JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 16/06/2026SpaceX is worth a surprisingly large number of Pizza Huts. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Yes please also remind us tomorrow that Musk became a pseudo trillionaire the day before. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 12/06/2026A day to remember: June 12th 2026, the sum of publicly traded Musk meme stock exceeds 3 trillion dollars. Well done, Mr Market. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Not to embellish or dismiss, but this is a bit of a chart crime. IEA estimated world inventories at 8.2 BILLION barrels as of March 2026. The operational minimum would be at 6.8B. So bad and gonna get worse, but this chart looks pointless ? 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026An astute analysis and a podcast well worth listening to. 011
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Disgruntled nobel peace price candidate. edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...edition.cnn.comLive updates: US, Israel attack Iran in ‘preemptive strike,’ Trump posts video on Truth Social | CNNPresident Donald Trump described the military campaign in Iran as “massive and ongoing.” Follow for live updates 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026So some are the "who knew" people who did not see right through Trump after the 2016 campaign, 4 years of Trump 45, Jan 6, the Mar-a-lago documents case, the GA interference case and the 2024 campaign, and still voted for him, because they were watching the price of eggs instead ? 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Can we go straight to 4.20T$ already, chuckle and move on ? 000
Reposted by JCKevin J. Kircher @kevinjkircher.com · 14/02/2026The United States uses about twice as much energy per person as Switzerland or the UK. The US also has worse public health and life expectancy. Few countries use more energy per person than the US. Most of them are, like the US, petrostates. 816266
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Unbelievably, the @wsj.com manages to publish a story about mismanaged expectation of driving assistants which goes on and on about ... guess who ? Ford, obviously ! Because FORD is the poster child for irresponsible ADAS marketing. www.wsj.com/business/aut...wsj.comHands-Free Driving Systems Confuse Drivers, but Carmakers Push for MoreThe NHTSA is investigating Ford’s product after deadly crashes. The company’s research during development showed the technology can be misunderstood. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Oh no. Tesla down 65.4% in Switzerland in January as well. Data point to watch is 3rd month/full quarter though. Because Tesla never figured out how not to jerk its supply chain with sudden squirts in M3 of every Q. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Quite shocking that the FT falls for this dumb geniusy rich narrative instead of debunking it. In particular, Musk's laughable valuation pumps. All others in the top 10 could monetize. All Musk has is a meme stock and 42% of a space company hanging at the bosoms of the federal government. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Clever podcast from @kofinas.bsky.social on China's economics and industrial policy, with insights on the strategies to extract the country from the middle income trap. Well worth a listen for anyone exposed. hiddenforces.io/podcasts/chi...hiddenforces.ioChina Shock 2.0: State Capitalism at the Frontier | Dinny McMahonDinny McMahon on the second China shock and Beijing's efforts to redesign China’s economic model in the face of structural headwinds and mounting trade barriers. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Last Tesla quarterly call before Tesla big bangs an autonomous service in Austin never piloted before in any form. Do not buckle up, because ... it is not going to happen. Warning: link below contains a concentrate of stupidity which may be harmful to the unwary. seekingalpha.com/article/4777...seekingalpha.comTesla, Inc. (TSLA) Q1 2025 Earnings Call TranscriptTesla, Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) Q1 2025 Earnings Conference Call April 22, 2025 5:30 PM ETCompany ParticipantsTravis Axelrod - Head of IRElon Musk - CEOVaibhav... 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Corruption in plain view. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...wsj.comExclusive | From Ken Griffin to Robinhood: The Donors Who Funded Trump’s Inauguration RevealedPresident Trump’s inaugural committee raised almost $250 million from Corporate America, more than doubling the previous record. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 16/04/2025With Musk, all roads always lead to Beijing or Moscow. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...npr.orgA whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor dataA whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 15/04/2025The chronic failure of high speed rail projects must be a trait of American Exceptionnalism. www.kbtx.com/2025/04/14/w...kbtx.com‘Waste of taxpayer funds’: Feds pull funding for Texas high-speed rail project“My department will continue to look for every opportunity to save federal dollars and prioritize efficiencies,” Transportation Secy. Sean Duffy says. 021
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Swiss train network is pretty good, HSR in China impressive, but Shinkansen is really next level. 353km/219mi in 100 minutes. Stops included. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Adorable kei car encounters. Honda S660 and Daihatsu Coppen. 110
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Someone should explain Donnie the-ace-economist which countries buy the United States' prime export: debt. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 11/04/2025When the US Air Force accidentally dropped two thermo nuclear bombs over North Carolina. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Go...en.m.wikipedia.org1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash - Wikipedia 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Cherry blossoms in Kyoto are ridiculous. An explosion of white exhuberance. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Good to see but let us remember that the Kamala crowds were yuge, the fundraising off the charts, and it ended with a 49/51 result because of gullibility about the price of eggs & bacon. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Donald J. Trump, promoting Law and Order around the globe. The penguins were clearly up to no good. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Learn more about the (imaginary) economic expert who has been whispering in Peter Navarro's ear. The brains behind the multi-trillion market meltdown. What's behind these guys market vandalism theories ? Fraud. www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/u...nytimes.comPeter Navarro Invented an Expert for His Books, Based on Himself (Gift Article)President Trump’s trade adviser frequently cited Ron Vara, a fictional source who was a critic of China, in his writings. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025China seems alone in this retaliatory posture. Amongst ASEAN countries, lead by Malaysia, there does not seem to be any appetite to respond. Some chatter about Thailand buying some LNG from the US to mitigate its trade imbalance, but nothing hawkish. www.reuters.com/markets/euro...reuters.comStocks slump again after China fires back in trade war with tariffs on US goodsGlobal stock markets plummeted further on Friday after China said it would strike back at U.S. President Donald Trump with additional tariffs of 34% on U.S. goods, escalating a trade war that has rattled investors and fed fears of a coming recession. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025This is how the MAG7 have been doing since the Trump inauguration. Bros and hodlers must be delighted. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Cramer interview is quite remarkable. OK, fair trade vs free trade, but which educated & sane person would give these knuckleheads the benefit of the doubt ? www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLNd...youtube.com‘I feel like a sucker’: Jim Cramer says he was wrong to have believed Trump on tariffsYouTube video by CNN 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Musk went to Wisconsin, choked like a dog, and has been conspicuously quiet since. apnews.com/article/wisc...apnews.comDemocrats' win in Wisconsin court race also is a big loss for Elon MuskThe billionaire supporter of President Donald Trump and his affiliated groups spent more than $21 million supporting the conservative in the race in hopes of breaking liberals' 4-3 majority on the cou... 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025The two video interviews with Jim Maser are really worth watching. Both about space and technology management. youtu.be/lIQUuyT_Gak?...youtu.beEXPERT SERIES - Discussion with Jim Maser Pt1YouTube video by Common Sense Skeptic 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 29/03/2025"up to 80% of China’s newly built computing resources remain unused."technologyreview.comChina built hundreds of AI data centers to catch the AI boom. Now many stand unused.The country poured billions into AI infrastructure, but the data center gold rush is unraveling as speculative investments collide with weak demand and DeepSeek shifts AI trends. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Well, what a surprise. www.propublica.org/article/elon...propublica.orgHow Elon Musk’s SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From ChinaAs a U.S. military contractor, SpaceX sees allowing Chinese ownership as fraught. But it will allow the investment if it comes through secrecy hubs like the Cayman Islands, court records say. “It is c... 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 25/03/2025But Hillary's emails. Next week: Pentagon war plans inadvertently posted on GitHub by DOGE intern. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Wake me up when 20B$ in cash are missing and a PWC partner has fled to Belize. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 19/03/2025It was barely over a year ago that the whole world had to opine on the BS claim that a car which will never exist would achieve an impossible 0-60mph time. A lot has happened since, i guess ? www.motor1.com/news/710402/...motor1.comElon Musk Claims The New Tesla Roadster Hits 60 MPH In Less Than One SecondThe reveal is happening this year, with deliveries to start in 2025. 151
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Act 1: equip your industrial yard with solar lamps because why not. Act 2: buy YUGE hexacopter drone to clean up the solar panels. 000
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Narcissistic depravity. Giving such names to children tattoos them with the label "no chance at normalcy" for life. 010
JC @jeanclaudeetter.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Tesla Q1 shaping up to be grandiose. Collapse in all western markets, stiff competition in China. electrek.co/2025/03/14/t...electrek.coTesla is done in Germany: 94% say they won't buy a Tesla carA survey of over 100,000 Germans revealed that 94% won’t buy a Tesla vehicle. It doesn’t bode well for the... 000