Albert Pinto

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For Trump, Military Strike in Iran Could Serve Symbolic Purpose

RT Robert Pape: In his State of the Union, Trump effectively admitted the June strike was a failure and Iran’s nuclear program remains— a major embarrassment for Trump.

Air power can’t fix this. When in a hole, 1st rule of strategy: Stop Digging
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

“AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations”

perfect ht @mordent.bsky.social

Iran is offering the prospect of major US investment in its oil, gas, mining and aviation sectors as part of securing a deal that averts potential US strikes, the Financial Times reports.

A JCPOA 2.0 on table at Geneva? @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/27f0...

12/ India's hourglass economy with boom in billionaires post 2000s, vastly over-estimated size of middle class, & under-estimated poor has lost Indian corporates & MNCs a LOT of money. Lack of consumer demand atrophies investment.
economist.com/leaders/2018...
My take in FP: archive.ph/08Ipb

15/ Why is Europe getting oppositional towards US and so close to India all of a sudden? Why are middle powers from Brazil to Canada making deals with Modi?

Good FT big read on India's geopolitical positioning: trade, security, tech, energy choices @katemac.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/e803...

NO to rinsing before putting things in the dishwasher, but stacking dishes on top of each other and putting bowls in upright so they gather water are clear dumping offences.

Prime Minister Modi Humiliated India During His Visit to Israel Whatever the reason for the visit, Prime Minister Modi humiliated both himself and India. He acted and spoke like the leader of a minor state visiting a global power, desperate to curry favour.

Really eyeopening on pure PR

“For decades, Israel has offered countries in return to seeking closer ties with it two “packages”:
the first – arms and assistance in internal security;
the second – help in improving relations with the White House and the U.S. Congress
thewire.in/diplomacy/pr...

Bar chart titled “Nvidia’s quarterly revenue” showing revenue in billions of dollars from 2019 to 2026 (latest figures include company estimates). Revenue rises modestly to 2022, dips slightly in 2023, then surges sharply after ChatGPT’s release, climbing to roughly $70–80bn per quarter by 2026. Source: LSEG.

Nvidia delivered blockbuster earnings yesterday – but proved unable to allay invester unease over whether the AI boom is in danger of becoming a bubble.

Read the full story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/woKUMLs

The Smart Bomb Trap How Precision Strikes Expand the Wars They Aim to Contain

"Each stage begins as limited.
Each stage produces a failure relative to its objective.
Each failure generates fear.
Each fear justifies escalation.

The pattern is structural, not emotional"

Robert Pape the preeminent expert on air power starts Substack!
escalationtrap.substack.com/p/the-smart-...

Ozempic And Wegovy Prices Will Be Cut By Up To 50% Next Year Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk said it is slashing the price of weight-loss and diabetes drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus by more than a third.

3/ Pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk said it is slashing the price of weight-loss and diabetes drugs Ozempic, Wegovy and Rybelsus by more than a third.

Novo Nordisk reported net sales of $43.27 billion in 2025
www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

Good summary of possiblle bad outcomes from US+Israel aerial punishment campaign against Iran

Inside the private equity-insurance nexus When the world’s dullest industry gets very exciting

🚨 How exactly *do* PE, private credit, and insurance intersect?

Took some time, but here it is:
on.ft.com/4kd077o

Sell-side research in the Substack era Market-moving distribution with zero disclosure

Here’s @marcruby.bsky.social’s debut Alphaville post, on the obvious arbitrage between disclosure-free “research” on social media and the massive burdens faced by traditional analysts. Hope it’s the first of many Rubyposts! www.ft.com/content/04b5...

Tag line for philosophy as a discipline

Iran is offering the prospect of major US investment in its oil, gas, mining and aviation sectors as part of securing a deal that averts potential US strikes, the Financial Times reports.

A JCPOA 2.0 on table at Geneva? @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social
www.ft.com/content/27f0...

Incubating Integration: Regulatory Pilots within the 28th Regime Few recent EU initiatives have attracted as much enthusiasm from founders and political leaders as the ‘28th regime’ – a single, opt-in European rulebook intended to simplify cross-border entrepreneur...

The upcoming 28th regime will likely simplify incorporation in Europe, but this alone won’t fix Europe’s scaling gap.

In my new policy brief, I argue the Commission should add regulatory pilots to test rules in high-impact policy areas where reform has stalled: bst-europe.eu/de/wettbewer...

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15/ "Wherever you look in financial markets, you see signs that global investors are going out of their way to avoid Donald Trump’s America." ht @katie0martin.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/cfdc...

Fly brain sheds light on human thought process A new map showing 50 million neural connections is a 'huge leap' to understanding our own brains.

Fly brain breakthrough 'huge leap' to unlock human mind - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... "They can walk, hover and the males can even sing love songs to woo mates - all this with a brain that’s tinier than a pinhead."

Europe v America: Who’s Really Winning? A wonkish but important discussion

About growth in Europe and the US; it’s not the story you’ve heard open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Pentagon is opposed to Bibi's BOMB IRAN plan: US cannot bomb Iran AND Defend Arab Oil AND Israeli citizens AND US bases in MidEast AND deter China.

3 leaks in 3 days.
NYT www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/u...
WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
WashPo:
bsky.app/profile/wash...

RT @ewong The WH is spitballing on how to sell a war with Iran to the American public.@politico reports that some US officials think Israel should attack Iran first to try to draw Iran into retaliating against US or Israel. That would help justify a US war,they say
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

“Mousavi, chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, said this week that while Iran’s strategy “used to be preventing escalation”, “US behaviour has made us change our approach”.

Trump rethinking massive US aerial bombardment now that Iran has put all options on table?
www.ft.com/content/8da3...

The multibillion-dollar arms deals driving Modi's visit to Israel Indian Media Estimate the Deals Could Total $10 Billion and Are Expected to Focus on Air Defense Systems Against Missiles and Drones. 'The Mini-war With Pakistan Last Year Led to a Shift. India Woke U...

“major procurement agreements are expected to be signed on Wed & Thurs for air-defense systems – including laser-based systems produced by Rafael and Elbit, the Arrow system made by Israel Aerospace Industries, and David's Sling and Iron Dome produced by Rafael.” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

Trump’s ICE Is Quietly Stockpiling Weaponry—and It Should Alarm Us All
In addition to staffing up at a furious rate, ICE and CPB are acquiring a vast cache of weapons from private contractors, new data reveals. This will not end well—or anytime soon.

newrepublic.com/article/2069...

Phrases in Trump's SOTU:

Blood all over. Gushing blood. Pouring blood. Bleeding profusely. Shot in the head. Shot violently. Violently murdered. Brutally extinguished. Shredding his leg. Lying dead in a bathtub. Viciously slashed a knife through her neck and body. Searing pain. The edge of death.

Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski have been flying around on a taxpayer-funded f**k plane

yep this is Schumer democrats legacy.
"this isn't "failure" to push back against an autopilot massive regional war. it's suppressing even the most timid dissent because democratic leadership as it stands wants this war and agrees with it.

15/ "Wherever you look in financial markets, you see signs that global investors are going out of their way to avoid Donald Trump’s America." ht @katie0martin.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/cfdc...

12/ The US dollar is having its worst year in decades, over political worries over US
FT: www.ft.com/content/ac9e...
Polycrisis: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...