Clean Energy Drive Could Unlock $300 B for Australia
Clean industry push could unlock AUD 300 billion for Australia #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/aLDDNc8FrP
Amazon Shipped a Shirt of My Shirt
Ordered a Joy Division shirt off Amazon and they sent me a shirt of the shirt I ordered https://t.co/jWYzafvubK
Trump's ICE Threat Raises US Airline Risk
Political risk rises as Trump threatens ICE at airports, shifting duties from TSA. Legal friction could disrupt travel and pressure airlines. Trading insight: reduce US airline exposure. — Viktor Kopylov, PhD, CFA. More insights: t.me/si14Kopylov
Iran's Solid‑propellant SLVs Could Launch Sizable Payloads
While I can't rule out a low-payload stunt, Iran has several SLVs (including solid propellants) that could deliver a significant payload to these distances.
Freight X Tolerates Driver Weed, Not Broker Smoking
So far, Freight X is more open to letting truck drivers smoke weed off duty than they are about letting brokers smoke on duty https://t.co/KQcLWAWkTz
Oil’s $175 Hype Ignored by Topping Chart Signals
I know you all are excited in a perverse way for oil to hit $175 per barrel, but oil stock charts are overwhelmingly giving off topping and rolling over signals.
Iran's Control of Vital Waterway Means War Loss
I’ve said many times On Here that the loser decides the war is over. If this conflict ends with Iran still fighting, and in de facto control of perhaps the most important waterway in the world, then no matter how...
Iran's Regime Now Mirrors Hezbollah, a 40‑year Target
The good news: Iran’s regime has been reduced to a disjointed terrorist force like Hezbollah The bad news: Israel & US have been trying to get rid of Hezbollah for 40 years
WTI Crude Plummets $27 in Two Days
Yes, but there is more to it than just that..... such as the $27 spread in CLK26/CLK28 May 26 WTI Crude Oil Futures settled $98.23 May 28 WTI Crude Oil Futures settled $71.23
Chrome Update Fixes 26 Remote Code Execution Flaws
Chrome Security Update Patches 26 Vulnerabilities that Enable Attackers to Execute Malicious Code Remotely https://t.co/LgCt5yd3Zb
Batteries Unlock Full Potential of Existing Grid
You forgot the impact of batteries. Helps the whole grid utilize more of what we have already paid for. Welcome to the electrostate.
Oracle Accelerates AI-Driven Healthcare Innovation with Partners
Loved sitting down with @DrSharma_NY earlier this month for a fireside chat at Health Tech Summit 2026! Grateful for the opportunity to share how Oracle is working with our customers and partners to advance AI-driven innovation in healthcare. Thanks to the The Health...
Avoid Third‑Party DNS Tools Without Customer Approval
I’m sure this works great. I haven’t tried it yet. As a pentester, don’t use this without customer approval because your customers may not want their vulnerability data stored in third party systems. Also they would have to add a...
Broadband Users ≠ DTC Users: Different Metrics, ARPU
Why do people deliberately conflate broadband (10M users) with DTC (aiming for 25M monthly users at the end of 2026)? Monthly DTC users (who use DTC on average 1-2 times per month and generate ~$1 ARPU) are not at all...
Attacker Tested Npm Worm Chain with Dummy Payload
Interestingly, the threat actor is said to have swapped out the ICP backdoor payload for a dummy test string ("hello123"), likely to ensure that the entire attack chain is working as intended before adding the malware.
Clarifies US‑Japan SMR Investment for Tennessee, Alabama
⚛️This @barronsonline piece by @avibarrons is the most informative thing I’ve seen on the rather vague U.S.-Japan investment announcement aimed at spurring construction of GE Vernova Hitachi SMRs in Tennessee and Alabama. Link in next post. #nuclear #energy
Check Atlanta Airport Wait Times Before You Travel
The peak wait times at the Atlanta airport are obviously bad right now but there are still shorter wait times, just seems like a case of having to check before you go: https://t.co/rTf1lD2BrV
COTS Electronics Survive
Operators can use commercial off the shelf [COTS] electronics in satellites, with a mission life of 3-7 years. A radiation-hardened part can last 15 years. Many modern satellites use radiation tolerant parts. SpaceX, Planet Labs and Kuiper/LEO all...
Sharing Lifestyle Medicine with 1,000+ Primary Care Professionals
Delighted and honored to speak to the over 1,000 participants in the Brigham Women's Hospital CME course titled Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine yesterday, via Zoom at 4:55 pm, at their last session of a powerful week of presentations. The...
Brent Prices Signal Ongoing Iran Conflict, WTI Lags
Oil expert Stephen Schork on Brent & WTI prices & the war in Iran: "[The WTI contract] is the hope market. The Brent market is the real market that is pricing the real events going on, and that blowup [Brent...
Operation Epic Fury Costs an Extra $16‑23 Billion
"We estimate the incremental cost of Operation Epic Fury, including positioning maritime and aviation assets in the Middle East starting at the end of December, is between $16.2 and $23.4 billion." https://t.co/LtRjMhx9tD https://t.co/TKCJ1JX9B2
Security Narcissism Threatens Asia; Europe Finally Engages India
A couple of years old - but this was a fun podcast that really dug into what "Asia" is and isn't becoming. "State of Asia with Evan Feigenbaum ... On what Evan calls 'security narcissism,' Asian rules, and Europe's absent...
Burn Miles, Gain Hotel Points and Elite Status
Rove Miles May Have The Best Hotel Trick In Points — Burn Miles, Earn Hotel Points And Elite Credit - View from the Wing https://t.co/LnX4kt8D9z
Iran Regime Consolidates, Becomes More Extreme, Won’t Collapse
"After more than two weeks of consistent bombing, new US intelligence suggests Iran’s regime is now consolidating power, unlikely to collapse, and led by a cadre more extreme than before." 😬 https://t.co/nm2AtU0jjv
Agentic Finance: Autonomous, Invisible Future Beyond Neobanks
Here's what people miss about agentic finance: Neobanks optimized for human decisions Agents optimize for removing decisions entirely Different paradigm Different infrastructure Different winners The future is ambient, autonomous, invisible
Oil Price Spikes over 100% Trigger S&P Corrections
“When oil prices rise more than 100%, the S&P 500 index typically suffers substantial corrections. While WTI prices have risen 50% so far, other non-US grades shown earlier have risen by 100% or more.” https://t.co/fN5M8QiCsW
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Scaling Microreactor Production Could Slash Energy Costs
Microreactors produce very expensive power today but if we can manufacture them at a rate of 100 a year you could see the costs come way down.
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India’s Tanker Move May Pave Way for Iran’s Dominance
FEDWATCH: “.. If [India’s tanker] passage is successful, other countries may follow the Indian example. .. “.. the only way crude price volatility cools off is if there is a decisive winner, which is increasingly looking to be Iran.” [Emons]...
Sewage Surveillance Detects Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers Early
Wastewater Detects Colorectal Cancer Biomarkers What if your city's sewage could detect cancer before your doctor does? As a medical school professor, I find this remarkable. Researchers tested neighborhood wastewater in Kentucky for colorectal cancer biomarkers using droplet digital PCR. They detected CDH1...
Ethanol Blending Fuels Jobs, Revenue, Not Just Cost
It’s not really that simple… Ethanol prices depending on the cost of production… At 5% blending, the ethanol component is 5.5 cents…. Should we stop blending? Not really… that ethanol value chain creates jobs for thousands of people… it creates opportunities...
$101 Million Contest Aims to Extend Human Healthspan
There's a $101 million competition happening right now to extend human healthspan. Not in mice. Not in worms. In people. https://x.com/robertlufkinmd/status/2035318955821375489
Culture War Ignites Over AI in Crimson Desert
I mentioned the anti-woke fault lines in the Crimson Desert discourse and some people were like what the hell are you talking about, but now there is a culture war freakout about sites reporting on AI in the game that's...
Farmers Fear Fertilizer Shortages Over Prices
This was a good chat on @CNBC Friday about fertilizer supply. The issue for farmers isn’t about high prices for this year’s planting season — they’ve already ordered. The issue is whether they’ll get delivery on their order at all. @moneymoverscnbc https://t.co/uaoLjqU0Vc https://t.co/pBZlY83EA0
Iran's 2000 Km Range Is Political, Not Technical
This is misguided. Iran’s 2000 km “ceiling” was a voluntary political limit, not a technical one. Many of us spent the past several years explaining that Iran could quickly build IRBMs if it chose to do so. It’s not my...
Weak Enemy, Stronger Foes: A Flawed Strategy
Fighting a second-rate military power while vicariously and indirectly militarily and economically strengthening two first-order ones, which you may have to confront at a later stage, through your actions, and the sequencing problems it creates, may perhaps not be sound...
Escorts May Favor National Flags Over Convenience Registries
One question for the shipping experts out there. Historically, a lot of the tankers globally have carried flags of convenience (Liberia etc) Given the escort debate, who will escort those? Or, will escorts only be provided to ships with traditional national flags (Japan,...
Droptec Unveils Advanced Net Gun for Drone Defense
#Drone Defense Reinvented: Droptec GmbH Introduces Advanced Net Gun System by @IntEngineering #Innovation #EmergingTech #Technology #Tech https://t.co/esLArXYr8f
Single? Buy a Duplex, Let Rent Cover Your Mortgage
Unpopular opinion: You don’t have to be married to buy a house. You can buy one all by yourself… even if you're a single girl. And instead of just buying a regular house, think about buying something that makes you...
Niantic's CIA Ties Spark Data Privacy Concerns
Should Niantic's background with the CIA make us nervous about what it's going to do with the virtual world created from 30 billion data points accumulated by Pokemon Go?
Axios AM Breaks AI Streak in Newsletter
I think the real news here is that Axios AM did *not* lead the newsletter with yet another item on AI, amirite? https://t.co/TwNgXZBPoX
AI Speeds up Therapeutic Drug Discovery and Design
3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugs | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology https://t.co/CZ4waA5IGg
Expensive New Car Repeatedly Fails to Start, Manufacturer Denies Defect
Man bought a ₹33 lakh car, but it soon developed a starting problem. - The man purchased a new diesel car worth around ₹33 lakh in 2019. - Soon after buying it, the car started having a starting issue. - He took the...
Free Online Access to Laws Solves the Mess
what if i told you there’s a relatively simple fix to this mess and it involves ensuring the law is easily available and free to all citizens on the internet?
Biotech IPOs Show Strong Avg Gains, Weak Median
Quick Biotech IPO stats for 2026, with six offerings: $AKTS $AGMD $EIKN $SGP $MANE $GENB - Average post-IPO stock performance (offer price to 3/20/26 close): +38%. Without $MANE, avg is negative. - Median post-IPO stock performance: -24% - Total IPO gross proceeds:...
Iran's Pre‑War Oil Output Peaks, Boosting Condensates for Asia
CHART OF THE DAY: Despite sanctions, ahead of the war, Iran's total oil production had hit a 46-year high. Although most of the attention is on crude, Iran has focused in expanding its output of condensates and natural gas liquids —...
Middle East War Triggers Unprecedented Global Oil Supply Disruption
The International Energy Agency in Paris reports “the war in the Middle East is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” TRUMP & NETANYAHU'S WAR PLANNERS -- NOT THE SHARPEST KNIVES IN THE DRAWER --...
USCG Licensing Halt Highlights Need for War Department Shift
Sadly it’s not just TSA The USCG licensing office is closed and can’t issue US Merchant Marine licenses while 5 🇺🇸 ships remain in the Persian Gulf. Is it time to move USCG and USMM to the Department of War?
Brent's 54% Surge Signals Supply Shock Over Fed
Brent crude: $110/barrel. Up 54% in a month. Let that sink in. Fifty-four percent. In thirty days. This isn't a price move. This is a supply shock. And supply shocks don't negotiate with Fed dot plots. Everything you think you know about 2026...