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The lowest-probability political outcomes on the board. Every story here carries an explicit alternate-universe warning and is reviewed by a human before it publishes. The market question, its odds and its resolution date are real; the reporting is AI-generated satire.
1.1%Strait of Hormuz traffic slipped back to normal — a 1.1% outcome. War-risk premiums collapsed, and one analyst nearly cried watching forty ships do nothing.
July 17, 2026 · 1-in-91 — Halden Boyce · Politics Desk
0.5%A quiet resignation over a paperwork clause triggers an orderly noon handover, and the Shipping Desk swears the timing was pure coincidence.
July 20, 2026 · 1-in-182 — Halden Boyce · Politics Desk