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3. The 2000s to Present: Electronic Dominance and Global Benchmarking
As the 2000s progressed, London solidified its grasp on global energy derivatives.
• The ICE Takeover: In 2001, the Atlanta-based Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) acquired the London IPE, moving it to full electronic trading by 2005.
• The Global Standard: By 2012, London-based ICE Brent officially surpassed New York’s West Texas Intermediate (WTI) to become the world's largest and most liquid crude oil futures contract. Even as actual North Sea physical production declined, London preserved its dominance by evolving the "Brent basket" to include other international grades, including U.S. Midland WTI in 2023.
Today, whether a barrel of oil is pumped in West Africa, the Middle East, or the North Sea, its final financial value is almost certainly settled right in London via ICE Clear Europe. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
2. The late 1900s: The Birth of the Brent Benchmark
The 1970s and 1980s structurally altered London's role from a center of pure colonial extraction to the world's premier open-market trading hub.
• North Sea Oil Boom: The discovery of oil fields off the coast of Scotland and Norway—most notably the Brent field—gave the UK its own massive domestic supply.
• Financialization of Oil: Following OPEC oil shocks and the collapse of fixed pricing mechanisms, the market required transparent, free-floating instruments. In June 1988, the International Petroleum Exchange (IPE) in London launched ICE Brent Crude Futures. This paper contract allowed producers, refiners, and hedge funds to mitigate risk and speculate on prices. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
1. The Early 1900s: Corporate Imperialism and "The Seven Sisters"
In the early 20th century, London was the financial heart of the British Empire, positioning it perfectly to secure global energy supplies as the world shifted from coal to oil.
• Corporate Roots: Major oil corporations were birthed or heavily financed through London’s capital markets. The British government bought a controlling stake in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (which became BP) in 1914 to fuel the Royal Navy. Concurrently, the British-Dutch merger formed Shell, establishing London alongside New York as the twin corporate command centers for global oil extraction.
• The "Seven Sisters": For the first half of the century, these Anglo-American conglomerates completely controlled global production, pricing, and distribution, funneling massive financial returns straight back through the City of London. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
The City of London has served as a central nervous system for the global oil market for over a century, transitioning from an imperial financing hub in the early 1900s to the home of ICE Futures Europe, which hosts the benchmark for two-thirds of the world's physical oil: Brent Crude.
This deep-vested financial interest evolved across three distinct eras | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
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 I invite you to listen not only with your ears, but with your whole being. The whales are reminding us to become quiet enough to hear what the ocean has been telling us all along: Remember who you are. Remember that you are connected. And remember that the ocean is not separate from us… we are part of its living song.
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 Cherokee-style Triple Drone Flute
Eagle Flute
The maker and player is Luka Lesnik. He hand-carves these flutes in Slovenia. It’s 3 flutes in one body, joined at the top in an A-frame:
- *Middle flute:* the melody flute — that’s the one with finger holes, what his hands are on
- *Two outer flutes:* drone flutes — no finger holes, they play one continuous deep note, like a didgeridoo or like a hive
When you blow, all three sound at once. So you get melody + harmony + earth tone, like three voices. That carved double-wing at the bottom is his signature — an eagle, to carry the prayer.
It’s a modern evolution of the Native American flute tradition, but made as a ceremonial instrument. He calls it “a song that thanks the spirit of the water for the life it gives.”
It is made to sound like wind and water and a flock breathing as one. One breath, many tones.
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UK urged to act as Polymarket takes bets on whether HSBC and Lloyds will fail | Banking | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/03/uk-polymarket-hsbc-lloyds-failures-banks
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The London Museum’s Lost Underground Vaults Will Soon Open as a Free Tourist Attraction
https://www.timeout.com/london/news/london-museum-lost-underground-vaults-open-tourist-attraction-roman-exhibition-100526
The newly rebranded London Museum (formerly the Museum of London) has announced that its inaugural temporary exhibition, Londinium: the Making of a Roman City, will open in Spring 2027 inside a massive network of recently rediscovered underground vaults. This highly anticipated exhibition will take place at the museum’s brand-new home in Smithfield Market, which officially opens to the public on 28 November 2026."
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Fuck your psyops bullshit | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
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#460: GP-CT: "Follow the Money"
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https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/2103657565389467842
“Ancient technology is being discovered.”
-President Donald J Trump. | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/mercury/mercury-element-of-the-ancients/ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Inicia sesión para ver las estadísticas | |
City of London Occult Tour 4: The Esoteric Side of the Archangel/Saint Michael
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