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Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

Still no mention of the capital asset pricing model .

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

Please give generously

Jess Davis @jessmarindavis.bsky.social · 1d

😏

Thiel said: "“It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money...An incredible machinery of tax treaties, financial surveillance, and sanctions architecture has been constructed.”"

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

BMO: "Yes, Population Growth Size Matters" (housing markets)

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 1d

What an album.

open.spotify.com/track/49yXUz...

After The Flood

open.spotify.com

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 2d

I think about this all the time. h/t @marginalrev.blogsky.venki.dev

youtu.be/tWYxrowovts

How Did The World Get So Ugly?

YouTube video by The Cultural Tutor | Sheehan Quirke

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 3d

everyone thinks they do, tho, so ...

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 3d

Canadian housing market looks like previous bubble implosions (BMO)

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 3d

@foxworthshow.bsky.social we got Dutch Disease, risk/reward ... is CAPM next?

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 4d

used a value of 1000 invested chart

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 4d

I just checked 15-year correlation btw the S&P/TSX Composite and MSCI EM in CAD. The r-squared is 83, beta 1.2.

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 4d

yeah i slipped up

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 4d

My breakfast smoothie is under-banana'd

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 4d

That must have hurt

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

They spelled "Just Can't Get Enough" wrong

Science says that these are the 10 catchiest songs ever made www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/science-says...

Science says that these are the 10 catchiest songs ever made | Alan Cross

Every few years, a story about which songs are the catchiest and earwormiest ever written. This all began with a 2016 study by St. Andrews University in

www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

right? tough to intimidate

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 5d

Swiss Guard

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 6d

I did what I could but turkey chili’s only good on paper

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 8d

RIP the ciminin roll guy

youtube.com/shorts/XOx5x...

That’s not how u eat a cinnamon roll!

YouTube video by Vital virals

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 8d

In other news Aunt Becky has separated from her husband of 28 years

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 8d

yeah, that's my takeaway also although Dart is pretty young for that.

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 8d

The Kelces said that at least 5 guys in every NFL locker room think the earth is flat

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 10d

Dammit, you leave Kelvin alone. We just replaced two coordinators. (Go Lions)

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 10d

Delicious #GoSox

The Athletic @theathletic.com · 10d

If you're wondering how rare the Yankees' ninth-inning Tuesday night was... it's never happened before 👀

(H/T OptaSTATS on X)

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 11d

PSA: Erika Freizz on IG does a nice job suggesting new music. The “if you like this, then this” are particularly good

Scott Barlow @jsbarlow.bsky.social · 12d

huh. I thought they were begging. I guess not. Surely there's a palm currently w/o grease ... ;)