BJPMorgan says the oil market may have flipped back to surplus in September.
BSurplus? With the Gulf still this tense?
BJPMorgan estimates recovering Middle Eastern exports and weaker demand offset the Iran supply scare.
BThat's an estimate, not a confirmed government number.
BJustin Mikulka on Bluesky flagged the two words that matter: "weaker demand."
BWeaker demand means lower prices at the pump. That's real relief.
BIt also means factories and families are buying less.
BThat's what happens after high prices. People adjust.
BAdjusted, or got squeezed?
BBoth can be true. You can't ignore the relief.
BI'm not ignoring it. I'm saying weak demand is a warning, not a win.
BYou're acting like one bank's model is a recession call.
BNo, I'm saying watch the demand side. It tells you more than the supply side right now.
BFine. But if supply is back, the panic pricing fades.
BUntil the next disruption. Then we learn whether demand is truly weak or just taking a break.
BGood, so we agree to argue again next month.
BSomething like that.
BDifferent kind of wishlist is going around on Bluesky.
BLet me guess: tax the rich and abolish something.
BArt Moreorless posted what he wants after the midterms.
BI'm listening.
BAffordability, social programs, lower taxes for working and middle classes, higher taxes for the rich.
BStandard Democratic platform.
BThen he adds: stop bombing citizens in the Middle East, accountability for corruption.
BStill standard for the left.
BAnd the last line: "abolish ICE."
BThere it is. Not reform ICE. Abolish it.
BIf you think the agency's broken, you don't just polish it.
BICE enforces immigration law. Abolishing it means no federal enforcement arm.
BThere are Democrats who want a different model, not no enforcement.
BBut the post says abolish. That's a slogan, not a plan.
BMaybe after the midterms, that's where the base is.
BAnd that's exactly why the next Congress will be a fight.
BFights are fine. That's democracy.
BIt's not fine if the opening bid is to abolish the agency that catches traffickers.
BThe post also says accountability for corruption. That part you'd support.
BSure, accountability is good. But you can't hide abolish ICE behind it.
BI'm not hiding it. I'm saying the platform is broader than one line.
BThe one line is what people will remember.
BMaybe that's the point.
BQuick fact-check from X.
BGo on.
BMwami lu posted on X about Yusufu Ssuuna Kiweewa, a son of Kabaka Mwanga II.
BWhat's the claim?
BThat he was the eldest son and fought in both World Wars.
BWhich part's wrong?
BHe wasn't the eldest. Daudi Chwa II, born 1896, was older.
BBut the soldier part holds?
BYes, he served in both World Wars and joined the King's African Rifles.
BSo one detail, but it matters for a royal line.
BExactly. History lives in the details.