Jim Impoco

Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.

BrainCo: The “Harvard” Startup That Became A “Little Dragon” in China — With Brain Data From U.S. Olympians and Schoolchildren Are you ready for your mind to be blown? How about harvested?

A new investigation by Hunterbrook reveals that BrainCo, which brands itself as Harvard-founded, has been funded by the Chinese government to power its neural technology arms race against the US — while harvesting brain data from schoolchildren and elite athletes, including US Olympians.

Contaminate. Clean Up. Repeat. The first investigation in a new Hunterbrook series on the poisoning of American communities takes us to Hastings, Nebraska. lnkd.in/e3ajC9Rf

With cartels officially designated terrorist organizations under the Trump administration, remittance companies — which facilitate tens of billions of dollars in cross-border transfers every year — face growing scrutiny and severe risks.https://hntrbrk.com/rely-wu-cartel-crackdown/

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Cracking Big Egg: Why the Industry’s Narrative Doesn’t Add Up Hunterbrook Media’s investment affiliate, Hunterbrook Capital, did not take any positions related to this article. Eggs have become a status symbol — sold as loosies in New York City bodegas; dubbed t...

Big Egg is clucking all the way to the bank. hntrbrk.com/big-egg/

No thanks, I'll drive.

a good example of how the world is getting dumber. the new politico playbook writer didn't know who FDR was until a reader told him about that whole "new deal" thing. this newsletter is read by every important person in DC.

And note other stuff on the white board that may get a rethink.

Love the Chinglish vibe of DeepSeek's X profile: "Answer the essential question with long-termism."

RH: Where Did All The Cash Go? RH could be one prolonged housing downturn away from a cataclysmic collapse.

If it is a house of cards, at least it's a well-appointed one hntrbrk.com/rh/

In Praise of California It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness

Good reminder how California makes the rest of America richer paulkrugman.substack.com/p/in-praise-...

The Unfightable Fire The many fires burning around Los Angeles are pressing the limits of firefighting.

Magnificent reporting, thinking, and writing from the get-go @zoeschlanger.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...

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'Feral' Emus Named Thelma and Louise Join Escaped Lab Monkeys In Running Wild Across South Carolina The emus have been missing for three months Taylor Odisho --Latin Times, 18 Nov 2024

2024 Headline of the Year nominee (November)

Agreed 100%. Also that assumption caused a relative glut of software engineering/coders and not enough electrical and computer engineers such that all the current favorite projects of tech bros have hardware and infrastructure limitations they aren't prepared for.

Concerning

I have gone this far in life without (I think) ever calling people "stupid" or "dumb" in print or online.

But good God, this drone nonsense, and people who take it seriously.

Cartoon depicting the MASS SHOOTING CONDOLENCE CARDS section at a store - MALL, SCHOOL, CHURCH, CONCERT

Good morning. ⛅️

Do y’all ever have a hard time waking up…

…in America?

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#EndGunViolenceNow

Eddie Harris & Les McCann - Compared To What (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 1969) YouTube video by Eddie Harris

This 1969 anti-Nixon Les McCann classic could have been written yesterday (except for maybe, sock it to me). And Eddie Harris! Didn't know video existed. It'll brighten your day www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdDZ...

Russia supporting North Korean nuclear programme in exchange for troops: Nato chief This could destabilise the Korean peninsula and threaten the US, the Nato chief said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia continues to escalate. NATO believes Putin is supporting North Korean nuclear program in exchange for troops
www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-...

Plug Power Failure Part I: Critical DOE Loan at Risk Due To False Water Data, Cash Crunch, And Stalled Expansions As Hostile Trump Administration Looms Plug did not reply to repeated requests for comment.

Plug Power significantly understated the water usage of its hydrogen plants, reporting figures almost eight times lower than actual levels. Latest from Hunterbrook Media: newsletter.hntrbrk.com/p/plug-power...

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

Enjoy the bot holiday while it lasts @bsky.app .

Will Hims Be a Major Winner of Trump’s FDA Pick? The telehealth-boosting surgeon and Johns Hopkins professor is currently CMO at a company that prescribes compounded GLP-1 drugs through the mail.

Marty Makary, Trump's nominee to head the #FDA, is an executive at Sesame, a startup that sells compounded #GLP-1 weight loss drugs online. He could be reporting to Ozempic skeptic #RFK Jr. Makary's position on #BigSeedOil remain unclear. hntrbrk.com/hims-follow-...

Musk always makes me think of this story from Kurt Vonnegut:

At a party he asked Joseph Heller how he felt that their host, a hedge fund manager, made more money in a day than he had earned from Catch-22 over its whole history.
Heller responds,“Yes, but I have something he will never have. ENOUGH.”

BREAKING: Roblox Faces Undisclosed Probes by SEC Enforcement and FTC Amid Hindenburg Accusations of “Inflated Key Metrics for Wall Street and a Pedophile Hellscape for Kids” Roblox did not reply to repeated requests for comment.

Both the SEC and FTC have launched new investigations into Roblox, according to documents just obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests. newsletter.hntrbrk.com/p/breaking-r...

@hunterw.bsky.social would you mind verifying?

Just never in the right place at the right time.