# Latest **URL:** https://ff2f.discourse.group/latest.md [Latest](https://ff2f.discourse.group/latest.md) · [Categories](https://ff2f.discourse.group/categories.md) --- ## [FF2F commenting forum](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/ff2f-commenting-forum/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/ff2f-commenting-forum/8 "2017-10-06T22:17:44Z")
This is a companion commenting forum for the From Filmers to Farmers (FF2F) blog. Any comments you make here will appear on the individual blog posts over there. This discussion area is running its own instance of Disco… --- ## [Make Shitting Yourself Great Again](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/make-shitting-yourself-great-again/754)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 8:46am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/make-shitting-yourself-great-again/754 "2026-09-09T08:46:36Z")
The Dr. Pooper Papers | Issue #8 It should go without saying that the United States, under president Donald J. Trump, has turned into a monumental shitshow. And not just figuratively, but literally as well. This is a c… --- ## [With a Godzilla El Niño Emerging, Humanity Sleepwalks into its Next Crisis](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/with-a-godzilla-el-nia-o-emerging-humanity-sleepwalks-into-its-next-crisis/753)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/with-a-godzilla-el-nia-o-emerging-humanity-sleepwalks-into-its-next-crisis/753 "2026-08-02T11:22:38Z")
Those are the words of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory climatologist Bill Patzert, made back in August of 2015 when he sought to describe the immensity of disruption that the emerging 2015 El Niño was about to cause. Th… --- ## [Investors and their Wishful Thinking Have Led Us All to Fantasies of a Quick Return to Strait of Hormuz Normality](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/investors-and-their-wishful-thinking-have-led-us-all-to-fantasies-of-a-quick-return-to-strait-of-hormuz-normality/752)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2026, 10:50am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/investors-and-their-wishful-thinking-have-led-us-all-to-fantasies-of-a-quick-return-to-strait-of-hormuz-normality/752 "2026-06-01T10:50:58Z")
It's no secret that as societies we've become dangerously accustomed to just-in-time logistical systems in which materials and products are provided by hyper-efficient supply chains, systems which themselves are dependen… --- ## [Are Oil Markets Lying to Themselves (and to the Rest of Us)? You Can Bet On it.](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/are-oil-markets-lying-to-themselves-and-to-the-rest-of-us-you-can-bet-on-it/751)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/are-oil-markets-lying-to-themselves-and-to-the-rest-of-us-you-can-bet-on-it/751 "2026-04-17T10:01:33Z")
If you think that repercussions from this American attack on Iran haven't turned out to be all that bad, be patient. Cause you can be rest assured that the situation is going to get monumentally worse as the tail end of … --- ## [Why “Energy Lockdown” Grifters & Conspiracy Theorists are Full of it](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/why-a-energy-lockdowna-grifters-conspiracy-theorists-are-full-of-it/750)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2026, 9:41am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/why-a-energy-lockdowna-grifters-conspiracy-theorists-are-full-of-it/750 "2026-04-03T09:41:11Z")
Why “Energy Lockdown” Grifters & Conspiracy Theorists are Full of it This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ff2f.com/energy-lockdowns --- ## [Potential Peak Oil Fallout & Recognition Will Once Again Get Obfuscated, this Time by the Strait of Hormuz Crisis](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/potential-peak-oil-fallout-recognition-will-once-again-get-obfuscated-this-time-by-the-strait-of-hormuz-crisis/749)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 11:27am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/potential-peak-oil-fallout-recognition-will-once-again-get-obfuscated-this-time-by-the-strait-of-hormuz-crisis/749 "2026-03-16T11:27:01Z")
Back in early-2020 it could be widely read that SARS-CoV-2 would be over in a few months. A couple of years later we were then reassured that the invasion of Ukraine would be over in a few days (in favour of Russia). Now… --- ## [Canada Elects its First “Big Daddy” – the Worst Daddy Ever! (says the loopy-right)](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/canada-elects-its-first-a-big-daddya-a-the-worst-daddy-ever-says-the-loopy-right/746)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/canada-elects-its-first-a-big-daddya-a-the-worst-daddy-ever-says-the-loopy-right/746 "2025-07-18T00:53:11Z")
Briefly reiterating what was explained in part one (in which a short clip was relayed wherein a woman at a Liberal rally interrupted the event by supportively hollering out "Lead us big daddy!"), it should now be more th… --- ## [Canada Elects its First “Big Daddy” – the Greatest Daddy Ever! (says the loopy-left)](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/canada-elects-its-first-a-big-daddya-a-the-greatest-daddy-ever-says-the-loopy-left/745)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 10:15am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/canada-elects-its-first-a-big-daddya-a-the-greatest-daddy-ever-says-the-loopy-left/745 "2025-06-11T10:15:51Z")
Canada Elects its First “Big Daddy” – the Greatest Daddy Ever! (says the loopy-left) Part 1/3: Too many Canadians (from both sides of the aisle) have been duped by false narratives about Mark Carney, something they ought… --- ## [Democracy Doesn't Flippantly Die in Nonchalance](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/democracy-doesnt-flippantly-die-in-nonchalance/744)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/democracy-doesnt-flippantly-die-in-nonchalance/744 "2024-12-30T12:01:52Z")
If you read FF2F's previous post then you'd know that like many others, I was one of those whose call of the United States' 2024 presidential election turned out to be incorrect. However, while I don't subscribe to any o… --- ## [Besides the Monoculture Flu, What Happens After Donald Trump Loses the Election?](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/besides-the-monoculture-flu-what-happens-after-donald-trump-loses-the-election/741)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/besides-the-monoculture-flu-what-happens-after-donald-trump-loses-the-election/741 "2024-12-03T02:49:13Z")
Only one day is left until the year's most consequential election, and while many still believe the result is essentially a toss-up, one of the naysayers to this accepted "fact" is none other than yours truly. Although I… --- ## [Doomberg Goes “All-in” on Substack's Network of VC-Enabled Grifters, While Others Decipher How to Ghost Substack](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/doomberg-goes-all-in-on-substacks-network-of-vc-enabled-grifters-while-others-decipher-how-to-ghost-substack/724)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2024, 11:05am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/doomberg-goes-all-in-on-substacks-network-of-vc-enabled-grifters-while-others-decipher-how-to-ghost-substack/724 "2024-10-14T11:05:14Z")
If you're anything like me then you take a keen interest in many things collapse – books, blogs, podcasts, etc. – and have probably listened to several episodes of Nate Hagens' excellent podcast The Great Simplification.… --- ## [H5N1 Goes H2H (or has it?), Which I called to the Month a Year & a Half Ago (or did I?)](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/h5n1-goes-h2h-or-has-it-which-i-called-to-the-month-a-year-a-half-ago-or-did-i/739)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/h5n1-goes-h2h-or-has-it-which-i-called-to-the-month-a-year-a-half-ago-or-did-i/739 "2024-10-01T22:37:38Z")
As was mentioned a few months ago in a previous FF2F post, back in March of 2023 I made the prediction (in the first two tweets of what has so far become a 108-tweet thread) that "a highly transmitting human-2-human stra… --- ## [H5N1: The Monoculture Flu](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/h5n1-the-monoculture-flu/735)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2024, 12:08am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/h5n1-the-monoculture-flu/735 "2024-07-22T00:08:00Z")
Seeing how I was living in Toronto when SARS1 hit the city (or rather, when it hit a few hospitals) back in 2003, and how on subsequent trips to Australia I was sternly – and repeatedly – asked by customs agents if I’d e… --- ## [Reasons for Curtailing Our – and Our Childrens' – Screentime \[part 2/2\]](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/reasons-for-curtailing-our-and-our-childrens-screentime-part-2-2/707)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/reasons-for-curtailing-our-and-our-childrens-screentime-part-2-2/707 "2024-06-11T20:37:42Z")
Continuing on from the previous post in which the deleterious effects that screens can have on children was ever-so-briefly touched upon, the heavy-handed approach of a government – like China's – utilising privacy-encro… --- ## [Introducing Age of Transformation on Ghost](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/introducing-age-of-transformation-on-ghost/708)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/introducing-age-of-transformation-on-ghost/708 "2024-01-15T15:19:20Z")
If you're thinking about starting up a new blog/newsletter but don't think there's too much to consider besides "what platform are most other people currently using?", well, there's a reason why the saying goes "there's … --- ## [2024: The Year We Find Out](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/2024-the-year-we-find-out/727)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/2024-the-year-we-find-out/727 "2024-01-15T15:14:07Z")
Due to unforeseen circumstances my ability to spend an eighth year in a row skipping New Year's Eve revelries here in Melbourne were effectively thwarted, all but forcing me to head back to the dying co-working space I c… --- ## [Substackers Against Nazis](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/substackers-against-nazis/726)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/substackers-against-nazis/726 "2023-12-15T06:11:33Z")
Otherwise, as it seems that there could soon be a slew of Substackers seeking an alternative publishing option, I've not only reproduced the "Substackers Against Nazis" letter below, but I've also decided to offer up fre… --- ## [Forget “Front of the Queue”, Scott Morrison is Enabling a Front for Q](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/forget-a-front-of-the-queuea-scott-morrison-is-enabling-a-front-for-q/615)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2022, 12:43am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/forget-a-front-of-the-queuea-scott-morrison-is-enabling-a-front-for-q/615 "2022-06-02T00:43:31Z")
Being a Canadian with no formal schooling about Australia in any way whatsoever I not only can't name more than one Australian prime minister pre-1970s, but I know little more than a few key details about a small selecti… --- ## [Book Review | Failing States, Collapsing Systems: Biophysical Triggers of Political Violence](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/book-review-failing-states-collapsing-systems-biophysical-triggers-of-political-violence/671)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 28, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/book-review-failing-states-collapsing-systems-biophysical-triggers-of-political-violence/671 "2023-04-28T13:41:45Z")
While trying to get to the bottom of the underlying reasons for geopolitical events has always been enough of a challenge, an unfortunate side-effect of the explosion of information that the Internet has provided us with… --- ## [Island Living Down Under, During SARS-CoV-2 and Collapse](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/island-living-down-under-during-sars-cov-2-and-collapse/676)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2022, 10:01am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/island-living-down-under-during-sars-cov-2-and-collapse/676 "2022-12-08T10:01:29Z")
So there I was, taking a break on Sunday night from a so-far 10,000-word post that was inspired by one of Nate Hagens' Great Simplification Frankly episodes that I'd listened to during a previous Sunday night break. What… --- ## [Averting Climate Change Catastrophe is the New Fusion Energy](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/averting-climate-change-catastrophe-is-the-new-fusion-energy/473)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/averting-climate-change-catastrophe-is-the-new-fusion-energy/473 "2022-05-31T08:26:05Z")
Stop me if you've heard this one before: I can't tell you how many times – and in relation to how many studies – I've heard a statement to that effect relayed over the past two decades or so of this early 21st century, … --- ## [This Christmas, COVID-19 Was the Gift that Kept on Giving](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/this-christmas-covid-19-was-the-gift-that-kept-on-giving/552)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 31, 2021, 10:55am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/this-christmas-covid-19-was-the-gift-that-kept-on-giving/552 "2021-12-31T10:55:02Z")
As stated by the epidemiologist and public health medicine specialist at the University of Melbourne, Professor Tony Blakely, shortly before festivities got underway, This is a companion discussion topic for the origin… --- ## [Reasons for Curtailing Our – and Our Childrens' – Screentime](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/reasons-for-curtailing-our-and-our-childrens-screentime/551)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2021, 5:26am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/reasons-for-curtailing-our-and-our-childrens-screentime/551 "2021-11-10T05:26:20Z")
Continuing on from the previous post in which the deleterious effects that screens can have on children was ever-so-briefly touched upon, the heavy-handed approach of a government – like China's – utilising privacy-encro… --- ## [By Limiting Online Gaming China's Government Has Become as Heavy-Handed as My Parents Were](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/by-limiting-online-gaming-chinas-government-has-become-as-heavy-handed-as-my-parents-were/550)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/by-limiting-online-gaming-chinas-government-has-become-as-heavy-handed-as-my-parents-were/550 "2021-10-29T03:14:59Z")
In news reminiscent of my childhood, the Chinese government recently announced that children under 18-years-old would be forbidden from playing more than three hours of online video games per week, and solely between the… --- ## [The $25m Aboriginal Flag Extortion Racket](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/the-25m-aboriginal-flag-extortion-racket/549)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/the-25m-aboriginal-flag-extortion-racket/549 "2021-09-29T07:55:02Z")
It's hard to deny that the Aboriginal flag is one of the nicest looking flags one can lay their eyes on. It's not too busy, the bold colours all work well with each other, its simplicity bestows an elegant and powerful a… --- ## [Rank Hypocrisy of Courts and Police Exemplifies Systemic Racism Towards Indigenous Australians](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/rank-hypocrisy-of-courts-and-police-exemplifies-systemic-racism-towards-indigenous-australians/548)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2021, 10:29am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/rank-hypocrisy-of-courts-and-police-exemplifies-systemic-racism-towards-indigenous-australians/548 "2021-05-14T10:29:02Z")
Before we even get started on this racism-related post, let's just make sure we're all clear about a couple of things. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ff2f.com/rank-hypocrisy-of-c… --- ## [Australia's New Billion-dollar Seqirus Vaccine Plant Will Be No Match for Avian Leakage](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/australias-new-billion-dollar-seqirus-vaccine-plant-will-be-no-match-for-avian-leakage/546)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/australias-new-billion-dollar-seqirus-vaccine-plant-will-be-no-match-for-avian-leakage/546 "2020-11-23T22:58:00Z")
With supply lines breaking down across the world for fuels, medicines, clothing and other consumables, it was only inevitable that nations eventually began undertaking measures to reinvigorate flagging economies in hopes… --- ## [Book Review | The End of October](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/book-review-the-end-of-october/543)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2020, 9:11am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/book-review-the-end-of-october/543 "2020-10-31T09:11:57Z")
As the Crikey article "Waiting for COVID: when will we see the literary impact of our plague year?" started off, This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://ff2f.com/book-review-the-end-of-oc… --- ## [Make Hay While the Pandemic Rages](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/make-hay-while-the-pandemic-rages/541)
**Author:** [@system](https://ff2f.discourse.group/u/system)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://ff2f.discourse.group/t/make-hay-while-the-pandemic-rages/541 "2020-08-03T05:00:20Z")
If there's one painfully apparent thing right now, that'd be that pretty much everybody out there just can't wait for things to get back to normal. Be it attending live footy matches (or whichever sport(s) one prefers), … [Next page](https://ff2f.discourse.group/latest.md?page=1)