Optimize Shape and Material for Superior Part Performance
The performance of almost every physical part is a combination of a Shape factor and a Material factor. Maximizing both makes for the best part. True across mechanical structures, heat transfer, electrical design, even industrial design. https://t.co/F1lJ3dZlya
Warner Bros' Debt Curse Threatens Media Conglomerate Survival
If you need something to look forward to, remember that Warner Bros. is Cootie Corp. It poisons all who swallow it: Time Inc. AOL, AT&T, Discovery. The only question is how long it will take the Warner curse--and debt--to kill...
Adelayde Hires Geologists for Sisson North Tungsten Study
Adelayde Exploration $ADDY.CA $SPMTF Engages Geologic Firm for Work Program on the Sisson North Tungsten Project Directly Bordering Northcliff Resources Ltd. by @newsfile https://t.co/ZGqKQPGqqU
Novo's Missteps Echo Bristol Myers' Strategic Failure
Elizabeth Cairns' piece on $Novo is reminiscent of Bristol Myers' strategic fail against Merck and Keytruda. They were focused on the wrong things, made bad trial design decisions and got stuck in the mud of their own making. Everyone should...
Cold War Lunar Lander Reappears After 55 Years
55 YEARS AGO: The Soviet lunar lander for a single cosmonaut reappears in the Earth's orbit. Details on the site (subscription)... https://t.co/aJuVReTuyb
Threads Adds Rich Link Previews for Podcast Clips
🚨 NEW 🚨 Threads now supports rich link previews for podcast video clips, making it easier for creators to drive viewers from short clips to full episodes. Podcast creators can upload a video clip and add a link that directs audiences...
Trump Trade Anger Boosts Canadian Domestic Spending and Tourism
Trade is among people, and retaliation can be too: "Anger over President Trump’s trade policy has fueled a notable increase in Canadian spending on domestic products and local tourism, according to research from the Bank of Canada." https://t.co/Nmzo5Yn2ay
Floor & Decor Targets 500 U.S. Stores in Eight Years
Floor & Decor FY23 10-K: "We believe there is an opportunity to significantly expand our warehouse-format store base by a low- to mid-teens annual percentage growth rate over the near-to-medium term, reaching at least 500 in the U.S. within approximately eight...
Automation Boosts Call Center Quality Without Sacrificing Trust
Modernizing call center operations can improve service quality and increase conversion opportunities. Automation doesn’t have to erode trust. We explore this with @zaygranet, CEO of @usebland. Watch the full episode: https://t.co/XXRymkLwFx https://t.co/lVvoajEUEM
Obesity Accelerates Neurodegeneration, New NatMetabolism Study Shows
How does obesity catalyze neurodegeneration? Our paper just out @NatMetabolism https://t.co/kx25urgpJx free access https://t.co/aL1FBN9MyI Phenomenal work by @chen_bandy pulling this together
Clients Choose You: Accident or Earned Expertise?
The last client you closed, how did they find you? Was it by accident or did you put the work in to be the expert that they sought after?
Trial Failures Stem From Flawed Design Choices
“You can’t stand there after the fact and blame the open-label design,” he said. “You designed it. You designed a noninferiority margin. You picked the patients. And then the trial doesn’t work.” https://t.co/acS5i5s5NU
Mayor Secures Trump Funding for 12,000 Rail Yard Homes
It’s now confirmed that Mayor Zohran Mamdani spoke with Donald Trump about securing federal funding to build 12,000 homes on the Sunnyside Rail Yard, which is owned by Amtrak. The project feels like a no-brainer, but it’s never penciled out...
Post‑July Tariff Uncertainty May Stall Business Investments
"Meanwhile, new questions about what the tariff regime will look like after July, when Trump’s new global duties expire, could again put many business investments on hold, limiting the productive effect of any more immediate influx of cash." https://t.co/PeFBYyWQqH https://t.co/0oVZHlSMF9
Amazon Commits $50B, Makes AWS Exclusive OpenAI Cloud
.@amazon/@awscloud forges a multifaceted partnership with @OpenAI. Part of deal consists of: - Amazon will invest $50 billion in OpenAI - OpenAI to use AWS chips - Amazon will be exclusive 3P cloud distribution provider for OpenAl Frontier “Developers and companies of...
Alumni Dr. Leroy Versteeg Highlights Brown Talk at UTHealth
Great to see our former National School of Tropical Medicine @BCM_TropMed trainee Dr. Leroy Versteeg at my Brown Molecular Medicine talk at @UTHealthHouston in our @TXMedCenter https://t.co/F9IGkVNkfM
Minnesota's Autism Service Use Soars—Cause Unclear
Dramatic increase in autism program utilization in Minnesota. Is this a true increase in autism rates or some other reporting/diagnosis factor or just fraud? Are other states seeing this? (This is not a political question).
Supreme Court Nullifies IEEPA Tariffs—Use Free AI Auditor
The Supreme Court ruled on Feb 20th that IEEPA tariffs were invalid. CBP stopped charging them on Feb 24th. Expect lawsuits are already filed challenging the tariffs for entries dated Feb 20-23rd. But I expect those won’t actually matter as...
Is DEI in Aviation Dead? A New Magazine Probe
Is #DEI in aviation now DOA? One of the features in the latest (March) issue of AEROSPACE magazine #avgeek https://t.co/Mpa5ZPsFX8 https://t.co/lCIQE962vX
XLE Inflows Biggest Since 2008, Posing Tactical Risk
Gotta love a decade-plus breakout but XLE flows represent a tactical risk to the energy trade. Most one-month inflows since 2008 https://t.co/S4x6eWEanb
Security Must Account for All Human Actors
The farmers and the mercenaries: Rethinking the 'human layer' in security | CSO Online https://t.co/W4BglrjoFn
No Bad Offers—Pricing Reflects Risk, Fit Situation
I get questions about our home valuation every day. They usually sound like “they made a bad offer” - this is actually what’s happening: They selectively price low-risk homes aggressively. They keep wider spreads on higher-risk homes. When I look into bad offer...
RAG Success Depends on Ecosystem, Not Just Model Choice
This is one of the cleanest visual summaries of a production-grade RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) stack I’ve seen. What it highlights clearly is an often-ignored reality: RAG is not a single tool — it’s an ecosystem. A solid RAG system spans multiple, interchangeable layers: LLMs...
Tariff Payments Show Voters, Not Foreigners, Foot the Bill
The process and legal fights over paying back import taxes will help shove tariffs back into voters’ minds, as well as provide them an excruciatingly detailed civics lesson in who literally pays the levies. (Hint: it’s not foreign governments.) https://t.co/N8dOe6rapr
EU Mercosur Deal Boosts Traders Amid Uncertainty
This is indeed good news. It will enable traders ot take advantage of preferential rates at a time of uncertainty and disruption.
Meta Cracks Down on Scam Ads with Legal Action
At some point the AI Search platforms will build stronger anti-spam systems, have manual actions, take legal action against spammers, etc. I have covered that before. Here is how an established platform like Meta continues to tackle problems like that....
Enterprise Networks Transform Into AI-Ready Intelligent Platforms
Enterprise networks are evolving from passive pipes into intelligent platforms. Integrated 5G, edge computing, and built-in security are enabling AI-ready infrastructure that supports intelligence at scale across distributed environments. Check out these use cases: https://t.co/4XYg87VcCI @TMobileBusiness Partner
Meet Noah Graff: Used Machinery Expert on Swarfcast
Discover the world of used machinery sales with 𝐍𝐨𝐚𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟, a seasoned expert in used machinery and host of 𝐒𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭! Stream now: 🔗 https://t.co/2CnEZKK8BY 📽️ https://t.co/LgvpTRWoMQ 🔗 https://t.co/DmYp21NDA3 #Manufacturing #UsedMachinery https://t.co/gir47VFgcZ
Mayor Pushes 12,000‑unit Sunnyside Yards Development Plan
2 guys from #Queens talk #realestate. #MayorMamdani touts plan to build 12,000 units on #SunnysideYards. Probly w/need fed $$. 'It's important we connect nabes' #CRE #multifamily #affordablehousing #MitchellLama #NYC https://t.co/6WMns2brrh
Washington Hasn't Demanded Station Sales for Nexstar‑TEGNA Merger
D.C. Memo: Nexstar CEO Sook – Washington Has Not Said Company Needs to Sell Stations to Close TEGNA Deal | $NXST @NXSTMediaGroup $TGNA @TEGNA https://t.co/md3Cz4tI5F
Paramount+ Can’t Recover $7.7B UFC Deal With Subscriptions
How Can Paramount+ Recoup Its $7.7 Billion UFC Bet? Subs Won’t Do It 👇https://t.co/zU9AQ6MVr4 via @sportico
Sometimes Staying Is the only Viable Choice
In middle school we learned about the fall of the Shah and the Iran hostage crisis. I remember the lesson vividly because the teacher was frustrated I asked so many questions. I just could not wrap my head around civilian men with...
Midwest Freight Surge Signals Major Shift From Coastal Decline
Freight from the midwest and rustbelt have been on fire, while the coastal cities have been very quiet. SONAR has been picking this up for the past two months - and it is a massive shift from the freight economy...
FDA Grants Fast Track, Orphan Status to TSRA-196
1/@TesseraTx has announced that the U.S. FDA has granted Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations to TSRA-196 - its leading In Vivo Gene Editing program which is being jointly developed with $REGN, for the treatment of patients with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency...
Top Medical Specialties Poised to Thrive with AI
While every medical specialty will benefit from digital health and AI, some will especially thrive thanks to these innovations. Here, I listed the top medical specialties with the biggest potential for development in the future. Read on: https://t.co/KhId1Okqf2 https://t.co/rgvsDAjS1q
Metals May Lift Commodities, Yet Risks Favor Decline
Deflation May Reign If Metals Meet High-Price Cure - That orange juice and cocoa were the worst-performing commodities in 2025, after being among the best in 2024, may foreshadow metals in 2026. In the history of the Bloomberg Commodity Spot...
EU Carbon Prices Slip 20% Amid Reform Push
CHART OF THE DAY: The cost of European CO2 allowances has fallen ~20% in recent days after several key countries asked Brussels for a reform. Italy has gone as far as asking the Emissions Trading Syste to be suspended. CO2...
Early KNX Investors Would See 50% Gains, Attracting Hedge Funds
If you had bought KNX when we first started to talk about the freight market movement due to the compliance crackdown, you’d be up 50%. That is why SONAR’s fastest growing clients are financial firms and hedge funds. https://t.co/nW6G2BWC6n
Metals Enter Bull Market’s High‑Price Phase, Spark Speculation
From Top Commodity Value to Stretched Speculation - Metals 2026: The Bloomberg All Metals Total Return Subindex represents the top-performing sector over time, but metals may have entered the high-price cure stage of a bull market. The highest-velocity rallies since...
Build Trust with Data, Not Just Logos
"We only have one partner logo to show. How do we build credibility?" This came up in a call with a healthcare AI company. Early stage, incredible tech, but limited social proof. Here's what I recommended instead of the traditional logo wall: →...
Banks Miss AI Mark: Rethink Your Strategy
Excited to be speaking at the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum in Zurich next week, exploring why many financial institutions are missing the mark in my keynote 'Your Bank’s AI Strategy Is Wrong.' Register here: https://t.co/xTKmiFTVt8 https://t.co/nY4oh47Y7A
Cold War Law Threatens AI Vendor Contract Protections
Question for Monday's meeting: "If the government invoked a Cold War-era law to access our AI tools, would our vendor contracts protect us?" This isn't hypothetical. The Pentagon did it this week. What would your team's answer be? https://t.co/3QPuHpodWP
India Cuts Coal Imports, Prioritizes Security Over Climate
India prioritizes national security and economic growth above aggressive, ideologically driven climate policies seen in some European countries. India seeks to cut power sector coal imports by 30% this year, sources say https://t.co/bA7W0ywe6Y
Trump Admin Alleges 2020 Chinese Nuclear Test From Seismic Data
The Trump administration has accused China of conducting a small nuclear test in 2020. The claim is that a seismic event was detected in Western China around that time. A lot is going on here, so let's unpack it. Full Newsletter:...
Clean Power Now Dominates Electricity in 25 European Nations
Europe’s energy transition is well underway but it is far from uniform. In 25 European countries, non-fossil fuel sources now generate the majority of electricity, a clear sign of how deeply clean power has penetrated the system. https://t.co/NjTmx157Rn
CNN's Ownership Shift Signals Media's Legitimacy Crisis
Nothing uncertain about it: CNN is fucked. This is the last nail in the coffin of American mass media as a legitimate actor. For CNN, a Change in Ownership Means a Suddenly Uncertain Future https://t.co/JFGHcIaQYc
Flatbed Trucking Signals Manufacturing Revival Surge
I have zero doubt that we are seeing manufacturing starting to rip. Flatbed is naturally the first mode to signal it, as flatbeds haul heavy industrial raw materials. We talked about greenshoots a few weeks ago, and it was exciting, but...
Times' Sensational Headline Misrepresents Article Content
As often happens the more aggressive Times home-page headline conflicts with the article headline --and neither represents the article. https://t.co/9esgycuoXm
US Gas Stocks Near Seasonal Norm, Prices Dip Below $3
U.S. GAS inventories depleted much more slowly than normal for the time of year in the middle part of February, largely erasing the previous storage deficit and causing futures prices to slip below $3 per million British thermal units to...
Chicago Trucking Rejection Rate Hits 18.19%, Conditions Tighten
Trucking conditions out of Chicago continue to tighten, with rejection levels now at 18.19% https://t.co/Hrh76IsdXW