Quick lunchtime links

Spot the thread:

• The OAFPOTUS's adventures in Iran have caused wild gyrations in the oil markets with more expected as the war continues.
• This, in turn, will lead to higher airfares—and soon.
• Will the administration's efforts to increase US oil production help? They will not.
• Climate scientists believe that a "super" El Niño currently forming in the Pacific Ocean could push temperatures to record levels over the next 12-18 months. Because, you will remember, burning oil raises sea surface temperatures.

Unrelated to all of that, the Writers Guild of America released its annual State of the Industry report yesterday. With the entertainment industry contracted, and writers—you know, the people without whom you wouldn't have your entertainment—getting paid less, why are the studios making bank? (Hint: oligopoly.)