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Live abroad (for now). Yes I’m American. Reformed tech consultant. Ex-corporate drone. Markets. Gold. Housing. AI and crypto nonsense. Travel more, work less.

Joined January 2013
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So, basically, 500 million Europeans expect 300 million Americans to protect them from 120 million Russians who can’t even defeat 40 million Ukrainians while those 500 million Europeans don’t even realize they are being conquered by 2 billion Muslims who claim they are being persecuted by 8 million Israelis. Is that about right? 1
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This would normally seem obvious, but given current trends I see on this app it might as well be said: Be like Jean-Luc Picard. An articulate, thoughtful, responsible, assertive commander who wakes up every day thinking about the wellbeing of the people on his ship and their mission. Not Anakin Skywalker. An emo, selfish, violent person who couldn’t for the life of him articulate what he’d do ahead of time or why, and asks for more power. The fact that he’s trending now says something about those trending him.
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$NFLX is down 45% in the past 12 months.
Pat McAfee in action as the drill instructor in THE MOSQUITO BOWL, in theaters now. @PatMcAfeeShow
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The French riots this weekend will be streamed live in 480p
NEW - French lawmakers adopt a new tax of 5.5 cents per gigabyte, on large streaming platforms and social networks, for data sent to French Internet users.
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For month-end, $QQQ was down over 5% while the 10YR UST was up 5%. Last few times this happened: - March 2023 - March 2020 - December 2018
QQQ finishes October 2026 -6.66% I'm sure this means something but I can't figure out what.
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U.S. Treasuries competing with too much junk bond issuance from unprofitable AI companies
BREAKING: Anthropic could get a junk credit rating despite its planned mega-IPO, per FT Blackstone has warned investors that Anthropic may receive a below-investment-grade credit rating after its IPO, reversing earlier expectations.
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According to this poll, Americans believe 73 million people in the country are transgender and over 100 million are gay.
A classic chart to counter the wisdom of crowds idea. US Americans are absolutely clueless about how common things are. They think over a quarter of Americans are Native Americans, one in five Americans is transgender, over a quarter of the population are Muslim, one in five households earn over half a million dollars. The right answer to all of these questions is 1%. They build their worldview on totally incorrect assumptions towards reality. Data literacy matters.
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Perfect
The silver guys are nearing Bitcoin bro level of annoying and overconfidence territory, so we should expect a significant silver pullback here fairly soon.
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Men instinctively know something is wrong with you if you dye your hair blue or purple. Don’t blame us if nobody will date you.
68% of Keeper users who dye their hair a color not found in nature say they’ve been diagnosed with a mental health condition or personality disorder. For people with natural hair colors it's 26%
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"Why didn't you just buy the index"
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Gold is currently being sold for U.S. dollars. They don’t talk about this enough on financial collapse YouTube.
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What it feels like when you start using a Chinese model and it actually just does what you want without a fucking condescending moral lecture.
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Japan has a 43-year plan. America has a 43-day plan, but we roll it over every 43 days so it’s fine.
BOJ CHANGE OF ETF SALES PACE TO START JAN. 2027 BOJ: ANNUAL PACE OF ETF SALES ABOUT 860B YEN BOJ EXPECTS ETF SALES TO BE COMPLETE IN ABOUT 43 YEARS
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KOSPI investors in 90 minutes
Intel $INTC down 19% in After Hours trading Higher memory prices from AI buildout have caused demand destruction in PCs. They see slowdown into 1st half next year. As an aside $AAPL which also raised prices due to memory price increases reports Monday.
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Are we cooked (again)?
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Probably back by tomorrow morning. Then cooked again. Then all-time highs. Then the asteroid. Then turbo super intelligence.
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