@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-06-09 02:21:54
To help myself counteract feelings of inevitability and permanence around capitalism, I've just confirmed the following observation:
The period of time during which dance manias were known to occur is far longer than the period of time in which modern industrial capitalism has existed. I wonder of historians will one day compare these two brief interludes of contagious self-destructive madness.
#anarchism #DDR
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-04 18:02:53
Bank accounts held by President Donald Trump were closed by Capital One in 2021
-- after it flagged financial activity that had characteristics of money laundering, the bank disclosed in a court filing over the weekend.
The court filing is tied to a lawsuit filed against Capital One by one of Trump’s financial holding companies shortly after he was sworn into office a second time.
Trump alleges that Capital One illegally closed his accounts for political reasons, following …
@ErikUden@mastodon.de2026-06-09 07:05:54
fuck man, kane parsons is actually 20 years old? the director of a franchise i've loved watching for years, now creator of a24's top grossing movie of all time, is actually two years younger than me? my understanding of growth and self worth is limited to a faulty capitalist logic of so-called meritocracy, ignoring all privileges, advantages, or even luck, fueling an inferiority complex in which i can only justify me being less successful than him by thinking of myself as lesser, despite tha…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-08-07 06:16:48
Filing: ex-a16z partner Bryan Kim is forming venture firm Mido Capital; sources: he plans to raise ~$100M for a fund backing early-stage AI and other startups (Yuliya Chernova/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.w…
@publicvoit@graz.social2026-08-02 08:19:53
#CapitalOne Cites Money Laundering Review in #Trump-Related Suit https://finance.yah…
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy2026-06-01 16:58:14
Lebanese start fleeing south Beirut after Israel says it will target the area. The Israeli government says it has given the army orders to attack the southern suburbs of the capital.
https://aje.news/rc6x6q
@cdarwin@c.im2026-08-05 00:54:02
SpaceX reported Q2 2026 results with revenue of $7.8 billion versus $6.81 billion expected,
but the stock fell after the report.
It also posted adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)
of $3.5 billion,
while heavy AI infrastructure spending drove a large AI operating loss and high capital expenditures
Following the earnings report, SpaceX's stock declined due to concerns over high capital expenditures and AI spending.…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-05 18:27:44
Sources: Meta is exploring a stock offering to raise tens of billions of dollars to fund AI capital expenditures, following Google's record $85B share deal (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/e6df645d-1709-4a77-b15d-aa43a0209efd
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-05 17:19:44
Donald Trump’s legal team has rejected a request by the BBC to hand over financial information as part of his $10bn defamation case against the broadcaster.
The US president’s lawyers accused the BBC of a “fishing expedition”, according to court filings, after the broadcaster’s representatives asked for details to get evidence on Trump’s claims he suffered reputational and financial damage because of a Panorama documentary centred on the US Capitol riots.
Trump’s lawyers have pre…
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-07-02 18:45:44
UK-based StirlingX, which develops secure data intelligence systems for defense and critical infrastructure, raised a $20M Series A, following a $11M seed (Cate Lawrence/Tech.eu)
https://tech.eu/2026/07/02/stirlingx-secures-20m-series-a-to…
