(0900) Morning all. Break for brek. (1014)
11. Another item of Britnews
10. This item is about ongoing Floridian politics
… but it also relates to DC obstructors to whom Laura L referred, one of those, SW, mentioned below:
Onwards:
9. Laura Loomer
She’s a curiosity. Just hypothetically, were I Mossad, for example, and required someone independent to discover things … well dot dot dot. Either way, her intel is first rate, hence her complaint.
Another:
Comment:
Good reader … how particular are we about our sources? I don’t mean in accuracy or if obtained by menaces … I mean continuing great intel from an iffy bunch.
8. IYE on Nole
“Elon Musk said Friday his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired his social media platform, X, for $33 billion in an all-stock transaction.
Key facts:
•Musk announced the deal in a Friday post, saying it valued xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion, or $45 billion if the social network’s $12 billion in debt is included.
•Musk, who purchased X for $44 billion in 2022, when it was known as Twitter, said the acquisition entails the combination of xAI and X’s “data, models, compute, distribution and talent.”
•The two Musk-owned companies already have plenty of overlap, with X’s AI chatbot, Grok, being developed by xAI, and all xAI staffers being X employees, at least on paper, according to The Verge.
•An $80 billion valuation for xAI places it somewhat closer to rival AI company OpenAI, which is currently valued at $157 billion and is close to finalizing a SoftBank-led funding round that will boost its valuation to a whopping $300 billion, according to Bloomberg.”
JH: It then goes into net worth of big players … I can’t post this as it would no longer just be an excerpt … excerpts are allowed under fair use. Link is in comments.
7. Coming back to these two parents complaining to their school
… raided by plod and kept eight hours:
In greater detail:
6. Life in Toodles’s section of the U.S.
6. Did he put it out with the recycling?
Is one not allowed to shoot an alligator?
I’d have hoped that Florida allows the shooting of dangerous wildlife, including Dems.
9. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
There’s also a thing called “Controlled Opposition”.