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Two weeks ago today, after Nasdaq willingly rigged the rules, somewhere btw $7-10 bil of passive money was forced to buy SpaceX at $160.42 Today, 10 trading days later, it closed at $119.85 It’s an unprecedented forced loss (at least $2b) for passive investors and our financial media is 🦗

What's wrong with this picture? Well I'll tell you. It's geographically impossible. Those cars and the spit of dirt they are resting on would be geolocated in the middle of the Pacific ocean, due south of Bolinas. In other words, it doesn't exist.

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“While Bezos may have believed he was currying favor with Trump, he ended up trashing his own newspaper to a president who was ridiculing him behind his back, earning little respect in return for the effort. It is a remarkable self-own” elink.mail.status.news/ss/c/u001.zg...

Bezos’ Trump Backfire

Jeff Bezos privately belittled The Washington Post to Donald Trump during a Mar-a-Lago dinner, according to a forthcoming book, offering a remarkable glimpse into how he views the newspaper he owns.

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“And they are… encouraged by producers who should be forced to reread until memorized Barkley's First Law: You either have presence or you don't, and you're either funny or you're not. And if you don't and you're not, all your attempts at either will fail miserably.” defector.com/alexi-lalas-...

Alexi Lalas Has Already Worn Out His Welcome | Defector

Yesterday was the most entertaining day of the World Cup when it came to big names doing big things on the biggest stage. And by that, we of course mean Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thierry Henry openly dis...

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The American Chemical Society's magazine, C&EN, says that the Iran war has taken about a third of the world's helium off the market. Helium is needed to keep magnetic resonance scanners cool and to make semiconductors. Prices are going up.

Trump Admin: You can't prioritize buses on Manhattan streets because it'll cause traffic and hurt local business Also Trump Admin: You must entirely close down for 8 hours a massive chunk of Manhattan because Trump wants to watch a basketball game

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The very idea of Joe Rogan getting a spot in the talent lineup at 60 Minutes is silly. But the fact that reporters are calling CBS News for comment on it is not, and a signal of how the show's brand can be weakened by public spectacle....

60 Minutes is dead. No matter who takes over and runs the show or whoever they hire to try (and fail) to replace the talent Bari Weiss fired because of ego, inexperience, and ineptitude, they are in effect taking on the role of Jay Leno joining The Tonight Show.

Re-watching House on Prime and I've come to the conclusion that its turning point downhill was the death of Cutthroat Bitch at the end of a Writers Strike shortened season 4. I'm not necessarily objecting to the killing off of the character but it didn't carry the punch it should have.

The difference between David Ellison and Rupert Murdoch is that Rupert Murdoch is quite smart and knows that different brands do different things and making The Wall Street Journal into Fox News would lose him a ton of money.