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I've just heard Michael Saylor speak for the first time (my first time, not his, presumably), and, geez, I feel like the minimum requirements for stock market charlatans used to be be confident patter and charisma. Tis new age of fraud is, at the very least, extremely weird.

Maybe 'high-profile deportations' can become the new 'Ugandan discussions'.

Chart-crime by committee!

They've somehow made it even worse.

Hard to have to defend Sir Jim, but he has more experience than most of foreigners coming over here, refusing to integrate and living high on the hog.

Sam Altman was right - this unironically is PhD-level intelligence

One baleful effect of the Liz Truss cameo is that the UK is now being run on the back of every bump and jostle in the bond market. The highest virtue is now stasis. Hardly needs saying that this is absolutely no way to run a country.

US embassy in London denies visas to executives over minor offences Immigration lawyers say top-level corporate figures and tech leaders among those barred from visiting America

Sorry, lads; it's now major offences only or GTFO.

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Not a doubt in my mind. Shakespearian, to be forced to murder the only friend you ever had.

Neighbours of proposed Chinese ‘mega’ embassy seek judicial review Residents of properties with Beijing-owned freehold set out legal arguments

China may well be the global hegemon in waiting, but they've finally met their match: the UK planning system.
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This one in the 98th minute: streamff.com/v/8ccb81a8

Absolutely glorious that the Labour leadership are now campaigning on the 'chaos with Ed Milliband' trope.

After an insane Donnarumma save at the other end a moment before as well.

This doesn't begin to do it justice.

This one's kinda true, though.

I love this; it's as if Boris woke up one day with severe concussion and MBS money.

I guess they mean he wormed his way into networks through the power of social proof, the strongest force in the universe.

Time for a bit of game theory.

FT: KPMG pressed its auditor to pass on AI cost savings

KPMG negotiating its annual audit fee

www.ft.com/content/c891...

My priors: you'd have to torture me to listen to TC pontificate nonsense.

After reading the excerpt: naah, I think I could handle the torture.

it's an entire genre, Duncan!

The red-hot Debbie Does Dungeons and Dragons book trend vs the icing out of the scifi genre due to all the nerds stopping reading anything longer than tweets.

Yet another data point for AI = Abhijit in India theory.

Senate Committee Presses Leon Black on Epstein Tax Advice (Published 2023)

Leon Black paying Epstein $158m for 'tax advice' is a strong clue as to the business model underpinning the Epstein empire. www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/b...

Sisu is the (self)defining characteristic of the Finnish people, and also a pretty terrible movie.

The Epstein files are going to bring down Keir Starmer before Donald Trump. Funny old world.

Everyone Is Twelve Theory remains undefeated.