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One man’s quest to surpass the plot twists of Billions
Howling at the moonshots
You want the memes? You can’t handle the memes!
Maybe! But we still need a durable shift in the vibe supply
How long until it bans property data releases as well?
Nicht gut, but nicht that bad either
Spacs; cartels; sanctions; China; Japan; superconductor debunking; Google’s scale problem; and newbuild towns
There but for the grace of common sense go we
They’re still borrowing, even with high costs
Brainwaves for Bernanke
Aftershocks coming
Forgot-to-cancel culture
EV subsidies; China; value investing; rent gouging; Dignity; Francis Bacon; corporate presentations; Calvin & Hobbes
Hopin; Kiva; auditors; slavery; Internet Archive; Hollywood interns; Beveridge curves; Insane Clown Posse; and Greggs
But Goldman reckons it’s (maybe) coming in late 2024
S&P Ratings was the second to downgrade
Chinese arithmetic ≠ paid in full
Yes, really!
TikTok tax fraud; David Solomon; taxing the rich; a generative AI bust; credit card debt; Google search; and unugly buildings
It’s single-name CDS, too . . . the good stuff
Squeezing imaginary shorts, wearing hypothetical losses
Bonds Are Really Back And Really Elegant, Lavish, Likeable Assets
Germany’s industrial slowdown; Maui’s invasive plants; China’s ABS blockchain; etc
Picking a megacap tech stock was a good choice
x͂ < 0% < x̄
Love will tear apps apart
Brazil; exoplanets; empathy prophets; Niger’s coup; European CMBS; lithium lands; UFOs?
One-day SD
Raising standards, lowering expectations
The new Japan
Lawless crypto; Snoop Dogg; Primaries; WorldCoin
No, it’s not George Lazenby
“I have the best advice for women in business. Get your [bleeping] [bleep] up and WeWork.”
If you don’t like these numbers, they have others
Actually, quantity > quality
Will it finally prove hard to hurdle?
Hank the Tank; Hindenburg; BlackRock’s voting programme; psychopaths
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