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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 1h

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 · 1h

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 · 4h

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 · 7h

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.

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Jamie Smyth @jamiesmythft.bsky.social · 11h

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 · 7h

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 · 7h

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 · 8h

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 · 8h

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 · 8h

"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

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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 · 9h

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 · 17h

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 · 23h

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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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1d

2nd pitch wow

Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 1d

The Doug Ford-run government of Ontario running Reagan's words against Trump's dumb tarrifs in an ad in Game 7 of the ALCS, what a world we live in now.

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 2d

I honestly looked at that and thought you gotta do all three skills in 14 minutes, certainly. Right? Apparently not.

Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 2d

Plenty of damage is done, but there's some small comfort in the fact they're so incompetent.

Screencap from a news report from the Ukrainian front lines with a soldier turning and saying "We are very lucky that they are so fucking stupid."

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 2d

LMFAO at Anna Bowers' rightful bewilderment and contempt woven throughout this bonkers article.

After I reached out to the department for comment on Halligan's texts, Halligan texted me yet again, for the first time in several days, insisting that our entire conversation had been off the record. Our full exchange, linked below, allows readers to make their own judgements on that question

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 2d

I spent six years monitoring and reporting on a "ceasefire" and have no illusions that these agreements are a lasting answer to the fighting.

But objective monitoring and reporting informing enforcement efforts by the int'l community are a basic requirement if you want any chance for it to work.

Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 2d

So, I'm gathering the the ceasefire agreement has no meaningful monitoring, reporting, or enforcement mechanisms other than the begrudging cooperation of the sides and Trump flying these nuggets in every other week to get played.

Color me skeptical this thing holds up.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Israel to shore up Gaza ceasefire

Visit by US envoys comes day after series of attacks threatened to derail fragile accord

on.ft.com

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Reinier Van Lanschot @reiniervanlanschot.volteuropa.org · 2d

It took one phone call by Putin to completely change Trumps mind again.

Zelenskyy came into the meeting expecting US missiles, but instead he was shouted at by Trump to give up land that Russia has not even managed to occupy.

Trump told Zelenskyy he’d try to end the war ‘on the current line’ in difficult White House meeting

Ukraine’s leader left Washington without a promise of Tomahawk missiles from his U.S. counterpart, but insiders blamed poor timing given events in the Middle East.

www.politico.eu

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Nicholas @thebigtenfour.bsky.social · 2d

"At times, using Neon felt a bit like working with a hapless intern we’d never asked for." 💀

We watched in horror as the bot scrolled past perfectly nice floral arrangements we'd tasked it with finding for a friend only to add a monstrous funerary wreath to our basket, even as we clicked on the better options. Another time, Do declared that

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The Wicker Dan (1973) @danlehner.bsky.social · 3d

hell yeaj

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