Big Tech's AI Investment Impact: $160bn Profit Boost Analysis

1. 6-Month Narrative Velocity vs. Exposure Friction

2. Theater of Competition Matrix (90-Day Trajectory)

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*Analysts say large paper windfalls on investments in OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX have muddied the tech sector’s earnings metrics* full article text in comments

*Analysts say large paper windfalls on investments in OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX have muddied the tech sector’s earnings metrics* full article text in comments

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What are they gonna do? Take their 2 submarines and sic them on us? https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094436525651993012 * officials on economy: * [clip] Sen. Kevin Cramer admits that the crypto bill he's pushing "might be good for Donald Trump" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094399998360171004 * [clip] Mike Rogers comes out in favor of Trump's trade war with Canada: "Is this the right thing for Michigan? Some of it is. What's going on here is the Canadians want 500,000 more Canadian-built cars pushed into Michigan. My argument is that should be absolutely unacceptable ... the Canadians have not been good partners." https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094403071757443235 * [clip] Trump Treasury Dept official Erin Browne: "I think President Trump has really set the example of leadership by putting a really fair deal on the table for Canada. So it really comes up to Canada to come back to us with accepting the deal that President Trump has already offered to them." https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094404357533893045 * [clip] Q: Do you have any concerns that the tariffs are gonna raise prices on Americans who are already struggling with high costs? | HUSTED: So, we have tried to provide as much predictability by, uh, cutting taxes on a lot of the products and businesses that build those https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094431062382260273 * AI: * Anthropic sued over alleged theft of 'tens of thousands' of songs - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w3j3ul/anthropic_sued_over_alleged_theft_of_tens_of/ * Anthropic sued over alleged theft of 'tens of thousands' of songs - AI company faces multibillion dollar lawsuit over misuse of copyrighted songs to train Claude models - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1w3isp1/anthropic_sued_over_alleged_theft_of_tens_of/ * Anthropic sued over alleged theft of 'tens of thousands' of songs - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3dko0/anthropic_sued_over_alleged_theft_of_tens_of/ * AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England chief warns - Bbc.co.uk https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1w3k32c/ai_could_cause_global_economic_downturn_bank_of/ * I Expected Tech Fatalism. Americans Are Putting Up a Remarkable Fight Instead. - Nytimes.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3gcz7/i_expected_tech_fatalism_americans_are_putting_up/ * Your ChatGPT conversations could end up in court, and they're not protected - Techspot.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3d7w2/your_chatgpt_conversations_could_end_up_in_court/ * EU places ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox under strictest digital safety rules - Euronews.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3bxj5/eu_places_chatgpt_reddit_and_roblox_under/ * EU Designates ChatGPT, Reddit, and Roblox as Major Digital Services. They now have until January 2027 to perform annual risk assessments, curb illegal content, protect minors, and boost transparency through audits and data access. - Ec.europa.eu https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3e673/eu_designates_chatgpt_reddit_and_roblox_as_major/ * South Korea is giving its entire population free access to AI, no token limits - Techspot.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w2y4tb/south_korea_is_giving_its_entire_population_free/ * South Korea is giving its entire population free access to AI, no token limits - Techspot.com https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/1w3gc2v/south_korea_is_giving_its_entire_population_free/ * The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together - against big tech billionaires - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3052q/the_datacenter_backlash_is_bringing_the_entire/ * In a rare moment of unity, Americans are fighting Big Tech together - Usatoday.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3kccy/in_a_rare_moment_of_unity_americans_are_fighting/ * Bill Gates issues stark warning about AI's impact on American jobs - Cbsnews.com https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/1w3akau/bill_gates_issues_stark_warning_about_ais_impact/ * To prepare for such changes, Gates said it is urgent to discuss policies to mitigate AI's impact on jobs. One idea would be to introduce a tax on AI tokens and robots, a move Gates argued would slow companies' displacement of human workers. "Right now, if you're an employer and you hire someone, you pay payroll taxes on their earnings," he wrote. "But if you buy a robot, you can usually write it off right away as a business expense. The tax system nudges you toward replacing people with machines." * Big Tech profits get $160bn boost from gains on stakes in other AI companies (Financial Times) - Ft.com https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/1w2uoaf/big_tech_profits_get_160bn_boost_from_gains_on/ * [clip] NEWSNATION: What's your reaction to this leaked memo naming you as the lawmaker most likely to lose this fall because of AI data centers? | SEN. JON HUSTED: Well, we're not gonna lose this fall https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094405171988107707 * [clip] Sen. Jon Husted can't resist simping for data centers: "There are literally communities in our state that have welcomed data centers who are seeing their local property taxes get cut dramatically as a result of the new revenue that comes in" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094416813668839756 * Trump: "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign. The good news is that there are plenty of other places that want them. If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame. China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement. Actually, they can't believe it is happening! President DJT" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094425254185574562 * Ice/Immigration/DHS related: * A mom's website shows who profits from ICE. Why Feds call it a 'threat' | The U.S. government found her website, too - and labeled it a tool for domestic terrorism, according to a secret intelligence bulletin obtained by USA TODAY - Usatoday.com https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1w3l6g3/a_moms_website_shows_who_profits_from_ice_why/ * [clip] Markwayne Mullin says ICE is arresting "drug bangers" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094248769084657827 * [clip] DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin smears elected officials in blue cities and states as "thugs on themselves" (whatever that means) https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094249054536368352 * [clip] DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin describes elected Democrats as "true thugs" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094250248390463568 * [clip] DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin on El-Sayed: "He's a thug" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094250410689069495 * [clip] Markwayne MullIn: "President Trump ran on restoring law and order. the American people responded and he got the largest election that we've ever had in American history with more voters than ever voted. And thank God." https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094250816190193997 * [clip] Markwayne Mullin: "You have a Biden administration that is failing the American people" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094439179123916859 * [clip] Sean Duffy gets brutally fact-checked by a reporter, immediately changes topic https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094443944213946793 * Trump and others at oval office: * [clip] Trump: Nobody is going to attack us. You know why? They're smart. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094505334526414970 * [clip] Trump: Nobody can believe some of the medicines that are taking place. Some of the diseases that lead to death where the people walk away in a week or two weeks and they're completely healed. It's incredible. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094505985931202596 * [clip] Trump: I didn't want to fire a Kennedy. I couldn't. The thought of firing this guy. I wasn't gonna do that. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094506654209593741 * [clip] Oz prevents RFK JR from walking back to his spot https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094507478188986748 * [clip] Trump appears to be dozing off while Howard Nutlick does his absurd hype man routine https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094507900525809779 * [clip] Trump: Bobby? You ok? | RFK JR: I'm good Mr. President. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094512400200503318 * [clip] Q: Is the resumption of strikes in Iran part of a limited campaign or a return to full scale war | Trump: They're a failed nation. That doesn't mean we won't smack them. We'll see what happens. We have the Strait of Hormuz. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094513023281221741 * [clip] Q: Do you think that healthcare prices or gas prices right now are more important for American voters? | Trump: I think everything is important. I would say healthcare is to me very important. You're talking about life. It's it's very big https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094513248745992469 * [clip] Q: Mr. President, starting tomorrow you're gonna bring in import beef duty free in an effort to try and bring down prices. Shouldn't that concept apply to other consumer items? | Trump: Affordability, uh, I inherited that from the Biden administration https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094513570809884918 * [clip] Q: The Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh signaled Friday that he might consider raising rates. Are you opposed to this? | Trump: No, I have a lot of respect for him, and he'll do what he has to do. I think our interest rates are too high. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094513812456321445 * [clip] Trump: When we do well, they shouldn't have to raise interest rates. They should in many cases lower because you know why? We become a better credit. When we're doing well, we become a better credit. When you become a better credit, you're supposed to cut rates. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094514175594889541 * [clip] Q: Will you be talking to XI about other Americans to release, including Dawn Michelle Hunt and Nelson Wells Jr who have been held for over a decade? | Trump: Who? https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094514848239587715 * [clip] Q: Have you seen the reports that Secretary Hegseth is considering a 2028 run and could you see yourself supporting him? | Trump: It's very early to talk about that. We have to get through the midterms first, and I think he's a very good guy, but I'll bet there's a lot of people considering it that you don't know about... all he cares about is the military. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094515271390425476 * [clip] Trump who previously called Venezuelan oil "garbage" and the "worst" says: We're going to be taking that oil out.... Heavy oil is a good thing, not a bad thing. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094516546714624359 * [clip] Reporter: Analysts predict it could take several years before the Venezuela oil-- | Trump: It's going to go fast. | Reporter: When? | Trump: Analysts predicted a thing like this could never happen, too. Nobody ever thought it was possible. Remember? Russia was there. China was there. They're not there anymore, are they? You know who is there? U.S.A. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094517424943165844 * [clip] Trump on Venezuela: One of the things I want to do with all of that oil that we now have, I want to fill up the strategic reserves. We'll get that done fairly quickly. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094517508351103329 * [clip] Q: Several military leaders have told Hegseth that a prolonged large scale operation there weakens our ability to confront threats elsewhere, including the homeland. Have you heard that? | Trump: 1. We have nothing else in mind. 2. We're very respected. Nobody else would be crazy enough to do it. 3. We have so much ammunition and munitions as they like to call it all over the world that we can take from https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094517981955186741 * [clip] Trump on Iran War/Depleted Munitions: You know where the money went was Ukraine. We used very little in Iran. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094518310599881124 * [clip] Q: Have you ruled out using a nuclear weapon on Iran? | Trump: I would never say that but the answer is yes. There is no reason for it. What a stupid question. They're totally defeated and now I should use a nuclear weapon on them? What a stupid question. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094518683213365460 * Election Voting issues: * [clip] Minnesota Republican Attorney General candidate Ron Schutz buys into Trump's big lie | HAUSER: Have you seen any evidence in MN that there's anything wrong with the security of our elections? | SCHUTZ: I get anecdotal evidence every time I'm on the campaign trail | HAUSER: But nothing investigative or authoritative? | SCHUTZ: Well, I don't know if I would dismiss out of hand first-hand accounts that people are telling me. I myself have not done any personal investigation. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094255613962240474 * Trump social media posts: * [clip] Trump posts AI slop with the caption, "Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!!" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094249462906446263 * Trump: "The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards and poor. If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign. The good news is that there are plenty of other places that want them. If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame. China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement. Actually, they can't believe it is happening! President DJT" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094425254185574562 * Trump goes out of his way this morning to remind us all that the president is a crazy person https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094397876990357705 * Trump or other corruption/trading/pardons/scams: * Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel stations sold gas a distributor says went unpaid for - Cnbc.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w2xvg5/trumppromoted_freedom_fuel_stations_sold_gas_a/ * Freedom Fuel gas stations sold stolen fuel, lawsuit claims - Thehill.com https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1w2x2zv/freedom_fuel_gas_stations_sold_stolen_fuel/ * Former Top Aide in Trump's DOJ Joins Big Law Firm - News.bloomberglaw.com https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1w3f0cp/former_top_aide_in_trumps_doj_joins_big_law_firm/ * JD Vance speaking: * [clip] Vance: I like to think I'm a pretty big upgrade over Kamala Harris. I think we may have the best update at the Department of Transportation. We used to have Pete Buttigieg and now we have Sean Duffy. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094496405041881108 * [clip] Vance: And for The entire time that I've been alive 41 years, 42 years, that's the problem. You get a little older, you forget how old you are. 42. I'm doing the math in my head. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094497813807948114 * [clip] Vance on El-Sayed: He apologizes for the worst people in the world and America's enemies all over the globe. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094499228274004182 * [clip] Vance: I realized that there's something about Abdul El Sayed that is very, very evil. It's people who see themselves as fighting for one group at the expense of others. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094500055541796905 * [clip] Vance on El-Sayed: But when you have people who start to say my ethnic group deserves something and yours doesn't, or that ethnic group is good and this other ethnic group is bad. That is how you erode the very foundations of commonality and common citizenship that we need to continue to have. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094500270860542407 * [clip] Vance on El-Sayed: What I see is a man who has sympathy and compassion for people who share his religion but have nothing for people who don't. That is the root of this terrible evil, I believe, in the United States of America that is on the rise https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094500638281580773 * [clip] Vance: I looked up a statistic, and this pains me to say as a Buckeye, because I know how you all feel about Ohio State. I heard you say go blue. I heard it. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094500908717736358 * [clip] Vance: Keep my wife's name the hell out of your mouth because she's way out of your league. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094501950415106400 * [clip] Vance: We are a big tent party. We welcome people with differences of opinion. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094502391492342167 * [clip] Vance: Send people of good heart who focus on the right issues, who fight for the right people and who love the United States of America. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094502715670057132 * [clip] Vance: Send the crazy people to the curb https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094503101252444394 * [clip] JD Vance: "If you build a data center, you should be putting power back into the grid, not taking it out. If that is happening, I don't think data centers are that controversial" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094446883766702374 * Iran: * BREAKING: US officials say Iran has launched ballistic missiles at a US airbase in Jordan in retaliation for US attacks on Iran near the Strait of Hormuz just hours ago. | This was the first known US strike in Iran since late-July and the IRGC has vowed to retaliate. | US oil prices are extending gains on the news. https://x.com/kobeissiletter/status/2094194156713157081 * BREAKING: The US Army launched 96 to 160 PAC-3 MSE interceptors from its Patriot batteries in Jordan tonight against 32 to 40 Iranian ballistic missiles. Three to four rounds at each missile. | At ~$4 million a shot, that is $380-640 million burned in a single wave to keep two bases covered. A fully loaded battery holds 72-96 MSE on the rails. Two batteries plus a local reload is a few hundred rounds in-country, and tonight took a third to half of that. | Without a restock from the Gulf or US mainland, two or three more nights like this empty the Jordan magazines. If those batteries weren't fully loaded going into the night, the ready pile is already gone this morning. | Each PAC-3 MSE takes about two years to build. https://x.com/HormuzLetter/status/2094281890563854422 * USS Abraham Lincoln to visit port in Thailand after more than 250 days at sea - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w2ufnf/uss_abraham_lincoln_to_visit_port_in_thailand/ * Trump claims Iran's energy hub was 'blown to smithereens' with AI video - but gives no details as Middle East tensions escalate again - Lbc.co.uk https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1w3djwq/trump_claims_irans_energy_hub_was_blown_to/ * Trump threatens to blow up Iran's Kharg Island oil hub as hostilities escalate once again - Cnbc.com https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1w31r9f/trump_threatens_to_blow_up_irans_kharg_island_oil/ * Iran Claims It Destroyed US Fighter Jet Hangars at Two Jordan Air Bases - Easternherald.com https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1w382cl/iran_claims_it_destroyed_us_fighter_jet_hangars/ * Trump Admin To Further Escalate Economic Pressure On Iran: 'Financial Violence If We Have To' - Ibtimes.com https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/1w3dcdr/trump_admin_to_further_escalate_economic_pressure/ * Politicians speaking on Iran: * [clip] Bessent speaking. it's Groundhog Day! https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094433250261266478 * [clip] Bessent on Iranian leadership: "The main thing they care about is their head staying attached to their neck" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094433425780294067 * [clip] Q: On Iran, the president tweeted some AI-generated video of bombing Kharg Island. Why did he do that? | JD VANCE: Well you know, the president likes to switch it up on social media a little bit. He's sending a message to the Iranians. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094446232068350274 * [clip] Q: Are you concerned about global vulnerabilities because of continued operations in Iran and munitions drawdowns? | JD VANCE: We certainly saw under the Biden administration ... https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094446506359103898 * [clip] Mike Johnson on Iran: "We're in the process of winding this down ... but even if not, I think we can explain why this was necessary" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094468126955962797 * Trump interview: * [clip] Safe to say this isn't going to be a tough interview https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094230398712815976 * [clip] Trump on Iran: I don't need a signature on a piece of paper. But we are doing very well well. Their Navy is gone and the air force is gone and their leaders are gone. All that their antiaircraft is all wiped out. They are tough people and smart people but they are very evil. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094231685395288488 * [clip] Trump: When you are the president--good or a bad, you lose the midterms. Nobody knows why. I think we will do very well because we have communists.... https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094233708698161549 * [clip] Trump: I campaigned for 120 days without missing a day. I didn't play golf. I worked. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094234527363379520 * [clip] Trump: Pretend I'm on the ballot. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094234583009226846 * [clip] Trump says the economy in his second term blows away the economy in his first term. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094235308435153010 * [clip] Trump: They want our country to lose the war with Iran which isn't going to happen because we are winning easily. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094235618922619209 * [clip] https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094235873521062125 * [clip] Trump: They hit new highs, new highs, new highs. This is despite the fact that I'm putting out a fire in Iran. I had to put the out the fire. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094237965396636022 * [clip] Trump: The people that proceeded me--it wasn't the sharpest tack https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094238309111517595 * [clip] Trump: The people that proceeded me--it wasn't the sharpest tack https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094238309111517595 * [clip] Trump: Canada thinks they are state. They are not a state. Why should we subsidize them. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094239040925237711 * [clip] Trump: People were laughing at us and it was an embarrassment to our founders and an embarrassment to our country and an embarrassment to everything we stand for. We had a bunch of lunatics that weaponized government. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094239504521679053 * [clip] Trump: The oil is going to go down like a rocket as soon as we win that war. We have control of the Hormuz strait. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094239907862733055 * [clip] Trump: I've largely taken care of inflation. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094239994764464355 * [clip] Trump on NATO/South Korea: When it came to helping us, I didn't put on heavy sell but I said would you like to participate and they said no thank you. I said I'm going to remember that. We're going to make a lot of money. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094240623335465084 * [clip] Wtf is Trey Gowdy making these weird faces https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094240847462375811 * [clip] Trump on Paxton: Highly underrated. | Trump on Talarico: Worst candidate I've ever seen. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094241094284546156 * [clip] Trump: I think Mike Collins has a good chance in Georgia. A lot of people don't know about that. I've beat the candidate before. Ummmmm | Gowdy: *whispers Ossoff* | Trump: Pee Wee Herman. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094241426196635661 * [clip] Trump on Midterms: Some people like me more than they like the party. You can't be insulted by it. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094241900727505088 * [clip] Trump warns that if Republicans lose the midterms, transgender and men in women's sports will never end. https://x.com/Acyn/status/2094242107032825904 * Reactions: * [more details] Price Increases, July 2025 to July 2026 (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) https://x.com/MeidasTouch/status/2094075843656220724 * Venezuela: * What we know about Trump's deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-trump-deal-unknown-questions-reserves-c229bc39b6e1a3d5dd16f7f9e67fef3f * The U.S. Venezuela oil deal won't lower your gas prices. Here's what you need to know - Npr.org https://old.reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/1w3fb44/the_us_venezuela_oil_deal_wont_lower_your_gas/ * Sports: * Argentina's Lionel Messi retires from international football - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w3h6ea/argentinas_lionel_messi_retires_from/ * Recalls/Food outbreaks: * Mangoes sold at Walmart recalled because of Salmonella risk https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2026/08/mangoes-sold-at-walmart-recalled-because-of-salmonella-risk/ * More Than 10,000 Cases of Tofu Recalled in New York and 28 Other States - Lite987.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w3min0/more_than_10000_cases_of_tofu_recalled_in_new/ * Lucky Charms and Trix go au naturel as General Mills ditches artificial colors - Apnews.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w2z5ui/lucky_charms_and_trix_go_au_naturel_as_general/ * Environmental related: * Trump's EPA has approved the use of a pesticide and known carcinogen, trifludimoxazin. | The forever chemical will now be used on corn, wheat, oats, soybeans, oranges, apples, peanuts, and almonds. https://x.com/HQNewsNow/status/2094456526249357789 * WATER LESS THAN 60 KM FROM NORTH POLE | The satellite image, from NASA Worldview, shows that water is visible less than 60 km or 37.28 miles from the North Pole on August 29, 2026. | From the post 'Record high sea surface temperature causing global devastation', at: | https://arctic-news.blogspot.com/2026/08/record-high-sea-surface-temperature-causing-global-devastation.html... https://x.com/peakaustria/status/2094319439025938500 * El Nino is now stronger than at any point in the last 1,000 years, study finds - Arstechnica.com https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1w3j6zc/el_ni%C3%B1o_is_now_stronger_than_at_any_point_in_the/ **Uncategorized News:** * West Point's only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change - Theguardian.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w2tz8u/west_points_only_climate_scientist_fired_after/ * MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario - Techcrunch.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3g785/mapquests_app_surges_to_no_1_in_navigation_after/ * Kalshi bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading - Apnews.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w3ktqt/kalshi_bans_excongressman_george_santos_for_life/ * Kalshi bans ex-Congressman George Santos for life after concluding he likely was insider trading - Apnews.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3iuti/kalshi_bans_excongressman_george_santos_for_life/ * Japan-South Korea business panel launched to address low birth rate - Japantimes.co.jp https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w37get/japansouth_korea_business_panel_launched_to/ * Grand Canyon braces for more storms after deadly flash flood, about 15 people still missing - Apnews.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w3ar6p/grand_canyon_braces_for_more_storms_after_deadly/ * More than 20 missing after Grand Canyon flash flooding - Ktar.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w2sd7u/more_than_20_missing_after_grand_canyon_flash/ * Officer shoots and kills pet donkey while searching for person - Fox5atlanta.com https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/1w2vrqw/officer_shoots_and_kills_pet_donkey_while/ * Italy's population to shrink by 4 million by 2050, stats agency says - Reuters.com https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1w3bidy/italys_population_to_shrink_by_4_million_by_2050/ * Trump Plans to End Work Permits For Spouses of H-1B Visa Holders - News.bloomberglaw.com https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1w3jiie/trump_plans_to_end_work_permits_for_spouses_of/ * How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship - Theatlantic.com https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1w3cj9b/how_the_right_could_actually_end_birthright/ * Your loneliness is big business for these startups | People are isolated and looking for community. These companies are happy to sell it. - Vox.com https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/1w3bw20/your_loneliness_is_big_business_for_these/ * [clip] Doug Burgum is on Fox still whining about the fake vandalism to the Reflecting Pool https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094398479955034216 * [clip] Mike Rogers: "We're going to get trans flags out of our classrooms, and American flags back in" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094479051293405323 * [clip] Sean Duffy says Trump is the greatest president "probably ever" https://x.com/atrupar/status/2094485246620131349

Nancy Pelosi traded $5 million in stocks and Congress lost its mind. Trump literally executed $750 MILLION worth of stock trades in ONE quarter while being President. His ethics filing just dropped and the numbers are genuinely unprecedented in history: Between January and March 2026, Donald Trump personally executed 3,700 individual stock transactions worth between $220 million and $750 million. That's roughly 60 trades PER DAY. While signing executive orders, meeting foreign leaders, and making policy decisions that directly impact the companies he's buying and selling. Now here's where it gets really insane: On February 10, Trump bought between $1 million and $5 million worth of Dell stock. Three months later, on May 8, he stood at a Mother's Day event at the White House, thanked Michael Dell by name, and told Americans to "go out and buy a Dell." Dell stock surged 14.6% that day to an all-time high of $263.99. Since Trump's February purchase, Dell is up 96%. And 5 months BEFORE Trump bought Dell stock, Michael and Susan Dell donated $6.25 billion to Trump Accounts, one of the largest philanthropic commitments to a sitting president's signature program in modern history. So the timeline goes: Dell donates $6.25 billion to Trump's program -> Trump buys Dell stock ->Trump tells America to buy Dell from the White House podium -> Stock hits all-time high And that's just ONE stock... The same filing shows Trump bought Nvidia stock on February 10. One week later, Nvidia announced a massive chip deal with Meta. He bought more Nvidia stock one week BEFORE his own Commerce Department approved the sale of Nvidia chips to Saudi Arabia. He bought Intel stock starting in March 2026. The US government already owned a 9.9% stake in Intel worth over $41 billion. On April 30, Trump posted on Truth Social praising Intel, writing that "Intel Stock continues to rise." Intel jumped 3% in after-hours and is now up 140% year-to-date. He bought Palantir stock while his administration was actively handing them billion-dollar government contracts for immigration enforcement and defense. He bought Robinhood stock while his own Trump Accounts program uses Robinhood as the broker. He's currently sitting on over 100% profit on AMD, Intel, Bloom Energy, Marvell Technology, and at least 10 other positions. Every single president since Lyndon B. Johnson has used a blind trust to avoid exactly this situation. But Trump didn't. His assets sit in a trust controlled by his own children, and the filings show a broker acted as agent on several trades. The White House says the portfolio is "independently managed." But here's what independently managed looks like: Buy Dell stock. Three months later, publicly endorse Dell from the White House. Stock hits all-time high. Buy Nvidia stock. One week later, your own government approves their chip sales. Stock rips. Buy Intel stock. Post about Intel on Truth Social. Stock jumps. The government you run already owns a 10% stake. Buy Palantir. Hand them contracts. Buy Robinhood. Route a federal program through their platform. Nancy Pelosi got absolutely destroyed for her husband's stock trades. Her husband's total disclosed trades in his most controversial year were worth roughly $5 million. Trump just disclosed up to $750 MILLION in a single quarter. While making the actual policy decisions that move these stocks. This isn't a left or right issue. We're talking about the President of the United States averaging 60 stock trades per day in companies his own administration regulates, contracts with, and publicly endorses.

9/1: Cracks are forming 🌲🪓 \--------------------------------------------------------------- [Part 2 is now posted on my reddit user page](https://www.reddit.com/user/sfw_supdood/comments/1vyfdxe/the_ai_trade_part_2_how_to_play_the_current_market/). r/wallstreetbets has begun removing my new posts. Normally big money can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent. This time it's flipped. For those who don't work in the tech industry, the hype for cutting edge models is already completely dead. We got a taste of what it was capable of with Fable, but it turns out it's mostly just good at making stuff that already exists like Minecraft and Tinder clones. It was kinda neat for the 2 weeks it was freely available on plans, but ultimately none of these businesses are willing to pay ludicris token prices just to use a slightly better model. Companies have already switched back to subscription models, they'd be stupid not to, it's free compute. Even if they were to remove subscriptions entirely, it wouldn't help as people can just switch to open source models instead. It's a no win situation for Anthropic and OpenAI. This means that the only AI sector that was going for mass compute, LLMs, will definitely not be able to ever pay back all that compute they spent. That's 2.5 trillion down the drain. This is where you come in 🏳‍🌈🐻's. Private equity, Softbank, Amazon, Microsoft, CISCO, and NVDA have to hold this massive bag of debt they spent on these worthless models and they want you to buy it from them. Expect the market to trade sideways or slightly down until this crashes, they are trying to slowly offload shares without crashing the market. Their goal is to hold out until the Anthropic IPO so they can short their own shares to cover (this let's them get around the 180 day rule). They want to offload their shares on you at a 2 trillion evaluation and then rug pull your 401k. Pay attention to their strategy, it's so obvious. They use low volume to pump up pre-market so they can start green and sell into the open. They then trade the stocks back and forth slowly raising the price over the course of the day (creating bull traps) and then selling small chunks into that small momentum. They are also moving out of Semi stocks and into other general S&P strength to prop up the market and prevent a crash. That's why we are net 0 in everything but the AI trade. Positions: Sold my remaining 401k at open (I had been selling in chunks the past month) Late 2027 SNDK, NVDA, PLTR, TQQQ, and ORCL puts. Other good options are NBIS, MU, and CRWV One last thought...name just one company that has become more profitable with LLMs. There are none.

Now before I get burned at a stake, I want to clarify that I think it’s great to love oneself no matter the flaws. I have plenty of scarring across visible parts of my body, lot of it on my face, so I know the importance of being positive about one’s own body. I also do not have gripes with those who simply are accepting of their bodies. I am more specifically talking about some of the behaviors and how “body positivity“ is used by a lot of people. First of all, I hate how much I’ve seen the movement used to deflect from legitimate health concerns such as obesity or malnutrition. Being a little thin or thick isn’t bad, I personally am a little fatter than I’d personally prefer, but that’s okay. What I’m not okay with is people legitimately overlooking health problems wether it be themselves or others, I don’t believe you should believe you’re human garbage for having these issues or witch hunted simply because you aren’t within the normal range of a persons weight, but I believe they aren‘t something that should just be ignored to simply improve ones mood. You should be able to love yourself without just accepting that you can’t improve on your health, I’ve seen a lot of people get upset from both ends for gaining or losing weight, and I distain that people can’t just change themselves to feel better without being told that they’re wrong. I also distain when people only put their value in their body, we are far more than our bodies and it’s important we recognize that all parts of ourselves have genuine value. Second, I loathe how much body positivity is used in marketing which makes those actually within the movement seem less genuine. I get that any large movement is gonna have some suit trying to place their shitty product in to try to increase that revenue by whatever slim margin they can. I’ve seen so many companies keep using body positivity as just a way to advertise themselves rather than genuine support for those within the movement. If you read this far, I want you to know no matter who you are, I want you to love yourself without needing anyone else to have to tell you who you are. But I also want you to recognize that you may have flaws and things that you may wish to work on about yourself, and it’s alright to try to improve or change oneself as long as it doesn’t put oneself at risk. Love yourself, love those around you, but be willing to recognize and understand that not everyone seeks to stay the same way. (sorry if I suck at hating things, this is my first post and I probably should’ve done my joke one first before doing this)

I am NOT OP. Original post on Ask A Manager [I resent my employee for being richer and more qualified than me](https://www.askamanager.org/2023/01/i-resent-my-employee-for-being-richer-and-more-qualified-than-me.html) \- January 24, 2023 I am a first-time manager of a bakery in a small city that has gone through a lot of changes through the pandemic. Our housing and cost-of-living was so cheap that remote workers moved here and now people originally from here can’t buy a house — including me. Six months ago my bakery hired a new employee, Jane, who is around my age. She’s a great worker, working the shifts no one wants (late nights closing and early morning openings) and because the bakery usually hires students, it’s been great working with Jane because we’re on the same life stage (married, I have a kid, she doesn’t), but I’m finding myself resenting her. Jane is overqualified to be a cashier at a bakery, I didn’t hire her (the owner did and I wouldn’t have) but she has a masters degree, and her old job was a director in a tech company. She’s given me tips on how to manage people because this is my first time and I can’t help but wonder if she’s going to try to get my job. When I asked her, she said that she doesn’t want to manage people right now. I’ve been gritting my teeth because she’s good at her job and she said to the owner that she’s on sabbatical from her old job for a year or two and I do like her. But we went to her house over Christmas for a party, and it’s a beautiful new build in an area in town that we could never afford, and her friends (also people who moved from the mainland to our small city) were talking about how much their bigger-city salaries stretch here. They all seem to make more than double than me and my husband combined. And I found out that Jane is on a paid sabbatical from her old job, so she’s getting paid twice for working at my bakery. Everything has gone up because of inflation, and we went from being able to afford a house in 2019 to now, when we’re barely able to afford rent. There are a lot of people here who are struggling to make rent, and Jane is getting paid twice. I want to fire her but I have no good reason, because she’s good at her job and having someone work the early morning and late nights is hard. How do I manage her now that I know she’s making more money than I do in a year plus her bakery wage? It’s not fair. Allison's advice has been removed. However, you can still access the link to read it and other comments on the story. [I resent my employee for being richer and more qualified than me Update](https://www.askamanager.org/2023/06/update-i-resent-my-employee-for-being-richer-and-more-qualified-than-me.html?cc) \- June 20, 2023 Thank you for the reality check needed. I want to be a good manager, I want to be able to make this bakery a good place to work, and a successful business. The owner has been talking about retiring in the next few years, and I would like to be able to buy my bakery and succeed. And I can’t let my insecurities hold me back. It also was a sign that I needed to think about my mental health, and what I actually want for my life. I have very much been in survival mode since I was fifteen. Jane no longer works at the bakery; her company bought another big company and she was called back to lead her new department, she has also become a senior director now. Before she left, Jane and I talked about the future. She suggested that potentially there were bigger opportunities if I went back and finished high school (I had to drop out when I got pregnant), but also told me about some bookkeeping certifications I could get that would be recognized anywhere nationally, that do not need a high school diploma. It’s still 2,000$, but that’s something I had never thought about. Something that I hadn’t put in the letter was that my husband is learning to program, and when Jane found out about that, she asked to see what he had built. It impressed her a lot and she had advised my husband to apply to jobs in her company and use her name. He got to the second round, but was eventually unable to be hired because neither of us completed high school, and they couldn’t waive that requirement. However, it has made my husband go back to night school, and Jane and her husband have been very helpful in finding resources for programing bootcamps, and networking opportunities for my husband. She even managed to get my kid into her company’s free virtual private coding summer camp so my daughter can get a heads up in coding, and see if she likes it. Things are better. Helped a lot because Jane went back to her real job, and I had to deal with my insecurity.

"The Trump administration just handed a huge deal to a defense firm backed by the brother of the president’s son-in-law. The Defense Department has announced a new contract with Anduril Industries, Inc.—which counts Joshua Kushner, younger brother of Jared Kushner, among its major funders—to provide up to $20 billion in military equipment and systems. Large portions of the full contract notice, reviewed by the Daily Beast, are redacted. It nevertheless shows the Pentagon has now effectively agreed to treat Anduril as a go-to resource for computer systems, military hardware, and data infrastructure, as well as support and training for those services, over the next decade. Joshua Kushner, who at 40 is five years younger than his elder brother Jared, is one of the wealthiest venture capitalists of his generation, boasting an estimated net worth of $5.2 billion. Joshua holds stakes in Anduril, a private tech company valued at upward of $60 billion, through his New York venture capital firm, Thrive Capital, which he founded in 2009. Thrive has not publicly disclosed its exact holding in Anduril, but co-led a $4 billion funding round for the group just days before the Pentagon announced the new deal earlier in March. At the heart of the deal appears to be the group’s Lattice OS, a cutting-edge AI command system that works at high speed to detect and respond to real-world threats without requiring any human input. Other products manufactured by the company include interceptor and surveillance drones, sentry towers, and loitering munitions, capable of autonomously hunting down and eliminating targets across hundreds of miles. The Pentagon awarded the contract to the Kushner-backed group under what’s known as a “sole source” framework, allowing the department to sidestep normal requirements for open competition among potential contractors if it determines that only one company can do the job. The Anduril deal also comes amid a string of accusations that figures close to the Trump administration have sought to profit from the president’s increasing aggression on the world stage, such as reports that Trump’s sons have made hefty investments in the drone industry over the past few weeks as his war in the Middle East ramps up demand in the sector. The White House declined to comment on the Anduril deal. Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said the department “awards contracts based on merit, partnering with U.S.-based companies to equip our warfighters with the world’s most advanced and reliable capabilities.” Source: The Daily Beast - Trump Admin Hands Mega-Deal to Company Backed by Jared Kushner’s War-Profiteer Brother

**I am not The OOP, OOP is u/Klopi78** **We are a small indie porn company. Former model wants her videos removed, unwilling to buy the copyright. Sends threatening messages.** **Originally posted to r/legaladvice** [Original Post](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/s/20FC68vhyV) **Sept 2, 2017** She worked for us between 2009 and 2012. She has 17 videos on our website. Although we have recorded 20 and planned to release the other three in the future. This is more or less 10% of all videos that we have. She first came to us earlier this year and asked what the process is to have her videos removed. She is getting married and her husband is not comfortable with these videos of her being online. We have quoted her the price of $25,000 per video to purchase the copyright to the contents for 14 of her videos. Three of her videos are very popular among our members and we have quoted $100,000 per video for those. We also quoted $20,000 for the unreleased videos. So overall it was $710,000. We gave her a discount and called it $700,000. Also, the contract would allow us to continue using the material for a further 12 months. This is to give us time to produce replacement content. This is more than a fair offer in the industry. She wouldn't be getting anything close to this offer from a big studio. She chose to not take our offer. She offered to pay $100,000 for the entire thing to be removed immediately. We declined. She has however been sending us letters threatening legal action if we do not accept her $100,000 offer, saying we are violating the good faith and fair dealing covenant by not accepting her offer and she will be taking us to court. Letters are not from a lawyer. Do we have anything to worry about? **RELEVANT COMMENTS** **cld8** > As long as you have a model release signed by her, you are most likely fine legally. > > With that said, she can still make your life difficult if she gets a lawyer to sue you, and of course if this case gets attention it will hamper your ability to recruit future models. Have you considered working out a payment plan with her or something along those lines? **OOP** >>I didn't mention a payment plan but mentioned to her that she can buy them one by one if the entire fee is too much, which will be similar to a payment plan. **pgh9fan** >>The flip side is the Streisand Effect if she does sue. How would her future husband feel about that? **NightMgr** >>> I would think that going public would ironically increase the value of the videos. >>> >>> "Did you see that girl on the news on that porn site?" **~** **phneri** > If you have 710k in assets at stake you can afford a consultation with a real life, in person lawyer. > > Do so. **OOP** >>We were thinking we'll get a lawyer when she gets one or if we are sued. But $700K isn't at stake because she won't pay for them. We're just hoping she would disappear without causing problems. **~** **Commenter** > NAL but a player in the industry. Go get an industry lawyers advice on this situation. > > Technically if your model release is solid, the performer can pound sand but it doesn't mean she won't become the biggest pain in the ass you've dealt with or start threatening affiliates if you have a program. (they seem to love this and I'm constantly forwarding mails to my aff reps to send up their pipeline) > > Go to one of the industry forums and ask for lawyer recommendations if you don't know any industry lawyers. **OOP** >>Yeah thanks I think it's about time we start a working relationship with a lawyer. We had one who solved a few issues in the past but that person has retired and we haven't had issues lately. [Update](https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/s/lctx9lL2zW) **Oct 5, 2017 (1 month later)** There is a lot to discuss. We did a little research and turned out her stories about getting married and her husband wanting the videos to go down were lies. She in fact is starting a membership program on her own website and wanted to use that excuse to get our videos at reduced prices, to post them later to her own website. She wanted to use the exclusivity to get some of our paid members and have a larger library at launch. Once she realized that we know of her plan, she offered to pay the full $700,000 however, we declined since we have no interest in allowing her to use our videos to compete with us. She even offered to pay $1 million if we agreed to take down the videos immediately upon the sale. We of course declined and informed her that we are no longer willing to discuss terms about selling our copyright. One other small studio that she has worked in the past had already fallen for her lies and sold her the videos at non-competing prices. We're happy we didn't. We learned a new lesson. People lie in business to get better deals. **Post was brought to [BoLA](https://www.reddit.com/r/bestoflegaladvice/s/jGhWoXR2VO) for discussion** **someredditorguy** >Wait, did i understand this right? A porn star made up a "jealous husband" fantasy but couldn't act well enough to make it seem genuine? *I can't believe it.* **~** **cthulularoo** >Mah justice boner! **THIS IS A REPOST SUB - I AM NOT THE OOP** **DO NOT CONTACT THE OOP's OR COMMENT ON LINKED POSTS, REMEMBER - RULE 7**

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