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Joined up thinking
Strive Asset Management + some Discord servers = “Berkshire Hathaway of Bitcoin”?
RIP George Wendt; Bluesky; safe assets; LinkedIn magic
He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it
Ipsos facto
How then shall we live?
Someone alert WallStreetBets
Demonology; Cruise & McQuarrie; US trade deficit; AI slop snafu; oncology 101
It’s not just a lifer issue
Struggling club risks ending up nearly a yard offside
‘We are pulling apart our own regulatory foundation — block by block, case by case, and rule by rule’
Food criticism; deal criticism, photography criticism; Alexander the Great criticism; and mirror image criticism
It’s just, like, their opinion man
T+1 delivery
Woke Marxist Moody’s
Napoleon’s sabre; onlineness; papal taxes; GENIUS; mainstream macro
How to move funds and influence people
What a one-notch cut means for the market, the banks, and the White House
Ex-trividend
Helena Bonham Charter
Ireland; fiscal deficits; creative destruction; border control; mobility; blood testing; AI; and tipping
Ugly QT needs a rethink — fast
Dodgy lawyer; dodgy Davos man; AI in education; student loans; pedicabs; pop culture; multi-level marketing; and Slam
RDARR is no laughing matter
Goldman grasps the long, spiky tail of the gilts crisis