Fiona Zerbst

This is one of the worst ideas ever. I suppose our capitalist overlords don't want us to sleep when we could be working...

South Korea to impose fuel price cap to shield economy from energy shock South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that authorities would cap ‌domestic fuel prices for the first time in nearly 30 years to contain a spike in prices after the conflict in the Middle...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said that authorities would cap domestic fuel prices for the first time in nearly 30 years to contain a spike in prices after the conflict in the Middle East sent global crude prices sharply higher reut.rs/46Nx3j6

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape * Middle East crisis – live updates * Iran threatens to attack oil facilties across Gulf after Israeli strikes Thick black smoke was still rising in the sky, soot covered the streets and cars, balconies filled with black gunk, and the toxic air had filled the lungs as Tehran woke up after a night of airstrikes on the city’s oil depots on Sunday. In messages and voice notes sent to the Guardian, people described the situation in their homes and on the streets, some calling it “apocalyptic”. With the sun blotted out, disoriented people in Iran’s capital had to turn on their lights to see through the gloom. Continue reading...

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed

Kuwait cuts oil production as Strait of Hormuz closure disrupts global energy market Brent oil prices could spike above $100 per barrel if the Gulf Arab countries run out of storage space and shut down production, according to JPMorgan.

Kuwait, the fifth largest oil producer in OPEC, cuts production.

The Supreme Leader replaced by his more extreme son, oil skyrocketing, market crash incoming

Crude oil futures are $113.80 a barrel , up 25.2%

Dow futures are down 1071 points or 2.25%

Crude oil is up 25%. Seems big. And the Dow is down 1,000 points.

Iraqi oil production collapses with Strait of Hormuz blocked by conflict, sources say A ​drop in ⁠Iraq's oil production and exports is set to strain the country’s already fragile finances, as the state relies on crude sales for nearly all public spending and more than ⁠90% ​of its inco...

Highest price ever for oil: $147.27 per barrel on July 11, 2008 right before the 2008 financial crisis.

Adjusted for inflation: $175 per barrel during the 1979–1980 oil crisis (if you're young Google it).

In one week of this Iran war oil is already over $100 a barrel.

We're in a lot of trouble.

Holy shit. Crude oil futures going nuts tonight.

Iraqi oil production collapses with Strait of Hormuz blocked by conflict, sources say A ​drop in ⁠Iraq's oil production and exports is set to strain the country’s already fragile finances, as the state relies on crude sales for nearly all public spending and more than ⁠90% ​of its inco...

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"Iraq is OPEC’s second-largest producer, and any sustained disruption to its oil sector could reverberate through already volatile global energy markets."
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That war criminal should be rotting in jail, not flaunting his corruption and moral bankruptcy on the global stage.

Have you seen Kherson: Human Safari? I finally saw it a couple of weeks ago. Having lived in Kherson, it was incredibly painful to watch. But how astonishing that art, music, yoga, etc. are flourishing underground. A kind of resistance.

Kay Fanm | Port-au-Prince Kay Fanm, Port-au-Prince. 12,024 likes · 22 talking about this · 30 were here. Kay Fanm est une organisation haïtienne de promotion et de défense des droits des femmes fondée le 13 juillet 1984.

On International Women's Day, I ask you to support these orgs working for the enfranchisement & empowerment of women in Haiti:
- Kay Fanm www.facebook.com/KayFanm/
- Solidarite Fanm Ayisyèn - SOFA sofahaiti.org
- Enfofanm www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
- Nègès Mawon www.negesmawon.org/neges-mawon/

I was sitting with my husband on the balcony of our rented apartment during the first week of pandemic lockdown, in March 2020. We had recently moved back to Cape Town. He turned to me and said, "There's going to be a big war after all this." And damned if he wasn't right.

This is a critical situation in a city experiencing a water crisis! How are citizens responding to these multiple threats?

Apparently the US has now bombed the airport serving Tehran, one I’ve flown in an out of multiple times. There are a lot of Iranians who are currently outside of Iran, visiting friends or on vacation or whatever. This will make it a lot harder for them to get home.

The Kanneh-Masons are a phenomenon.

With the enshittification of everything technological that I once loved, the appeal of all things analog and offline is getting irresistible…

US forces struck a water desalination facility on the Iranian island of Qeshm, cutting off water to 30 villages, according to Iran. Iran responded with strikes across the Gulf - a power plant supplying the UAE’s largest desalination facility hit, drone struck a desalination plant in Bahrain.

This is how Auschwitz-Birkenau started - overcrowding, starving, no medical treatment, and subjecting people to freezing conditions. Of course, we all know what this led to. In any other country, this would be identified as stage 7/8 of genocide (preparation and persecution).

Thank you, you are kind! Nice to meet you, too. 🙂

This is brilliant! "Mechanical psychic" 😆

Sorry I am not that person! ☹️

LOL

I had Covid in November and, for two-and-a-half months, my vision was impaired. I was actually nervous to drive as my right eye got so bad I thought I would have to see a specialist - red with blurred vision, blind spots, etc. It's fine now, but I honestly thought my eyesight was deteriorating.

My cats would win. 😋

A place I would love to visit! But this is Cape Town. 😁

Today's view. 💙

BlackRock $26 Billion Private Credit Fund Limits Withdrawals The firm’s $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund, one of the largest non-traded business development companies, said in a statement Friday that shareholders requested 9.3% of their shares, but manage...

Blackrock blocking withdrawls. These are ‘domestic delinquencies’ according to sources meaning households & individuals can’t make payment on their debts. The US economy under stress. War costs $1 billion a day. finance.yahoo.com/news/blackro...

Mosul Alert: Apache airstrikes hit joint PMF checkpoints amid 14 massive explosions - Iraqi News Fourteen explosions rocked Mosul on Friday as military helicopters targeted PMF checkpoints in Shariykhan and Qara Qoyun.

Iran-funded militias attacking Mosul (close to Kurdish regions). www.iraqinews.com/iraq/mosul-a...