The Thermodynamic Space Data Center Lie
SpaceX recently proposed a 1-million satellite orbital data center network to bypass Earth's grid problems. But the vacuum of space is a perfect insulator, making extreme AI cooling mathematically impossible.
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The Imperial Overdraft
The US just launched unauthorized strikes on Iran while running 38.5 trillion dollars in national debt, paying more in interest than defense spending, and carrying downgrades from all three credit agencies. The bombs are real. The blank check is not.
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Tech & Innovation
The Memory Vacuum: How AI is Eating Your Next Smartphone
While Wall Street cheers Nvidia's record supply chain numbers, a catastrophic DRAM and NAND shortage is quietly pushing consumer tech companies toward bankruptcy - ushering in a new era of forced regression for your next laptop and smartphone.
Weaponized Safety: How the FDA Is Killing mRNA
The FDA's refusal to review Moderna's flu vaccine isn't about safety. It is about a retroactive change in math that protects incumbents and drives innovation offshore.
AI & Automation
The Ban That Broke the Build Pipeline
Trump's government-wide ban on Anthropic threatens far more than a $200 million contract. The real weapon is the "supply chain risk" designation, which would force every defense contractor in America to rip Claude out of their developer tools overnight.
No Murder Bots: The Defense Contractor Crisis
Anthropic's refusal to supply the Pentagon with AI for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons has triggered an audit of Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The conflict reveals a fundamental incompatibility between enterprise safety constraints and military objectives, threatening to fracture the AI ecosystem.
The Pentagon's Anthropic Ultimatum & DPA Hack
The Pentagon is using the threat of a Korean War-era law against Anthropic to enforce software obedience. The implications for enterprise AI safety and the global cybersecurity landscape are severe.
EVs & Mobility
The Great EV Wealth Transfer
The current electric vehicle market slump is masking a much larger structural crisis in subprime auto lending. As private credit buckles under the weight of negative equity, a rare opportunity is emerging for cash buyers at wholesale auctions.
The Gritted Teeth EV: Rattles Over Reboots
The 2026 JD Power EV Satisfaction Study crowned Tesla the king of owner happiness. But the real story is darker and more interesting: buyers are choosing a car with rattling door panels over legacy sedans whose infotainment systems crash at 70 mph. The EV wars have shifted from sheet metal to silicon, and legacy automakers are losing badly.
The Made-in-Oshawa Exclusion: Banning Tesla to Fund Gas
Canada's new EV rebate rules exclude the most efficient electric cars to subsidize union-made hybrids. It's not climate policy; it's protectionism.
Energy & Policy
EPA's Car Rule Repeal Kills Power Plants Too
The EPA's February 2026 repeal of vehicle emissions rules isn't just about cars. It demolished the legal foundation that regulates greenhouse gases from coal and natural gas power plants.
The Quiet Rule Making East Palestine Look Like a Rehearsal
On February 13, 2026, the EPA quietly proposed gutting the chemical accident prevention rules communities fought 40 years to build. The lobbyists who paid to make it happen are not hiding.
The Memphis Smokescreen: xAI's Gas Gamble Breaks the Grid
To power the world's largest AI cluster, xAI bypassed the grid with dozens of unpermitted gas turbines in a Memphis parking lot. The resulting legal battle exposes a terrifying reality: the US power grid is too slow for the AI revolution.
Markets & Money
The Imperial Overdraft
The US just launched unauthorized strikes on Iran while running 38.5 trillion dollars in national debt, paying more in interest than defense spending, and carrying downgrades from all three credit agencies. The bombs are real. The blank check is not.
Wall Street's Trillion-Dollar AI Firewall
Banks are spending billions on AI infrastructure they are legally prohibited from properly using. A 15-year-old Federal Reserve mandate and fair-lending laws form an unbreakable firewall against deep learning models in core bank operations.
The AI Wipeout Wall Street Hid in Your 401(k)
The $1.8 trillion private credit boom is colliding with the AI revolution, and retail investors are trapped in the crossfire. As software borrowers face margin collapse, non-traded BDCs are quietly halting redemptions to mask the true damage.
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