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@SpaceKestrel "I can excuse the racism, pedophilia and him making fun of trayvon Martin's death, but this hashtag crosses the line"

@M__Verbruggen @SashoTodorov1 @nikicaga You're not even getting to the point where you can determine if someone is creepy or not

@SashoTodorov1 @nikicaga Strongly disagree when talking about men. Personality (creepiness most of all) chases away women much more

Pretty clearly a result of dating apps - looks are more important than ever for first impression, reducing the impact of both personality and "game"

@westermice @MusingsofAwe @ArchLibwege But not India. Curious

@MusingsofAwe @ArchLibwege india reliance is buildign a 300 billion dollar refinery in usa

The entire world is about to beg China for their "overcapacity" to build & rebuild all kinds of energy infrastructure components. There is about to be a massive technology transfer to China in the fields of energy & chemicals.

@NowMZeus @ripplebrain Yahu literally called it a preemptive strike

@ripplebrain Very normal to blame the jews when Muslims attack. Very reasoble as well.

"If you thought putting all our semiconductor manufacturing just 80 miles off the coast of our chief geopolitical rival's mainland was crazy, allow me to introduce centralizing tech and finance in a country that starts a war on its own borders once a year and gets hit with an MRBM every 6 to 8 hours"

@AConfidenceGame @FirstSquawk Cars don't run on hopes and dreams

@FirstSquawk Good thing winter is past in the EU.

RUSSIA’S ENERGY MINISTRY: FUEL EXPORT BAN MAY BE INTRODUCED PREVENTIVELY IN CASE OF HIGH PRICES

@Fullantho @DatFollowButton For now. Mexicos tfr is lower than Vietnams and is dropping faster.

@AgitatorPro @DatFollowButton Mexico is still younger than Vietnam!!!

Vietnam's income level is roughly half of Japan's and less than one-third of South Korea's at equivalent population aging. It's possible countries like Vietnam just doesn't have enough time before they grow old.

@Reuters Well yeah 2027 was always the number used solely to pump defense spending

US assesses China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027 reut.rs/4ryc1fL reut.rs/4ryc1fL

@shadowcrewtroll @balajis Wtf was the point of using bunker busters last year then

@balajis You are ignoring the cost of letting Iran acquire a nuclear weapon. You act as if that is no biggie.

I'm going to make some obvious points. (1) Blowing up all the oil infrastructure in the Middle East is an insane idea, and may well result in a global economic crash and humanitarian crisis unrivaled in the lives of those now living. We're talking about the price of everything everywhere rising, from food to gas, at a moment when inflation was already high. All of that will be laid at the feet of the authors of this war. (2) The antebellum status quo of Feb 27, 2026 was just not that bad, but we're unlikely to return to it. Expect indefinite, long-term, ongoing disruptions to everything out of the Middle East. (3) Also assume tech financing crashes for the indefinite future. The genius plan to get the Gulf states caught in the crossfire has incinerated much of the funding for LPs, for datacenters, and for IPOs. Anyone in tech who supported this war may soon learn the meaning of "force majeure" as funding gets yanked. (4) Many capital allocators will instead be allocating much further down Maslow's hierarchy of needs, towards useful basic things like food and energy. (5) It's fortunate that all those progressives yelled about the "climate crisis." Yes, their reasoning about timelines was wrong, and much of the money was wasted in graft, but the result was right: we all need energy independence from the Middle East, pronto. It's also fortunate that Elon and China autistically took climate seriously. Now they're going to need to ship a billion solar panels, electric vehicles, batteries, nuclear power plants, and the like to get everyone off oil, immediately. (6) It's not just an oil and gas problem, of course. It's also a fertilizer problem, and a chemical precursor problem. Maybe some new sources will come online at the new prices, but it takes time to dial stuff up, particularly at this scale, so shortages are almost a certainty. That said, China has actually scaled up coal-to-chemicals[a,c] (C2C), and there's also something more sci-fi called Power-to-X[b] which turns arbitrary power + water + air into hydrocarbons. But all of that will need to get accelerated. I have a background in chemical engineering so may start funding things in this area. (7) Ultimately, this war is going to result in tremendous blame for anyone associated with it. It's a no-win scenario to blow up this much infrastructure for so many people. Simply not worth it for whatever objective they thought they were going to attain. But unless you're actually in a position to stop the madness, the pragmatic thing to do is: scramble to mitigate the fallout to yourself, your business, and your people. [a]: reuters.com/business/energ… [b]: alfalaval.com/industries/ene… [c]: reuters.com/sustainability…

@okaythenfuture What was his read in 2020?

Balaji’s read on COVID in Jan 2020 was legendary, And this take on the ramifications of the Ramadan War will age just as well. As I said, an unnecessary and pointless war, But one that seems destined to fully usher in the Chinese superpower era.

@dividendgrowth1 @basedjensen What happens to a market when you remove 20% of the supply?

@basedjensen East Asia is actually fine: Taiwan, the most dependent one, can bridge the gap by switching to coal and importing more U.S. LNG Japan and South Korea are in even better shape

Gg east Asian bros we are in for a rough one

@ewilson0723 @World_Insights1 That's a pretty long fucking gasp

@World_Insights1 One last gasp. We can now see where the launchers are and blow all of them up.

DAY 19 👇 IRAN MISSILE & DRONE LAUNCHES: 🚀 BALLISTIC MISSILES: 🔴 Day 1 — 350 🔴 Day 2 — 175 🔴 Day 3 — 120 🔴 Day 4 — 50 🔴 Day 5 — 40 🔴 Day 6 — 32 🔴 Day 7 — 28 🔴 Day 8 — 15 🔴 Day 9 — 21 🔴 Day 10 — 18 🔴 Day 11 — 24 🔴 Day 12 — 14 🔴 Day 13 — 11 🔴 Day 14 — 16 🔴 Day 15 — 12 🔴 Day 16 — 19 🔴 Day 17 — 23 🔴 Day 18 — 45 🔴 Day 19 — 65 🛸 DRONE SWARMS: 🟢 Day 1 — 294 🟢 Day 2 — 541 🟢 Day 3 — 200 🟢 Day 4 — 85 🟢 Day 5 — 45 🟢 Day 6 — 38 🟢 Day 7 — 30 🟢 Day 8 — 12 🟢 Day 9 — 134 🟢 Day 10 — 112 🟢 Day 11 — 95 🟢 Day 12 — 82 🟢 Day 13 — 64 🟢 Day 14 — 78 🟢 Day 15 — 105 🟢 Day 16 — 122 🟢 Day 17 — 146 🟢 Day 18 — 180 🟢 Day 19 — 240 👉 Day 19 marks a massive retaliatory surge following the assassination of Iran's Intelligence Minister. Cluster munitions were used against Tel Aviv, while "revenge" waves targeted the Jubail Petrochemical Complex in Saudi Arabia and the Al Hasan Gas Field in the UAE.

@maverick_oi @tysonbrody Yeah bro why don't Iran just go to the negotiation table. Not like that ever backfired

@tysonbrody Iran still has the option to climb down if it's willing to give up Uranium enrichment entirely _and_ stop closing Hormuz. Or it can continue a losing war and end up looking like Syria in the last year of Assad's rule (one of Assad's biggest problems was no controlling the oil).

I still do not understand the threat of “if you don’t open the Hormuz we will kill you and blow up your oil/gas infrastructure but if you open the Hormuz will will only kill you instead”

@cirnosad So there goes Iran and Qatar

Final report for tonight. QatarGas's Pearl GTL (Gas to liquid) complex is on fire, so it is quite likely that its ASU (Air separator unit) has been destroyed. These units are extremely expensive and are manufactured in Italy by Linde and SIAD Macchine Impianti. They cost about a billion dollars at current inflation rates per unit (when the site was built $400 million) and the manufacturing time takes 3-4 years. Pearl contained 8 units. Goodnight oomfies.

@FakePearBear @StumblinMedia @DisneyStudios Did you even read your own slop summary?

@StumblinMedia @DisneyStudios

Our 'ohana is back 💙 #LiloandStitch2 is coming to theaters May 26, 2028!

@Alkibiades_ This is how you get big oil sending angry employees to Washington

Trump is floating a WTI export ban as punishment for our allies not helping open Hormuz. This would be a biblical disaster for our European allies, especially the Netherlands/Rotterdam hub. India, Japan, SK, Canada, and UK hit hardest next. US will be fine, but RoW torched.

@KenLayne @nxd1979 Trust me when I say that the origin of slop used in the current manner is like the opposite of Jewish slang

@nxd1979 Schlock: “of low quality or value.”

“Slop” moved into the vocabulary so easily because it replaced “schlock,” which means the same thing, but East Coast Yiddish terms have fallen out of favor. “Slop” is very Old West / Frontier.

@vikramdatta @RahulSeeker Steroid use had to increase because of the handicap from a veg diet

@RahulSeeker on steroids , steroids are the fault not vegetarian food.

Varinder Singh Ghuman was a vegetarian professional bodybuilder.🥀

@crea_tiffany @oliviakrolczyk_ Well they're not the main clients because they aren't paying for the product

@oliviakrolczyk_ It's sad, they can't afford these makeup products but they are the main clients of this shop... if the business owner is black I'm sure they know what to do with this information

Statistically those are the most stolen items. So unfortunately these businesses must react accordingly. Does it mean all black people steal? No. Does it mean the majority of the makeup stolen is stolen by black people? Yes.

@davidshor @michaeljaydepp Non-democratic countries have to worry about revolts too

@michaeljaydepp One of the big points here is that democracies are not going to allow these productivity improvements to happen unless the government can provide the public comprehensive economic security

AI often gets compared to the Industrial Revolution in the "short term disruption, long term benefit" sense, but the US is MUCH more democratic now Modern voters can regulate technology to a standstill in the way that weavers put out of work by mechanical looms couldn't

@Alhothly_M @WSJ Hamburger fries ketchup and soda is 4 already

@WSJ These days, studying is just a waste of money. Who eats nine servings a day?

People who eat around nine servings a day of ultraprocessed foods like chips and doughnuts have about a 67% higher risk of heart attacks, strokes and dying from heart disease compared with those who eat about one serving a day, according to a new study. 🔗 on.wsj.com/3PgXHeg