bigpharmasutra [he/him]

Warning this is not fun viewing:

This video of the IDF just straight up assassinating two Palestinians who are just peacefully surrendering is seriously bleak. First the kicking, then they tell them to go back in and kill them, then the drop they fucking garage door on top of them. Just endlessly evil.

https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1994099203212034430

I was honestly surprised at how much traction this got on Reddit. Many of the people going off in the comments.

looking forward to the TrashFuture episode on this debacle.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

-Affirm CEO Max Levchin told CNBC that some federal workers impacted by the government shutdown are losing interest in shopping. -The federal funding lapse, which began Oct. 1, is the longest in U.S. history and has halted work across agencies. -Levchin’s comments followed a fiscal first-quarter earnings report from the buy now, pay later firm that blew past Wall Street’s estimates.

I can’t possibly imagine why people who aren’t getting paid have decided to cut back on the shopping.

In other news, a few of you caught the ridiculous comments coming out of OpenAI about getting backstopped by the government. This is a good rundown of the latest financial AI news:

www.ianwelsh.net/ai-bubble-burry-altman-friar-huang-karp

Did Burry, Altman, Friar, Huang, Karp and Sacks Just Pop the AI Bubble?

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/retail-holiday-hiring-to-hit-lowest-level-in-15-years-nrf.html

Retailers’ holiday hiring to hit lowest level since the Great Recession, says major industry trade group Published Thu, Nov 6 20252:48 PM EST

-Holiday hiring by retailers is expected to fall to its lowest level in at least 15 years, the National Retail Federation said Thursday. -The major industry group’s prediction offers the latest glimpse into the jobs market as the record government shutdown stretches on. -Even so, the NRF expects holiday spending to hit a record of between $1.1 trillion to $1.2 trillion from Nov. 1 through Dec. 31, the first time the total would top $1 trillion.

Somehow, I don’t think those expectations are going to be met.

https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1oomx2b/aftermath_of_the_crash_now_at_louisvilles_airport/

This looks like the aftermath of a forest fire.

This page has a video of the initial crash:

https://www.wlky.com/article/plane-crash-explosion-louisville-airport/69255042

I’ll be completely honest I have no earthly idea how to legislate this. I completely get where you’re coming from, I do, and I’m not trying to quibble over that aspect. I don’t know where the line gets drawn in weeding out bad habits and one person’s kink vs. another’s. My basic point was attempting to weed out this specific trend, which is happening more and more and becoming more and more normalized, from specialized forms of kink adult entertainment. Maybe forcing everything with this in it to have a specialized label or warning? I don’t know, honestly. I do know that quite a few of the young men I interact with online and IRL think choking during sex is normal, and that is not a good thing.

Oh for god’s sake. Look, I’m all for end of the line thinking, but I don’t exactly think trying to weed out some of the more harmful and disgusting aspects of pornography is the same as banning all kinks from online porn. I don’t want to see a lot of things in my porn, which is why I don’t specifically watch them.

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I know this is incredibly racist but seeing the dead eyed look on Jefferies face with sombrero and mustache is cracking me the fuck up.