I’m done with @AmericanExpress platinum card. It was worth $900 a year when you could get into lounges with it. There was some exclusivity. Now every low class reject gets in. An hour waitlist and then when you finally get in, it’s people on speakerphone, screaming, acting like it’s a Carnival cruise. Amex has been enshittified. I’ll save my 895 bucks a year.

BREAKING: Jared Kushner’s hacked iPhone revealed that Kushner promised MBS and MBZ he would push their agenda with Trump if they participated in a secret fund, with the two royals initially discussing over $10 billion before ultimately placing at least $2 billion into accounts for him, according to a Vanity Fair excerpt from Princes and Thieves. The revelation lands as Kushner remains deeply involved in Iran war diplomacy, while Tehran has separately accused him and Steve Witkoff of pocketing $9 billion through market manipulation.

Why do they keep telling us to "prepare"

🚨NEW: The Online Safety Act has been a failure, according to a new report from Ofcom. Ofcom have found "no significant change" in children encountering harmful content since the law came into effect last July. This is despite the signifigant threats to free speech and privacy.

SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios. The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios. Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said. Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior. Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…

Breaking : SIM Binding will be Operational from 1st of January #WhatsApp and Telegram Messenger will require a Physical Sim to operate. #Apple has made necessary changes in its iOS to support Sim binding A software patch was released in September to detect the absence of a Sim card in the iPhone. Snapchat not required to follow Sim binding rules. Signal App has not responded to govt notices on Sim Binding rules. Details Here.

Supposedly more oil is leaving the Gulf now than before the war. Brent is ~$109. If really flush, the price would show it. Instead the price is finally catching up to reality, after what feels like months of active suppression. xitter.cf/DropSiteNews/status/21…

DUTCH DIGITAL ID SYSTEM DIGID TAKEN OFFLINE OVER CRITICAL PHP FLAW The Netherlands DigiD platform — the national login system millions of citizens use for taxes, healthcare, benefits, and other government services — has been pulled offline as a precaution ahead of today’s emergency PHP patches. Also offline right now: • Tweede Kamer (Dutch parliament website) • NCSC. (the country’s own National Cyber Security Centre) • MijnOverheid and parts of local government publishing systems (NotuBiz) All of this is happening because of two unpatched remote-code-execution bugs in PHP (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, both rated 9.2). The official fix is scheduled for 14:00 UTC / 10:00 AM EDT today. Early attack attempts have already been reported. If a country’s main digital identity system and its cyber agency both go dark over one programming language bug, how many other high-value targets are still exposed right now?

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to announce crackdown on crypto scams targeting Americans.

URA acquires biometric scanners to fast-track TIN-to-NIN transition links.monitor.co.ug/B17Ite #MonitorUpdates

1863: Lincoln signs the law that creates the OCC. 2026: the same OCC finalizes the rules for stablecoins. The GENIUS Act takes effect Jan 18, 2027. $RLUSD, the cash leg for RWAs on the $XRP Ledger, is already live. Trensik.com

⭕️ NEW: Middle East oil exports appear to have surpassed prewar levels despite escalating attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Kpler data cited by the Wall Street Journal. Regional oil shipments averaged more than 24 million barrels per day in the week through October 18, compared with 23.3 million before the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran began in February. The report said the recovery has been made possible by the improvised shipping system, including tanker-to-tanker transfers in the Gulf of Oman, and expanded use of Saudi and Emirati pipelines bypassing Hormuz. The Kpler chart below tracks Gulf and Gulf of Oman exports, excluding Red Sea shipments. Its latest 14 days of data remain subject to upward revision, but the seven-day average appears to have tagged 20 million barrels per day in regional exports.

🇪🇺 THE EU WILL BAN CASH PAYMENTS OVER €10,000 FROM JULY 2027 The cap comes from the EU's new anti-money-laundering rulebook and applies in all 27 member states. Countries can set even lower limits if they like. Sellers will also have to check ID on cash payments of €3,000 or more. Cash is getting harder to use without showing ID.