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Re: 🪄 Pay no attention to the chipmaker be hind the curtain (fwd)

> From: Noelle <noelle> > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 09:54:26 -0800 (PST) > > "A recent brief from the antitrust-focused American Economic > Liberties Project finds that state legislators, mayors, and city > council members have signed NDAs barring them from sharing data > center projects� details, including which corporations are behind > them. " Well, it becomes obvious who is backing whom after policies are proposed and enacted. I guess you just need to "watch their hands". And, if you don't pay attention, shame on you. Yeah, and it's definitely an AI bubble. Even if it's true that many people do find AI useful, all resources and time being put into creating the AI models and using them are probably not going to start paying for themselves any time soon, and maybe not even for many years. > > Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025 17:32:38 +0000 > > From: Lever Daily <http://www.levernews.com/~editor> > > > > Forward this email to others so they can sign up [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/04d94317?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] > > > > 🔥 New on Lever Time [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/06c55e6f?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 ]: > > If you haven’t noticed, everything sucks now. 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A recent brief [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/3c363981?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] from the antitrust-focused American Economic Liberties Project finds that > > state legislators, mayors, and city council members have signed NDAs barring > > them from sharing data center projects’ details, including which > > corporations are behind them.  > > > > * According to the brief, firms such as Amazon, Google, and Meta rely on > > taxpayer subsidies and other public resources “all under a corrupt regime > > of secret agreements that excludes the public from participating in any > > debate.” > > > > 🏦 It’s all about the margins. One of bankers’ biggest profit ploys is > > growing increasingly lucrative: The financial industry reported last quarter > > that it reaped upwards of $79.3 billion [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/541c10b9?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] in net interest income, an increase of $9.4 billion, or more than 13 percent, > > from the prior quarter. In other words, banks are increasing the gap > > between what they charge borrowers for loans and what they pay savers for > > deposits, meaning that not only is the Great Bank Robbery continuing [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/6d38669d?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ], it’s getting bigger — becoming yet another enormous upward transfer of > > wealth [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/952fdee7?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ]. > > > > 💊 Zuck’s poison pill. For years, Meta has ignored evidence that its > > platforms served as a hotbed for mental illness, prostitution, and child > > exploitation. New court filings [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/256d4ee3?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] from a lawsuit against the social media conglomerate, which includes > > Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, allege it knowingly disregarded ongoing > > evidence that its business was harming users, including children. Meta > > allegedly gave accounts engaged in sex trafficking seventeen strikes before > > they were suspended, and reinstated beauty filters on Instagram even though > > its own research revealed [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/441131cb?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] they were “actively encouraging young girls into body dysmorphia.” > > > > * Members of Meta’s staff compared the platforms they worked for to > > harmful drugs, with one employee quipping, “we’re all basically > > pushers.” > > > > 📢 Share this newsletter on Bluesky [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/117264a4?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ], Reddit [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/0b7803da?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] > > . > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > CHART OF THE DAY > > > > A few gigantic plants dominate U.S. beef production. 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Make sure you check your inbox every Saturday for > > You Love To See It, exclusively curated for paying subscribers like you. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > NEWS DIVE > > > > https://www.levernews.com/r/b7c8b70a?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > > > [View in browser [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/aea294f2?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ]] > > > > Here we go. Last month, President Donald Trump’s Securities and Exchange > > Commissioner Paul Atkins [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/f9fd59c1?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] issued a bombshell announcement [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/718e5de9?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] that endorses eliminating most shareholder proposals — something legal > > experts say could radically transform how millions of U.S. public companies > > govern themselves. This comes after the Securities and Exchange Commission > > suspended a key regulatory mechanism that gives the agency and investors a > > voice when shareholder proposals are ignored.  > > > > * Atkins argued that advisory shareholder proposals, a cornerstone of the > > investment world, do not meet the standards of “proper” business under > > Delaware law, which governs 2 million of the country’s publicly traded > > firms — including 66 percent [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/adcfb0ed?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07] > > of the Fortune 500 companies. This may end shareholders’ right to have > > their nonbinding proposals voted on by companies incorporated in the state. > > > > The shareholders speak. Shareholders have typically posed [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/a5439c4a?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] nonbinding proposals to company boards on issues such as executive > > compensation, climate emissions goals, or corporate governance reforms. > > Advisory proposals — which constitute an estimated 98 percent of all > > shareholder measures — are then voted on by investors, giving a crucial > > voice to shareholders who own part of the company. > > > > * For example, in the late 1990s and early 2000s, shareholders were among > > the first to sound the alarm about major subprime lending companies, > > requesting in their proposals [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/caa640a3?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07] > > that auditors properly reflect the risk of subprime lending and discourage > > “predatory lending practices” long before the 2008 financial crisis.  > > > > And a hush fell over the crowd. Federal law currently allows firms to > > exclude shareholders’ proposals from a vote if they are “not a proper > > subject for action by shareholders under the laws of the jurisdiction of the > > company’s organization.” But Atkins’ recent comments suggest he > > believes that no advisory proposal qualifies as a “proper” shareholder > > action. Shareholders’ rights groups and other advocates have warned [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/d4bd7355?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07] > > Atkins that upending more than 80 years of legal precedent could be risky. > > They argue that eliminating shareholders’ ability to submit nonbinding > > proposals could backfire by instead funneling investors towards binding > > votes, which would force companies to comply with their proposals. > > > > Muffling investors. Previously, if a company planned to prevent a > > shareholder initiative from reaching a vote, it could submit a “no action� > > � request to take the SEC’s temperature on whether regulators would back > > the move. But now, citing the government shutdown, the SEC has informed [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/3a228946?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] Wall Street it will not respond to most of these requests for input — > > effectively greasing the wheels for public companies to bulldoze their own > > investors.  > > > > * Now, shareholders’ only recourse [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/1a033030?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] for having their proposals ignored is to sue after the fact, a move that > > may force shareholders [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/c6626da6?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] into costly and increasingly imperiled [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/f848ed75?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] legal limbo. > > > > Reporting contributed by Veronica Riccobene > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > TAKE ACTION [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/c9c232bc?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] > > > > https://www.levernews.com/r/ae1d5de0?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > > > Take Action: End Corporations’ Predatory Surveillance Pricing. [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/014c468d?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] We cannot allow companies across the economy to utilize AI-driven predatory > > practices that compromise our privacy. > > SIGN NOW: Tell your representatives to create legislation putting an end to > > these predatory pricing practices. > > > > Sign Now. [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/416528ea?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > > DOOMSCROLL DISTRACTIONS > > > > 📀 May we humbly suggest Bach. Playing classical music [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/bdd88213?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] can help soothe anxious pets. > > > > 🍗 Turkeys away. Throwback to the day it rained bird [ > > https://www.levernews.com/r/bf78ea59?m=c7c41f62-6bc5-4c98-ae9b-16d6eceafe07 > > ] in Cincinnati.  > > > > 🥪  Blast to the past. 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