Orlando Bravo/VC Wiz Bang: "AI can automate human judgment." That kind of thinking is EXACTLY the problem with these #AI evangelists. NOTHING will ever replace the human brain. Period. #EconSky

The bond guys a little behind the curve-literally. #FinSky

“.. The use of terms related to ‘American decline’ in official Chinese sources nearly doubled in 2025 ..” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

I think I may have said this was on Xi’s agenda w/Trump 😎

What happened to I’m not bothered? Donald Trump clearly expects things to get much worse and fast. The President’s trying to save face from getting into a war that’s crushing Americans at the pump.

Opinion: China holds the cards — and might settle for flashy but empty announcements while playing a long game, writes Gideon Rachman. ft.trib.al/hMLfp4t

Zelensky issued an official presidential decree authorizing Russia to hold its Victory Day parade in Moscow tomorrow. He included the exact coordinates of Red Square. That's it. A+ trolling.

Because of course he did. newrepublic.com/post/210174/...

“.. If you need a 'stock market is not the economy' visual, this is a good candidate: Tech stocks relative to the market: all-time high. “.. Tech jobs relative to all jobs: all-time low.” - Schwab

"Jared Kushner, is representing the United States in ongoing negotiations with Iran while also “apparently planning to hit up” foreign governments for “billions in funding for his private equity firm” — conduct one legal expert flagged on Friday as a “five-alarm constitutional fire.”

Based on this Virginia ruling, the Tennessee and Florida maps should both also be shot down. If not, Virginia should just pull a Tennessee and change the rules to ram it though the legislature. 🤷‍♂️

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BLACKSTONE CEO & CITI CEO TO JOIN TRUMP FOR XI SUMMIT. -Bloomberg This is vote of NO CONFIDENCE in Trump. Yowza. #EconSky #FinSky

WHIRLPOOL EARNINGS: Whirlpool says Iran war causing ‘recession-level industry decline.’ The shares are down 12%. This is just a snapshot of a much bigger global economic disaster heading straight for us. Anyone who thinks this Iran deal will get done any time soon, should NOT be in the #market.

Former Trump Secretary of Defense: An Iran deal might take months, and they won't unconditionally surrender

CONFLICTING MIDDLE EAST HEADLINES ARE FLYING SO FAST THAT @aljazeera.com HAS SHUT DOWN ITS LIVE UPDATES!! #FinSky #EconSky

We haven’t even begun to understand the Pandora’s Box that this war has opened. @cfr.org www.cfr.org/articles/aft...

US charges 30 people with roles in global insider trading scheme reut.rs/3RqaIDd

BREAKING: Nearly $920 million in crude oil shorts were placed at 3:40 AM ET, about 70 minutes before AXIOS reported the U.S. & Iran were nearing a “14-point” deal to end the war. Oil then plunged more than 12%, w/the position gaining an estimated $125 million. @axios.com seems to be...? #FinSky

Doing absolutely NOTHING with my portfolios today because I know Trump is TRAPPED, and that's when shit goes really bad. #FinSky

Iran warns ships against crossing strait without permission - WSJ

Investor group urges SEC to scrutinize SpaceX IPO filing, avoid conflicts reut.rs/4nabIHs

Israel unaware Trump nearing Iran deal. Israel was preparing for escalation in conflict - Israeli source Major conflicts of interest in this conflict. #EconSky

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Ford CEO Jim Farley: We should not let Chinese EVs into the US. He said, "It's the most humbling thing I've ever seen. They have far superior in-vehicle tech." I suspect THIS is the card Xi will play with Trump. #EconSky

Worth reading. #FinSky

Just one of the many reasons I sold every single share I owned of #$PLTR Palantir, and never looked back. Even my profits felt dirty.💀 #FinSky

ONLY DRIVE DOWNHILL TO SAVE GAS Why didn't I think of that?? God help us. #EconSky

Chinese researchers have created a bamboo-based plastic as strong as petroleum-based plastics, which can fully biodegrade in soil in just 2 months phys.org/news/2025-10...

Sean Duffy blames the demise of Spirit Airlines on the rejection of a merger of Spirit & Jet Blue by the Biden Admin. EXCUSE ME: Why didn't Duffy encourage this merger since Trump took office?? Complete bullshit of course. Skyrocketing jet fuel prices from Trump's war with Iran is more to blame.

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EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY (re Crypto) Trailer is terrific!

With the reveal that post-Fox Tucker Carlson has 7.3k subscribers, reminder that *all* rightwing media is a miserable enormously unpopular and wildly unprofitable failure, only kept aloft via the largesse of a handful of billionaire pedophiles pumping them with endless amounts of cash.

BREAKING: Chinese court rules AI replacement alone cannot justify firing employees! Court ruling finds termination illegal when company replaced worker with AI without lawful redundancy process. Court says automation alone is not valid cause; firms must reassign, retrain, or follow formal layoffs.

SLOTKIN: If Trump asks you to seize voting machines during the 2026 election, will you stand up for the Constitution and say no? HEGSETH: It's yet another gotcha hypothetical, which is your speciality SLOTKIN: The guy you're performing for right now says he wishes he signed that EO in 2020!

This is why I won't buy long bonds. #EconSky

#Earnings results... GOOGLE UP MICROSOFT DOWN AMAZON DOWN META WAY DOWN Free cash flow depletion is THE problem. APPLE today. They are the ones who don't blow hundreds of billions on AI, retaining their massive cash flow. They should be rewarded bc they just "rent" Google's Gemini AI. #FinSky

🇺🇦🇸🇪 Sweden has seized the cargo ship Caffa, suspected of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain under a false Guinean flag. GO SWEDEN!!

.. first time since 1946.

"Bond King" Jeffrey Gundlach finally recognizing it's more likely the #Fed will have to #RAISE rates vs cut them. Really glad Powell put it out there re the struggle for the Fed's independence & that's why he's STAYING on a a Fed. Gov. 👊 Don't envy Kevin Warsh one bit as the new Chair :) #EconSky

Just saved my older sister from being #scammed by a fake #NFT "buyer" who wanted her photography. My sister doesn't even know how to use digital BANKING websites to pay a bill & would have to open an #ETH wallet lol. Told her to write back that she would only except payment in #$USD 😂

Statements from some of the juror questionnaires: “Elon Musk is a world-class jerk.” “I very much dislike Tesla. As a woman of color, I am very aware of the damaging statements and actions Elon Musk has enacted and been a part of.” “Elon Musk is a greedy, racist, homophobic piece of garbage.”

"AI may build the car. AI may drive the car. But AI won't BUY THE CAR." #nutshell #FinSky

I've been sick so it takes a minute for something to really get to my prefrontal cortex thru an antibiotic fog. Having a US president, (or ANY world leader), say in a world-wide televised interview... "I am not a rapist! I am not a pedophile!" is really next level surrealism I just can't unhear.

JPM: “.. As the Iran conflict persists without resolution, higher oil prices elevate the threat of a stagflationary tilt .. and concerns that demand destruction will slow growth. We are also increasingly concerned about the cognitive dissonance and growing gap between rates and equities.”

LMAO! Just when you think these idiots can't be any DUMBER...too funny!! Serves Charles right for making this ridiculous trip to meet with a demented madman. 😂

It is SO disturbing to hear CEOs admit they're laying off workers and raising prices for the benefit of shareholders. Yes, I own a lot of stocks. But I really hate this MO. #FinSky

These people are so gross.

It just hit me that if that shooting had been a bombing, with Trump & Vance sitting on that dais and Mike Johnson right in front of the dais, the next president would have been 92 yr old CHUCK GRASSLEY!! (President Pro Tempore of the Senate is next in line) OMFG.