit.) Economics & Investing Links of Interest The leftist/globalist CBS News reports: Why have tomato prices surged nearly 40% in a year? ‘We’re not billionaires’: …


The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods

SurvivalBlog presents another edition of The Survivalist’s Odds ‘n Sods. This column is a collection of news bits and pieces that are relevant to the modern survivalist and prepper from JWR. Our goal is to educate our readers, to help them to recognize emerging threats, and to be better prepared for both disasters and negative societal trends. You can’t mitigate a risk if you haven’t first identified a risk. In today’s column: a war on mosquitos, using mosquitos. Google to Release 32 Million Diseased Mosquitoes in FL and CA Reader H.L. sent this, from Zero Hedge: Google to Dump 32 …


SurvivalBlog Readers’ & Editors’ Snippets

Our weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items, how-tos, lessons learned, tips and tricks, and news items — both from readers and from SurvivalBlog’s editors. Note that we may select some long e-mails for posting as separate letters. — New Federal Plan Aims to Replace Synthetic Fabrics With American Cotton. (A hat tip to D.S.V. for the link.) The article begins: “The United States Department of Agriculture has launched the Great American Cotton Plan to support cotton farmers and protect Americans from “forever chemicals” in our daily lives. Over the past …


SurvivalBlog’s American Redoubt Media of the Week

This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.) Much of the region is also more commonly known as The Inland Northwest.  The public domain photo above from Wyoming is courtesy of the USFWS.) Redoubt News Links Wyoming Ranchers Selling Off Cattle As Drought Tightens Grip Across State. Dry winter could be blessing, or curse, for Wyoming’s big game. ‘We heard a scream’: Another hiker reportedly attacked by bear in Glacier National Park. Warning period is over: Bend red light cameras will now send out tickets. Big Montana Bear — …


Editors’ Prepping Progress

To be prepared for a crisis, every Prepper must establish goals and make both long-term and short-term plans. In this column, the SurvivalBlog editors review their week’s prep activities and planned prep activities for the coming week. These range from healthcare and gear purchases to gardening, ranch improvements, bug-out bag fine-tuning, and food storage. This is something akin to our Retreat Owner Profiles, but written incrementally and in detail, throughout the year.  We always welcome you to share your own successes and wisdom in your e-mailed letters. We post many of those — or excerpts thereof — in the Odds …


JWR’s Meme Of The Week:

The latest meme created by JWR, based on an idea suggested by Bruce Rawles  (JWR’s elder brother): Meme Text: It Is Silly To Call This Tool A Post-Hole Digger If You Already Have a Hole, Then You Don’t Need A Digger.  So This Is Really A Pre-Hole Digger Notes From JWR: Do you have a meme idea? Just e-mail me the concept, and I’ll try to assemble it. And if it is posted then I’ll give you credit. Thanks! Permission to repost memes that I’ve created is granted, provided that credit to SurvivalBlog.com is included.