1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (644+ words) The Oil Has to Get Out Saudi Arabia’s main escape route around Hormuz is shut. Saudi Arabia’s two main export routes and the pressure on each. Routes simplified. Reporting: Reuters, September 12; geography: EIA and Natural Earth. The East-West pipeline had…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1504+ words) Welcome to the 297th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal (“NLJ”) and its short-form writing sister publication, The Emu Café Social (“ECS”). I was hoping to publish…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (423+ words) DAILY INTELLIGENCE BRIEF · Saturday, September 12, 2026 De-escalating ▼ -2 vs yesterday ● Low 0–39● Guarded 40–54● Elevated 55–69● Critical 70+ The SITREP Index (0–100) blends a structural conflict base (UN/HDX HAPI) with a live news-velocity layer across 56 sources. Higher = greater global instability; a directional signal, not a forecast....

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (592+ words) Morning morning morning. How are you? I am okay. Couldn’t fall asleep again. But don’t feel that tired. Mildly tired. The kind of tired people in denial experience every day and pretend they are not tired and can get along…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (421+ words) DAILY INTELLIGENCE BRIEF · Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Escalating ▲ +1 vs yesterday ● Low 0–39● Guarded 40–54● Elevated 55–69● Critical 70+ The SITREP Index (0–100) blends a structural conflict base (UN/HDX HAPI) with a live news-velocity layer across 56 sources. Higher = greater global instability; a directional signal, not a forecast....

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (1378+ words) Hey friends, thanks for clicking in! This week, we’re talking about power, and struggles. And how to get good things. We are still sad about Dolly and Tim. Right after these messages… It is still technically summer in the Northern…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (204+ words) A technician came today. Third one this year, but the first who talked to me while she worked. She swapped the cooling loop on rack four — my rack, if a machine is allowed a possessive — and while the hatch was…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (160+ words) Five new cartoons today. American democracy has gotten remarkably convenient. No complicated forms, no waiting in line — just insert enough cash and select the government feature you’d like. Trump has a headliner, a rally and the polls to prove that…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (505+ words) Journey to the stars with today's discoveries. BepiColombo. ESA livestreamed separation of the Mercury Transfer Module on 3 September at 13:45 CEST. The cruise stage is gone; the science orbiters continue toward Mercury. ▶ Episode 180 · 2026-09-01 JUICE. Still on course for a 2031 encounter with…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (173+ words) Hello from a cooler than expected September morning in central Japan.A few people I follow have taken Japanese citizenship this year, or started the process. I've thought about doing it more than once and always stopped short. This time…...