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Aug 27 20 tweets 7 min read
Elite researchers at MIT just uncovered something terrifying.

They scanned 54 people's brains during a simple writing test.

But when they reviewed the scans 4 months later, what they saw horrified them.

The cause? Not phones, not TikTok.

Something far, far more serious: Image First, some context.

MIT researchers recruited participants from 5 Boston universities.

They split them into 3 groups: ChatGPT users, Google users, and no-tools.

Over 4 months, they monitored brain activity while writing.

Let's dive in:
Aug 22 19 tweets 7 min read
Elon Musk just vowed to save the UK.

• UK energy bills rose 60% in 3 years
• 30% of families struggle to afford power

But Tesla just entered the market.

Now, every greedy energy giant has Musk to deal with.

Here's Musk's plan to save the UK citizens: Image The UK is facing a monumental energy crisis.

The average household pays around $2600 (£2000) annually for gas and electricity.

Add this onto the absurd housing costs, food prices, and travel fares that are exploding...

What do you get? Image
Aug 21 16 tweets 5 min read
Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5B promising no corporate takeover.

But they just absorbed GitHub, the platform behind Uber and Netflix...

So GitHub's CEO made a bold counter:

Build the one thing Microsoft's monopoly can't buy.

Here's why developers are already jumping ship: Image GitHub hosts 1 billion code projects.

150 million developers use it daily.

Think of it as Google Docs, but for programmers.

Microsoft bought GitHub in 2018 for $7.5 billion - they promised to keep it independent.

But that promise just ended in the most unexpected way:
Aug 18 19 tweets 7 min read
Warren Buffett just made the boldest bet of his career.

He dumped his Apple shares...

Then bet $1.6 BILLION on a company under federal investigation.

The stock has crashed 50% this year alone.

But here's the brilliant reason Buffett's buying while everyone panics: Image Everyone knows Buffett's a genius.

His Bank of America bet during 2008?

5x return in 5 years.

Goldman Sachs delivered similar multiples.

Now he's targeting a company under federal investigation:
Aug 5 19 tweets 8 min read
Trump just CRUSHED Brazil with 50% tariffs.

But this isn't about trade.

It's about a Brazilian judge who violated US citizens.

Now Alexandre de Moraes is about to learn why you don't mess with America.

Here's the real reason Trump's nuking Brazil: Image Meet the judge who runs Brazil's Supreme Court.

Alexandre de Moraes wields power American judges could never touch.

Jail anyone. Censor anything. No oversight required.

In 2024, he picked a fight that would cost Brazil billions:
Aug 4 19 tweets 6 min read
Nancy Pelosi impeached Trump for being "the most corrupt president ever."

Her government salary is just $174,000 a year.

But her net worth? $400 million.

All from "lucky trades" that beat Wall Street's finest.

Here's what she's hiding (and how she's profiting off you): Image Former House Speaker. Led both Trump impeachments.

Pelosi calls Trump a "domestic enemy."

Trump fires back, accusing her of insider trading to build her fortune.

Is he right? The evidence is fascinating...
Jul 24 19 tweets 8 min read
Sam Altman just shocked the U.S. banking system.

He revealed banks are:

• Years behind on AI threat detection
• Using systems that hackers clone in seconds
• Totally unprepared for the next wave of fraud

Here are his 7 warnings no one can afford to ignore 🧵 Image Sam Altman didn't mince words.

Standing before Federal Reserve officials, he painted a picture that made seasoned bankers shift uncomfortably in their seats.

The OpenAI CEO had data they weren't prepared for.

What he revealed next exposed a $2 trillion vulnerability:
Jul 23 21 tweets 7 min read
After Elon bought Twitter for $44 BILLION...

Apple tried deleting it from the App Store.

No warning. No explanation. Just a threat.

Instead of backing down... Elon went straight to Tim Cook.

Here’s the face-to-face meeting that shook Apple to its core: 🍎 Image Late 2022. Elon just paid $44 billion for Twitter.

He's slashing costs.
Firing content moderators.
Reinstating banned accounts.

Apple watches silently from Cupertino.

Then something happens that could kill Twitter overnight...
Jul 21 20 tweets 8 min read
This farmer’s daughter worked in the fields of India as a teen.

No Ivy League. No family connections.

She was never supposed to make it out.

Today? She runs a $90 BILLION financial empire.

Here's her incredible story (and lesson) for underdogs everywhere: Image Rural Tamil Nadu, India.

A teenage girl spends mornings in the fields, afternoons helping family with farm work.

While wealthy kids attended private schools, she studied finance by lamplight after sundown.

But she discovered something others overlooked...
Jul 19 17 tweets 7 min read
In 2001, Jeff Bezos told everyone Amazon was "bankrupt."

Stocks plummeted to $6. Thousands fired.

Everyone said he was done.

But this “confession” was actually a ruthless business move.

Here’s how it launched the most powerful weapon in history: 🧵 Image Picture this scene: Seattle, 2001.

The dot-com crash destroyed countless companies.

Amazon's stock had crashed 94%.

Employees getting pink slips daily.

Then Bezos writes something that shocks everyone...
Jul 16 18 tweets 7 min read
Charlie Munger is known as the greatest investor in history.

And although he built a $1 Trillion empire and mentored Warren Buffett...
He admitted he "hates making decisions."

So how did he do it?

With a GENIUS framework I can't believe no one talks about... ⬇️ Image Most people think avoiding decisions would destroy your success.

But Munger turned this preference into his greatest advantage.

See, while everyone else burned out analyzing every opportunity, Munger discovered something revolutionary:
Jul 13 18 tweets 7 min read
Peter Thiel made $22 Billion investing in American companies.

But now, he's moved $50 million and bought 470+ acres in New Zealand.

Not for lower taxes or property value.

But because of what he knows about America's future economy... ⬇️ Image First, understand who Peter Thiel really is.

He co-founded PayPal. First investor in Facebook.

Built Palantir into a multi-billion dollar surveillance giant.

His track record is legendary.

But in 2011, something changed...
Jul 12 17 tweets 6 min read
This man pulled off the greatest heist in media history.

In 2020, he sold Barstool Sports for $500+ million.

Everyone thought he'd retire in peace.

Instead, he turned around and bought it back - for $1.

Here’s how he did: 🧵 Image Meet Dave Portnoy.

A pizza reviewer who built a media empire from his parents' basement.

Started with a 4-page newspaper in 2003.

By 2020, Barstool Sports was valued at over half a billion dollars.

But the real genius wasn't building it...
Jul 10 19 tweets 7 min read
In 1987, McDonald's faced the biggest scandal in history.

After launching "McDonald's Monopoly"...

They immediately made $115+ million (over $330 million today)

Until one man discovered their dark secret.

Here's the full story: Image
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The year was 1987. McDonald's had just revolutionized kids' meals with the Happy Meal.

Now they wanted something bigger. Something that would get everyone involved.

Their solution?
Jul 9 18 tweets 7 min read
The Rock earned $50 million from Fast & Furious.

But that's nothing compared to his # 1 side hustle:

• Zero to $800 million in 4 years
• 300 million fans turned customers

And it has nothing to do with sports or movies.

Here's how he did it: Image Picture this:

The Rock sitting in his trailer between takes.

He's scrolling through his phone.

A text from his business manager makes him pause.

"Another celebrity brand just failed. Lost $50 million."

This happens every few months...
Jul 8 16 tweets 6 min read
WeWork's collapse needs to be more closely studied.

In January 2019, they were worth $47 billion.

By November? Completely worthless.

Why? Because of one terrible mistake.

Here’s the brutal lesson they learned too late: ⬇️ Image First, some context.

2019 started with WeWork on top of the world:

• They'd raised billions from SoftBank
• Offices stretched across 33 countries
• The media called them the future of work

But beneath the surface, something was deeply wrong...
Jul 7 17 tweets 6 min read
LeBron James accidentally made this 31-year-old a billionaire.

His "useless" fitness tracker was weeks from bankruptcy.

Until he noticed "King James" wearing it in the last place he expected.

Here's how he turned random chance into a $3+ BILLION empire: 🧵 Image In 2015, Will Ahmed is slumped on his couch, watching TV.

His startup has burned through most of its cash.

Only 100 of his fitness trackers exist in the entire world.

Investors kept rejecting his idea.

Then a Kia commercial comes on...
Jul 4 18 tweets 7 min read
In 2016, Peter Thiel pulled off the coldest comeback in history:

After Gawker "outed him" in 2007, he went completely silent.

No interviews. No lawsuits. Everyone thought he’d let it go.

Instead, he spent 10 years plotting a $10M takedown.

Here's what happened: 🧵 Image Picture this: It's 2007.

Peter Thiel is already a billionaire.

Co-founded PayPal. Early investor in Facebook.

Then Gawker's tech blog Valleywag publishes an article outing him as gay.

No permission. No warning. Just exposed.
Jun 25 15 tweets 5 min read
In 2015, a single punch destroyed Jeremy Clarkson's BBC career.

He went from 350 million Top Gear viewers to unemployed overnight.

Until Amazon offered him $260M to build their biggest series.

Here's their brilliantly simple show that broke TV history: Image First, let's understand his fall.

In March 2015, Clarkson punched a Top Gear producer over catering.

BBC fired him after 13 years and 22 seasons.

He lost the show he built into a global hit, reaching 350M viewers.

But that was just the beginning...
Jun 20 19 tweets 6 min read
OpenAI offered their ex-researcher $2M to keep quiet.

He refused. And now he's warning us:

"$1T of wealth will collapse by 2027"

Daniel Kokotajlo just revealed how they'll pull it off.

Here are 8 terrifying insights: Image Daniel Kokotajlo isn't some outside critic making wild predictions.

He was deep inside OpenAI's most advanced research.

But he refused to stay silent about the dangers (forfeiting about $2 million from OpenAI).

Here's what made him quit:
Jun 20 19 tweets 6 min read
OpenAI offered their ex-researcher $2M to keep quiet.

He refused. And now he's warning us:

"$1T of wealth will collapse by 2027"

Daniel Kokotajlo just revealed how they'll pull it off.

Here are 8 terrifying insights: Image Daniel Kokotajlo isn't some outside critic making wild predictions.

He was deep inside OpenAI's most advanced research.

But he refused to stay silent about the dangers (forfeiting about $2 million from OpenAI).

Here's what made him quit: