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Brian JM Quinn
@bjmquinn.bsky.social
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Professor @ Boston College Law School (Corporations, M&A, VC, and some corporate history)

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Brian Quinn, CBE is a Scottish economist and former football club chairman. He is an honorary professor of economics at Glasgow University. He is best known for his spell as the chairman of Celtic Plc board. .. more

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · Sep 17
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Illiberal Democracy, Merger Regulation, And Corporate Capture
This Essay examines how the second Trump Administration has weaponized merger regulation and regulatory approval processes as tools of corporate capture in serv
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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 7h
State sponsored capitalism is the new Republican Party ideology. Govt uses CHIPS Act to take more equity 🤯

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Department of Commerce Announces CHIPS Incentives Letter of Intent with Vulcan Elements to Support Domestic Manufacturing of Critical Rare Earth Magnets
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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 9h
This is a carmaker operating on “all its cylinders” to get the boss a big payout.
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Siddhant Awasthi and Emmanuel Lamacchia, the Tesla executives in charge of its Cybertruck and Model Y programs, are leaving the company.

They're the latest in a string of high-profile executive exits.
The Tesla Cybertruck And Model Y Bosses Both Just Quit
Tesla has lost several top executives across divisions in recent months. They seem to be leaving on good terms, but the rate of executive turnover seems high.
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InsideEVs @insideevs.com · 10h
Siddhant Awasthi and Emmanuel Lamacchia, the Tesla executives in charge of its Cybertruck and Model Y programs, are leaving the company.

They're the latest in a string of high-profile executive exits.
The Tesla Cybertruck And Model Y Bosses Both Just Quit
Tesla has lost several top executives across divisions in recent months. They seem to be leaving on good terms, but the rate of executive turnover seems high.
insideevs.com

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 17h
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d
“I think it’s a terrible mistake,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren says of the deal. “People want us to stand and fight for health care, and that's what I believe.” (via Igor Bobic, HuffPo) x.com/igorbobic/st...

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 1d
And now you’re getting nothing. You’re a terrible leader

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 1d
They all have to go

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Greg Wester @gwestr.me · 1d
Brakes didn’t work, love the car doe

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 2d
I figured they were hoping it would pass so they could generally point to in advance of some future xAI investment. If they don’t want it in the ballot they could have just excluded (ordinary biz). Weird one.

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 2d
They seemed really unhappy about this result. Now I see why.

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 2d
Where’s JD when you need him??
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UK man arrested for praying outside abortion clinic praises VP Vance for bringing attention to case
Vice President Vance was praised by Adam Smith-Connor, who expressed gratitude after the VP highlighted his free speech case in a speech to European officials.
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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 2d
It doesn’t count unless your cell phone flies out of your pocket at the end…

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Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 2d
I held this post up to the light.

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
Grandpa could just ask the FTC. Lina Khan was all over this issue: www.ftc.gov/system/files...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d
Paul Krugman he ain’t
While Cattle Prices have dropped substantially, the price of Boxed Beef has gone up — Therefore, you know that something is “fishy.” We will get to the bottom of it very quickly. If there is criminality, those people responsible will pay a steep price!

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
Denholm said that battery storage/energy was the most exciting part of the biz at the start of the meeting… if you get what you measure, Tesla won’t be getting more batteries!

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
Battery storage is not even an operational target for his comp!

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
Nope! It’s a TOTAL of 20 million delivered, including the already installed base. Total layup.

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Nero Wolfe @nero-wolfe.bsky.social · 3d
Prof. William Birdthistle: “For the first time in a century, the S.E.C. is seriously exploring how to allow firms and funds to sell investments to masses of Americans without registration or disclosure.“

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Opinion | Trump Is Pushing Us Toward a Crash. It Could Be 1929 All Over Again.
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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
The 20 million target in 10 years is a total layup, btw. Already, 8 million delivered (they count). That means, Tesla has to deliver 12 mill in 10 years. Last year it delivered what? 1.78 mill? Tesla could do materially worse and he would still hit that 20 mill in 10 years

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
Why DE ditched its reputation for this guy - a guy that already left them - will forever be a mystery to me.

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
Sleepy Joe?? Sleepy Don is more like it!

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
The present govt is dumb enough to guarantee OpenAI and corrupt enough to demand equity for the privilege of the govt guarantee

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 3d
OpenAI is planting the seeds for a pre-bailout, trying to dupe the government into guaranteeing its future. @ryanlcooper.com explains why this makes no sense given the fantastically absurd business model of the company:
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OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to:...
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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
“Covered Events” is going to be doing a lot of work over the next decade

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Brian JM Quinn @bjmquinn.bsky.social · 3d
This was a weird vote. It has no legal effect whatsoever. I think the board was hoping for a warm, cozy blanket of approval that they could wrap around themselves to justify throwing a ton of money at xAI. But, the vote was more like a thin, cold sheet. Whatever. They’ll still throw money at xAI.