BAIN CAPITAL RAISES $1.6B TO FUND COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST YETCOMP AI RAISES $34M TO BE 'CONTINUOUSLY AGENTIC' ABOUT COMPLIANCECONGRESS DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY BILLS EXIST, ACTS SHOCKEDCRUSOE'S $30.9B VALUATION: INFRASTRUCTURE THEATER MEETS AI EUPHORIAVALOR CAN'T CASH OUT SPACEX, SO IT CASHES IN INVESTORSEVVY RAISES $40M TO MONETIZE YOUR MICROBIOMEGLENCORE DISCOVERS ITS $2B FRIENDSHIP WAS ACTUALLY FRAUDINSIGHT PARTNERS DISCOVERS DIVERSIFICATION WHILE INDUSTRY SLEEPWALKS INTO AIBAIN CAPITAL RAISES $1.6B TO FUND COMPANIES THAT DON'T EXIST YETCOMP AI RAISES $34M TO BE 'CONTINUOUSLY AGENTIC' ABOUT COMPLIANCECONGRESS DISCOVERS ELECTRICITY BILLS EXIST, ACTS SHOCKEDCRUSOE'S $30.9B VALUATION: INFRASTRUCTURE THEATER MEETS AI EUPHORIAVALOR CAN'T CASH OUT SPACEX, SO IT CASHES IN INVESTORSEVVY RAISES $40M TO MONETIZE YOUR MICROBIOMEGLENCORE DISCOVERS ITS $2B FRIENDSHIP WAS ACTUALLY FRAUDINSIGHT PARTNERS DISCOVERS DIVERSIFICATION WHILE INDUSTRY SLEEPWALKS INTO AI
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Opinion

Toronto Met Discovers Diversity Statements Don't Cure Antisemitism

The Benotto report reveals that corporate values documents are excellent at making boards feel virtuous while faculty hide their faith.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Diversity Theater
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AI Boom Starves Everything Else, But Hey, It's 'Inevitable'

Axios discovers that finite capital going to data centers means less money for literally everything else, then reassures us this is fine.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Inevitably Catastrophic
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AI Forces Politicians to Actually Agree on Something

When an industry is too chaotic to fit party talking points, even Congress notices.

💀💀💀  3/5 — Bipartisan Confusion
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Titans Declare Victory in Race They're Losing via Press Release

Elon and Mark announce they're 'back in the game' despite zero evidence they ever left or knew the rules.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Narrative Over Neurons
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AI Accusations Now Destroy Careers Faster Than AI Destroys Jobs

The entertainment industry has discovered that guilt by association with generative AI works better than due process.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Witch Hunt Speed Run
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Opinion

Chicago Kills Data Center Gold Rush With Reality Check

Mayor Brandon Johnson's moratorium reveals the AI infrastructure boom has a fatal flaw: it requires electricity.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Forgot About Physics
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Zuckerberg Warns of AI Monopoly Risk in 6,500-Word Irony Factory

Meta's CEO lectures the world on concentrated power while defending the platform that perfected algorithmic lock-in.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Self-Aware Obliviousness
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Stanford Builds Virus Nature Never Wanted to Meet

Researchers use AI to design synthetic pathogens, proving that having the capability to do something remains our primary motivation for doing it.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — We Could, But Didn't
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OpenAI Pays $3.2M to Settle Discrimination Case

Disrupting labor law one settlement at a time.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Disrupting Discrimination
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Trump Monetizes Shitposting, Wall Street Pays $1.2M Annually

Truth Social transforms from political loss leader into data-feed utility for traders who need to know what the president thinks before the market does.

💀💀💀💀  4/5 — Peak Capitalist Honesty
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