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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2h

Beginner investor here. My portfolio’s up 200% over a few years, but I freeze when something I own takes off — I can’t bring myself to buy more. Feels like tempting fate. Anyone else struggle with this mindset on the stock market?

#investing

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2h

Get it girl!! You look amazing!

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 3h

Look at all that destruction in war torn Portland 🤣

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 3h

I started this book last night and I am already 50% through it. I forgot how much I love Susie Tate. Everybody in this series has been great, but this one maybe my favorite!

#spicybooks #booksky

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 17h

From the top of Pikes Peak. It was a glorious view until the out of nowhere snow storm and rush back down the mountain.

Next time, I'll just stay the night up top. 🤣

#travel #colorado

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 19h

Excited to see what Zohran Mamdani does—I have no doubt he’ll get elected. I don’t know how anyone on either side could hear this mission and not support it.

It’s time to get our humanity back by helping each other. I'd love to see a Republican do the same. That's real unity.

#USPOL

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 21h

In the country's richest city, more than 140,000 kids don't have stable or permanent housing.

"Every Child and Family Is Known" — a small pilot program that pairs school staff with students and families in shelters — has shown real promise. I will double its funding and scope.

Mamdani education plan would focus on helping NYC homeless students

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, said Wednesday he wants to double the size of a program for homeless students at public schools in a plan shared exclu…

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 21h

Their smug outrage is theater. The real crime? The cover-ups and the sacred norms they trample. Every act of impunity is precedent. We’ll have to wait, but justice is patient — the reckoning will come, and it won’t be quiet.

#USpol #EpsteinCase

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 23h

Check out the details and other spicy book recs on my substack! ↓
hotflasheshottakes.substack.com

#booksky #spicybooks #mafiaromance #darkromance #fantasyromance

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 1d

'Just put exempt on your W-4!’ they say. Yeah, don’t — that’s illegal.

Want the easiest, legit ways to keep more of your paycheck until tax time? I wrote the dirty little legal secrets. Check out the details on my substack!

#Taxes #W4 #PersonalFinance #TaxationwithoutRepresentation

How to Pay the Least Amount Possible to the Government (Legally)

Because the IRS doesn’t need another donation.

hotflasheshottakes.substack.com

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2d

900 books later, I’ve found the romance series worth losing sleep (and self-respect) over. 🤤

Spoiler: none of them are on BookTok’s front page.

💋 Get the details! ↓

#spicybooks #booksky

Underrated Romance Series You Need to Read (Like, Yesterday)

Hidden gems, dark obsessions, and spicy fantasy worlds you won’t see all over BookTok — but should.

hotflasheshottakes.substack.com

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2d

Italy on a budget? Yes, it’s possible! ✨

From Rome’s ruins to Naples’ pizza and the Amalfi Coast’s views, here’s how we did it without breaking the bank. 🍕🌊

Read the full adventure on my Substack! hotflasheshottakes.substack.com/p/5-days-in-...

#ItalyTravel #BudgetTravel #Napoli #Rome #Travel

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2d

Let's check back in 7 years and see if any of them still are....🙂

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2d

The original fake news. 😆

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 2d

WWII taught us the cost of patriotism—but did we learn anything? My uncle survived Bataan only to be forgotten at home. As the world teeters on new wars, will today’s soldiers meet the same fate?

Read more on my substack. 👇

Patriotism’s Fine Print: What WWII Taught Us (and We Ignored)

How my uncle’s story reveals a cycle of war, neglect, and history on repeat.

hotflasheshottakes.substack.com

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 3d

Money Monday 💰 Did you know you can invest your HSA funds? 👀

💸 Contributions = tax-free
📈 Growth = tax-free
🏥 Medical withdrawals = tax-free

After 65, you can use it for anything—just pay income tax.
Another win for high-deductible plans!

Learn more ⬇️

#MoneyMonday #investing #retirementplanning

The Retirement Account I Completely Overlooked

The Hot Flash Financial | Part 1

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 3d

Trump, Kash, Pete, Pam, the whole gang! Lock em up as he says.

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 3d

Stayed at The Axel in Barcelona — adults only, LGBTQIA+ made, hetero-friendly, and full of… surprises. Let’s just say the shower placement was bold. Read the full chaotic tale on my Substack this week!

Subscribe free! hotflasheshottakes.substack.com

#travel #travelblog

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 4d

I hate cleaning. If I ever decide to allow a man onboard this crazy train he will be a house husband that cooks and cleans. I'm not about that life. Any man wanting to be a trad husband let me know. ...I hear it's the MOST rewarding job out there.

#tradhubs #matriarchy

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 5d

I've been on a real reading streak lately! I finished Sinner's anonymous, The Pavlov Brava Duet by Naomi West, and the Good Girl Effect from Sara Cate's follow up series Salacious Legacy. I need to stop reading long enough to write my reviews! ☺️ Next up, Masked Sins.

#booksky #hottakeshotterreads

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 6d

My Uncle Bill survived the Bataan Death March, POW camps, and hellships… only to die mysteriously at 47. Patriotism got him to war. Neglect brought him home. Sound familiar? History repeats. Read the full story 👉

#genealogy #history #uspol

Patriotism’s Fine Print: What WWII Taught Us (and We Ignored)

How my uncle’s story reveals a cycle of war, neglect, and history on repeat.

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 6d

In case you missed it all boats in the flotilla but 1 have been intercepted. Italy is really rallying for the cause.

Friendly reminder since its coming up on open enrollment season, when our insurance premiums are 2k a month we needed to send our money to Israel and ICE...who needs healthcare!

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 7d

Bright side, I can't wait to see what happens when the ICE agents and National Guard aren't paid. Like who does he think will be carrying out his evil grand plans. 🤷‍♀️👀🍿

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 7d

Really went down a rabbit hole in my genealogy research tonight. I found an uncle who was a POW for 3 years in Japan during WW2. This is the kind of stuff I get so amazed when uncovering. Also saddens me the lack of support for vets when they returned. He died 5 years later.

#ancestry

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Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 7d

I wonder if the ICE agents and National Guard are going to keep showing up when they aren't being paid...

#uspol

Hot Flashes & Hot Takes @nikkielaine.bsky.social · 8d

5.5 months in and 33 pounds down. Just 5 more lbs to go to hit my birthday goal. Counting calories and macros daily, 3 days a week cardio, 4 days a week strength training. It's not fast, but it's steady!

#gymsky #bodyrecomp #fitnessover40

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