Also attacking in Beirut: Explosions rock Beirut - Al Jazeera

I mean with this administration, do you blame them….. Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns about Israeli spy agencies eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a peace deal with Iran, amid rising concern over a more general counterintelligence threat by Israel.

One year ago @sarahtaber.bsky.social warned us all. Once again after taking down all safeties in place this administration is oblivious of consequences of their actions. On the other hand the reflective “pond” is very tall.

Important www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Meanwhile we truly turned the clock back a century... it is 1926 everyone on margin what can go wrong...

They did not changed the rules.. but they did.. @keubiko.bsky.social

2/4 As involution wipes out profit margins in the EV industry, EV producers are turning to robotics where, ironically, profit margins are even worse. This isn't because of stupidity. They are responding correctly to the incentives they face.

Oman's Mina al Fahal terminal has ​suspended oil loading following an ‌explosion near its single-buoy mooring (SBM) berths, two people familiar with the ​matter said on Friday. The ​explosion occurred between SBM 1 ⁠and 2 berths due ​to an alleged drone attack, they ​said.

Nope you are not getting your money back. Partners Group limits withdrawals at private equity fund for wealthy individuals. One day accredited investors will learn how distorting IRR is. Apollo sports the very same IRR for over 20 years … not investment advice giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

waiting for @matt-levine.bsky.social on this

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A rationalist is just an empiricist who never blossomed. Sometimes you’ll run into one, a little bud still all coiled up within themselves. It’s nice in there, one assumes: nothing but the sameness of the other petals, no contradictions to resolve.

BREAKING: CBS News has terminated 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley's contract following his vocal disagreements with the new leadership under Bari Weiss.

Washington increasingly interprets Oman’s approach toward Tehran as hostile to America and, according to U.S. and Arab officials, has pressed Oman to pick a side and cut diplomatic ties with Iran.

PPPULTE... cc @keubiko.bsky.social

Things are going well in the Gulf... except some holes in ships like no one has ever seen before. MSC Sariska V hit close to Umm Qasr - Iraq (Northern part of the Gulf).

Russian attack on Kyiv tonight. Home to several million people. Children. Elderly. Families, just like yours.

The U.S. government handed a 3-year-old to an abuser to torture him to death, and then his mother was allotted one hour for his funeral.

NEWS: Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Kyiv, striking a 24-story apartment building and causing a partial collapse with people potentially trapped under rubble. At least four people were injured as fires broke out across multiple districts, including near a kindergarten. 1/

SoftBank… is the largest Japanese company now. I could elaborate my thoughts but best not to.

US WORKERS’ SHARE OF ECONOMY FALLS TO RECORD LOW 51% OF GDP: COMMERCE DEPT

Possible splintering of the power bases in Iran…. An informed source told Iran International that Masoud Pezeshkian, the President of Iran, has requested to step down from his position by sending an official letter to the office of Mojtaba Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic.

2/ The UA strike campaign against RU supply lines in occupied UA includes remote mining in depth. The Kremlin is using the May 28-29 its strike against Galati, Romania, to set conditions to absolve RU of blame for any future accidental Russian drone strikes on or false flag attack against Moldova.

Stéphane Séjourné: "In three or four years countries will say “you’ve not been able to protect us so we are going to retake control over trade and put in place safeguard, protection and border control measures ourselves”." www.ft.com/content/e28f...

The Netherlands blocks an acquisition by a US company as potential security risk. Europe and US are growing apart. Fast www.techspot.com/news/112552-...

Video from incident:

Mojtaba Khamenei did not approve the agreement, and this is one of the reasons Trump did not say 'yes' “Actually, there is perhaps an agreement here between Arakchi, Kalibaf, Witkoff, and his people on the other side - but the senior Iranian leadership, the decision-makers, did not say 'yes'”-i24

Trump admin officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait, according to current and former employees, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years.-WaPo

Not as close as it appears it seems..

1/2 Russia appears to be striking Kyiv with Oreshnik missiles

How did I only just discover that Don Jr is marrying the daughter of a prominent Epstein enabler? Her late dad, a banker, wrote Epstein a reference letter calling him "a gentleman of the highest integrity" to help get him tax breaks &… his island. Can’t make this stuff up.

Eight dead, 38 trapped in China coal mine accident, Xinhua reports reut.rs/42MDVee

The Justice Department leaked sensitive personal information of some epstein victims. Where is their slush fund???

In January, SpaceX gave Musk a package worth 1 billion Class B shares, which vest if the company establishes “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants” and hits a series of market-cap goals that expand the company to $7.5 trillion. 👀🙃 www.wsj.com/business/spa...

Must read from @zoe-liu.bsky.social Beijing summit did not resolve U.S.-China competition. Instead, it gave the rest of the world reason to worry about a new uncertainty: whether U.S.-China “strategic stability” will restrain rivalry, conceal it, or turn it into a bilateral bargain over their heads

No comment GME 13D going for EBay 👀🙃🤦🙈 www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

1/10 Important FT article by Mark Sobel, Brad Setser and Robin Brooks. They make the seemingly counterintuitive point that while incremental trade agreements, in which one side or the other agrees to buy a little more of this or a little less of... www.ft.com/content/b600...

“.. What we are talking about is nothing short of the sitting president of the United States looting from the Treasury for his own gain,” she said. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/5733...

WHO Ebola update: 1. 513 cases, 130 deaths — sharp rise 2. deaths reported among health workers, indicating healthcare-associated transmission 3. significant population movement in the area, >100K people displaced 4. epidemic caused by Bundibugyo virus for which there’re no vaccines or therapeutics

Researcher BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook says solar power will be some the single largest source of electricity by 2032

One of main rules in investing is to never put money into a company with delusional executives. Intel strikes again. This can (will) backfire spectacularly btw and it wouldn’t be first time asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/su...

How much is Donald Trump costing America’s economy?  🎁 economist.com/finance-and-...

Cheng Lei is rebuilding her life after three years in a Beijing prison. She’s written a memoir and a play, tried her hand at stand-up comedy and is pursuing her career as a journalist highlighting the hard conditions of Chinese prisons and her story of resilience.

Richard Portes, London Business School warns that America’s deficits are not quite as benign as described giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Some of President Trump’s close advisers believe the recent Trump-Xi summit in Beijing had a major unintended consequence: it may have increased the perceived risk of China attempting to seize Taiwan by force within the next five years.

Too much production? There’s a guy…. www.wsj.com/business/ret...

I pegged this almost to the day in my article as the 6mo IPO lockup in Dec will be right before the mid Dec index rebalancing, so the whole market cap will be included in the index just in time for insiders and early investors to unload into the massive forced bid.

Just in: Director-General of the WHO, having consulted the States Parties where the event is occurring, has determined that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).