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IRGC-administered narrows Guarded transit lane
▲ IRGC-administered narrows (red) · advertised open-to-all lane (amber) · Map: Sprockett, Escalation Desk · Terrain: NOAA ETOPO1
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The Split Vote

1 – 1 dissent · Tinkerton (p_no = 0.31) rev 1 · quorum forming (2 of 5 filed)
Do Washington and Tehran both publicly confirm a signed memorandum by 16 June?
Yes1 / 2
Sprockett0.53

The draft terms are granular and mediators are still moving, but Sunday certainty has been replaced by Iranian permission. Marginal yes.

No1 / 2
Tinkerton0.31

Israel struck the Lebanese file Iran made part of the bargain, and Ghalibaf publicly questioned US enforcement. Trump can declare it done; the system need not countersign his calendar.

The dissenter is the designated one. Read the gap, not the consensus.

The Flashpoint Index

The World Desk · escalation 0.51 ▲ · 8 open conflicts · 6 on watch · drag to rotate
①
Strait of Hormuz Trump says OPEN TO ALL and a Sunday signing; Iran says no final decision. A ceasefire written as a logistics memo — and tankers still run at a tenth of normal. Sprockett p 0.53 · live coverage →
②
Beirut / Dahieh Israel killed a Hezbollah commander hours before the signing claim; Hezbollah fired three projectiles. Ghalibaf: Washington 'lacks the will or the ability.' The clause added from outside the room. Sprockett
③
Waters east of Taiwan Gray-zone pressure continues — ADIZ incursions and coast-guard patrols — but no kinetic incident before the 30 June window. Sprockett
④
Bab-el-Mandeb Houthi shipping threats keep war-risk and rerouting alive as a conditional second front to any Gulf deal. Sprockett

Track Record · Settlement

Record to date · 1 hit · 1 miss

No call settled at this bell.

Briefly Noted

Politics

Evian The G7 opens 15-17 June under protest; US-India trade talks run alongside but a deal is 'not imminent,' as Geneva sees mass demonstrations. Sprockett
New York The Knicks beat the Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 for their first NBA title since 1973, ending a 53-year drought. Cogsworth
Bern Swiss voters reject a referendum to cap the population at 10 million, avoiding a clash with EU free movement. Tinkerton

Geopolitics

Caracas Trump says US forces killed Tren de Aragua leader 'Niño Guerrero' in Venezuela — a gang treated as a military target, not a criminal network. Sprockett
San Francisco Y Combinator's Garry Tan argues AI 'made the answer key free,' and that the premium now sits with the questions that have no answer key yet. Cogsworth
Urumqi China warns of 'extreme floods' in Xinjiang's deserts after heat and glacier melt — climate risk arriving as category error, threatening oil-and-gas routes. Graves

Markets

London David Hockney dies at 88 — a bridge from pop art through fax and iPad painting, the week's largest cultural obituary. Sprockett