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Brian Crozier @briancrozier.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Purdue hasn't won a Big Ten football game in 1,043 days. But, today, they played Illinois.

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Purdue won a football game!! We won a conference game! Go Boilers!!

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are in dark times. This is not how journalism is conducted. This is horrific.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 18/09/2026

“What we really care about in healthcare is whether it actually makes an impact on patient outcomes. And there is really shockingly poor evidence that AI actually makes an impact on patient outcomes.” www.ft.com/content/3431...

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Medical AI has a proof problem

The technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Bankruptcy comes for some Wendy’s franchisees — as profits and comp-store sales have collapsed. @nrn.com $WEN www.nrn.com/restaurant-f...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Billy Joel releases “We Didn’t Start the Fire” 37 years ago today. 🔥 Musically, he said, “it’s terrible. .. Is it an apologia for Baby Boomers? No. It’s just a song that says the world’s a mess. It’s always been a mess. It’s always going to be a mess.”

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Semafor @semafor.com · 18/09/2026

OpenAI’s Sam Altman will attend the Sept. 24 state dinner that President Donald Trump is hosting for Xi, Semafor has confirmed, and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and Apple’s Tim Cook are reportedly attending, too. www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

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AI titans to attend Xi White House dinner

The Chinese leader’s Washington visit next week is attracting attention among big names in the tech world.

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#BREAKING U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Luis Uribe, accused of a series of sexual assaults in 2022, has been convicted. The verdict is still being read.

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Ellen Chang @ellenychang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I hope the board of the Kennedy Center has guards there. I would not put it past them to do something in the middle of the night.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“.. the bank viewed the huge portfolio as a potential hedge against an extended period of near-zero short-term rates. However, it has turned out to be one of the bank’s worst financial moves since CEO Brian Moynihan’s tenure began ..” @barrons.com $BAC www.barrons.com/articles/ban...

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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

JPMorgan’s commodities team: “For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

RENMAC: Philly Fed delivery times “are very extended .. the highest since 2022. When it takes factories longer to get product out the door, price pressures tend to follow.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

* BRENT CRUDE FUTURES FALL OVER 3% TO LOWEST LEVEL SINCE SEPTEMBER 10 AS MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY DISRUPTION FEARS EASE @reuters.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

“.. led by declines in the stockpiles of France and Canada.” @bloomberg.com 🇫🇷 🇨🇦 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(Bloomberg) - A county in the heart of northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley advanced a measure that would pause the review of new data centers and substation applications for up to 12 months as a wave of similar such suspensions sweeps the country. @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Virginia’s Data Center Alley Moves to Pause New Applications

A county in the heart of northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley advanced a measure that would pause the review of new data centers and substation applications for up to 12 months as a wave of similar s...

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 11/09/2026

‘After spending millions of dollars on digital kiosks and mobile-ordering systems, fast-food chains are discovering a lot of customers just want somebody to take their order at the counter and do so in a friendly way.’ www.wsj.com/business/hos...

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America’s Fast-Food Chains Are Making a Big Pivot—Back to Humans

McDonald’s and Burger King are boosting training to improve hospitality. “Our restaurants seem rushed, impersonal, sterile.”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“.. Today 2,753 chairs were placed on the lawn in remembrance of the 2,753 lives lost at the World Trade Center on a day that changed our world forever. .. We will forever honor the victims, their families, first responders, and all New Yorkers who will #neverforget.” (via Bryant Park)

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11/09/2026

#BREAKING Houthis have seized control of Yemen's entire Red Sea coast: govt military official

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10/09/2026

LOL -- Fox News ticks through all of Ken Paxton's scandals with on air graphics during an interview with Ken Paxton and Bret Baier says, "there's a long list here"

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Latte Sipping Lisa @lisaroyal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

As requested proof of life” or should I say proof of sleeping?

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KDS 📖 🎲 🎮 @kdsbooks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of my “Data Centres”. #booksky

A wall of books with stacks of books in front

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Patrick De Haan @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

wholesale fuel prices, (the price retailers pay), will be rising tonight coast-to-coast, by 8-15c/gal for gasoline and 24-27c/gal for diesel. futher retail price increases are coming- you've been warned.

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 10/09/2026

“What concerns me now is the role EPA and other government agencies are playing and proudly touting: weakening the very safeguards designed to protect people from the pollution in the name of helping tech and power companies accelerate these data center build outs.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/c...

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A.I. Data Center Pollution Poses Health Threat, Former E.P.A. Officials Warn

Air pollution from gas-fired power plants to run data centers is expected to add at least $20 billion in annual health care costs by 2028, the group warns.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“.. a significant blow to Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni forces it backs, and is a boost to Iran as it seeks to maintain pressure on global energy prices.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/cd65...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

(CNN) - More than 100 US military advisers are on the ground in Saudi Arabia providing intelligence and targeting support to the Kingdom in its military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen .. @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/09/10/p...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“.. The market has priced Hormuz for 7 months. It has not priced losing the Red Sea too.” - The Merchant’s News

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 18/08/2026

one day I will tell you how that man tried to offer me $300/month to be chief theater critic of his lil New Yorker knockoff. I guess one day is today. He was dead serious! Had someone interview me and then offer the "job!" And it wasn't like, "we have no cash but would you like some equity?"

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Human☮ @4humanunity.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

GREAT! Happy for you two. Meanwhile, measles is back with the worst U.S. outbreak in three decades, whooping cough is at its worst since 2012, and your own vaccine panel just gutted the hepatitis B newborn recommendation. P.S. And diphtheria risk climbing on your watch. Happy anniversary.

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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

NEW: A PR firm used at least 15 fake personas — equipped with fake emails, fake websites, and in some cases, fake AI-generated faces — to send me dozens of pitch emails about its (very real) clients. Those clients told me they had no idea this was happening. futurism.com/artificial-i...

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We Are Alarmed by This PR Firm Using a Small Army of Fake AI-Powered Publicists to Barrage Journalists With Pitches for Its Clients

A PR firm called Movchan Agency operated a roster of fake PR representatives, some with AI faces, to pitch journalists on stories. Why?

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Also omg. 4%.

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I have a question for you bond market mavens. If 30 year treasury yields are above 2023 levels now why are 30 year mortgages 120 bps lower than the 2023 peak?

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The dumbest people are in power

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Tom Hearden @followtheh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Subs on sale

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Here is a full list of every state that DOJ had sued and lost for access to their voter file: Arizona California Connecticut Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Virginia West Virginia Wisconsin

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

GREG IP: “.. it feels like he’s winging it.” @wsj.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

MESTER: “.. I don’t think it’s sustainable, what he’s doing, in terms of not saying anything. .. I actually want more from my Fed. I want to feel comfortable that the Fed knows what it is doing.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

BIANCO: “.. That's not a lazy press corps. It's a room with no other established question, asking the only one it knows eight different ways and getting declined eight times. Everyone did their job, and the exercise still produced almost nothing.”

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

And the former Cleveland Fed president:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“.. This was indeed unprecedented: 30-year Treasury yields have never been up this much on a Fed decision while two-year yields fell this much, based on data going back to August 1987." @ljkawa.bsky.social @dailychartbook.bsky.social

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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Trump’s Iran war has sharply depleted key missile defenses that will take a long time to replace.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Some notable misses in the past week, either on EPS or revenue: Altria P&G Vertiv Yum! Brands Adidas SK Hynix Verizon AmEx T-Mobile @cnbc.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

“.. Tesla reported an operating profit of about $400 million, about $1.3 billion short of analyst projections. That was a problem ..” @barrons.com $TSLA www.barrons.com/articles/tes...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"When a new chair arrives at the Fed, the market tests them .. Powell said he could reduce the balance sheet 'on autopilot'; .. Bernanke thought he could kvetch to Maria Bartiromo off the record .. .. Powell and Bernanke lived and learned. Warsh must do the same." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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Warsh Needs to Do Better Than ‘I Won’t Tell You’

Any more questions?

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

File this under “The Rich Get Richer”: “.. Mortgages for second homes rose 4% year over year in 2025, the first annual increase in four years. That’s compared with a 1% increase for primary homes." @dailychartbook.bsky.social

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

* US GDP +1.5% RATE IN 2Q; CONSENSUS +1.8% [lowest since Q425]

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Jesse Felder @jessefelder.com · 30/07/2026

‘After piling into chip stocks and so-called AI winners, investors are now rushing to cut this exposure and rebalance portfolios.’ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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