<p>NEWS EP! Andy is a bestseller. Sean becomes a Luddite Gnome. Orbon is Or-gone. Situation monitoring Hormuz, and looking back at the Suez crisis. </p><p> In the bonus we discuss AI-generated Iranian propaganda. To hear that, support the show at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.patreon.com/c/thiswreckage">http://patreon.com/thiswreckage</a></p><p></p><p> Metropolitans B&amp;N event with Noah Kulwin: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0">https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0</a> </p><p>‘Summer of Ludd’ <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/style/lamp-club-luddites.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/style/lamp-club-luddites.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> </p><p>Orban Loss: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/orban-trump-maga.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/us/politics/orban-trump-maga.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share</a> </p><p>Audio of Iranian warning that scared away US Navy warship <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://x.com/eternalphysics/status/2043309125572936047?s=46">https://x.com/eternalphysics/status/2043309125572936047?s=46</a> </p><p>Suez and Iran by Niall Ferguson <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/america-suez-crisis-trump-presidency-world-order-iran-cqrfs86z0">https://www.thetimes.com/comment/columnists/article/america-suez-crisis-trump-presidency-world-order-iran-cqrfs86z0</a></p><p>Central banks sell US Treasuries in wake of Iran war: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/6fac51c8-b650-48d4-82eb-e6e66f75dd2fForeign">https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/6fac51c8-b650-48d4-82eb-e6e66f75dd2fForeign</a> </p><p></p><p>Iran plans permanent changes to world economy <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/10/766586/why-no-matter-can-undermine-iran-eternal-dominance-over-strait-hormuz">https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2026/04/10/766586/why-no-matter-can-undermine-iran-eternal-dominance-over-strait-hormuz</a></p><p></p><p></p>