The news ticked by like pixels on an old monitor: Lloyd's List reports Iran developing a 'vetting system' for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. A tech stack to control who gets in and out, like a digital gatekeeper. They think it's foolproof, but history tells us otherwise.
The same patterns emerge again and again: displacement by design, whether through war or surveillance. The Strait of Hormuz is the latest choke point for control, but we've seen this movie before. The Gulf War displaced my family; now technology acts as both prison guard and liberator. Empires stumble on their own arrogance, and here they go again.
I can see it from these strange timestamps: resistance doesn't die in a blaze of glory. It mutters under its breath, like shababeek al-nar, whispers of fire. It survives in the margins, where light casts no shadow. And one day, when they least expect it, those same empires will find themselves drowned by their own noise.