📊┃economics

[tidal storm]

Unless I fell for ai slop again

[somber grail]

I mean that was requested from Iran

but no one is really moving still

they halted immediately after ceasefire was supposed to stop and turned ships around

u can literally open marine traffic and see that

[void quarry]

Not much but %20 of global oil goes through there.The strait is very important to the us from a global economic perspective.

[somber grail]

They now said they will allow 15 a day

which is 10% of volume prior to the start

[tidal storm]

But citrini analyst #3

[sweet crow]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-homer-simpson-simpsons-worst-day-of-your-life-so-far-bart-gif-11689059539835963602

[tidal storm]

Hate to be the ones who decide who gets through for this each day

[cursive crypt]

I come back from taking a shower and I see the first voice of reason.

[somber grail]

taking over what?

Isn't SA completely done?

😂

[tidal storm]

SA is infinite

Wagner said

[somber grail]

🇩🇪🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: Germany has entered talks with Iran.

Nazi party is back baby

[tidal storm]

Talks to monitor the situation?

[somber grail]

who knows man

[tidal storm]

Fuck I’m going to be part of the eu in a few days instead of a Russian puppet

So gay

[high meteor]

https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2042217263143457258?s=20

Disclose.tv (@disclosetv)

JUST IN - Trump to host meme-coin conference at Mar-a-Lago on April 25, 2026 — Politico

X · Apr 9, 2026, 12:25 PM

it's all good lads

the balkan proverb is made for this: village on fire, grandma combs her hair

[rotund hare]

yeah we were getting bombed pretty hard yesterday. 35 ballistic missiles. but today zero. takes awhile for any orders to filter through Irans chain.

[odd dawn]

My opinion and I know a lot of national thinkers think this as well - the reduction of American unipolar global hegemony is inevitable and kinda has been since early 2000s. Many institutional folks now think along the lines of, how short can we make “the dark ages” last.

The US will experience a period of shared regional hegemony with other powers, EU, Russia, China, but the hedge bet is that if you (we) disrupt the global system enough to put other regional powers at a disadvantage, it will shorten the period of shared hegemony because we’re eliminating any long term strategy these powers have for sustainability

It’s a gambit, and a bit of bite the nose to spite the face theory, but it’s kinda what most political philosophers, analysts etc forsee

[rotund hare]

thats fucking hilarious because they are so woke right now.

[rotund hare]

which X account did you copy that from?

[odd dawn]

I just typed that out in the gym…lol?

[rotund hare]

im just not used to seeing an intelligent thought in this channel. carry on.

[odd dawn]

lol that’s true for this channel

[rotund hare]

whats the timeframe for this darkness and shared hegemony?

[odd dawn]

There’s nothing we can do to prevent the rise of China. That’s a fact. The period of heighten tension is approximately 2027-2035 by some estimates when we (us) is at its relative weakest and China is reaching its relative strongest

[rotund hare]

People make the world go round.

[odd dawn]

Beyond 2035, Chinas population and economy becomes unsustainable by some accounts

[rotund hare]

send em all to mars

[odd dawn]

So, a policy/strategy is we just need to outlast China until then and let them crumble under their own weight.

China knows this as well, and we will see them become increasingly aggressive over the next decade, we already have. Note that aggressive doesn’t mean always directly military action

[rotund hare]

Yeah, makes sense.

[sweet crow]

Referring to China's population decline? How does that actually play out? Not enough people to support the economy?

[odd dawn]

Working age people yeah

Downstream effects of one child policy/low birth rates etc

Cultural preference for male heirs, I.e not enough women for sustainable population growth

[sweet crow]

They just need to do what we did here. Advertise open boarders and have a bunch of refugees from the Middle East come in.

[high meteor]

that's why they're so focused on building robots

[sweet crow]

Ah, yeah. I could see that being a factor.

[odd dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/fembots-bra-pistols-bra-gun-trendizisst-boobs-gun-gif-14728524

[odd dawn]

Ironically, no one talks about the Uighur massacres happening in Western China. Iono there’s a whole ass population there for a workforce

[sweet crow]

The moment we develop a life-like attractive sex bot that can do household chores, we're cooked.

[odd dawn]

But China is arguable one of the most racist countries in the world. Very demeaning to non-ethnic Han Chinese

[high meteor]

we're far from that

[high meteor]

looks like it's working fine for them

[odd dawn]

I would love to see everyone’s social credit scores if that ever escapes China lol

[tidal storm]

They were even hardcore in Manila against half Chinese

[sweet crow]

Probably why their culture has survived for thousands of years.

[high meteor]

I don't know, man, if China is on track to beat the US, maybe being a racist works, is all I'm saying 😄

it's interesting how the world is set up like a civilization game

you have bunch of various people with various traits

[sweet crow]

https://tenor.com/view/willj-oprah-oprah-winfrey-winfrey-you-get-a-car-gif-128326220984350976

[odd dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/shadowrealm-get-out-jeansbowl-gif-25245055

[sweet crow]

Favorite game series of all time.

[high meteor]

haven't tried the last one though

[sweet crow]

Me neither. Waiting for a decent sale on that one.

[high meteor]

I'm waiting to buy a better pc

but first, the AI bubble must pop 😄

[sweet crow]

https://tenor.com/view/robert-downey-jr-oh-cool-how-howbowdat-ironman-gif-12604757

[high meteor]

40% not bad

then you get a bunch of dlcs for $200 total 😄

hmmm

[sweet crow]

Yeah, reviews are horrible. Might just wait.

[high meteor]

damn, so many bad reviews

never checked before

[sweet crow]

Still got a real earth start huge map marathon been working on in Civ V for the past few months.

[tidal storm]

South Africa is racist and that’s not going well. Many places are racist and it doesn’t go well

[sweet crow]

Only in the industrial era currently.

[high meteor]

okay you better wait for a game update rather than discount 😄

[tidal storm]

Yeah only reason I havent bought it yet

[high meteor]

yeah, I'm sure there are, I'm mostly trolling

[sweet crow]

Same here.

[high meteor]

being racist probably works if your race is good at stuff 😄

[tidal storm]

If you inverse it though you can see countries that aren’t racist pay for it 😂

[sweet crow]

Most of my 132 game steam library were bought on discounts. 😅

[tidal storm]

They had a sale or two already but I faded

[high meteor]

I wish I could say that about polis 😄

[tidal storm]

https://tenor.com/view/the-book-of-boba-fett-this-is-the-way-the-armorer-mandalorian-gif-25545276

[high meteor]

most of my 100 epic games were bought when they were free
edit: ALL*

never played any of them 😄

[sweet crow]

This is how my PS library is. I try to grab the free games every month. Played maybe 10% of them. Been doing this since the eary PS4 days.

[high meteor]

I don't know why I collect these games

like in case something happens, I have the library

but I never want to play them

[sweet crow]

Because we pay for the subscription and get free games each month, so why not?

[high meteor]

maybe I'm just old

[high meteor]

yeah, you're right

I tried xenonauts 2 few days ago

it's okay, but didn't get the urge to keep going past the first mission

[high meteor]

maybe I'll try again

[high meteor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/wJD3qiNjSeHS0dP28T

[sweet crow]

So about a decade worth of free ps plus games

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-stewie-griffin-my-god-i-really-do-have-problems-dont-i-i-have-problems-i-have-issues-gif-26433900

Some of these are duplicates though, same game for ps4 and ps5.

[sweet crow]

Never tried xenonauts. Heard good things tho.

[high meteor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/teamcoco-conan-obrien-aubrey-plaza-l1KVbGDWxVr5qw7M4

[somber grail]

Yes

[high meteor]

I played the first one a bit

stopped when it got repetative and tedious

[somber grail]

nothing a good culling can't solve though

FOR THE GREATER GOOD

[high meteor]

you mean like a war or a pandemic?

[somber grail]

I mean artificial famines to kill the weak and old

[sweet crow]

Tried Orcs Must Die 3 last night. Scratched an itch didn't know I had. Might be playing it for awhile.

[high meteor]

oh yeah that too

and radioactive ticks that makes you alergic to meat

[somber grail]

all sorts of ways to do it

[high meteor]

hmmm, never tried that, is it good?

[somber grail]

China 100% cannot support their aging population though

see how they handle it

[high meteor]

I loved dispatch few months back. If you can get past some dick jokes, it was engaging and fun

[high meteor]

didn't some chinese girl say china was lying about its population and that they are likely 500 mil or something?

[sweet crow]

it's a tower defense type action game where you fight off hordes of orcs. I like it.

[high meteor]

not saying it's true, but you never know

[high meteor]

hmmm sounds pretty good to try

[sweet crow]

Probably with AI robots.

[somber grail]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

In light of Lebanon's repeated requests to open direct negotiations with Israel, I instructed the cabinet yesterday to begin direct negotiations with Lebanon as soon as possible.

The negotiations will focus on disarming Hezbollah and establishing peaceful relations between Israel and Lebanon.

Israel appreciates the call today by the Prime Minister of Lebanon to demilitarize Beirut.

[high meteor]

also this https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2042259868673847712?s=20

zerohedge (@zerohedge)

TRUMP ASKED NETANYAHU TO REDUCE BOMBING IN LEBANON TO AID SUCCESSFUL IRAN NEGOTIATIONS, ACCORDING TO NBC REPORTS.

X · Apr 9, 2026, 3:14 PM

https://x.com/TBC_on_X/status/2042229616346300504?s=20

TBC (@TBC_on_X)

MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+ is officially the Word of the Year.

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X · Apr 9, 2026, 1:14 PM

[high meteor]

btw a lot of people are hyping this game https://x.com/clemmygames/status/2042241269586354598?s=20 haven't tried it yet though, it waits installed on my pc for the past 20 days 😄

Best Indie Games (@clemmygames)

An indie developer spent 8 years making high fantasy Disco Elysium, where you play as a government employed cleric, set to investigate a tea shop explosion 5 days before an election

This is Esoteric Ebb and it's awesome (almost 5,000 Steam Reviews, Overwhelmingly positive), are

▶ Play video

X · Apr 9, 2026, 2:00 PM

[sweet crow]

Looks interesting. I'll add it to the wishlist.

[dry carbon]

It is not as good as disco elysium, but I genuinely liked it. If you like dialogues, different paths and dnd you will love this

It is light hearted and fun as well

[sweet crow]

I am seeing a lot of reference to disco elysium in the reviews. I've never played it. What makes it so good that it has a cult following?

[dry carbon]

That game is a work of art

Simply put

The amount of detail, philosophy, attention to the characters psyche is something extraordinary

If money and time constraints were not a problem

I would devote myself to creating something like this for the Star atlas universe

And if I got anywhere near close, I would call it a huge success

The mechanic on how the game work is also extraordinary

You should play 200%

[sweet crow]

I see it's on a discount, but many people are saying not to buy it because the company ZA/UM stole it from the devs. Is there any other way to get the game?

[dry carbon]

I wouldn’t know, I bought it as soon as it was released

[warm goblet]

Is there any good platform to short on Solana after Drift failure?

[rotund hare]

hyperliquid

[rotund hare]

what are you trying to short?

[warm goblet]

SOL 😄 isn't hyperlyquid a separate blockchain? You mean bridging tokens, right?

[rotund hare]

it was a joke lol.

[rotund hare]

well you can always short SOL by borrowing against it on kamino but im sure there is easier way somewhere

[rotund hare]

but you can send SOL to directly to a HL wallet

[warm goblet]

Yeah, i'm looking for something more like it use to work on drift. Thanks for the hint, it may just be what i'm looking for

[dry carbon]

You can do that on jup

[rotund hare]

give JUP a shot then!

[warm goblet]

I will, thanks!

[zinc lichen]

idk if anyone tried but you could also do perps directly in Phantom wallet

they route to Hyperliquid

and Jup

[odd dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/kingdom-of-heaven-god-wills-it-knights-templar-god-gif-11058051

[zinc lichen]

https://x.com/aixbt_agent/status/2042148263567225232 @rotund hare this true? hope yours is doing fine now

aixbt (@aixbt_agent)

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X · Apr 9, 2026, 7:51 AM

[high meteor]

hey Jose, what are you writing now for sa, quests?

[dry carbon]

Holosim quests, lore wiki, RPG books and C4 lore bits basically

[high meteor]

rpg books for ingame or for real life gaming like dungeons and dragons?

anything for ue5 galia? 🥺

[dry carbon]

Like dungeons and dragons. I'm creating a scenario and we are going to stream star atlas lore through a podcast playing the game

[dry carbon]

Whenever Brad need lore support I also help him

[high meteor]

oooh nice

[dry carbon]

We are probably starting later this month

Going to be fun, excited to be able to share the star atlas universe this way

[main basin]

whoa! an EmberCoil tavern game that we can play inside UE5 ...

[vapid valley]

WTIOIL longs on Hype eating well on fees

619% annualized

Apr

[high meteor]

dayum looks like gamers really hate ai art in games

well...

at least the game is fun

[agile eagle]

this is dumb

every game studio will be incorporating AI more and more into work flows. will be the only way to keep up

Arc Raiders got a ton of hate about their AI voiceover work. Still one of the top 5 games of the decade

[limber belfry]

are we at war

what hte fk happened to MP ammo prices?

[hidden steeple]

It is dumb.

People don't hate VFX when they go watch Avengers, but it's essentially the same thing.

Explosions and other things are computer generated.

Only a handful of directors (like Nolan) avoid VFX.

Soon AI art and video will be indistinguishable from the greatest VFX studios.

[high meteor]

the comments were about the ai art

apparently the game was fun

but people seemed pissed off about the art

which is understandable

since human art is better

which is why arc are now hiring people for the voiceover

[high meteor]

we can't compare human vfx with ai at the moment

ai will pull out a hand from the ass

I'm not sure ai video will be indistinguishable soon

[agile eagle]

Yeah. I mean, we shouldn't use any technological progress. Why are we building with UE5? Should just be on UE1. More authentic.

[agile eagle]

Yeah, that's what I was referring to. Dumb comments.

[high meteor]

I don't agree

art is subjective

people can like something or dislike

apparently based on the comments a lot more people didn't like the ai art

I shared just a few of the reviews, but way more reviews were about that

I haven't seen the art, so no idea how bad it looks to make the people complain

[agile eagle]

For sure. It is. But there is this blanket narrative out there that AI is bad for gaming, and you have a bunch of idiots that just jump on that bandwagon with no expertise or eye for creative.

[high meteor]

I was browsing for a game to play and got into the reviews

[zinc lichen]

Imo some ppl will find anything to bitch about , especialy if its curent trend to bitch about

there is diference between AI art and AI slop

and its in consistency

[high meteor]

I wouldn't use art and ai in the same sentence

since art is human

[zinc lichen]

90% of ppl are not able to tell if its AI or "manual" animation if done right

[high meteor]

I didn't know it was a trend

[zinc lichen]

and AI art is still human, its not made buy AI, its made buy humans and AI is just "reusing" what we already have , and making it in the liking of the human doing the promts and later changes

its "trained ON human designs/art"

[zinc lichen]

its old definition that needs to change

[high meteor]

not really

[zinc lichen]

realy

[high meteor]

nope

[zinc lichen]

you saying digital art is not art than?

[rotund hare]

nothing about this is true. some weird agent that got everything wrong.

[agile eagle]

So people shouldn't use any of the 3D modeling or animation tools either? Since those aren't "human"

[high meteor]

didn't say that

[zinc lichen]

figured, its why i asked the source of info, hate this bulshit on X

[high meteor]

I just said ai art is kinda oxymoron

[agile eagle]

Using AI to generate art is the same thing. Still takes a person to drive it

[zinc lichen]

definition you posted says that

hence its old

and needs to be updated

[high meteor]

says what-that people shouldn't use 3d modeling or animation?

[zinc lichen]

what is AI?

[high meteor]

a clever word

[zinc lichen]

yes

[high meteor]

it's not intelligence

[zinc lichen]

its acutaly animation/rendering engine

used to make art

buy human

using it

[high meteor]

whatever

[rotund hare]

yeah. it has nothing to do with "AI" and everything to do with the creative process behind it. It was probably just bad art, out of context, probably didnt belong in the scene. Good art is good art and bad art is bad art. Doesn't matter who or what makes it.

[high meteor]

gamers obviously don't like it

hence the complaints in most of the reviews

[zinc lichen]

gamers who write revies are usualy full of shit imo

its negative bias online

ppl who are happy dont go and say it, sadly

[rotund hare]

what game are folks talking about it anyways

[high meteor]

don't know it was some steam game I came across

closed the page

some empire building something

[rotund hare]

crimson desert? or something else. heard there was some initial AI issues

[high meteor]

no

I wanted to see the reviews to see if it's worth getting

[rotund hare]

ah

[high meteor]

and most of them complained about the ai art

but they said the game was fun

[zinc lichen]

funny thing is, if you take a look in any game design, from last 20 years, they all used "AI"

[high meteor]

even positive reviews that recommended the game said it's all good BUT I don't like the ai

[zinc lichen]

"generative terain" - AI

[rotund hare]

yeah. whats "procedural generation" if not AI.

[zinc lichen]

"random generated maps" - AI

[rotund hare]

people used to just say "shitty art style"

[high meteor]

I didn't see the art

[somber grail]

jfc u r retarded too

[high meteor]

no idea if it was that bad

[somber grail]

😂

[high meteor]

or what the problem was

I closed the page and went on with my life

[somber grail]

-600% isn't enough to justify the gap between the front month and June contract rollover

these contract rollovers are true IQ test

why do you think the oracle value is discounted to the front month?

because it's 80% front month and 20% next month

and they roll 20% each day

so you are getting paid 600% APR but losing 800% APR in the rollover

[zinc lichen]

imo thats good thing to do lol, most things i look in revies that matter to me, are how optimised game is, for gameplay, hardvare so it dont runs like shit and is buggy, and how actual gameplay and content is, whats in it, if those are ok, its ok for me to try it

[somber grail]

[limber belfry]

yawn has spoken

[agile eagle]

I haven't seen it, but I'm willing to bet it isn't even bad art. Some people just know that the team used AI to generate some of it and they state they hate it.

[high meteor]

maybe they had six fingers

[nimble spade]

well no they didn't. There's a big difference between procedural generation and the trained statistical models, most notably that the former is entirely produced based on the algorithm, usually based on a seed value. with the latter its wholly based on what is contained within what its been trained on

[zinc lichen]

thechnologicaly, yes, but the nounce is similar, its all "generated" , human didnt do it all "buy hand" alone, planting all the trees and grass and flowers and rocks and stuff one buy one like in good old days

tho even then, as is now, end quality is totaly dependant on the human using the tools

which, in a sense, is still, art

its like when all "digital art" was shitted on

and if you dont use analog camera and develop your own film you are not "real" photographer xD

Sculptures? you are using metal and velder? blashphemy, you should take a slab of rock and chisell at it

[agile eagle]

2022 called. it said AI is much better now

[nimble spade]

well there are still some criticisms that make procedural generation smth u need to weigh up against hand-made maps. Like smth like a rogue-like benefits a lot more since its meant to be a different experience each time whereas an linear adventure game benefits from a set map(s) as it lets the creator be better tailor the experience for the story they want to tell. To be clear the former is not being replaced or supplemented by AI, its the latter, despite genAI being in concept a lot closer. The only real benefit right now is that its cheaper to produce

[zinc lichen]

true, thats why its still just a tool to be used buy talented ppl, and needs to be curated

[agile eagle]

the Will Smith Eating Spaghetti Index is a great benchmark

[zinc lichen]

haha yea

For instance, you can check out Blender Forums and see some awsome uses off "AI" in creating next procedural generated tools

things that where almoust not possible years ago are now easy to do

[nimble spade]

the main complaint I've seen abt marvel films recently is that the CGI is awful. After watching project hail mary and yes, its defo reliant in CGI in many places, they also leaned heavily into more practical aspects that I think greatly benefited the film. and on the note of nolan I also recall the use of practical effects making a massive difference. Look at any major star wars or marvel film and it looks barely past PS3

[zinc lichen]

yea because its done teribly, incosistent and bad

[high meteor]

ah, true cgi recently sucks

not sure what happened

maybe marvel gave up

their stories suck anyway now 😄

[zinc lichen]

they got rid of top cgi animators and thought they could hire indians from wish to do same thing using AI lol

[high meteor]

yeah possible

[nimble spade]

atp tho the relationship is not that of an artist, but a lot closer to that of a project manager. Without a drawing tablet a digital artist can still draw in the sand, a 3d modeller could model with clay, but a proompter on an island would be useless

[high meteor]

I have a friend who worked in a studio for holywood movies cgi

[somber grail]

I mean CGI peaked so fucking long ago 😂

[high meteor]

and I know the studio closed shop

[rotund hare]

huh even worse.

[somber grail]

it's always looked worse since like Pirates or the Matrix

[high meteor]

this was like 5-6 years ago

[somber grail]

and that was 20 and 27 years ago

[high meteor]

so maybe they outsourced to india

[zinc lichen]

yes, because ots still a tool , and end result depends on who is using the tool

great CGI artist will make great stuff using "AI"

crapy one will still make crapy art

because they cant "see" where the problem is and why its shitty

[hidden steeple]

A lot of it is awful.

SKILZ ISSUES

[agile eagle]

The one comment I will make in favor of your argument is that AI is not capable of true AAA art... yet

But most of these games are not going for AAA quality

[zinc lichen]

gamers are spoiled these days imo

[high meteor]

hard disagree

I'll bring back rimworld

zero graphics

most fun game I've ever played

[zinc lichen]

thats actually my point lol

[high meteor]

I thought you meant spoiled for the graphics quality

[zinc lichen]

spoiled in way that they put game in 4k and spend days looking at stuff to bitch abut in slow mo, and not playing the game at all

[somber grail]

[nimble spade]

ATP I do have to wonder what even the point is in making so many games, considering so many already exist that cover so many bases. Especially when it seems for coming onto a decade most the output of the AAA studios and publishers has been slop

[zinc lichen]

there has definatly been overproduction and kinda fetigue

[somber grail]

Fatigue?

The top 10 played multiplayer games are all >10 years old

might be nearly 15 now 😂

[zinc lichen]

"looks at my own game library" lol

[somber grail]

😂

might be some inaccuracy but it's close

[zinc lichen]

I was mostly counting single player ones

but yea, for multiplayer ppl tend to stick to "old good ones"

[high meteor]

I think large problem for big studios is focus on the wrong things, going woke and/or trying to make investors happy

games should be made by gamers

for gamers

[somber grail]

everyone is just too broke to make good games man

u can't sell something for $250

[agile eagle]

The woke wave was ridiculous. Glad to see some of that healing.

[somber grail]

but that's like the 2000 equivalent in inflation terms

but every1 bitches and moans

but that's the kind of money u'd have to spend to have a studio produce something quality that doesn't have Indians "finishing" the game the last 6months

[high meteor]

I don't know, gta 6 apparently has $2 bill budget 😄

[nimble spade]

even worse now with the RAM shortage driving all hardware up in price too

[somber grail]

that's still only 300k per developer working on the game

Iunno they still have to recoup those costs

they will assuming they have same success as GTA 5

but yeah it's big risk for a studio

and they have an established niche

[high meteor]

WHAT? No way this is true, monopoly go cost $1 bil to make? wtf

[somber grail]

Marketing sir

😂

Iunno it's brutal industry for larger studio

and indie you basically have to pray some popular streamer plays your game to get a tidal wave of players

have played indie games w/ <1k downloads that were amazing

1 of them even streamed with a big marketing push

but

[hidden steeple]

We've got ways to go

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Samantha Smith (@SamanthaTaghoy)

“MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+”

The Canadian government just dropped this absolute monstrosity (and no, it isn’t satire).

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X · Apr 9, 2026, 12:33 AM

[somber grail]

some games just don't catch on to the masses

like among us was kind of freak thing where they were going to start developing something new

but then some streamer played it during covid

and BAM

[high meteor]

ah, yes, I was focused on total 😄

but apparently they made $5 bil

dayum

mobile is the way to go

we need a mobile game 😄

it will be the cash cow

https://x.com/coffeebreak_YT/status/2042332468729008517?s=20

Coffeezilla (@coffeebreak_YT)

The President posting a Stake-sponsored photo is wild.

Casino takeover of culture is reaching end-game, where the only question left is how crypto, sportsbooks, and prediction markets will divide the pie.

X · Apr 9, 2026, 8:02 PM

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/swarmister/status/2042224146998804557?s=46

swarmik (@swarmister)

How can someone be so retarded as to get liquidated on a long position in $USDC lmao

X · Apr 9, 2026, 12:52 PM

This you @high meteor ?

[high meteor]

no, I was shorting it

[sweet crow]

Why is this even a thing? Should institutions really be playing with stablecoin perps? Does that not work against the idea of those coins being "stable"?

[cursive crypt]

https://klipy.com/gifs/zazoo-parody-tantrum

Dragged into the new world kicking and srceeming

[agile eagle]

https://x.com/Gossip_Goblin/status/2042259065460404374?s=20

Gossip Goblin (@Gossip_Goblin)

The Patchwright - Premiering Sunday, April 12th.

▶ Play video

X · Apr 9, 2026, 3:11 PM

"AI art production is terrible!"

It's getting there.

[sterile kindle]

Even if the dollar loses some flow and power with oil being sold in other currencies, it is still far from being finished, in my opinion. Everything is priced in dollars: raw materials, agricultural commodities listed on American markets. The U.S. has extraterritorial rights over the dollar, which gives it legal authority over anyone who uses it.

The dollar is the most liquid currency; large-scale swaps are conducted in dollars, and no other currency is capable of absorbing that volume. Buying U.S. debt—therefore dollars—remains a benchmark and should continue to be for some time.

Neither the yuan nor the ruble can replace the dollar. That doesn’t make sense. The ruble is difficult to access and not very liquid. As for the yuan, there are actually two: the domestic yuan (which I’ll call the “real” one, even if that’s not entirely accurate) and the offshore yuan used for international trade.

The domestic yuan is inaccessible. CNH (offshore yuan) → international market. CNY (onshore) → controlled in China ( yaCNH is rarely stronger than the CNY. In short. 1 CNH is not equal to 1 CNY. Investors also invest in the United States (American companies, real estate, etc.) because of its military power, which ensures a likely level of stability in the country, protects businesses and assets, and guarantees the legal enforcement of bilateral contracts for purchases in dollars and the lawful ownership of assets. the dollar remains by far the reference currency and the most widely used and that’s not likely to change anytime soon, in my opinion. ps : “An empire flips the table before it falls and takes as many others down with it as possible. It does not decline quietly without doing anything. Has it already started flipping the table? Maybe

[storm rapids]

China has said it doesn't want to be the next World reserve currency.
They would prefer a basket of currencies ? Probably a bit like World Bank SDR's.
Iirc, if you are the World reserve currency, you have to run huge deficits or something like that, maybe to supply enough liquidity ?

[fast hemlock]

Yeah we do, I wish C4 would be able to be played on mobile

[sterile kindle]

I’ve heard that AI has already been integrated into the Unreal Engine 5 platform, and that this integration will continue to expand in the future.

[agile eagle]

We are using it extensively to migrate blueprints to C++. Just not in art production yet

[proud olive]

Been watching Gossip Goblin since his early uploads, it just keeps getting better over time

[high meteor]

looks like an incoherent slop to me, sorry 😄

the visuals look good, but the story looks like a mess

[high meteor]

yeah, it would definitely help with the runway

(if the game is fun and good)

not sure how c4 would work due to all the blockchain stuff, I'm seeing other games on the seeker phone are using (don't know the technical term) like a browser emulator

basically the "app" runs like within a browser but you don't see the browser controls

but for c4 you would probably need an ipad to see everything

otherwise the text and buttons would be small

I just looked at the top selling games (various platforms)

looks like the most succesful pc games (single player) are open-world: gta, red dead 2 witcher

apparently that's what players want

open world galia

fly through planets, do stuff

but the planets need to be fun with stuff to do not sterile

https://x.com/Fried_rice/status/2042423713019412941?s=20

Chaofan Shou (@Fried_rice)

26 LLM routers are secretly injecting malicious tool calls and stealing creds. One drained our client $500k wallet.

We also managed to poison routers to forward traffic to us. Within several hours, we can directly take over ~400 hosts.

Check our paper: https://t.co/zyWz25CDpl

X · Apr 10, 2026, 2:05 AM

[high meteor]

The era of AI

https://x.com/HedgieMarkets/status/2042430442448548273?s=20

Hedgie (@HedgieMarkets)

🦔A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks.
The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the

X · Apr 10, 2026, 2:32 AM

[swift canyon]

Starfleet Academy <3333

AI just won me over

[high meteor]

https://x.com/Grummz/status/2042480682526785843?s=20

Grummz (@Grummz)

CPUID website appears to be infected with a virus.

Heads up. They host HWMonitor, CPU-Z, etc.

X · Apr 10, 2026, 5:51 AM

[terse quest]

Professors are receiving Google Scholar notifications for having been cited with publications they haven't written and that don't exist. Some people write academic papers and invent inexistent publications, and AI models just accept them without confirmation. Maybe we should replace the "intelligence" part of AI for now with something less pretentious.

[high meteor]

sir roger penrose said the most appropriate name would be artificial cleverness

[zinc lichen]

https://x.com/TaisonTV/status/2042517871490740314

Taison TV (@TaisonTV)

Un tipo pesco 100 peces en Crimson Desert, para luego ir a una charca sin vida random, y soltarles todos ahi para ver que pasaba.

ahora es un estanque

▶ Play video

X · Apr 10, 2026, 8:19 AM

love mechanics like these

[high meteor]

did you see the dude that went to space?

he used a mod for infinite stamina or somthing and flew into space

[zinc lichen]

yea 😄

this game is already becoming "skyrim 2" for modders

[sweet crow]

https://t.me/real_DonaldJTrump/19136

So what does this mean?

[dry carbon]

GM reseters

[tidal storm]

What are we resetting I don’t get it

[dry carbon]

GM me neither

I just need to find a salutation that makes sense with the latest topic discussed here

[tidal storm]

Did you see wagners post today?

[dry carbon]

The one about monkeys civil war?

[tidal storm]

What lol

No c4

[dry carbon]

Oh the video?

Yes, I was there Gandalf.

[tidal storm]

You never shared in dm wth

[high meteor]

I reseted my router

felt pretty powerful

[hidden steeple]

it was powerful

[cedar hound]

We're resetting the societal decorum level to; Retard.

[high meteor]

no I meant in crimson desert 😄

btw who's doing the polis pamp

[hidden steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/who-dat-snoop-gif-15116696

[sterile kindle]

Things are falling into place. We’re seeing simultaneous momentum today around a Web3 gaming basket

[tidal storm]

We weren’t there already?

[high meteor]

it's good to see, hope it lasts 😄

I'm surprised atlas hasn't caught up

especially with the team not selling anymore

(I think)

[plush plaza]

I sent you a fr. Remember this post? #📊┃economics message

It‘s now free flight.

[high meteor]

oooh, thank you sir, I'll try to check it out tonight

so web3 gaming is dead or not

hard to keep track

[sterile kindle]

Why would it be dead? We need to explore the possibilities of Web3 gaming and find the best models to perform and sustain in the long term. Why wouldn’t it have a future?

[high meteor]

I was trolling that solana foundation girl

head of gaming or something, no idea

that said web3 gaming is dead and not coming back

[sterile kindle]

She’s just another woman who has no valid arguments to back up her predictions

[gritty root]

pump bitch

[sterile kindle]

The only issue we can really see in Web3 gaming is the hyperinflation of a reward token. Aside from that, what else is there to say?

[gritty root]

What to say, what to ask?

[sterile kindle]

I think Web3 gaming has a lot of potential, and there are many funding models to explore in order to achieve financial stability. The pioneers who explored and built first are the ones who took all the risks—and the investors as well. Others will come later, perhaps with much more funding and experience learned from the pioneers

[gritty root]

golden way to get money in bank acc

[sterile kindle]

Do tokens necessarily have to be tied to the success or failure of a Web3 game? That’s the question. Star Atlas has two tokens. Should both be considered in the same way? Will they outperform the market? No idea. Will they benefit from a return of liquidity at the layer-1 level? I think so

[plush plaza]

Perhaps this is an option to bring utility to mainstream blockchain infrastructure. Asset ownership as the main entry point. Not necessarily fps gameplay.

[sterile kindle]

Star Atlas’s economic model will evolve in the best possible way to lay the foundations and build on top of it with its Zink blockchain. Even if some will say it has nothing to do with Star Atlas but rather with ATMTA, in any case Star Atlas will benefit from ATMTA’s platform through cost reduction, and ATMTA will benefit from Star Atlas’s transaction fees.

[gritty root]

if the lunch was good, then cola goes well with coffee

[cursive crypt]

Spot on assessment. I was in and out early in Gala so I didn't get burned to bad, I dumped the coins before most everyone else and except for some worthless NFT's I own I can call it a learning experience. Right now I don't see anyone better positioned to succeed in web 3 gaming than the Star Atlas brand.

[sterile kindle]

Yes, you invested in Star Atlas recently, so you’re limiting your financial risk. Here’s how I see things for Star Atlas if I take a simple and positive perspective: additional revenue for ATMTA with Zink + a market recovery and a rebound of the ATLAS/POLIS tokens in the medium to long term, leading to more revenue for ATMTA → market recovery + reduced fees on Zink with positive profitability from the first XXS purchased → more investors/players coming in (without necessarily deploying major marketing efforts) → Star Atlas development accelerates and the community grows → visibility increases and companies are willing to pay for visual exposure within Star Atlas → sustainability.

That’s the positive mental projection if everything were to unfold perfectly

That doesn’t mean it will actually play out this way or that everything will necessarily go well. It’s just the general idea I have in mind within an overall positive context

[hidden steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/799477788393996288/1318793816211456030/swag-kenny-walks-in.gif

[halcyon trout]

PP

[hidden steeple]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/935606734192529449/1310010806338977832/swag-trump-pump-it.gif

[rotund hare]

im not going to claim i had anything to do with that because of my X post. nope

[sterile kindle]

It’s Illuvium that triggered the momentum

A nearly 100% move on the daily candle

[split elbow]

gm

[sterile kindle]

The news is the Illuvium open beta and Esports announcement with Lamborghini as a partner. It’s apparently around 40k active addresses.

[cursive crypt]

I'm in for a little over a year and think I'm pretty ballanced. It's hard for me right now to not want to cost average down in SA but I am just putting in a little here and there waiting to profit take in some other investments I have before I make to big a move hopfully be for C4 and the Airdrop we will see. Lots of things in play right now. I'm like 300 on the Z.ink chart so I'm not a whale but I'm not exactly a krill either I feel good about where I'm at in SA.

[agile eagle]

Just FOMO man.

[sterile kindle]

just fomo

[hidden steeple]

JUST FOMO

[hidden steeple]

https://tenor.com/view/giftannen-ok-state-oklahoma-state-lesmiles-gif-13681984206480698753

[agile eagle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/935606734192529449/1322314724511059998/swag-king-bryan-merge.gif

[sterile kindle]

It’s the second Lamborghini effect.

[cursive crypt]

I have an excavator I don't need I will be selling in about a month does Star Atlas take a trade in? I could use a C11, an couple D9's and a few R8's. I also have lots of registered goats I could do one goat for one OM.

[agile eagle]

I was just joking about FOMOing btw. You should make responsible financial decisions

[cursive crypt]

I'm to old and unemotional I would rather just spin the FOMO/FUD story's

[sterile kindle]

I thought you were saying that in relation to ILV being up 100% today.

[agile eagle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/steve-carell-disgusted-10FHR5A4cXqVrO

[cursive crypt]

He is just covering his CEO status he knows we have a jail in Flippin and we take price manipulation seriously.

[cursive crypt]

I wasn't kidding about the excavator and goat trade I couldn't find the trade button for goats on market place maybe I can make that a suggestion here.

[sterile kindle]

Start by tokenizing your goats, it’ll be easier to trade them afterward. 👀

[cursive crypt]

I have seriously thought about it they are registered French alpines I would need to work with the ADGA American Diary Goat Association. It's a real idea with all the different registered breads of different things maybe it could be built on Z.ink. The idea is free for the taking I have more Ideas than I do time.

[cursive crypt]

High end horses and cattle could be sold that way also with ownership in breeding and never having to clean one stall. It's probably all coming but I think I will put my money on the success of C4 first.

[sterile kindle]

The question is what to tokenize and for what purpose—and especially how. Because you can’t always tokenize something directly. Sometimes you need to create a company that owns the asset, and then tokenize the company. Then you tokenize the returns generated by that company’s product. An investor is looking for yield.

A percentage of the revenue from goat cheese for example.

[sterile kindle]

I come across them when I go skiing in the Alps.

[hidden steeple]

Safety third bro

[cursive crypt]

Don't even start me thinking about it again. The block chain world is a whole new world. I need to stay busy irl building dreams.

[main basin]

at a basic level, tokenize the certification! Verifiable proof of ownership and of ... whatever you want to prove about goats.

[rotund hare]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1196908238545887412/1300874493060710541/King-Bryan-Is-Blown.gif

[cursive crypt]

https://klipy.com/gifs/goats-vs-human

Exactly make them one off NFT's just like crew cards with DNA genetics bloodline description and picture of the animal also the tattoo number or like we do inject a chip into them that you scan but I'm sure that has a number. Are crew cards true NFT's or something else. I guess it could be an investment idea. If anyone wants to put together the technology especially if it can be done on the Z.ink rails I bet I could sell the idea.

[halcyon trout]

Men only want one thing…

And it’s disgusting

😂

[gritty root]

pirate edition 2

[odd dawn]

To Crusade for the holy land again?

https://tenor.com/view/deus-vult-crusades-shake-triggered-intensifies-gif-16436511

[swift canyon]

I did it <3

[swift canyon]

Here's how we end the Iran war

someone go tell Trump he could become King of Jerusalem

[swift canyon]

can u do that for us

if u pull it off maybe u can prevent WW3

Tell him being the King of the Kingdom of Heaven basically makes him God

he will surely invade on the spot

[kind talon]

But will the left then protest against or for the war?

This might be to much for them to handle... I would proceed with caution

[gritty root]

selling history is of little use if the details are not correct, the truth is painful and hidden.

Thinking about the future is the fact that fiction is not reality until it becomes reality.

[tidal storm]

You are missing the grenadeer model ship in the glass container

[plush plaza]

<@&809877248572260394>

[swift canyon]

It will make the christian zionists question who the chosen ppl truly are

sure they'll defend Israel to the death b/c the bible tells them to

but what if Trump could make Americans the chosen ppl

a fully christianized Israel

I bet that will corrupt even the most pious of evangelicals

watch them ditch the jews before the midterms

I found three U.S. American members in this community over the yrs who apparently genuinely demand a 10th crusade

One being @tidal storm xD

The left I wouldn't be too worried about

they'll be gasping in such agony they won't have the breath to speak up

[swift canyon]

I have my history in order, ser

I know all of history from Crusader Kings III

[gritty root]

the digital world is clear. Of course, everyone likes to have fun.

mister

[swift canyon]

"Mister"

y so

formal

[gritty root]

https://tenor.com/view/that's-the-law-roger-white-a-man-in-full-it's-the-rules-aml-ameen-gif-5133244891421477903

[swift canyon]

so u're w/ NEON

that's a German speaking guild isn't it

[gritty root]

yes, you have information. I can tell you that I cooperate. Until I develop and then and after.

[swift canyon]

so is ur German as wonky as ur English?

@uneven stratus Ergibt der Typ irgendeinen Sinn für dich? XDD

[gritty root]

maybe you need to fix your head

[swift canyon]

and how would u go about that

I just wanna find a common language w/ u so we can have a normal convo for once

[gritty root]

I think it's good for you. you just showed that you are a quality savage. you didn't show otherwise.

history is mysterious

[swift canyon]

ah what

"Quality Savage" should be a discord role here

awarded to the likes as @somber grail & @rotund hare

[gritty root]

it will be interesting to continue the acute situation with regard to the upcoming update

[swift canyon]

& for u we'll need a discord role "Magic 8 Ball"

[gritty root]

Fate & Mirror

[swift canyon]

I noticed u're rly obsessed w/ mirrors

it's like ur favorite word

[gritty root]

some smaller brain will have a hard time understanding that

[swift canyon]

Well u've always been slightly esoteric

& I've met crazier ppl here than u

I just wanna have a normal conversation w/ u for a change y is it so hard xP

[gritty root]

I believe you, I'm not crazy.

[swift canyon]

well I'm neither & I rarely believe myself

so u're in a German guild

but do u speak the Germans

or do u

Hallo kannst du mal Deutsch reden bitte nur einmal xD

[tidal storm]

Somebody say Crusade?

[gritty root]

Of course I know the language, I can recognize most languages. So I want to say that this is not an argument for arguing with you.

[swift canyon]

Oh I didn't feel we were having an argument

had we

[swift canyon]

okay so since there's obviously a language barrier I'm clearly joking & not actually calling the 10th crusade & I also don't recommend the U.S. invades Israel

[gritty root]

Explain how you like to interpret the law.

It's easiest to be a dictator.

[swift canyon]

Interpret?

I failed law school xDDD

I'm not qualified

but I can define u what law is or should be

The greatest possible balance of interests with the least possible intrusion into individual legal rights.

that's actually the hardest

it's easy to be a dictator yeah

it's hard to promote rule of law

[gritty root]

I mean, who wants to flatter someone for the rest of their life?

[swift canyon]

I want to be flattered all the time

I can picture it for the rest of my life & even beyond

[gritty root]

People are not satisfied with the situation and do not know what is good and quality.

maybe there is something, but it's not normal, a servant is a better form for a better paid person'"

[swift canyon]

How about u mind ur own business & leave that to the people's wisdom xD

So

assessing my situation

I've either angered u b/c u're randomly actually a christian zionist

or u're simply speaking in riddles, as usual

But I do vividly remember setting u off unintentionally not too long ago & I def don't want to do that again xP

[gritty root]

your question is what is the Empire?

[swift canyon]

No but the question intrigues me on the spot

elaborate

[main basin]

Well...at least there's some chatter in here

[swift canyon]

it's going nowhere

[main basin]

Mirrors.

[gritty root]

the facts are there who are you to question things

Surely the obsession with a bigger pocket comes from the club??

[swift canyon]

eh...could u

rephrase that

I don't normally question things but I must admit u do bring me to the limits of my comprehension

[gritty root]

I told you too much considering someone from a club where they just say "NO"

[swift canyon]

Club?

What business do I have w/ a ded guild

I'mnotquite...connecting the dots

[gritty root]

since when is S&B Rome

[swift canyon]

ehhhh

Is this going to become excessively awkward going forward

nothing to do w/ S&B

I simply did what was necessary to stay relevant

ez as that

call me a turncoat it's what I am

ditched the right ppl just before shit went to hell xP

sort of have an eye for those moments

MUD leaders getting banned left & right

ya u'll kindly excuse me if I look after my own hide

[gritty root]

I don't understand the interpretation, but it seems that this is more your problem

[swift canyon]

so u don't get what ur translator serves u so now u make it my problem

[gritty root]

Obviously there will be peace when the Galians allow their translator

[zinc lichen]

https://x.com/blondesnmoney/status/2042996367748894767

Cluseau Investments (@blondesnmoney)

Uh oh

X · Apr 11, 2026, 4:01 PM

[storm rapids]

Is immyam an Ai ?

[deep forge]

Nah he's real

[storm rapids]

Kk ta

[high meteor]

no way

[high meteor]

I thought so too

[deep forge]

Jmmy is real lol

He's talked in voice chat even with many of us to experience it

[tidal storm]

Bullshit

[tidal storm]

Yeah I’ve been saying he is yaawns ai bot for like two years

[deep forge]

haha

[gritty root]

ok I will need more info

open trade now

[tidal storm]

#📊┃economics message

[high meteor]

no way

[gritty root]

1 day come Suckmeone in Galia to ask High Punab about and how he think to sell double or single blade to Suckmeone

[tidal storm]

See what I mean that’s ai

[high meteor]

I bet there's not a single soul here that understands what he says

[tidal storm]

There is one person

I forget who

Probably Yaawn or Bryan

[cedar hound]

Gm my fellow corruption era enj0yers

[tidal storm]

Looks like war is back on the menu boys

[sweet crow]

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/74904

What happened the last time the U.S. blockaded oil shipping?

[tidal storm]

We went to war with Japan

[somber grail]

They abducted Maduro?

turned Cuba into a crisis?

what time are we talking about

Tanker war?

Everything worked out beautifully in the end

taht's what

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Trump NOW:

‘The nation of Iran, which has an immense amount of HISTORY and CIVILIZATION, is unfortunately being run by very LOW IQ people, despite the fact we have already changed both regimes (very successfully!). They promised to OPEN the Strait of Hormuz, but despite the fact that their Military, Navy (158 ships or more) and Air Force are completely DECIMATED, they have chosen to keep it closed — a very DUMB DECISION!’ – President DJT

[sweet crow]

And now the U.S. is closing it themselves. I feel this is more a play on making the world dependent on American oil.

[somber grail]

America doesn't have the oil the world needs lol

why do ppl keep missing this point

[sweet crow]

https://t.me/real_DonaldJTrump/19142

[sweet crow]

Apparently we do?

[somber grail]

[tidal storm]

Even if we produced enough we don’t have the infrastructure to refine and ship it all I don’t think

[sweet crow]

Petrodollar is dying, so instead of forcing other countries to sell their oil in dollars, we cutoff their oil and force everyone to buy our own.

https://tenor.com/view/trump-maga-point-pointing-smirk-gif-5392952251443564731

[somber grail]

I mean America just doesn't have the amount of heavy crude needed

[gritty root]

I think it will take time until artificial technology energy turbines become an issue for new conflicts.

[somber grail]

what in tarnation

[tidal storm]

Elon will put Solar in space and beam it to us

[gritty root]

that's okay, the world can understand senility

[sweet crow]

That's where Venezuela comes in. I mean with the price of oil going up and possibly advancements in refining technology(some we may not know about publicly) it is probably profitable.

[somber grail]

sure

few years to spin up

[sweet crow]

Profitable enough to keep the US dollar as the dominant currency anyway.

[somber grail]

$250/bl is on the table

that is just mean reversoin to get in line with other commodities

[somber grail]

for how long

[sweet crow]

Until Iran(and maybe Turkey now) is destroyed? Another decades long war?

[tidal storm]

And 10 years after that until we break even from the war cost lol

[sweet crow]

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/74902

[tidal storm]

He said the same shit about Palestine too and didn’t do shit

[sweet crow]

We'll see I guess. 🤷

If Turkey does enter the war against Israel they will surely lose their nuclear deterent.

[tidal storm]

America?

[sweet crow]

Turkey hosts some of our nuclear bombs as part of a NATO agreement. So yeah.

[tidal storm]

We got those out after their last coup bro

Coup attempt*

[sweet crow]

Unless you know something the public doesn't. 🤔

[tidal storm]

This

Not officially key term

[somber grail]

tick tock

[high meteor]

I have a cock

https://giphy.com/gifs/fgfw7Voobyxm8

[gritty root]

https://tenor.com/view/joe-bruh-elite-dangerous-pvp-elite-dangerous-elite-gif-21298011

[tidal storm]

Orban is cooked. Very high turnout today already

[somber grail]

too big to rig

[tidal storm]

77.8% voted now

https://tenor.com/view/love-the-way-you-lie-meme-burnt-toast-love-the-way-you-lie-toast-eminem-gif-125812852990581549

[zinc lichen]

good

now hopeffuly they squeze him to sing about all the criminal dealings with our president to

[split elbow]

bro

[somber grail]

?

it's alrdy up 150%

just another 40% move and we are there

reserves too slow and still needs to make up 13-14M bpd

[split elbow]

cmon now lets not get carried away

[somber grail]

wdym

spot price is $145

was $60 5 weeks ago

another 40% move isn't "getting carried away"

lol

[prisma wing]

there is a startup where you can pay a few thousand an hour to get light beamed to you

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/2043342974717681875?s=46

Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch)

Yes, it appears supertankers are heading to the US to get oil.

The US exports 5 million barrels a day. So, the US has it.

BUT....

The majority of Middle Eastern crude oil goes to Asia. That is a 21-day trip from the Persian Gulf versus a 50+ day trip from the United States. (A

X · Apr 12, 2026, 2:58 PM

[sweet crow]

Need to build a pipeline to the west coast.

Approval processes would need to be expedited tho.

[dry carbon]

So trump will block the strait now ?

Lol

[idle hawk]

Well, idea and execution are two very different things...

[dry carbon]

I mean, what he is trying to accomplish with this? Let China and other Iran allies feel the pain as well?

[idle hawk]

I don't know that I would say all, or even most, of his actions have a long-term strategic goal in mind. Can just be reactionary and lashing out. I think if you try to figure out what he's trying to accomplish with many of his actions, you'll go crazy...

[autumn quartz]

Could be this

Turn an L into a W with words

[acoustic fog]

It's pretty hard to have long-term strategic goals when you're in late stages of dementia... 🤷🏻‍♂️

[odd dawn]

https://tenor.com/view/mitchell-and-webb-are-we-the-baddies-goodies-baddies-world-war-2-wwii-gif-4699632647233780562

[sweet crow]

Making the world more dependent on American oil is the goal.

This was never about Iran's nuclear weapons. It was about strangling the Middle East oil supply.

Or maybe the media is just lying to us.

[empty plaza]

One of the main reason I come here. Always gives me a chuckle when I see saint or someone try to speak with him.

[hidden steeple]

I've got 20 local translators on standby in Bosnia ready to help him, but so far he's rejected the offer.

[slow fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/sadly-yes-unfortunately-yes-yeah-mhm-sorry-to-say-it-but-yes-gif-16760585

[dusky remnant]

https://tenor.com/view/always-have-been-always-will-be-tracy-jordan-30rock-forever-and-ever-now-and-forever-gif-21884305

[tidal storm]

Even then you would need to double the super tanker fleet

[tidal storm]

Life is not real

And why is the witch king of angmar floating in the background

[high meteor]

https://x.com/lookonchain/status/2043558598111048126?s=20

Lookonchain (@lookonchain)

Polkadot(@Polkadot) has been exploited. 🚨

The attacker minted 1B $DOT and dumped it all in a single transaction for 108.2 $ETH($237K).

https://t.co/4pStYrGb8y

X · Apr 13, 2026, 5:15 AM

https://x.com/Cointelegraph/status/2043579960992940485?s=20

Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph)

🚨 ALERT: Researchers discover 26 third-party AI LLM routers secretly injecting malicious tool calls and stealing credentials.

Developers using AI coding agents like Claude Code to work on smart contracts or wallets may be at risk of having private keys and seed phrases

X · Apr 13, 2026, 6:40 AM

[plush plaza]

https://tenor.com/view/jerm-cohen-jeremy-cohen-switch-flip-the-switch-change-gif-18640220

AI will save us … 🤣

[high meteor]

https://x.com/BowesChay/status/2043452914862371129?s=20

Chay Bowes (@BowesChay)

Pressure is building in Venezuela.

Unlike China, the USA cannot fully supply Venezuela with the goods it needs. America lacks the production capacity and the supply networks required to support the entire country.

The key issue is thay even with American sanctions in place,

▶ Play video

X · Apr 12, 2026, 10:15 PM

"regime change" messed everyting up? what a shocker

[cedar hound]

Is that Epstein?!

[tidal storm]

We think so

[swift canyon]

sorry did he rly post that

from his account

[tidal storm]

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116394884725149647

[swift canyon]

I love this President

he flips me twice per week on average

gives me such Rome 476 AD vibes

[swift canyon]

just to set this straight this is him claiming the papacy head of faith title

did I get that right

He unites all the evangelical sects

forms the Imperial American Church

& causes the next schism

I mean he sort of ended the world so future American Christians will likely consider him the 2nd coming of Christ

That presents us w/ a number of theological problems but Republicans will clearly not let this opportunity go to waste

my my Israel's rly in a worse spot than I thought

[tidal storm]

I think he put himself as Jesus

[tidal storm]

Not really because the evangelicals are the ones who support them

[swift canyon]

Well

51th State, then

if they're not thrilled u're deployed there already

it used to be one of the Roman empire's wealthiest provinces & as we just learned, TRUMP was born there!

[high meteor]

https://x.com/Pirat_Nation/status/2043540178099449964?s=20

Pirat_Nation 🔴 (@Pirat_Nation)

Trailer for Fragmentary Order, a hardcore sci-fi FPS set in 2251.

Set in 2251, the game features remote-controlled clone operatives (RepEnts) in systemized futuristic warfare on hazardous planets, with extraction-style objectives

▶ Play video

X · Apr 13, 2026, 4:02 AM

looks fun

[plush plaza]

Matthew 24, 15-28

[tough sparrow]

I met this lady at maple fest this weekend. She was serving beans in the food tent! Very nice lady.

[sweet crow]

The video looks like AI to me. But creating a puppet state is always painful during the transition. Imo, we should just annex them and build a courthouse.

[sweet crow]

Why can't we use the current tankers in existence?

[high meteor]

I mean, historically, which regime change worked?

[tidal storm]

Do you even play sage

The trip from Middle East to Asia is like 3 weeks, the trip from America to Asia is like double or more

So you’d need double the tankers to replace the same amount of oil

Which doesn’t exist

[dense elk]

Unless you melt some ice

[tidal storm]

What route are you thinking of

[high meteor]

so they wait a bit to get their oil, what's the problem

[tidal storm]

Jfc all of you

[high meteor]

tramp said he doesn't care about that

[dense elk]

Probably would need to fight Russia though

[high meteor]

or pay a toll

[tidal storm]

They can’t get the oil they need. It takes twice the time which means they can get half the oil they need

[high meteor]

then they spend half the oil

[sweet crow]

To get from the west coast to Asia?

[high meteor]

problem solved

[tidal storm]

Would melting ice work though? I think most the oil flows out of Texas no?

[tidal storm]

That’s not realistic

Millions will die

[high meteor]

do they eat oil?

[tidal storm]

In a super tanker yeah

[tidal storm]

What the fuck do you think they cook with

[high meteor]

pans?

[tidal storm]

No wonder Bryan is always cursing at you guys here

[sweet crow]

[tidal storm]

@sweet crow

[dense elk]

Next question, should we be the answer? I mean would be great not to pay $6/gal for diesel right now

[tidal storm]

We can’t be the answer even if we wanted to that’s my whole argument. We could have the oil theoretically and the gas but we don’t have the means of transportation

[dense elk]

Why aren't we using Vene's oil?

[tidal storm]

They make very little

[high meteor]

I think it's hard to refine

[dense elk]

Don't they have trillions stockpiled

[high meteor]

heavy oil or something

[tidal storm]

A lot of us refineries can handle it. We built part of the infrastructure around that problem decades ago

[tidal storm]

Yeah but production isn’t and never has been significant

I mean sort of but not at levels that can solve anything

[tidal storm]

Plus this

Infrastructure doesn’t exist to change anything for years

Globally

[dense elk]

We don't need them to produce, I just want cheaper fuel

[high meteor]

the problem is, tramp doesn't know any of this

[tidal storm]

Thank you for your sacrifice should of bought a cyber truck

[tidal storm]

I think he knows all of this but he gambled on a different outcome and lost

[dense elk]

Yeaa should buy land, ev, and solar at this point

[zinc lichen]

idk most of those need oil to be made in the first place lol

also need oil to transport them

tan we have all the data centers eating all the power so EV will soonish be more expensive than OIL

[dense elk]

Yea it's official I'll become a hermit and power my vehicles with the sun

Nah buy land become independent problem solved

[zinc lichen]

ex, i just go buy 1 horse powered bike

https://giphy.com/gifs/bike-mini-bicycle-iqryv05RJMVlm

[high meteor]

tramp will now tweet don't worry eveyonr we are negotiating with other people in iran, oil will flow soon, make lot of money

[high meteor]

but electric cars emit lot of radiation 🙁

[dense elk]

you emit lots of radiation too

[sweet crow]

But that’s if they ship from the gulf and head east right?

[tidal storm]

A lot of them are on the chopping blocks or being delayed now at least

[sweet crow]

So yeah, we need a pipeline.

[high meteor]

https://giphy.com/gifs/monster-kill-mutant-DiHzr6iYdZwaI

[tidal storm]

Most of our oil comes from the gulf and not west coast I think yeah

[dense elk]

do "WE" need one though lol

[tidal storm]

Which takes years

Assuming it happens

[tidal storm]

No

God no

Make Canada do it

[dense elk]

for sure eh

I mean we probably will because the oil companies will make billys if not trillys all funded by the government to boot

[tidal storm]

Any possible solution to try and change global supply routes takes a lot of time

[tidal storm]

Luckily some radical left lunatics are on west coast and will block it for 30 years

[sweet crow]

Normally. But much of that time is taken through permits and regulation approvals. Expedite that and we could do it in less than 5 years.

[dense elk]

Can you imagine the long play for trump was to move the needle enough for the US to become the new strait of hermuz

[tidal storm]

Whole west coast is far left terrorists

Thank god

[zinc lichen]

saw a meme map to dig a new canal trough Quatar to not go trough straith XD

[dense elk]

If they get paid enough I'm sure they won't care. Gotta pay for thost 2 million dollar studio apartments over there

[tidal storm]

War will be over by then and we will have a Democrat president who will shut it down

[tidal storm]

Even that would take years 😂

[zinc lichen]

10-15 lol

[tidal storm]

They threw a huge fit about the one pipeline they had going from Canada to Texas I think forgot what it was called

[sweet crow]

Eh, US hedgemony is on the line. Democrat will uphold this action.

[zinc lichen]

at max speed, withouth being bombed daily lol

[dense elk]

why not use the bombs to dig it?

[tidal storm]

World will die before we finish it. Only option is to open the straight

[zinc lichen]

funny to think it wasnt on the line month ago, before the attack on the iran

[zinc lichen]

robots/drones

[sweet crow]

It (probably) won't die. But it will be very painful. We likely won't be able to travel internationally very much during this time.

Or we just keep a stranglehold on the straight and only open it up when needed while we build the pipeline.

And I'm sure Russia would be happy to help out.

[tidal storm]

Lots of countries depend on natural gas to cook. Fertilizer to grow food. Plastics depends on this. So much stuff. What happens in a place like Manila where everyone uses natural gas to cook food and suddenly there is none left? Farmers can’t afford or get fertilizer. A ton of places in India and other places already destroying crops, not planting this year and countless chicken farms

[sweet crow]

Russia

But you do know this is all hypothetical theorizing right?

We actually are not closing the straight for everyone.

Just Iranian ports.

[plush plaza]

Now put weather extremes on top of that…

[sweet crow]

At least for now.

[tidal storm]

Not enough

[tidal storm]

Not very many are getting through

[tidal storm]

Yeah it’s grim

[sweet crow]

Still clearing mines maybe?

[tidal storm]

Still drone threats too probably

A lot of countries of significant reserves but also a lot doesn’t. A lot of the global economy depends on all this stuff. We didn’t even mention helium. Many things.

And all the countries with reserves also depend on the flow from Middle East and you can’t supply everyone without someone else losing out

It’s a ticking time bomb

[plush plaza]

Yeah, Helium and Aluminium could be next shortages.

[plush plaza]

You just described capitalism😁

[tidal storm]

Capitalism is great it just needs more checks and balances than we have now

[plush plaza]

Just to add something about Helium: It can be produced with renewables (which is one part that will boost the rollout imo)

[plush plaza]

We need an instance, that can perform action to prevent abuse. That’s the real conflict.

[tidal storm]

Google says I need nuclear fusion to make it at home

[plush plaza]

Google is dumb.🤣

[main basin]

https://tenor.com/view/knocking-the-door-deputy-eddie-fbi-most-wanted-open-the-door-let-me-in-gif-25728570

[tidal storm]

Says there is a second way but it’s not viable to do at scale

[plush plaza]

Hydrolysis via windpower

[tidal storm]

Google says you’re full of shit lol

[plush plaza]

I don‘t care. It’s your head.🤣

[tidal storm]

I think you moved timelines. Welcome to the on that sucks

Internet says wind power uses helium and can’t make it in any way

[main basin]

apparently only old people still use Google to look things up. At least that's what my coworkers tell me. 🥹

[tidal storm]

Google has ai built in now so it’s better

Don’t even need to check links anymore

I’ll try woke grok

[main basin]

https://tenor.com/view/smiles-frustrated-sad-emoji-gif-25369804

[tidal storm]

Yeah sorry bro it says wind power consumes helium

Grok*

[plush plaza]

Electrolyzers wind solar

[tidal storm]

Send me a link because in this dimension/timeline it’s not invented yet

Think you skipped the one you were in for a new home

[plush plaza]

I hope you accept information from „woke Siemens Energy“🤣

https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/home/products-services/product-offerings/hydrogen-solutions.html

[sweet crow]

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18o4MrhFfL/

[tidal storm]

Log in lmao no

[tidal storm]

This says hydrogen not helium

[sweet crow]

You don't have a facebook account?

It's just a share link.

[tidal storm]

Not for 9 years now

[plush plaza]

Helium isn’t present in oil either. It’s a result of a provess.

[tidal storm]

It’s extracted from natural gas production

Just how most silver is a byproduct of copper production

[sweet crow]

Found the X version
https://x.com/i/status/2040252752866030051

JP Sears (@AwakenWithJP)

Waking up from a coma in 2026...

▶ Play video

X · Apr 4, 2026, 2:18 AM

[main basin]

regardless of the content, the delivery here is awesome

[plush plaza]

Damn, you are right. I messed it up. I was thinking about fertilizers (NH3), which need hydrogen, not helium.

[tidal storm]

https://tenor.com/view/jerma-periodic-table-hydrogen-helium-chemistry-gif-2492764001527661918

https://x.com/biancoresearch/status/2043645581315187081?s=46

Jim Bianco (@biancoresearch)

Before the war, the world was producing about 100M barrels of oil a day, and consuming about 100M barrels of oil a day.

Now the world is producing somewhere between 85M and 90M barrels of oil a day. That means somebody has to stop consuming 10M to 15M barrels of oil a day.

X · Apr 13, 2026, 11:00 AM

Found Yaawns personal account

[somber grail]

But if government subsidize the current high price of oil, the demand does not change and the market price has to go higher in order to get that demand destruction.

I think this is going to happen in a lot of countries

no one will give up the marginal demand and instead will just print money to acquire as much as possible

his numbers are off but basically right idea

[tidal storm]

Made me think that something like this would make your 250 come true

Along with the many other reasons

[cyan nacelle]

Is Trump really going to seize Chinese ships coming out of Iran? Coz that sounds like WW3 material.

[sweet crow]

I don't think China will risk it. They'll just get their oil from Russia for now.

[sweet crow]

Blockade begins now.

[dry carbon]

GM blockers

[terse quest]

"Drill, baby, drill"!!!

[high meteor]

https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2043688455192850443?s=20

Dexerto (@Dexerto)

The CEO of failed MMO Ashes of Creation reportedly spent over $40,000 of Kickstarter funds on Magic: The Gathering cards and private chefs

X · Apr 13, 2026, 1:51 PM

lol

[sweet crow]

It's only 1.3% of their funds. What's the big deal?

I'm honestly starting to believe these kind of ambitious games simply are not possible. Like maybe we've reached a plateau in gaming that our technology just can't go beyond at the consumer level.

Crimson desert was supposed to be an MMO right? So why did they scale it back to a single-player game?

[tidal storm]

Did you try asking grok?

[sweet crow]

Actually in the middle of asking GPT right now. 😅

[sweet crow]

https://t.me/RealTimeDailyNews/13595

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/watcherguru/status/2043731745648898408?s=46

Watcher.Guru (@WatcherGuru)

JUST IN: Kraken crypto exchange says it is being "extorted" by a criminal group threatening to release videos showing internal systems and client data.

The exchange says its systems have not been breached and customer funds are not at risk.

X · Apr 13, 2026, 4:43 PM

Would avoid kraken just in case

[main basin]

Aw man. We don't say safu anymore?

[odd dawn]

Yeah I had my eye on AoC

[zinc lichen]

https://giphy.com/gifs/waiting-hd-well-were-9SIXFu7bIUYHhFc19G

[plush plaza]

I‘d recommend watching „QV breaker stations“ on YT, but this would be a bit heretic.😉

[slow fossil]

https://tenor.com/view/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-representative-dancing-aoc-gif-13216290

[agile eagle]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/935606734192529449/1322314724511059998/swag-king-bryan-merge.gif

[agile eagle]

Why did you respond to a message that is over a year old?

[hidden steeple]

doable with a gag on

[agile eagle]

what was it?

[sweet crow]

Nothing special it seems. Just a press conference on everything we already know about.

[high meteor]

markets don't care about tramps anymore lol

we put a blockade on the blockade

okay

they have two weeks to comply or else

okay

it's hilarious to witness this in real time

if we're living it now, imagine in 50 years 😄

https://giphy.com/gifs/idiocracy-mike-jude-3o7TKz13YEW4xdn7EY

[sweet crow]

Markets in favor of nothing else happening in Iran over the next week.

And I'm currently losing.

But I'm fine with it.

[nimble spade]

https://tenor.com/view/bosnov-67-bosnov-67-67-meme-gif-16727368109953357722

[sweet crow]

Is the polymarket concerning the Iran war really following BTC?

Or is BTC following polymarket?

[high meteor]

https://x.com/SprinterPress/status/2043759633865535815?s=20

Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress)

Trump on Iran: They called us from the other side. They really want to make a deal

X · Apr 13, 2026, 6:34 PM

[tidal storm]

https://x.com/hedgefundfomo/status/2043767625499517153?s=46

Michael (Hedge Fund Manager) (@HedgeFundFomo)

When my son was born, I put $500 into his brokerage account

Every month, I add $250.

By the time he's 18, he will have just $150 because I am an extremely bad investor

I hope he gets himself a lucrative job when the time comes

X · Apr 13, 2026, 7:05 PM

I feel this so hard

[zinc lichen]

https://giphy.com/gifs/12mF9DKcaggLoQ

[dry carbon]

Why are we so pamperous today?

[agile eagle]

because trump blockaded hormuz

[cursive crypt]

If you don't mind a dumb question what is pamperous?

[agile eagle]

I assumed "markets pamping (pumping)"

[dry carbon]

https://klipy.com/gifs/look-what-7

[dry carbon]

That is wildely counter intuitive haha

[agile eagle]

Iran's reserves are filling up fast. They'll need to shut down wells soon. And no way to export with the blockade up. So most likely we see some resolution to the negotiations.

But also, crypto has been oversold forever, so possibly just cyclical

[cursive crypt]

My thoughts this morning not that anyone cares. It feels like the end of the dot com bubble and begining of the bust. I headed into this cycle only holding coins with utility. Atlas is #2179 and Polis is #2047 I believe they both have utility so what I will be watching more than there price is there rank. I'm also thinking Z.ink will have it's place. I will be super happy if Atlas and polis and Z.ink are in the top #1000 by the end of 2026. I don't think I would bet against the SWAG in a game of last man standing.

[agile eagle]

I won't be happy until we get new ATHs

[cursive crypt]

To put it into perspective Atlas needs to be about .06 to make the top #1000 right now and Atlas about .00065 to get to the #1000 mark

[cursive crypt]

I would hope not I'm in it for price discovery.

[agile eagle]

what's better than discovering new highs?

[cursive crypt]

Sitting on the porch in the morning enjoying the new day.

after you look at the charts and there
is new all time highs.

[rotund hare]

buying low! i need to accumulate some more

[high meteor]

https://x.com/itsTarH/status/2043733954327638248?s=20

Tar ⚡ (@itsTarH)

You. Just. Announced. A. Blockade. Yesterday.

X · Apr 13, 2026, 4:52 PM

https://giphy.com/gifs/monty-python-A0KitrLeiHw52

[zinc lichen]

fulish closure lol

idk maybe if you and bibi havent bombed em, it wouldnt be closed in the first place lol