NEWS

Duke Energy confirmed on X that hundreds of power substations are offline across the Carolinas.

We initially reported on this unfolding power grid crisis Wednesday morning in a note titled Grid Apocalypse Hits Carolinas: 360 Substations Down, Power Restoration Could Take "Months," citing experts who warned, "It could take a very long time to restore power to everyone" due to shortages of transformers and other electrical equipment and critically low US stockpiles.  (more…)

Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times,

Food products sold in California will no longer have a “sell by” stamp after July 1, 2026, after Gov. Gavin Newsom approved the nation’s first law governing food labeling.

When it goes into effect, Assembly Bill 660 will require the use of two standard terms for food products that choose to use a date label—“best if used by” to indicate the quality date of food, or “use by” to indicate the safety of food. (more…)

Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog,

The system has reached the limits of its adaptability. Everything else is entertainment.

A great many people have immense faith in political solutions to looming crises: if only we elect new leaders, if only we replace current policies with new policies, everything would be fixed and the crises will all dissipate.

There are powerful reasons for this faith and equally powerful reasons why political solutions fail in crisis. (more…)