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why tho?
Four mildly interesting updates
Facile hurdles undermine a good idea
With XP Power comes not much responsibility
Work demands an even more human touch as machines take jobs
Not great. Not terrible either though
Union power; financial regulation; stablecoins; psychedelic drugs; forgery; psychiary; and Counter-Strike
Putting the tosh in Satoshi
Hit ’em in the prawns
The CFTC’s veerrrry broad definition
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A handy bit of sleight of hand
Taxes; bad vibes; influencers; dumbphones; link rot; Emma Walmsley; Mike Skinner; shrimp; and gaming
FX; Chinese energy; Chamath; Norway (🙄); identity theft; futurology; weaponised AI; and Friends
Game over
Don’t phunk with my chart
17 Mai; VC friends; leverage; used Teslas; elephant greetings
Raspberry Pi: a bit cool, a bit weird, but maybe not that cheap
Would the proposed legislation even help?
Rat summit; small-caps; bad websites; tradwife cooking
Actually, it’s about ethics in Taylor Swift economics journalism
There are weird quirks in how CPI and PCE measure price growth — that matters
Attention Zeekr
It takes a nation of PVs to host our chat
Just deux it
Magic: The Gathering; Don Engel; QT; Jeddah Tower; Fighting Fantasy
Heifty stuff, even in a bull market
Ditch copper to pay for digging holes in Yorkshire. Yes, really
Back to the future
Sunak; scriptwriting; green tariffs; multistrats; pricing data
Apes gonna ape gonna ape gonna ape
The XX factor
Foow!
Christmas: now a vibe, rather than a time
Compare and contrast
Wimple life; sperm whale alphabet; stupid markets
Do it for the dove
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