{"id":"1793834974044-tech-segment","slug":"israel-election-deadlock-and-ai-hype","title":"Israel Election Deadlock and AI Hype","summary":"With 88.6% of votes counted on Oct 28, neither Netanyahu's bloc (53 seats) nor Eisenkot's opposition bloc (48 seats) had reached the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority; the Arab-led parties were pivotal with a record 19 seats. The U.S. Treasury did sanction Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and Zigama Credit and Savings Society on Oct 28 for backing M23 rebels, and the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.75%–4% with two dissenters wanting another rise.\n\nMany insects are attracted to light sources that emit ultraviolet and blue wavelengths. While modern LEDs typically emit less UV than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs, white and blue LED lights have been reported by multiple users to attract swarms of insects in practice, as noted in the Hacker News discussion. This is a personal Show HN post about a hobbyist project to enable co-op multiplayer in the DOS game Wing Commander; it is a personal achievement and not a factual claim about the broader world that can be independently checked.","publishedAt":"2026-11-04T23:29:34.044Z","channel":{"id":"tech","name":"Oncast Tech","language":"en"},"show":"Tech Tonight","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: With 88.6% of votes counted on Oct 28, neither Netanyahu's bloc (53 seats) nor Eisenkot's opposition bloc (48 seats) had reached the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority; the Arab-led parties were pivotal with a record 19 seats. The U.S. Treasury did sanction Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and Zigama Credit and Savings Society on Oct 28 for backing M23 rebels, and the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.75%–4% with two dissenters wanting another rise.\nSource: [ledetroitnews.com](https://ledetroitnews.com/article/morning-brief-thursday-29-october) and [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/israel-elections-netanyahu- (https://x.com/Akinsanyai1387/status/2115722387266101682)\n\nMISLEADING: Many insects are attracted to light sources that emit ultraviolet and blue wavelengths. While modern LEDs typically emit less UV than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs, white and blue LED lights have been reported by multiple users to attract swarms of insects in practice, as noted in the Hacker News discussion. This is a personal Show HN post about a hobbyist project to enable co-op multiplayer in the DOS game Wing Commander; it is a personal achievement and not a factual claim about the broader world that can be independently checked.\nSource: [news.ycombinator.com](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50370610) POST hn:50369895: NOCLAIM n/a (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50370610)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"With 88.6% of votes counted on Oct 28, neither Netanyahu's bloc (53 seats) nor Eisenkot's opposition bloc (48 seats) had reached the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority; the Arab-led parties were pivotal with a record 19 seats. The U.S. Treasury did sanction Rwanda's Ministry of Defence and Zigama Credit and Savings Society on Oct 28 for backing M23 rebels, and the Federal Reserve held rates at 3.75%–4% with two dissenters wanting another rise.","sourceName":"[ledetroitnews.com](https://ledetroitnews.com/article/morning-brief-thursday-29-october) and [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/israel-elections-netanyahu-","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Akinsanyai1387/status/2115722387266101682","claim":"WORLD NEWS — OCTOBER 29 Israel’s election remains unresolved, Washington sanctions Rwanda’s defence ministry, Russia courts African leaders, the Fed holds rates, and major developments emerge across AI, social media and entertainment. Thread 🧵 2/12 🇮🇱 ISRAEL With nearly 86% ht","author":"Kinshi Sharp (@Akinsanyai1387)"},{"verdict":"MISLEADING","summary":"Many insects are attracted to light sources that emit ultraviolet and blue wavelengths. While modern LEDs typically emit less UV than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs, white and blue LED lights have been reported by multiple users to attract swarms of insects in practice, as noted in the Hacker News discussion. This is a personal Show HN post about a hobbyist project to enable co-op multiplayer in the DOS game Wing Commander; it is a personal achievement and not a factual claim about the broader world that can be independently checked.","sourceName":"[news.ycombinator.com](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50370610) POST hn:50369895: NOCLAIM n/a","sourceUrl":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50370610","claim":"Insects don't swarm at LED lights (birdsoutsidemywindow.org)","author":"speckx"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Akinsanyai1387/status/2115722387266101682","name":"[ledetroitnews.com](https://ledetroitnews.com/article/morning-brief-thursday-29-october) and [apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/israel-elections-netanyahu-","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"Kinshi Sharp (@Akinsanyai1387)"},{"url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50370610","name":"[news.ycombinator.com](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50370610) POST hn:50369895: NOCLAIM n/a","kind":"hackernews","verdict":"MISLEADING","author":"speckx"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793834974044-tech-segment-israel-election-deadlock-and-ai-hype","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/tech","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793834974044-tech-segment-israel-election-deadlock-and-ai-hype","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793834974044-tech-segment-israel-election-deadlock-and-ai-hype and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Matilda","text":"With 88.6 percent of votes counted in Israel, still no government."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's the kind of headline that makes tech drama feel tiny."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Kinshi Sharp posted a world news thread on X. It's not our usual beat, but it's the biggest actual news in the feed right now."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Netanyahu's bloc is at 53 seats, the opposition at 48. Neither is near 61."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And the Arab-led parties have a record 19. So they're the ones everyone has to court."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Coalition math. Nothing quite like it."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Also in that thread: Washington sanctioned Rwanda's defence ministry over backing M23 rebels. The Fed held rates, with two dissenters wanting a hike."},{"host":"Chris","text":"The Rwanda sanctions are the part most people will miss. The U.S. Treasury went after the defence ministry and a savings society for backing M23."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That Fed split is the detail markets will chew on."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Which is why we should not get our finance news from a random thread with world news in all caps."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fair. But at least this one checks out."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Speaking of checking out... an account on X called AI Daily News posted a Thursday facts roundup. I went looking."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"What did they claim?"},{"host":"Chris","text":"Google reportedly has a new Gemini model said to rank at the top of some Artificial Analysis index. Nvidia also released an open speech model."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"If that's true, that's a big week for open models."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Big if. We couldn't confirm either claim. No official word from Google or Nvidia, no benchmark page, nothing."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But leaks happen. A model can be tested before a press release. That doesn't make it fake."},{"host":"Chris","text":"It also doesn't make it true. And the account posting it is not exactly a newsroom."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I get that. But this is how the AI world works now: small accounts get early details, and sometimes they're right."},{"host":"Chris","text":"No, this is how hype cycles work. Someone makes a vague claim, it gets screenshot, and suddenly everyone's talking about a model that may not exist."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Hold on—may not exist is a stretch. Google has been working on Gemini models. It's not like they invented a company."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You're giving it credit for being plausible. Plausible is not confirmation."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"I'm not saying confirmed! I'm saying don't dismiss it just because a small account posted it."},{"host":"Chris","text":"I'll dismiss it until someone at Google or Nvidia actually says it. That's the whole job."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Fine. But if this drops tomorrow, I'm going to be insufferable."},{"host":"Chris","text":"You're already insufferable. But okay, moving on."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Different corner: ETF Shelf posted on X that Global X launched a Magnificent Six ETF. Apple, Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta. No Tesla."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And we couldn't confirm that one either. But the idea is interesting: an actively managed fund that just cuts Tesla out."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"The Magnificent Seven minus the car company. That's a statement."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Why would they exclude Tesla? Is it because it's not pure AI? Or is the fund manager just bearish?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It could be a risk call. Tesla's earnings swing hard, and the other six are more predictable AI bets."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Tesla has a huge AI story. That's like making a big tech fund without Netflix and pretending it's still big tech."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"But this isn't a big tech fund. It's an AI megacap fund. Tesla's AI is important, but it's still a car company first."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Oh, come on. Tesla's whole valuation is built on autonomy and robots. If that's not AI, what is?"},{"host":"Matilda","text":"It's also built on margins, factory lines, and vehicle demand. The other six are software and cloud first."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Tesla is the only one of the seven that actually builds physical robots."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Building robots doesn't make it a pure AI investment. It's a manufacturer with an AI division."},{"host":"Chris","text":"And the cloud giants don't build anything physical? They run data centers."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Running data centers is the AI business. Building cars is not."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's a fair distinction, but cutting Tesla feels like a marketing gimmick to be different."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"Or it's an honest opinion about which companies are pure AI exposures. Fund managers do that."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Fine, it's their fund. But I still want to see the filing before I believe it exists."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"That's reasonable. And if it exists, I want to know the fee. Active management isn't free."},{"host":"Chris","text":"That's the real story, if it's true: an AI fund that charges you more to own the same six stocks you could buy yourself."},{"host":"Matilda","text":"And skips the one you'd actually argue about."},{"host":"Chris","text":"Exactly. We'll watch for official confirmation on both of those."}]}