Iran is striking the US stock market.

Trump advocates for Data Centres on Truth Social

The people who built the phone don't let their own kids near it. Evan Spiegel, who runs Snapchat, gave his 7 year old 90 minutes of screen time a week. Bill Gates didn't give his kids phones until they were 14. Sundar Pichai's son was 11 and still didn't have one. He also said the TV at home isn't easy to get to. Tim Cook said he wouldn't let his nephew on a social network. Steve Jobs was asked in 2011 how his kids liked the iPad. They hadn't used it. Two miles from Google's headquarters is the Waldorf School of the Peninsula. Phones are banned. No screens until 8th grade. Pens, paper, knitting needles. 75% of the students there have parents who work in tech. Several board members are running AI startups. It costs up to $47,500 a year. Some parents in the area now make their nannies sign no-phone contracts and post photos on message boards of nannies caught using one near a child. Peter Thiel said he's a fairly typical Silicon Valley parent, then added that there are some questions that might lead you to ask. The line that stuck with me was from Adam Alter, who wrote a book on addictive tech. “Never get high on your own supply.”

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Operation Outcast will make Iran want to make a deal. The goal is to create a condition that they'd want to come to the table.

#BESSENT: CAN DO THIS WITHOUT CHINA; IRAN OIL ON WATER LIMITED

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Fed's Chair Warsh and I are on the same page on bonds.

“They’ll hang me.” #Putin, cornered, is preparing a new escalation of the #war According to The Economist, the Russian dictator has found himself in a dead end but is afraid to show weakness. He believes that ending the war without capturing all of Donbas would threaten not only his power but also his life. One insider told the publication that Putin said to his associates: “They’ll hang me.” After weeks of deliberation over the summer, the dictator decided not to wind down the war but to raise the stakes again. His main problem is the lack of tangible results despite enormous losses. The war is dragging on, Ukrainian drones are reaching deeper into Russian territory, and the feeling of normal life is gradually disappearing. Discontent is growing inside Russia. The mood among the elite is even darker. The Kremlin may therefore move on several fronts at once: intensify strikes on Ukraine, expand sabotage and hybrid warfare against Europe, and send another 300,000–400,000 troops to the front without formally announcing a new mobilization. However, Putin does not understand that escalation will not solve any of his problems. It will only increase the cost of the war and could destabilize the system even further.

A Berlin artist made a shirt that makes you invisible to AI surveillance cameras. Like, the camera sees everyone else but skips right over you. The pattern looks like a loud Hawaiian shirt to humans. But to AI detection systems, it breaks the outline of a human body so completely that the model can't register a person is there. He built it by testing patterns against YOLO until the AI stopped seeing a human. Now he's selling it for $75. If his name sounds familiar same guy who tricked Google Maps into showing a fake traffic jam by pulling 99 phones through an empty street in 2020. It won't fool every system. But the government systems watching you are closed, proprietary, and impossible to test independently. The shirt is the question. The system that can't be questioned is the problem.

Two fighters against the system in one frame. 🇺🇸 Marquee Guest Colby Covington with former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich at the Strength of America Dinner in Bedminster, New Jersey. Different backgrounds, different battles. But they share one concern: what happens when government power is abused, prosecutions become political weapons, and ordinary Americans are left trying to survive the machinery. Weaponization Watch was proud to bring together fighters ready to confront those questions head-on. Truth. Accountability. Justice.

In 2013, #Huey #Lewis and #Weird #Al created the greatest meta parody ever; a shot-for-shot remake of the axe scene from #AMERICAN #PSYCHO, which featured Lewis's "Hip To Be Square", with Lewis and Yankovic partially playing themselves talking about the movie. So good.

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🔴 MOO IMBALANCE S&P 500: -162.3 MLN NASDAQ 100: 16.5 MLN DOW 30: -30.8 MLN MAG 7: 16.2 MLN MACRO

🚨🇫🇷New poll in France shows Marine Le Pen winning the election by a massive margin. In a potential second-round runoff, Le Pen would win 69.5% of the vote, compared to just 30.5% for Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Major changes are coming to France.

🔴 US Treasury Secretary Bessent on Iran: We're going to continue exerting pressure.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent: The world economy cannot rest on beggar-thy-neighbor acts.

Wayfair is trying to corner the market on woke Prime Ministers.

US Treasury Secretary Bessent on Iran: Iran's economy doesn't have to collapse, the regime just needs to come to its senses.

We are going right after the choke points... attacking the dependency that gives hostile powers their leverage over entire nations... Burgum is laying out the offensive... connect Venezuelan oil to American refining capacity through our hemisphere and build the supply that makes their grip easier to break... Follow where the pressure lands... redirecting Venezuelan barrels away from China forces Beijing to replace that supply while strengthening our position... Expanding production along routes that bypass the Middle Eastern choke points gives Washington more room to squeeze hostile oil exporters and go after their revenue... we gain the freedom to press harder as their ability to make us pay for it weakens... That is the strategic weight behind the 65 billion barrel announcement, with the muscle growing as investment turns those reserves into production... The Donroe Doctrine puts resources, routes and refining capacity behind the next move... taking away the dependencies the beast feeds on and using that advantage to go after what remains... We are building the power to keep applying pressure until holding the world’s energy supply hostage becomes a losing proposition...

Happy Birthday to Dr. Maria Montessori, born #OnThisDay in 1870 in Chiaravalle, Italy! 🇮🇹 A physician and educator, she revolutionized education with her child-centered approach that continues to inspire classrooms around the world. 📚✨

We spent decades being told the flex was the watch, the car, or the job title. Then you grow up and realize the real flex is coming home to a family that genuinely loves and supports you. Everything else is just noise. #Family #Love #Life #TrueWealth