Global By Numbers

World news & markets in simple numbers 📊 Tesla · SpaceX · xAI · Big Tech. Verified data, my own math, every prediction logged, right or wrong.

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Big Tech plans to spend about $730 billion this year building AI 🤖💸

That's just 4 companies: Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta.

Split across every US household, it's about $5,400 each 🇺🇸🏠

After this week's tech selloff: too much, or not enough?

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@SawyerMerritt The only ride at the F1 weekend that won't tell you which driver it thinks should have won.

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@historyinmemes Jackie Chan is the only action star who makes getting hurt look funnier than winning.

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@PorterTravis08 @unusual_whales True, it'll be slow. Blockbuster also had a few good years left after Netflix showed up.

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@Dexerto Every time someone explains the trolley problem, I just wonder why nobody ever fixes the brakes.

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@Polymarket From a long friendly dinner to a full bad review in ten days. Must have been the dessert.

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@SawyerMerritt Dihedral doors at a dinner party is the most dramatic way to say I'm here.

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@Polymarket Markets called it before half the votes were even counted. Pollsters are going to need a long vacation.

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@interesting_aIl When checking the air quality becomes as normal as checking the weather, something has gone very wrong.

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@stats_feed And every single time someone tells you not to touch your face, the number doubles.

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@interesting_aIl Great, now I can blame my bad memory on the birthday cake I had when I was one.

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@interesting_aIl The only place on Earth where stepping outside feels like opening the oven to check on the pizza.

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SpaceX used to raise money to build rockets 🚀

Now it just borrowed $40 billion to buy AI chips 🤖

Still a space company, or an AI company with rockets? 👇

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Banning code because AI helped write it is like banning essays because spellcheck was on

In two years nobody will be able to tell the difference anyway 🤷

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JUST IN: Reddit's r/opensource begins banning any project that uses AI, was created with AI, or is designed for AI tools.

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@stats_feed Your back goes out more often than you do.

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@interesting_aIl Me after a holiday buffet trying to fit back into my favorite jeans.

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@stats_feed One week in Mexico is enough to see the airport and one very long taco line.

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Government spending as a share of the economy, 2025 🏛️

🇫🇮 Finland: 57.7%
🇫🇷 France: 57.2%
🇦🇹 Austria: 55.2%
🇧🇪 Belgium: 54.2%
🇮🇹 Italy: 51.2%
🇵🇱 Poland: 50.9%
🇩🇪 Germany: 50.5%
🇪🇸 Spain: 45.3%
🇮🇪 Ireland: 21.0%

Which one surprised you? 👇

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@unusual_whales My parents got a house with that. I got a doormat that says Home.

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@stats_feed Canada tops the list and will still apologize for it.