Alex Pigman

Anyone who pledges to do whatever it takes to backstop Argentina's currency and economy has not quite internalized what that job entails.

Exclusive | Americans Lose Faith That Hard Work Leads to Economic Gains, WSJ-NORC Poll Finds Trump is contending with a disconnect between the nation’s sour outlook and traditional measures showing a robust economy.

The “American Dream” has long held the U.S. back from developing a more equal and fair society. So, its decline is good news.

BREAKING Trump accuses Xi, Kim and Putin of conspiring against US at Beijing meeting

This headline feels very December 2022, which is a problem when we’re 100s of billions of dollars in investments later.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

Cambodian garment workers fret Trump's new tariff threat As Cambodian garment workers took breaks from toiling in sweltering factories on Tuesday, they feared for their jobs after US President Donald Trump's threat to impose a 36 percent tariff."I fear that...

The threatened US tariffs on Cambodia seem particularly devastating even though its trade negotiator calls 36 percent a "huge victory"

Yes there is the "TRAIN WRECK", but Trump's response to Musk's third party gambit is still pretty measured and Musk seems to know that.

Live: Updates From G-7 Summit Live News as Leaders Meet at G7 Summit in Canada

❗️NEW: VDL appears to step back from her proposal to lower oil price cap: “In the last days, we’ve seen the price has risen so the oil price cap does serve its function…At the moment, there’s little pressure” on lowering it, she told AFP, EFE & me @ G7

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Five days after the Musk clash, Trump’s AI Czar David Sacks is alive and well and carrying out his official functions. He just spoke at the AWS summit in DC

New push in Europe to curb children's social media use From dangerous diet tips to disinformation, cyberbullying to hate speech, the glut of online content harmful to children grows every day.It is currently investigating Meta's Facebook and Instagram, an...

Europe begins a long walk to a minimum age on social media law @afp.com

Turned on local news here in DC and it's just playing Swan Lake over and over?

YouTube video by Redpanda Data Alex Gallego | Web Summit Vancouver Talk: The age of agents

Redpanda's CEO and founder, @emaxerrno.bsky.social, recently took Centre Stage at @websummit.bsky.social Vancouver with David Shim and @alexrpigman.bsky.social to dissect the age of #AI agents. 🤖

They dove deep into defining agents, tackling #data infrastructure hurdles, & the enterprise impact. 🧠

On the Campaign Trail, Elon Musk Juggled Drugs and Family Drama

21st century Elvis…

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Vancouver

What’s interesting/ignorant about this is that we *do do the big things here - the AI and the weapons systems. And we don’t do T shirts and textiles at scale.

Once again, he has no idea how any of this works.

Seriously build some fucking houses blue states.

Ad spot this morning on a local DC radio station extolling the virtues of glyphosate.

The social safety net of the college educated American is their job and 401k so everything is tied to Wall Street - number must go up. The idea of collective or national welfare is historical artefact, the stuff of legend.

Meta blocks major Muslim Instagram page in India amid rising conflict Company referred to policy for restricting content when governments say material goes ‘against local law’

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From Chicago's south suburbs to helping choose the next pope Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South Side church. "Even as a young teenager, he knew what he wanted to do and wh...

You know who pointed me to learn what I could about Cardinal Prevost? The @chicago.suntimes.com Robert Herguth, who knows all the things. chicago.suntimes.com/religion/202...

Related/unrelated: Would the British be more welcoming than Canadians of becoming 51st state?

“Shipping ports are empty across the United States. Nothing is coming in. Businesses have cancelled the remainder of their 2025 orders.”

(h/t FreightWaves)

File photo shows the logo of Chinese social networking service TikTok's on a smartphone screen

#BREAKING TikTok fined 530 million euros ($600 million) over China data transfer: EU watchdog

The EU’s much hated GDPR doing to TikTok what the divest or get banned law in the U.S. can’t quite seem to do.

TikTok Fined 530 Mn Euros In EU Over China Data Transfer Ireland's data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the EU, fined TikTok a massive 530 million euros ($600 million) Friday for failing to ensure European users' personal data is shielded from acce...

Breaking: Ireland's data protection watchdog, acting for the EU, fined TikTok a huge 530 million euro for failing to ensure European users' personal data is shielded from access by Chinese authorities

TikTok admitted hosting European data in China

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The group chats that changed America A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.

These geniuses built themselves a smoke-filled room without cigars and booze www.semafor.com/article/04/2...

The group chats that changed America A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.

It's not clear to me why like-minded elites engaging in a robust back-channel via messaging is inherently novel
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It's the government bond market--particularly, how close it gets to the line that separates wild price volatility from market malfunctioning.

#economy #markets

The bond market always wins...

Ovechkin Scores 895th Goal To Clinch All-Time NHL Record - The Moscow Times Alex Ovechkin scored his 895th NHL career goal on Sunday, etching his name into ice hockey history by finally passing the previous all-time record he shared with Wayne Gretzky.

he 39-year-old Russian icon smashed in a long-range shot with 12:34 remaining in the second period to spark wild celebrations at the UBS Arena.