I'm sympathetic to the plight of airlines currently. But imo it's inappropriate for a pilot to urge a cabinful of passengers to call their senators and tell them to end the shutdown. Couldn't tell which airline it was from the video I just watched but yeah, seems inappropriate.

In a 'Good vs Evil' narrative, might Michael Burry be a Jedi Knight in the making?

Men finally do something hot and everyone starts scolding them.

Follow the money. That’s what they teach future litigators in law school. Whenever you’re trying to uncover the truth of incomprehensible human behavior and events, just follow. the. money. #shutdown

The French Max Fischer

"Did we even need generative AI?" Labor enhancement, not substitution, should be the North Star. (And perhaps it would've, if not for OpenAI / Sam Altman.) www.ft.com/content/1e5e...

From the Financial Times, and the Über Riche of New York need to listen. Because it's not just the low-to-middle income classes they should worry about. They are losing younger yuppies too. www.ft.com/content/46c1...

I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!

This really is very "Citizen Kane" (as others have noted). Also: profoundly sad. Orson is long gone but someday, some other gifted filmmaker is going to (re)tell this story.

'Kidults'? Yeah, that tracks with the current sad state of the world. (sigh) "Adults spent more money on toys for themselves than any other age group in 2024, according to market research group Circana." finance.yahoo.com/news/toy-gam...

Apple‘s tabletop robot project J595, nicknamed “The Pixar Lamp” (lol i’m in ❤️ already) youtu.be/BgTAdVloNug?...

Subway has an opportunity here to do some clever, subversive marketing (if they dared). 'Sandwich Guy' as new Subway spokesperson? Cheeky tagline?

Steve Jobs is rolling over in his grave. Nobody wants humanoid robotics like this—especially not the typical design-sensitive aesthete within Apple's consumer moat. Cute robotics would sell. This Terminator abomination though is another Cybertruck. finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-c...

Why does it seem the rich always win? Picketty's formula: R > G Wealth compounds at a faster rate than the growth of wages. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKwC...

'The Activist Investor' It's a thing, a real, growing trend among the young and beyond. Because *investing is a form of voting.* And anyone can buy shares of a company they believe in to help steer the world in a new, better direction.

Superfans. It worked for Taylor. bsky.app/profile/paul...

of course he will, he's the child of a filmmaker, a classy award-winning filmmaker (in contrast to, say, a lowbrow reality-tv show producer).

But still, this: "Cry me a river over the affordability, no one said you need to stay in New York,” said crypto hedge fund founder David Tawil. “I don’t think the Wall Street class thinks it’s supposed to be an affordable city.” finance.yahoo.com/news/wall-st...

11 second video from the 111th Mayor of New York City (1 is the number of new beginnings...)

lol

Was the stock market sell-off today related to projected election results? Were sellers locking in profits in anticipation of a market slide post-election? #econsky

Amazon is bullying smaller competitors, Perplexity says. 'AI-agent shopping for me but not for thee'? finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-...

"Sometimes, the only winning move is not to play." The headliner today: Burry bets against Palantir, Nvidia.

This explains so. much. (jk ;)

this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...

Side-eye to the Brits here. Have to wonder if this is really about the AI wars, not image licensing. Don't see how this merger would make any real difference either to cost-effective licensors or to cost-conscious licensees, who have always shopped around. finance.yahoo.com/news/gettys-...

Corporates going from “no impact” on earnings calls to “please help” is the ultimate sentiment shift. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

The United States is a short-term nation. Other nations prefer to play the long game. No judgments here either way. But this I do know: a cultural mismatch can drive much of a person's unhappiness. Are you a short-term or a long-term sort of person? Do you match the culture you're in?

A *replica* of a crown which may have been reserved for burials. But apart from that, no notes!

Giving him a way to “save face” could be a better strategy going forward when we want a policy reversed. Just saying.

When everything is failing, why *wouldn’t* you try something new?? Worst case scenario, the new thing fails. But better to fail in a new way than to fail in the old. That’s growth. That’s progress. #vote (PS: Investing in company stocks is a form of voting too.)

Black Friday is Nov. 28 this year. Retailers—aka 'consumer discretionary' in stock market speak—depend heavily on BF sales. And I'm seeing calls for an economic blackout spanning BF, to fight back against the insanity. Plus, the coming economic death spiral of expired #SNAP benefits. (smdh)

At APEC 2025, Korea gave China a wooden board for the ancient *strategy game* Go. From Wikipedia: "Go is an abstract strategy board game...in which the aim is to fence off more territory than the opponent. The game was invented in China more than 2,500 years ago" www.reuters.com/world/china/...

"A whole bunch of countries that never spoke are now speaking and building new trade alliances..." Refreshing to see that @meidastouch.com gets it, what was really happening amid the golden crown gift and the Carney apology that seem to have bothered so many Americans. youtu.be/ALVP1bFd-_4?...

Halloween in Paris 👻

"This ETF 'demonstrates an attempt to monetize this administration’s far more activist approach toward certain industries and companies.' 'It’s a fascinating sign of the times that a fund of this type might be launched.'” finance.yahoo.com/news/want-mi...

Perplexity AI will be licensing images from Getty (/Shutterstock post-merger). Perplexity says they'll also improve attribution & accuracy. Licensing + Attribution + Accuracy. If you're going to use AI for image generation, this should be the way.

"feeling stuck in a bad situation"—yes absolutely to this. Add this conversation/thread to your watchlist if you have retirement accounts.

Strategy #1 to Boost ROI, acc. to 2025 Creative Impact Report: "Lead with emotion. Campaigns evoking Pride and Belonging achieve believability scores above 61%. Anger drives the highest virality (42%) but erodes trust. Nostalgia is emerging as a powerful driver of credibility in turbulent times."

They're calling him the most French man in history

The US stock market in 2025 is a manic-depressive chaos-agent drama queen. Have to wonder now whether these _constant swings_ from manic highs to flash lows are manufactured and intentional. Finance should be staid and boring. Why can't it just be staid and boring??

This is an especially worrying statement when facial recognition can be inaccurate, biased, and generally make mistakes. Basing whether someone should be in the US or not, and ignoring physical media like a birth certificate, is ripe for disaster bsky.app/profile/jose...

Costco stock keeps dropping—why?? * Consumers expect inflation to get worse * Affluent people still love feeling like they saved money * Costco sources/produces locally, both in US & Int'l (so tariff-immune, relatively) All of that suggests Costco is a BUY but Wall Street apparently disagrees??

Let's make Heretic Coffee rich for doing it.