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trader. building.

[Ripster @ripster47]

🚨🚨 Trump Just Now on Market Selloff :
"Sometimes you have to take medicine"

Medicine
👇

[Barchart @Barchart]

Apple Insider Trading Alert 🚨

CEO Tim Cook, COO Jeff Williams, and General Counsel Katherine Adams collectively sold over $40 million worth of $AAPL shares at a price of $223, a 16% premium to today's closing price.

Nice trade folks! 🫡

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@biohacker If someone had a couple stents does that affect/compromise beneficial effects of Nattokinase? Should you stay away from Nattokinase if you have any specific health problems?

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@RMHildebrandt SEND

[Barchart @Barchart]

Over the last 5 years, investing in the Nasdaq $QQQ would have generated a return of 158%. Investing in Cathie Wood's Ark Invest $ARKK would have brought home gains of 9%.

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

X has taken over @elonmusk

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@investing_law When are they due?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The great wakening from woke has happened. This is good for civilization.

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

Over the summer, the Biden administration reportedly sold off $300 million worth of wall parts for just $2 million.

Leading up to the 2020 election, Biden vowed to not build “another foot” of wall, mostly because Trump wanted one.

Yesterday, the Biden administration announced they needed to build the wall and waive federal regulations to solve the migrant crisis.

Yes: wokeism is a mind virus that takes away all common sense.

Yes: the government is the most inefficient and incompetent organization in the world.

[Podcast Notes 🗒️ @podcastnotes]

We got notes.

Key Takeaways:
-Activating StarLink in Crimea is a potential major act of war
- Musk compares the request to turn on connectivity in Crimea to a "Pearl Harbor" type attack on Sebastopol, a Russian naval base in Crimea
- Musk is being criticized for voluntarily providing StarLink services
- If StarLink had never been offered, there would be no criticism
- Maintaining Twitter isn't as complex as some think and doesn't need a big team
- This rapid development has been achieved with about 15% of the original company size
- X aims to provide fair and competitive compensation for all creators (written content, images, videos...)
- How to go viral on X?
- Content that keeps users engaged for a longer time is given higher priority within the algorithm (long-form articles or podcasts)
- Native content posted directly on the platform tends to receive more reach compared to external links
- NARAL initiated a boycott against the platform, leading to a significant drop in US advertising
- The boycott, referred to as a "pause," had a lasting impact on advertising, especially in the US
- Despite the boycott, third-party analyses showed a decrease in views of hateful content on the platform
- The issue with organizations like ADL extends beyond hate speech or anti-Semitism
- China's military strength has been steadily increasing, while the US's remains relatively static
- The South China Sea is becoming a potential hotspot for a showdown
- If diplomacy fails, China may resort to force
- One way or another, there will be a resolution to the Taiwan issue, and it is a matter of when, not if
- Initially, Musk supported OpenAI's mission to ensure AI benefits all of humanity but became uncomfortable with the shift towards a closed, for-profit model
- He is wary of excessive power concentration, especially with Microsoft's deep involvement
- The transition to neural network control is the final step to make FSD safer than human driving
- This transition involves replacing approximately 300,000 lines of C++ code with neural network-based control
Tesla is nearing a point where FSD can operate safely without human intervention, even allowing passengers to sleep in the car

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨META'S HALF-BAKED TWITTER COPYCAT: Threat, or Blessing in Disguise?

Zuckerberg's Twitter clone is riding on Instagram to attract new downloads, but there are major issues with this new app, as well as an interesting twist to this saga...

CENSORSHIP:

Meta was caught out today when it demonstrated its partisan political bias by censoring content from people Zuckerberg doesn't like.

Its justification is that 'terms and conditions' agreed upon under Instagram have been migrated over.

Wait, what!? Why can't they simply change them?

Some conservatives had 'misinformation' warning messages attached to their accounts.

When challenged by the victims of Meta's censorship, Meta tried to backtrack by claiming that "it was an error."

Despite this, several posts have been censored.

BRIDGE FOR INSTAGRAM USERS TO JOIN TWITTER?

Meta's clone app could backfire on Zuckerberg since most of its users are from INSTAGRAM, and NOT from Twitter as many assume.

By moving to Meta's inferior imitation of Twitter, these users will be cannibalized from Instagram. In other words, they'll swap out Instagram for the Twitter rip-off that Meta has created.

Then, when they realize Twitter is a better version with more features, better privacy, and censorship-free, Meta’s clone will become a bridge for more people to move to Twitter rather than the other way around. Not sure if this will actually materialize, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it is.

A PREMATURE APP LAUNCH:

Upon using the platform, it's clear Meta released the app prematurely. They've shamelessly copied so much of Twitter's user experience that it looks like a stripped-down version.

Twitter clearly has a better product in terms of usability, functionality, responsiveness, security, and reliability.

Meta created a weak imitation of Twitter 2010.

EXAMPLES OF MISSING KEY FEATURES:

Below are just five of the many issues I have identified:

1) No web interface
This is a major drawback as a significant number of people use web browsers on PCs, but they cannot interact with the app. Being unable to migrate across various platforms is a major deficiency.

2) Account Dependency
Accounts linked to Instagram cannot be deleted without deleting both. This inability to decouple is frankly unacceptable; surely you should be as free to leave as you are to join.

3) No search function
I actually feel embarrassed for Meta. You are unable to search key terms. I know their app is new, but this seems like a very basic feature.

4) Unresolved non-compliance with privacy laws
The app is simply not available in the European Union as the privacy issues have not been resolved. Europeans value their privacy, but Meta values exploiting user data.

5) Censorship, Censorship, Censorship
Do I really need to explain?

MY THOUGHTS

While the features, the functionalities and the community are important, they are NOT the reason I use Twitter.

I use it as I stand for something. I’ve been vocal in my concerns around CENSORSHIP and the MONOPOLIZATION OF POWER, and Meta perfectly fits both these concerns.

Meta’s censorship policy has crossed the line from ‘the greater good’ to ‘benefiting the few’, and their Twitter clone is an attempt to expand their monopoly and essentially DOMINATE the narrative.

I’m not concerned though, and the reason is simple: Meta and Twitter are FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT. It’s not a battle of social media platforms, it’s a battle of CENSORSHIP versus FREE SPEECH.

Do you think Meta's clone will HELP or HARM Twitter?

Do you agree Meta and Twitter are FUNDAMENTALLY different, beyond features & functionalities?

[Ripster @ripster47]

MESTER: FED HAS MADE SLOW PROGRESS ON INFLATION, IT'S 'CONCERNING'
MESTER: TIGHTER MONETARY POLICY STILL FEEDING INTO ECONOMY

Usual Redundant Talk by Fed

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@iheartmindy This deserves close scrutiny 🧐

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@MythicalMallard @PlayDatBack @DIYMarketers

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@MythicalMallard 0x4fE357BAaeDDAc3EcE37B550d5Fa252b31ce52Be

@AtrocitySounds @spencer1655 @LSmikeyy

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@MythicalMallard @spencer1655 <- this guy deserves it

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@TradingThomas3 @anyatrades Inverse shoulders lookin nice

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@MythicalMallard @iTrendzOfficial @KJGhart @ITM_Dezz @nickmastro26

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@TradingThomas3 They did it in 1913...they did it again 😂📈

[#1 @zachuurrayy]

@R6Pug Hey now keep that to yourself silenced galil went hard on it #og