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[Shruti @heyshrutimishra]

This is why smart people rarely build businesses

Jensen Huang stood in front of a room of Stanford graduates and told them he hopes they suffer.

He wasn't being cruel. He was being precise.

His argument: people with very high expectations have very low resilience. And resilience, not intelligence, is what decides who actually makes it. A Stanford grad has spent their whole life as the smartest person in the room. They've rarely been tested by real failure. So when something finally breaks, they break with it.

Then he said the line every founder should sit with: "Greatness is not intelligence. Greatness comes from character. And character isn't formed out of smart people, it's formed out of people who suffered."

He would know. At nine, Huang was scrubbing toilets at a Kentucky boarding school his family hadn't realized was a reform school. As a teenager he bussed tables at Denny's. In 1993 he started NVIDIA in a Denny's booth, and nearly lost it more than once in the years that followed. The character was built decades before the valuation showed up.

This is why he uses the words "pain and suffering" inside NVIDIA with what he calls great glee. He isn't trying to shield his best people from the hard part. He's trying to give it to them on purpose.

Talent gets you into the room. The people who stay are the ones who were broken once and learned they could rebuild.

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

Inflation jumps to highest since Joe Biden.

The kicker is it’s all staying in energy -- companies aren’t raising prices because they know it's temporary from the war.

The one crayon-eater who’s panicking is the Federal Reserve.

[Roger Rodriguez @iHomesBoston]

As Ben Weber’s neighbor, I’ve known him as straightforward and ethical for years. He proactively sought Ethics Commission guidance, withdrew the specific $1.2M MOIA amendment, and committed to recusal. This is part of Boston’s broader push to support immigrants through MOIA services, legal aid, and community programs — efforts backed at both city and state levels. Let’s focus on the full facts and due process, not appearances. Boston deserves thoughtful governance. Sensationalism won't foster constructive dialogue. #BostonCouncil #BostonBudget #ImmigrantRights #EthicalLeadership #DueProcessThis #dialecticreasoning

[🅶🅾🆁🅺 @Raclure03]

Une des meilleures vidéos que j'ai vu sur internet 🥹🤩🤩🤩🥰

[Roger Rodriguez @iHomesBoston]

In the 80s and 90s, I watched 80-90% of my gay friends die. The only 5 or 6 still alive today all refused AZT. I'm ashamed I didn't support them—or advocate harder—when I was young and marching with ACT UP. They were right. Fauci pushed that poison while shutting down other options. Never again. #ShameOnMe #GayBoston

[Valerie Anne Smith @ValerieAnne1970]

RFK Jr: Fauci FORCED AIDS patients onto the deadly chemo drug AZT and KILLED 330,000 people.

Fauci STOPPED any treatment alternative other than AZT.

Exactly like during COVID. Fauci STOPPED Ivermectin & Hydroxychloroquine...and ONLY allowed deadly Remdesivir.

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

Comrade Mamdani comes for the landlords.

New York rents just hit $4,700 for a 1 bedroom while 50,000 units sit empty.

Mamdani’s solution is seize the properties and hand them to scam NGO’s.

Communism will work this time ✌️

[Roger Rodriguez @iHomesBoston]

Big advocate for acupuncture here. 💯 Great news!

[Nicolas Hulscher, MPH @NicHulscher]

96% of patients declared COMPLETE REMISSION of alpha-gal syndrome after ear acupuncture — lasting months to years.

Basically EVERYONE in the study could eat meat again within weeks of undergoing Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment (SAAT).

There were ZERO adverse reactions.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Eric Weinstein just put his finger on something real.

Liberal societies go illiberal in two different ways.

One is hyper-liberal illiberalism. Open borders, fluid everything, “no person is illegal,” that whole vibe.

The other is the backlash - hypo-liberal illiberalism. Hard borders, strong pushback, masculine energy. “Enough.”

He was talking about Britain especially. Told them to stop the self-hatred. You built something special. That dry humor. That irreverent creativity. That ability to take ideas and make them world-class. Be proud of it.

This feels like one of the clearest explanations I’ve heard for the pendulum we’re all watching swing right now.

When one extreme goes too far, the correction comes hard. Societies need both openness and boundaries. Lose your sense of who you are, and things get messy fast.

Do you think the UK (and other Western countries) actually need this corrective phase right now, or is it heading the wrong direction?

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

The Iran War was supposed to crash stocks like the 70's.

And send gold soaring.

Instead, since America started rocking the casbah stocks ruled, bonds drooled, and gold got thrown off a roof.

Should we be worried.

[Roger Rodriguez @iHomesBoston]

I have lots of dead friends from that time period. RIP to all of them. 🙏🏽

[Bridgett Fertig @LightOnLiberty]

RFK Jr. claims that Anthony Fauci forced people infected with AIDS to take HIS drug which ended up taking the lives of 330,000 people that DIED from it! 🤯

How it's this NOT considered Crimes Against Humanity?!

“Anthony Fauci at that time was trying to ban any kind of therapeutic drugs. He was trying to steer all of the business toward AZT, which was his drug with GlaxoSmithKline, which was then called Burroughs Welcome.”

“Most all of the all of the symptoms, symptomology of AIDS were other diseases for which there were therapeutic drugs. Doctor Fauci was trying to prevent people who are suffering from AIDS from acquiring those drugs and that's why there were then, buyers clubs.”

“John Lauritzen, who was one of the, most famous researchers and journalists in the AIDS community at that point, estimates that 330,000 gay men were killed by AZT, between 1989 and 2019.”

“A lot of people did not wanna get on AZT. They wanted to try these other therapeutic drugs, and Anthony Fauci refused to test them for efficacy!"

[Michael Raimondi @mraimonditv]

“He is irreplaceable”

@BostonFire Rescue 2 share heartfelt thoughts on the huge loss they’re feeling after Bobby “BK” Kilduff was killed battling flames in Dorchester yesterday

@boston25

[Roger Rodriguez @iHomesBoston]

@Sassafrass_84 @lisa_sitko Cancer sucks. Prayers 🙏🏽 for Abraham's quick recovery. God bless you too Tulsi.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

lol

[Brian Shortsleeve for Massachusetts @ShortsleeveMA]

Rent control will do exactly what it always does: kill housing production, drive small landlords out of the market, and make the housing crisis even worse.

Massachusetts doesn’t need more failed Beacon Hill mandates. We need more housing.

As governor, I’ll cut red tape, speed up permitting, expand infrastructure, and make it easier to actually build homes in Massachusetts again.

Read more here: https://t.co/qBwLfv0SmI #mapoli #magov

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇩🇪 German Chancellor Merz walked into a room full of hostile union leaders and told them everyone has to give something up.

He got whistles and boos.

Pension, healthcare, tax reform… it all depends on at least a working relationship between Berlin and organized labor.

Right now, that relationship is on fire.

Source: DW

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

It’s Official:
Alberta will vote on Independence after years of abuse from the rest of Canada.

If it succeeds, it's 80% odds Alberta applies to join the US.

[Diana DiZoglio @massauditor]

With respect to the refusal to enforce the 72% voter-mandated audit law, “it’s not just thwarting the Auditor, it's thwarting the people.” #mapoli

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

“Largest energy crisis in history” as Europe and Asia ration fuel, cut power, and brace for riots.

Meanwhile America’s ramping up oil production and driving the drop-top Mustang with A/C on full blast 🥳

[Ricardo @Ric_RTP]

Amazon just got caught running a secret price manipulation operation with Levi's, Home Depot, Walmart, and many more.

Every time you "comparison shopped" online, you were looking at prices that were already rigged.

Here's what happened:

Amazon would monitor prices on Walmart, Target, Best Buy, Home Depot, and Chewy in real time. The second a competitor listed a product cheaper than Amazon, they'd contact the brand directly and tell them to "fix it."

And the exact emails are now PUBLIC.

Amazon sent Levi's links to two Walmart listings with the subject line "styles of concern." They basically said the prices on Walmart are too low and we have a problem.

The next day, Levi's responded: "I talked to Walmart and they have partnered with us to take Easy Khaki Classic fit back up to ladder SPP price, $29.99 immediately."

Levi's literally called Walmart and told them to raise the price. Because Amazon told Levi's to make the call.

Walmart complied. Then Amazon matched the HIGHER price.

Both retailers ended up charging more. The customer paid extra. Nobody competed.

Same playbook with Hanes:

Amazon sent them links showing Target and Walmart prices were lower. Hanes confirmed they "reached out to Target and Walmart to have the prices increased."

Target increased the prices. Walmart increased the prices. Amazon kept their margins.

But it gets even worse...

Amazon told Allergan (the company that makes eye drops) that their product was "suppressed" on Amazon because it was cheaper on another site.

Allergan responded: "Walmart got their price back up to $16.99." Amazon then unsuppressed the listing.

They did this with pet treats on Chewy. Furniture on Home Depot. Products across dozens of categories spanning YEARS.

The mechanism is simple but terrifying:

If you're a brand and you sell cheaper on Walmart than on Amazon, Amazon suppresses your product, removes you from the Buy Box, buries you in search results, and effectively makes you invisible to 300 million customers.

Brands can't afford that. So they call Walmart and Target and say "raise your prices or we'll lose our Amazon listings."

Walmart and Target comply because they need the brand's products.

Amazon captures 40 cents of every dollar spent online in America. That gives them the leverage to set prices across THE ENTIRE internet. Not just their own platform.

So turns out, you were never comparison shopping.

You were looking at a coordinated price floor set by Amazon through backroom phone calls between brands and their competitors.

"Amazon is working to make your life more unaffordable."

3 separate antitrust trials are now scheduled for 2027. The FTC has its own case. 18 states plus the DOJ are piling on.

This is literally happening during the WORST affordability crisis in a generation. Groceries up 25% since 2020. Housing unaffordable. Wages flat.

And the largest ecommerce company on Earth has been secretly coordinating with brands to make sure you can't find a cheaper price ANYWHERE.

"Competition" in retail is just a fantasy.

[Roger Rodriguez @iHomesBoston]

@Breaking911 It probably houses records for the State of California and organizations tied to the fraud scheme under investigation. #CAFraud #CaliforniaFraud #StopFraudCA #medicarefraud #HospiceScam #GovernmentWaste #Newsom #TaxpayerFraud