The Force Majeure Groyper
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The Force Majeure Groyper
@ProgDirectorate
6'4 (he/him) dedicated glasgowdelphia truther + enthusiast of music, food and the indomitable universal brotherhood of man


@_caswel Or it’s because our consumer identities stop developing beyond what we can realistically afford




The UK, France, Germany, Italy, NL & Japan will now have to send warships to the Gulf "We condemn the attacks by Iran on unarmed commercial vessels and oil and gas installations, and the denial of passage through the Strait of Hormuz ." Trump's political victory but good for all

Both sides are now targeting upstream (ie, production) oil and natural gas assets. Is this an attempt to escalate to de-escalate? Or is it simply a sign that escalation is spiralling out of control?

If it was an attempt to escalate to de-escalate, Iran has showed that it has escalation dominance (as it believes it has nothing to lose in a scorched earth strategy hitting oil and gas assets). Trump is now trying to de-escalate.

A Cuban mechanic, Juan Carlos Pino, modified his 1980 Polski Fiat to run on charcoal instead of gasoline, offering a cheaper alternative amid fuel shortages caused by US sanctions reut.rs/3NzcSyP



Little appreciated how October 7th has derailed mass climate activism.

USAF B-52H heavy bomber departing England on an Iran strike mission today, carrying a full load of JASSM cruise missiles.













