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New platform. New motor. New electrical architecture.
InsideEVs takes an early look at Lucid Cosmos and breaks down the engineering behind our upcoming midsize EV—designed for efficiency, performance, and the future of autonomy.
Full story: ow.ly/xh1z30sUCry
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Ayy so I was reading my Bible — John 21,
and this moment happens after the resurrection.
Peter’s already seen Jesus alive…
but something still feels off.
Because the last time Peter and Jesus spoke —
Peter denied Him. Three times.
So Peter does what people do when they don’t know how to face failure.
“The Lucid Air Grand Touring is exceptionally comfortable and easy to drive around town.”
Watch the full review of the Lucid Air Grand Touring by Vehicle Virgins.
ow.ly/CTzc30sU58B
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Is a 97% reduction a big deal? 😂
Vertical video is everywhere.
Social. Body cams. Drone FPV. Mobile streaming.
The problem? It's expensive to store and transmit.
MForja cut this 30-second 1080p vertical clip
from ~100MB to 3.2MB before HEVC touched it.
~97% smaller. Nothing lost.
youtube.com/shorts/JuoXjf0X4…
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Vertical video is everywhere.
Social. Body cams. Drone FPV. Mobile streaming.
The problem? It's expensive to store and transmit.
MForja cut this 30-second 1080p vertical clip
from ~100MB to 3.2MB before HEVC touched it.
~97% smaller. Nothing lost.
youtube.com/shorts/JuoXjf0X4…
What MForja just did with that video is genuinely remarkable.
That’s not a settings tweak.
That’s not marginal optimization.
That’s a structural efficiency shift.
In an industry where 5–10% gains are considered meaningful progress, this kind of reduction is a big deal.
Original: 275MB MForja output: 3.4MB
85%+ compression.
Cinematic VFX footage. 24fps. CinemaScope. HEVC.
Software only.
No new codec. No hardware. No pipeline changes.
mforja.com
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This is about to change the way we view video.
I'm going to make a bold claim.
This 147MB drone video 👇 pexels.com/video/fpv-drone-w…
We compressed it to 9.7MB without changing the codec. SSIM quality score: 0.937 out of 1.0
(We rendered the demo in AV1 for a prospect — turns out X doesn't support that format. If you want the actual file, email me at [email protected] and I'll send it directly.)
Find me another software layer that does this. I'll wait.
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Netflix reported $45B+ in revenue in 2025 and ~$6.8B in delivery & streaming costs in its 10-K.1
They don’t break out exact storage or bandwidth spend, but we know this “delivery” bucket includes CDN, cloud, infrastructure, and data movement.
Now imagine this:
🔥 What if video file size and bandwidth needs were cut in half — with the same or better quality?
Suddenly:
• Live events scale globally without costly delivery spikes
• 4K/8K becomes default, not expensive
• Real-time video + AI becomes practical
• New markets open where data is costly or limited
• Creators build richer, more ambitious experiences
This isn’t just lowering costs.
It’s unlocking innovation by removing the biggest constraint on modern media distribution.
At MForja, we’re close to delivering this future:
📉 Less data
📈 Same or better quality
🚀 New media possibilities
When video gets cheaper to store and deliver, the entire content landscape changes.
#Streaming #AI #Media #Innovation #Infrastructure #Video
Lucid Air: The King of Range, whatever the weather
Proven at El Prix Winter 2026 - hottest car in coldest ever edition of the largest real world EV Winter Test.
Read More: ow.ly/ZXaM30sT39g
#LucidAirGrandTouring
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Sometimes the drive up is just as good as the run down—mountains rising, worries fading, and switchbacks carved with confidence.
#LucidGravity
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Video is the biggest cost center in modern infrastructure.
MForja exists to change that — with smarter compression, lower bandwidth usage, and better performance at scale.
Less data. Same quality. Real savings.
Or you can just do more…
🔗 mforja.com
#VideoTech #Streaming #Infra #MForja
Would you ride in this?
CNET dives deep into the Lucid Gravity robotaxi, created with Uber and Nuro to bring luxury EV design to autonomous ridesharing.
Watch now: ow.ly/GrJs30sSse9
#LucidGravity #CES2026
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Built for conditions that test everything.
Alps. Snow. Sapphire.
🎥 @carswithluke
#LucidPartner #LucidMotors #LucidAirSapphire
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Other automakers often tout EV range using lenient WLTP or CLTC test cycles, masking efficiency gaps and inflating expectations. Now that official U.S. EPA numbers are out, the story changes. Lucid Air delivers S-Class size with unmatched efficiency, going farther on less energy than cars several classes smaller. This advantage comes from a holistic engineering approach: a complete vehicle system designed years ago and still ahead of any passenger car sold today.
Rick retweeted
Don't be fooled by comparing only sticker prices. Unless you pay cash, Lucid Gravity is a better deal than Tesla; just as the Air was. Never mind that both the top Teslas are now dated and far behind Lucid. Lucid has better financing.
Tesla's free charging must be factored in if you plan on keeping it for decades.
$LCID $TSLA
Sun, coastlines, and Lucid energy. ⚡
Our newest Lucid Studio + Service Center is now open in San Diego. Come say hello.
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You’re not one thing. Why should your car be? ⚡️
Executive presence. Adventure-ready. Up to 512 miles of never choosing.
For people who live in the ‘and,’ not the ‘or.’
#LucidAir #CompromiseNothing
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My Bitcoin Market Synopsis:
You’re going to want to bookmark this.
*Not Investment Advice*
My base case remains that we are still in a bull market: we’ll recover from this dip over the coming week or two after briefly dipping below the 50-week SMA/EMA, then closing back above it by Sunday’s weekly close.
The bull market will extend at least into Q1 2026, but most likely longer and well into 2026, and it could even extend beyond that.
However, let’s look at the bear case.
A lot of the fear right now comes from people having PTSD from previous Bitcoin events like the FTX/Luna collapses, or from the recent mass liquidation events if they were holding altcoins.
Many people are scared under the false assumption that Bitcoin could easily drop by 50–80% like it has in past bear markets.
However, with the institutional bid and the market cap now comfortably over $1 trillion, Bitcoin is not the same asset.
The “it could go to zero” discount that existed in all previous bear markets has been completely removed. Bitcoin is now on the radar of essentially ALL the big money players in the world.
Without a major black swan catalyst, the odds of dropping below $70,000 (-45%) are extremely small, and a move to $80,000–$90,000 is much more likely if — and it’s a big if — the bull market is truly over, which I still don’t think it is.
So if we do enter a bear market from here, could you handle a period of time with Bitcoin ranging between $70,000 and $90,000?
In my view, we are not going back to $50,000–$60,000 without a significant black swan catalyst — a very low-probability event, just a few percent odds.
Either way, the ones who will win in the long term are the long-term-minded, stoic, set-it-and-forget-it-for-a-decade-or-longer, true Bitcoin investors — NOT the “let’s get cute with it” traders.
The big players are here, and the sophistication of short-term emotional manipulation and the trading game has increased in difficulty by an order of magnitude.
Anyone still playing that game had better be a pro.
If you got something out of this post, please share it.
— Plan C