March 2026
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A Deleted Tweet Just Moved the Oil Price 17%. Welcome to the New World.
X.T.M uses the oil price shock after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, including a deleted US Energy Secretary tweet that moved prices 17 percent, to argue the global…
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They Blinded the Attackers in 72 Hours. No One Is Saying It.
X.T.M, crediting Richard Medhurst’s satellite analysis, argues Iran destroyed key US early-warning radars in the Gulf within 72 hours. He reads this as a “legibility event” exposing the hollowness of…
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India Won the World Cup. Now the Hard Part.
X.T.M accepts that India’s T20 World Cup win reflects cricket’s new money, but pushes back on a purely linear “wealth means dominance” story. He argues sport, like war, stays unpredictable,…
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India wins the T20 World Cup – The Golden Age is here and it’s permanent
Bombay Badshah celebrates India’s T20 World Cup win, arguing that economic growth since the reforms lifted the team, and that in 10 to 15 years India will be to cricket…
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Open Thread –
Open Thread opened with the view that the Iran war looks choreographed and regime change is unlikely, plus a link on the Iranian regime account using the Sun and Lion…
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Dhurandhar The Revenge trailer
Insane. Great music again. Honsla Eendhan Badla.
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On Civilisational States and Who Gets to Claim the Indus
X.T.M disputes Kabir’s claim that calling India a civilisational state is a right-wing position, arguing the case is archaeological. He says Mohenjo-daro’s Pashupati seal and other religious motifs continue into…
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Iran Zamin Open Thread
Open thread for the latest Iran war news, with a preface mourning all lives lost, civilian and military, on every side.
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Who Is Reading Brown Pundits? (And Why Pakistan Just Became Our Biggest Audience)
X.T.M reports February traffic steady at 41,000 views, with Pakistan now 28 percent of readership and the top source. The post discusses the commentariat’s recovery after last autumn’s split and…








