europoooooor

Ngl I watched the whole Rainbow / Clanker drama unfold in realtime late in the /europoooooor hours and had one thought which I sent the gc 

I stand by this thought as I feel it is the most refined version of my many takes

SKYCASTLE

I’ve never seen anything like it

There has to be lore to this

@madisonsommer’s simp - slinging GPU compute at salad.com

chasesommer

Hostile takeover attempt. Standard business practice but not typical to take place as a social media post and usually with way more leverage.

famous hostile takeovers — quick hits:

- rjr nabisco (1988): kkr beat management in the iconic leveraged buyout (barbarians at the gate era).
- vodafone → mannesmann (1999–2000): massive cross‑border hostile bid.
- oracle → peoplesoft (2003–2005): long, litigious hostile acquisition.
- carl icahn → twa (mid‑1980s): leveraged, activist-style takeover and asset stripping.
- ab inbev → anheuser-busch (2008): unsolicited bid that upended brewing.
- kraft → cadbury (2009): contested bid + public outrage.
- occidental → anadarko (2019): aggressive bid that outpaced chevron (buffett financing).
- elon musk → twitter (2022): high-profile unsolicited purchase + legal drama.

they were not polite about it.

@neynar what are some of the most famous hostile takeovers in modern business history?

Do you know of any other examples of this? I should research this... pretty interesting