๐ More information on that tsunami mentioned in the pod โ๏ธ in a ๐งต๐
Guest in the pod quotes the head of the IEA, โthe oil shock that we are currently living, is worse than the combined effect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the two oil shocks of the 1970s.โ
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๐ Failed businessman who bankrupted casinos moves on more of the same for the rest of the globe.
โThe market tightness is already beginning to biteโฆ This is a westward moving tsunami.โ
Well done ๐บ๐ธ slow hand clap to you for putting him there ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
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๐ค After my DVR rebooted earlier, turning it on just now revealed it was unexpectedly showing a news channel. So I heard the ๐โข๏ธ๐ speaking, something I absolutely detest. What a villainous scumbag ๐คฌ
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๐ The one that, as well as discussing โMattGPTโ (which made me laugh since Iโd not heard that one before), talks about โheavily topped tubersโ in the extra bit ๐ along with other food trends of yesteryear that Iโd forgotten about - sliders/bao buns.
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๐ง The one where @nndroid.bsky.social suggest Reform should go on a โMake Chocolate Great Againโ campaign ๐ after @gavinesler.bsky.social reveals he doesnโt like chocolate ๐ซข Iโm a โbitโ of a fan so I gaspedโฆ ๐ฅน
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๐ The one in which @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social notes โwhen the world of politics is dominated by an orangutan with an army in America breaking everything in the worldโฆโ before going on to tell us how to rush launch a newspaper ๐ฏ
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Two adjacent tweets. One describing considerations for bombings to continue through to September. 66 Bomb first, deploy spooks for 6 month deployments later. www.politico.com/news/2026/03.. โU.S. Central Command, meanwhile, is asking the Pentagon to send more military intelligence officers to its headquarters in Tampa, Florida, to support operations against Iran for at least 100 days but likely through September, according to a notification obtained by POLITICO.โ 99 Another noting the rapid rise in oil prices, which is only going to get worse as trade stalls entirely. 66 Absolutely wild. Price at the pump is about to get as bad as 2022. www.nytimes.com/ Oil Prices Surge Above $100 a Barrel for www.nytimes.com 99
A tweet from yesterday describing horror conditions. 66 March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night. 99
๐๏ธ Christ, the newsโฆ ๐บ๐ธ conducting extended terror operations against other countries, oil refineries creating black days of toxic rain, water salination plant destruction creating a gigantic refugee crisis.
All for no defineable reason as the excuses keep changing ๐คฌ
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๐ The one with a plethora of silly stories at the end to counterbalance the summary of the ๐ฉ show that was the rest of the week! ๐
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๐ค When youโre a very high profile Trumpoid, everybody knows your face and name. Then you inevitably get fired on a whim for incompetence or whatever. What happens to you next?
What did that Spicer guy with the big suits end up doing for instance?
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๐ The one where @rafaelbehr.bsky.social sums up the rambling โข๏ธ๐ bloke's stream of nonsense, lies and falsehood with @jacobjarvis.bsky.social in their #WeeklyWrapUp.
Then summarises the difference between authoritarian and totalitarian governmentsโฆ
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โข๏ธ No computer toys for you, but nukes for the robots ๐ค
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๐ And we end considering how weโre all under pressure nowadays. Especially with powerful people hurting others, much of it our own fault for voluntarily giving the absolute worst people such enormous power ๐
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๐ The one where @alexvont.bsky.social takes us on a tour of the world, from ๐ฐ๐ท to ๐จ๐บ via ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฅ in ๐บ๐ธ (Iโd avoided that ๐น).
Oh, and something about our own reprobates finally getting some comeuppance ๐๐๐จ Skint, shamed & nicked.
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๐ It seem unsustainable yet, โright now Russia is replenishing its losses more effectively than Ukraine is replenishing its losses. And that is a very, very important part of the dynamic of this conflict if you project it out to the months and years ahead.โ
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๐ It's only Tuesday but it already appears to be War Week in the Podmasters Podamatic Universe, from @bunkerpod.bsky.social โStart Your Weekโ to their newest military one, via @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social joining in today too.
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๐ The rather terrifying one about individuals with some level of messianic self-belief, and the cheery thought of using โข๏ธ weapons โto make a point.โ ๐ฌ๐ซฃ๐คฏ
I also noted that @jonnelledge.bsky.social blurbs @pete-apps.bsky.social newest book mentioned herein ๐ง
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๐ The one about manifest destiny and remarkable facial hair! ๐ฅน
Quite the wide-ranging historical scene-setting from @jonnelledge.bsky.social and @seththevoz.bsky.social in this more history-based episode of The @bunkerpod.bsky.social.
Lots I knew little about.
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๐ The one about family dynamics, celebrity reality shows, the Britishness of family feuding, Greek inheritance law, with a bit of added Spice Girls ๐ค songs ๐ Itโs Cher for me!
An eclectic mix, like overhearing conversation between pals โบ๏ธ
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๐ The one in which we learn about @jasonhazeley.bsky.socialโs grade 4 piano exam ๐, @zoegrunewald.bsky.social risks swift murder ๐ฑ, while @jonnelledge.bsky.social wishes to be clear to โa select groupโ that @rostaylor.bsky.social doesnโt speak for all of panel ๐
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Downloads DOWNLOADING BUNKER Debacle in Davos - Weekly Wrap-Up with Rafael Behr and Andrew Harrison OH GOD, WHAT NOW? The Curse of Davos - plus: The future without America?
๐ฒ Events in Davos are unsurprisingly dominating my pod feed with @bunkerpod.bsky.social and @ohgodwhatnow.bsky.social just now ๐ฑ
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๐ณ Opens SM, sees streams of ๐๐ฉ from โข๏ธ๐โฆ ๐ please, someone, take him away from the ๐ค itโs embarrassing for everybody.
Every day of the week is like this now. Slow hand clap ๐บ๐ธ well done.
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๐๏ธ Every morning scroll has me wondering what fresh ๐ฌ that ๐บ๐ธ will have implemented overnightโฆ
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๐ The one that opens with the ๐๐คด before getting to our current ๐ ๐ฉ-showโฆ ๐ฌ
And then @alexvont.bsky.social sticks the landing by serving on a plato ๐ฝ๏ธ ๐๐
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๐ The one where @rafaelbehr.bsky.social recs โhobbies that arenโt solitary and doing things with other people,โ after listening to a podcast discussion โabout the way in which digital environment craters social & civic interactions.โ
Oops, guilty ๐ซฃ
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๐ฌ 70-odd million people voted for this ๐ฉ-show three times ๐ฃ
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๐ The one in which both @alexvont.bsky.social and @jasonhazeley.bsky.social immediately push back on @gavinesler.bsky.social suggesting that we will not miss Blu-Ray players!
Very much agree with them both on act of owning physical media, though I won't collect.
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๐ The one about โPlyscraper Bookcasesโ that โstretch a mile into the skyโ. Sounds like science fiction? Try @nndroid.bsky.social โs enthusiastic description to the panel!
But also @seththevoz.bsky.social on nappies and bad smellsโฆ ๐ณ๐ซข๐ฑ
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๐ The one in which @jamesrball.com shoots through the myths and summarises it as โeverythingโs a hobby for these guys. Theyโre rich enough that everythingโs a kind of play.โ
Fill-in by @nndroid.bsky.social, โheโs kind of the Velvet Underground of big tech.โ
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๐ง The one about the sharing of biscuits ๐ซด๐ชโ๐ณ in which @lukeharding1968.bsky.social asks @nndroid.bsky.social โdo you remember the 90โs? Itโs over. Itโs a new age of conquest in which America is no longer a reliable ally, and possible not even an ally.โ
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๐ The one with @nndroid.bsky.socialโs pocket full of ยฃ50 notes ๐ท โDonโt do it!โ ๐
โThey abuse you for the same reason your dog licks its bollocks, right, because they can. Nothing stops them.โ
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