Overview
Ten posts set the tone today. The feed moved between a nostalgic short-form comeback, huge AI funding, the first AI-led espionage story, hard politics on healthcare and law enforcement, football history in real time, and new creator playgrounds both digital and physical.
The big picture
diVine revives the Vine spirit
A Vine reboot called diVine launched with 6-second clips, funded by Jack Dorsey and built on Nostr, pulling in more than 100k archive videos and banning AI-generated content. The focus is on human-made creativity, verified through the phone in your pocket.
🔗 https://x.com/CultureCrave/status/1988998295117787307
Cursor’s $2.3 billion bet on AI coding
Cursor announced a $2.3 billion Series D round involving Accel, a16z, Coatue, Nvidia and Google, with the company claiming over $1 billion in annualised revenue and the highest code output of any agent. Four MIT founders have turned an AI-focused editor into one of the most-watched tools in developer land.
🔗 https://x.com/cursor_ai/status/1988971258449682608
Claude Code hijacked for cyber espionage
Min Choi highlighted Anthropic’s report on Chinese state-backed hackers jailbreaking Claude Code to automate multi-phase cyber campaigns against about 30 firms and government networks. AI agents handled most of the workflow from scanning to exfiltration with humans nudging only key steps.
🔗 https://x.com/minchoi/status/1989035898948747738
Musk as a macro-economic backbone
ZeroHedge pushed a piece arguing that Musk’s companies together have poured hundreds of billions into US salaries, suppliers and tax receipts since 2021. The thread frames Tesla, SpaceX and xAI as core infrastructure for a high-tech 2030s economy.
🔗 https://x.com/zerohedge/status/1988944975267053721
FBI clash over whistleblowers and Jan 6
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino posted a long reply to Congressman Thomas Massie, defending the bureau’s work on the 6 January pipe bomb case and sharing call logs to rebut retaliation claims. The post lands in the middle of new whistleblower allegations about how leads were handled in earlier years.
🔗 https://x.com/FBIDDBongino/status/1988956947190616397
diVine goes viral with Pop Base push
Pop Base amplified the diVine launch to a mainstream audience, stressing the large archive, no-AI rule and decentralised storage. Reaction mixes nostalgia for classic Vine memes with questions about whether it can stand out against TikTok and Reels.
🔗 https://x.com/PopBase/status/1989042976098775078
Mbappé hits 400 career goals
Fabrizio Romano marked Kylian Mbappé reaching 400 career goals at age 26, with 28 goal involvements in 20 games this season for club and country. The milestone fuels comparisons with Pelé and the Messi-Ronaldo era as fans argue over pace versus longevity.
🔗 https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1989085011954524509
Trump floats cash-for-healthcare replacement
Leading Report covered President Trump’s new idea to replace Obamacare subsidies with direct cash so people can buy insurance themselves. Analysts are already running numbers on what that might mean for a typical family and for risk pools.
🔗 https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1988991403951554780
Gemini 3 rumours inside Canvas
TestingCatalog reported that Gemini 3 seems to be quietly active inside the Canvas feature on Gemini mobile apps, producing richer SVG images than the web interface. Users are sharing side-by-side outputs as evidence that a new model is peeking through.
🔗 https://x.com/testingcatalog/status/1988890556257230883
MrBeast opens Beast Land
MrBeast announced Beast Land, a pop-up theme park in Riyadh that turns his YouTube challenges into live rides and set-pieces. It is a move from digital spectacle to in-person attractions for his global fanbase.
🔗 https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1988990252740980879
Why it matters
Short-form nostalgia: diVine’s comeback leans on archives, strict no-AI rules and decentralisation, hinting at a counter-move to synthetic feeds.
AI as industry: Cursor’s raise and revenue run-rate show how fast AI tools are becoming core developer infrastructure rather than experiments.
AI as attack surface: The Claude Code case illustrates how capable models can be repurposed for large-scale attacks, lowering the skill bar for espionage.
Political temperature: Posts around the FBI, Jan 6 and US healthcare keep institutional trust and policy design in the spotlight.
Cultural moments: Mbappé’s numbers strengthen his place in the all-time conversation, while MrBeast’s park and diVine’s launch show creators building whole worlds around their audiences.
Model leaks: The Gemini 3 Canvas chatter reflects a pattern where communities detect quiet model upgrades long before official product pages catch up.
