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@artisny.bsky.social
· Nov 25
How to write like AI:
- be predictable
- be abstract
- never risk humor
- never risk judgment
- use trite, tidy morals
- tie up complexity w/ neat little bows
- be predictable
- be abstract
- never risk humor
- never risk judgment
- use trite, tidy morals
- tie up complexity w/ neat little bows
A Roth IRA is also a great (and often fun) way to learn the lifeskill of investing. You can start small, play with earnings only. And because there are no capital gains to worry about, you have the freedom to experiment and play w/o any tax consequences.
Tax Tip:
If you own a business and have kids under 18, you can pay them $15,750 tax-free and deduct it from your taxable income.
Your child will owe $0 in taxes and you just avoided tax on $15,750!
Hire your child and invest the first $7,000 in a tax-free ROTH IRA!
If you own a business and have kids under 18, you can pay them $15,750 tax-free and deduct it from your taxable income.
Your child will owe $0 in taxes and you just avoided tax on $15,750!
Hire your child and invest the first $7,000 in a tax-free ROTH IRA!
December 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A Roth IRA is also a great (and often fun) way to learn the lifeskill of investing. You can start small, play with earnings only. And because there are no capital gains to worry about, you have the freedom to experiment and play w/o any tax consequences.
Two headlines for Christmas Eve 2025:
#1 "S&P 500 hits record high on Christmas Eve for first time in more than a decade"—MarketWatch
#2 "Is the economy great or terrible?"—New York Magazine
#1 "S&P 500 hits record high on Christmas Eve for first time in more than a decade"—MarketWatch
#2 "Is the economy great or terrible?"—New York Magazine
December 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Two headlines for Christmas Eve 2025:
#1 "S&P 500 hits record high on Christmas Eve for first time in more than a decade"—MarketWatch
#2 "Is the economy great or terrible?"—New York Magazine
#1 "S&P 500 hits record high on Christmas Eve for first time in more than a decade"—MarketWatch
#2 "Is the economy great or terrible?"—New York Magazine
Bullish about Europe for 2026.
"Europe has a talent advantage right now, with the U.S. cutting down on immigration.”
fortune.com/2025/11/24/e...
"Europe has a talent advantage right now, with the U.S. cutting down on immigration.”
fortune.com/2025/11/24/e...
Europe’s new talent advantage is boosting its founders' spirits | Fortune
Founders and investors at Slush say Europe’s growing talent pool and the U.S.'s immigration crack-down is giving the region a competitive edge.
fortune.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bullish about Europe for 2026.
"Europe has a talent advantage right now, with the U.S. cutting down on immigration.”
fortune.com/2025/11/24/e...
"Europe has a talent advantage right now, with the U.S. cutting down on immigration.”
fortune.com/2025/11/24/e...
Which will, no doubt, lead to even more manipulation of the 'retail' rubes by the professional traders & institutional investors.
'The bottom 50% – historically the least engaged in equities – has experienced the fastest rate of wealth accumulation and now holds more than $4 trillion in net worth.' www.citadelsecurities.com/news-and-ins...
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Which will, no doubt, lead to even more manipulation of the 'retail' rubes by the professional traders & institutional investors.
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The Decline of American Civilization in one depressing graphic: 1/
December 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Decline of American Civilization in one depressing graphic: 1/
"If you don’t know what to invest in, invest in yourself. This could mean investing in education, or getting a new certification, but you could also think about your health in this way. 1/
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"If you don’t know what to invest in, invest in yourself. This could mean investing in education, or getting a new certification, but you could also think about your health in this way. 1/
Here's an idea: Why doesn't *Apple* buy $WBD?
Apple TV's share of the streaming market is much smaller than Netflix's. Its content library better aligns w/ the HBO brand and Warner Bros. classics. And god knows Apple has enough money, with much more cash to spend than Netflix.
Apple TV's share of the streaming market is much smaller than Netflix's. Its content library better aligns w/ the HBO brand and Warner Bros. classics. And god knows Apple has enough money, with much more cash to spend than Netflix.
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Here's an idea: Why doesn't *Apple* buy $WBD?
Apple TV's share of the streaming market is much smaller than Netflix's. Its content library better aligns w/ the HBO brand and Warner Bros. classics. And god knows Apple has enough money, with much more cash to spend than Netflix.
Apple TV's share of the streaming market is much smaller than Netflix's. Its content library better aligns w/ the HBO brand and Warner Bros. classics. And god knows Apple has enough money, with much more cash to spend than Netflix.
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Meta Ray Banned.
You can no longer wear Xreal or Meta's smart glasses in public on this cruise ship
MSC Cruises has banned smart glasses like Meta Ray-Bans from its ships to stop people from recording others without their knowledge.
tech.yahoo.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Meta Ray Banned.
The societal costs of Big AI's fever dreams keep mounting.
Now we also have to worry about our crumbling roads and bridges and other critical infrastructure projects.
finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-data...
Now we also have to worry about our crumbling roads and bridges and other critical infrastructure projects.
finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-data...
AI data center boom could be bad news for other infrastructure projects
Improvements to roads, bridges, and other infrastructure could take a hit as data center construction accelerates.
finance.yahoo.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The societal costs of Big AI's fever dreams keep mounting.
Now we also have to worry about our crumbling roads and bridges and other critical infrastructure projects.
finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-data...
Now we also have to worry about our crumbling roads and bridges and other critical infrastructure projects.
finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-data...
As I said already, if Bob Iger is worried about *disruption,* he might want to consider Disney's *theme park business* and what Netflix has been doing.
(FYI Bloomberg, this is why I, a mere rube retail investor, took advantage of that recent "$40 billion wipeout" to start a position in $NFLX.)
(FYI Bloomberg, this is why I, a mere rube retail investor, took advantage of that recent "$40 billion wipeout" to start a position in $NFLX.)
December 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
As I said already, if Bob Iger is worried about *disruption,* he might want to consider Disney's *theme park business* and what Netflix has been doing.
(FYI Bloomberg, this is why I, a mere rube retail investor, took advantage of that recent "$40 billion wipeout" to start a position in $NFLX.)
(FYI Bloomberg, this is why I, a mere rube retail investor, took advantage of that recent "$40 billion wipeout" to start a position in $NFLX.)
The most irksome thing about finance media is the sneering tone and attitude toward what they've dubbed "the retail investor."
Case in point, this annoying piece from Bloomberg:
finance.yahoo.com/news/retail-...
Case in point, this annoying piece from Bloomberg:
finance.yahoo.com/news/retail-...
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The most irksome thing about finance media is the sneering tone and attitude toward what they've dubbed "the retail investor."
Case in point, this annoying piece from Bloomberg:
finance.yahoo.com/news/retail-...
Case in point, this annoying piece from Bloomberg:
finance.yahoo.com/news/retail-...
There are 2 types of 'retail' investors (and consumers).
One cares only about money and returns.
The other considers social impact and values—and refuses to invest in things that don't align with their values.
$TGT hopes to recover its image and “Tar-zhay” but: their values have. not. changed.
One cares only about money and returns.
The other considers social impact and values—and refuses to invest in things that don't align with their values.
$TGT hopes to recover its image and “Tar-zhay” but: their values have. not. changed.
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There are 2 types of 'retail' investors (and consumers).
One cares only about money and returns.
The other considers social impact and values—and refuses to invest in things that don't align with their values.
$TGT hopes to recover its image and “Tar-zhay” but: their values have. not. changed.
One cares only about money and returns.
The other considers social impact and values—and refuses to invest in things that don't align with their values.
$TGT hopes to recover its image and “Tar-zhay” but: their values have. not. changed.
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The odds are decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots. Which means that you, too, are Time's person of the year, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
I Am Time Magazine’s Person of the Year
So are you. Congrats!
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The odds are decent that morsels from your life have been used to train chatbots. Which means that you, too, are Time's person of the year, @cwarzel.bsky.social writes.
"Disney wants to 'participate in the rather dramatic growth [of AI] rather than just watching it happen and essentially being disrupted by it,' Iger said."
If Bob is worried about disruption, he might want to consider Disney's theme park business and what Netflix seems to be doing. $NFLX
If Bob is worried about disruption, he might want to consider Disney's theme park business and what Netflix seems to be doing. $NFLX
December 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Disney wants to 'participate in the rather dramatic growth [of AI] rather than just watching it happen and essentially being disrupted by it,' Iger said."
If Bob is worried about disruption, he might want to consider Disney's theme park business and what Netflix seems to be doing. $NFLX
If Bob is worried about disruption, he might want to consider Disney's theme park business and what Netflix seems to be doing. $NFLX
Here's why the AI-race 'winner' framing is sort of silly.
Netscape ultimately lost the browser wars, sure—but then who actually 'won'? Internet Explorer?? (lol) Google Chrome? Do people these days even stick to just one?
Netscape ultimately lost the browser wars, sure—but then who actually 'won'? Internet Explorer?? (lol) Google Chrome? Do people these days even stick to just one?
If Google wins AI race, Nvidia is 'in trouble,' says author of Jensen Huang biography
If Google wins AI race, Nvidia is 'in trouble,' says author of Jensen Huang biography
Jensen Huang biography author Stephen Witt explains why Google's self-developed AI model, Gemini, could pose a threat to Nvidia's AI dominance
yhoo.it
December 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Here's why the AI-race 'winner' framing is sort of silly.
Netscape ultimately lost the browser wars, sure—but then who actually 'won'? Internet Explorer?? (lol) Google Chrome? Do people these days even stick to just one?
Netscape ultimately lost the browser wars, sure—but then who actually 'won'? Internet Explorer?? (lol) Google Chrome? Do people these days even stick to just one?
"... designed to serve humanity "
There's a Twilight Zone episode that features superintelligent alien beings and a book w/ the title: "To Serve Man."
I won't spoil the punchline for those who haven't seen it, but those have will get my skepticism / meaning.
finance.yahoo.com/news/microso...
There's a Twilight Zone episode that features superintelligent alien beings and a book w/ the title: "To Serve Man."
I won't spoil the punchline for those who haven't seen it, but those have will get my skepticism / meaning.
finance.yahoo.com/news/microso...
Microsoft Executive Vows to Halt AI Work If It Imperils Humanity
“We won’t continue to develop a system that has the potential to run away from us,” Suleyman said in an interview on Bloomberg’s , adding that such a view should be an obvious, universal sentiment. S...
finance.yahoo.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"... designed to serve humanity "
There's a Twilight Zone episode that features superintelligent alien beings and a book w/ the title: "To Serve Man."
I won't spoil the punchline for those who haven't seen it, but those have will get my skepticism / meaning.
finance.yahoo.com/news/microso...
There's a Twilight Zone episode that features superintelligent alien beings and a book w/ the title: "To Serve Man."
I won't spoil the punchline for those who haven't seen it, but those have will get my skepticism / meaning.
finance.yahoo.com/news/microso...
lololol, this looks more like a magazine cover for Mad or Spy.
"Time Magazine Skewered Over ‘Person of the Year’ Reveal"
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Time Magazine Skewered Over ‘Person of the Year’ Reveal"
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
December 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
lololol, this looks more like a magazine cover for Mad or Spy.
"Time Magazine Skewered Over ‘Person of the Year’ Reveal"
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"Time Magazine Skewered Over ‘Person of the Year’ Reveal"
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
The Recording Industry no doubt thinks the same w/r/t its lawsuit-settlement deals w/ (alleged) AI music-copyright-infringers Suno and Udio.
(The RIAA is not exactly known for its foresight and adaptive business thinking though, just saying.)
(The RIAA is not exactly known for its foresight and adaptive business thinking though, just saying.)
Disney's OpenAI stake is 'a way in' to AI and Sora will help reach younger audience, Iger tells CNBC
Disney's OpenAI stake is 'a way in' to AI and Sora will help reach younger audience, Iger tells CNBC
Disney CEO Bob Iger told CNBC he thinks the deal is a "good investment for the company."
cnb.cx
December 11, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Recording Industry no doubt thinks the same w/r/t its lawsuit-settlement deals w/ (alleged) AI music-copyright-infringers Suno and Udio.
(The RIAA is not exactly known for its foresight and adaptive business thinking though, just saying.)
(The RIAA is not exactly known for its foresight and adaptive business thinking though, just saying.)
Will Big Tech ever realize that non-freaks don't think like them?? Most people aren't obsessed with 'efficiency' and a 'maximum' mindset. Most people don't want to wear ugly gadgets on their face/head. The list of rather basic things that Big Tech fails to get could stretch on and on and on.
I will believe AI is a thing when Google maps realizes that I don’t wanna take a total freak show route to where I’m going to save a minute and a half on a one hours drive. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
December 11, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Will Big Tech ever realize that non-freaks don't think like them?? Most people aren't obsessed with 'efficiency' and a 'maximum' mindset. Most people don't want to wear ugly gadgets on their face/head. The list of rather basic things that Big Tech fails to get could stretch on and on and on.
So a producer of true-crime stories turned *herself* into a true-crime story?? lol, only a reality-tv person could script something like this up.
The former TV executive who allegedly defrauded banks out of nearly $30 million is now on the FBI’s Most Wanted.
FBI Hunts Crime Show Boss Over Wild Fake Aircraft Heiress Con
Reality TV executive Mary Carole McDonnell is now the FBI’s Most Wanted.
trib.al
December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
So a producer of true-crime stories turned *herself* into a true-crime story?? lol, only a reality-tv person could script something like this up.
Recall the allegations of "untruths" when the OpenAI board tried to remove CEO Sam Altman two years ago?
('fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...')
('fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...')
An OpenAI staffer has quit, claiming that the company has backed off from publishing negative economic research about AI. scoop from @mzeff.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
www.wired.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Recall the allegations of "untruths" when the OpenAI board tried to remove CEO Sam Altman two years ago?
('fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...')
('fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...')
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Antisocial Intelligence?
December 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Antisocial Intelligence?