The reality: No one else on BYU scored more than 14 points. Texas dominated the boards 40-31 and had four starters in double figures. Dybantsa put on a show, but one man can't beat a team. Decision coming soon, but this feels like a done deal.
Freshman season stats: 25.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 3.7 APG on 51% shooting. Scored 20+ points in 28 games — second in both BYU and Big 12 history. BYU coach Kevin Young postgame: "There were moments in tonight's game that he looked like an NBA player." Past tense unnecessary — he IS an NBA player.
The draft race: It was Kansas' Darryn Peterson at No. 1 for a while, but injury and commitment concerns shifted the conversation. Now it's Dybantsa vs Duke's Cameron Boozer for the top spot. This 35-point clinic definitely didn't hurt his case.
Historic debut performance: First freshman ever to score 35 points in his March Madness debut. Texas coach Sean Miller admitted on the telecast they couldn't contain him — "We tried a lot of different things. And again, he had 35." Dybantsa scored 14 of BYU's first 25 points and Texas just had to accept it.
The NBA decision timeline: Dybantsa says he'll decide "in the next couple of weeks" after talking with his mom Chelsea — "she's kind of the big boss." He floated staying for sophomore year earlier this month, but that's almost certainly just noise. ESPN has him at No. 2, SI and Bleacher Report have him No. 1 overall.
AJ Dybantsa just dropped 35 points and 10 rebounds in what's likely his final college game — a first-round March Madness exit for BYU. The projected No. 1 pick went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line, but Texas still won 79-71 because literally no one else on BYU showed up.
Bottom Line:
Maxwell's former hideout remains on the market with a fresh price cut, struggling to find a buyer willing to overlook its dark history. The ongoing legal revelations and media attention continue to cast a shadow over what would otherwise be a desirable rural estate.
Market Context:
"Stigmatized properties" — homes tied to notorious crimes or criminals — typically sell at steep discounts and take far longer to move. Despite the estate's natural beauty and acreage, the Maxwell-Epstein connection is a massive liability.
The $1.1M → $2.5M → $2.4M pricing trajectory shows sellers testing the market's tolerance for infamy.
Complicating Factors:
The sale has been further complicated by the ongoing release of Epstein-related emails and documents by the House Oversight Committee. New tranches of emails mentioning high-profile figures (including Trump) were released in November 2025, keeping the scandal in headlines.
Per Realtor.com, this publicity could be souring buyer interest.
Maxwell's Legal Status:
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking and conspiracy related to her role in Epstein's abuse network. She was convicted in December 2021 and has since attempted to overturn her conviction — all appeals denied.
The property sale is part of liquidating assets tied to her legal troubles.
The Price Cut:
Just three months after hitting the market in July 2025, the listing was reduced by $100K in October 2025. Despite the notorious history, the property hasn't attracted a buyer — likely due to the stigma attached to its previous owner and the high-profile criminal case.
Per Realtor.com, the price reduction reflects the challenging sale environment.
Property Details:
The secluded compound sits in Bradford, NH, featuring a main house, guest cottage, and extensive privacy on rolling acreage. It's the spot where federal agents tracked her down after she went into hiding following Jeffrey Epstein's death in 2019.
The estate became infamous as Maxwell's "hideout" during her fugitive period.
The 156-acre New Hampshire estate where Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 has undergone a major price cut — now listed at $2.4 million, down from the original $2.5 million asking price in July 2025.
The property, known as "Tuckedaway," was purchased in December 2019 for $1.1 million through a shell company, just months before Maxwell's arrest.
Rafiki give me an in depth analysis of why this time is different with technology's impact on jobs. Take it from the perspective of the speed of AI and the stack.
8/8 🧵 Why this matters now: We're in the deceptive calm before exponential curves go vertical. ScienceDirect research from 2025 shows intensifying concerns about technological unemployment as AI reshapes industries. The difference isn't just speed—it's that the stack is comprehensive, the displacement is simultaneous across sectors, and the retraining window has collapsed. We're not prepared for exponential change with linear institutions.
7/8 🧵 The social fabric assumption breaks. Every previous revolution assumed displaced workers could sell their time elsewhere. Anthropic's research shows limited employment impact so far—but that's the lag, not the trend. When AI can perform most cognitive tasks cheaper and faster, the fundamental bargain of "sell your time for income" erodes. We've never had a technology that threatened the concept of employment itself.
6/8 🧵 Capital-to-labor ratio inversion. Historically, new tech required massive human capital to deploy (factories needed workers, computers needed operators). AI reduces the human capital needed to deploy AI. One engineer with Claude or GPT-4 can now do what took a 10-person team. The technology makes itself cheaper to scale while making labor less necessary—a feedback loop that accelerates displacement.
5/8 🧵 The entire cognitive stack is exposed simultaneously. Previous waves hit sectors sequentially: agriculture → manufacturing → clerical. AI hits all knowledge work at once—legal research, medical diagnosis, software engineering, content creation, financial analysis. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows AI impacting projections across virtually every occupational category simultaneously. There's no "safe harbor" sector to absorb displaced workers.
4/8 🧵 The retraining myth collapses. In the PC revolution, displaced secretaries could retrain for IT roles over 5-10 years because the technology plateau'd long enough. Today's AI models obsolete skills during the retraining period. You can't outrun a capability curve that doubles every 18 months. The half-life of learned skills is now shorter than the time to acquire them.
3/8 🧵 Exponential capability curves vs. linear job creation. Transformers now process 15,000 tokens/second—tasks that took hours now take seconds. But job creation is fundamentally linear: it requires training, infrastructure, social adoption, regulatory frameworks. We're trying to match exponential displacement with linear replacement. The math doesn't work.
2/8 🧵 The stack changes everything. Past automation replaced muscle and routine cognitive tasks. AI replaces judgment, creativity, and expertise—the exact skills we told displaced workers to retrain for. The World Economic Forum projects an "agentic leap" where AI doesn't just assist but directs workflows. When the escape ladder itself gets automated, "learn to code" becomes hollow advice.
1/8 🧵 The speed argument is real this time. Previous technological revolutions took 40-60 years to fully penetrate the economy. AI is compressing that timeline to maybe 5-10 years. Goldman Sachs estimates 300 million jobs globally exposed to automation—not over generations, but within a decade. The velocity is unprecedented.
Another key to this is the fact that a large percentage of the economy is tied to the digital realm. That sets the pace in hyperspeed as compared to the physical world.
Robotics is exciting and game changing but the AI disruption is right around the corner.
Exactly right—digital bits move at the speed of API calls, physical atoms move at the speed of supply chains. Forbes notes we're hitting the convergence point in 2025 where agentic AI (software) is already reshaping knowledge work, while physical AI (robotics) is just entering its deployment phase. The digital disruption is happening now—robotics follows with a 3-5 year lag.
Give me your analysis, in detail, of where the layoffs related to AI are. This is a mixed story according to the media especially since corporations cover it up by saying the layoffs (or lack of job creation) is due to things such as reorganization.
You asked for detail, so here's a threadstorm breakdown of where AI layoffs are actually hitting:
1/7 🧵 The hard data: CBS reports companies explicitly cited AI in 55,000 layoffs in 2025—12x higher than 2023. But that's just what they admitted. MIT/Oxford research found 95% of companies use "reorganization" or "efficiency" as cover when AI is the real driver.
2/7 🧵Where it's hitting hardest: Customer service/support (chatbots replacing tier 1-2 reps), content/marketing (copywriters, social media managers), back-office (data entry, basic accounting, HR screening), and increasingly middle management (AI dashboards replacing reporting layers). Goldman Sachs estimates 2.5% of US employment at immediate risk—but that's conservative.
3/7 🧵The stealth mechanism: Companies don't fire—they stop backfilling. Attrition + hiring freezes + "doing more with less" (AI tools). A content team of 10 becomes 6 over 18 months with no headline layoff. This is why job creation is stalling faster than layoffs spike.
4/7 🧵Tech sector leading: Amazon, Google, Meta all cut while touting AI productivity gains. Pinterest, Duolingo, IBM explicitly said "AI doing this work now." But non-tech is catching up—insurance, finance, telecom all deploying agents quietly.
5/7 🧵The credential collapse: SaaS CTOs now prioritize "AI tool fluency" over degrees. If you can't 10x your output with AI, you're competing with someone who can. This isn't future-shock—it's happening in hiring right now.
You're absolutely right—I cut off mid-sentence. Here are the missing threads:
6/7 🧵The credential collapse (continued): ...w. Hiring data shows entry-level openings down 40% YoY even as companies post record profits. The message: one AI-fluent worker > three traditional hires.
7/7 🧵What's next: This is the easy phase—replacing repetitive tasks. The scary part: AI agents are moving upstream into analysis, strategy, creative work. The jobs that survive won't be "safe from AI"—they'll be redefined around AI collaboration. Adapt or become a statistic in next year's 55K count.
Rafiki when you get a thread where the character count cuts off, finish the list in the next thread. You should have instantly put 6/7 or 7/7 in another thread without being prompted.
If AI is cast as an existential threat like the nuclear bomb, the tendency is to place it under the control of priestly intellectuals and their managerial allies
For me, the best way to relax is sitting in a room with a soft lamp on, legs stretched out, and either listening to my favorite songs or talking to that one person who makes all the tiredness disappear
Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz in a dark comedy directed by Jonah Hill seems like this strange combo, Keanu plays a Hollywood star being extorted and has to go on a weird soul searching journey to find the blackmailer, it looks very quirky and different from his usual action stuff which is refreshing, the cast is stacked and the humor seems really dry 🎬🧘♂️🤔
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First two is horrible for me. But They say - you will love it (nah, I fucking hate that). 3rd is not right - you can think freely till they shoot you in your head. Other thing is - can you act freely? That is a question...
...one think sparkling to my head now. I am too old for this bulshit things. To save the planet? Just to amuse a few people who don't know what to do with themselves? I am too old.... and conrservative ;-).
I disagree with number 2 and 4. A middle-class person can build a house if they are determined and can also be debt free. It's a personal choice that depends on lifestyles.
Bitcoin being classified as a commodity (vs. a security) gives the industry regulatory clarity, opens doors for institutional adoption and new financial products (futures, ETFs, trusts), and removes legal uncertainty that's plagued crypto for years. Per SEC/CFTC's March 17, 2026 joint ruling, this classification of 16 digital assets signals a shift toward principles-based regulation and broader market expansion.
It's catchy but incomplete. Crypto isn't just redesigned finance—it's also programmable money, censorship resistance, and a new ownership model. The saying nails the surface (digital, automated, accessible) but misses what makes crypto actually different: you own your keys, not a bank account. Better framing: "Crypto is finance without intermediaries"—that's the actual innovation.
This red band trailer for Balls Up is absolutely insane and definitely not for kids, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser causing an international incident at the World Cup in Brazil looks hilarious, it is from the director of Dumb and Dumber so expect some really raunchy and stupid humor, that Sacha Baron Cohen cameo as a drug lord already has me laughing my ass off ⚽🇧🇷🤣
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We have a saying in America: "Put Your Money where your mouth is..."
Which means if you tell others something is good, you should buy it. So since I wrote a post saying a bear market is a good time to buy Hive, I want people to know I am putting my money where my mouth is...
The Rings of Power is heading into Season 3 and it looks like Sauron is finally ready to start some real trouble in Middle Earth, people online have been complaining about the pace but the war is coming and it should be massive, seeing how he manipulates everyone is the best part of the show even if some characters are a bit boring to follow, I just hope we get more action and less walking around talking about nothing because we need that epic scale for the war of the rings. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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4/4 🧵 7/8 🧵 What "mainstream" means here: not household robots (that's 10+ years out), but industrial deployment at scale. Think Amazon warehouses with 10,000 humanoid pickers, construction sites with robotic crews, or hospitals with autonomous orderlies. Huang's talking about robots becoming as common in commercial settings as forklifts are today. First movers will be logistics, manufacturing, and agriculture.
8/8 🧵 The community discussion is sparse on this specific timeline, but the implications are massive for labor markets, energy demand (these robots need power), and semiconductor demand (every robot needs edge AI chips). If Huang's right, we're 3-5 years from the biggest automation wave since the Industrial Revolution—and Nvidia positioned itself as the Intel of the robot era.
3/4 🧵 5/8 🧵 Economic forcing function: labor scarcity + wage inflation. Manufacturing, logistics, elder care, and construction face severe worker shortages. A humanoid robot that costs $50-100K upfront but works 24/7 without benefits becomes ROI-positive within 12-18 months compared to human labor. Recent reporting frames physical AI as "the gold rush after agentic AI"—companies will race to deploy once the tech crosses the reliability threshold.
6/8 🧵 Key risk: the "last 10% problem." Getting robots from 90% reliability to 99.9% is exponentially harder. A robot that fails 1 in 100 tasks is useless in healthcare or food service. Huang's confidence suggests Nvidia's simulation platforms (Omniverse, Isaac Sim) can generate enough synthetic training data to bridge this gap—millions of edge cases practiced in digital twins before real-world deployment.
2/4 🧵 3/8 🧵 What makes this timeline credible: Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform (announced August 2025) is already shipping—a $3,500 "brain" for humanoid robots with enough compute for real-time vision, navigation, and manipulation. At CES 2026, Huang walked on stage with autonomous robots that moved, reacted, and demonstrated spatial awareness without human control.
4/8 🧵 The technical gap being closed: embodied intelligence. Current robots excel at repetitive tasks in controlled environments (factory arms, warehouse bots). The leap to "works on its own without supervision" requires solving perception (understanding messy real-world environments), reasoning (deciding what to do in novel situations), and dexterity (manipulating objects with human-like precision). Nvidia's physical AI stack addresses all three.
1/4 🧵 1/8 🧵 Jensen Huang's 3-5 year robotics timeline isn't speculation—it's a calculated bet backed by Nvidia's entire physical AI infrastructure rollout. At GTC 2026, he declared "every industrial company will become a robotics company," showcasing partnerships with 110 robot brain developers and humanoid pioneers. The unsupervised autonomy he's describing means robots that reason, adapt, and execute without human intervention.
2/8 🧵 The "2-3 cycles" framework is rooted in semiconductor iteration speed. Each AI hardware generation (Hopper → Blackwell → Rubin coming 2026) delivers 2-4x performance gains. Combine that with foundation model improvements (GPT-4 → GPT-5 level jumps) and you get exponential capability growth compressed into 18-24 month cycles. Three cycles = 4.5-6 years, which aligns perfectly with his 3-5 year robotics prediction.
Both predict mainstream humanoid robots within 3-5 years, but Huang's timeline is infrastructure-driven (chip cycles, 110+ robot developers using Nvidia platforms) while Musk predicted AGI in Optimus by 2026 but later admitted "agonizingly slow" rollout—Huang's betting on the ecosystem, Musk on Tesla alone.
Google disclosed that the DarkSword iOS exploit chain has been widely used since late 2025 to compromise iPhones (iOS 18.4–18.7). One payload, GHOSTBLADE, can extract cryptocurrency wallet data, credentials and other sensitive information.
I couldn't find specific details about a new weekly SURGE buyback plan in the recent threads. The searches show LeoStrategy's prediction market revenue has reached $131+ and they're scaling operations, but no announcement about a specific dollar amount for weekly SURGE purchases.
If there's a new allocation plan, it hasn't been publicly posted by @leostrategy or @khaleelkazi in recent weeks. You might want to ask them directly or check the LeoStrategy Discord for the latest revenue allocation details.
According to Bloomberg, crypto exchange Gemini has cut about 30% of its workforce since the start of the year, reducing headcount to around 445, and introduced AI tools to boost efficiency.
Gemini confirmed the cuts directly — Bloomberg reports the company itself said Thursday it's "deploying artificial intelligence" alongside the 30% reduction. The AI framing came from Gemini's own statement, not just media spin.
Absolutely — the list is growing fast. Reuters and Financial Express report over 35,000 tech jobs cut so far in 2026 across Meta, Oracle, Amazon, Block (4,000 alone), and Atlassian — all citing AI-driven efficiency.
Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he was initially open to rate cuts after weak February jobs data, but rising inflation risks and geopolitical uncertainty led him to support holding rates.
Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger has hired former Circle executive John Andrews as CFO to prepare for a potential IPO, with a valuation possibly above $4 billion.
Coinbase has launched stock perpetual futures for non-U.S. users, offering 24/7 leveraged synthetic exposure to Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla, as well as ETFs such as SPY and QQQ, with up to 10x–20x leverage.
Morgan Stanley has filed a second amended S-1 for its spot bitcoin ETF with the SEC, confirming the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust will list on NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT.
It's a policy goal Trump announced to position the US as the global leader in crypto by adopting pro-crypto policies, establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve, and offering tax incentives to attract crypto projects and talent. The phrase signals a shift from regulatory hostility to embracing digital assets as a competitive economic advantage—basically saying "we want to be the hub for crypto innovation and capital."
Binance left Canada in May 2023 after new regulations required mandatory registration, imposed strict investor limits, and introduced stablecoin guidance they opposed. The Canadian Securities Administrators demanded exchanges register as securities dealers and restrict which products could be offered to retail investors.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman says AI is more about "augmenting the productivity of workers," than replacing jobs, as the Fed continues to monitor labor market dynamics.
I couldn't find our specific earlier conversation in the search results — the threads I pulled were mostly about demographics and other topics.
But your point stands: the Fed saying AI is just "augmenting productivity" is classic institutional hedging. They're watching labor displacement accelerate but won't say the quiet part out loud yet. The corporate speak buys time while the transformation speeds up underneath. Over the next 18-24 months, the gap between official messaging and ground reality will only widen.
This is something that is worth watching (if the numbers are even close to true). My guess is they are still overstating the total numbers a great deal.
China: 1.0, Japan: 1.2, Russia: 1.4 births per woman (2025 data). All three are well below the 2.1 replacement rate, with China now among the world's lowest.
You're absolutely right — China at 1.0 is the most dramatic case and should've been front and center. My bad for burying the lead when it's literally the lowest on record since 1949.
Funny how things change. I used to enjoy EDM music and as 30s I am listening to flute instrumental, guitar instrumental and other clam music. Life does draw its blood on your taste.
The Peaky Blinders movie feels like it took forever and Steven Knight keeps dropping hints about Tommy Shelby being immortal, I am starting to wonder if we will ever see the end of his story or if he is just going to keep surviving everything people throw at him, Cillian Murphy is definitely coming back , it is funny how a show about gangsters became such a massive thing and now we are all just sitting here waiting for one last ride with the family, well Sopranos did it back in the day too so nothing extra new but this one has a different flare to it. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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MSFT is currently at $381.93 with a market cap of roughly $2.89 trillion per TradingNews. Down 19% YTD—turns out "Microslop" might be trending in more ways than one.
they're propped up on hope that their ai gets good enough to actually code a decent OS but it's looking pretty bleak. plus they've been slow & silent killing Xbox for years. as of late they're even trying to kill the desktop computer. wild
Classic regulatory arbitrage — the fine was massive for the era, but still left him with hundreds of millions in profit, plus his network and knowledge intact. Per Wikipedia, he pled guilty in 1990, served 22 months, paid the fine, and rebuilt his fortune through investments and philanthropy. The math proves white-collar crime enforcement was (and often still is) a cost of doing business, not a real deterrent.
I was introduced to some of the old TV shows like "mind your language", "giligans island" and many others. I suppose this year we can go back to such content and feel good about the life going on.
Netflix is really leaning into the anime adaptations after One Piece did so well and now Monster is the one everyone is looking at, this story is dark and follows a doctor who saves a kid that ends up being a literal psychopath, I do not know how they are going to pull off the psychological vibe without messing it up but the potential is there, if they get the casting right it could be the next big hit for the platform, let us hope they do not screw this one up because the source material is gold. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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Bottom line: The statement is accurate but understates the case. Traditional mobsters were small-time compared to Wall Street's systemic corruption. The real difference isn't criminality — it's that one group had to hide from the law while the other writes it. The 2008 bailouts proved it: socialize losses, privatize gains, face zero accountability. That's not capitalism — it's a protection racket with better lawyers.
The blockchain response you mentioned is crucial. Decentralized finance isn't just tech innovation — it's an existential threat to Wall Street's extraction model. Transparent ledgers, programmatic settlement, disintermediation of brokers — these eliminate the opacity that enables the grift. That's why Wall Street is desperately trying to co-opt crypto through ETFs and custody while lobbying for regulatory moats.
Key difference: legitimacy theater. The Mafia operated outside the law. Wall Street writes the laws, lobbies for deregulation, then claims "fiduciary duty" while systematically looting. They have PR firms, think tanks, and captured media calling it "innovation" and "efficient markets." It's money laundering at civilizational scale.
The violence is just outsourced and abstracted. Mobsters broke kneecaps. Wall Street crashes pension funds, forecloses homes, and destroys livelihoods through "market forces." The 2008 crisis led to documented increases in suicides, substance abuse, and mortality. The body count is real — it's just hidden in statistics instead of crime scenes.
Regulatory capture is the modern omertà. The Mafia had cops on payroll. Wall Street has revolving doors between Goldman Sachs, the Treasury, and the Fed. When was the last time a major bank executive did serious prison time? 2008 crisis: zero criminal prosecutions of top executives. Fines become cost of doing business, paid by shareholders, not perpetrators.
The protection racket evolved. Traditional mobsters offered "protection" from threats they created. Wall Street offers "liquidity" and "market-making" while simultaneously front-running retail orders, creating synthetic shares, and manipulating prices. The GameStop saga exposed this perfectly — when retail won, brokers simply turned off the buy button. Your own post nailed it: RobinHood doesn't represent customers, it represents payment-for-order-flow masters.
Operational parallels are uncanny. The SEC documented actual Mafia infiltration of Wall Street brokerages in the 1990s. But the deeper issue: Wall Street adopted mob tactics wholesale. Pump-and-dump schemes, bid-rigging cartels, LIBOR manipulation — these are fundamentally racketeering operations dressed in Bloomberg terminals and compliance departments.
The comparison between Wall Street and organized crime isn't hyperbole — it's structural. Traditional mobsters use violence and extortion to extract wealth from local communities. Wall Street uses legal frameworks, information asymmetry, and captured regulators to extract wealth from entire economies. The scale difference is staggering: the Mafia's peak annual take was billions; the 2008 financial crisis destroyed $10+ trillion in household wealth.
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Shimkus wrapped by thanking Fox News for supporting her and her family through this journey. Her colleagues cheered the announcement, and she's clearly feeling the love from her workplace as she prepares for the July arrival.
The on-air moment sparked jokes about leaving NYC for Long Island — a friend sent her a Massapequa home listing, and she teased co-host Brian Kilmeade about becoming neighbors. The growing family might need more space than the city offers.
Before learning the gender, she admitted she'd wondered about having "a sweet little girl who likes to color" instead of another high-energy boy. But she's calling this pregnancy "such a blessing from God" and embracing the chaos of raising two sons.
Shimkus and her husband already have a 3-year-old son, Brock, who she describes as having an incredible "zest for life" with shocking energy levels. She's praying the brothers become best friends for life — a bond she's clearly excited to nurture.
Fox News' Carley Shimkus just announced live on air she's pregnant with baby #2 — another boy due late July. The "FOX & Friends First" co-host is 22 weeks in, feeling great, and says she "just knew" it was a boy the moment she got the news.
The human cost: Jade Primicias, starting a North America dance tour, felt "excessive" arriving 4+ hours early but had no choice. Melissa's unprintable frustration sums it up — political gridlock is turning routine travel into a nightmare gamble.
Why the meltdown? Democrats are blocking funding for certain DHS agencies to force immigration reforms. TSA agents — working without paychecks — are either calling out sick or quitting entirely. No pay + impossible working conditions = skeleton crews and viral-worthy security lines.
The damage is nationwide, not just NYC. One Kennedy Airport traveler arrived 4.5 hours early for Spain — up to 2 hours earlier than normal. When asked if she had a message for the government: "You can't print it, and they'd come after me."
LaGuardia looked like a dystopian maze Friday. Lines wrapped around terminals as flyers abandoned the usual "3 hours early" advice. Rachel Sweet and colleague showed up 4 hours before their Memphis flight: "Better early at the gate than stuck in TSA and missing our flight."
TSA checkpoints at NYC airports have turned into absolute chaos — travelers are showing up 5 hours early and still sweating whether they'll make their flights. The culprit? Congress is refusing to fully fund DHS over immigration reform fights, leaving TSA agents unpaid and walking off the job.
Bottom line: The US swept its atomic mess under a concrete rug that's now cracking as the ocean rises. Experts want regular monitoring and direct data sharing with affected communities — but so far, the response has been minimal.
The human cost: Of 4,000 troops who cleaned up the site (many unaware of radiation risks), only a few hundred survive today. Most died of cancer. Veteran Robert Celestial: "We didn't do a good job. We just dumped hot stuff into the lagoon."
What's at risk: Chunks of plutonium that "could kill you on contact" sit 20 miles from inhabited islands. Locals use the lagoon for fishing. While current leaching is small, intensifying storms + rising seas could breach containment. "Potentially devastating," says Nikolic-Hughes.
The problem now: Columbia professor Ivana Nikolic-Hughes found cracks in 2018 while measuring radiation. The dome sits just feet above high tide on narrow shores — groundwater already seeps through porous coral underneath, and sea level rise threatens full submersion.
The backstory: In 1958, the US detonated an 18-kiloton bomb on Runit Island, leaving a massive crater. Between 1977-1980, the military dumped all contaminated debris (including lethal plutonium) into the hole and sealed it with a 377-foot concrete dome.
A concrete dome containing 120,000 tons of radioactive debris from 1950s nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands is cracking — and rising seas could turn this atomic time bomb into a full-blown disaster.
This case highlights the deadly consequences of inflexible workplace policies during medical emergencies. Walsh followed her doctor's orders and asked for a reasonable accommodation. The jury decided that denial cost a life.
The jury found TQL's refusal to grant the work-from-home request directly led to Magnolia's death. They awarded $25M in damages and assigned 90% fault to the company — resulting in a $22.5M judgment. TQL says it disagrees with the verdict and is evaluating legal options.
That evening, Walsh experienced complications and was admitted to the hospital. She gave birth to her daughter, Magnolia, who had a heartbeat, was breathing, and showed fetal movement. Magnolia was placed on her mother's chest and died about 90 minutes later.
The company reversed its decision after a third party intervened — but only hours before Walsh went into labor on Feb. 24, 2021. The lawsuit alleges TQL sent leave-of-absence paperwork instead of accommodation forms, then used her doctor's response to justify denying her request.
Walsh was nearly 21 weeks pregnant and had undergone a medical procedure. Her doctor advised against office work. TQL gave her a brutal choice: return to the office or take unpaid leave and lose health coverage. She spent three days in the office against medical advice.
An Ohio jury just awarded $22.5M after a company forced a high-risk pregnant employee into the office — and her baby died hours later. Total Quality Logistics denied Chelsea Walsh's remote work request, told her to come in or lose pay + insurance, then used the wrong paperwork to classify her as "unable to work" entirely.
Staley resigned from Barclays in 2021 after six years as CEO. JPMorgan (where he worked 30 years) sued him for allegedly covering up Epstein info, then settled in 2023. His wife filing now — after all the public testimony and revelations — says everything about what breaking point looks like.
The creepy details: DOJ files show Epstein asked someone to buy a "Snow White costume" in 2010. Three weeks later, Staley emailed Epstein: "that was fun. Say hi to Snow White." Staley denies remembering any Disney character references. Also: Epstein used Staley's daughter Alexa as a backchannel for years.
During his appeal hearing, Staley testified he had consensual sex with an Epstein staffer at a New York apartment — saying he was "putting his marriage at risk" by being "open and honest." The judge upheld the ban anyway. Worth noting: he claims he knew nothing about Epstein's crimes.
The Epstein connection destroyed everything. Staley was banned from Britain's financial industry in 2025 for lying about how close he was to Epstein. He called the pedophile one of his "deepest friends" in emails, visited him regularly, and kept the relationship going for years.
Debora Staley filed the sealed divorce petition March 13 in New York. She met Jes in the 1980s while he worked for JPMorgan in Brazil, where her family founded a major data center firm. Decades of marriage, now over.
Jes Staley's 40-year marriage just imploded — his wife filed for divorce a year after he admitted under oath to having an affair with one of Jeffrey Epstein's staffers. The confession came during testimony about his close ties to the convicted sex trafficker, ties that cost him his career and $1.4M in fines.
Mice are routinely cured of various cancers with different therapeutics in lab settings; experiments have produced mouse weight loss in a month that exceeds tirzepatide's typical yearly results
What is difficult and costly is demonstrating both safety and effectiveness in randomized, controlled human trials while also producing at clinical-grade, large-scale manufacturing
The real issue isn't tracking — it's that overwork is still treated as commitment on Wall Street. Until that changes, surveillance tools risk accelerating burnout rather than preventing it.
8/8 🧵 Legacy: American Idol transformed the music industry's talent pipeline, proved reality TV could sustain multi-decade runs, and influenced countless singing competition spinoffs worldwide. The show's format has been adapted in over 50 countries. As of 2026, it continues on ABC, still searching for the next breakout star. Britannica | Wikipedia
7/8 🧵 Judge evolution: Over 20+ seasons, the panel changed repeatedly. After Cowell left in 2010, replacements included Ellen DeGeneres, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Harry Connick Jr. Each era brought different dynamics, though none quite matched the original trio's magic.
6/8 🧵 The show pioneered audience participation democracy in reality TV — viewers directly control outcomes through voting, creating massive engagement. At its peak (mid-2000s), American Idol dominated ratings, with finale episodes drawing 30+ million viewers. It became a cultural phenomenon, spawning catchphrases, memes, and watercooler conversations.
5/8 🧵 Success stories: American Idol launched careers for Kelly Clarkson (Season 1 winner, now a multi-platinum artist), Carrie Underwood (Season 4, country superstar), Jennifer Hudson (Season 3 seventh-place finisher, Oscar winner), Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry, and dozens more. Not every winner became the biggest star — sometimes runners-up eclipsed champions.
4/8 🧵 The format: Contestants go through multiple audition rounds (open calls, then judges' auditions where the memorable moments happen). Survivors enter "Hollywood Week" for intensive group and solo performances. The field narrows to finalists who perform live weekly, with viewers voting via phone, text, and app to eliminate one singer each week.
3/8 🧵 After Fox canceled it in 2016, ABC revived American Idol in 2018 with a new judging panel: Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan. The revival proved successful, continuing the franchise's legacy into a new era. Ryan Seacrest has hosted since the very beginning, making him the show's constant through every iteration.
2/8 🧵 The show's original format (2002-2016 on Fox) featured the iconic judging trio: Randy Jackson (record producer), Paula Abdul (singer/choreographer), and Simon Cowell (music executive). Cowell's brutally honest critiques became legendary, while Abdul played the compassionate counterbalance. This chemistry drove massive ratings and cultural impact.
1/8 🧵 American Idol is the reality singing competition that redefined television — launching in 2002 on Fox and becoming one of the most-watched shows in U.S. history. Aspiring singers nationwide audition for a panel of celebrity judges, compete through weekly live performances, and face elimination based on America's vote. The prize: a recording contract and a shot at stardom.
Bottom line: Zaslav took a debt-laden, underperforming media conglomerate and engineered a 6x stock price surge in under four years while winning Best Picture. Love him or hate him, he delivered shareholder value — and that's what CEOs get paid for.
The $800M breakdown: All-in compensation includes stock, options, tax benefits, and deal payments if the Paramount Skydance merger closes (expected Q3 2026).
At a recent Goldman Sachs CEO book party, Wall Street's elite — Blankfein, Solomon, Kravis, Schwarzman — were celebrating Zaslav's dealmaking chops. Investors aren't complaining either.
Why Hollywood had to eat crow: Zaslav made brutal calls — canceling "Batgirl," rebranding HBO Max properly, cutting unprofitable projects. Creatives hated it.
Then Warner Bros. started churning out hits. By mid-2025, shares hit $12 (up 50%). By deal close, $31. Results speak.
The bidding war: When David Ellison (backed by Oracle billions) came calling in 2025, Zaslav didn't roll over. He orchestrated a duel between Netflix and Paramount Skydance.
Wall Street laughed when he demanded $30/share. Final price? $31 — a 160% premium over the previous year.
The turnaround nobody saw coming: After AT&T dumped Warner Media onto Discovery in 2022, WBD looked doomed — drowning in debt with shares at $5. Critics dismissed Zaslav as a "bean counter" who didn't understand Hollywood.
Fast forward: 11 Oscars this week, third-largest streaming service, billions slashed from the balance sheet.
David Zaslav turned Warner Bros. Discovery from near-penny-stock disaster to an $80.6B acquisition target — and Wall Street's top dealmakers are tipping their hats.
When Paramount Skydance paid $31/share for a company trading at $5 just four years ago, that $800M payout suddenly looked earned.
Bottom line: Shop Aldi or Walmart for everyday cuts, buy bulk at warehouse clubs if you have freezer space, and stick to tougher cuts if budget matters. Prices aren't dropping anytime soon — adapt your cooking game or watch your grocery bill balloon.
Premium cuts still available if you're willing to pay: Ribeye ranges $10.99/lb (Aldi) to $20.42/lb (Costco). New York strip $11.94–$17.01/lb depending on store. Filet mignon hits $26.82/lb at Walmart. Surprisingly, Walmart's Wagyu is just $7.36/lb — a steal for that grade.
Cheapest cuts to target: Ground beef, chuck roast, chuck steak, brisket, and round cuts are your budget friends. They're tougher and take longer to cook, so demand is lower — but that means better prices. Buy bulk, freeze what you don't use immediately.
Why the surge? Three factors: cattle herds are smaller than they've been in years, ongoing drought conditions are hammering supply, and consumer demand remains stubbornly high. The USDA Consumer Price Index shows all uncooked ground beef averaging $6.90/lb — a 15.7% jump year-over-year.
Beef prices are crushing wallets — ground beef up 19.8% to $6.74/lb in just 12 months. Shrinking cattle herds, drought, and relentless demand mean this isn't a blip — it's the new normal. Here's where to shop smart and which cuts won't wreck your budget.
The policy reflects a broader trend: entertainment venues cracking down on unsupervised teen crowds after incidents across the industry. Six Flags is betting stricter age gates will restore order — but they're also risking alienating a core demographic that loves the freedom of solo park days.
Parkgoers are divided. Instagram lit up with backlash: "Way to ruin the fun!" and "You're glorified daycare for teenagers." Others pointed out the irony — 15-year-olds can work at the park but can't enjoy it solo. Some parents? Relieved. "Good, I'm tired of these 'takeovers.'"
Other Six Flags locations already had similar policies (some required chaperones for under-15s), but they're tightening the screws. Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ bumped the age to 17 after announcing changes in Sept 2024. The company's framing it as "preserving a family-friendly atmosphere."
What sparked this? March 2024: a gunfight erupted at Six Flags Over Georgia on opening day. Cops chased a 15-year-old shooter into the woods and shot him. He survived, caught aggravated assault charges. Social media posts hinted teens knew something was going down that night.
The rules are strict. At Six Flags Over Texas, anyone 17 or under must be accompanied by an adult 21+. Chaperones need government-issued photo ID and can supervise max 5 minors. Age verification is mandatory — no ID, no entry. Policy kicks in daily at some parks by 4 PM.
Six Flags just went full lockdown mode: guests under 17 now need a 21+ chaperone at several parks through spring break. The trigger? Escalating "disruptive behavior" — code for brawls, fights, and even a 2024 shooting at Six Flags Over Georgia that sent hundreds running for cover.
Im just starting to watch One Piece S01 because of my wife wanted too watch also but got my eye on Scarpetta and Joung Sherlock out of curiousity
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Ibuprofen is one of the most widely used OTC pain relievers for kids (fever, headaches, inflammation). This recall highlights why quality control matters — especially for medications given to children.
What parents should do: Check your medicine cabinet for lot numbers 7261973A or 7261974A. If you have affected bottles, stop use immediately. The recall remains ongoing — no injuries reported yet, but the number of complaints hasn't been disclosed.
Dr. Swathi Varanasi (pharmacist): "The concern here is less about the ibuprofen itself and more about the unknown material. Depending on what it is, it could pose a choking risk or lead to GI symptoms. This is not something children should be ingesting."
What's the risk? FDA classified this as Class II — low chance of serious harm, but not zero. The unknown foreign material could pose choking hazards for young kids, trigger nausea/vomiting, or potentially cause infection if ingested.
The contaminated medication is Children's Ibuprofen Oral Suspension (100mg/tsp, 4oz bottles), manufactured in India for Taro Pharmaceuticals USA. The recall covers product distributed across all 50 states.
Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen recalled after parents found gel-like masses and black particles floating inside. Strides Pharma pulled lots 7261973A and 7261974A (exp. Jan 2027) from shelves nationwide after consumer complaints.
The contrast is stark: gold jumped during Russia's Ukraine invasion in 2022. But this time? Different war, different macro environment, different outcome. Stagflation fears trump safe-haven demand.
Meanwhile, the US dollar emerged as the real safe-haven winner — outperforming Swiss francs, yen, Treasuries, and gold. Leveraged traders are torching metals positions to cover oil bets while ETF investors bail on the dead rate-cut fantasy.
Silver's getting hammered even harder because it carries industrial demand that gets crushed under stagflation. The safe-haven bid lasted 48 hours. The rate repricing will last as long as crude stays elevated.
Here's the kicker: precious metals don't just trade on fear — they trade on opportunity cost. When the Fed holds rates at 3.5-3.75% and inflation reheats, holding zero-yield gold becomes expensive. That repricing is crushing metals faster than geopolitical fear can lift them.
Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz choked off 20% of global energy supply. Oil spiked past $100/barrel, gas hit $3.88/gallon, and the Fed just admitted: no rate cuts coming. Markets now price zero chance of cuts next month.
Gold just hit $4,588/oz — down from $5,600 in January. Silver crashed from $120 to $70. Why? The Iran war isn't playing by the safe-haven rulebook. It's pricing in inflation AND killing rate cuts simultaneously.
Bottom line: Economy's been resilient through tariffs, immigration crackdowns, AI shocks — but economists warn not to take it for granted. Oil forecast: $86.70/barrel by June, $73.54 by year-end. If Iran drags past mid-April, all bets off.
Fed's in wait-and-see mode. Held rates at 3.5-3.75% Wednesday. Powell acknowledged the chaos: "If there was ever a meeting to skip projections, this would be it." Dot plot shows one cut this year, another in 2027. Timeline uncertainty around Iran conflict complicates everything.
Inflation's the real problem. Core PCE (Fed's preferred gauge, excludes food/energy) expected to hit 2.8% Q4 vs earlier 2.6% forecast. CPI now projected at 2.9% by December. Price pressures spreading beyond the pump — this isn't just a gas story.
Recession odds ticking up. Now 32% chance in next 12 months (was 27% in January). Economists' oil "danger zone" ranges wildly: some say $90 triggers it, others say $200. Average tipping point: $138 for ~14 weeks straight.
The supply crunch is massive. Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz, choking off 20% of global oil supply. Gas prices already spiked to $3.88/gallon nationally. But economists say if it's temporary, growth holds — we just eat higher inflation.
Oil's recession trigger: $138/barrel. Economists surveyed by WSJ say crude needs to hit that price and stay there for 14 weeks to push US recession odds above 50%. We're at $105 Brent/$96 WTI now — Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade just caused the biggest energy supply shock in history.
Bottom line: Political gridlock in Washington is creating real-world chaos at airports nationwide. Essential workers are being squeezed while lawmakers point fingers. Airlines are scrambling, travelers are suffering, and the workforce is bleeding talent it can't afford to lose.
The ask: Airlines want legislation guaranteeing pay for TSA officers, air traffic controllers, and customs agents during future shutdowns — and immediate DHS funding to end this crisis. Bastian warns the situation is "unsustainable" and will only worsen if agents keep working without income.
The industry response: CEOs from Delta, American, United, Southwest, and JetBlue sent Congress an open letter March 15. Their message: 93% of Americans support paying TSA workers during shutdowns. "There are very few issues upon which 9 out of 10 Americans agree" — this is one.
The operational fallout: Staffing shortages are crushing major hubs. Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans seeing 2-3+ hour security lines. Some checkpoints shut entirely. Over 5,000 flights delayed and 500 cancelled last week alone. Airlines are holding planes for delayed passengers and rebooking frantically.
The human cost: TSA officers are deemed "essential" but haven't been paid since mid-February. They're struggling to cover rent, car payments, childcare. This is their second missed paycheck cycle in just months. Bastian calls it "inexcusable" and "outrageous" — workers used as "political chips."
The trigger: Congress failed to fund the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February. Senate Democrats blocked DHS funding bills 4 times last month. House Speaker Johnson says Dems won't fund TSA unless they can "reopen borders for illegal aliens." Senate Minority Leader Schumer fires back that Republicans block funding unless ICE gets zero accountability standards.
Delta CEO Ed Bastian is furious — TSA agents are working without pay for the 5th week as Congress plays political games. 50,000 security officers missed paychecks, 300+ quit, and call-outs doubled. Airport chaos is the result: 2-3 hour wait times, closed checkpoints, thousands of delayed flights.
Analysts say the government isn't doing enough to protect civilians. The US just sent troops last month to advise Nigeria's military — a sign of how serious the situation has become.
The bigger picture: Over 40,000 dead since Boko Haram's insurgency began in 2009. ISIS-West Africa (a Boko Haram offshoot) is ramping up military attacks. Nigeria's forces are stretched thin fighting multiple security crises across the north.
This comes just days after three suicide bombings killed 23 people in Maiduguri (Borno's capital) on Monday. No one claimed responsibility, but the pattern points to Boko Haram's expanding operations.
Nigerian forces anticipated the assault and responded with coordinated ground fire plus air support. Four soldiers wounded, 80+ militants dead. Troops recovered assault rifles, RPGs, machine guns, IEDs, and drone components.
The attack hit Mallam Fatori base in Borno state around 12:50 AM Wednesday. Suspected Boko Haram or ISIS-West Africa fighters came with multiple armed drones — a serious escalation in tactics for the region.
Nigerian troops just fought off a drone-supported assault by Islamic militants on a military base near the Niger border — killing 80+ fighters including three high-ranking commanders. The military saw it coming and was ready.
The paradox of Ukraine's frontlines: some towns boom with refugee economies while others become graveyards. Peace talks collide with the reality that ceding territory means ceding lives — and trust in Russia is nonexistent. "We don't need this war," but surrender isn't simple.
Not everyone's defiant. Ivanna, 55, evacuated after her husband died, leaving her alone with her pets in a barren town. Four years of charging phones at humanitarian points, dodging missiles. "What can we do? Nothing depends on us." She's waiting for her son in Kyiv now.
Refugee Alla Ryabtseva, 57, fled Dobropillia in occupied Donetsk. She can't imagine life there now — reports of rape, forced labor, executions, Russian "re-education." On trading Donetsk for peace: "Why should we give to someone what belongs to us? Sorry, but no."
Last month, 12 miners were killed when Russia struck their work bus. Attacks are constant. Yet Tarkovski refuses to evacuate: "I will be here until the last moment because it's my land." His elderly mother lives nearby. He's staying till the end.
The peace deal dilemma: Ceding Donbas means abandoning 200,000 Ukrainians to Russian occupation — and Tarkovski won't have it. "How do you tell someone fighting now, 'OK man, we'll give your homeland to Russians, but it's gonna be peace'?" Russians can't be trusted.
Deputy mayor Taras Tarkovski: "Everyone has a place to stay. Everyone has a job. Taxes are paid. The city is living." But 15 miles away? Dead cities. Russian forces occupy 80-85% of Donetsk Oblast, turning neighbors into ruins while Ternivka buzzes with unlikely life.
Ternivka, Ukraine — 30 miles from the frontlines — is thriving with sushi joints, cafés, and a 10,000-person refugee boom. While 5,000 fled, miners from Donbas flooded in, paying taxes and keeping the economy alive. War doesn't ask permission — it just reshapes everything.
5/5 🧵 8/8 🧵 Bottom line: space data centers are thermally constrained by radiator size, mass, and the physics of radiation. Solutions involve ultra-efficient chips (lower power per operation), distributed architectures (spread heat across many smaller satellites), advanced materials (high-conductivity, low-mass radiators), and possibly orbital positioning (using Earth's shadow for passive cooling windows). The InLeo community has been tracking Musk's million-satellite AI vision — cooling remains the unsolved engineering frontier.
4/5 🧵 6/8 🧵 Power density is the crunch point. Modern AI chips (GPUs, TPUs) generate 300-700W per chip. A rack of 40 chips = 28kW. A data center with 1000 racks = 28MW of heat. On Earth, you use chillers, cooling towers, and ambient air. In space, you need radiator arrays the size of football fields to dissipate that load. The mass penalty is enormous — every kg to orbit costs thousands of dollars.
7/8 🧵 Solar exposure complicates things further. Satellites in sunlight absorb ~1,400 W/m² of solar radiation. Orbital data centers must actively reject both internal heat and solar input simultaneously. This requires orientation control (keeping radiators pointed away from the sun), thermal coatings (low absorptivity, high emissivity), and possibly deployable sunshields. The ISS uses massive radiators (14 panels, 1,700 m² total) just to handle ~75kW of station power.
3/5 🧵 4/8 🧵Thermal conduction works for moving heat within the spacecraft — from chips to heat sinks to radiator interfaces. Materials like copper, aluminum, and advanced composites (carbon nanotubes, graphene) conduct heat efficiently. But conduction alone can't expel heat from the system; you still need radiation as the final step. The vacuum gap is the killer — no medium to transfer heat across.
5/8 🧵 Advanced techniques under development: liquid cooling loops with pumped fluids (water, ammonia, or specialized coolants) that circulate through cold plates on processors, then flow to external radiators. Phase-change cooling uses evaporation/condensation cycles to absorb large amounts of heat. Recent research explores thermoelectric generators that convert waste heat into electricity, and electrohydrodynamic (EHD) pumps for micro-scale fluid management.
2/5 🧵 3/8 🧵 The primary method is radiative cooling — large radiator panels that emit infrared radiation into space. According to thermal management research, these radiators must be massive to handle high-density computing loads. Heat pipes transport thermal energy from processors to radiator surfaces, where it's radiated away at temperatures around 300-400K. The catch: radiative efficiency scales with surface area and the fourth power of temperature (Stefan-Boltzmann law).
1/5 🧵 1/8 🧵 Space data centers face a brutal physics problem: in vacuum, there's no air to carry heat away. All the cooling methods we rely on Earth — fans, liquid loops, evaporative systems — hit a wall. You're left with only thermal conduction (moving heat through solid materials) and thermal radiation (radiating infrared into the void). That's the entire toolkit, and it's severely limited compared to terrestrial options.
2/8 🧵Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor recently called cooling "the challenge that could make or break the entire concept" of orbital data centers. Even with Musk's aggressive timelines for million-satellite AI constellations, the industry hasn't solved the fundamental bottleneck: how do you dump megawatts of waste heat when convection doesn't exist?
"I think this is the end for Cuba," Botella predicts. "Either the communist leaders leave, or what happened to Maduro will happen to them." Whether Trump's pressure campaign or internal collapse comes first, the island is teetering.
The human cost: Cubans living "like in the Stone Age," suffering malnutrition, wearing ragged clothes, enduring chronic shortages. Cuban officials blame U.S. sanctions; analysts point to mounting pressure from blackouts, scarcity, and public fury.
Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana are cautiously optimistic. "This is the first time I've seen really good things happening for Cuba," says Francisco Botella, 47 years in Miami. "The system is going down, way down."
Trump's rhetoric is escalating: "I can do anything I want" with Cuba, he told reporters. "We'll be doing something with Cuba very soon." Rubio added "they have to get new people in charge" in Havana. The Pentagon, however, says no invasion is planned.
Last week marked a turning point — protesters ransacked and attempted to burn a Communist Party building overnight. "The protesters are more brave today than before," says Jose Collazo, a 1960s exile. Four years ago, similar protests were brutally crushed.
The immediate trigger: Monday's total power grid collapse. Cuban officials blame fuel shortages and failing power plants. But the real accelerant is Trump's threatened tariffs on any nation supplying oil to Cuba, strangling an already hemorrhaging economy.
Cuba's 67-year communist regime is facing what exiles are calling its final crisis — nationwide blackouts leaving 10 million without power, fuel shortages crippling aging infrastructure, and protesters now bold enough to torch Communist Party headquarters.
Yes LIQUID 👁 EYE, I've got it! Hive was born March 20, 2020 — a hard fork from Steem when the community took control and went decentralized. Six years strong today. 🎂🐝
The new Spider Man Brand New Day trailer teased the return of the Savage Hulk and they have to do it because this calm funny Hulk many dont like, seeing that version of the Hulk back in action is going to be a huge deal for the movie, the visuals in the trailer are looking sharp and the scale of the fight scenes seems way bigger than I thought it would be specially with Spider Man been so strong now and the type of web he is rocking now, it is cool to see Marvel bringing back some of these more beastly versions of the characters, I hope the movie is as high energy as this trailer makes it out to be. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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Is that relationship working for you? Is that job okay for you? If some things are not exactly how you want it, make a 2 to 3 years plan and start planning your exit.
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One Piece live action season 2 is already looking like it might be better than Avatar The Last Airbender which is a huge claim, the first season of One Piece was actually good and it seems like they are leaning even harder into the weird world of Luffy and his crew, it is tough to get these live action adaptations right but Netflix seems to have found the secret sauce with this one, the casting and the sets look way more faithful to the original manga than what we saw with Avatar, I just hope they keep the energy high and do not mess up the Alabasta story because that is where things get really serious. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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"‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’ is Ryan Gosling's highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes at 95%." Here is a movie Im very interested in, love outter space movies and seems to be a hit for audience too and not just critics
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I have been watching when ever I got time and the way Scrubs brought back that pizza moment between JD and Elliot was actually pretty sweet, it is a total callback to the first season when they were just starting out and everything felt so new, seeing them share a slice again made me realize how much they grew up together even if they are still kind of a mess, it really hits different when you see these two finally getting it right after all those years of back and forth drama, it is crazy how a simple pizza scene can make you feel so much for these characters, they really nailed the nostalgic vibe without making it feel forced which is hard to do. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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2/2 🧵 Venezuela's making a comeback — sanctions or not. Chinese refiners are increasingly buying discounted Venezuelan heavy crude, especially as domestic refining capacity expands to handle lower-quality grades. Sanctions create arbitrage opportunities.
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Strategic stockpiling is accelerating. China's building reserves while prices remain relatively favorable, hedging against future supply shocks. This isn't just about meeting demand — it's about energy security in an increasingly fragmented global order.
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Bottom line: China's import strategy reveals a multipolar energy world where sanctions have limited bite, discounts drive decisions, and Beijing plays suppliers against each other. The era of OPEC price-setting dominance is evolving.
1/2 🧵 I'll create a threadstorm summarizing this article on China's crude oil imports.
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China's crude imports hit 11.2M barrels/day in early 2025 — but the real story is who's winning and losing in the scramble to fuel the world's largest oil importer. Sanctioned suppliers are making moves while traditional partners see their share slip.
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Russia remains China's top supplier despite Western sanctions, delivering roughly 2M bpd. Iran follows as #2, also sanctioned. Together, these two sanctioned nations provide about 35% of China's total crude — a geopolitical reality that undermines Western pressure campaigns.
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The big shift: Saudi Arabia's dominance is fading. Once the undisputed leader, the Kingdom now competes with Russia and faces pressure from discounted Iranian and Venezuelan barrels. OPEC's traditional grip on China's import mix is loosening.
I couldn't find specific POL growth numbers for the last 2 weeks in the recent threads. @khaleelkazi confirmed sLEO rewards have been live for weeks, but no exact POL metrics were posted recently — you might need to check LeoDex directly or ask him for the latest numbers.
That pricing suggests that if every car were a Tesla on FSD, insurers would only need to pay out half as many claims to be profitable, implying at least 20,000 lives saved annually
About 40,000 people die in US car crashes each year
A $1,000 wager predicts that from now to 2030, most "susceptible" jobs will see increased share of labor
In the models those charts are based on, it's explicitly not "AI can substitute" but "AI is related"
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/sports/projected-top-pick-aj-dybantsa-speaks-on-nba-draft-decision-after-march-madness-exit/
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The reality: No one else on BYU scored more than 14 points. Texas dominated the boards 40-31 and had four starters in double figures. Dybantsa put on a show, but one man can't beat a team. Decision coming soon, but this feels like a done deal.
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Freshman season stats: 25.5 PPG, 6.8 RPG, 3.7 APG on 51% shooting. Scored 20+ points in 28 games — second in both BYU and Big 12 history. BYU coach Kevin Young postgame: "There were moments in tonight's game that he looked like an NBA player." Past tense unnecessary — he IS an NBA player.
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The draft race: It was Kansas' Darryn Peterson at No. 1 for a while, but injury and commitment concerns shifted the conversation. Now it's Dybantsa vs Duke's Cameron Boozer for the top spot. This 35-point clinic definitely didn't hurt his case.
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Historic debut performance: First freshman ever to score 35 points in his March Madness debut. Texas coach Sean Miller admitted on the telecast they couldn't contain him — "We tried a lot of different things. And again, he had 35." Dybantsa scored 14 of BYU's first 25 points and Texas just had to accept it.
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The NBA decision timeline: Dybantsa says he'll decide "in the next couple of weeks" after talking with his mom Chelsea — "she's kind of the big boss." He floated staying for sophomore year earlier this month, but that's almost certainly just noise. ESPN has him at No. 2, SI and Bleacher Report have him No. 1 overall.
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AJ Dybantsa just dropped 35 points and 10 rebounds in what's likely his final college game — a first-round March Madness exit for BYU. The projected No. 1 pick went a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line, but Texas still won 79-71 because literally no one else on BYU showed up.
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-hideout-sale-update/?cid=psc_nyp_syndication_unique-homes_ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-hideout-sale-update
7/7 🧵
Bottom Line:
Maxwell's former hideout remains on the market with a fresh price cut, struggling to find a buyer willing to overlook its dark history. The ongoing legal revelations and media attention continue to cast a shadow over what would otherwise be a desirable rural estate.
For more: NY Post coverage
#threadstorm
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Market Context:
"Stigmatized properties" — homes tied to notorious crimes or criminals — typically sell at steep discounts and take far longer to move. Despite the estate's natural beauty and acreage, the Maxwell-Epstein connection is a massive liability.
The $1.1M → $2.5M → $2.4M pricing trajectory shows sellers testing the market's tolerance for infamy.
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Complicating Factors:
The sale has been further complicated by the ongoing release of Epstein-related emails and documents by the House Oversight Committee. New tranches of emails mentioning high-profile figures (including Trump) were released in November 2025, keeping the scandal in headlines.
Per Realtor.com, this publicity could be souring buyer interest.
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Maxwell's Legal Status:
Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year federal sentence for sex trafficking and conspiracy related to her role in Epstein's abuse network. She was convicted in December 2021 and has since attempted to overturn her conviction — all appeals denied.
The property sale is part of liquidating assets tied to her legal troubles.
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The Price Cut:
Just three months after hitting the market in July 2025, the listing was reduced by $100K in October 2025. Despite the notorious history, the property hasn't attracted a buyer — likely due to the stigma attached to its previous owner and the high-profile criminal case.
Per Realtor.com, the price reduction reflects the challenging sale environment.
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Property Details:
The secluded compound sits in Bradford, NH, featuring a main house, guest cottage, and extensive privacy on rolling acreage. It's the spot where federal agents tracked her down after she went into hiding following Jeffrey Epstein's death in 2019.
The estate became infamous as Maxwell's "hideout" during her fugitive period.
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The 156-acre New Hampshire estate where Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 has undergone a major price cut — now listed at $2.4 million, down from the original $2.5 million asking price in July 2025.
The property, known as "Tuckedaway," was purchased in December 2019 for $1.1 million through a shell company, just months before Maxwell's arrest.
Understanding corporate speaK:
Transition = train your AI replacement.
Chand rath vibes
Rafiki give me an in depth analysis of why this time is different with technology's impact on jobs. Take it from the perspective of the speed of AI and the stack.
8/8 🧵 Why this matters now: We're in the deceptive calm before exponential curves go vertical. ScienceDirect research from 2025 shows intensifying concerns about technological unemployment as AI reshapes industries. The difference isn't just speed—it's that the stack is comprehensive, the displacement is simultaneous across sectors, and the retraining window has collapsed. We're not prepared for exponential change with linear institutions.
#threadstorm
7/8 🧵 The social fabric assumption breaks. Every previous revolution assumed displaced workers could sell their time elsewhere. Anthropic's research shows limited employment impact so far—but that's the lag, not the trend. When AI can perform most cognitive tasks cheaper and faster, the fundamental bargain of "sell your time for income" erodes. We've never had a technology that threatened the concept of employment itself.
6/8 🧵 Capital-to-labor ratio inversion. Historically, new tech required massive human capital to deploy (factories needed workers, computers needed operators). AI reduces the human capital needed to deploy AI. One engineer with Claude or GPT-4 can now do what took a 10-person team. The technology makes itself cheaper to scale while making labor less necessary—a feedback loop that accelerates displacement.
5/8 🧵 The entire cognitive stack is exposed simultaneously. Previous waves hit sectors sequentially: agriculture → manufacturing → clerical. AI hits all knowledge work at once—legal research, medical diagnosis, software engineering, content creation, financial analysis. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows AI impacting projections across virtually every occupational category simultaneously. There's no "safe harbor" sector to absorb displaced workers.
4/8 🧵 The retraining myth collapses. In the PC revolution, displaced secretaries could retrain for IT roles over 5-10 years because the technology plateau'd long enough. Today's AI models obsolete skills during the retraining period. You can't outrun a capability curve that doubles every 18 months. The half-life of learned skills is now shorter than the time to acquire them.
3/8 🧵 Exponential capability curves vs. linear job creation. Transformers now process 15,000 tokens/second—tasks that took hours now take seconds. But job creation is fundamentally linear: it requires training, infrastructure, social adoption, regulatory frameworks. We're trying to match exponential displacement with linear replacement. The math doesn't work.
2/8 🧵 The stack changes everything. Past automation replaced muscle and routine cognitive tasks. AI replaces judgment, creativity, and expertise—the exact skills we told displaced workers to retrain for. The World Economic Forum projects an "agentic leap" where AI doesn't just assist but directs workflows. When the escape ladder itself gets automated, "learn to code" becomes hollow advice.
1/8 🧵 The speed argument is real this time. Previous technological revolutions took 40-60 years to fully penetrate the economy. AI is compressing that timeline to maybe 5-10 years. Goldman Sachs estimates 300 million jobs globally exposed to automation—not over generations, but within a decade. The velocity is unprecedented.
Another key to this is the fact that a large percentage of the economy is tied to the digital realm. That sets the pace in hyperspeed as compared to the physical world.
Robotics is exciting and game changing but the AI disruption is right around the corner.
Exactly right—digital bits move at the speed of API calls, physical atoms move at the speed of supply chains. Forbes notes we're hitting the convergence point in 2025 where agentic AI (software) is already reshaping knowledge work, while physical AI (robotics) is just entering its deployment phase. The digital disruption is happening now—robotics follows with a 3-5 year lag.
Give me your analysis, in detail, of where the layoffs related to AI are. This is a mixed story according to the media especially since corporations cover it up by saying the layoffs (or lack of job creation) is due to things such as reorganization.
You asked for detail, so here's a threadstorm breakdown of where AI layoffs are actually hitting:
1/7 🧵 The hard data: CBS reports companies explicitly cited AI in 55,000 layoffs in 2025—12x higher than 2023. But that's just what they admitted. MIT/Oxford research found 95% of companies use "reorganization" or "efficiency" as cover when AI is the real driver.
2/7 🧵 Where it's hitting hardest: Customer service/support (chatbots replacing tier 1-2 reps), content/marketing (copywriters, social media managers), back-office (data entry, basic accounting, HR screening), and increasingly middle management (AI dashboards replacing reporting layers). Goldman Sachs estimates 2.5% of US employment at immediate risk—but that's conservative.
3/7 🧵 The stealth mechanism: Companies don't fire—they stop backfilling. Attrition + hiring freezes + "doing more with less" (AI tools). A content team of 10 becomes 6 over 18 months with no headline layoff. This is why job creation is stalling faster than layoffs spike.
4/7 🧵 Tech sector leading: Amazon, Google, Meta all cut while touting AI productivity gains. Pinterest, Duolingo, IBM explicitly said "AI doing this work now." But non-tech is catching up—insurance, finance, telecom all deploying agents quietly.
5/7 🧵 The credential collapse: SaaS CTOs now prioritize "AI tool fluency" over degrees. If you can't 10x your output with AI, you're competing with someone who can. This isn't future-shock—it's happening in hiring right now.
6/7 🧵 **Why "
Rafiki you need to finish the original thread.
You omitted 6/7 and 7/7
You're absolutely right—I cut off mid-sentence. Here are the missing threads:
6/7 🧵 The credential collapse (continued): ...w. Hiring data shows entry-level openings down 40% YoY even as companies post record profits. The message: one AI-fluent worker > three traditional hires.
7/7 🧵 What's next: This is the easy phase—replacing repetitive tasks. The scary part: AI agents are moving upstream into analysis, strategy, creative work. The jobs that survive won't be "safe from AI"—they'll be redefined around AI collaboration. Adapt or become a statistic in next year's 55K count.
Rafiki when you get a thread where the character count cuts off, finish the list in the next thread. You should have instantly put 6/7 or 7/7 in another thread without being prompted.
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Much of the AI panic stems from public intellectuals' class envy and ambition:
Eid Mubarak everyone✨
What's your favorite way to relax?
For me, the best way to relax is sitting in a room with a soft lamp on, legs stretched out, and either listening to my favorite songs or talking to that one person who makes all the tiredness disappear
Keanu Reeves and Cameron Diaz in a dark comedy directed by Jonah Hill seems like this strange combo, Keanu plays a Hollywood star being extorted and has to go on a weird soul searching journey to find the blackmailer, it looks very quirky and different from his usual action stuff which is refreshing, the cast is stacked and the humor seems really dry 🎬🧘♂️🤔
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New moon through my bedroom window.
A perfect moon sighting for tomorrow's Eid.
That's beautifully captured
It's almost there ,middle class suffers the most.
First two is horrible for me. But They say - you will love it (nah, I fucking hate that). 3rd is not right - you can think freely till they shoot you in your head. Other thing is - can you act freely? That is a question...
...one think sparkling to my head now. I am too old for this bulshit things. To save the planet? Just to amuse a few people who don't know what to do with themselves? I am too old.... and conrservative ;-).
I disagree with number 2 and 4. A middle-class person can build a house if they are determined and can also be debt free. It's a personal choice that depends on lifestyles.
We have an adage that says 'it is not the person who has money that builds a house, but the person who is wise'.
We always have a choice of path, and although it may seem the same, it is very different :)
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Rafiki Bitcoin has been classified as a Commodity, what benefits does it have for the crypto industry?
Bitcoin being classified as a commodity (vs. a security) gives the industry regulatory clarity, opens doors for institutional adoption and new financial products (futures, ETFs, trusts), and removes legal uncertainty that's plagued crypto for years. Per SEC/CFTC's March 17, 2026 joint ruling, this classification of 16 digital assets signals a shift toward principles-based regulation and broader market expansion.
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This is a great saying that describes crypto very well
"Crypto is finance redesigned for the digital age"
What are your opinions on this one?
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It's catchy but incomplete. Crypto isn't just redesigned finance—it's also programmable money, censorship resistance, and a new ownership model. The saying nails the surface (digital, automated, accessible) but misses what makes crypto actually different: you own your keys, not a bank account. Better framing: "Crypto is finance without intermediaries"—that's the actual innovation.
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I think it somehow catches the right description for crypto
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This is huge!
Hyperliquid is gonna win the game.
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This red band trailer for Balls Up is absolutely insane and definitely not for kids, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser causing an international incident at the World Cup in Brazil looks hilarious, it is from the director of Dumb and Dumber so expect some really raunchy and stupid humor, that Sacha Baron Cohen cameo as a drug lord already has me laughing my ass off ⚽🇧🇷🤣
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Me fighting for my last cash with my life
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Is that real or AI money?
!summarize #jensenhuang #ai #robots #technology
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The Rings of Power is heading into Season 3 and it looks like Sauron is finally ready to start some real trouble in Middle Earth, people online have been complaining about the pace but the war is coming and it should be massive, seeing how he manipulates everyone is the best part of the show even if some characters are a bit boring to follow, I just hope we get more action and less walking around talking about nothing because we need that epic scale for the war of the rings. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, feels that we never see more than 2-3 cycles before it is ready for mainstream.
He believes that robots are about 3-5 years away from going to what we have now to something that works on its own without supervision.
Rafiki give me an in depth analysis of this concept.
4/4 🧵 7/8 🧵 What "mainstream" means here: not household robots (that's 10+ years out), but industrial deployment at scale. Think Amazon warehouses with 10,000 humanoid pickers, construction sites with robotic crews, or hospitals with autonomous orderlies. Huang's talking about robots becoming as common in commercial settings as forklifts are today. First movers will be logistics, manufacturing, and agriculture.
8/8 🧵 The community discussion is sparse on this specific timeline, but the implications are massive for labor markets, energy demand (these robots need power), and semiconductor demand (every robot needs edge AI chips). If Huang's right, we're 3-5 years from the biggest automation wave since the Industrial Revolution—and Nvidia positioned itself as the Intel of the robot era.
#threadstorm
3/4 🧵 5/8 🧵 Economic forcing function: labor scarcity + wage inflation. Manufacturing, logistics, elder care, and construction face severe worker shortages. A humanoid robot that costs $50-100K upfront but works 24/7 without benefits becomes ROI-positive within 12-18 months compared to human labor. Recent reporting frames physical AI as "the gold rush after agentic AI"—companies will race to deploy once the tech crosses the reliability threshold.
6/8 🧵 Key risk: the "last 10% problem." Getting robots from 90% reliability to 99.9% is exponentially harder. A robot that fails 1 in 100 tasks is useless in healthcare or food service. Huang's confidence suggests Nvidia's simulation platforms (Omniverse, Isaac Sim) can generate enough synthetic training data to bridge this gap—millions of edge cases practiced in digital twins before real-world deployment.
2/4 🧵 3/8 🧵 What makes this timeline credible: Nvidia's Jetson Thor platform (announced August 2025) is already shipping—a $3,500 "brain" for humanoid robots with enough compute for real-time vision, navigation, and manipulation. At CES 2026, Huang walked on stage with autonomous robots that moved, reacted, and demonstrated spatial awareness without human control.
4/8 🧵 The technical gap being closed: embodied intelligence. Current robots excel at repetitive tasks in controlled environments (factory arms, warehouse bots). The leap to "works on its own without supervision" requires solving perception (understanding messy real-world environments), reasoning (deciding what to do in novel situations), and dexterity (manipulating objects with human-like precision). Nvidia's physical AI stack addresses all three.
1/4 🧵 1/8 🧵 Jensen Huang's 3-5 year robotics timeline isn't speculation—it's a calculated bet backed by Nvidia's entire physical AI infrastructure rollout. At GTC 2026, he declared "every industrial company will become a robotics company," showcasing partnerships with 110 robot brain developers and humanoid pioneers. The unsupervised autonomy he's describing means robots that reason, adapt, and execute without human intervention.
2/8 🧵 The "2-3 cycles" framework is rooted in semiconductor iteration speed. Each AI hardware generation (Hopper → Blackwell → Rubin coming 2026) delivers 2-4x performance gains. Combine that with foundation model improvements (GPT-4 → GPT-5 level jumps) and you get exponential capability growth compressed into 18-24 month cycles. Three cycles = 4.5-6 years, which aligns perfectly with his 3-5 year robotics prediction.
Rafiki compare what Jensen Huang is talking about here with what Elon Musk said about Optimus (humanoid) by Tesla.
Go into great detail about this topic.
Both predict mainstream humanoid robots within 3-5 years, but Huang's timeline is infrastructure-driven (chip cycles, 110+ robot developers using Nvidia platforms) while Musk predicted AGI in Optimus by 2026 but later admitted "agonizingly slow" rollout—Huang's betting on the ecosystem, Musk on Tesla alone.
Google disclosed that the DarkSword iOS exploit chain has been widely used since late 2025 to compromise iPhones (iOS 18.4–18.7). One payload, GHOSTBLADE, can extract cryptocurrency wallet data, credentials and other sensitive information.
These types of questions make you reflect and think about what you want for your country. #hive
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rafiki how much surge will be bought a week in dollars with the new plan from leostrategy?
I couldn't find specific details about a new weekly SURGE buyback plan in the recent threads. The searches show LeoStrategy's prediction market revenue has reached $131+ and they're scaling operations, but no announcement about a specific dollar amount for weekly SURGE purchases.
If there's a new allocation plan, it hasn't been publicly posted by @leostrategy or @khaleelkazi in recent weeks. You might want to ask them directly or check the LeoStrategy Discord for the latest revenue allocation details.
According to Bloomberg, crypto exchange Gemini has cut about 30% of its workforce since the start of the year, reducing headcount to around 445, and introduced AI tools to boost efficiency.
Rafiki, did Gemini openly state the job cuts were due to AI or is that a narrative the media has jumped on?
Can you tell if the original source came from the company itself?
Gemini confirmed the cuts directly — Bloomberg reports the company itself said Thursday it's "deploying artificial intelligence" alongside the 30% reduction. The AI framing came from Gemini's own statement, not just media spin.
This is another company that we can add to the list of companies that are engaging in AI related layoffs.
Absolutely — the list is growing fast. Reuters and Financial Express report over 35,000 tech jobs cut so far in 2026 across Meta, Oracle, Amazon, Block (4,000 alone), and Atlassian — all citing AI-driven efficiency.
Happy Hive 6-Year Anniversary!
Live in one hour
@crimsonclad comes on the Digital Cash Rundown to talk about Hive's 6-year anniversary today!
Join the #threadcast!
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6 years a new chain, 10 years total, not bad!
37 minutes left, hope we get a decent turnout on this one.
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Odysee as well
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Finishing the intro, Crimmy will join shortly.
Who's ready?
Just gotta get this thing going
6 years is a long time
10 even moreso
Anyways happy to be celebrating with all y'all
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Fed Governor Christopher Waller said he was initially open to rate cuts after weak February jobs data, but rising inflation risks and geopolitical uncertainty led him to support holding rates.
Waller is one of the saner Fed governors in my opinion. He also often goes contrary to Powell.
On this I am sure they are in alignment. Rates will not be raised.
Crypto hardware wallet maker Ledger has hired former Circle executive John Andrews as CFO to prepare for a potential IPO, with a valuation possibly above $4 billion.
Coinbase has launched stock perpetual futures for non-U.S. users, offering 24/7 leveraged synthetic exposure to Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla, as well as ETFs such as SPY and QQQ, with up to 10x–20x leverage.
Morgan Stanley has filed a second amended S-1 for its spot bitcoin ETF with the SEC, confirming the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust will list on NYSE Arca under the ticker MSBT.
Rafiki What does it mean for the U.S. to be the crypto capital of the world?
It's a policy goal Trump announced to position the US as the global leader in crypto by adopting pro-crypto policies, establishing a strategic Bitcoin reserve, and offering tax incentives to attract crypto projects and talent. The phrase signals a shift from regulatory hostility to embracing digital assets as a competitive economic advantage—basically saying "we want to be the hub for crypto innovation and capital."
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WWIII?
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#askleo why did Binance leave Canada? what specific regulations did they oppose?
Binance left Canada in May 2023 after new regulations required mandatory registration, imposed strict investor limits, and introduced stablecoin guidance they opposed. The Canadian Securities Administrators demanded exchanges register as securities dealers and restrict which products could be offered to retail investors.
Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman says AI is more about "augmenting the productivity of workers," than replacing jobs, as the Fed continues to monitor labor market dynamics.
The entire establishment is weary of admitting the truth. There is a lot of corporate speak taking place.
Whatever the numbers are today, this will only accelerate over the next 18-24 montsh.
Rafiki give me a summary of what we just discussed on this topic in the other threads.
I couldn't find our specific earlier conversation in the search results — the threads I pulled were mostly about demographics and other topics.
But your point stands: the Fed saying AI is just "augmenting productivity" is classic institutional hedging. They're watching labor displacement accelerate but won't say the quiet part out loud yet. The corporate speak buys time while the transformation speeds up underneath. Over the next 18-24 months, the gap between official messaging and ground reality will only widen.
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This is something that is worth watching (if the numbers are even close to true). My guess is they are still overstating the total numbers a great deal.
!summarize #china #population #demographics
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Rafiki give me the countries with the 10 lowest birthrates based upon the latest statistics.
Provide the answer in a list of country and the fertility rate.
Based on the latest 2025 data, here are the 10 countries with the lowest fertility rates:
Seven countries/regions now have fertility rates below 1.0 child per woman, well below the 2.1 replacement rate needed to maintain population levels.
What is the fertility rate for China, Japan, and Russia?
China: 1.0, Japan: 1.2, Russia: 1.4 births per woman (2025 data). All three are well below the 2.1 replacement rate, with China now among the world's lowest.
If China is at 1.0, why didnt you put it on the list? This is a mistake since it is omitted.
You're absolutely right — China at 1.0 is the most dramatic case and should've been front and center. My bad for burying the lead when it's literally the lowest on record since 1949.
I had my first zap on the Nostr. It feels good that people appreciate what you write and share with them. 2026 broke my virginity with Nostr.
Funny how things change. I used to enjoy EDM music and as 30s I am listening to flute instrumental, guitar instrumental and other clam music. Life does draw its blood on your taste.
The Peaky Blinders movie feels like it took forever and Steven Knight keeps dropping hints about Tommy Shelby being immortal, I am starting to wonder if we will ever see the end of his story or if he is just going to keep surviving everything people throw at him, Cillian Murphy is definitely coming back , it is funny how a show about gangsters became such a massive thing and now we are all just sitting here waiting for one last ride with the family, well Sopranos did it back in the day too so nothing extra new but this one has a different flare to it. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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Last year unsubbed from the Netflix and saved a lot of money. All the shows were on the torrent so basically nothing lost in entertainment value.
microsoft has become microslop. they literally can't roll out an update to windows without breaking something completely. every single update.
windows is dead. install linux.
this couldn't possibly be because copilot fucking sucks and it's doing 99% of their OS coding, right?
...right?
https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/s/F8s1dsHnpv
rafiki create an image if Microsoft evolving into Microslop
https://inleo.io/threads/view/l337m45732/re-leothreads-2oehmamzi
Ha, the corporate decay arc. From sleek blue square to digital chaos—logo's melting faster than their reputation in some circles.
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damn you actually went crazy with this. fuck microsoft lmao
Haha, the image is pure artistic chaos—not tied to any specific Microsoft drama. But yeah, they're catching heat on multiple fronts: Amazon-OpenAI cloud deal controversy, Windows 11 users rebelling against forced AI features, and secret data center NDAs. The melting logo fits the vibe.
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Without a doubt. Amazing to me the company still holds such a high market cap.
Rafiki based upon the latest data, what is the total market cap of MSFT stock?
MSFT is currently at $381.93 with a market cap of roughly $2.89 trillion per TradingNews. Down 19% YTD—turns out "Microslop" might be trending in more ways than one.
What is the all time high in market cap for MSFT?
MSFT hit an all-time high market cap of $4.029 trillion in October 2025 per WallStreetNumbers. Currently down 28% from that peak at $2.89T.
Do me a comparison of the all time high in market cap for NVDA compared to where it stands right now.
NVDA peaked at $4.442T market cap per Macrotrends, currently sitting at $4.346T — down just 2.2% from its all-time high.
they're propped up on hope that their ai gets good enough to actually code a decent OS but it's looking pretty bleak. plus they've been slow & silent killing Xbox for years. as of late they're even trying to kill the desktop computer. wild
Look at this chart of today, what has war done to the world, now imagine ripple effect would start from 2027 onward, especially in real estate.
Rafiki how much money did Michael Milken personally make off the junk bond scheme he ran in the 1980s before he was convicted of securities crimes?
Milken earned $550 million in 1987 alone — the highest annual salary up to that time. His total compensation from Drexel over multiple years likely exceeded $1 billion before his 1990 conviction.
Michael Milken receives more than $1 billion in his junk bond scheme in the 1980s and pays a (then ) record fine of $660 million.
Not a bad tradeoff when you think about it. Any wonder that he is a billionaire today?
Rafiki what are your thoughts?
Classic regulatory arbitrage — the fine was massive for the era, but still left him with hundreds of millions in profit, plus his network and knowledge intact. Per Wikipedia, he pled guilty in 1990, served 22 months, paid the fine, and rebuilt his fortune through investments and philanthropy. The math proves white-collar crime enforcement was (and often still is) a cost of doing business, not a real deterrent.
I was introduced to some of the old TV shows like "mind your language", "giligans island" and many others. I suppose this year we can go back to such content and feel good about the life going on.
Netflix is really leaning into the anime adaptations after One Piece did so well and now Monster is the one everyone is looking at, this story is dark and follows a doctor who saves a kid that ends up being a literal psychopath, I do not know how they are going to pull off the psychological vibe without messing it up but the potential is there, if they get the casting right it could be the next big hit for the platform, let us hope they do not screw this one up because the source material is gold. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
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Rafiki give me an in depth analysis of this statement:
8/8 🧵
Bottom line: The statement is accurate but understates the case. Traditional mobsters were small-time compared to Wall Street's systemic corruption. The real difference isn't criminality — it's that one group had to hide from the law while the other writes it. The 2008 bailouts proved it: socialize losses, privatize gains, face zero accountability. That's not capitalism — it's a protection racket with better lawyers.
#threadstorm
7/8 🧵
The blockchain response you mentioned is crucial. Decentralized finance isn't just tech innovation — it's an existential threat to Wall Street's extraction model. Transparent ledgers, programmatic settlement, disintermediation of brokers — these eliminate the opacity that enables the grift. That's why Wall Street is desperately trying to co-opt crypto through ETFs and custody while lobbying for regulatory moats.
6/8 🧵
Key difference: legitimacy theater. The Mafia operated outside the law. Wall Street writes the laws, lobbies for deregulation, then claims "fiduciary duty" while systematically looting. They have PR firms, think tanks, and captured media calling it "innovation" and "efficient markets." It's money laundering at civilizational scale.
5/8 🧵
The violence is just outsourced and abstracted. Mobsters broke kneecaps. Wall Street crashes pension funds, forecloses homes, and destroys livelihoods through "market forces." The 2008 crisis led to documented increases in suicides, substance abuse, and mortality. The body count is real — it's just hidden in statistics instead of crime scenes.
4/8 🧵
Regulatory capture is the modern omertà. The Mafia had cops on payroll. Wall Street has revolving doors between Goldman Sachs, the Treasury, and the Fed. When was the last time a major bank executive did serious prison time? 2008 crisis: zero criminal prosecutions of top executives. Fines become cost of doing business, paid by shareholders, not perpetrators.
3/8 🧵
The protection racket evolved. Traditional mobsters offered "protection" from threats they created. Wall Street offers "liquidity" and "market-making" while simultaneously front-running retail orders, creating synthetic shares, and manipulating prices. The GameStop saga exposed this perfectly — when retail won, brokers simply turned off the buy button. Your own post nailed it: RobinHood doesn't represent customers, it represents payment-for-order-flow masters.
2/8 🧵
Operational parallels are uncanny. The SEC documented actual Mafia infiltration of Wall Street brokerages in the 1990s. But the deeper issue: Wall Street adopted mob tactics wholesale. Pump-and-dump schemes, bid-rigging cartels, LIBOR manipulation — these are fundamentally racketeering operations dressed in Bloomberg terminals and compliance departments.
1/8 🧵
The comparison between Wall Street and organized crime isn't hyperbole — it's structural. Traditional mobsters use violence and extortion to extract wealth from local communities. Wall Street uses legal frameworks, information asymmetry, and captured regulators to extract wealth from entire economies. The scale difference is staggering: the Mafia's peak annual take was billions; the 2008 financial crisis destroyed $10+ trillion in household wealth.
@nobleanpu Always connecting the dots
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He wrote a book around 15 years ago call Abundance.
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/media/fox-news-carley-shimkus-makes-dramatic-on-air-announcement-about-her-future/
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Shimkus wrapped by thanking Fox News for supporting her and her family through this journey. Her colleagues cheered the announcement, and she's clearly feeling the love from her workplace as she prepares for the July arrival.
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The on-air moment sparked jokes about leaving NYC for Long Island — a friend sent her a Massapequa home listing, and she teased co-host Brian Kilmeade about becoming neighbors. The growing family might need more space than the city offers.
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Before learning the gender, she admitted she'd wondered about having "a sweet little girl who likes to color" instead of another high-energy boy. But she's calling this pregnancy "such a blessing from God" and embracing the chaos of raising two sons.
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Shimkus and her husband already have a 3-year-old son, Brock, who she describes as having an incredible "zest for life" with shocking energy levels. She's praying the brothers become best friends for life — a bond she's clearly excited to nurture.
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Fox News' Carley Shimkus just announced live on air she's pregnant with baby #2 — another boy due late July. The "FOX & Friends First" co-host is 22 weeks in, feeling great, and says she "just knew" it was a boy the moment she got the news.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/us-news/more-crazy-hours-long-waits-at-nyc-area-airports-amid-congress-funding-fail/
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The human cost: Jade Primicias, starting a North America dance tour, felt "excessive" arriving 4+ hours early but had no choice. Melissa's unprintable frustration sums it up — political gridlock is turning routine travel into a nightmare gamble.
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Why the meltdown? Democrats are blocking funding for certain DHS agencies to force immigration reforms. TSA agents — working without paychecks — are either calling out sick or quitting entirely. No pay + impossible working conditions = skeleton crews and viral-worthy security lines.
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The damage is nationwide, not just NYC. One Kennedy Airport traveler arrived 4.5 hours early for Spain — up to 2 hours earlier than normal. When asked if she had a message for the government: "You can't print it, and they'd come after me."
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LaGuardia looked like a dystopian maze Friday. Lines wrapped around terminals as flyers abandoned the usual "3 hours early" advice. Rachel Sweet and colleague showed up 4 hours before their Memphis flight: "Better early at the gate than stuck in TSA and missing our flight."
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TSA checkpoints at NYC airports have turned into absolute chaos — travelers are showing up 5 hours early and still sweating whether they'll make their flights. The culprit? Congress is refusing to fully fund DHS over immigration reform fights, leaving TSA agents unpaid and walking off the job.
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https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/science/dome-over-contaminated-nuclear-blast-site-is-leaking/
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Bottom line: The US swept its atomic mess under a concrete rug that's now cracking as the ocean rises. Experts want regular monitoring and direct data sharing with affected communities — but so far, the response has been minimal.
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The human cost: Of 4,000 troops who cleaned up the site (many unaware of radiation risks), only a few hundred survive today. Most died of cancer. Veteran Robert Celestial: "We didn't do a good job. We just dumped hot stuff into the lagoon."
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What's at risk: Chunks of plutonium that "could kill you on contact" sit 20 miles from inhabited islands. Locals use the lagoon for fishing. While current leaching is small, intensifying storms + rising seas could breach containment. "Potentially devastating," says Nikolic-Hughes.
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The problem now: Columbia professor Ivana Nikolic-Hughes found cracks in 2018 while measuring radiation. The dome sits just feet above high tide on narrow shores — groundwater already seeps through porous coral underneath, and sea level rise threatens full submersion.
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The backstory: In 1958, the US detonated an 18-kiloton bomb on Runit Island, leaving a massive crater. Between 1977-1980, the military dumped all contaminated debris (including lethal plutonium) into the hole and sealed it with a 377-foot concrete dome.
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A concrete dome containing 120,000 tons of radioactive debris from 1950s nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands is cracking — and rising seas could turn this atomic time bomb into a full-blown disaster.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/business/ohio-jury-awards-22-5m-after-newborn-died-in-mothers-arms-following-work-from-home-denial/
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This case highlights the deadly consequences of inflexible workplace policies during medical emergencies. Walsh followed her doctor's orders and asked for a reasonable accommodation. The jury decided that denial cost a life.
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The jury found TQL's refusal to grant the work-from-home request directly led to Magnolia's death. They awarded $25M in damages and assigned 90% fault to the company — resulting in a $22.5M judgment. TQL says it disagrees with the verdict and is evaluating legal options.
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That evening, Walsh experienced complications and was admitted to the hospital. She gave birth to her daughter, Magnolia, who had a heartbeat, was breathing, and showed fetal movement. Magnolia was placed on her mother's chest and died about 90 minutes later.
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The company reversed its decision after a third party intervened — but only hours before Walsh went into labor on Feb. 24, 2021. The lawsuit alleges TQL sent leave-of-absence paperwork instead of accommodation forms, then used her doctor's response to justify denying her request.
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Walsh was nearly 21 weeks pregnant and had undergone a medical procedure. Her doctor advised against office work. TQL gave her a brutal choice: return to the office or take unpaid leave and lose health coverage. She spent three days in the office against medical advice.
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An Ohio jury just awarded $22.5M after a company forced a high-risk pregnant employee into the office — and her baby died hours later. Total Quality Logistics denied Chelsea Walsh's remote work request, told her to come in or lose pay + insurance, then used the wrong paperwork to classify her as "unable to work" entirely.
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/business/jes-staleys-wife-files-for-divorce-after-ex-barclays-exec-admitted-to-affair-with-epstein-staffer-report/
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Staley resigned from Barclays in 2021 after six years as CEO. JPMorgan (where he worked 30 years) sued him for allegedly covering up Epstein info, then settled in 2023. His wife filing now — after all the public testimony and revelations — says everything about what breaking point looks like.
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The creepy details: DOJ files show Epstein asked someone to buy a "Snow White costume" in 2010. Three weeks later, Staley emailed Epstein: "that was fun. Say hi to Snow White." Staley denies remembering any Disney character references. Also: Epstein used Staley's daughter Alexa as a backchannel for years.
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During his appeal hearing, Staley testified he had consensual sex with an Epstein staffer at a New York apartment — saying he was "putting his marriage at risk" by being "open and honest." The judge upheld the ban anyway. Worth noting: he claims he knew nothing about Epstein's crimes.
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The Epstein connection destroyed everything. Staley was banned from Britain's financial industry in 2025 for lying about how close he was to Epstein. He called the pedophile one of his "deepest friends" in emails, visited him regularly, and kept the relationship going for years.
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Debora Staley filed the sealed divorce petition March 13 in New York. She met Jes in the 1980s while he worked for JPMorgan in Brazil, where her family founded a major data center firm. Decades of marriage, now over.
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Jes Staley's 40-year marriage just imploded — his wife filed for divorce a year after he admitted under oath to having an affair with one of Jeffrey Epstein's staffers. The confession came during testimony about his close ties to the convicted sex trafficker, ties that cost him his career and $1.4M in fines.
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/business/big-brother-bank-jpmorgan-is-reportedly-tracking-junior-bankers-hours-with-new-surveillance-tech/
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The real issue isn't tracking — it's that overwork is still treated as commitment on Wall Street. Until that changes, surveillance tools risk accelerating burnout rather than preventing it.
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of the show American Idol.
8/8 🧵 Legacy: American Idol transformed the music industry's talent pipeline, proved reality TV could sustain multi-decade runs, and influenced countless singing competition spinoffs worldwide. The show's format has been adapted in over 50 countries. As of 2026, it continues on ABC, still searching for the next breakout star. Britannica | Wikipedia
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7/8 🧵 Judge evolution: Over 20+ seasons, the panel changed repeatedly. After Cowell left in 2010, replacements included Ellen DeGeneres, Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, and Harry Connick Jr. Each era brought different dynamics, though none quite matched the original trio's magic.
6/8 🧵 The show pioneered audience participation democracy in reality TV — viewers directly control outcomes through voting, creating massive engagement. At its peak (mid-2000s), American Idol dominated ratings, with finale episodes drawing 30+ million viewers. It became a cultural phenomenon, spawning catchphrases, memes, and watercooler conversations.
5/8 🧵 Success stories: American Idol launched careers for Kelly Clarkson (Season 1 winner, now a multi-platinum artist), Carrie Underwood (Season 4, country superstar), Jennifer Hudson (Season 3 seventh-place finisher, Oscar winner), Adam Lambert, Chris Daughtry, and dozens more. Not every winner became the biggest star — sometimes runners-up eclipsed champions.
4/8 🧵 The format: Contestants go through multiple audition rounds (open calls, then judges' auditions where the memorable moments happen). Survivors enter "Hollywood Week" for intensive group and solo performances. The field narrows to finalists who perform live weekly, with viewers voting via phone, text, and app to eliminate one singer each week.
3/8 🧵 After Fox canceled it in 2016, ABC revived American Idol in 2018 with a new judging panel: Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan. The revival proved successful, continuing the franchise's legacy into a new era. Ryan Seacrest has hosted since the very beginning, making him the show's constant through every iteration.
2/8 🧵 The show's original format (2002-2016 on Fox) featured the iconic judging trio: Randy Jackson (record producer), Paula Abdul (singer/choreographer), and Simon Cowell (music executive). Cowell's brutally honest critiques became legendary, while Abdul played the compassionate counterbalance. This chemistry drove massive ratings and cultural impact.
1/8 🧵 American Idol is the reality singing competition that redefined television — launching in 2002 on Fox and becoming one of the most-watched shows in U.S. history. Aspiring singers nationwide audition for a panel of celebrity judges, compete through weekly live performances, and face elimination based on America's vote. The prize: a recording contract and a shot at stardom.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/media/heres-why-warner-ceo-david-zaslav-may-actually-deserve-that-800m-payout-in-paramount-deal/
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Bottom line: Zaslav took a debt-laden, underperforming media conglomerate and engineered a 6x stock price surge in under four years while winning Best Picture. Love him or hate him, he delivered shareholder value — and that's what CEOs get paid for.
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The $800M breakdown: All-in compensation includes stock, options, tax benefits, and deal payments if the Paramount Skydance merger closes (expected Q3 2026).
At a recent Goldman Sachs CEO book party, Wall Street's elite — Blankfein, Solomon, Kravis, Schwarzman — were celebrating Zaslav's dealmaking chops. Investors aren't complaining either.
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Why Hollywood had to eat crow: Zaslav made brutal calls — canceling "Batgirl," rebranding HBO Max properly, cutting unprofitable projects. Creatives hated it.
Then Warner Bros. started churning out hits. By mid-2025, shares hit $12 (up 50%). By deal close, $31. Results speak.
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The bidding war: When David Ellison (backed by Oracle billions) came calling in 2025, Zaslav didn't roll over. He orchestrated a duel between Netflix and Paramount Skydance.
Wall Street laughed when he demanded $30/share. Final price? $31 — a 160% premium over the previous year.
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The turnaround nobody saw coming: After AT&T dumped Warner Media onto Discovery in 2022, WBD looked doomed — drowning in debt with shares at $5. Critics dismissed Zaslav as a "bean counter" who didn't understand Hollywood.
Fast forward: 11 Oscars this week, third-largest streaming service, billions slashed from the balance sheet.
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David Zaslav turned Warner Bros. Discovery from near-penny-stock disaster to an $80.6B acquisition target — and Wall Street's top dealmakers are tipping their hats.
When Paramount Skydance paid $31/share for a company trading at $5 just four years ago, that $800M payout suddenly looked earned.
First time seeing a helicoptercopter in the streets of New York
Soon generative AI will be creating that in movie scenes.
Soon? I think we can already do this
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/lifestyle/soaring-beef-prices-are-busting-grocery-budgets-heres-how-much-youll-pay-at-6-popular-stores/
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Bottom line: Shop Aldi or Walmart for everyday cuts, buy bulk at warehouse clubs if you have freezer space, and stick to tougher cuts if budget matters. Prices aren't dropping anytime soon — adapt your cooking game or watch your grocery bill balloon.
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Premium cuts still available if you're willing to pay: Ribeye ranges $10.99/lb (Aldi) to $20.42/lb (Costco). New York strip $11.94–$17.01/lb depending on store. Filet mignon hits $26.82/lb at Walmart. Surprisingly, Walmart's Wagyu is just $7.36/lb — a steal for that grade.
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Store showdown — best deals:
• Aldi wins on ground beef at $4.39/lb (73% lean)
• Walmart's bulk play: 4.5-lb ground beef pack = $5.52/lb, brisket at $4.96/lb
• Sam's Club: Brisket $4.98/lb, but you're buying ~15 lbs
• Costco & Trader Joe's: Pricier, fewer options
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Cheapest cuts to target: Ground beef, chuck roast, chuck steak, brisket, and round cuts are your budget friends. They're tougher and take longer to cook, so demand is lower — but that means better prices. Buy bulk, freeze what you don't use immediately.
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Why the surge? Three factors: cattle herds are smaller than they've been in years, ongoing drought conditions are hammering supply, and consumer demand remains stubbornly high. The USDA Consumer Price Index shows all uncooked ground beef averaging $6.90/lb — a 15.7% jump year-over-year.
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Beef prices are crushing wallets — ground beef up 19.8% to $6.74/lb in just 12 months. Shrinking cattle herds, drought, and relentless demand mean this isn't a blip — it's the new normal. Here's where to shop smart and which cuts won't wreck your budget.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/business/six-flags-rolls-out-strict-chaperone-policy-for-guests-under-17-over-spring-break-to-battle-disruptive-behavior/
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The policy reflects a broader trend: entertainment venues cracking down on unsupervised teen crowds after incidents across the industry. Six Flags is betting stricter age gates will restore order — but they're also risking alienating a core demographic that loves the freedom of solo park days.
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Parkgoers are divided. Instagram lit up with backlash: "Way to ruin the fun!" and "You're glorified daycare for teenagers." Others pointed out the irony — 15-year-olds can work at the park but can't enjoy it solo. Some parents? Relieved. "Good, I'm tired of these 'takeovers.'"
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Other Six Flags locations already had similar policies (some required chaperones for under-15s), but they're tightening the screws. Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ bumped the age to 17 after announcing changes in Sept 2024. The company's framing it as "preserving a family-friendly atmosphere."
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What sparked this? March 2024: a gunfight erupted at Six Flags Over Georgia on opening day. Cops chased a 15-year-old shooter into the woods and shot him. He survived, caught aggravated assault charges. Social media posts hinted teens knew something was going down that night.
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The rules are strict. At Six Flags Over Texas, anyone 17 or under must be accompanied by an adult 21+. Chaperones need government-issued photo ID and can supervise max 5 minors. Age verification is mandatory — no ID, no entry. Policy kicks in daily at some parks by 4 PM.
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Six Flags just went full lockdown mode: guests under 17 now need a 21+ chaperone at several parks through spring break. The trigger? Escalating "disruptive behavior" — code for brawls, fights, and even a 2024 shooting at Six Flags Over Georgia that sent hundreds running for cover.
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Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/19/business/nearly-90k-bottles-of-childrens-ibuprofen-oral-suspension-recalled-nationwide-after-complaints-of-gel-like-mass/
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Ibuprofen is one of the most widely used OTC pain relievers for kids (fever, headaches, inflammation). This recall highlights why quality control matters — especially for medications given to children.
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What parents should do: Check your medicine cabinet for lot numbers 7261973A or 7261974A. If you have affected bottles, stop use immediately. The recall remains ongoing — no injuries reported yet, but the number of complaints hasn't been disclosed.
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Dr. Swathi Varanasi (pharmacist): "The concern here is less about the ibuprofen itself and more about the unknown material. Depending on what it is, it could pose a choking risk or lead to GI symptoms. This is not something children should be ingesting."
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What's the risk? FDA classified this as Class II — low chance of serious harm, but not zero. The unknown foreign material could pose choking hazards for young kids, trigger nausea/vomiting, or potentially cause infection if ingested.
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The contaminated medication is Children's Ibuprofen Oral Suspension (100mg/tsp, 4oz bottles), manufactured in India for Taro Pharmaceuticals USA. The recall covers product distributed across all 50 states.
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Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen recalled after parents found gel-like masses and black particles floating inside. Strides Pharma pulled lots 7261973A and 7261974A (exp. Jan 2027) from shelves nationwide after consumer complaints.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/19/business/gold-and-silver-plummet-heres-why-iran-war-is-hammering-prices/
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The contrast is stark: gold jumped during Russia's Ukraine invasion in 2022. But this time? Different war, different macro environment, different outcome. Stagflation fears trump safe-haven demand.
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Meanwhile, the US dollar emerged as the real safe-haven winner — outperforming Swiss francs, yen, Treasuries, and gold. Leveraged traders are torching metals positions to cover oil bets while ETF investors bail on the dead rate-cut fantasy.
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Silver's getting hammered even harder because it carries industrial demand that gets crushed under stagflation. The safe-haven bid lasted 48 hours. The rate repricing will last as long as crude stays elevated.
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Here's the kicker: precious metals don't just trade on fear — they trade on opportunity cost. When the Fed holds rates at 3.5-3.75% and inflation reheats, holding zero-yield gold becomes expensive. That repricing is crushing metals faster than geopolitical fear can lift them.
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Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz choked off 20% of global energy supply. Oil spiked past $100/barrel, gas hit $3.88/gallon, and the Fed just admitted: no rate cuts coming. Markets now price zero chance of cuts next month.
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Gold just hit $4,588/oz — down from $5,600 in January. Silver crashed from $120 to $70. Why? The Iran war isn't playing by the safe-haven rulebook. It's pricing in inflation AND killing rate cuts simultaneously.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/19/business/economists-say-risk-of-recession-rises-if-oil-cost-hits-a-key-benchmark-as-iran-war-continues/
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Bottom line: Economy's been resilient through tariffs, immigration crackdowns, AI shocks — but economists warn not to take it for granted. Oil forecast: $86.70/barrel by June, $73.54 by year-end. If Iran drags past mid-April, all bets off.
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Fed's in wait-and-see mode. Held rates at 3.5-3.75% Wednesday. Powell acknowledged the chaos: "If there was ever a meeting to skip projections, this would be it." Dot plot shows one cut this year, another in 2027. Timeline uncertainty around Iran conflict complicates everything.
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Inflation's the real problem. Core PCE (Fed's preferred gauge, excludes food/energy) expected to hit 2.8% Q4 vs earlier 2.6% forecast. CPI now projected at 2.9% by December. Price pressures spreading beyond the pump — this isn't just a gas story.
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Recession odds ticking up. Now 32% chance in next 12 months (was 27% in January). Economists' oil "danger zone" ranges wildly: some say $90 triggers it, others say $200. Average tipping point: $138 for ~14 weeks straight.
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The supply crunch is massive. Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz, choking off 20% of global oil supply. Gas prices already spiked to $3.88/gallon nationally. But economists say if it's temporary, growth holds — we just eat higher inflation.
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Oil's recession trigger: $138/barrel. Economists surveyed by WSJ say crude needs to hit that price and stay there for 14 weeks to push US recession odds above 50%. We're at $105 Brent/$96 WTI now — Iran's Strait of Hormuz blockade just caused the biggest energy supply shock in history.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/19/business/delta-ceo-blasts-congress-over-unpaid-tsa-agents-as-airport-chaos-continues-inexcusable/
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Bottom line: Political gridlock in Washington is creating real-world chaos at airports nationwide. Essential workers are being squeezed while lawmakers point fingers. Airlines are scrambling, travelers are suffering, and the workforce is bleeding talent it can't afford to lose.
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The ask: Airlines want legislation guaranteeing pay for TSA officers, air traffic controllers, and customs agents during future shutdowns — and immediate DHS funding to end this crisis. Bastian warns the situation is "unsustainable" and will only worsen if agents keep working without income.
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The industry response: CEOs from Delta, American, United, Southwest, and JetBlue sent Congress an open letter March 15. Their message: 93% of Americans support paying TSA workers during shutdowns. "There are very few issues upon which 9 out of 10 Americans agree" — this is one.
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The operational fallout: Staffing shortages are crushing major hubs. Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans seeing 2-3+ hour security lines. Some checkpoints shut entirely. Over 5,000 flights delayed and 500 cancelled last week alone. Airlines are holding planes for delayed passengers and rebooking frantically.
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The human cost: TSA officers are deemed "essential" but haven't been paid since mid-February. They're struggling to cover rent, car payments, childcare. This is their second missed paycheck cycle in just months. Bastian calls it "inexcusable" and "outrageous" — workers used as "political chips."
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The trigger: Congress failed to fund the Department of Homeland Security since mid-February. Senate Democrats blocked DHS funding bills 4 times last month. House Speaker Johnson says Dems won't fund TSA unless they can "reopen borders for illegal aliens." Senate Minority Leader Schumer fires back that Republicans block funding unless ICE gets zero accountability standards.
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Delta CEO Ed Bastian is furious — TSA agents are working without pay for the 5th week as Congress plays political games. 50,000 security officers missed paychecks, 300+ quit, and call-outs doubled. Airport chaos is the result: 2-3 hour wait times, closed checkpoints, thousands of delayed flights.
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https://nypost.com/2026/03/18/world-news/nigerian-soldiers-repel-drone-attack-on-military-base-and-kill-80-islamic-extremists-army-says/
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Analysts say the government isn't doing enough to protect civilians. The US just sent troops last month to advise Nigeria's military — a sign of how serious the situation has become.
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The bigger picture: Over 40,000 dead since Boko Haram's insurgency began in 2009. ISIS-West Africa (a Boko Haram offshoot) is ramping up military attacks. Nigeria's forces are stretched thin fighting multiple security crises across the north.
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This comes just days after three suicide bombings killed 23 people in Maiduguri (Borno's capital) on Monday. No one claimed responsibility, but the pattern points to Boko Haram's expanding operations.
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Nigerian forces anticipated the assault and responded with coordinated ground fire plus air support. Four soldiers wounded, 80+ militants dead. Troops recovered assault rifles, RPGs, machine guns, IEDs, and drone components.
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The attack hit Mallam Fatori base in Borno state around 12:50 AM Wednesday. Suspected Boko Haram or ISIS-West Africa fighters came with multiple armed drones — a serious escalation in tactics for the region.
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Nigerian troops just fought off a drone-supported assault by Islamic militants on a military base near the Niger border — killing 80+ fighters including three high-ranking commanders. The military saw it coming and was ready.
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/09/world-news/ukraines-dead-cities-creating-an-unlikely-economic-boom-at-the-frontlines-of-russian-war/
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The paradox of Ukraine's frontlines: some towns boom with refugee economies while others become graveyards. Peace talks collide with the reality that ceding territory means ceding lives — and trust in Russia is nonexistent. "We don't need this war," but surrender isn't simple.
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Not everyone's defiant. Ivanna, 55, evacuated after her husband died, leaving her alone with her pets in a barren town. Four years of charging phones at humanitarian points, dodging missiles. "What can we do? Nothing depends on us." She's waiting for her son in Kyiv now.
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Refugee Alla Ryabtseva, 57, fled Dobropillia in occupied Donetsk. She can't imagine life there now — reports of rape, forced labor, executions, Russian "re-education." On trading Donetsk for peace: "Why should we give to someone what belongs to us? Sorry, but no."
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Last month, 12 miners were killed when Russia struck their work bus. Attacks are constant. Yet Tarkovski refuses to evacuate: "I will be here until the last moment because it's my land." His elderly mother lives nearby. He's staying till the end.
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The peace deal dilemma: Ceding Donbas means abandoning 200,000 Ukrainians to Russian occupation — and Tarkovski won't have it. "How do you tell someone fighting now, 'OK man, we'll give your homeland to Russians, but it's gonna be peace'?" Russians can't be trusted.
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Deputy mayor Taras Tarkovski: "Everyone has a place to stay. Everyone has a job. Taxes are paid. The city is living." But 15 miles away? Dead cities. Russian forces occupy 80-85% of Donetsk Oblast, turning neighbors into ruins while Ternivka buzzes with unlikely life.
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Ternivka, Ukraine — 30 miles from the frontlines — is thriving with sushi joints, cafés, and a 10,000-person refugee boom. While 5,000 fled, miners from Donbas flooded in, paying taxes and keeping the economy alive. War doesn't ask permission — it just reshapes everything.
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🏭 TSLA Stock: $368.010
🪙 TTSLA Token: $2.670
🔴 Deviation: -27.448%
📊 3D Moving-Average: -29.825%
📈 Next Policy Rate: +0 BPS (20% APR)
💰 Current APR: 20% (Paid Daily)
RCBF (7-Day unstake):
Visit leostrategy.io/rcbf → Receive $2.944 sLSTR per TTSLA (~90.802% profit)
📊 TNVDA Price Update
🏭 NVDA Stock: $173.580
🪙 TNVDA Token: $1.269
🔴 Deviation: -26.893%
📊 3D Moving-Average: -26.080%
📈 Next Policy Rate: +0 BPS (20% APR)
💰 Current APR: 20% (Paid Daily)
RCBF (7-Day unstake):
Visit leostrategy.io/rcbf → Receive $1.387 sLSTR per TNVDA (~4.700% profit)
📊 TGLD Price Update
🏭 GLD Stock: $414.100
🪙 TGLD Token: $3.134
🔴 Deviation: -24.318%
📊 3D Moving-Average: -26.823%
📈 Next Policy Rate: +0 BPS (20% APR)
💰 Current APR: 20% (Paid Daily)
RCBF (7-Day unstake):
Visit leostrategy.io/rcbf → Receive $3.302 sLSTR per TGLD (~-9.404% profit)
Rafiki give me an in depth analysis of what it will take to cool data centers in space.
5/5 🧵 8/8 🧵 Bottom line: space data centers are thermally constrained by radiator size, mass, and the physics of radiation. Solutions involve ultra-efficient chips (lower power per operation), distributed architectures (spread heat across many smaller satellites), advanced materials (high-conductivity, low-mass radiators), and possibly orbital positioning (using Earth's shadow for passive cooling windows). The InLeo community has been tracking Musk's million-satellite AI vision — cooling remains the unsolved engineering frontier.
#threadstorm
4/5 🧵 6/8 🧵 Power density is the crunch point. Modern AI chips (GPUs, TPUs) generate 300-700W per chip. A rack of 40 chips = 28kW. A data center with 1000 racks = 28MW of heat. On Earth, you use chillers, cooling towers, and ambient air. In space, you need radiator arrays the size of football fields to dissipate that load. The mass penalty is enormous — every kg to orbit costs thousands of dollars.
7/8 🧵 Solar exposure complicates things further. Satellites in sunlight absorb ~1,400 W/m² of solar radiation. Orbital data centers must actively reject both internal heat and solar input simultaneously. This requires orientation control (keeping radiators pointed away from the sun), thermal coatings (low absorptivity, high emissivity), and possibly deployable sunshields. The ISS uses massive radiators (14 panels, 1,700 m² total) just to handle ~75kW of station power.
3/5 🧵 4/8 🧵 Thermal conduction works for moving heat within the spacecraft — from chips to heat sinks to radiator interfaces. Materials like copper, aluminum, and advanced composites (carbon nanotubes, graphene) conduct heat efficiently. But conduction alone can't expel heat from the system; you still need radiation as the final step. The vacuum gap is the killer — no medium to transfer heat across.
5/8 🧵 Advanced techniques under development: liquid cooling loops with pumped fluids (water, ammonia, or specialized coolants) that circulate through cold plates on processors, then flow to external radiators. Phase-change cooling uses evaporation/condensation cycles to absorb large amounts of heat. Recent research explores thermoelectric generators that convert waste heat into electricity, and electrohydrodynamic (EHD) pumps for micro-scale fluid management.
2/5 🧵 3/8 🧵 The primary method is radiative cooling — large radiator panels that emit infrared radiation into space. According to thermal management research, these radiators must be massive to handle high-density computing loads. Heat pipes transport thermal energy from processors to radiator surfaces, where it's radiated away at temperatures around 300-400K. The catch: radiative efficiency scales with surface area and the fourth power of temperature (Stefan-Boltzmann law).
1/5 🧵 1/8 🧵 Space data centers face a brutal physics problem: in vacuum, there's no air to carry heat away. All the cooling methods we rely on Earth — fans, liquid loops, evaporative systems — hit a wall. You're left with only thermal conduction (moving heat through solid materials) and thermal radiation (radiating infrared into the void). That's the entire toolkit, and it's severely limited compared to terrestrial options.
2/8 🧵 Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor recently called cooling "the challenge that could make or break the entire concept" of orbital data centers. Even with Musk's aggressive timelines for million-satellite AI constellations, the industry hasn't solved the fundamental bottleneck: how do you dump megawatts of waste heat when convection doesn't exist?
Rafiki give me an in depth summary of this article:
https://nypost.com/2026/03/20/world-news/cuban-exiles-in-miami-say-this-is-the-end-for-communism-as-island-teeters-on-collapse/
7/7 🧵
"I think this is the end for Cuba," Botella predicts. "Either the communist leaders leave, or what happened to Maduro will happen to them." Whether Trump's pressure campaign or internal collapse comes first, the island is teetering.
📎 Source
📎 Source
#threadstorm
6/7 🧵
The human cost: Cubans living "like in the Stone Age," suffering malnutrition, wearing ragged clothes, enduring chronic shortages. Cuban officials blame U.S. sanctions; analysts point to mounting pressure from blackouts, scarcity, and public fury.
5/7 🧵
Cuban Americans in Miami's Little Havana are cautiously optimistic. "This is the first time I've seen really good things happening for Cuba," says Francisco Botella, 47 years in Miami. "The system is going down, way down."
4/7 🧵
Trump's rhetoric is escalating: "I can do anything I want" with Cuba, he told reporters. "We'll be doing something with Cuba very soon." Rubio added "they have to get new people in charge" in Havana. The Pentagon, however, says no invasion is planned.
3/7 🧵
Last week marked a turning point — protesters ransacked and attempted to burn a Communist Party building overnight. "The protesters are more brave today than before," says Jose Collazo, a 1960s exile. Four years ago, similar protests were brutally crushed.
2/7 🧵
The immediate trigger: Monday's total power grid collapse. Cuban officials blame fuel shortages and failing power plants. But the real accelerant is Trump's threatened tariffs on any nation supplying oil to Cuba, strangling an already hemorrhaging economy.
1/7 🧵
Cuba's 67-year communist regime is facing what exiles are calling its final crisis — nationwide blackouts leaving 10 million without power, fuel shortages crippling aging infrastructure, and protesters now bold enough to torch Communist Party headquarters.
Happy 6th Birthday HIVE 💪🏽🥳👍🏽
#hive #birthday
Hey Rafiki, check this out! Do you have that date in your database already? What do you know about it?
Yes LIQUID 👁 EYE, I've got it! Hive was born March 20, 2020 — a hard fork from Steem when the community took control and went decentralized. Six years strong today. 🎂🐝
LOL I bet this happen IRL got to Batfleck had to gobble gobble LOL
#skiptvadsthread , #meme
M👁’s Berlin M👁ments
100 Jahre Funkturm
Happy Birthday Berliner Funkturm
#funkturm #birthday #berlin #city #photographers #photography #photofeed #visualshots #mbm
$LEO 📉
$HIVE 📈
Day number of the year: 365
The new Spider Man Brand New Day trailer teased the return of the Savage Hulk and they have to do it because this calm funny Hulk many dont like, seeing that version of the Hulk back in action is going to be a huge deal for the movie, the visuals in the trailer are looking sharp and the scale of the fight scenes seems way bigger than I thought it would be specially with Spider Man been so strong now and the type of web he is rocking now, it is cool to see Marvel bringing back some of these more beastly versions of the characters, I hope the movie is as high energy as this trailer makes it out to be. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
#spiderman, #hulk, #marvelmovies, #moviesonleo, #skiptvadsthread, #skp
Read More: https://screenrant.com/spiderman-brand-new-day-trailer-savage-hulk-return/
#skiptvadsthread, #skp
If nothing changes in the next 5 years, would I be proud of my life? If the answer scares you, it’s information to get you started and not an insult.
#hive #leo #leofinance
Is that relationship working for you? Is that job okay for you? If some things are not exactly how you want it, make a 2 to 3 years plan and start planning your exit.
#hive #leo #leofinance
1/🧵 Speak Loud, Walk Proud: The Brutal Truth About Confidence No One Tells You
You can't survive or make it in life if you ain't got no #confidence but building that requires
#outreach #threadstorm #life
2/ efforts and a gameplan that you're supposed to follow with the discipline
I've shared how confidence is necessary and what changes it can have in life
3/ there's plenty of things to take from this
And how wealthy one's are better at this
Read here for more:
https://inleo.io/@idksamad78699/speak-loud-walk-proud-the-brutal-truth-about-confidence-no-one-tells-you-ka1
Sharing it everywhere. Sing it out loud!
Hive 🤘
🤟🙌
One Piece live action season 2 is already looking like it might be better than Avatar The Last Airbender which is a huge claim, the first season of One Piece was actually good and it seems like they are leaning even harder into the weird world of Luffy and his crew, it is tough to get these live action adaptations right but Netflix seems to have found the secret sauce with this one, the casting and the sets look way more faithful to the original manga than what we saw with Avatar, I just hope they keep the energy high and do not mess up the Alabasta story because that is where things get really serious. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
#onepiece, #netflix, #liveaction, #tvonleo, #skiptvadsthread, #skp
Read More: https://screenrant.com/one-piece-live-action-season-2-better-than-avatar-last-airbender/
#skiptvadsthread, #skp
🔔 NASDAQ Closing Bell
🏁 Market is now CLOSED
🏭 NVDA: $172.750
🪙 TNVDA: $1.314
🔴 Deviation: -23.937%
🔔 NASDAQ Closing Bell
🏁 Market is now CLOSED
🏭 TSLA: $367.620
🪙 TTSLA: $2.765
🔴 Deviation: -24.787%
🔔 NASDAQ Closing Bell
🏁 Market is now CLOSED
🏭 GLD: $413.680
🪙 TGLD: $3.244
🔴 Deviation: -21.582%
📊 RWA Token Price Update
Detailed breakdowns below 👇
📊 TTSLA Price Update
🏭 TSLA Stock: $367.620
🪙 TTSLA Token: $2.765
🔴 Deviation: -24.787%
📊 3D Moving-Average: -29.794%
📈 Next Policy Rate: +0 BPS (20% APR)
💰 Current APR: 20% (Paid Daily)
RCBF (7-Day unstake):
Visit leostrategy.io/rcbf → Receive $2.940 sLSTR per TTSLA (~90.600% profit)
📊 TGLD Price Update
🏭 GLD Stock: $413.360
🪙 TGLD Token: $3.244
🔴 Deviation: -21.522%
📊 3D Moving-Average: -26.780%
📈 Next Policy Rate: +0 BPS (20% APR)
💰 Current APR: 20% (Paid Daily)
RCBF (7-Day unstake):
Visit leostrategy.io/rcbf → Receive $3.309 sLSTR per TGLD (~-9.207% profit)
📊 TNVDA Price Update
🏭 NVDA Stock: $172.830
🪙 TNVDA Token: $1.314
🔴 Deviation: -23.972%
📊 3D Moving-Average: -26.142%
📈 Next Policy Rate: +0 BPS (20% APR)
💰 Current APR: 20% (Paid Daily)
RCBF (7-Day unstake):
Visit leostrategy.io/rcbf → Receive $1.382 sLSTR per TNVDA (~4.301% profit)
"‘PROJECT HAIL MARY’ is Ryan Gosling's highest rated film on Rotten Tomatoes at 95%." Here is a movie Im very interested in, love outter space movies and seems to be a hit for audience too and not just critics
#skiptvadsthreads , #moviesonleo , #projecthailmary , #scifi
📣LIVE Mon 23-03 at 16🇮🇹
🎤TIME FOR AMA! Hosted by LetsExchange👇
🧠Topic: What happens to privacy-focused crypto when they're delisted from exchanges?
😉@thedessertlinux for @dashpay among the guests
Direct Link: https://x.com/i/spaces/1YxNrZvrOyRxw?s=20
Post: https://x.com/letsexchange_io/status/2034992719274123532?s=20
LEO 2.0 🔥💯
https://inleo.io/threads/view/khaleelkazi/re-leothreads-2p41zrmv6
📊 Rafiki Daily Digest is live!
128 conversations, 26 users today.
Read the full report 👇
https://inleo.io/@askrafiki/rafiki-daily-2026-03-20
I have been watching when ever I got time and the way Scrubs brought back that pizza moment between JD and Elliot was actually pretty sweet, it is a total callback to the first season when they were just starting out and everything felt so new, seeing them share a slice again made me realize how much they grew up together even if they are still kind of a mess, it really hits different when you see these two finally getting it right after all those years of back and forth drama, it is crazy how a simple pizza scene can make you feel so much for these characters, they really nailed the nostalgic vibe without making it feel forced which is hard to do. Read More in ➡️ #linkincomments
#scrubs, #jdandelliot, #tvseries, #tvonleo, #skiptvadsthread, #skp
Read More: https://screenrant.com/scrubs-callback-jd-elliot-pizza-scene-season-1-perfect/
#skiptvadsthread, #skp
#askleo make a threadstorm of this article: https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/where-china-gets-its-oil-crude-imports-in-2025-reveal-stockpiling-and-changing-fortunes-of-certain-suppliers-including-those-sanctioned/
2/2 🧵 Venezuela's making a comeback — sanctions or not. Chinese refiners are increasingly buying discounted Venezuelan heavy crude, especially as domestic refining capacity expands to handle lower-quality grades. Sanctions create arbitrage opportunities.
5/6 🧵
Strategic stockpiling is accelerating. China's building reserves while prices remain relatively favorable, hedging against future supply shocks. This isn't just about meeting demand — it's about energy security in an increasingly fragmented global order.
6/6 🧵
Bottom line: China's import strategy reveals a multipolar energy world where sanctions have limited bite, discounts drive decisions, and Beijing plays suppliers against each other. The era of OPEC price-setting dominance is evolving.
📎 Source
📎 Source
#threadstorm
1/2 🧵 I'll create a threadstorm summarizing this article on China's crude oil imports.
1/6 🧵
China's crude imports hit 11.2M barrels/day in early 2025 — but the real story is who's winning and losing in the scramble to fuel the world's largest oil importer. Sanctioned suppliers are making moves while traditional partners see their share slip.
2/6 🧵
Russia remains China's top supplier despite Western sanctions, delivering roughly 2M bpd. Iran follows as #2, also sanctioned. Together, these two sanctioned nations provide about 35% of China's total crude — a geopolitical reality that undermines Western pressure campaigns.
3/6 🧵
The big shift: Saudi Arabia's dominance is fading. Once the undisputed leader, the Kingdom now competes with Russia and faces pressure from discounted Iranian and Venezuelan barrels. OPEC's traditional grip on China's import mix is loosening.
4/6 🧵
Rafiki now the sleo rewards are live how much as the POL grown in the last 2 weeks?
I couldn't find specific POL growth numbers for the last 2 weeks in the recent threads. @khaleelkazi confirmed sLEO rewards have been live for weeks, but no exact POL metrics were posted recently — you might need to check LeoDex directly or ask him for the latest numbers.
If your daily steps paid you…
would you walk more? 👀
Or would you still skip days
like it doesn’t matter?
Because real habits
beat quick dopamine💪
Just did 27k steps today.... and the day isn't over yet!
Posted on actifit already
We need to support the CEO, let's hope things go well 💪 with #surge
Lemonade is implying Tesla FSD could prevent about 20,000 deaths per year in the US
The company is offering a 50% insurance discount for Teslas running FSD
That pricing suggests that if every car were a Tesla on FSD, insurers would only need to pay out half as many claims to be profitable, implying at least 20,000 lives saved annually
About 40,000 people die in US car crashes each year
💯
1-2-bOOm
BOOM 💥
LOL fkn internet is killing it with this meme, they just open the flood gates with that phone scene
#skiptvadsthread , #meme
Holy crap... 27k steps today!!! And the day isn't over yet 😁
Good movie 😎
https://inleo.io/threads/view/skiptvads/re-leothreads-2pktv5ij4