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by Michael The crisis in the Strait of Hormuz is not even close to being resolved, and global oil supplies continue to get tighter and tighter. The world has been running an “oil deficit” for months, and we have been able to do that by running down commercial oil inventories and strategic national reserves. There …
Global reserves continue to drop. Operational bottoms this Fall. 🚢Hormuz Vessel Crossing Update: Recovery Stalls at 19 — Tankers 10, Dry Cargo 9 Commercial vessel crossings through the Strait of Hormuz have slipped to 19 over the latest 24-hour rolling window — 10 tankers and 9 dry cargo ships — down from 24 yesterday and …
by Michael The Iranians have never wavered from their position that they intend to control traffic through the Strait of Hormuz permanently. They just underscored this point by launching an attack on a cargo vessel near the coast of Oman. During the 60 day negotiation window with the United States, Iran is not charging commercial …
Still much lower than normal, but at least improving pic.twitter.com/NLvo8N7BcD — Rawat (@RawatD2030) June 19, 2026 BREAKING: Iran has declared that ships cannot cross the Strait of Hormuz without its permission, setting the stage for future tolling arrangements by saying it could introduce “insurance fees," per Bloomberg. Details include: 1. All vessels that transit the …
Cloudflare CEO drops the hammer AI agents crushing real humans for the first time Whole internet drowning in fake noise Link: https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic#bot-vs-human Dead Internet Theory claims that most online activity is no longer generated by real humans but by bots, AI, and automated systems. Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince just confirmed this is now reality, with …
3 ships is not surging wtf are you talking about — Technophile (@Technop54777070) May 20, 2026
Dozens of dirt bikes and ATVs will be impounded after a group took over the Bay Bridge, causing eastbound traffic to come to a stop on Sunday, authorities said.
This is not a simple “bull vs bear” earnings setup It is a fight between clean-looking unit economics and fragile distribution control The bull case is built on a very tight story Fast margin expansionHigh gross profitabilityRising ARPUStrong cash positionBuyback authorization On paper, it looks like a business that has already “solved” monetization But that …
The route is basically dead and the media is still recycling the same old peaceful narrative. Why is everyone acting like this is normal? Omg. This is absolutely insane. Why is everyone acting like this is normal? pic.twitter.com/gO0lUmC7CO — NoLimit (@NoLimitGains) April 25, 2026 There will never be a deal. Markets are being set up …
Waymo managed to shut down traffic in Atlanta without even crashing. Just three robot cars frozen at a light like deer in headlights. Impressive.pic.twitter.com/w1PtMPowEi — Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld) April 19, 2026
IRAN IS DRAFTING A PROTOCOL WITH OMAN TO MANAGE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ pic.twitter.com/ywNVJKYxgv — Shay Boloor (@StockSavvyShay) April 2, 2026 Per Grok: This signals Iran formalizing joint oversight with Oman (co-owner of the strait) for controlled traffic management amid recent restrictions—likely enabling selective reopenings for vetted/compliant ships (e.g., Asia-bound tankers) while imposing …
Bank of America just agreed to pay $72.5 million for helping Jeffrey Epstein traffic underage girls. The settlement dropped late Friday night. Buried under war headlines and protest coverage. Almost like they planned it that way. And this is literally the FOURTH major bank settlement tied to Epstein’s sex trafficking operation. JPMorgan paid $290 million …
🇮🇷🇺🇸 "This was a BETRAYAL OF DIPLOMACY. We were attacked 2 times within a span of 9 months when we were in the middle of a negotiating process to resolve the nuclear issue." —Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Baghaei "So no one can trust the US diplomacy." — concludes https://t.co/zxInhNQwb8 pic.twitter.com/BHbjyUZZih — Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) March …
95 TO 99% OF ALL GLOBAL INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWS THROUGH UNDERSEA CABLES AND IRAN JUST THREATENED TO CUT THEM Read that again. Not satellites. Physical glass fiber cables sitting on the ocean floor at 200 feet depth. ZERO protection. 30% of the world’s internet passes through ONE chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz. 20+ cables run …
Hurst, TX🚔 •This woman is a liar. •Awful & entitled. •Even her son tried to convince her to act civilized. This video was make public by her attorney…somehow, they thought this would help. *The cop did NOTHING wrong. ⬇️Watch👀⬇️ pic.twitter.com/UqSimWuCHr — ceepee (@ceepee07) March 13, 2026 AC
SHIPS PASSING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ 🟢 Feb 25 → 🚢 135 🟢 Feb 26 → 🚢 132 🟢 Feb 27 → 🚢 128 🟠 Feb 28 → 🚢 98 🟠 Mar 1 → 🚢 18 🟠 Mar 2 → 🚢 7 🔴 Mar 3 → 🚢 2 🔴 Mar 4 → 🚢 2 …
Strait of Hormuz ship traffic is starting to move byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Factcheck: Current reporting shows that most commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively halted. Only a very small number of vessels, often Iranian‑linked, have moved through in the last few days. Traffic has collapsed by more than 90 percent, dropping from dozens …
Ships are reportedly crossing the strait of Hormuz. They are reportedly turning off their transponders before passing through, and switch them back on afterward. pic.twitter.com/hbq9gsRvyk — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) March 9, 2026 Ships are crossing the strait: they turn off transponders before, then turn back on once they pass https://t.co/LRmsI78dTY — zerohedge (@zerohedge) March 9, 2026 …
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A new report measuring bot activity on the web, as well as related data shared with WIRED by the internet infrastructure company Akamai, shows that AI bots already account for a meaningful share of web traffic. The findings also shed light on an increasingly sophisticated arms race unfolding as bots deploy clever tactics to bypass …
Chipotle stock falls -11% after reporting another sharp drop in restaurant traffic byu/RobertBartus inEconomyCharts Chipotle confirmed that fewer people are visiting its restaurants — a trend that has now lasted an entire year. Traffic dropped again in Q4. Same‑store sales declined 2.5% in the quarter. Full‑year 2025 same‑store sales fell 1.7%, the first annual decline …
Air Traffic Control Union vs Oil Prices🇺🇸 byu/CashmereBuffalo inwallstreetbets “Air traffic controller here in the states. In my off time I enjoy researching economic data. Recently discovered my union has aligned our contracts with historical bottoms in oil prices (really bad for us). These guys would have beaten any trader in the world… One of …
COCOA, FLA. – A small plane crashed into the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 in Brevard County on Monday night, right during the evening commute. That plane struck at least one vehicle, sending one person to the hospital, officials said. The crash happened around 5:45 p.m. on the southbound lanes of I-94, near mile marker 201, in …
See a live map from Flightaware of flight cancellation rates as more than 1,700 flights have been canceled across the U.S. on Monday as the FAA limits capacity at 40 major U.S. airports. https://abcnews.go.com/US/1500-flights-canceled-us-monday-travel-disruptions-continue/story?id=127370393 Air travelers should expect worsening cancellations and delays this week even if the government shutdown ends, as the Federal Aviation Administration …
This man deployed built in drone to see traffic ahead. pic.twitter.com/A7PJj498Uk — CLEAN CAR CLUB (@TheCleanCarClub) November 5, 2025
This is how recessions start, one empty table at a time. If 30-year-olds can’t afford Chipotle, what happens when the real slowdown hits. Either Chipotle has collapsed as a brand or young Americans are out of money. Or, both. What is happening here? pic.twitter.com/1gIAEzmrf1 — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) October 30, 2025 They tried college …
The shutdown has started to feel like a slow disintegration. Not a fight in Congress, but a chain reaction. The kind that begins with paperwork and ends in hunger. Inside the Department of Agriculture, someone finally wrote what everyone else had been avoiding. “Bottom line, the well has run dry. At this time, there will …
Government shutdown hits day 13 with flight delays and more lay-off warnings: live updates https://t.co/a1jeyjPVOX — USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) October 13, 2025 WASHINGTON − Lawmakers are bracing for another Senate vote attempting to end the government shutdown as the impact of funding drying up continues to ripple across the country nearly two weeks into the standoff. But both …
The air traffic control tower at Hollywood Burbank Airport was left unmanned Monday evening as controllers called out amid the ongoing government shutdown, citing unpaid work. According to the FAA, the tower went offline around 4:15 p.m. and was expected to remain without staff until 10 p.m. In the meantime, air traffic duties were handed …
The open web is being dismantled by design. Google, once the steward of digital discovery, now admits in court filings that the open web is “already in rapid decline” https://google.com/2025/09/in-court-filing-google-concedes-the-open-web-is-in-rapid-decline . At the same time, the company accelerates this collapse by pushing AI-generated answers that strip publishers of traffic, revenue, and relevance. Hyperlinks vanish in …