Greg Linden

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Chart from IMF/Oxford Portwatch showing a small fraction of normal trade volumes through the Strait of Hormuz for four months now.
Screenshot of chart from IMF/Oxford Portwatch showing trade volumes through the Strait of Hormuz through July 5.
Screen snapshot from Heather Cox Richardson's newsletter saying: "Less than six weeks after The Atlantic published Kagan’s article, Trump attacked Iran in strikes he appeared to think would mirror the strikes against Venezuela, enabling him to replace Iran’s leadership with men willing to work with the U.S. and perhaps enabling the U.S. to take a stake in Iran’s oil production. Instead, Iran seized control of the Strait of Hormuz in the aftermath of the strikes, choking off about 27% of the world’s globally traded oil and about a third of the world’s seaborne fertilizer. Rather than a quick strike, Trump’s war on Iran is now stretching into its fifth month, and attempts to end it, even on terms worse than when it began, are faltering."
Trade volume through the Strait of Hormuz, showing the normal traffic, the blockade for three months, and the small volume of ships getting through in late June. Data is through June 28.
Most recent data on volume of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz showing almost nothing for three months and little change recently.
Image from Wikipedia of a large silkworm moth
Chart from IMF/Oxford Portwatch showing no shipping through the Strait of Hormuz for three months, updated to June 7.
Chart showing steep drop off in traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in the last three months.
Photo of Zuck's giant yacht next to buildings for scale, from GeekWire, credit in GeekWire to a GeekWire reader.
Chart from IMF/Oxford Portwatch showing almost no ships going through the Strait of Hormuz since Mar 1 through May 17.
Screenshot of part of the settings under Gmail -> Settings -> General
subcomponents of GDPNow showing factors that contributed to changes
List of US states by Moody's credit rating showing only AAA ratings, screenshot from Wikipedia
List of countries by credit rating from Wikipedia
Chart of Dow Jones today at 9am Pacific time
cartoon image of a monster
Text excerpt from Washington Post article: "The Ukrainian military was attempting a sneak attack on the Russian naval fleet based at Sevastopol in Crimea ..."