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Re:Oracle files to sell $20B in new stock, bonds to finance AI buildout
on Monday November 02, 2026 @08:49PM (#50346958)
Surely Lawrence Ellison can afford $20B? Hasn't he spent that much lobbying politicians, buying media companies, acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign entity? Or he could liquidate his superyacht collection?
Re:Ilhan Omar investigation seeks to denaturalize and deport congressw...
on Thursday October 15, 2026 @11:41AM (#50105312)
According to Grok (so take it with the requisite mound of salt):
> Reporting from the Washington Post, New York Times, CNN, and others indicates the focus is on whether Omar or her late father, Nur Omar Mohamed, misstated her age/birth date so she could derive citizenship as a minor when he naturalized in 2000. If she was 18 or older at the time, that pathway would not have been available.
Perhaps Al Capone should have paid his taxes, and the Omars should have been accurate on kafkaesque forms?
Re:The United Kingdom Generates Less Electricity per Person Than in th...
on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:39AM (#50082846)
Energy capacity = economic capacity, in one chart:
https://x.com/a16z/status/2108950777440165999?
There are no low electricity, rich countries.
I sincerely hope the UK is able to muddle its way through its current host of challenges.
Re:Tattoos You Can Turn on and Off
on Sunday October 11, 2026 @10:47PM (#50050727)
Does it turn the lymphedema off too?