u/Actawesome

I'm a regarded security guard who makes 18.50 an hour, so hear me out.

Trump is in China meeting Xi, and he brought a bunch of the boiz with him. Apple, Tesla, Nvidia, Boeing, BlackRock, etc.

But the one outlier??? Illumina. $ILMN.

A gene sequencing company with a market cap that looks hilariously tiny next to basically everyone else in that group. Unless I’m missing someone, ILMN looks like the smallest public-company name in the delegation by a mile.

So why the hell is Illumina’s CEO there?

China asked, begged, and pleaded. and Trump was forced to put very minor celebrity "good guy lex luthor" (their CEO Jacob Thaysen, who you can see below) on the plane.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Vz96AX22Pt8

My idea is basically: In 2015, Illumina got put on China’s Unreliable Entities List. China later eased the outright equipment ban, but ILMN is still stuck on the list, and sales there are still a major unresolved problem for the company.

Now suddenly the CEO is in the room during a Trump/Xi summit where U.S. companies are clearly trying to get China business wins.

Illumina’s official comment was basically corporate-speak about being “honored” to join and “shape the future of precision medicine,” but come on. They are the only life sciences/medtech CEO in the delegation while Big Pharma is nowhere to be found.

Could China have wanted Illumina at the table because removing them from the UEL, or giving them some kind of China relief, could be part of the summit/trade package.

If true $ILMN could absolutely fucking soar.

Why is the CEO of a relatively small gene sequencing company sitting with Trump’s CEO Avengers squad in China right now.

Because Illumina’s China issue is on the menu. They requested them.

Positions: ILMN 160 weeklies, gonna load up on June calls and 2027 leaps tomorrow (I only have $700 invested in this because I'm poor LOL)

https://preview.redd.it/i7z0hndnsfxg1.png?width=520&format=png&auto=webp&s=5d8eb5326ef07681817927aaa7da193417de91b7

Like the title says, I'm sharing a site I made that roasts you and gives a snobbiness rating based off your MAL scores/patterns, along with a shareable report card.

some random examples: https://imgur.com/a/k6D4uA4

The site is https://aniroaster.com/

I built it in the style of a cute old AIM chat, because as a 2000s kid, that's what gives me the most nostalgia. :)

It's a passion project that made me and my friends laugh, and is completely free for the moment, unless I happen to run out of server costs.

I really really hope this doesn't come off as "AI slop," because the bots responses are based off my own actual human writing (along with a mix of static things I have it say), rules, design, and there's no AI art on the site. I also spent a lot of time on it lol.

Finally, there's still a lot of features I want to add like anilist API support (I'm aware how ironic this is, given how snobby the bot is made to be), different conversation topics, comparing friends list, ect.

Things may not be perfect, so if you run into errors, lmk. :)

Looking for thoughts, criticism, ect. :)

(and yes, my friend really did have 7 10/10 HxH entries, including the pilot and movies LOL)

edit: Just put out a quick fix with some new (minor) rules, and an API queue, that I really hope works and fixes this issue.

edit: trying a higher reasoning underlying api that costs about 10x more to cut down on hallucinations.

edit: API issues fixed for now! I added in a queue. I'm heading home from work, but after my API balance goes to zero, the bot might be down for a bit.

edit: The site will stay free - but if you're enjoying this and want to help keep Pyomo's (actually named after my partner) lights on, there's a ko-fi on the page. Never necessary. Mostly, I just want something fun, which is why I made it. The main site will always be free, but I'd like to include some extra things. Honestly, the first priority now is getting Pyomo an actual model I commission.

edit: to whoever randomly threw $5, thank you. This is totally free, but I'm going to put it right back into API costs.

**edit: Thank you!!!! So much!!!! To everyone!!! Who tried out the beta!!! Pyomo's daily budget is down, but she'll be up tomorrow again at 5pm PST to anyone who missed her, barring no extra API donations come in.** was an exciting day for me, so now I'm going to play slay the spire :]

another edit: someone just donated another $5, so I added $6. It will go off during the night when I'm trying to sleep probably, so don't donate to the ko-fi if you're expecting it to just turn on randomly. But I'll check when I wake up! (or after my necrobinder sts2 run)

EDIT: It's a new day! At 5pm PST just renewed credits on Pyomo-chan, with a huge update to her codebase. Hope nothing broke.

EDIT: Just uploaded a completely new Pyomo chan! That I hope is a lot more intelligent!!! Also new design on main page.

$ILMN may be one of the strangest Trump–Xi summit trades hiding in plain sight