Prewar Norm left this place a long time ago.
Oil markets and Middle East producers appear to be aligning around a new reality: The Strait of Hormuz is no longer expected to return to a prewar norm.
July 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Prewar Norm left this place a long time ago.
Tell me more about the gem-based banking system of prewar rural China.
Some of this is genuinely impressively insane. Where did some of this even come from?
February 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tell me more about the gem-based banking system of prewar rural China.
the ratio between the rate of institutional creation and destruction is not 10:1.
germany had recovered industrial production to prewar levels within five years of WWII, surpassed its prewar GDP within 10, and was the second-largest economy in the world within 15.
germany had recovered industrial production to prewar levels within five years of WWII, surpassed its prewar GDP within 10, and was the second-largest economy in the world within 15.
September 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
the ratio between the rate of institutional creation and destruction is not 10:1.
germany had recovered industrial production to prewar levels within five years of WWII, surpassed its prewar GDP within 10, and was the second-largest economy in the world within 15.
germany had recovered industrial production to prewar levels within five years of WWII, surpassed its prewar GDP within 10, and was the second-largest economy in the world within 15.
Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year.
Ukraine halts transit of Russian gas to Europe after a prewar deal expired
Ukraine halted the transit of Russian gas to Europe through its pipeline network after a prewar deal expired at the end of last year.
apnews.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Ukraine on Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers through its pipeline network after a prewar transit deal expired at the end of last year.
Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. -WaPo
May 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Iran retains about 75 percent of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers and about 70 percent of its prewar stockpiles of missiles, a U.S. official said. -WaPo
stocks vs flows and all but $300b is within spitting distance of Iran’s prewar GDP
U.S.–Iran draft deal includes a $300 billion investment fund for Iran. Tehran wanted reparations for war damage. Washington rebranded it as an international investment vehicle. Witkoff and Kushner floated the idea, pitching Tehran real estate and a broader fund as deal sweeteners.-NYT
May 30, 2026 at 3:41 AM
stocks vs flows and all but $300b is within spitting distance of Iran’s prewar GDP
Guys, I don’t understand, I thought we destroyed 357% of Iran’s prewar missile stock???
Iran still has thousands of missiles that it could use by retrieving launchers from underground storage areas, U.S. intelligence finds
Iran Has Thousands of Missiles and Could Retrieve Launchers, U.S. Intelligence Finds
The White House says devastating attacks on Iran have strengthened its hand in coming talks, but some officials say Iran could still field more missiles.
on.wsj.com
April 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Guys, I don’t understand, I thought we destroyed 357% of Iran’s prewar missile stock???
Once fallout 4 introduced the concept of cryogenic freezing, the brakes came off. We now have entire vaults FULL of prewar people. Every important character is a prewar survivor. They're fighting over a magical prewar technology that will create infinite energy.
January 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Once fallout 4 introduced the concept of cryogenic freezing, the brakes came off. We now have entire vaults FULL of prewar people. Every important character is a prewar survivor. They're fighting over a magical prewar technology that will create infinite energy.
Our prewar pinball booth at Pin Expo
part 1
part 1
October 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Our prewar pinball booth at Pin Expo
part 1
part 1
There has been a lot of discourse about Iran retaining 75% of its prewar mobile launchers and 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles despite months of intense American/Israeli bombardment but history would tell us this is actually a structural feature that refuses to go away. My latest ⬇️
Square Peg in a Round Hole: AirPower against Mobile Targets and Missiles
A Case Study of Operation Crossbow, Scud Hunting, and Iran
secretaryrofdefenserock.substack.com
May 13, 2026 at 9:07 PM
There has been a lot of discourse about Iran retaining 75% of its prewar mobile launchers and 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles despite months of intense American/Israeli bombardment but history would tell us this is actually a structural feature that refuses to go away. My latest ⬇️
turns out that, like, despite the name radscorpians are due to prewar genetic engineering
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
turns out that, like, despite the name radscorpians are due to prewar genetic engineering
It’s pretty obvious too that the US has massively underestimated the size of the iranian prewar stockpile
Exclusive: U.S. can only confirm about a third of Iran's missile arsenal destroyed, sources say reut.rs/4s1hMTD
Exclusive: U.S. can only confirm about a third of Iran's missile arsenal destroyed, sources say
The assessment, which has not been previously reported, shows that while most of Iran's missiles are either destroyed or inaccessible, Tehran still has a significant missile inventory.
reut.rs
March 27, 2026 at 5:26 PM
It’s pretty obvious too that the US has massively underestimated the size of the iranian prewar stockpile
John Held Jr., “Manhattan Skyline,” 1936.
Watercolor on paper.
Watercolor on paper.
July 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
John Held Jr., “Manhattan Skyline,” 1936.
Watercolor on paper.
Watercolor on paper.
At this point I don’t think oil flows ever return to prewar levels
April 24, 2026 at 2:16 AM
At this point I don’t think oil flows ever return to prewar levels
Just yesterday, Trump claimed that Iran's missiles were "mostly decimated," with "18-19%" left.
Today, Washington Post reported that Iran retains 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles and 75% of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers.
Today, Washington Post reported that Iran retains 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles and 75% of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers.
May 7, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Just yesterday, Trump claimed that Iran's missiles were "mostly decimated," with "18-19%" left.
Today, Washington Post reported that Iran retains 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles and 75% of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers.
Today, Washington Post reported that Iran retains 70% of its prewar missile stockpiles and 75% of its prewar inventories of mobile launchers.
ironically however it is the prewar dalliances of ussr and left wing parties with german fascists that tends to be undertaught
May 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
ironically however it is the prewar dalliances of ussr and left wing parties with german fascists that tends to be undertaught
Oil markets and Middle East producers appear to be aligning around a new reality: The Strait of Hormuz is no longer expected to return to a prewar norm.
July 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Oil markets and Middle East producers appear to be aligning around a new reality: The Strait of Hormuz is no longer expected to return to a prewar norm.
🇺🇸🚀 WSJ: CSIS estimates the U.S. has burned through about half its prewar interceptor stocks and now has roughly 800 Patriots, while Russia alone produces more than 100 ballistic missiles a month.
August 21, 2026 at 7:30 AM
🇺🇸🚀 WSJ: CSIS estimates the U.S. has burned through about half its prewar interceptor stocks and now has roughly 800 Patriots, while Russia alone produces more than 100 ballistic missiles a month.
studies of TANK TANKURO, old prewar manga from 1934 by Gajo Sakamoto. great shapes in how he drew!
May 21, 2026 at 4:30 PM
studies of TANK TANKURO, old prewar manga from 1934 by Gajo Sakamoto. great shapes in how he drew!
🚂Tinplate/Prewar trains 🤝 Christmas 🎄
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
🚂Tinplate/Prewar trains 🤝 Christmas 🎄
August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM