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How to look broke & be rich - Darius Foroux
When I worked at a large IT advisory firm in London, there was a guy on my floor named Will. Cheap suit. Messy hair. Wrinkled shirts. Beat up shoes. And he had one of those old brown messenger bags th...
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“When you try to look rich, you start optimizing for attention. When you try to look smart, you protect your image instead of improving your skills.
Looking ordinary gives you a big advantage: Peace of mind.
You don’t care. So you focus on the only thing that matters: Getting the job done.”
Looking ordinary gives you a big advantage: Peace of mind.
You don’t care. So you focus on the only thing that matters: Getting the job done.”
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🆓 Tuesday links: buying the dip, hedge funds. vs. private equity, and the upside of coffee consumption. abnormalreturns.com/2026/02/10/t...
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Tuesday links: jobs vs. gyms
February 10, 2026
abnormalreturns.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
🆓 Tuesday links: buying the dip, hedge funds. vs. private equity, and the upside of coffee consumption. abnormalreturns.com/2026/02/10/t...
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“Until I encountered Gabrielle Hanson, I have to admit, I had barely paid attention to the rise of Christian nationalism in America. In fact, I tended to dismiss such concerns as being the result of overwrought progressive fears.
I now know better.”
By: Phil Williams
I now know better.”
By: Phil Williams
Hate in a Hallmark Town: The Story of the Challenge Facing Main Street America
In these early installments of Hate Comes to Main Street, I am sharing how this journey began for me. I hope you will find this publication to be part of an important conversation.
www.hatecomestomainstreet.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:02 PM
“Until I encountered Gabrielle Hanson, I have to admit, I had barely paid attention to the rise of Christian nationalism in America. In fact, I tended to dismiss such concerns as being the result of overwrought progressive fears.
I now know better.”
By: Phil Williams
I now know better.”
By: Phil Williams
“Unlike the West, China only has client states, not allies or friends. However, if the relationship is strategic, and even if the state is weak, China seeks to strengthen that country to the extent necessary for Chinese interests. Pakistan is China’s secondary deterrent against India..”
Pande, Kaura
Pande, Kaura
Pakistan’s Place in China’s Eurasia Strategy
The constitutional militarization of Pakistan will serve China’s interests by constraining India’s strategic ambitions.
nationalinterest.org
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
“Unlike the West, China only has client states, not allies or friends. However, if the relationship is strategic, and even if the state is weak, China seeks to strengthen that country to the extent necessary for Chinese interests. Pakistan is China’s secondary deterrent against India..”
Pande, Kaura
Pande, Kaura
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Jimmy Lai backed millions of pro-democracy Hong Kongers through his newspapers. Now the media tycoon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. On “Drum Tower”, we spoke to his son
Tycoon troublemaker: the rise and fall of Jimmy Lai
Our weekly podcast on China. This week, the Hong Kong billionaire who risked it all
econ.st
February 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Jimmy Lai backed millions of pro-democracy Hong Kongers through his newspapers. Now the media tycoon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. On “Drum Tower”, we spoke to his son
“…crypto has always traded less like hardware or semiconductors and much more like software: high-beta, narrative-driven, momentum-sensitive.
When risk appetite toward this group expands, it rips. When it contracts, it gets hit harder than most.“
By: JC Parets
When risk appetite toward this group expands, it rips. When it contracts, it gets hit harder than most.“
By: JC Parets
Is This How Bull Markets End? - TrendLabs
The pessimism around the stock market is back. That didn’t take long. All it took was software stocks sliding back toward last year’s lows and bitcoin getting cut in half, and suddenly the same crowd ...
trendlabs.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
“…crypto has always traded less like hardware or semiconductors and much more like software: high-beta, narrative-driven, momentum-sensitive.
When risk appetite toward this group expands, it rips. When it contracts, it gets hit harder than most.“
By: JC Parets
When risk appetite toward this group expands, it rips. When it contracts, it gets hit harder than most.“
By: JC Parets
“Among those cutting some software contracts and turning to AI is the San Diego-based technology company GroWrk. It has saved roughly $50,000 on an annualized basis by eliminating tools like the project-management platform Asana and others in recent months…”
By Chip Cutter and Sebastian Herrera
By Chip Cutter and Sebastian Herrera
Here’s Where AI Is Tearing Through Corporate America
The latest advances have companies—and the stock market—rethinking the software that handles jobs big and small.
www.wsj.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:08 PM
“Among those cutting some software contracts and turning to AI is the San Diego-based technology company GroWrk. It has saved roughly $50,000 on an annualized basis by eliminating tools like the project-management platform Asana and others in recent months…”
By Chip Cutter and Sebastian Herrera
By Chip Cutter and Sebastian Herrera
Chinese 'auntie' investors behind the gold and silver frenzy
Story by Hannah Miao, Jonathan Cheng
“Chinese investors purchased roughly 432 metric tons of gold bars and coins in 2025, a 28% jump from the year before and nearly a third of global purchases in the category last year…”
Story by Hannah Miao, Jonathan Cheng
“Chinese investors purchased roughly 432 metric tons of gold bars and coins in 2025, a 28% jump from the year before and nearly a third of global purchases in the category last year…”
MSN
www.msn.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Chinese 'auntie' investors behind the gold and silver frenzy
Story by Hannah Miao, Jonathan Cheng
“Chinese investors purchased roughly 432 metric tons of gold bars and coins in 2025, a 28% jump from the year before and nearly a third of global purchases in the category last year…”
Story by Hannah Miao, Jonathan Cheng
“Chinese investors purchased roughly 432 metric tons of gold bars and coins in 2025, a 28% jump from the year before and nearly a third of global purchases in the category last year…”
“Solar, wind, and battery capacity is already booming: Utility-scale solar generation in the US increased by 22 gigawatts, enough to power about 20 million homes, in the first 11 months of 2025 — up 33.9% since Nov. 2024, while battery storage grew 49% over the same period.”
By: Tom Chivers
By: Tom Chivers
US renewables boom despite Trump attacks
Wind power in particular is soaring even as President Donald Trump disparages it.
www.semafor.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:03 PM
“Solar, wind, and battery capacity is already booming: Utility-scale solar generation in the US increased by 22 gigawatts, enough to power about 20 million homes, in the first 11 months of 2025 — up 33.9% since Nov. 2024, while battery storage grew 49% over the same period.”
By: Tom Chivers
By: Tom Chivers
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🆓 Saturday links: visualizing a warmer globe, restricting headers, and the benefits of letting children fail. abnormalreturns.com/2026/02/07/s...
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Saturday links: deliberate efforts
February 7, 2026
abnormalreturns.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🆓 Saturday links: visualizing a warmer globe, restricting headers, and the benefits of letting children fail. abnormalreturns.com/2026/02/07/s...
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Through tomorrow, and in celebration of Super Bowl 60, I’m offering the LARGEST discount of the year!
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba is already a superstar among his peers and hardcore football fans, but he steps onto the field as arguably the best player in the Super Bowl, on the cusp of becoming the NFL’s next transcendent household name …
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Why One NFL Executive Compares Seahawks' Jaxon Smith-Njigba to Hall of Fame legend
Seahawks WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba might be the best player on the field in Super Bowl LX, with the chance to write his legacy on the grandest stage
mattlombardonfl.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Through tomorrow, and in celebration of Super Bowl 60, I’m offering the LARGEST discount of the year!
60. Percent. Off. Any. Subscription. To Between The Hashmarks.
That’s the price you pay FOREVER.
PLUS - Get 1 Month FREE on an annual plan. Come check out what you can expect and subscribe today!
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That’s the price you pay FOREVER.
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“Java is the new Python” sounds wrong until you remove the ceremony.
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
February 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
“Java is the new Python” sounds wrong until you remove the ceremony.
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
JBang + Java 21 finally give Java a scripting workflow without giving up types, concurrency, or performance.
This isn’t a language war. It’s a tooling wake-up call.
buff.ly/w8NTDTI
#Java #JBang #DeveloperExperience #Programming
“Bitcoin’s 50% collapse while inflation runs above the Fed’s target and gold soars exposed two core industry myths as deliberate fabrications designed to create demand.
Bitcoin is not an inflation hedge…
Bitcoin is not digital gold…”
By: Larry Swedroe
Bitcoin is not an inflation hedge…
Bitcoin is not digital gold…”
By: Larry Swedroe
Bitcoin’s 50% Collapse Exposes Two Industry Myths
Bitcoin has plummeted from its October 2025 peak of over $126,000 to as low as $60,000 early in the morning of February 6, 2026.
open.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 AM
“Bitcoin’s 50% collapse while inflation runs above the Fed’s target and gold soars exposed two core industry myths as deliberate fabrications designed to create demand.
Bitcoin is not an inflation hedge…
Bitcoin is not digital gold…”
By: Larry Swedroe
Bitcoin is not an inflation hedge…
Bitcoin is not digital gold…”
By: Larry Swedroe
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🎙️ Podcast links: lessons from the 1929 crash, how investors are using AI, and why the Internet got (way) worse. abnormalreturns.com/2026/02/06/p...
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Podcast links: advice for living
February 6, 2026
abnormalreturns.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
🎙️ Podcast links: lessons from the 1929 crash, how investors are using AI, and why the Internet got (way) worse. abnormalreturns.com/2026/02/06/p...
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🚨 Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID has fueled an estimated death toll that’s about to surpass 800,000—including 530,000 children.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
February 5, 2026 at 8:52 PM
🚨 Elon Musk’s gutting of USAID has fueled an estimated death toll that’s about to surpass 800,000—including 530,000 children.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
That’s 88 deaths every hour.
Meanwhile, the federal deficit is the largest it's been since the COVID-era stimulus, with no reduction in sight.
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“Into a milieu of weaponized tariffs and proprietary technology, the author injects essential context for China’s famed “Great Firewall” and profiles five individuals who have lived beyond its constraints…”
THE WALL DANCERS | Kirkus Reviews
An investigation of the Chinese internet and its place in Chinese society, reported from geographical and generational front lines and their margins.
www.kirkusreviews.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:48 PM
“Into a milieu of weaponized tariffs and proprietary technology, the author injects essential context for China’s famed “Great Firewall” and profiles five individuals who have lived beyond its constraints…”
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February 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Reba posted this photo with Bad Bunny on her Instagram and her conservative fans aren’t happy!
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Reba posted this photo with Bad Bunny on her Instagram and her conservative fans aren’t happy!
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“Once authoritarianism shows up to the party, there can be only two kinds of media:
Propaganda that is sanctioned by the regime
Independent media that exists to see the authoritarian project ended
There is no third way. Eventually, every media institution will have to choose a side.”
Propaganda that is sanctioned by the regime
Independent media that exists to see the authoritarian project ended
There is no third way. Eventually, every media institution will have to choose a side.”
"Unless an institution is explicitly designed to counter authoritarianism, it will end up aiding the authoritarians. Either on purpose, as is happening at the Post and CBS News (more on this in a minute) or by accident." lnk.thebulwark.com/4rnIHc8
February 4, 2026 at 10:09 PM
“Once authoritarianism shows up to the party, there can be only two kinds of media:
Propaganda that is sanctioned by the regime
Independent media that exists to see the authoritarian project ended
There is no third way. Eventually, every media institution will have to choose a side.”
Propaganda that is sanctioned by the regime
Independent media that exists to see the authoritarian project ended
There is no third way. Eventually, every media institution will have to choose a side.”
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February 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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“The IRS is moving away from paper refund checks in favor of digital payment methods to improve speed, security, and cost efficiency. For the 2026 tax filing season, taxpayers are encouraged to pay—and get paid—electronically, including receiving refunds by direct deposit.”
By: Kelly Phillips Erb
By: Kelly Phillips Erb
You Can Still Write The IRS A Check, But Your Refund Will Be Direct Deposit
As the IRS moves toward digital-only payments under a Trump-era executive order, taxpayers should expect changes in how refunds are issued and payments are made.
www.forbes.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
“The IRS is moving away from paper refund checks in favor of digital payment methods to improve speed, security, and cost efficiency. For the 2026 tax filing season, taxpayers are encouraged to pay—and get paid—electronically, including receiving refunds by direct deposit.”
By: Kelly Phillips Erb
By: Kelly Phillips Erb