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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 16h

Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 1d

Financial TV interviews with a CEO, especially after earnings, are like a sideline interview with an NFL coach rushing off the field at halftime. No real insight, no real interest in the question, nothing you're going to remember 30 minutes later.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 1d

He's definitely had that "Morrissey" aging process where you start off as a delicate-featured waif and turn into a retired boxer with the neck of an American football player.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI with another 10 GW deal ...

To remind, 1 GW costs $60 billion to deploy.

OpenAI has made deals for 26 GW over the past two weeks.

So ... that's a $1.6 trillion commit for a company that had H1 revenue of $4.3 billion.

This. Is. A. Bubble.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 2d

Data was delayed …urgh … big early bid in the market … good luck.

Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 2d

Not a lot of bounce in futures … I guess financials will need to do some heavy lifting this week.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

* TRUMP: XI IS A SMART MAN AND A GREAT LEADER

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 3d

That’s pretty solid … Italia 90 is simply massive in terms of the way in which it both saved Football from itself and sold its soul to a global media colossus at the same time …

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 4d

We’re great at round numbers … does that count? 😊

Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 4d

And a word for “entrepreneur”! 😊

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 4d

Deja vu all over again:

Macron Reappoints Lecornu as France’s Prime Minister

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 4d

So Friday:

Possible insider trading on the (check notes) Nobel Peace Prize winner.

President pulls rug from soaring stock market on 3-year bull anniversary

Government uses shutdown to fire as many people as possible.

Peter Theil makes David Icke look like Barbara Woodhouse.

So, yeah

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 5d

OpenAI thinks it's going to deploy 500 Hoover Dams worth of power over the next few years.

Market do, too.

But it's not a bubble.

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 5d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 5d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 5d

That's a solid headline!

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 5d

Made me think of when Fleabag’s sister tried to give her a hug … “what the f**k was that? never do that again!” 😂😂😂

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 6d

Tactically silly as well: essentially keeps ad hoc Reform roundtables going into the early hours of the morning.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 6d

Needs must!!!

Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 6d

If you’re not in the mid 20s, low 30s on tabs, and working from at least three screens, it’s fair to say you’re not really trying.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 7d

Huang: I GW of compute will require $50 to $60 billion to establish.

OpenAI wants to establish 250 GW of compute.

It had $4.3 billion in H1 revenues.

The maths isn't mathing.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 7d

I wonder if bitcoin would have passed the "five tests"? :-)

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 7d

Quick reminder: Arguably the biggest mind in modern UK politics. Gordon Brown, sold 395 tonnes of the nation's gold at $275/oz.

Nobody knows anything. Full stop.

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 7d

She was no fool!

Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 7d

She was all-in onT-bills before she got into the FCOJ trade!

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 8d

Fiat, Bitcoin, Quantum stocks …

Chris Taylor @christaylornyc.bsky.social · 8d

Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal

bsky.app/profile/ryan...

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 8d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 9d

I know these details are tiresome, but Japan did not, in fact, just elect its first female prime minister. Sanae Takaichi was elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party and is *expected to become* prime minister. But someone else is in that job right now.

DJT post on Truth Social: "Japan has just elected its first female Prime Minister, a highly respected person of great wisdom and strength. This is tremendous news for the incredible people of Japan. Congratulations to all! President Donald J. Trump"

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Martin Baccardax @mdbaccardax.bsky.social · 9d

They have concepts of a cave ...

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