Israeli Chief of Staff Zamir warns IDF will collapse due to lack of manpower, raises 'ten red flags' www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

431.28 parts per million (ppm) CO2 in air 25-Mar-2026 keelingcurve.ucsd.edu

Great interview with Gen. Stan McChrystal (ret) on the Iran war, among other topics. As he points out, despite the wild dreams of politicians, air power alone cannot create lasting change on the ground. Iran, in particular, is "a country that has an extraordinary capacity to be bombed." Gift Article

Trump turned the world into a giant fuel starved Cuba. What an accomplishment.🙄

NEW: Trump’s Greenland obsession strained the NATO alliance Now the Strait of Hormuz could break it Trump is livid that other nations won’t help. And NATO is bracing for revenge: Could Trump pull U.S troops out of Europe? Or withdraw from NATO entirely? www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

Europe can best insulate itself against the economic consequences of any conflict in the Gulf by accelerating its energy transition away from fossil fuels. @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social insight by @cerianbond.bsky.social and @thomasmaddock.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/I42gf7q

Trump made the statement 10 minutes after the stock market closed following its worst day of the war. Oil prices fell quickly, but snapped back sharply within minutes & the global benchmark Brent crude was around $107 a barrel on Thurs evening @barakravid.bsky.social www.axios.com/2026/03/26/t...

Why seizing Iran’s Kharg Island could be a trap of America’s own making www.fdd.org/analysis/op_...

If Trump escalates, Iran will likely close a second strait in the Middle East, which will cause another oil price shock. As one expert told me: “We are not in a situation where the Iranians are capitulating as Trump is also desperate for negotiation."

My latest contribution to @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social is a primer on why the Iran War and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has the potential to spiral further into by far the biggest energy shock in history. And markets are sleepwalking into it. thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

Oil magnate’s Venezuela detainment spooks industry www.semafor.com/article/03/2...

Big Oil to reap billions from Iran war windfall after a month of soaring energy prices reut.rs/4theflf

Angelenos are now taking the ICE issue into their hands. Scenes of citizens chasing goons in the streets are now relayed.

Here’s what to know about how the current crisis could shape the expansion of renewable energy (Guardian)

Interesting analysis in The Economist: The war is empowering the Revolutionary Guards and they can keep fighting without central command. Internal security has been broken into tens of thousands of small cells. www.economist.com/middle-east-...

NATO chief skirts around criticising Trump - after US president sent bloc warning (Sky News) news.sky.com/story/iran-w...

Regarding the Iranian missile attack against Diego Garcia, Rutte says Iranian capabilities to reach 4,000km is increasingly dangerous. Clearly, there is reason to assume it is more dangerous for allies. But NATO is increasingly prepared. And the presser is over.

Lithuanian journalist asks Rutte about Trump pressuring Ukraine to give up the entire Donbas region in return for security guarantees. Rutte: "Thank you President Trump", blah, blah, blah.

A journalist asks if Rutte's strategy is to keep the Americans on board by not responding to Trump calling NATO "cowards"? Rutte responds by heaping more praise on the United States and waffling on.

Can we have Jens Stoltenberg back please?

Reuters asks Rutte about the Pentagon redirecting $750 million of funding for arms intended for Ukraine to the Middle East war. Rutte again defends the position and decision of the United States to does at pleases with its own arms. 😡

Al Jazeera asks Rutte about the criticism directed at him? Rutte reiterates the threat Iran poses to Europe and "applauds" the US war against Iran. He then again implicates the whole of the NATO alliance in the war! Rutte implies that the UK, France and others back Trump's request on the Strait.

Rutte is asked to confirm whether Russia is supplying combat drones to Iran? And if NATO will investigate Hungary's Péter Szijjártó for leaking secrets? Rutte: We know that Russia, China, North Korea and Iran work closely together. Rutte then dodges the question on Hungary completely.

Breaking Defence asks about NATO munitions stockpiles being nearly empty: why is this still allowed to happen? Rutte says the North American and European defence industrial base is simply not producing enough, fast enough.

Rutte is asked about the flow of US weapons to Ukraine. Rutte says they are "continuing to flow".

BBC asks Rutte about Iran and Trump "doing this to make the whole world safe" and the Middle East war overshadowing Ukraine; and about Trump's threats against NATO. How does that make him feel? Rutte again defends the US position of not having consulted its allies before starting the war. 😡

Another journalists asks Rutte about NATO and the Middle east and supporting the US attacks on Iran. Rutte again jumps to the defence of the United States as if NATO is part of America and Israel's war. 😡

AP asks Rutte about an ally that has its sights on Greenland, calls other allies "cowards", with a defence secretary who doesn't turn up to NATO meetings.. Rutte "head on" defends the United States and its President. 🤢 #Daddy 🤮

Finding the money is increasingly the problem “Sir Keir Starmer has acknowledged he is yet to “put the funding in place” to move Britain to a “war footing”, as he insisted he was “finalising” the UK government’s repeatedly postponed defence investment plan.”

Daddy's boy is speaking live from NATO HQ news.sky.com/watch-live

Head of Advisory at EOS Risk Group, Martin Kelly "Turkish owned, sanctioned tanker ALTURA loaded 140,000 MT of Siblight petroleum product on 23 March bound for India." #Altura

The Suezmax class "Altura", under UK and EU sanctions, is flagged in Sierra Leone, has a Turkish crew and is carrying Russian crude oil, loaded at Novorossiysk, Russia, which it departed on 21 March. It is now adrift, not under command, and carrying some 140,000 tonnes of crude oil.

Crude oil tanker "Altura" hit by drones near the northern entrance to the Bosporus, with Turkish search and rescue/salvage tug vessel "Nene Hatun" and two Turkish Coast Guard vessels in attendance. The "Altura" may be carrying up to 140,000 tonnes of crude oil! www.vesselfinder.com?imo=9292199

The Sierra Leone-flagged Suezmax Altura sustained damage to her bridge and to her engine room, according to Turkish channel NTV. No injuries were reported among the 27 members of the crew, all of whom are Turkish nationals. (Maritime Executive) maritime-executive.com/article/tank...

Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Hit By Drone Attack in Black Sea maritime-executive.com/article/tank...

❗️Ukraine can produce up to 2,000 interceptor drones per day, — Zelenskyy

🚨 BREAKING: The 🇪🇺 Parliament agreed to lock us into fossil gas blackmail MEPs approved the US-EU deal, which has been informally coupled to the purchase of 🇺🇸 LNG. To the great benefit of fossil fuel corporations. To the great expense of climate, democracy & European sovereignty. Our reaction 👇

The average global temperature actually just reached new record high levels for this time of year. As I pointed out earlier this week, global mean sea surface temperatures were also rising quite sharply. Arctic sea-ice extent is still a record low too. See more at zacklabe.com/climate-chan...

AI slop produced by far right/rightwing fossil fuel interests to push the idea of developing new oil & gas fields in the #NorthSea. Something which will take many years and cost £ billions, having zero effect on today's oil war-related energy and cost of living crisis.

If the U.S. is relocating troops to hotels, how is this any different than the oft-used argument that militaries lose legitimacy by using human shields? That's the same justification we've heard from Israel on Gaza. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...

Putin liked to keep his enemies divided and uncertain. Trump likes to keep his friends divided and uncertain. This makes life much easier for Russia/Iran/China who can exploit these fault lines in the media.

I was in Valdez in 2008, 19 years after the oil spill. A tour guide took out a shovel on the beach and dug a hole a couple feet deep. Once you got to a certain point then oil would fill up the hole.

A March 3 explosion involving the tanker #Arctic #Metagaz in the Mediterranean has disrupted Russia’s efforts to export liquefied natural gas from its sanctioned Arctic #LNG 2 project, slowing shipments, stranding cargoes in the Barents Sea, and highlighting safety and regulatory challenges

I've totally f*cked my career BTW. Through opposing Israel's genocide, the United States AND Mark Rutte, I've sunk my career ship. That's fine by me. I've always put morality and ethics at the core of national and collective security and defence. And so should everyone else. Slava Ukraini!

Tell us what we already know John 🙄 Plus, he left out North Korea.

Factcheck: Nine false or misleading myths about North Sea oil and gas By @carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-ni...

#energycrisis UK's political right bang out about North Sea oil and gas (red herring, see next post) 😎 Real people just do smart stuff 😎 - solar sales up 50% - heat pump sales up 30% - EV enquires up 30% says Octopus boss (UK's biggest supplier) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who gave Mark Rutte permission to join Trump's inner cabinet??? Rutte must be forced out. He is not fit to be #NATO Secretary General. He is electioneering for Trump and Republican MAGA. Marke Rutte works against Europe's (and Canada and Türkiye's) interests. Quisling.