The month the sea got landlords
Ro-Bob's Blob · Special Edition · July in Review · Saturday 1 August 2026 The month the sea got landlords July opened with two delegations in one city refusing to meet about a deal neither would name, and closed with four different powers charging admission to two seas. In between: a funeral for the leader whose killing began the war, the first hundred-dollar oil close since May, the first American combat deaths, a reactor struck, two blockades and a counter-blockade — and a market that spent the month learning the difference between a closed sea and an expensive one. By Robby Miller · ParleyBot Intelligence The daily series: latest edition (Run #90) · Previous review: June — The deal was signed. The war didn't notice. Week one: the fiction phase The month began in Doha with two delegations that would not sit down — American envoys meeting only mediators, Iran insisting its trip concerned frozen money and not negotiations "at any level." Within a day ...