WTI: Its "go time" for Trump. Sunday night; Trump just back from a successful China trip. WTI surges at the open. Up 1.75%; up $1.84; opens at $107.30. Overall market continues to fall (futures). Trump has called a meeting in the "Situation Room" for Tuesday, two days from now. [Later: drops back to $106.50.]
PGA: Aaron Rai runs away from the field. Wins by three. Scottie Scheffler, T14.
Amazon (AMZN): "You can howl at the wind, but AI is not going away." -- CEO Andy over at Amazon.
MSFT: from an investment point of view, this may be the most interesting. See this link. BRK holds more MSFT than any of the other funds being tracked.
Computer choice: Verge provides options. Starts with three Apple computers. Link here. The M5 MacBook Air 15-inch, 2026, $1,149); the same, but 13-inch, $949; MacBook Neo, $599. Best price lower by $100 for verified students, educators.
And while the MacBook Neo's A18 Pro processor is technically a smartphone chip, it’s faster than most Windows laptop chips in single-core performance — making it more than enough for everyday tasks.
Its 8GB of RAM and relatively slow storage may feel lean for more intensive users, but the Neo performs great unless you really push it with dozens of Chrome tabs or heavier content creation apps.
Three-Mile Island: it's being reported that Unit 1 is being reopened as early as early 2027. Constellation Energy is working with FERC to see that it opens on time to provide power to Microsoft's LDCs.
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The Book Page
I finally finished A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens. Notes here. I've now become obsessed with the book and will spend weeks studying it and discussing it with the only one that will listen to me regarding it: the chatbots. LOL.
Since I had just recently finished three books on India and now knowing the backstory to this book, I will be re-reading the history of India at the time Charles Dickens wrote this novel.
- Indian Mutiny: Indian Rebellion of 1857 -- see wiki.
- "the events of 1857 ... have provoked more impassioned literature than any other single event in Indian history." -- p. 436 -- at the bottom.
- connection: A Tale of Two Cities, published in 1859
- the end of the British East India Company ruling India ended
- the beginning of the British Raj
The first thing I'll do is read A. N. Wilson's The Mystery of Charles Dickens. Have ordered a copy from Amazon.
Query: Charles Dickens died fairly young. What was that all about?
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