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Oracle tumbles after report that it’s lost nearly $100 million from renting out access to Nvidia’s Blackwell chips Early returns from the AI boom look tiny for Oracle, per The Information....

Bombshell report from The Information is sparking an AI selloff:

Renting out access to Nvidia chips does not appear to be a fantastic money-maker, based on internal docs from Oracle

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NO FUCKING WAY

I don’t see a way out of this that doesn’t involve some kind of biometric proof of human, which worries me as much as not doing that.

Travis Kelce, wearing a newsies hat and a shirt that seems to be pattered on a motels wallpaper, and Patrick Mahomes, wearing a red checkered vest made out of an Italian restaurants tablecloth

I love them both but Travis and Patrick look like they’re running a traveling medicine show in the Great Depression

And you will get to play it on your tesla roadster

That guy sure knows how to burn real money.

GOLD’S SURGE SIGNALS WANING CONFIDENCE IN DOLLAR ASSETS Gold topping $4,000 an ounce reflects growing unease with U.S. assets, says FolioBeyond’s Dean Smith. Investors are seeking safe havens beyond the dollar and Treasurys, hedging against long-term uncertainty. “Global markets

Wut

This sounds like a job for @brianstelter.bsky.social…

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

More people in Republican districts rely on Obamacare subsidies than in Dem districts.

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Trump robbed again.

Going back to the 1970s won’t save Mexico Embracing protectionism to prevent Chinese dumping and appease Trump will fail — just like import substitution did

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Eduardo Porter argues in this FT piece that Latin America's import substitution industrialization (ISI) in the 1960s and 1970s "ended in a massive debt crisis that ushered in a period of economic decline known across the region as the “lost decade”."
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Sure why not

Trying to follow the news now as it atomizes is like being into bands… Like yeah, I used catch the Bulwark when nobody knew who they were… You know about The Handbasket? Notes on the Crisis… They do some good crossovers with Krugmann.

Sora 2 Watermark Removers Flood the Web Bypassing Sora 2's rudimentary safety features is easy and experts worry it'll lead to a new era of scams and disinformation.

It's laughably easy to remove the watermark from Sora 2 generated videos. 404 Media found dozens of websites and pieces of software that will do it.

I think aligning CBS News' editorial line with what Trump wants was part of a quid pro quo for FCC approval of the Paramount/Skydance merger — there's no "mistake"!

Some context on what this might mean: last weekend Zach Bryan played the largest ticketed concert in US history, selling 112,408 seats at Michigan Stadium.

Me too… I really want an ebike one, but I’m waiting on solid state batteries that you can fly with.

Astronomers Are Sounding the Alarm Over Dangerous Space Weather. Are We Prepared? Scientists suspect that smaller "tornadoes" of solar plasma and magnetic field may be escaping our detection.

Astronomers Are Sounding the Alarm Over Dangerous Space Weather. Are We Prepared? https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-are-sounding-the-alarm-over-dangerous-space-weather-are-we-prepared-2000668362

🔴 Traders selling Russian oil recently began seeking payment in Chinese yuan from Indian state refiners. - According to sources.

(2)Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.

It's black letter, can't get more explicit, printed in US code you ignoramus. 31 U.S. Code § 1341 (c)(2)

*JOHNSON: SOME LEGAL ANAYLYSTS DON'T BELIEVE IN SHUTDOWN BACKPAY

Just use crypto… nobody cares if it’s drug money or whatever.

Elon Musk Caught Letting China Invest in SpaceX, a Huge US Military Contractor Newly unveiled testimony has revealed that Elon Musk's SpaceX took money directly from Chinese investors, despite US military ties.

Oops

Elon Musk Caught Letting China Invest in SpaceX, a Huge US Military Contractor

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What… absolutely not! That was sarcasm!

Oh, I knew the references. I was here for the speech.

Another tragic accident.

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As an actual conservative, I believe that it should be entirely up to local communities how they want to paint their crosswalks.

🚨 US stock market valuations are hitting historic extremes. A few metrics beautifully compiled by @AugurInfinity show the market is more expensive than nearly any point over the last 100 years

🚨US stock market valuations are hitting historic extremes.

6 metrics beautifully compiled by @AugurInfinity show the market is more EXPENSIVE than nearly any point over the last 100 years.

Only the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble compares to this.👇