Rob Shum

Generally, that's your cue to sell.

MAGA is a barbarian cargo-cult. (4/n)

This sounds like a signal that they’re calling it off tomorrow morning.

The #SevenDayWar of 2026.

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Someone raised oil prices.

Sure wish we had a wide choice of affordable/untariffed EVs to help cope. Oh well! 🔌💡 (9/n)

Tariffs + War —> ??? —> Profit? (41/n)

A hockey stick curve — but for prices. 🔌💡

‘…“Trump is not going to implement a one-year, two-year strategy,” Muasher said. “I think that Iran’s calculation is that Trump is not patient, that Trump is going to move on.”’ 🗺️ (8/n)

This is going to be a HUGE issue for this year and next year. The tropical Pacific is the heat engine of the planet. This is the engine going into overdrive. You WILL notice this in your day to day lives.

I guess we’re not there yet.

I’ll delete this later, but…

When will they greenlight a film version of at least the Sicilian Expedition?

Never mind a prestige streaming series version of the entire History of the Peloponnesus War?

The Athenians lost far fewer men that the Syracusans — in the *First* Battle of Syracuse. 🗺️ (31/n)

Say what you will about imperialists, but they tend not to boast about how they “couldn’t care less about the future…”

This is psychopathic nihilism — and remarkable confidence that you can blow up all of your neighbours’ houses with zero consequences.

Kinda captures the Zeitgeist, I guess.

I wonder which will take longer: all of the tariff refunds to be issued, or all of the Epstein Files to be released?

Sovereignty? Self-determination? Who do you think you are? Submit to your neofeudal master! 🗺️ (5/n)

Getting the picture yet? 🗺️ (6/n)

This is the Pax Sinica. You may not like it, but this is what Hegemonic Stability looks like. 🗺️

I’m glad to hear that we have all attained the moral standards of U-Boat captains now.

With distinct foreign policy implications. 🗺️

Decarbonization = Energy Security 🔌💡 (4/n)

When humans string words together from past predictions of what you would like the most, we call them charlatans. But when machines do it, we call them gods.

Anyway, if we are going back to 19th century Great Power Gamesmanship, let’s bookmark how this single action might flip the Gulf into China’s sphere of influence. (6/n)

OPEC+ seems to have found a short-term solution to their collective action problems with cutting production and limiting supply.

"The exercise in question required ships not to carry any ammunition. Normally, the Dena carries various missiles and guns, including anti-ship missiles. Because the U.S. also took part, it would have been aware that the Dena was unarmed."

Not of aware of that happening in the two world wars.

Basically, the war will continue until the precise moment when Fox News switches to non-stop coverage of gas prices and/or market crash.

panic move

“…Trump has managed in just one year to destroy the American order that was, and he has weakened America’s ability to protect its interests in the world that will be. If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait until they start paying for what comes next.” 🗺️ (4/n)

It’s an Age of Artificial-Idiocy Abundance.

“…high-volume production BYD cars like its new Denza Z9GT now can drive over 621 miles on a single charge, add roughly 250 miles of range in the time it takes to order a coffee, and rely on a battery pack that refuses to die before the car does, with a guaranteed 620,000-mile lifetime…” 🔌💡 (6/n)