Kris Holt
@krisholt1.bsky.social
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As tech companies gear up to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars to fuel investments in AI, lenders and investors are increasingly looking to protect themselves against it all going wrong.
AI Debt Explosion Has Traders Searching for Cover: Credit Weekly
As tech companies gear up to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars to fuel investments in artificial intelligence, lenders and investors are increasingly looking to protect themselves against it all going wrong.
bloom.bg
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
As tech companies gear up to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars to fuel investments in AI, lenders and investors are increasingly looking to protect themselves against it all going wrong.
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too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
too much of the economy now is not built around solving a problem or meeting a need
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I remember being surprised at how many people assumed Burnham had given up after Conference
Meanwhile, ambitious Labour politicians are doing things like this
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
I remember being surprised at how many people assumed Burnham had given up after Conference
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You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
What if AI dead mom ends up neglected just like one of those digital picture frames. Sold at a digital goodwill for $2.50.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
You could literally do a horror anthology based on the different ways this can go wrong.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
AI dead mom escapes into your TV, and your digital fridge, and your pacemaker.
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
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“We are scouring the earth.”
America is scrambling for beef supplies and prices are soaring. Is there an end in sight?
Read the latest Business of Food newsletter:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
America is scrambling for beef supplies and prices are soaring. Is there an end in sight?
Read the latest Business of Food newsletter:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Americans Just Can’t Get Enough Beef
The US is the world’s largest consumer of the red meat, but shrinking cattle herds have led to a supply shortage and sent prices soaring.
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“We are scouring the earth.”
America is scrambling for beef supplies and prices are soaring. Is there an end in sight?
Read the latest Business of Food newsletter:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
America is scrambling for beef supplies and prices are soaring. Is there an end in sight?
Read the latest Business of Food newsletter:
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
James Van Der Beek Sells Dawson’s Creek Merch to Pay for Cancer Treatment
James Van Der Beek is auctioning off ‘Dawson’s Creek’ and ‘Varsity Blues’ merchandise to pay for his cancer treatments.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The thing about cruelty and inhumanity is that the limits of who is affected keep expanding and expanding until we shove it back the other way
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This is one of the few times that the analogy between a running a government and a business makes sense. Focus on making a good product and everything else will take care of itself.
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is one of the few times that the analogy between a running a government and a business makes sense. Focus on making a good product and everything else will take care of itself.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
The existence of a silly season implies the existence of a sensible season
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The existence of a silly season implies the existence of a sensible season
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Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; orders it to pay damages
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/c...
Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; orders it to pay damages | TechCrunch
A German court ruled that OpenAI’s ChatGPT violated the nation’s copyright laws by training its language models on licensed musical work without permission.
techcrunch.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Court rules that OpenAI violated German copyright law; orders it to pay damages
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/c...
techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/c...
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
RAISE YOUR CHILDREN SO THEY DO NOT DO THINGS LIKE THIS dailyfreepress.com/11/13/10/216...
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
dailyfreepress.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
For every surveillance state to function, there must be a critical mass of people who willingly act as snitches to further the regime's ideology.
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
I lived through this firsthand, money isn't the motivating factor for these people, it's the satisfaction of seeing people they hate suffer
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One of the things that's very difficult to really take to heart about MAGA conservatives is that you can't get them on hypocrisy about their children because they really don't give a fuck about their kids
Everyone who posts this should note that Megyn Kelly has a 14-year-old daughter. Do not let her off the hook on this.
This was always where this was headed.
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
One of the things that's very difficult to really take to heart about MAGA conservatives is that you can't get them on hypocrisy about their children because they really don't give a fuck about their kids
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he’s a provider of access to money, connections and beautiful women and girls — everything that these people need to affirm their own status. being rich and powerful is a grift which requires other to bolster & buy in. That’s the service Epstein provided.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
he’s a provider of access to money, connections and beautiful women and girls — everything that these people need to affirm their own status. being rich and powerful is a grift which requires other to bolster & buy in. That’s the service Epstein provided.
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One of the takeaways from this is that the Ukraine war has in all likelihood severely weakened Russia.
November 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
One of the takeaways from this is that the Ukraine war has in all likelihood severely weakened Russia.
I cannot fathom the depths of evil required to want to do this. It staggers me that this is how cavalier some people are.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians - BBC News
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I cannot fathom the depths of evil required to want to do this. It staggers me that this is how cavalier some people are.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Apart from the AI nonsense. Politicians openly showing their contempt for the teacher profession will not improve the attraction of the job
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Apart from the AI nonsense. Politicians openly showing their contempt for the teacher profession will not improve the attraction of the job
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
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Let us simply not check that figure after they stuck most of the BBC in the US behind a paywall a few months ago to increase revenue at the expense of British soft power and influence.
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Let us simply not check that figure after they stuck most of the BBC in the US behind a paywall a few months ago to increase revenue at the expense of British soft power and influence.