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This is why Jon Ossoff won in a landslide in Georgia. He took the gloves off and didn’t pussyfoot around the truth. Putting aside the fact I wrote about what he said here when many were silent, he’s making the case for why Democrats MUST now hold these monsters accountable. This isn’t about retribution, it’s about ensuring what Trump and his puppet masters have done NEVER happens again THAT is what the American people voted for. Of course legislation is a priority it was a priority they didn’t address in 2024, when they failed hard pressed American families who were screaming for help, while they were chasing upper middle class voters who were NEVER going to vote for them. Then, when they were punished for it at the ballot box, they blamed the American people for rejecting them, and then stayed silent for almost a year while Trump dismantled democracy and tore down the government. If Democratic leadership can’t walk and chew gum at the same time, then step the fuck aside and let someone who can deliver justice to the American people get the job done. I’d go even further and suggest they step down anyway, because they don’t have the integrity or the trust required for this mission critical moment. This is NOT the time for more of the same old same old, and that’s what this current leadership represents I’m afraid. It’s why they went into this election with popularity ratings underwater. This landslide was NOT about a ringing endorsement of the Democratic Party, it was a repudiation of a broken political system. It’s time for a PEOPLE FIRST REVOLUTION. This is a once in a generation opportunity to deliver transformative change. GET IT DONE. Oh and before I finish, why does Hakeem Jeffries put full stops in the most odd places in his totally irritating sentences? An orator he is not I’m afraid, yet in a comedic twist of irony, he’s about to become Speaker of the House. Democrats can and MUST do better. They need to listen and READ THE ROOM, otherwise 2028 will be a repeat of 2024. It’s hard to hear I know, but sometimes the truth hurts and someone has to say it. 🎥 TikTok - vm.tiktok.com/ZGdXhb6VE/
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El-Sayed: To AIPAC who spent $42 million against us. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to beat you twice.
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Sunshine: We were spending time talking about Hasan Piker and El-Sayed. Hasan Piker and El-Sayed were spending time talking to voters about “hey, maybe you don't want to send your money to overseas wars”
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We got your back, New York!
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Several figures here aren’t federal results or NY-specific. The $472B combines US wide pledges: Micron's $250B is nationwide (NY site $100B) Anthropic's $50B covers TX and NY. The 48% murder drop is from NY's state run GIVE program (28 departments, Jan – May 2026). arkolith.com/news/news-micr… therepublic.com/?p=843020 governor.ny.gov/news/safer-str…
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Melbourne cup. As usual similar patterns only superstar mares win Ebor is a poor guide irish st ledger poor guide 1st aussie start high weighted euros poor high rating geelong good Caul cup aways provides a placegetter/winner yet a big chunk of the market was on outliers
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For those who like a proper, simple Timeform racecard it would go out like this for the Melbourne Cup (with added pictures for #flair)
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Free resource for those needing to explain to wives/partners why you are putting on Trifectas & First Fours ⬇️ #MelbourneCup
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The Melbourne Cup 2026 Preview Is Here! 🏆 👀 Who takes out the $10 MILLION Melbourne Cup this year? Our Melbourne Cup 2026 Preview brings together professional punter Dean Evans @DeanTrialSpy , Australian Bloodstock co-founder and two-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Luke Murrell @Ausbloodstock , and historical profiling analyst Adam Henwood @ThatQuaddieGuy ! The panel breaks down the entire field, examining historical trends, international form lines, weights, barriers and the key factors that could determine the outcome of the 3200m contest at Flemington. 🔥 In our 2026 Caulfield Cup Preview Luke Murrell & Dean Evans both tipped $26 winner Kingswood in their selections, whilst Luke Murrell tipped the FIRST 4 in his TOP 4 SELECTIONS which paid $19,603.70 !! 🔥 📺 Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4iRXQ48 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud: bit.ly/3WhbeWM #MelbourneCup2026 #WinningEdgeInvestments #MelbourneCupPreview #HorseRacingAustralia
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It's here - my annual Melbourne Cup preview, back for the 20th time but making its debut for @thepakistanstar! Get the story of each runner in this year's race, their predicted finishing position and also a speed map. As always, it's completely free! thepakistanstar.com/p/who-wi…
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My Melb Cup ratings for a Good 4. Will be some changes if rain comes. Pretty self explanatory, Point of Law brings best lead up but now needs to repeat as a NH 3yo on the back up, occasion could get to him. Hopewell Rock comes through big handicaps, has a win over Small Fry 1/2
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I don't bet on the Melbourne Cup until I've spoken with Luke Murrell @Ausbloodstock. He has imported, owned & syndicated 2 Melbourne Cup winners (Protectionist 2014 & Gold Trip 2022) and won most other major staying races both here and abroad. No-one spends more time on video, data & sectionals to determine the real quality overseas imports vs the pretenders. In our 2026 Caulfield Cup Preview, Luke incredibly tipped the $19,603 First 4 in his Top 4 Selections! The 2026 Melbourne Cup Preview is here! 📺 Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4iRXQ48 No watered down, sanitised views on the overseas imports here. Luke gives the inside scoop of the chances of his Cup runners Wine Dark Sea, Royal Supremacy & Vauban with his trademark brutal honesty, plus gives a blunt assessment of every runner. Adam Henwood @ThatQuaddieGuy also joined us to provide fascinating insights on the positive & negative historical profiling stats that matter for each runner. You simply can't bet on the Cups until you get a real understanding of each runner's ability. For the Melbourne Cup, in 2022 we tipped $21 winner Gold Trip in our top 2, in 2023 we had Without A Fight top rated, and in 2024 Warp Speed at 40/1 would have been a big result but was 2nd beaten a nose on the line. In 2025 more than 21,000 watched our Melbourne Cup Preview where Luke declared the Melbourne Cup a 2 horse race, rating Half yours at $4.50 who won at $9, and declared heavily backed favourite Presage Nocturne was "not good enough to get in the finish". Luke has declared 2 horses he thinks run the quinella this year also! Full field runner by runner 2026 Melbourne Cup Preview here! 📺 Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4iRXQ48 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud: bit.ly/3WhbeWM #MelbourneCup2026 #WinningEdgeInvestments #MelbourneCupPreview #HorseRacingAustralia
The Melbourne Cup 2026 Preview Is Here! 🏆 👀 Who takes out the $10 MILLION Melbourne Cup this year? Our Melbourne Cup 2026 Preview brings together professional punter Dean Evans @DeanTrialSpy , Australian Bloodstock co-founder and two-time Melbourne Cup-winning owner Luke Murrell @Ausbloodstock , and historical profiling analyst Adam Henwood @ThatQuaddieGuy ! The panel breaks down the entire field, examining historical trends, international form lines, weights, barriers and the key factors that could determine the outcome of the 3200m contest at Flemington. 🔥 In our 2026 Caulfield Cup Preview Luke Murrell & Dean Evans both tipped $26 winner Kingswood in their selections, whilst Luke Murrell tipped the FIRST 4 in his TOP 4 SELECTIONS which paid $19,603.70 !! 🔥 📺 Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/4iRXQ48 🎧 Listen on SoundCloud: bit.ly/3WhbeWM #MelbourneCup2026 #WinningEdgeInvestments #MelbourneCupPreview #HorseRacingAustralia
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Bring it home Moods 🥊🥊🏆🏆🍺🍺
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I enjoy episodes of 'An Unbridled Production' by @cmaherracing This week's insights are jam-packed. It is noted 1. Ciaron wearing a jacket with Point Of Law emblazoned on it...💯👍🏼🐴 2. Tempted knows she is good; she really poses for the camera! 📸🐴💙 youtu.be/qdlt0LmW4GU?si=1Or8…
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A very funny finish from Gillon McLachlan at today’s Tabcorp AGM regarding his spectacularly unsuccessful investments in many race horses.
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HERE'S THE ANTHROPIC MODEL: Anthropic will go public at $2T in Oct '26 and will be a $1T ARR company and $10T+ company Dec' 2030 as the winner of AI. Here's how Anthropic gets to $1T ARR in 2030: - 2026E: $125B ARR +14x YoY w/ 5 GW live - 2027E: $266B ARR + 114% YoY w/ 10 GW live - 2028E: $462B ARR +73% YoY w/ 16 GW live - 2029E: $700B ARR +52% YoY w/ 23 GW live - 2030E: $1T ARR + 42% YoY w/ 30 GW live I'm dropping my full Excel model modeling out: - ARR by business model (e.g Consumer, B2B, Enterprise, API) - API business broken down by model type (e.g Fable 5.1, Mythos, Opus, Sonnet) - Training costs and inference cost as a % of revenue - Gross Margin ($ ARR per MW and Cost of Compute per MW) as well as forecasting GW secured. - Net ARR (vs Gross ARR reported by trackers) removing marketplace pay out, Meta, Chinese AI labs - and more I also share the @artemis thesis for WHY Anthropic is the AWS of AI and winner of AI in the enterprise (and open source and ANT / OpenAI can win) Get the full model here: artemis.ai/anthropic-thesis Full Disclosure: I don't have inside information. I took what's publicly available from the July '26 @SemiAnalysis_ model and added my own judgement based on public information and my own world views. I've spent a life time modeling as a former HF and VC analyst. I'll update the model as soon as the S-1 drops.
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'The Australian' tried a gotcha on new Greens leader David Shoebridge and it didn't go as planned 😎
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🏆 MELB CUP KEY RUNNER STAT 📊 🇯🇵 STINGER GLASS 🐎 The Melbourne Cup form stats that no-one has mentioned ⬇️ Days since last start = 143 ❌ Days since 2nd last start = 256 ❌ On existing form, Stinger Glass may well be the best stayer in the field, however I question why he didn't have a lead up run like 90% of the JPN horses that came before him. SG has 4 "Red" negative markers across the KEY prep data points. Below I highlight the first negative marker ⬇️ Every Oseas horse that has run Top 3 in The Cup Vs Stinger Glass
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Now all the scans are done these are the odds I have taken for this years Cup. Will now hold off until the draw although I do see Defiantly at some value at $11.00 plus. Was interested in Stinger Glass although the weather luckily had held me off. Lots of smoke around.
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The vets have been busy going through the Melbourne Cup horses. Racing Victoria has released details of those examinations.
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Really even and open Victoria Derby this year. Worth noting that 8 of the runners have had 4 or less starts leading into Saturday, including some of the more favoured runners. Here is a list of how many starts each winner had leading into the Derby for the last 25 years. 🧐
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