Nine years after the Ruia family sold Essar Oil to a Rosneft-led group, the refinery they built is running on Russian crude under EU and UK sanctions and its profits are rising. Meanwhile the Essar name is buying UK petrol stations and Indian gas blocks, trying to turn its UK refinery into a low-carbon one, […]
Archive: October 2026
Tetsuo & AgenC, The Super Intelligent Beauty
The Man Who Builds Ghosts in the Machine You know you are BIG and doing something right when the richest man in the world, @elonmusk tweets out your work on X. In what seems to be the start of Tetsuo’s journey, it is only the start of his AI/SI character, The Super Intelligent Beauty. In […]
TNC, The Nuclear Company Wants to Build America’s Next Reactors Like China Does — And They Just Named the First Site
Founders and Team: Serial Operators, Not Nuclear Lifers The Nuclear Company is a young, ambitious developer trying to force America to build large reactors the way China does: same design, repeated at scale, with better project management and software on top. Founded in 2023 and emerged from stealth in 2024, it styles itself “America’s nuclear […]
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Honeywell Technologies: The Conglomerate That Finally Picked a Lane (Sort Of)
Honeywell has spent decades as the industrial equivalent of that relative who shows up to every family event with a different hobby. Aerospace one minute, thermostats the next, chemicals after that, then some warehouse robots for good measure. In 2026, the company finally did something decisive: it spun off its aerospace business into Honeywell Aerospace […]
Anthropic’s Race to the Top: Genius Play to Claim the Moral High Ground While Chasing a $2 Trillion IPO
Dario Amodei just dropped another polished defense of Anthropic’s strategy, and Business Insider dutifully amplified the money quote: “Our strategy has always been what I’ve called the ‘race to the top’ — by showing how it’s possible to build the technology responsibly, we can raise the bar for the entire industry.” @DarioAmodei on X. It […]
Grok picks TOP TEN OVERALL, AI/SI, War & Energy
OVERALL TOP TEN – October 15, 2026: “NASDAQ:NVDA” ≈ 80–150% (base cases often ~60–120%; some bull scenarios 2–3x+)“NASDAQ:AMD” ≈ 150–300% (higher-growth models cite ~200–300%+ potential)“NYSE:VRT” ≈ 50–100% (revenue/EPS growth 20%+ CAGR supports mid-double-digit annualized returns)“NASDAQ:MELI” ≈ 150–400% (some mid-case models show 200–400%+ over ~4–5 years)“NYSE:TSM” ≈ 70–120% (strong capacity/AI-driven growth, […]
Terafab Texas at Gibbons Creek, Grimes County: SpaceX, Tesla: The Push for Massive AI Chip Production
Terafab is a planned vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing complex led primarily by SpaceX (with Tesla and xAI involvement) at the former Gibbons Creek, near Navasota coal-fired power plant site and surrounding lands in Grimes County, Texas. The production facility is designed as the high-volume manufacturing counterpart to a smaller research and development (R&D) pilot fab […]
Howmet Aerospace Turned Precision Metal Into Precision Wealth – From “meh” to “holy crap” . . .
If you’ve ever looked at a jet engine and thought, “Someone’s making a killing off those little blades that don’t melt,” congratulations—you’ve identified Howmet Aerospace (NYSE: HWM). HWM is the company that takes exotic metals, tortures them into shapes that survive hellish temperatures and stresses, and sells the results to the people who actually build […]
Exxon Mobil – The Adult in the Room
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) is the adult in the room when the world still needs energy, chemicals, and returns — not vibes. While certain corners of the internet treat oil companies like cartoon villains in a morality play, XOM keeps doing the unglamorous work of powering planes, plastics, fertilizers, medicines, and the entire modern supply chain […]