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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 3h

As important as it is to resist Trump, it's equally important for us to impose consequences on those who capitulate to his regime.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 6h

i hope that a governor spanberger and a democratic general assembly uses its authority to discipline the university for its capitulation and to remove these BOV members who have decided that they work for donald trump and not the people of the commonwealth

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 6h

Holy shit. This was actually worse than the worst I could've imagined.

Cuomo is basically that cartoon villain that the city of New York has to band together to defeat once and for all.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6h

Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”

Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 7h

Yeah, that and putting it through Google Lens for hits, it only appears in a single Ukrainian news site starting today.

If there was an official govt/press photo of a signing it would be more used by a wide variety of news sites.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 7h

There aren't enough stars on that EU flag. 10 instead of 12.

AI.

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Let the Right Hon In @danhon.com · 8h

Considering adding "But will this project be far more extensive than initially let on?" to every single NYT story about Trump and his admin.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11h

Breaking News: President Trump is having the White House’s entire East Wing demolished to make way for his $200 million ballroom. The project is far more extensive than he initially let on.

Trump Will Demolish Entire White House East Wing for Ballroom: Live Updates

nyti.ms

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 13h

FT on top of their game again with graphics too, as @jamiesmythft.bsky.social notes, if you ever want to learn how a new generation of sodium-cooled small modular reactors work if they come to life in the US.

Gift link at the top of the thread! Enjoy.

bsky.app/profile/jami...

Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 17h

With an amazing graphic that explains how sodium-cooled fast reactors work @on.ft.com/4ovgxuv @financialtimes.com

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 13h

And anytime I see irrational exuberance like this for a questionable firm in any industry that needs a lot of initial capital, R&D, and long lead times to get things to market, I feel the worst for the others in the industry doing good work, much like the effect of biomed investment after Theranos.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 13h

Only quibble here is a company founded in 2013 might be suddenly upstart, but is it really a "start-up" still? We were laughing at newly-released Vine clips on our iPhone 5s in 2013. Feel like start-ups are still virtuous in many people's eyes and the term gives Oklo cover to be dumb and disruptive

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 14h

Of course this has an AI connection, Sam Altman's hyping and a direct, corrupt connection with the White House.

But I still can't get over that the valuation isn't some blackbox private valuation, but one being traded by institutional and retail investors as a public listing on the stock market.

Yet the surge in its shares, buoyed by enthusiasm from retail investors who make up an outsized proportion of its shareholders, has worried experts who fear the stock has become wildly overheated. It is among the highest valued pre-revenue businesses listed in the US.
Oklo has fallen 25 per cent over the past five trading sessions in a sign of the worries over its frothy valuation.
"It's a pretty classic technology hype cycle," said Adam Stein, a nuclear specialist at the Breakthrough Institute, a research group, who warned of a "bubble" in AI energy start-ups. "Most will never make it," he said.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 14h

Okay, but that that look delicious, has utility, and doesn't require handling pure liquid sodium or weapons-grade plutonium.

The only thing that needs clarifying before investing: is it mayo, smetana, or vinegar based?

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 15h

"Oklo has *no revenues*, no licence to operate reactors and no binding contracts to supply power. But this has not stopped the start-up from riding a wave of investor enthusiasm that has propelled its *stock market* valuation above *$20bn.*"

Emphasis mine. What are we doing here

on.ft.com/4htuN4O

Inside Oklo: the $20bn nuclear start-up without any revenue

Silicon Valley company with links to Trump administration rides wave of investor enthusiasm

on.ft.com

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 16h

Over in Ireland and the election for their next President, a preview of the terrifying and depressing next stage of the information world we live in.

Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler.bsky.social · 1d

We knew this would happen. Note how realistic the visuals and voices are.
This AI deepfake video of Catherine Connolly ‘withdrawing’ from presidential contest and that Friday’s poll is ‘cancelled’ is live and viral on Facebook tonight.
1000s watching, commenters believing it.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1d

And one is a 36-year-old that has raised over $3mil in his campaign so far. There's also still months to declare candidacy. It doesn't seem like it needs to only be Mills vs. Platner.

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Djinn & Tonic 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇬🇱 @djinnandtonic.bsky.social · 1d

Yard sign generator version of the screenshot post in the quoted post.

IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE:
DONALD TRUMP IS THE ANTICHRIST
ABOLISH ICE
UNLIMITED WEAPONS TO UKRAINE
FREE PALESTINE
BILLIONAIRES SHOULDN'T EXIST

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sincerely sorry to Ukrainians and the world that he's lost any object permanence and everyone has to play the game of "last person he spoke to is right".

I expect Europeans to be heading to Washington soon to jangle keys in front of his face again.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1d

Lavrov reiterates maximalist demands and "Putin continues to make clear that, despite a willingness to engage with the White House, Russia is not interested in ending the war"

Putin only engages when needing to distract and derail and Trump takes the bait every time www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump’s second meeting with Putin is off

Russia’s foreign minister said he made clear to Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a call on Monday that their demands in Ukraine haven’t changed.

www.politico.com

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1d

It's a non-political MSD, but the Cinnamon Toast shrimp tail guy got nuked from existence in about 48hrs

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