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@novelworm26.bsky.social

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Oh, good. "this is now starting to look like a potential combination of the 1973 post-Yom Kippur War oil shock, the 2022 Russia-Ukraine War commodity shock, and the 2020-21 Covid supply chain shock."

09.03.2026 07:48 β€” πŸ‘ 115    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

ok this is at least very funny

09.03.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 575    πŸ” 108    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

09.03.2026 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7179    πŸ” 1852    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 66

We.

Are.

Complicit.

We.

Must.

Get.

Them.

Out.

08.03.2026 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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They have turned this beautiful city into a wasteland. Those who do don’t die from bombs will succumb to unspeakable illness. Most of my close family is in Tehran

08.03.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 231    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 1

This feels like a don't threaten us with a good time sitch.

08.03.2026 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfidy. A grave war crime.

08.03.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Both the US and US governments insisted, that the war on Iraq was necessary to keep our populations safe, maintain our prosperity and defend and uphold our sacred values. Two decades on, nothing has improved, everything is measurably worse, and those values have been trashed by our own governments.

08.03.2026 13:32 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Frederik Pleitgen 
@fpleitgenCNN
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Managed to film at the Shahran oil depot in Western Tehran that was targeted by airstrikes last night. The oil still seems to be burning. We saw flames coming from some of the destroyed oil storage tanks. Also destroyed tanker trucks outside the gate. Sorry for audio issues, was windy @CNN @cnni @claudiaotto
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6:48 AM β€’ 3/8/26 β€’ 428K Views

Frederik Pleitgen @fpleitgenCNN X.com Managed to film at the Shahran oil depot in Western Tehran that was targeted by airstrikes last night. The oil still seems to be burning. We saw flames coming from some of the destroyed oil storage tanks. Also destroyed tanker trucks outside the gate. Sorry for audio issues, was windy @CNN @cnni @claudiaotto 0:47 6:48 AM β€’ 3/8/26 β€’ 428K Views

One of the major oil facilities that was bombed in Tehran is still burning.

08.03.2026 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

08.03.2026 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 25035    πŸ” 8012    πŸ’¬ 784    πŸ“Œ 326

I don’t see how you can look at the infernos raging in Tehran right now and say we’re just trying to do right by the Iranian people.

08.03.2026 03:30 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fire flows through gutters meant to carry water to trees in Tehran.

Death flows where life once did.

May God forgive us.

(Video has been geoconfirmed.)

08.03.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 891    πŸ” 351    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 15

Today we observed six shackled detainees being loaded onto the ICE Air flight at MSP. They're heading to El Paso, where conditions are so horrific, staff gamble on who the next prisoner to commit suicide will be.

The man walking from right to left at the beginning of the clip is dragging shackles.

08.03.2026 02:26 β€” πŸ‘ 862    πŸ” 519    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 21

Ghostbusters 2 (sorry not sorry)

07.03.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He's got time to change his perspective, though the two you just named if a forking cursed general election.

06.03.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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MacroEdge @
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"We are experiencing the largest loss of oil supply in history (3X bigger than the
1973 Arab oil embargo)" - @ericnuttall
#MacroEdge
11:09 AM β€’ 3/5/26 β€’ 137K Views

M MacroEdge @ @MacroEdgeRes X.com "We are experiencing the largest loss of oil supply in history (3X bigger than the 1973 Arab oil embargo)" - @ericnuttall #MacroEdge 11:09 AM β€’ 3/5/26 β€’ 137K Views

There is a saying that when plans for war are made, the enemy has a say. Well, in this case, so do allies who are disproportionately affected.

Energy market analysts say the impact of the Iran War on supply could be bigger than the 1973 oil embargo.

06.03.2026 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 21
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Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than β€˜speed of thought’ Speed and scale of US military’s AI war planning raises fears human decision-making may be sidelined

Terminator (1984) seems more and more prophetic by the day:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

04.03.2026 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

06.03.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 10002    πŸ” 5278    πŸ’¬ 628    πŸ“Œ 639

"The US hasn't killed this many civilians in the Middle East before."
Stares in Iraq what the fuck are you talking about?

06.03.2026 03:33 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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ICE detains reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez in Nashville - Nashville Banner Reporter Estefany RodrΓ­guez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there.

They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

05.03.2026 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 12271    πŸ” 7417    πŸ’¬ 293    πŸ“Œ 337

Chat is it good when opposition senators are nuremburg-posting

05.03.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Trying to listen for tears shed on the Hill for Kristi Noem, but I just hear Crickets

05.03.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0

ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE IS READY TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE TO HELP DEFEND OIL INFRASTRUCTURE IN MIDDLE EAST

05.03.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know I sound crazy but instead of spending a billion dollars in a day to kill people in another country we should try spending a billion dollars in a day to help people in this country.

05.03.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1620    πŸ” 363    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 26

They are torturing and killing people in our concentration camps, and I wish more people were actively bothered by that

05.03.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 12731    πŸ” 3544    πŸ’¬ 255    πŸ“Œ 92

My great grandfather (Dad's mom's dad) was allegedly a bookie for Capone (apocryphal family story) though, so that's cool.

04.03.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My grandfather owned a clothing shop in downtown Chicago and then went into insurance as a second career on one side. On the other side, union carpenter.

04.03.2026 23:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Substantial reason to believe' Tony Gonzales had sex with his staffer, House probe finds The matter is now in the hands of the Ethics Committee as some colleagues demand his resignation.

BREAKING 🚨 🚨 🚨

EXCLUSIVE: Congressional investigators have found β€œa substantial reason to believe” that Rep. Tony Gonzales had a sexual relationship with a subordinate, an apparent violation of House rules.

www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

04.03.2026 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 209    πŸ” 75    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

I saw she conceded the initially through Tom which is the only reason I mentioned.

04.03.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0