DAILY MEGATHREAD April 18, 2026 : US Blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is LIVE – All tanker drama, oil panic, missile hits, Iran retaliation posts belong HERE

This is posted daily at 9 am AUET

This is the one official Hormuz Blockade Daily Megathread for {{date %B %d, %Y}}

Is it open yet: https://www.ishormuzopenyet.com/

Everything else gets yeeted into the void (or at least politely redirected here). New articles, memes, wild speculation, questions about how screwed your superannuation is, grainy satellite pics of tankers doing U-turns — drop it all below.

Quick rules so we don’t sink this thread too:

• Be civil. This isn’t Twitter.
• Actual sources or at least say “saw it on twitter” so we know how cooked it is.

We’re all watching the same slow-motion geopolitical car crash anyway — might as well watch it from one thread instead of 47 identical ones.

• What’s the latest you’ve seen?
• Any tankers actually turned around yet?
• Oil price predictions?
• Or are we all just doom-scrolling until someone blinks

Overview on Iran and the situation: https://www.iransitrep.com/

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