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Trump Says 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight'

Trump told 93 million Iranians their civilization will die tonight. The US did this to Iraq in 1991. 28 power plants destroyed. 4% power output. An estimated 100,000 civilians dead from collapsed water and sanitation. Baghdad still gets three hours of electricity a day, 35 years later. Iran is four times that population, and its grid was already failing before the first bomb fell.

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Mar 29, 2026 • 15 min read

From Barrels to Bandwidth: The Iran War Just Closed the Internet's Other Chokepoint

The Strait of Hormuz carries 20% of the world's oil. The cables running through it and the Red Sea carry over 90% of Europe-Asia data capacity. For the first time in telecommunications history, both chokepoints are closed simultaneously. AWS data centers have been hit by drones. Meta's undersea cable is stranded. Qatar's helium exports — essential for chip fabrication — are offline. The $650 billion AI buildout just hit a wall made of physics.

#Iran#undersea cables#AI infrastructure
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Mar 27, 2026 • 11 min read

OpenAI Spent $15M/Day on Sora. It Made $2M. Total.

OpenAI killed Sora on March 24 after six months and $2.1 million in total revenue. Analysts estimated peak inference costs at $15 million per day. The gap between what consumers will pay and what AI video costs to run reveals a structural wall that every consumer AI product must face.

#OpenAI#Sora#inference costs
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Mar 2, 2026 • 7 min read

India's $200 Billion "Neutral" AI Bluff

India is marketing itself as the democratized, neutral AI hub for the Global South, aiming for $200 billion in data center investments. But a look at the tenant list reveals a different story: U.S. tech giants are using Indian territory and subsidies to build data havens to regulatory launder AI.

#Sovereign AI#Geopolitics#Data Centers
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Apr 7, 2026 • 14 min read

Trump Says 'A Whole Civilization Will Die Tonight'

Trump told 93 million Iranians their civilization will die tonight. The US did this to Iraq in 1991. 28 power plants destroyed. 4% power output. An estimated 100,000 civilians dead from collapsed water and sanitation. Baghdad still gets three hours of electricity a day, 35 years later. Iran is four times that population, and its grid was already failing before the first bomb fell.

#Iran war#war crimes#civilian infrastructure
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Apr 6, 2026 • 9 min read

$3.90 Diesel Hit $5.43. Every Shelf Pays Next.

Diesel rose 50% in a year. California hit $7.52 a gallon. Oklahoma pays $4.49. The $3.03 gap between them tells you more about American inflation than any Fed statement. Diesel moves the majority of US freight tonnage. You never buy it, but you pay it on every shelf.

#diesel#inflation#trucking
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