Just a reminder about the associate dangers of buying cheap tat from Amazon, Ebay or a myriad of online ‘stores’ where bugger all attention is paid to certification (beyond forging a kite mark) and who will take no responsibility for the goods that they have sold.

More than half of the chargers failed electricity safety checks conducted by Which (a UK consumer protection group).

#Safety #CaveatEmptor #Counterfeit

HOLD UP on that SpaceX IPO Roadshow please! Sobering read on SpaceX's proposed IPO.

BUYER BEWARE! Consider these facts as presented in the PROF G MEDIA Newsletter.

According to SpaceX promoters ...

- The company’s total addressable market (TAM) is the size of the entire U.S. economy — $28 trillion. WHAT!?!?!

- That includes an estimated $22.7 trillion in revenue from enterprise applications >>> fully 30x larger than the ENTIRE EXISTING enterprise software MARKET. WHATx2!?!?!

- Assumes that EVERY SINGLE household in the world will start using Starlink for WiFi. WHATx3 - GOOD LUCK THERE!?!?!?

- SpaceX posted a loss of $4.94B on revenue of $18.7B in 2025, after posting a profit of $791M in 2024. https://www.profgmedia.com/p/spacex-ipo-why-the-2-trillion-valuation #SpaceX #IPO #ProfGMedia #Investing #BuyerBeware #Valuation #Stocks #StockMarket #StarLink #xAI #CaveatEmptor #IPORoadShow #Space

@benlockwood
He also claims not to be a liar. ( #CaveatEmptor )
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Horse urine perfume: Why online bargains may be dangerous

Experts warn of hidden risk of counterfeits, while the government consults on stricter product safety rules.

So rich and/or idiots are upset that they invested venture capital *check notes* in a business run by a corrupt criminal family in hope of either sucking up or being part of the graftee circle are now upset they are getting ripped of by that aforementioned crime family who’s entire empire was built on this type of theft? #trump #crypto #caveatemptor

https://apple.news/A6Z0TXVCHR2q6y1_KB7xaZw

Trump Family Crypto Project Rocked by Raging Investor Revolt — The Daily Beast

One of World Liberty Financial’s biggest investors accused the company of “treating the crypto community as a personal ATM.”

Another Dem "traitor" candidate:🚨Bill Forbes confirmed to CNN that he attended a leadership training in Jan he said was sponsored by “the Nebraska GOP.”

To oppose Forbes,⚡another candidate, C Burbank, also filed at the last minute on the Dem primary ticket but has had her candidacy challenged... she sued & now is back on the ballot *said if she wins the primary she'll drop out & support Dan Osborn, the indep backed by the state Dem Party.
#Elections #CaveatEmptor #USPol
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/politics/nebraska-senate-trump-pastor

The Trump-voting pastor Democrats think could cost them a chance at a Nebraska Senate seat

In Nebraska’s Senate race, a Trump-supporting, anti-abortion pastor is running as a Democrat. The state’s Democratic Party — which is backing an independent candidate — says he’s a Republican plant. And another Democratic primary candidate says she’s running just to stop him.

CNN

The 2017 BCNDP platform said to maximize BC's current hydro infrastructure, but which didn't explicitly say to end #SiteC, which they completed. Chagrin x1000. #caveatemptor #readthefineprint

Watch the #bcgreens membership grow, starting late next week...and even bigger if an ecosocialist doesn't win the federal NDP leadership.

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #antifascist #elbowsup #bcpoli #vancouver #burnabybc #canlab #bcgreens #bcndp

RE: https://newsie.social/@RupertCocke/116096601080616131

A lovely primer on the how-to and yin/yang of A.I. training, and how gullible/vulnerable it is, compared to pre-AI iterations of Google etc. It's learning. On us. Probably whistling while we work...

#AI. #media #ChatGPT #CaveatEmptor