Exothermic is the leader in self-reliance brand marketing, but we like to share our wisdom with the world. Here are the top stories we’ve identified this week in our markets:

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• Climate Change Could Cause Significant Food Supply & Economic Problems Due To “Chokepoints,” Report Warns, Roughly 25% of all of the food currently eaten in the world is traded on international markets. This situation is especially true of staple foods such as wheat, maize, rice, and soybeans. Owing to this reality, and the accompanying reliance on a relatively small number of important deepwater seaports, roads, and straits — so-called “choke points” — climate change threatens to greatly disrupt international food supply chains in coming years.
• Lyme Disease Is Spreading, And It’s Partly This Mouse’s Fault, As tick-
• borne diseases become increasingly common in the U.S., scientists are scrutinizing these external parasites’ relationship with their hosts with the goal of figuring out how to fight the spread of Lyme.
• How farmers are fighting ticks with feathery fowl, Speaking of ticks –

  

  chickens and guineas are “tick-eating machines,” according to many poultry enthusiasts.

• WHO warns of imminent spread of untreatable superbug gonorrhoea, At least three people worldwide are infected with totally untreatable “superbug” strains of gonorrhoea which they are likely to be spreading to others through sex.
• Popular heartburn drugs linked to higher death risk, Risk increases the longer the drugs are used.
• Researchers find sunscreen becomes toxic when exposed to chlorine, New research reveals that sunscreen becomes toxic when exposed to chlorine, sometimes resulting in kidney and liver dysfunctions, as well as nervous system disorders.
• To Prepare For Mars Settlement, Simulated Missions Explore Utah’s Desert, For 16 years, this facility surrounded by red hills, deep canyons and very few signs of life has been a kind of testing ground for learning what life on the Red Planet might be like.
• Why Is There So Much Modern Architecture In The NRA’s New Ad?, For decades, authoritarian regimes have waged war on modern architecture and the philosophy it embodies. A new ad proves it’s still a target.

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If helping people prepare for the wilderness and the unknowable future is exciting for you, check out the Survivalism Jobs on the Exothermic job board.

This week, we’ve highlighted jobs from Spyderco. Spyderco, based in Golden, Colorado, is a cutlery company that produces knives and knife sharpeners. Spyderco pioneered many features that are now common in folding knives, including the pocket clip, serrations, and the opening hole. They’re hiring a Retail Sales Associate and a Sales Representative.

Survivalism Jobs

If helping people prepare for the wilderness and the unknowable future is exciting for you, check out the Survivalism Jobs on the Exothermic job board.

This week, we’ve highlighted jobs from Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc., also known just as Ruger. Ruger is a highly successful, high-end manufacturer of sporting rifles, shotguns and handguns. They’re currently hiring a Design Engineer and a Maintenance Specialist for their Prescott, Arizona location. 

Exothermic is the leader in self-reliance brand marketing, but we like to share our wisdom with the world. Here are the top stories we’ve identified this week in our markets:

Survivalism

• In a sign of the times, Girl Scouts can now earn a cybersecurity badge, According to Girl Scouts CEO Sylvia Acevedo, the decision to add a cybersecurity badge was largely driven by the troops themselves. The executive told CNN that the Scouts were surveyed to determine which skills they were most interested in mastering.
• Alibaba’s Jack Ma – New technology ‘may cause the Third World War‘, “The first technology revolution caused World War I,” Ma told CNBC. “The second technology revolution caused World War II. This is the third technology revolution.”
• AT&T offers state governments its emergency LTE network, Local governments now have half a year to opt in or out of FirstNet’s and AT&T’s offerings.
• As urban agriculture gains followers in Idaho and beyond, some cities loosen codes, “When Wal-Mart, the largest retailer in the U.S., is selling little chicken coops and chicken feed, that shows (urban homesteading) is a long-lasting trend,” said Gretchen Anderson of Eagle, a leader in the urban homesteading movement.
• Arizona so hot weather map almost runs out of colors, Arizona had an extreme heat wave taking place this week. The high temperature map nearly ran out of colors to depict it.
• Farmers Take Out Millions In Loans To Raise Chickens For Big-Box Retailers, Tim Mueller has raised corn and soybeans on 530 acres near Columbus, Neb., for decades, but now he is planning to take a huge gamble.
• Researchers can now desalinate seawater with the power of the Sun, A team of researchers from Rice University have developed a new technique that not only drastically reduces the amount of energy needed but can decouple the process from the power grid altogether.
• The Tick That Gives People Meat Allergies is Spreading, One bite from the lone star tick—which gets its name from the Texas-shaped splash of white on its back—is enough to reprogram your immune system to forever reject even the smallest nibble of perfectly crisped bacon.
• Death pools can bring financial security for the long-lived, Modern-day enthusiasts hope to revive an ancient financial instrument.

Survivalism Jobs

If helping people prepare for the wilderness and the unknowable future is exciting for you, check out the Survivalism Jobs on the Exothermic job board.

This week, we’ve highlighted jobs from Kinsey’s, one of the main distributors for the outdoor hunting industry in the US. Founded in 1952, their headquarters are located in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania. They’re currently hiring a Consumer Brands Supply-Chain Manager and an Internal Sales Representative.

Exothermic is the leader in self-reliance brand marketing, but we like to share our wisdom with the world. Here are the top stories we’ve identified this week in our markets:

Survivalism

• The Hunger Games Helped a 12-Year-Old Girl Become a Real-Life Hero, A 12-year-old Massachusetts girl helped an injured friend over the weekend thanks to quick thinking—and a makeshift tourniquet she whipped up using a technique she read about in The Hunger Games.

  

• Tesla Model X the First SUV Ever To Achieve 5-Star Crash Rating in Every Category, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has awarded the 2017 Tesla Model X five-star crash safety ratings in every category.
• Cyber Firms Warn “Industroyer” Malware Could Knock Out Power Grids, Known by the names Industroyer and Crashoverride, two cyber security companies warned that it could be repurposed with little effort by other groups intent on causing further havoc around the world targeting not only power supply operations, but also water and gas systems, and transportation networks.
• Multi-million dollar upgrade planned to secure ‘failsafe’ Arctic seed vault, Improvements aim to ensure the vault’s role as an impregnable deep freeze for the world’s most precious food seeds after a recent flooding by melting permafrost.

Survivalism Jobs

If helping people prepare for the wilderness and the unknowable future is exciting for you, check out the Survivalism Jobs on the Exothermic job board.

This week, we’ve highlighted jobs from Recreational Equipment, Inc., commonly known as REI. REI is organized as a consumers’ co-operative. They sell sporting goods, camping gear, travel equipment, and clothing. Right now, they’re hiring a Supply Operations Analyst, a Senior User Experience Designer and a Front End Software Engineer for their headquarters in Kent, Washington.