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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 6h

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With all of Trump's assault on democracy, rule of law, and decency, people forget how he's destroying the environment with his moronic war against clean energy.
I hope Trump suffers a massive stroke and ends up drooling on himself for the rest of his miserable life

Will the clean energy revolution leave the US behind? | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

YouTube video by GZERO Media

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 10h

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She worked at Mara Lago in 2000 when Epstein turned her into a sexual victim.
Trump did NOT break from Epstein until 4 years later
=Trump & Epstein break was NOT about Epstein luring girls from Mara Lago
= Trump took part in the sexual abuse of minors with Epstein

From Epstein’s Chief Accuser, a Memoir Both Sad and Devastating

www.nytimes.com

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 10h

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Power to the people!
Fuck you maga morons! fuck you GOP= Gang Of Pedophiles
that protects a pedophile, a liar, a con man and a convicted criminal.
= Fuck you Trump!
and Fuck you all that protect and side with criminal Trump
all you a-holes will go to hell and rot there

FULL SPEECH: Bernie Sanders Blasts Trump’s Power Grab at Massive “No Kings” Protest in DC | AC1G

YouTube video by DRM News

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Jill 💙🌊🌊💙 @pumpkin061.bsky.social · 18h

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 13h

"it’s not the absolute dollar amounts that matter, but the steep spikes in margin debt from new high to new high over a multi-month period."
March 2000 = 78% Nasdaq loss!!
The Dotcom investor bubble= the closest analog to today of all prior spikes in margin debt
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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 13h

"Google may be obtaining its AI compute at 20% of the cost incurred by those purchasing high-end Nvidia GPUs"
= Demand for Nvidia's overpriced AI GPUs will collapse as its largest customers create their own AI chips
& Inferencing chips cost 95% less than Nvidia chips
www.nasdaq.com/articles/cos...

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 13h

"Consumption is weaker than preceding dotcom crash. A shock of this magnitude could cut it by 3.5% translating into a 2% hit to overall GDP growth, before accounting for declines in investment."
1) All Bubbles end with crashes
2) Looming Stock Crash = deep recession
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth

The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, writes the former IMF chief economist

www.economist.com

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 14h

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To reclaim our minds we must remember what it means to think
Read deeply, reflect slowly
Wisdom is not found in data it is born in reflection
Despite everything, we are not doomed to stupidity
The tools that enslave us can also free us if we learn to use them. consciously

How We’re Creating the Dumbest Generation in History

YouTube video by The Psyche

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 14h

This explains why Meta, Microsoft, etc. are now optioning renting future GPU capacity. They are STOPPING the building of new data centers because the economics of GPU data centers is a disaster, and AGI is impossible using LLM mode of AI
= A stock market crash is coming soon to an account near you

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 15h

‘One odd thing about AI equipment is that it’s very expensive to buy and very cheap to rent.‘ www.ft.com/content/d497...

What GPU pricing can tell us about how the AI bubble will pop

Rental health awareness

www.ft.com

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 15h

‘First slowly, and then all at once, dreams of LLMs bringing us to the cusp of AGI have fallen apart. The last few months have been devastating.’ garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-last-f... by @garymarcus.bsky.social

Game over. AGI is not imminent, and LLMs are not the royal road to getting there.

First slowly, and then all at once, dreams of LLMs bringing us to the cusp of AGI have fallen apart.

garymarcus.substack.com

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 15h

This bubble rally in Gold reminds me of what happened in 2011 when many so called "smart money" investors were making a very similar debasement trade, Even though it wasn't labeled that at the time. Gold then failed miserably over the next 4 years as it dropped 45% in US $ terms

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.bsky.social · 16h

‘What has done well since the Powell pivot are speculative stocks. My guess is gold is caught up in the broader speculative fervor, with recent buyers more attracted by the rising price than the fear of inflation.’ www.wsj.com/finance/inve... by @jmackin2.bsky.social

Is Gold in the Grips of a Speculative Bubble?

The danger is that gold is in the grip of the sort of speculative excess that creates bubbles in other parts of the financial system.

www.wsj.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18h

“How much did you make last year?”
“$37 MILLION.”
“How much did you pay in taxes.”
“2-3 MILLION. Don’t blame me, change the tax code.”
“Go @ZohranKMamdani !”
“If he wins I’ll leave.”🤔

PSA: It’s not “social media” souring young people on capitalism. It’s greed.

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 15h

"China’s curbs had been telegraphed ever since Deng’s 1992 proclamation: “The Middle East has its oil, China has rare earths.”
In Beijing, authorities have a renewed confidence that their policies are working. Exports have stayed robust despite tariffs exceeding 50%
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Xi Is Never Giving Up His Newfound Leverage Over Trump

By weaponizing rare earths, Beijing is using the same tools Washington once deployed to cement its postwar supremacy.

www.bloomberg.com

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

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I love it! It's so hilarious that Trump's good buddy Larry Ellison paid a $1.5 billion dollars to these guys so they can completely skewer Trump week after week. Just destroying him ... It's fantastic

Funniest South Park Yet Is MERCILESS To Trump And Vance

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

"average time spent per DAU in the U.S., specifically, has dropped 22.5% since July, and average sessions per DAU in the U.S. are also down by 20.7%."
Combine this with EU subscriptions Flatlining =No need for more data centers
=AI chip stock collapse =Stock market collapse
= Recession

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

"average time spent per DAU in the U.S., has dropped 22.5% since July, and average sessions per DAU in the U.S. are also down by 20.7%"
Add in EU flatlining of subscriptions
= No need to build more data centers
= AI chip stock CRASH
= Entire Stock Market CRASH!
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ChatGPT's mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows | TechCrunch

ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

"ChatGPT’s mobile app growth may have hit its peak, according to a new analysis of download trends and daily active users"
=with EU flatlining, means no more growth
= No $trillion of data centers
= Chip stock collapse
= Entire AI bubble will burst
= Huge Stock Crash
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ChatGPT's mobile app is seeing slowing download growth and daily use, analysis shows | TechCrunch

ChatGPT’s mobile app may have reached its growth peak, according to new data from app intelligence firm Apptopia.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

TECHCRUNCH: “.. ChatGPT’s mobile app growth may have hit its peak, according to a new analysis of download trends ..

“.. new user growth, measured by percentage changes in new global downloads, slowed after April.”

@techcrunch.com 👀
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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

I told Dems/ Biden administration in early 2021 that inflation was going to be blamed on them, instead of on the FED.
But, The stupid cowardly Dems refused to blame the FED, who prints the money that creates inflation
= Almost everyone blames the Dems for inflation
= Dumbass Dems never learn

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 2d

"...the proposed program could save many patients between $2k & $4k a yr... lower costs could result in substantial savings bc the state buys the product every year for the millions of people on its publicly funded health plans." 🛟 medsky health policy sociology

California to begin selling affordable, state-branded insulin beginning next year

Insulin pens will be available at a recommended price of $11 per pen, or a maximum of $55 for a five-pack.

www.nbcnews.com

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

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Oracle Isn’t Answering the Hardest Questions About Its AI Plans

The software giant has boosted its long-term financial targets, but paying for an artificial-intelligence build-out is seen stretching company resources.

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FACTSmatter @gazansrterrorists.bsky.social · 1d

"Materialize"? This is reality, not Star Trek there is no end demand surge for AI, because it's already flatlining and no one wants to pay for the crappy gpt5 subscriptions in Europe flatlined now.
= It's game over.
AI is the biggest bubble in history and it's going to crash real soon

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BiRdMaNsf67 🌈 @morrowjamesadam.bsky.social · 2d

Hotter
and Hotter

Faster
and Faster

Massive
Accelerating
Change

NY Times 🎁🔗
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"the relationship is approximately proportional, with each 10 ppm increase in CO2 concentration leading to a temperature increase of about 0.1 °C"
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Jumped
by a Record Amount, U.N. Says 🎁🔗
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/climate/carbon-dioxide-emissions-record-jump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uE8.m7Mv.QfwZlb_cj6Sa&smid=nytcore-android-share

"In 2024, the atmosphere's average concentration of the gas reached 423.9 parts per million, an increase of 3.5 parts per million from the year before. That edged out a 3.3 parts per million increase in 2016 that was previously the largest ever measured. Year-to-year rises in carbon dioxide concentrations have accelerated since the 1960s, when the average pace of increase was 0.8 parts per million."

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The world has warmed 1.3°C

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#ALLFORCLIMATE: SIX DEGREES

We are facing a climate emergency posing an existential threat to humanity. The crisis requires "rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society", says the UN's IPCC*. If we want to ensure good living conditions for all, within the limits of the planet, we must redefine what living well means, and create an economy that does not depend on growth.

We have been waiting too long for others to solve the crisis. But all actors in society have important roles to play in the transition ahead. All of us, individuals and organisations, must realise that we are part of the problem and must act boldly now to become part of the solution. This is the core of the #AllForClimate campaign.

Despite the progress made by science, we do not know for sure when tipping points will be triggered, and when global warming could be unstoppable. For any tenth of a degree of global warming we let happen, we are gambling with a future that, in the worst case, none of us can survive.

#ALL FOR C CLIMA

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* Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

THE WORLD BEFORE INDUSTRIALISATION

The temperature reached on Earth around 11,000 years ago after the last ice age. Ice melting made the sea level rise about 120 metres. Stable and mild climate allowed humans to grow food and settle down. Cities aroused, consumption was low and living ways mostly sustainable. Humans were already affecting their environment, but not so much the world's climate.

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EVERY TENTH OF DEGREE OF WARMING COUNTS

In 2015, global warming reached 1°C above pre-industrial levels. Six years later it reached 1.1°C. The Arctic and Antarctica are melting. The Gulf Stream is weakening. Glaciers are melting affecting freshwater supply. Hurricanes, droughts, heatwaves and large wildfires are more frequent. Low-lying coastlines are flooded. Ice-free sea absorbs more heat and accelerates global warming. Corals are bleaching. Wildlife is in decline. Food production is starting t…

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