Rudy Sovinee

A) A chart identifying production trends of major producers of each fossil fuel is shown below, followed by B) A chart of the the national share of production of coal, oil, and gas for producers with over 2% share. https://www.worldenergydata.org/major-fossil-fuel-nations/

Depending on how long shipments of oil through the Strait of Hormuz are constrained, Europe and East Asia will face greater hardships due to importing more energy than they produce.

I initially did one for selected countries, but regional trends became quite clear.
Russia & the USA look to benefit.

40% of the oil that is sold internationally (not consumed by the country extracting) goes through the Strait of Hormuz.
Expect high consequences as the war stops that flow.

Nate is one of the few to be pointing out the risks of this energy flow loss are greater than human society perceives.

The fact this situation still exists is absolutely insane!

Articles of impeachment need to be dropped before noon today. If this doesn’t happen, then there is nothing this cult Congress won’t allow him to do. He can commit any crime with impunity. We don’t even have a country anymore. We are a rogue state.

@izeknewt0n.bsky.social Same, but an old age relic who majored in chemistry at Lehigh.
There's a lot of good in a simpler Amish lifestyle.

Democracy Docket UPDATE: youtu.be/VTJP5aEtDe8
The plan: Change laws (Fed & State)/ DOJ suing for voter rolls (85 cases in 40 states)/ Send in ICE/ Stop Mail-in Ballots/ Declare a National Emergency

Bonkers! But, litigation takes time, and above actions in the last days will affect elections.

YouTube video by MS NOW 'Follow the money': Maddow’s INSTANT REACTION to U.S. striking Iran

I've been watching ABC, BBC and Al Jezeera coverage of what's happening, BUT WHY IS IT HAPPENING?
This statement by Maddow is worth hearing for the depth of her assessment as to who benefits.

Graph showing daily global mean sea surface temperatures for 2026. This is also compared to the daily data from the 1981-2010 average and 1991-2020 average. Annotations are also shown to the current year with the other years from 1940 to 2026. There is a seasonal cycle. There is a long-term warming trend. 2023 and 2024 are also indicated, which were the warmest years on record. Data is from ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis and updated through 25 February 2026.

The daily global mean sea surface temperature is beginning to rise once again toward more anomalous value... will be keeping an eye on how this evolves in the coming months as La Niña quickly fades. 🌊

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Post from Reese Waters - YouTube Yes, Congress has the SOLE power to declare war according to the U.S. Constitution, specifically in Article I, Section 8. 👀 This means that any FORMAL declar...

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AI Death Machines. No Human Oversight. What Could Go Wrong? Pete Hegseth is trying to bully Anthropic out of objecting to “lethal autonomous weapons systems” and mass surveillance.

Even if the AI labs don't give in, "it’s insane that such questions as 'how much killing will we let the killer robots do on their own' are being hashed out as back-room handshakes between the military and its AI contractors in the first place."

This graphic shows four line graph time series and each are monthly from January 1984 through January 2026. The first graph is a 12-month running mean of global mean surface temperature anomalies. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1991-2020 baseline using ERA5 data. The second graph is monthly carbon dioxide abundance. The CO2 graph is the Keeling Curve. Current levels are 429 ppm. The third graph is monthly global methane abundance. Current levels are 1946 ppb. The fourth graph is monthly global nitrous oxide abundance. Current levels are 339 ppb. The three greenhouse gases show seasonal cycles and long-term increasing trends using data from NOAA GML. The global mean surface temperature anomaly record also exhibits decadal variability and a long-term increasing trend. All graphs are rising and shown in four different colors, including white, yellow, orange, and pink.

End of month climate change check-in: 🫣

+ Global temperature: 📈
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+ Methane (CH₄): 📈
+ Nitrous oxide (N₂O): 📈

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Many Americans will wake up to find the “peace president” and head of a “Board of Peace” has begun a war with a country that has not attacked the U.S.

U.S. troops are in danger, many feel unprepared and are afraid. But the world will be safer from…….

the Epstein files.

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran A few paths to success, many to failure

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Yes. Sinclair. It is the most intrusive of the 3 conglomerates dominating local news stations.
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Israel plunges Iran into darkness with largest cyberattack in history during attack against Iran Critical infrastructure, official news sites, and security communications systems reportedly stopped functioning, leaving the leadership in a communications blackout at home and abroad. As fighter jet...

War takes on a new dimension. Imagine if Hegseth gets AI that has autonomous capacity to decide when and where to engage?

US and Israel launch a major attack on Iran and Trump urges Iranians to 'take over your government' The U.S. and Israel have launched a major attack on Iran. President Donald Trump called on the Iranian public to “seize control of your destiny” and rise up against the Islamic leadership that has rul...

Remember, many Americans voted for the orange man because he was for peace. NOT.

Iran latest: US and Israel target leadership sites as Tehran retaliates with strikes across region US President Donald Trump says

First of 3 related reports, this from the BBC

'Bombs Will Be Dropping Everywhere': Trump Launches Illegal Regime Change War Against Iran | Common Dreams "The US once again used the veneer of negotiations as a cover to bomb Iran."

The Iranian government’s immediate response to Saturday’s onslaught was a pledge of “crushing retaliation” and a wave of drone and missile attacks on Israel. AP rpt" “hours after the strikes on Iran, explosions rocked northern Israel as the country worked to intercept incoming Iranian missiles.”

Instead of obeying the law, the agents are now better at not getting caught on video.

White House stalls release of approved US science budgets The US Congress rejected sweeping cuts to science agencies. But the NIH, the NSF and NASA have had their spending slowed.

Congress rejected massive cuts to US science budgets for 2026, but much of the money still isn’t flowing to researchers.

The culprit? The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is quietly slow-walking the release of funds. 🧵👇

YouTube video by Glenn Kirschner Federal Judges Set CONTEMPT HEARINGS For Trump Officials Who Keep Violating Court Orders!

The unlawful behavior is at the point where judges are threatening not only civil, but also criminal contempt.

I agree!

“Our caucus is very unified seeking reforms, and so are the American people,” Sen. Blumenthal (D-CT) said. “The American people have been rightly horrified by these brutal violent practices and the lawlessness of an agency that’s out of control, so I think we’re pretty unified in demanding change.”

Anthropic had said it sought narrow assurances from the Pentagon that its AI chatbot Claude would not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons. The Pentagon said it was not interested in such uses, ... but it also insisted on access without any limitations.

Dept. of Defense shoots down Customs and Border Protection drone near El Paso: Officials Ranking members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released a statement on the incident on Thursday.

This is how screwed up everything is. The DOD shot down a CBP drone which cause the FAA to shut down the airspace around El Paso. We have stupid idiots in all levels of all agencies thanks to this Regime.
If we go to war, GOD help us.
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It's not hyperbole to suggest that today we have a federal government that doesn't so much represent or resemble a federal administration as it does a family crime syndicate.

Hillary Clinton never even met Jeffrey Epstein, but was forced to testify about him. #CoverUp

When agents use false pretenses to enter residence halls, atop months of bad behavior on the streets caught on video, why would people believe the AP story will be communicated down by DHS leadership, let alone adhered to?
The contempt for law starts at the top.
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