cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Seems a fair trade. Let’s make it so. 001
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 22/07/2026The cover art alone is worth a click. Rocket was always the coolest character too, so this makes sense. 001
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Thanks. This explanation makes sense. I will be able to sleep tonight now with this question now resolved. :-) 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Also, 0.5% error is seriously pretty impressive for dead reckoning through water, but that would still mean missing your target 150 km away by 750 meters Would that be good enough to effectively mine a port area? 120
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I'm a bit curious why all of the arrows on their diagram point *towards* Sweden. Obviously, Sweden was planning the mother of all false flag operations. /s 130
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 24/06/2026There's really a simple solution here: we PNG all Russian diplomats back to Russia. 040
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 17/06/2026This part is even better: "The Islamic Republic of Iran will conduct dialogue with the Sultanate of Oman to define the future administration and maritime services in the Strait of Hormuz". Basically saying OK to tolling. 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 15/06/2026he looks strangely similar to Brezhnev, but bald 060
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Especially since literally 40 years of studies by US military academies all concluded this was a likely risk. The US may have been able to reopen the straight militarily, too, but only with the moral conviction and will to do so. Without that, it was braindead to start the fight. 150
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Those would be large books :-) Why do you hate trees so much?! 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"We're still trying to get them to talk to each other". I think. 060
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 28/05/2026We’re a little more like Turkmenistan under the Great Turkmenbashi with every passing day. 130
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Isn’t this above normal, both in geographic breadth but also total count? 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Whatever is amiss happened within last 12 hours. 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Not surprising. It seemed most likely Iran would just run out the clock while Trump is headed to China. 070
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Citizens United specifically and murky political financing in general looks like the root cause of most of our nation’s ills. Single most important thing to fix, to be able to fix many other critical things. 020
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Thanks. Saw that in the search results but wasn't sure that was it, but that makes sense. Yet another future supply chain disruption out of all this. 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Anybody can explain to me, what's "MEG supplies" mean? From the article: "Rystad Energy expects at least six-to-eight weeks before credible access to MEG supplies can be achieved after an agreement is reached" 120
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I thought the gaps in the insurance market had mostly been filled, and it was more a question at this point of the fact drones and missiles are flying occasionally, mines are still floating around, and there are dueling blockades. Is DP World more risk tolerant, insuring voyages others wouldn't? 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Just leaving is also very costly. Truly no good choices left right now. Continuing the blockade is also a bad choice, just a slower moving bad choice, so people hope some fundamental fact changes while waiting. 120
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026* “in the”, not “the the”. I apparently typed a stutter. 100
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I wonder if Russia (or China) is supplying gear, including SAMs. Would be in either’s interest to see US tied up the the Persian gulf for a while. Pretty curios if something nefarious happened to the KC-135 today… 220
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There are no good options now. Trump may still pick the long-term worst one if it seems like it’d give a political boost now. 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Wonder if this photo - supposedly snapped today - made for convenient cross-tarmac diplomacy. 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Rock vs hard place. It’s hard to just leave now, too. To answer directly: no idea. Not sure he can. 110
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Probably especially hesitant before China trip. Which, honestly, they should cancel to avoid enabling Iran in the interim and a distracted summit. 020
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Can’t do that, either. Broke it, gotta fix it. 140
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Strait still closed. Ships attacked tonight. Missiles fired at UAE today. Non-zero chance something bad happened to a Stratotanker over the Gulf today. Petroleum reserves drawing down farer than expected. And yet oil futures are 3% down. The market is stupid. 030
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 05/05/2026As dumb as this whole war has been so far, glad to hear this went well for USN. 010
Reposted by @cherrycapital.bsky.socialCaptain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Our maritime decline is a threat to our security. While China builds 1,000+ ships a year, the U.S. built only 5 in 2024. I’m teaming up with Rep. John Garamendi on the SHIPS for America Act to revitalize our shipyards, create jobs, and build ships in America again.foxnews.comREP GARAMENDI, SEN KELLY: We must work together to make America a shipbuilding powerBipartisan lawmakers introduce the SHIPS for America Act to counter China's shipbuilding dominance and rebuild U.S. maritime national security. 2035078
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Oh! I thought it was career counseling! Your explanation makes WAY more sense. 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 04/05/2026With that timing, clearly a signal / warning to commercial shippers. 1130
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 04/05/2026When you strip away the packaging, it sounds like, again, nothing has actually changed: US says ships can leave. Iran says they can't. Vice versa for Iranian ships. No actual mine clearing operations or escorts. Shipping companies still aren't gonna take the gamble probably right? 120
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 03/05/2026This sounds like dialog from The Puppet Regime :) Old video, but could be current (just with a different Khamenei): www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJP1...youtube.comTrump and Khamenei hold last ditch Iran nuclear talks | PUPPET REGIMEYouTube video by GZERO Media 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 03/05/202629 knot winds... Low-level wind shear advisors... but still, that's nothing too out of the ordinary there. Unlikely sinister explanations: ILS interference or GPS spoofing?! 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Did they publish something somewhere claiming responsibility? 020
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Average i closer to $5/gal average in Northern Michigan, which is still significantly elevated and suddenly close to Californian prices... but still not $6. 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 03/05/2026(Not to excuse the consequences of this war -- just saying, accuracy matters, and I don't think $6 is the average or even close yet. There MIGHT be a station somewhere at an airport charging that much, but definitely not average.) 110
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I don't think it's quite that high. Diesel, maybe. There's also a storm-damage outage at a refinery in Indiana which has added maybe $0.50 / gallon to the price. 110
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Minor nitpick on the excellent video: I think it’s pronounced “un-de-natured” :-) 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Interesting. Guess Sweden finally doing something about sketchy shadow vessels in Swedish waters is having a ripple effect. Would be nice if Norway and Denmark helped crystalize things to make sure the fear stays real. 000
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 30/04/2026"en utländsk stat" - men dem nämner inte vilken? Något som pekar på ett specifikt land eller riktning? 010
cherrycapital.bsky.social @cherrycapital.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Russia is the biggest wildcard for me in understanding this. They benefit most from the war dragging on / SoH being closed, but I'm not sure how much they can afford to support Iran right now given the state of their budget. 210
