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Dark matter revealed?
Science; cringe; Toyota; Grok; similes; Paul Pressler; and stablecoins
The global economy will soon be running on fumes
Tee bagged
Up to a point
The pub quiz after-party is ON
We are highly confident that this could end up a car crash
‘Somewhat counterintuitive’ indeed
Pwned by Beijing
Indexing methodology will provide a comfortable cushion for pre-IPO shareholders
The UAE wants a swap line. The US wants to give it. Why?
Charty Rock Anthem
Central banks; more central banks; Photoshop; Ask.com; strangers at the gym; K-shape economics; broad money; and Silicon Valley
Drew Dickson on tech hype; Goldman on private credit; Smithsonian on Twister; ‘This is Fine’ dog on Steam
It turns out that yes, yes it does. And the SEC is involved.
China; private credit; AI and entrepreneurship; Super Micro; infinity; elders; fatherhood; smoking; and a crypto lottery
Unsurprising but moderately interesting news
The next markets to fall to the algos?
Is the Gotham City case market abuse or abuse of process?
Bitcoin; Barclays; Trump; Thiel; nuclear power; the looming AI apocalypse; and Portsmouth
Perk to the future
Catching up on stuff we should know but maybe didn’t read
Tariffs; the Terminal; civil service reform; AI and productivity; AI and copyright; AI and 1930; Met Gala; and electricity bills
Losing on aggregate, or backpage of the internet?
SNB; AI; CLOs; drones; Musk; Angine de Poitrine; and Tetris
KSA 🤜 🤛 USA?
To beeswarm or not to beeswarm
Apparently not
AI; SpaceX; UK defence policy; Hobson; deliberate mistakes; social media; and more AI
Maybe never as high as we thought
Schrodinger’s Strait
hot damn
Only when I graph
Insurance; shipping; Warsh; litigation; defamation; benches; Avis; gangsters; hacking; cheating
A bitcoin price reprieve can’t erase the company’s contradictions
Telegraphing dissent
Crypto; hedging; thieving; moats; Japan; robots; economic warfare