In the loop. Not in a panic. https://backwoods.info/2026-10-13T13:25:00Z Backwoods desk https://backwoods.info/hormuz/#change-2026-10-13T1325Z2026-10-13T13:25:00Z

Reread adds two beats: Rezaei names the Gulf oil shuttle a target and Windward counts 31 daily transits against 138 pre-war (12 Oct); Baghaei reports an Iran-Oman understanding on a temporary shipping route (13 Oct). One ledger line, two documents added.

https://backwoods.info/ebola/#change-2026-10-12T1255Z2026-10-12T12:55:00Z

Reread adds 11 and 12 October: the DRC's count rises to 8,978 confirmed cases and 4,336 deaths to 10 October in 65 health zones (ECDC); the US CDC continues its entry order for 30 days without adding Kenya; Kenya's health secretary reports all 122 contacts verified, 108 in quarantine and none symptomatic, with 293 samples tested and only the index case positive; the WHO hands Kenya US$70,000 of supplies and counts 127 contacts, 94 in quarantine.

https://backwoods.info/hormuz/#change-2026-10-12T1255Z2026-10-12T12:55:00Z

Reread adds six beats for 10 to 12 October: CENTCOM disables the Ocean Molica and counts 135 ships turned around; GACA puts the 10 October Riyadh airport attack at 12 dead and 309 wounded, a second strike on 11 October at one dead and 11 injured, and Dammam's airport hit; UKMTO warning 164-26 on an outbound tanker struck at 1200 UTC on 11 October and a drone hit at Sohar; Rezaei calls the US reply insufficient while Baghaei says it is still under review; Brent at $106.19 on 12 October. Three open questions revised, a travel line added, 13 documents added.

https://backwoods.info/hormuz/#change-2026-10-11T1540Z2026-10-11T15:40:00Z

Ledger opened. Record read from 34 documents dated 28 Feb to 10 Oct. The headline as of tonight: the strait remains largely closed and the US blockade continues; the June memorandum has lapsed and talks are stuck on the order of steps; ships are struck nearly every day while traffic runs about three-quarters below pre-war levels.

https://backwoods.info/ebola/#change-2026-10-10T1957Z2026-10-10T19:57:00Z

Ledger opened. Record read from 40 documents dated 16 May to 10 October. The headline as of tonight: the DRC counts 8,728 confirmed cases and 4,205 deaths to 6 October; Kenya's first imported case died on 5 October and its contacts are in quarantine with two suspected cases since testing negative; the WHO still advises against travel restrictions and the CDC puts the risk to the United States at low.

https://backwoods.info/irkutsk/#change-2026-10-10T1630Z2026-10-10T16:30:00Z

Reread adds the WHO's first Disease Outbreak News (no evidence of onward spread, no diagnosis, a laboratory exposure not excluded), Russia's 8 October close-out of contact observation, the media regulator's warning, the ECDC's week-41 assessment, Japan's information request, the 9 October Trump-Putin call whose public accounts do not mention the case, and the mother's dispute of the test-tube account. Eleven more documents read.

https://backwoods.info/irkutsk/#change-2026-10-07T2350Z2026-10-07T23:50:00Z

Ledger opened. Record reread from 32 documents dated 2 to 7 October. The headline as of tonight: Russia says no plague found and is winding down; the WHO says it still cannot assess the risk.