I wonder what concessions the US will have to make to get the strait open again. At a certain point all you can do is beg, but you’re begging somebody you just tried to shoot in the face, missed, and hit their kid instead. My guess is Iran lets the global economy they are largely excluded from crash

I mean it’s six billion gallons of oil a week over 80 miles of land, Michael. How many trucks could it take—ten?

Hey beverage enjoyers, there is an announcement out there of Fair State releasing their core brands under new labels, and I just want to reiterate that the beer & THC bevs are still fully Union Made! So please keep prioritizing them in your purchasing!

WATCH: Massive fire engulfs oil tanker in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Basra, Iraq,

China investing like $5 trillion in renewables and electrification in the last decade has been one of the greatest strategic policy projects of all time

That didn’t take long

i genuinely cannot process how debased our ruling class is. these guys will walk around all day in shoes that don't fit rather than tell their boss he's wrong. this whole thing where they pretend a stupid evil guy with brain damage is qualified to run every aspect of everyone's life is unacceptable

Three vessels have been hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, maritime security and risk firms said on Wednesday, bringing the number of ships struck in the region since the Iran conflict began to at least 14.

Calling it: the mass assassination of Iran’s leadership will go down in the ledger with Pearl Harbor and the Schlieffen Plan as one of history’s great “What The Fuck Were They Thinking?”s

Uptown Death Watch: yesterday I tried to switch to a dentist uptown but not one of them was in network.

Whoa. This is big. "The U.S. Navy has refused near-daily requests from the shipping industry for military escorts through the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war on Iran, saying the risk of attacks is too high for now." www.reuters.com/world/middle...

I do not give the IRGC or any entities associated with Iran permission to mine the Strait of Hormuz. With this statement I give notice to the IRGC it is strictly forbidden to mine the Strait. The violation of ukase can be punished by law (UCC 1308 11 308103 and the Rome Statute).

Here we go

Secretary Wright tweeted that the US Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, a headline that got blasted out across all the wire services. And then he promptly deleted the tweet.

“If this goes on for much longer, we’re talking serious recession if not like outright global depressionary conditions if the Strait remains closed for a month plus [or] two months.” - @roryjohnston.bsky.social

The central question of this war is: what concessions will the US and Israel have to make to convince Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz again? Certainly they'll have to stop all attacks. Will they also have to withdraw from some military bases in the Persian Gulf? Pay reparations? No good options.

The one time I went there I unexpectedly didn’t have a car. The woman next to me on the plane gave me a ride to my AirBnb, the hosts lent me their car for the weekend, and the one cab driver in town gave me a ride back to the airport and refused payment (!) because he was also delivering something

"Don't worry, the bus company has insurance!" I holler as I drive a double-decker bus full of my direct reports off a 900 foot cliff

I know several ship captains with Master Unlimited licenses who have piloted the largest vessels on the oceans and they are—to the man—the most risk-adverse people on Earth. They are responsible for dozens of lives and hundreds of millions in assets. 0% chance any sail through Hormuz for a while.

I mean it's one strait, Michael, how many oil tankers could pass through in a day? Ten?

Something I’ve been doing with my time post-occupation is picking up trash. A big box of bags, a picker, and a bag ring will run you <$50, and you can do a few square blocks in under an hour. Just a few mornings a week and my neighborhood is decidedly not filthy.

Jump scare seeing a major media outlet describe the federal government as having “lied”

We should obviously get rid of Daylight Saving Time, but I do think we should keep a twice a year reminder that time is fake. Don’t get attached

This is a Boneshaker Books zine section appreciation post

brass solidarity band covering sounds of blackness “hold on (change is coming)” at the abolish ICE festival taking place across the street from where federal agents murdered alex pretti in minneapolis

Good afternoon from the Pretti Memorial Block Party

Yesterday I observed 15 shackled detainees being loaded on the ICE Air flight at MSP. In this clip, as the last one hobbles on, staff put away a full-body WRAP restraint, which had been laid out next to the airstairs. ICE Air & WRAP: www.ap.org/news-highlig... Data: ottergoose.net/ice-flights-...

Senior ICE official says he thinks Kristi Noem was fired because of the Minneapolis protests, a sentiment I heard from other DHS officials www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-public...

Congrats to Rep. @katiejonesmpls.bsky.social and family, who biked to the hospital last week and came back with baby Hans. Here's what she told me about the ride:

After Bovino randomly stopped his convoy to assault a park in Uptown, I remember people on the ground wiping pepper spray out of their faces, someone shouting that there were bullets in the snow, and then the gas clearing and there was Jason Chavez with a big, resolute smile helping people up.

You're absolutely right—that was not a command post, that was an elementary school. Those were not military leaders—they were schoolchildren. I said the opposite, and that's on me.

Sunset at the Alex Pretti Memorial

Do yourself a favor and take a few minutes to walk the streets of Tehran. See the people whose lives are being treated like chess pieces. They are—in the Biblical sense—your neighbors.

Nice pull and an important reminder that, no, things haven't always been like this.

Exactly the same idiocy we saw in Minnesota. "We sent 2,000 agents and people are filling the streets? Send 2,000 more. Wait, that's generated MORE resistance? Gas, arrest, intimidate, kill with total immunity. Huh, seems like people are only getting more intractable... uh, nevermind, abort"

Good morning from the goon squad

The Department of Homeland Security has opened an internal investigation into a report that Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol commander, made disparaging remarks about the Jewish faith of the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota during an immigration operation in the state.

Frankly, we've seen enough: it's time to fire all the cowards who toadied to Trump and disgraced their institutions in the process. CEOs, lawyers, university presidents. Clear them all out, replace them with people who stood firm. Remake our society with leaders who have principles and courage.

If I ever say “y’all” 100% I’ve been bodysnatched. Take the shot.

peggy flanagan’s campaign manager on twitter reporting that angie craig is down 13 points in the minnesota senate primary with 75% of voters saying that her vote for the laken riley act is disqualifying, which would certainly explain her suddenly apologizing for it just days after standing by it

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints. One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

Why We Struck Iran www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-we-str...

"As Minnesotans, we are all just beginning to understand the scope of what we’ve just experienced at the hands of the Trump administration — an outright occupation by aggressive, unaccountable federal forces..." I actually understood it instantly Angie but maybe I'm just built different

Eventually the Trump regime will collapse, because it’s built on a single rotten, 79-year pillar. When it does, the army of cranks who have tried to shelter under the boss’s seeming impunity, in order to commit crimes of their own, will have nowhere to hide. We must scour them out of our society.

Picking up trash in the blocks around the Alex Pretti memorial this morning and found two munitions thawing out of the snow

With turd thrown across bedroom, baby signals a shift away from the era of wanting binky

Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.

REQUEST: The people caretaking the Alex Pretti memorial are looking for archival storage boxes/materials to store the room full of memorial items they’ve preserved. Does anyone have a lead on where to get some?