Sandy Hendry
@sandyhendry.bsky.social
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· Oct 10
First Brands bankruptcy threw a spotlight on contagion risk in an auto industry facing worsening creditworthiness. Supplier Advance Auto Parts fell 16% in three months. 268 institutions held $5.4 billion worth of First Brands loans, with Norinchukin Bank heavily exposed. Clients can read on FFM GO.
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped
October 31, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's pretty cool that the US economy is propped up entirely by continuing work on software thats only real functional uses are eroding consensus reality, spreading often politically motivated misinformation, and for various scams like impersonating your grandma and saying she's been kidnapped
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Bill Gates may not have turned full-fledged climate denier, but he’s made them very happy by spouting their modern talking points
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Bill Gates Is Wrong to Quiet-Quit the Climate Fight
A few years ago, there was a big frenzy about “quiet quitting,” the idea that kids these days might show up to their jobs but not work very hard at them. Bill Gates seems to be quiet-quitting the figh...
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October 31, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Bill Gates may not have turned full-fledged climate denier, but he’s made them very happy by spouting their modern talking points
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
America went from a world leader in science to a world leader in anti-science in five decades. How empires collapse...
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
America went from a world leader in science to a world leader in anti-science in five decades. How empires collapse...
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Russia still considers the UK one of its prime enemies.
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Russia still considers the UK one of its prime enemies.
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
And what’s the best way to bring ‘Britain to its knees’ again as the former Russian Ambassador to London once boasted?
Repeat the talking points of Farage and Far right activists - key collaborators in Putin’s mission
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Aleksandr 'Putins Brain' Dugin wants Farage to be PM
Just to be clear - Dugin = ultra-nationalist fascist ideologue obsessed with shattering European unity & dragging the West into chaos.
In his book, from '97, he wrote "The UK should be cut off from Europe."
Patriots, Nigel is not your man.
Just to be clear - Dugin = ultra-nationalist fascist ideologue obsessed with shattering European unity & dragging the West into chaos.
In his book, from '97, he wrote "The UK should be cut off from Europe."
Patriots, Nigel is not your man.
October 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Aleksandr 'Putins Brain' Dugin wants Farage to be PM
Just to be clear - Dugin = ultra-nationalist fascist ideologue obsessed with shattering European unity & dragging the West into chaos.
In his book, from '97, he wrote "The UK should be cut off from Europe."
Patriots, Nigel is not your man.
Just to be clear - Dugin = ultra-nationalist fascist ideologue obsessed with shattering European unity & dragging the West into chaos.
In his book, from '97, he wrote "The UK should be cut off from Europe."
Patriots, Nigel is not your man.
Right now the China and US relationship is like two drunks squaring up and picking up pieces of bar furniture to chuck at each other but then not throwing them and telling the rest of the drinkers this is a victory. We should be cheering cooperation and not the lack of a fight.
🚗⚡ New in @science.org: My piece on why the U.S. needs to rethink its approach to China's electric vehicle industry (and what's at stake if it doesn’t).
The competitive gap is bigger than you think. Thread 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The competitive gap is bigger than you think. Thread 🧵
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How collaboration with China can revitalize US automotive innovation
Strategic collaboration, not protectionist barriers, should be pursued
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October 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Right now the China and US relationship is like two drunks squaring up and picking up pieces of bar furniture to chuck at each other but then not throwing them and telling the rest of the drinkers this is a victory. We should be cheering cooperation and not the lack of a fight.
Before United Nations, without the US, meet to try to protect humanity in Brazil, American companies are trying to get their climate-skeptic government to fight efforts to protect the environment.
How will the world's consumers respond? Probably they won't.
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How will the world's consumers respond? Probably they won't.
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US Business Groups Send Letter Slamming ‘Egregious’ EU ESG Rule
The biggest business associations in the US sent a letter to White House cabinet members, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, asking them to block the European Union from moving ahead with pl...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Before United Nations, without the US, meet to try to protect humanity in Brazil, American companies are trying to get their climate-skeptic government to fight efforts to protect the environment.
How will the world's consumers respond? Probably they won't.
news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/us-busin...
How will the world's consumers respond? Probably they won't.
news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/us-busin...
What has AI ever done for us?
This Bloomberg story picked up in Straits Times hones in on how expensive all the compute/energy will be for the production of AI slop videos.
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This Bloomberg story picked up in Straits Times hones in on how expensive all the compute/energy will be for the production of AI slop videos.
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Tech giants Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet test investors’ patience with huge AI spending spree
AI spending by the three behemoths soared 89 per cent to some US$78 billion in the last quarter. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What has AI ever done for us?
This Bloomberg story picked up in Straits Times hones in on how expensive all the compute/energy will be for the production of AI slop videos.
www.straitstimes.com/business/com...
This Bloomberg story picked up in Straits Times hones in on how expensive all the compute/energy will be for the production of AI slop videos.
www.straitstimes.com/business/com...
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🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump will follow through and enforce harsh new oil sanctions on Russia to pressure Vladimir Putin into negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the US ambassador to NATO said, - Bloomberg
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump will follow through and enforce harsh new oil sanctions on Russia to pressure Vladimir Putin into negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the US ambassador to NATO said, - Bloomberg
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🇷🇸🇺🇸 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic appealed to the US for more time to resolve Gazprom’s control of the country’s sole refiner as the latest sanctions threaten to hit banks and card companies, - Bloomberg
October 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
🇷🇸🇺🇸 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic appealed to the US for more time to resolve Gazprom’s control of the country’s sole refiner as the latest sanctions threaten to hit banks and card companies, - Bloomberg
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Trump plans to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Nov 8 to discuss Hungary’s reliance on Russian oil and the impact of US sanctions, Bloomberg reports.
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Trump plans to meet Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Nov 8 to discuss Hungary’s reliance on Russian oil and the impact of US sanctions, Bloomberg reports.
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Bloomberg reports the sanctioned tanker "Furia," carrying 730,000 barrels of Russian Urals crude to India, has rerouted and is now anchored in the Baltic Sea - possibly signaling the buyer's refusal amid U.S. sanctions on oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bloomberg reports the sanctioned tanker "Furia," carrying 730,000 barrels of Russian Urals crude to India, has rerouted and is now anchored in the Baltic Sea - possibly signaling the buyer's refusal amid U.S. sanctions on oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
What has AI ever done for us?
Big layoffs hitting Amazon as soon as tomorrow, including within the video-game division, sources tell Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Amazon Plans to Cut 30,000 Corporate Jobs, Reuters Reports
Amazon.com Inc. plans to cut corporate jobs in several key departments, including logistics, payments, video games and the cloud-computing unit, according to people familiar with the matter.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What has AI ever done for us?
What has AI ever done for us?
(Bloomberg) - Wage gains have cooled to some of the lowest levels in more than a decade, with young US workers bearing the brunt of the slowdown ..
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October 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What has AI ever done for us?
After the Independent's video of US troops beating up an OAP there is an tourism advert titled:
Virginia Is for Lovers.
Whoops!
Virginia Is for Lovers.
Whoops!
these guys just love doing this. nothing like 8 storm troopers beating the absolute shit out of a defenseless old person www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US citizen, 67, ‘has six ribs broken’ by Border Patrol agents, his running club says
The incident unfolded Saturday in Chicago’s Old Irving Park neighborhood, where residents say federal agents disrupted a children’s Halloween parade
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October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
After the Independent's video of US troops beating up an OAP there is an tourism advert titled:
Virginia Is for Lovers.
Whoops!
Virginia Is for Lovers.
Whoops!
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K-pop superstar RM of the popular boy band BTS urged global leaders and business executives to invest more in culture and the creative industries, emphasizing the crucial role of soft power in driving economic growth
K-Pop Superstar RM Urges Global Investment in Culture at APEC
K-pop superstar RM of the popular boy band BTS urged global leaders and business executives to invest more in culture and the creative industries, emphasizing the crucial role of soft power in driving economic growth.
bloom.bg
October 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM
K-pop superstar RM of the popular boy band BTS urged global leaders and business executives to invest more in culture and the creative industries, emphasizing the crucial role of soft power in driving economic growth
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Fed policymakers are expected to lower interest rates on Wednesday, but refrain from signaling more moves for now
Fed Is Seen Refraining From Sustained Rate-Cut Pledge Trump Wants
Policymakers are almost universally expected to lower borrowing costs on Wednesday.
bloom.bg
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Fed policymakers are expected to lower interest rates on Wednesday, but refrain from signaling more moves for now
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Nvidia becomes the first $5 trillion company as CEO Jensen Huang’s spree of deals catapults the artificial intelligence frenzy to new heights. Read more: https://bloom.bg/4qu9B2J
📷: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
📷: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Nvidia becomes the first $5 trillion company as CEO Jensen Huang’s spree of deals catapults the artificial intelligence frenzy to new heights. Read more: https://bloom.bg/4qu9B2J
📷: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
📷: Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg
Gift that keeps giving for ReformUK. The sex offender, after being released by mistake and caught in a citywide manhunt, gets a free flight plus $500 to return to Ethiopia where he is released onto the streets. Diplomatic immunity scandals are nothing compared to this!
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Hadush Kebatu: Migrant sex offender given £500 after threat to disrupt deportation
Hadush Kebatu is flown to Ethiopia after being recaptured in London following a two-day manhunt.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Gift that keeps giving for ReformUK. The sex offender, after being released by mistake and caught in a citywide manhunt, gets a free flight plus $500 to return to Ethiopia where he is released onto the streets. Diplomatic immunity scandals are nothing compared to this!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This interview barely mentions climate change and it reflects a "softly, softly" approach out of the US since Trump was elected. Everyone in the US just shifted towards his positions. Raising climate change is like raising gun control. Don't mention any data, just believe.
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Daniel Yergin on What Happened to the Energy Transition - Odd Lots
A few years ago, governments and corporations were brimming with optimism about the prospect of getting to net-zero in the efforts against climate change. Today, you hear a lot less about that. And wh...
omny.fm
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This interview barely mentions climate change and it reflects a "softly, softly" approach out of the US since Trump was elected. Everyone in the US just shifted towards his positions. Raising climate change is like raising gun control. Don't mention any data, just believe.
omny.fm/shows/odd-lo...
omny.fm/shows/odd-lo...
Americans, like most people, find it very easy to shift their opinions along with group-think. I have noticed smart colleagues from the US veering closer to Trumpian positions and losing their ability to think for themselves. It's just easier to agree perhaps?
There is probably plenty going on inside Bill Gates' head, but I reckon one of the most parsimonious explanations of why he's sagely pronouncing that climate groups need to stop worrying about short-term emissions targets can be found in the sustainability reports of the company he founded.
October 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Americans, like most people, find it very easy to shift their opinions along with group-think. I have noticed smart colleagues from the US veering closer to Trumpian positions and losing their ability to think for themselves. It's just easier to agree perhaps?
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Full NATO membership is ultimate guarantee of security for Ukraine - Estonian FM #Ukraine
Full NATO membership is ultimate guarantee of security for Ukraine - Estonian FM
en.interfax.com.ua
October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Full NATO membership is ultimate guarantee of security for Ukraine - Estonian FM #Ukraine
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This is an interesting piece but I just read it going “the missing bit is the section on how the internet has fried everyone’s brains”.
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Buxton: Why one small town with very little immigration turned to Reform UK
How national concerns affected a local election in the heart of the Peak District.
www.bbc.com
October 28, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is an interesting piece but I just read it going “the missing bit is the section on how the internet has fried everyone’s brains”.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
Bessent says China to delay rare earths rules by a year, buy U.S. soybeans reut.rs/42YJMO9
Bessent says China to delay rare earths rules by a year, buy U.S. soybeans
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that he anticipates that China will revive substantial purchases of U.S. soybeans for several years and will delay its expanded licensing regime for rare earths by a year and re-examine it after two days of trade talks in Malaysia.
reut.rs
October 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.