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@pubity NEH

A study has found that around 91.4% of worries experienced by people with anxiety never come true.

@buitengebieden tfw you join a new friend group

He’s one of the boys.. 😅

@CAgovernor Bro is trying to 1-Up Mamdami 😂

Balancing my final budget proposal for California. Tune in tomorrow.

@disclosetv Bullish

NOW - Xi: "Currently, transformation not seen in a century is accelerating across the globe and the international situation is fluid and turbulent. The world has come to a new crossroads."

@GuGi263 They’re very protective of the little one ♥️

How thhe mother elephant rushes to check on her baby elephant that fell during play.

An actor who played a character so perfectly that nobody else could ever top it. GIFS ONLY.

@Ryo_Saeba_3 Life can be so much more fun, but it’s a choice.

Pendant ce temps-là au Japon à Tottori, un chat vendeur de patate douce 🐱 #Japon

@antibearthesis Patience is a virtue.

Investors who are still waiting for a dip

@DiscussingFilm I can’t stress enough how excited I am for this film!

The first trailer for LAIKA's new film ‘WILDWOOD’ has been released. The film follows a girl who enters a magical forbidden forest to rescue her kidnapped baby brother. In theaters on October 23.

@Lovandfear Real

“Evil destroys even itself.” — Aristotle

@ScenesFilms Real

@depressionlesss Priorities

The President of Ireland always has his dog with him.

@kozalakscene Chad

@sparrowincrisis Real

this is for you my love

@VrilNyeX We can poke fun all we want but judging a movie that hasn’t even come out yet, I just don’t agree with that.

Christopher Nolan is now allegedly considering a movie adaptation of the Russia-Ukraine war

@culturejpg A great show. You realize this when you see what the fandom has to share.

The Sopranos by Sam Evans

Oh my god, this shit would scare me irl

@foxenflask What’s your cost basis on GME? Let’s cut to the chase.

In light of $EBAY rejecting the $GME offer this morning against their fiduciary responsibilities, let's take a look at Paul S. Pressler, the board Chair, who is a shining example of what failing upwards looks like in corporate America. He has been a director since 2015. Chairs the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee. Has been Chairman of the Board since 2020. He was present throughout the 2019 stalking crimes, and now sits as Chairman of the full board. In 2019, he chaired the Compensation Committee, making him central to one of the most controversial decisions in the company's history: a board meeting was convened specifically to consider whether to activate the clawback provision on Devin Wenig's exit package, and the board voted not to proceed. That package was worth approximately $57 million. During a September 2024 deposition in the civil litigation, eBay's Director Ethics Counsel testified under oath that Wenig's departure was a firing, not a resignation, and that it was directly related to the stalking scandal. Despite this, the board publicly framed the exit as a mutual decision for months, a characterization that governance critics argue constitutes a material misrepresentation to investors. Pressler's committee also oversaw a quiet exit for former SVP Wendy Jones, who was interviewed by eBay's internal investigators on August 30 and September 6, 2019 in connection with the criminal conduct and was nonetheless allowed to remain employed through December 2020. Jones ultimately received compensation packages totaling over $11 million upon her eventual departure. Pressler became Chairman in May 2020, taking the seat from outgoing Chairman Thomas Tierney immediately after those decisions were made. The board waited until February 26, 2026 to reform its committee charters governing risk, audit, governance, technology, and compensation. That restructuring happened one day after the Steiners' civil lawsuit settled with undisclosed terms. eBay had not restructured governance at any point after the crimes became public in 2020, after entering a federal deferred prosecution agreement admitting to six felony offenses in January 2024, or at any time while the civil trial was pending. Critics at the time noted that reforming governance while litigation was active could have made those drafts discoverable and usable as evidence by the plaintiffs' attorneys. Pressler, as Chairman, would have been the chief architect of that timing decision. Currently, Pressler chairs the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the same committee that oversees Aaron Johnson, eBay's Chief Ethics Officer. Johnson was copied on the August 2019 "Whatever. It. Takes." email from then-Communications Chief Steve Wymer before the crimes occurred. His promotion to lead company ethics, under Pressler's oversight, has drawn sustained criticism from governance observers. Before joining eBay's board, Pressler served as President and CEO of Gap Inc. from 2002 to 2007. Former employees interviewed by BusinessWeek characterized his tenure as "total system failure." Gap recorded its third consecutive dismal holiday shopping season under his leadership, and the board moved to remove him in January 2007 after months of investor pressure and public calls for his ouster from Wall Street. Founder Don Fisher had publicly defended Pressler in the months before the termination, but the defense did not hold. The board's post-departure statement that it needed someone with "deep retail expertise" was widely read as a direct indictment of Pressler's qualifications for the role. His exit triggered immediate speculation about a sale of the company. He collected $14.5 million in severance. Pressler served as Chairman of David's Bridal from 2012 to approximately 2018, during the period when the company was owned by private equity. By the time of his departure, David's Bridal carried approximately $760 million in debt. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2018 to restructure over $400 million of that obligation. It subsequently filed for bankruptcy a second time in April 2023, this time laying off more than 9,200 employees with no funds expected to be available to unsecured creditors. The structural financial condition of the company at the time of its first bankruptcy was built during Pressler's chairmanship. As an eBay shareholder myself, I am calling for Paul Pressler to resign immediately. No golden parachute either.

@KobeissiLetter The top is officially in. 😂

BREAKING: Google and SpaceX are in talks to launch data centers into orbit amid surging AI demand, per WSJ.