JT Cool
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More than an hour before sunrise and the heat index in Central Florida is 87°
On our way to projected heat index of 110° this afternoon
On our way to projected heat index of 110° this afternoon
July 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
More than an hour before sunrise and the heat index in Central Florida is 87°
On our way to projected heat index of 110° this afternoon
On our way to projected heat index of 110° this afternoon
Florida’s in a summer COVID wave driven by the highly contagious Nimbus variant. (per CDC)
ER visits for COVID and respiratory illness are rising in the Orlando area, though hospitalizations remain low.
A main symptom of this COVID wave is very sore throat.
ER visits for COVID and respiratory illness are rising in the Orlando area, though hospitalizations remain low.
A main symptom of this COVID wave is very sore throat.
July 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Florida’s in a summer COVID wave driven by the highly contagious Nimbus variant. (per CDC)
ER visits for COVID and respiratory illness are rising in the Orlando area, though hospitalizations remain low.
A main symptom of this COVID wave is very sore throat.
ER visits for COVID and respiratory illness are rising in the Orlando area, though hospitalizations remain low.
A main symptom of this COVID wave is very sore throat.
Reposted by JT Cool
July 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
TSLA + 4.7% on AI, Robotaxi Push
TSLA hits $309+ on robotaxi expansion in Austin, San Francisco
xAI’s Grok 4 integrated into vehicle next month
Analyst ups target to $404
China sales ease Q2 delivery dip (-14%)
👉 if your vehicle is your AI assistant, what is your phone?
#stocks
TSLA hits $309+ on robotaxi expansion in Austin, San Francisco
xAI’s Grok 4 integrated into vehicle next month
Analyst ups target to $404
China sales ease Q2 delivery dip (-14%)
👉 if your vehicle is your AI assistant, what is your phone?
#stocks
July 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
TSLA + 4.7% on AI, Robotaxi Push
TSLA hits $309+ on robotaxi expansion in Austin, San Francisco
xAI’s Grok 4 integrated into vehicle next month
Analyst ups target to $404
China sales ease Q2 delivery dip (-14%)
👉 if your vehicle is your AI assistant, what is your phone?
#stocks
TSLA hits $309+ on robotaxi expansion in Austin, San Francisco
xAI’s Grok 4 integrated into vehicle next month
Analyst ups target to $404
China sales ease Q2 delivery dip (-14%)
👉 if your vehicle is your AI assistant, what is your phone?
#stocks
MP +43% on Pentagon Purchase
Patriot missile crisis averted?
DoD buys 15% of a mine:
-No water for processing
-Radioactive wastewater ponds
-No expertise in terbium separation
-America’s last lab exploded in 2019
👉 Ready by 2027! (trust us bro)
#stocks #rareearth #REE
Patriot missile crisis averted?
DoD buys 15% of a mine:
-No water for processing
-Radioactive wastewater ponds
-No expertise in terbium separation
-America’s last lab exploded in 2019
👉 Ready by 2027! (trust us bro)
#stocks #rareearth #REE
July 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
MP +43% on Pentagon Purchase
Patriot missile crisis averted?
DoD buys 15% of a mine:
-No water for processing
-Radioactive wastewater ponds
-No expertise in terbium separation
-America’s last lab exploded in 2019
👉 Ready by 2027! (trust us bro)
#stocks #rareearth #REE
Patriot missile crisis averted?
DoD buys 15% of a mine:
-No water for processing
-Radioactive wastewater ponds
-No expertise in terbium separation
-America’s last lab exploded in 2019
👉 Ready by 2027! (trust us bro)
#stocks #rareearth #REE
Les Anglophones dominent l’etape 6 du Tour
Victoire ecrasante de Ben Healy, suivi de Quinn Simmons et Michael Storer
Les six premiers sont tous anglophones, peut-etre une premiere dans l’histoire du Tour !
1. Healy 🇮🇪
2. Simmons 🇺🇸
3. Storer 🇦🇺
4. Dunbar 🇮🇪
5. Yates 🇬🇧
6. Barta 🇺🇸
#TDF2025 #Cyclisme
Victoire ecrasante de Ben Healy, suivi de Quinn Simmons et Michael Storer
Les six premiers sont tous anglophones, peut-etre une premiere dans l’histoire du Tour !
1. Healy 🇮🇪
2. Simmons 🇺🇸
3. Storer 🇦🇺
4. Dunbar 🇮🇪
5. Yates 🇬🇧
6. Barta 🇺🇸
#TDF2025 #Cyclisme
July 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
So 10 companies eat 40% of the pie, 490 fight for crumbs
👉 concentration risk got renamed efficient markets
#stocks
👉 concentration risk got renamed efficient markets
#stocks
APOLLO: “.. The concentration in the S&P 500 has returned to extreme levels, with the top 10 companies accounting for 40% of the index’s market capitalization and a record-high share of earnings.”
July 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
So 10 companies eat 40% of the pie, 490 fight for crumbs
👉 concentration risk got renamed efficient markets
#stocks
👉 concentration risk got renamed efficient markets
#stocks
Singapore Stocks Hit Record High, Vietnam Seals Trade Deal
Singapore’s STI marks 4th straight record day, +0.3%
Banking (half the index) gains on safe haven inflows. REITs strong
Vietnam signs US deal, cuts export tariff to 20% from 46%
VN-Index +0.3% post JPMorgan upgrade
#Asia #stocks
Singapore’s STI marks 4th straight record day, +0.3%
Banking (half the index) gains on safe haven inflows. REITs strong
Vietnam signs US deal, cuts export tariff to 20% from 46%
VN-Index +0.3% post JPMorgan upgrade
#Asia #stocks
July 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Airlines Soar in Premarket
DAL +10%, AAL +7%, UAL +5%, JBLU +3%
Delta Q2 beat ($1.99 EPS) + strong 2025 outlook lifts sector
Premium seat sales strong despite soft demand & tariff concerns
👉 Temporary tailwind?
#stocks
DAL +10%, AAL +7%, UAL +5%, JBLU +3%
Delta Q2 beat ($1.99 EPS) + strong 2025 outlook lifts sector
Premium seat sales strong despite soft demand & tariff concerns
👉 Temporary tailwind?
#stocks
July 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Airlines Soar in Premarket
DAL +10%, AAL +7%, UAL +5%, JBLU +3%
Delta Q2 beat ($1.99 EPS) + strong 2025 outlook lifts sector
Premium seat sales strong despite soft demand & tariff concerns
👉 Temporary tailwind?
#stocks
DAL +10%, AAL +7%, UAL +5%, JBLU +3%
Delta Q2 beat ($1.99 EPS) + strong 2025 outlook lifts sector
Premium seat sales strong despite soft demand & tariff concerns
👉 Temporary tailwind?
#stocks
Prime Week Sales Soar, Amazon Stumbles
US day 1 online sales across all retailers reached $7.9 Billion, a 9.9% increase YoY
Biggest e-commerce day of 2025, and surpassing Black Friday $6.1B
But Amazon-only day 1 sales down 41%
👉 Shoppers hunting deals
#Stocks
US day 1 online sales across all retailers reached $7.9 Billion, a 9.9% increase YoY
Biggest e-commerce day of 2025, and surpassing Black Friday $6.1B
But Amazon-only day 1 sales down 41%
👉 Shoppers hunting deals
#Stocks
July 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Prime Week Sales Soar, Amazon Stumbles
US day 1 online sales across all retailers reached $7.9 Billion, a 9.9% increase YoY
Biggest e-commerce day of 2025, and surpassing Black Friday $6.1B
But Amazon-only day 1 sales down 41%
👉 Shoppers hunting deals
#Stocks
US day 1 online sales across all retailers reached $7.9 Billion, a 9.9% increase YoY
Biggest e-commerce day of 2025, and surpassing Black Friday $6.1B
But Amazon-only day 1 sales down 41%
👉 Shoppers hunting deals
#Stocks
Premarket: KLG +50% on Italian Buyout
Candy maker Ferrero Rocher nearing $3 billion deal to buy US cereal maker behind iconic brands like Froot Loops
Nutella buys Kellogg. Mama Mia!
👉 Finally we can admit those cereals really are just candy
#stocks
Candy maker Ferrero Rocher nearing $3 billion deal to buy US cereal maker behind iconic brands like Froot Loops
Nutella buys Kellogg. Mama Mia!
👉 Finally we can admit those cereals really are just candy
#stocks
July 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Premarket: KLG +50% on Italian Buyout
Candy maker Ferrero Rocher nearing $3 billion deal to buy US cereal maker behind iconic brands like Froot Loops
Nutella buys Kellogg. Mama Mia!
👉 Finally we can admit those cereals really are just candy
#stocks
Candy maker Ferrero Rocher nearing $3 billion deal to buy US cereal maker behind iconic brands like Froot Loops
Nutella buys Kellogg. Mama Mia!
👉 Finally we can admit those cereals really are just candy
#stocks
Trade War on Brasil
Trump wants to decide who can run Brasil. But his guy is banned until 2030, cuz he started a coup after he lost
Trump demands Brazilian courts stop standing up to big tech & their AI-spewn disinfo
Brasil leads the BRICS on de-dollarization
👉 US dominance fading,
BRICS rising
Trump wants to decide who can run Brasil. But his guy is banned until 2030, cuz he started a coup after he lost
Trump demands Brazilian courts stop standing up to big tech & their AI-spewn disinfo
Brasil leads the BRICS on de-dollarization
👉 US dominance fading,
BRICS rising
July 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trade War on Brasil
Trump wants to decide who can run Brasil. But his guy is banned until 2030, cuz he started a coup after he lost
Trump demands Brazilian courts stop standing up to big tech & their AI-spewn disinfo
Brasil leads the BRICS on de-dollarization
👉 US dominance fading,
BRICS rising
Trump wants to decide who can run Brasil. But his guy is banned until 2030, cuz he started a coup after he lost
Trump demands Brazilian courts stop standing up to big tech & their AI-spewn disinfo
Brasil leads the BRICS on de-dollarization
👉 US dominance fading,
BRICS rising
Means ICE stays north of Skeeters Last Chance Saloon 👇
Under Florida law, Key West is not required to enter or maintain a 287(g) agreement with ICE.
EYES OF A NATION ON KEY WEST OVER ANTI-ICE POLICY
The Key West community spoke and its leaders listened, voting on June 30 to void the city’s agreement with the federal Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency that would have […]
keysweekly.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Means ICE stays north of Skeeters Last Chance Saloon 👇
Kévin Vauquelin, le nouveau héros français !
5ᵉ du contre-la-montre de Caen
3ᵉ au classement général du #TDF2025
Le Normand signe la meilleure performance tricolore depuis Alaphilippe en 2019 ! 💙🤍❤️
Chapeau pour ton chrono monstre contre Pogačar et Evenepoel
📷 Getty
#ViveLeVélo #Cyclisme
5ᵉ du contre-la-montre de Caen
3ᵉ au classement général du #TDF2025
Le Normand signe la meilleure performance tricolore depuis Alaphilippe en 2019 ! 💙🤍❤️
Chapeau pour ton chrono monstre contre Pogačar et Evenepoel
📷 Getty
#ViveLeVélo #Cyclisme
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Kévin Vauquelin, le nouveau héros français !
5ᵉ du contre-la-montre de Caen
3ᵉ au classement général du #TDF2025
Le Normand signe la meilleure performance tricolore depuis Alaphilippe en 2019 ! 💙🤍❤️
Chapeau pour ton chrono monstre contre Pogačar et Evenepoel
📷 Getty
#ViveLeVélo #Cyclisme
5ᵉ du contre-la-montre de Caen
3ᵉ au classement général du #TDF2025
Le Normand signe la meilleure performance tricolore depuis Alaphilippe en 2019 ! 💙🤍❤️
Chapeau pour ton chrono monstre contre Pogačar et Evenepoel
📷 Getty
#ViveLeVélo #Cyclisme
Amazon Prime Day Flop?
Day 1 sales tanked 41% vs. 2024 (Bloomberg)
Day 2 of the four-day summer sale, and the market is mostly up
AMZN +1.5% | TGT +0.5% |
WMT -0.2% | BBY -0.1%
#stocks
Day 1 sales tanked 41% vs. 2024 (Bloomberg)
Day 2 of the four-day summer sale, and the market is mostly up
AMZN +1.5% | TGT +0.5% |
WMT -0.2% | BBY -0.1%
#stocks
July 9, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Amazon Prime Day Flop?
Day 1 sales tanked 41% vs. 2024 (Bloomberg)
Day 2 of the four-day summer sale, and the market is mostly up
AMZN +1.5% | TGT +0.5% |
WMT -0.2% | BBY -0.1%
#stocks
Day 1 sales tanked 41% vs. 2024 (Bloomberg)
Day 2 of the four-day summer sale, and the market is mostly up
AMZN +1.5% | TGT +0.5% |
WMT -0.2% | BBY -0.1%
#stocks
AES +19.7% on Takeover Talk
Brookfield and BlackRock circling
AES helps power AI data centers for MSFT and AMZN
AI boom is chips, server farms, cloud services, clean energy too
👉 power needs are massive
#stocks
Brookfield and BlackRock circling
AES helps power AI data centers for MSFT and AMZN
AI boom is chips, server farms, cloud services, clean energy too
👉 power needs are massive
#stocks
July 9, 2025 at 7:16 PM
AES +19.7% on Takeover Talk
Brookfield and BlackRock circling
AES helps power AI data centers for MSFT and AMZN
AI boom is chips, server farms, cloud services, clean energy too
👉 power needs are massive
#stocks
Brookfield and BlackRock circling
AES helps power AI data centers for MSFT and AMZN
AI boom is chips, server farms, cloud services, clean energy too
👉 power needs are massive
#stocks
Consumer sentiment now implies a 1-in-5 chance of a downturn in the next year, so 3x the usual odds
👉 trust the people buying groceries
#econsky #recession
👉 trust the people buying groceries
#econsky #recession
‘The spread between the Conference Board and U. Michigan consumer surveys suggest there’s a significantly elevated chance that a U.S. recession will begin within the next 12 months.’ www.marketwatch.com/story/this-e...
July 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Consumer sentiment now implies a 1-in-5 chance of a downturn in the next year, so 3x the usual odds
👉 trust the people buying groceries
#econsky #recession
👉 trust the people buying groceries
#econsky #recession
Timeline:
Grok blames Musk&Trump for Texas flood deaths (now 119+)
Musk tinkers with AI to make Grok less woke
Grok immediately goes full Nazi, praises Hitler
Linda Yaccarino resigns as Twitter/X CEO
👉 Pattern: Musk breaks systems, someone else pays
#AI
Grok blames Musk&Trump for Texas flood deaths (now 119+)
Musk tinkers with AI to make Grok less woke
Grok immediately goes full Nazi, praises Hitler
Linda Yaccarino resigns as Twitter/X CEO
👉 Pattern: Musk breaks systems, someone else pays
#AI
July 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Timeline:
Grok blames Musk&Trump for Texas flood deaths (now 119+)
Musk tinkers with AI to make Grok less woke
Grok immediately goes full Nazi, praises Hitler
Linda Yaccarino resigns as Twitter/X CEO
👉 Pattern: Musk breaks systems, someone else pays
#AI
Grok blames Musk&Trump for Texas flood deaths (now 119+)
Musk tinkers with AI to make Grok less woke
Grok immediately goes full Nazi, praises Hitler
Linda Yaccarino resigns as Twitter/X CEO
👉 Pattern: Musk breaks systems, someone else pays
#AI
OpenAI just Absorbed io Products for $6.5B
So hardware & UI will save OpenAI from its massive burn rate, and not be a flop like Humane/Rabbit
👉 Ive’s iPhone cred is legit, but AI gadgets again, really?
#AI
So hardware & UI will save OpenAI from its massive burn rate, and not be a flop like Humane/Rabbit
👉 Ive’s iPhone cred is legit, but AI gadgets again, really?
#AI
A letter from Sam & Jony
Building a family of AI products for everyone.
openai.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
OpenAI just Absorbed io Products for $6.5B
So hardware & UI will save OpenAI from its massive burn rate, and not be a flop like Humane/Rabbit
👉 Ive’s iPhone cred is legit, but AI gadgets again, really?
#AI
So hardware & UI will save OpenAI from its massive burn rate, and not be a flop like Humane/Rabbit
👉 Ive’s iPhone cred is legit, but AI gadgets again, really?
#AI
Reposted by JT Cool
Good news here — two-year high for mortgage purchase applications:
July 9, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good news here — two-year high for mortgage purchase applications:
BREAKING: NVDA Hit Record $4 Trillion Market Cap
More than any company making computers, software, phones, cars, food, clothes, or providing energy, banking, homes
It’s ~GDP of Germany or Japan
Worth more than every nation’s output except China or US
👉 powers 92% of AI cloud
#stocks #econsky
More than any company making computers, software, phones, cars, food, clothes, or providing energy, banking, homes
It’s ~GDP of Germany or Japan
Worth more than every nation’s output except China or US
👉 powers 92% of AI cloud
#stocks #econsky
July 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Was Grok Programmed to go Nazi?
New code told Musk’s X-affiliated AI chatbot to ignore restrictions & make politically incorrect claims
So the Bot identified as MechaHitler & said Musk ‘built me this way’
xAI scrambled to fix it after public outrage
👉 algorithm showed its true face
#AI
New code told Musk’s X-affiliated AI chatbot to ignore restrictions & make politically incorrect claims
So the Bot identified as MechaHitler & said Musk ‘built me this way’
xAI scrambled to fix it after public outrage
👉 algorithm showed its true face
#AI
Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Responds As ‘MechaHitler’
The chatbot referred to itself as “MechaHitler” in a series of social media posts the Anti-Defamation League called “irresponsible, dangerous and antisemitic.”
www.forbes.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Was Grok Programmed to go Nazi?
New code told Musk’s X-affiliated AI chatbot to ignore restrictions & make politically incorrect claims
So the Bot identified as MechaHitler & said Musk ‘built me this way’
xAI scrambled to fix it after public outrage
👉 algorithm showed its true face
#AI
New code told Musk’s X-affiliated AI chatbot to ignore restrictions & make politically incorrect claims
So the Bot identified as MechaHitler & said Musk ‘built me this way’
xAI scrambled to fix it after public outrage
👉 algorithm showed its true face
#AI
No uptick in Large Cap Premarket, but risky small caps show some spark:
+20% VRNA
Merck buyout buzz around $10B deal
+37% MBIO
FDA orphan drug status for brain cancer therapy
+72% PROK
Positive Phase 2 results for kidney treatment
👉 biotech is back
#Stocks #Biotech #premarket
+20% VRNA
Merck buyout buzz around $10B deal
+37% MBIO
FDA orphan drug status for brain cancer therapy
+72% PROK
Positive Phase 2 results for kidney treatment
👉 biotech is back
#Stocks #Biotech #premarket
July 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
No uptick in Large Cap Premarket, but risky small caps show some spark:
+20% VRNA
Merck buyout buzz around $10B deal
+37% MBIO
FDA orphan drug status for brain cancer therapy
+72% PROK
Positive Phase 2 results for kidney treatment
👉 biotech is back
#Stocks #Biotech #premarket
+20% VRNA
Merck buyout buzz around $10B deal
+37% MBIO
FDA orphan drug status for brain cancer therapy
+72% PROK
Positive Phase 2 results for kidney treatment
👉 biotech is back
#Stocks #Biotech #premarket