Glad I have those Euros and Swiss Francs in my sock drawer from last couple of trips abroad.

Chamath Palihapitiya Thank you for posting this Chamath Palihapitiya. It highlights exactly why, under this administration, it’s irrational for central banks to keep buying U.S. debt. The fact that this issue is even being broached makes the logical move clear: convert trade surpluses into local currency, let

We need to get Arthur Schubarth out of prison. This elderly American was sentenced to federal prison for breeding big sheep using DNA imported from Kyrgyzstan without the right paperwork. "U.S. District Court Judge Brian Morris said he struggled to come up with a sentence . .

STOP COMING AT ME BOZO. GO FIX YOUR SHIT AND STOP BLAMING ME FOR EVERYTHING

Teachers unions & gullible media say America must increase education spending. But gov't schools already spend $20,000 per student! Where does all that money go? “It goes to administrative bloat,” says education researcher Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist. Horrors & good news for kids here:

I've noticed a common narrative suggesting that the surge in money market funds means there's a large amount of cash sitting on the sidelines. That couldn’t be further from the truth, in my view. When viewed in the context of the overall market size, the data tells a different

I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.

Wise words

If you oppose the government selling federally owned land, do you instead think it should be aggressively buying more? or do you think the government currently owns the optimal amount and location of land?

This train is coming to your 401k, and it's not a good thing. Let me explain: Private markets are all the rage. For that, you can thank David Swensen of Yale: the guy pioneered heavy allocation to alts... BACK IN THE 80s. 1. Returns Things have since changed, to say the

This still clears as one of the greatest moments ever caught on film. I actually can’t fathom it sometimes.

My heart is broken for Charlie Kirk and my prayers are with his friends and family. Our country was founded on principles of free speech and open political discourse. Nothing justifies violence against any voice on the left or right of today’s debates.

All 50 states would block Elon Musk from teaching a high-school physics class because he doesn’t have an arbitrary government-issued "teaching certificate." We’ve got professionals and retirees in all 50 states—engineers who built bridges, pilots who’ve flown across the world,

To the man in 2D. Today you were traveling from Orlando to Philly. I don’t know you, but I imagine you saw us somewhere. I was pushing a stroller, had a diaper bag on my arm and also lugging an oxygen machine for my daughter. We had smiles on our faces as we were headed to see

Prediction: LLMs in their current form may not be able to do everything, but AI now has enough momentum that this won't matter. Beam engines couldn't do everything either, but they were enough to set off the Industrial Revolution.

This is a story about how skin substitutes, materials used to improve healing of complex wounds, grew from a niche product in 2019 to scamming taxpayers and patients out of $10 bln/year, not because of a medical breakthrough, but from billing abuse. It’s a case study in how hard

Ro Khanna Chamath Palihapitiya why not just raise income tax rates? because your real intent is not to just “provide healthcare”. you’re masking that you are proposing the creation of, for the first time in the 250 years of this American republic, an organized government seizure of private property from

I Love and Endorse the Bipartisan 3 % of GDP Budget Deficit Solution In the House of Representatives there is now a bipartisan bill in the works to enact, and a growing agreement that we need, a 3% cap on the budget deficit. The bill was introduced by Representatives Bill

Please consider Mr. Ghalibaf in your institutional investor vote this year in categories commodity research and portfolio strategy. x.com/mb_ghalibaf/st…

Imagine how much harder physics would be if electrons had feelings.