Maine Senate race implodes, Meta threads rival Musk’s X, and Trump’s phone arrives0

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• July 13, 2026

in this episode of mysterious valleyOur hosts look at Threads as it recently hit 500 million monthly users, putting it on par with X, but is it really competing or just filling a different niche? Meanwhile, reviews have been coming in for the Trump-branded T1 phone in recent weeks as it finally started shipping after