Sandy Hendry
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Senior editor for Bloomberg's Functions for the Market stories. Showing data insights that explain the world. Opinions are my own.
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Two partners in the $500 billion Stargate AI project — Oracle and SoftBank — have seen bond risk jump on massive capex. Oracle’s CDS cost tripled in 4 months to 120 bps. SoftBank’s topped 300. The Bloomberg Default Risk Model shows rising credit strains, with Oracle’s cash flow weaker than peers.
How empires collapse:
America will be reviving 1970s station wagons.
China will be innovating better cars for the 2030s.
America will be reviving 1970s station wagons.
China will be innovating better cars for the 2030s.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
How empires collapse:
America will be reviving 1970s station wagons.
China will be innovating better cars for the 2030s.
America will be reviving 1970s station wagons.
China will be innovating better cars for the 2030s.
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
That's X-mas comedy viewing sorted!
'...to sing the praises of her mother's gumbo. His own family's christmas cooking is not mentioned'
Weird, did he have a painful childhood for some reason? I wonder why his mum wasn't cooking for him at Christmas? If only a journalist could investigate
Weird, did he have a painful childhood for some reason? I wonder why his mum wasn't cooking for him at Christmas? If only a journalist could investigate
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
That's X-mas comedy viewing sorted!
Interestingly South Africa voted against Russia's kidnapping and brainwashing of Ukrainian kids, while Brazil, India, Indonesia and China abstained. That suggests some divisions within the BRICS, designed as a counterweight to the EU/US.
A shameful list of countries that wouldn’t vote for - and in some cases even voted against - the return of kidnapped Ukrainian children.
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Interestingly South Africa voted against Russia's kidnapping and brainwashing of Ukrainian kids, while Brazil, India, Indonesia and China abstained. That suggests some divisions within the BRICS, designed as a counterweight to the EU/US.
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
The 28-point peace plan worked on by Witkoff was clearly a betrayal of Ukraine and the 50 pieces of silver were transparently divided between the US and Russia in its text.
Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
Macron reportedly warned European leaders ‘there is a chance that the US will betray Ukraine’ – Europe live
German magazine Der Spiegel has reported the warning, quoting a leaked note from a recent call between the European leaders
But on a more serious note, we are hearing that German chancellor Friedrich Merz has postponed his planned visit to Norway scheduled for Friday and will travel to Brussels instead.
Merz will travel to Belgium for a private dinner with Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, his spokesperson said in comments reported by Reuters. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The 28-point peace plan worked on by Witkoff was clearly a betrayal of Ukraine and the 50 pieces of silver were transparently divided between the US and Russia in its text.
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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Someone I know got an adult diagnosis of autism. It partly explains why they have found it so hard to work (not through lack of trying). They would love to work but need help to manage it. This will not happen🤷♀️
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Wes Streeting orders inquiry into mental health ‘overdiagnosis’
Health secretary wants clinical review of the rise in conditions such as ADHD and autism that cause people to drop out of the workforce
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Someone I know got an adult diagnosis of autism. It partly explains why they have found it so hard to work (not through lack of trying). They would love to work but need help to manage it. This will not happen🤷♀️
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
"Kei cars are restricted to low speeds on private land in some states, and prohibited altogether in others, the main concern being that they’re too small, slow and weak to be driving among the hulking trucks and SUVs ubiquitous on American roads."
Giant SUVs show exceptional American selfishness
Giant SUVs show exceptional American selfishness
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
"Kei cars are restricted to low speeds on private land in some states, and prohibited altogether in others, the main concern being that they’re too small, slow and weak to be driving among the hulking trucks and SUVs ubiquitous on American roads."
Giant SUVs show exceptional American selfishness
Giant SUVs show exceptional American selfishness
Two partners in the $500 billion Stargate AI project — Oracle and SoftBank — have seen bond risk jump on massive capex. Oracle’s CDS cost tripled in 4 months to 120 bps. SoftBank’s topped 300. The Bloomberg Default Risk Model shows rising credit strains, with Oracle’s cash flow weaker than peers.
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Two partners in the $500 billion Stargate AI project — Oracle and SoftBank — have seen bond risk jump on massive capex. Oracle’s CDS cost tripled in 4 months to 120 bps. SoftBank’s topped 300. The Bloomberg Default Risk Model shows rising credit strains, with Oracle’s cash flow weaker than peers.
Oh dear. I didn't think UK politicians could get any more incompetent. Clearly I was wrong.
Zarah Sultana apparently wants to nationalise the entire economy including the Internet.
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oh dear. I didn't think UK politicians could get any more incompetent. Clearly I was wrong.
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Arctic sea-ice extent on November 30th was about 400,000 square kilometers below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
December 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Arctic sea-ice extent on November 30th was about 400,000 square kilometers below the previous record low for the date, set in 2016.
Corruption is a problem in Ukraine's government like all governments in the world, so there's a risk that if US and Russian kleptocrats dangle enough "contracts" in front of Ukraine's politicians, they may sell out their nation's interests. Read the 28-point "peace plan" for such "business deals."
Ukraine-US war settlement talks began in Florida.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Corruption is a problem in Ukraine's government like all governments in the world, so there's a risk that if US and Russian kleptocrats dangle enough "contracts" in front of Ukraine's politicians, they may sell out their nation's interests. Read the 28-point "peace plan" for such "business deals."
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Why does Trump's special envoy for Russia always take part in meetings with Ukraine but Trump's special envoy for Ukraine is never allowed to take part in meetings with Russia?
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Why does Trump's special envoy for Russia always take part in meetings with Ukraine but Trump's special envoy for Ukraine is never allowed to take part in meetings with Russia?
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Stop Trump from making Venezuela his Ukraine.
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Stop Trump from making Venezuela his Ukraine.
"Not that social media was ever a sacred space — though there was a time it was good — but we should consider what that much AI slop does to our collective online experience. What becomes of a platform that requires you to wade through mountains of junk to find jewels?"
mashable.com/article/ai-s...
mashable.com/article/ai-s...
AI slop is taking over the internet. Here's how we got here.
Come get your slop.
mashable.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Not that social media was ever a sacred space — though there was a time it was good — but we should consider what that much AI slop does to our collective online experience. What becomes of a platform that requires you to wade through mountains of junk to find jewels?"
mashable.com/article/ai-s...
mashable.com/article/ai-s...
Is there an alternative to Facebook like BlueSky became an alternative to X? Zuckerberg had one job -- to be a site for keeping up with friends. Now you scroll an hour through AI slop, ads, politics, fascist bots, before getting to anything from friends. With a monopoly, he does whatever he likes.
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Is there an alternative to Facebook like BlueSky became an alternative to X? Zuckerberg had one job -- to be a site for keeping up with friends. Now you scroll an hour through AI slop, ads, politics, fascist bots, before getting to anything from friends. With a monopoly, he does whatever he likes.
The OBR leak was bad but overblown by the right-wing media. This on the other hand is NOT a story. The UK economy is slowly dying. The conservatives are saying it is both dying and healthy here.. like Schrodinger's cat.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The OBR leak was bad but overblown by the right-wing media. This on the other hand is NOT a story. The UK economy is slowly dying. The conservatives are saying it is both dying and healthy here.. like Schrodinger's cat.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I saw this poem on the tube during my commute to work this morning. it was written in 1939
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I saw this poem on the tube during my commute to work this morning. it was written in 1939
Is his trial next?
Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Is his trial next?
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
Zero desire for peace.
Putin said Kyiv wants fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he was "in principle" ready to do. He said Russia has battlefield initiative and fighting will only end when Ukrainian troops withdrew from Donbas. If not "we'll achieve this by force."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin said Kyiv wants fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he was "in principle" ready to do. He said Russia has battlefield initiative and fighting will only end when Ukrainian troops withdrew from Donbas. If not "we'll achieve this by force."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin doubles down on demands for Ukrainian territory ahead of talks with US
The Russian president accuses Kyiv of wanting to fight
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Zero desire for peace.
Putin said Kyiv wants fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he was "in principle" ready to do. He said Russia has battlefield initiative and fighting will only end when Ukrainian troops withdrew from Donbas. If not "we'll achieve this by force."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin said Kyiv wants fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he was "in principle" ready to do. He said Russia has battlefield initiative and fighting will only end when Ukrainian troops withdrew from Donbas. If not "we'll achieve this by force."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If HS2 had actually properly linked the North and South there would be many more of these investments!
www.fnlondon.com/articles/gol...
www.fnlondon.com/articles/gol...
Goldman Sachs to add 500 jobs to Birmingham office
The US bank also said it was committing billions to finance UK infrastructure
www.fnlondon.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If HS2 had actually properly linked the North and South there would be many more of these investments!
www.fnlondon.com/articles/gol...
www.fnlondon.com/articles/gol...
More use of flammable plastics in building renovations for the poor? Zero lessons learned from Grenfell??
A Wang Fuk Court resident said he had complained about the use of Styrofoam in recent renovations. Police suspect materials that were not fire safe may have exacerbated Wednesday's blaze, which has claimed 65 lives so far. Full coverage: buff.ly/RSwXkVU Video: Johnny Wan/HKFP.
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
More use of flammable plastics in building renovations for the poor? Zero lessons learned from Grenfell??