In a surprising turn for mainstream television_ the 2025 season of American Idol witnessed a rare collision of pop culture and nu-metal when contestant
Today is Roaring Kitty's 40th birthday
In 2019, he put $53,000 into GameStop from his basement in Wilmington, MA
Every hedge fund on Wall Street told him he was wrong
Then January 2021 happened:
โข Melvin Capital, Citadel, and Point72 were all short GME with billions
โข GME goes from $5 ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ $483
โข Keith Gill's $53,000 becomes $48,000,000
โข Melvin Capital loses $6.8 billion. Gone within a year
Then Congress called him to testify. He told them "I did not solicit anyone to buy or sell the stock for my own profit" and walked out a free man
He disappeared from the internet in 2021. Came back in May 2024, posted one photo, and GME opened +50% the next morning
He showed every retail investor that the big guys aren't untouchable
Happy birthday @TheRoaringKitty
I know a lot of retail investors don't have faith in Congress and rightly so. But I think this #MMTLP case is going to blow up in their face. 65,000 retail investors were harmed in the corruption of #FINRA#SEC IMO we are getting to breaking point. #AMC
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Last week, Mark flew his private jet to Toronto, so he could tour a grocery store in Brampton.
It appears that neither him or his wife have ever been in an actual grocery store.
He burned roughly 2,500 litres of jet fuel, and emitted more than 5,000kg of carbon on this trip.
Today, we remember the Afzaal family, whose lives were taken in an Islamophobic terrorist attack in London, Ontario.
As we honour their memory, we reaffirm our commitment to combatting Islamophobia and hate in all its forms โ and to building a safer and more inclusive Canada.