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Time of India
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Ethan Klein wants to sue popular streamer SeanDaBlack over 'gender equality'; fans call him a racist
(Image via Instagram/@SeanDaBlack & @Ethan Klein) On June 26, 2025, YouTuber Ethan Klein revealed via Instagram that he's adding Twitch streamer Sean 'SeanDaBlack' Wiggs to his ongoing copyright lawsuits. The announcement — framed as a move toward 'gender equality' — has sent the internet into meltdown, with fans and critics accusing Klein of being both misogynistic and racist . Here's the full drama unpacked. Ethan Klein's 'Gender Equality' Lawsuit Move On June 26, 2025, Ethan Klein posted a cryptic but clear Instagram Story: '...You are all correct, it's not been fair. That's why I've decided to add SeanDaBlack to the lawsuits, for gender equality..." This comes after Klein filed copyright lawsuits against Twitch streamers Denims, Frogan, and Kaceytron—all women. The backlash was instant. Many accused him of misogyny. His 'solution'? Suing a Black man, apparently to balance the gender scale. Ethan sues SeanDaBlack Sean, who's associated with HasanAbi, is no stranger to Klein's critics. But this latest legal addition stunned even the most seasoned drama-watchers. He even gave a shoutout to Sean's 'snarker friends' — a not-so-subtle jab at Reddit communities like r/h3snark and r/LeftoversH3, who frequently roast Klein and his H3 Podcast. Internet's Verdict: 'This Feels Racist' Almost immediately, Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) users slammed Klein's latest legal move. The main accusation? That he's masking racial bias under the guise of equality. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Unglaublich: Der Rechner zeigt sofort den Wert Ihres Hauses an Hauswert Undo 'Creepy Klein adds black man to his list of victims for equality's sake (while on vacation).' one Redditor wrote. Another bluntly called him both: 'That's right, you're a misogynist and a racist. We already knew.' The fact that this all went down while Klein was vacationing with his wife, Hila, didn't help the optics. As one user sarcastically put it: 'How out of touch do you need to be to be on vacation, on your 40th birthday, with your wife and kids, thinking 'hmmmmm, who am I going to sue today!''' Patterns, Power, and Platform Drama A recurring criticism is that Klein tends to go after smaller creators. particularly women and people of color, instead of high-profile names like xQc or Asmongold, who've also reacted to his content. 'Never beating the allegations. Just going after women and POCs,' one comment read. 'Why not sue xQc? Too big to bully?' another added. SeanDaBlack Reacts: 'tf?' Sean's initial response was short and confused — literally just: 'tf' He previously mocked Klein in a livestream, mimicking his tone while calling him out for allegedly weaponizing his massive audience: '(Mimicking Klein) 'I mobilize my multi-million follower audience against smaller creators and cheer it on…'' Sean also accused Klein of never owning up to past racist behavior, claiming the apology was more like: ''I used to be racist... but honestly, I've not changed at all.'' So… What Now? This latest lawsuit has turned an already chaotic legal battle into something much bigger — one that's no longer just about copyright claims, but now includes race, power dynamics, and internet ethics. With both creators digging in their heels and Reddit on fire, this drama's just getting started. One thing's for sure: no one's walking away from this unscathed — not even Ethan Klein. Stay tuned, because the court of public opinion is just heating up. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
West Australian
a day ago
- Business
- West Australian
Raymond Da Silva Rosa: Housing affordability forcing Blacks out of Liberal States
A recent New York Times report that 'housing affordability and quality of life concerns are pushing longtime Black New Yorkers out of the city' exemplifies a startling reality in the US. Liberal US cities and States such as New York and California, which are most likely to support causes such as Black Lives Matter, are also those with declining Black populations. The decline is because Blacks are leaving for 'red States'; Republican party dominated Trump strongholds, where housing is more affordable, and they can have a higher standard of living. Equally surprising is economist Noah Smith's report that fervently Trump-supporting red State Texas, an oil-producing State with a conservative culture, has built more solar energy capacity than liberal California, a deep blue State. Two recent books, Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson and We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of New Elite by sociologist Musa Al-Gharbi, provide much the same explanation as to how the surprising development came about: in essence, many well educated and well off US citizens are liberal in principle but self-interested in practice. Here's Al-Gharbi's take on the housing crisis: 'Although relatively affluent, highly educated white liberals are among the strongest proponents of affordable housing in principle, they often adopt a 'not in my backyard' position with regard to their own communities. Studies have consistently found that as cities trend increasingly left, denizens tend to choke off new housing development'. Here's Klein and Thompson's analysis of the same issue: 'Liberals might detest the language that Trump and Vance use to demonise immigrants. But blue America practices its own version of scarcity politics. Zoning regulations in liberal States and cities that restrict housing supply have increased costs far more than the recent influx of immigrants'. As for solar energy, long and expensive delays in getting through regulatory roadblocks designed to protect local interests are a principal reason California has fallen behind Texas in installing mega solar energy projects. The US's intense culture war between liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans has no Australian equivalent but it is striking that just about all the many and varied problems described by Klein, Thompson and Al-Gharbi are familiar to us in Australia, including most prominently, the housing affordability crisis. It's not a stretch to appreciate the issues have arisen for the same reason: our unwillingness to acknowledge and accept necessary trade offs in making policies, that is, wanting to have our cake and eat it too. Reading Abundance can feel like receiving friendly fire if you lean left because it's obvious both Klein and Thompson are blue State liberals who wish to salvage the brand. In contrast, We Have Never Been Woke comes across as distinctly unfriendly and precisely targeted artillery. This narrative overlooks the role of liberal policies in creating his popularity. Klein and Thompson report that 'in the 2024 election, Donald Trump won by shifting almost every part of America to the right. But the signal Democrats should fear most is that the shift was largest in blue States and blue cities — the places where voters were most exposed to the day-to-day realities of liberal governance'. My guess is that it would be good in the present circumstance for those of us on the left to bear in mind the excellent advice when one is in a bad relationship: you can't change other people, you can only change yourself. The 'good news' in both books mentioned is that there seems to be a lot of scope for us to change for the better. Winthrop Professor Raymond Da Silva Rosa is an expert in finance from The University of Western Australia's Business School.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Nitrogen Founder Aaron Klein Launches Meeting OS for Advisors
You can find original article here Wealthmanagement. Subscribe to our free daily Wealthmanagement newsletter. Aaron Klein, the former CEO and co-founder of Nitrogen, has returned to the wealthtech space with the launch of Contio, an operating system for meetings. Klein raised $5.5 million to get operations off the ground via his own capital as well as investors, including Orion founder and former CEO Eric Clarke, Redtail founder Brian McLaughlin, AdvicePeriod founder and Principal Steve Lockshin, Allworth Founding Principal and Vice Chair Scott Hanson, Edelman founder Ric Edelman, former wealth management executive Barnaby Grist, Pontera CEO Yoav Zurel, Riskalyze co-founder Mike McDaniel, Former Chairman of the Board at Riskalyze Andy Swan and Capital Eleven Ventures. Contio is currently in beta and will launch fully in the fall with three verticals. In addition to financial advisors, the meeting OS will also be marketed to talent recruiters and software engineers. Edelman, Lockshin, Clarke and McLaughlin have also joined an advisory council for the meeting OS for advisors. Klein previously co-founded Nitrogen in 2011 and stepped down from his role as CEO in November 2023. Klein said the idea for Contio was born about seven years ago, when he was still running Riskalyze and spending some 70% of his time in meetings—a process he found to be quite inefficient. 'I went back and looked at my old calendars, and it added up to over 37,000 meetings over the course of 12 1/2 years,' he said. 'There just has to be a better way than your agenda being over here and your notes being over there and your documents being spread around everywhere.' Since then, we've seen the rise of AI meeting note takers, including several specifically designed for the financial advisor market. 'I just think that those products really kind of have it all wrong,' Klein said. 'They do nothing to actually improve the meeting. They just record the misery, and then they send us emails about it. To me, what's really, really meaningful is, how do you actually help people become elite meeting strategists? How do you help them get way better at running snappier meetings, smarter meetings and more action-packed meetings? Because then, the notes that come out of that are actually much more actionable and useful.' Klein said his technology goes beyond the existing tools, focusing on the preparation involved before a meeting. 'We're really starting at the end front-end of the problem, thinking about how to shape the meeting, plan the meeting, use AI to give people their game plan for the meeting,' Klein said. That preparation is a lot of work; it can take three times the amount of time you have scheduled for the meeting. 'We're building AI that's going to do 95% of that work for you, so that we can kill broken meetings entirely off your calendar,' he said. Klein has built a team of 10 people, including AI engineers and data science experts, all in Boise, Idaho. The meeting OS will snap into an advisor's calendar and work with video call platforms Zoom, Google Meet and Teams. It also works for in-person meetings. In addition to using the system externally with clients and prospects, advisory firms can also use it for internal meetings with team members. 'That's where a lot of the intelligence that can feed into those external meetings can come from,' Klein said. Contio will integrate broadly with an advisor's tech stack. It will focus initially on integrating with risk/analytics, financial planning, performance reporting and CRM systems. They've also built a secure AI architecture that doesn't ship data out to third-party AI services. 'We keep all the data for our clients in our secure cloud environment, and there's really not the risk that a lot of these other applications pose where they ship data across the wire to third party AI services on their APIs,' Klein said. Contio does leverage many of the artificial intelligence models available, such as the Llama models from Meta, the DeepSeek 1776 model, and different open-source models for specific jobs, like speech-to-text and summarization. Klein said the company hasn't yet finalized the pricing for the technology. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CNBC
3 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
The bull case for small caps and chipmakers set to benefit from more defense spending
(This is a wrap-up of the key money moving discussions on CNBC's "Worldwide Exchange" exclusive for PRO subscribers. Worldwide Exchange airs at 5 a.m. ET each day.) Investors are looking for opportunities in gold as well as chip stocks to play the expected increase in global defense spending. Worldwide Exchange pick: Barrick Mining Gina Sanchez of Chantico Global sees Barrick Mining having more upside despite a recent pull back in gold prices. She added that it has an attractive valuation, trading at approximately 10.5 times forward earnings. "The demand for gold will likely continue [and] a proxy for that in the equity space is a miner like Barrick Mining," said Sanchez. "It is very well priced, while the rest of the S & P 500 is not. If you think about where we are with tariffs, margins are not exactly back to normal. … Any hit to commodity prices is going to be tough to pass through, you are going to have equities get hit and valuations come under pressure. So I think a cheaper part of the market is going to become more attractive later in the year." Barrack Mining has a dividend of nearly 2% The bull technical case for small caps Craig Johnson of Piper Sandler sees a potential 16% upside for small caps based on the technical moves in the Russell 2000 . "It has made what I would define as a pretty impressive inverted 'head and shoulders' bottom," said Johnson. The Russell 2000 is trading above its 100-day moving average and just below its 200-day moving average. Semiconductors and defense Jordan Klein of Mizuho said typically the defense sector is not a significant source of revenue, but there are a number of names that could benefit from increased spending in Europe and the potential for more spending in the U.S. "One in the analog space is Analog Devices that gets decent revenue from defense," said Klein. "Another name that is diversified is Macom , their defense business is growing very rapidly." Klein said his top picks in the semiconductor space are what he calls "The Three Horsemen:" Taiwan Semiconductor , Broadcom and Nvidia .
Chicago Tribune
3 days ago
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Portage High School ballfields could get names to honor coaches
Portage High School's football field and baseball diamond could be getting new names to honor longtime coaches. Frank Hobart asked the Portage Township School Board on Monday to rename the football field Les Klein Field. It was good timing. School Board President Andy Maletta had sent a message to Superintendent Amanda Alaniz a week prior suggesting it would mean a lot to rename that field for Klein while he's still alive. 'I think it would be a great honor for him,' Maletta said, along with others who attended PHS during Klein's tenure. Hobart, a member of the coaching staff and faculty and Portage, attended Michigan City's Elston High School, playing Portage teams twice. He called them tough and fair. 'You knew you were in for a battle,' he said. 'Go Big Red' on the football field represents the school color, but honoring Klein would be better, Hobart said. The ceremony could happen when Portage faces Hobart High School's Brickies, 'a longtime nemesis, longtime rival,' he said. PHS Indians from the past would want to attend. 'Hollywood, right, makes movies about this stuff,' Hobart said. In July, Alaniz said, she planned to ask the board to consider not only renaming the football field for Klein but also the baseball diamond for longtime coach Larry Casbon. In other business Monday, the School Board kept prices intact for adult meals at the district's schools. Breakfast will remain $2.85 and lunch $5. 'The increase is usually minor,' board Vice President Wilma Vazquez said, but she's pleased to see it unchanged. The school calendar for next year was tweaked, too, to move a scheduled day off to April 3 instead of April 17. 'Moving forward, it will always be whatever day Good Friday falls on,' Alaniz said. The board also made tweaks to the student/parent handbook. Vazquez asked about the grace period for parents to provide proof of residence. They have 45 days to provide those documents, Alaniz said, and get a 15-day notice when time is running short. Alananiz praised school secretaries, who 'play a very big role in helping us track that down.' The board also approved three of four new contracts for support personnel. The transportation workers are still negotiating terms of their contract. Food service workers gain a $100 clothing allowance to buy nonslip shoes, and custodians can get paid time off in hourly increments so they don't need to take an entire day off for issues like doctor appointments, Alaniz said. Support staff who serve as substitute teachers will get $25 for a half day and $50 for a full day. If they are posted outside to supervise students, either boarding or getting off a bus or overseeing recess, they will get $100 for weather gear. 'You are an integral part of the school system,' Maletta said. 'Without these groups, we cannot function,' Vazquez said. 'Our children would not be able to get the education they need.' Alaniz thanked the United Steelworkers teams who have been working since January on these contracts for negotiating in good faith. 'I want to encourage them to relax and recharge,' she said.
