Once again, the stock market is not "the economy;" it's a mood ring for the plutocracy

Add in the climate impact (and cost) of Trump's Iran war and he's pushing the planet past tipping point.

add in the climate impact (and cost) of Trump's Iran war and he's pushing the planet past tipping point.

the incentives here are so obscenely terrible that the entire thing should be illegal by default

“I am sabotaging negotiations because I stand to make piles of money on Polymarket” is absolutely in play, what a horrifying clusterfuck

The best endorsement Anthropic could have gotten

The Queen has those same bruise-coloured has as Trump

This right here is one of the biggest reasons we need universal basic income. High consumption inequality creates a fragile consumer economy. We need to widely spread consumption. UBI to grow the consumption of the entire bottom 80%. Taxes to decrease the top 10% to balance for inflation management.

Didn’t manage to get into any A list festivals for a prestigious premiere then?

Josh O'Connor is incredible as the young priest!

True. And therefore Netflix is the better of 2 bad choices.

If you’re terrified of becoming a minority, you’re admitting you know exactly how this system treats minorities.

bound to be a vote loser though

Next stop Best New Artist Grammy!

The Murky Plan That Ensures a Future War Who will benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?

For a decade, Russia has been seeking to divide Europe and America, to undermine NATO and weaken the transatlantic alliance. This peace plan, if accepted, will achieve that goal.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

The AI bubble may be about to bust.

Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.

We all need to say this very clearly:

NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!

Expropriate their asses instead.

They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.

They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3

Americans are brainwashed from birth to think they're living in the world's best system... when actually it's one of the harshest.

Documented for future people.

making a mockery of their name

Great start for a Universal Basic Services rollout. Free internet, health care, public transport and electricity would be an inspiring package.

The Gold Curtain Inside the global escape plan from the US dollar.

Everyone’s watching gold rise.
Nobody’s asking what it’s running from.

I’ve written about the world’s quiet exit from the U.S. dollar —
it’s not a gold rush, it’s an evacuation.

open.substack.com/pub/justinpe...

'We see where this is all going, correct?': Letterman reacts to ABC's decision to pull Kimmel YouTube video by CNN

they have been threaten too and instructed no to mention it. the fact the didn't address it reflects the chilling effect this is having.

The View is mentioned here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zs-...

though their population shrank by over 90%

The crazy part of this saga is still this:
“Trump campaigned for the White House in 2024 on a promise to unseal government files related to Epstein.”
Talk about own goal.

Speaking from New Zealand, no one I know wants to fly via America. It's one of the most direct routes when heading to Europe but people are choosing to fly via Asia instead.

we're witnessing 'the emperor's new clothes' in action.

at least the archive exists for future historians.

The $127 Billion Shadow: How a Caribbean Shell Company Bought America Forget Swiss banks. The real crime thriller is unfolding in plain sight: a private “digital dollar” that launders billions now controls $127B of U.S. debt — and Washington is cheering it on.

Move over tax havens. The real crime thriller is unfolding in plain sight: a private “digital dollar” that launders billions now controls $127B of U.S. debt — and Washington is cheering it on.

open.substack.com/pub/justinpe...

Heaven is just a fairy tale

Both can be true. China is a capitalist communist hybrid.

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I think that ship has already sailed...