Barackface: 22: Global Trade

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

22: Global Trade

Gen Z Kranti (novel)
The Banyan Revolt (novel)
Madhya York: The Merchant and the Mystic (novel)
Deported (novel)
Empty Country (novel)

xAI is not x (like in algebra). Nothing hidden about who or what is behind it.
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 22, 2025

Yesterday Dinesh Baluraj of Yali Aerospace showed me their latest VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) drone, designed and made in Tanjavur. Dinesh and his wife Anugraha have created a very strong engineering R&D focused company. They returned to Tanjavur after 10+ years in… pic.twitter.com/zG1IhfljrS
— Sridhar Vembu (@svembu) October 22, 2025

Thank you, President Trump, for your phone call and warm Diwali greetings. On this festival of lights, may our two great democracies continue to illuminate the world with hope and stand united against terrorism in all its forms.@realDonaldTrump @POTUS
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 22, 2025

Ride Hailing Powered Clinics https://t.co/njKB4lZ6Nn
मेरिटोभिया गणतन्त्रको संविधान https://t.co/Lx4A30knD7
निःशुल्क उपचारदेखि राष्ट्रिय सुपर–आन्दोलनसम्म: कल्कि सेनाको स्वास्थ्य, शिक्षा र न्यायको नक्सा https://t.co/OMwNdfXCqG
— Paramendra Kumar Bhagat (@paramendra) October 22, 2025

Gen Z Kranti (novel)
The Banyan Revolt (novel)
Madhya York: The Merchant and the Mystic (novel)
Deported (novel)
Empty Country (novel)

At this point, I am not advocating any particular candidate for NASA Administrator.

I am just desperate for someone with a 3 digit IQ.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 22, 2025

Who is winning?

Perplexity Comet vs ChatGPT Atlas by OpenAI pic.twitter.com/dNpAFBe3RB
— Prashant (@Prashant_1722) October 21, 2025

It's wild that Google wrote the Transformers paper (that birthed GPTs) AND open sourced Chromium..

Both of which will (eventually) lead to the downfall of their search monopoly.

History lesson in there somewhere.
— Nikunj Kothari (@nikunj) October 21, 2025

Another step along the path to practical quantum computers! https://t.co/ViPg0ZebAW
— Jeff Dean (@JeffDean) October 22, 2025

It's obvious that humanoid robots will build and install an infinite number of solar farms and battery packs in ten years...

Which means all energy will be 90% cheaper...

And desalination of water is an energy-intensive process, so that will drop by 90%....

and food…
— @jason (@Jason) October 21, 2025