Captain Apartheid

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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Mon Jun 29, 2026 5:23 pm

McKenzie Scott believes in the giving pledge of Warren Buffett and Bill Gates.

Some of the ultra-wealthy are cheating by "giving away" some of their wealth that grows yearly because of investments, to foundations they control. The money sits there doing nothing.

Now CA has the time in his busy life to criticize Scott for her donations and Voldemort's wife is doubling down on that.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/art ... 53657.html

False equivalence much?

https://x.com/KatieMiller/status/2071267473194627422
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Wed Jul 01, 2026 6:31 pm

On USAID, show me. Also, drugs are bad, m'kay?
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by Simon of the Playa » Thu Jul 02, 2026 7:28 am

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/opin ... -doge.html
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Thu Jul 02, 2026 2:49 pm

https://www.them.us/luca-guadagnino-sam-altman-movie

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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Sun Jul 05, 2026 9:01 pm

We're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
You'll find he is a whiz of a wiz if ever a wiz there was
If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, the Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does

If there is a congested place on earth for Starlinky, BRC is it.

https://futurism.com/space/elon-musk-sp ... ees-demand

https://mobilesyrup.com/2026/07/02/star ... ification/

https://www.rvtravel.com/pause-starlink ... undredsor/

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2 ... esume.html

Etc.
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Mon Jul 06, 2026 3:38 am

“The world's richest centi-billionaire oligarch used his power to change the rules, so he could dump his garbage company (which is cartoonishly overvalued, unprofitable, and incinerating cash) on retail investors, using trillions of dollars in retirement funds as exit liquidity, all in order to become the first trillionaire,”
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Thu Jul 09, 2026 7:40 am

There is an op-ed piece in the NYT on the SpaceX equity ratings vs its debt ratings. Now about those AI IPOs...
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by tattoogoddess » Fri Jul 10, 2026 5:20 pm

Holy shit I have missed you guys.
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Re: Captain Apartheid is a Mass Murderer

Post by Simon of the Playa » Sun Jul 12, 2026 4:10 pm

south african serial killer...


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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Mon Jul 13, 2026 2:19 pm

A technical note on Starlink capacity. BRC is not a low density area.

https://www.lightreading.com/satellite/ ... kets-study
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Mon Jul 27, 2026 10:52 am

tattoogoddess wrote: ↑
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Glad to have you and historical ePlayans back!
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Re: Captain Apartheid

Post by some seeing eye » Sat Aug 01, 2026 10:16 am

Consent...

"A federal judge in St. Paul on Friday denied an emergency request to block a Minnesota law banning artificial intelligence technology that can depict a person naked without their permission.

Judge Donovan Frank rejected X.AI’s call to halt the law before it could take effect on Saturday. The company’s court challenge can continue, and Frank scheduled a hearing for next month.

X.AI sued the state over the law earlier this week, alleging it would infringe on the company’s First Amendment Rights, as well as those of its users in Minnesota. It said without the immediate injunction blocking the law, it would have to turn off certain features on its AI model, Grok."

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