Utkarsh Gupta
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
Dublin Tonight
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Dublin Tonight
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
August 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"It's not MSNBC anymore, Lemon. It's MS NOW. We bought the name off of a defunct multiple sclerosis awareness organization. It wasn't cheap, but we were able to save some money by selling Brian Williams to a Saudi prince who wanted to expand his harem."
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We don’t talk enough about how American fascism is a blend of authoritarian capitalism, Christian Nationalism, millenarianism, a Freudian death cult, and adoration of the dumbest, cheapest shit you would find stuffed in the closet of a pack rat next to Jeff Gordon commemorative Pepsi cans.
August 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We don’t talk enough about how American fascism is a blend of authoritarian capitalism, Christian Nationalism, millenarianism, a Freudian death cult, and adoration of the dumbest, cheapest shit you would find stuffed in the closet of a pack rat next to Jeff Gordon commemorative Pepsi cans.
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I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
August 16, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.
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Hawks have often weaponized "Munich" every time the U.S. doesn't go to war. But they forget the real betrayal of Munich - two big countries meeting to carve up the borders of a smaller one to give to an aggressor without that nation present.
August 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Hawks have often weaponized "Munich" every time the U.S. doesn't go to war. But they forget the real betrayal of Munich - two big countries meeting to carve up the borders of a smaller one to give to an aggressor without that nation present.
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Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.
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“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
August 15, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Putin would eat you for lunch.”
Today, exactly that happened.
Today, exactly that happened.
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This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
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August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
www.instagram.com/reel/DMVGMIC...
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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“What is your basis for saying she puts roast beef in her pockets and in her pants?”
I don’t even know where to begin.
You just have to read these two pages.
I don’t even know where to begin.
You just have to read these two pages.
August 12, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“What is your basis for saying she puts roast beef in her pockets and in her pants?”
I don’t even know where to begin.
You just have to read these two pages.
I don’t even know where to begin.
You just have to read these two pages.
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BENNY JOHNSON: Will the president consider giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Big Balls?
LEAVITT: Perhaps it's something he would consider
LEAVITT: Perhaps it's something he would consider
August 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BENNY JOHNSON: Will the president consider giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Big Balls?
LEAVITT: Perhaps it's something he would consider
LEAVITT: Perhaps it's something he would consider
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The CEO of a a multi-trillion dollar company went to the White House, openly handed the US president a gift made of gold, and his company got a special exemption to tariffs the president has illegally imposed.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
Also, the Founders took bribery so seriously the Constitution bans it 3 separate times.
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Mo Salah is asking the right questions
August 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Mo Salah is asking the right questions
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I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it.
My cover story for today’s FT Magazine
on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]
My cover story for today’s FT Magazine
on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]
Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right
[FREE TO READ] What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled
on.ft.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it.
My cover story for today’s FT Magazine
on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]
My cover story for today’s FT Magazine
on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]
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A most generous offering for His Excellency, the Dear Leader. Us shareholders are overjoyed with this golden idol. Truly, a new era of devotion and dividends.
Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump
Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump
Another tactic from Tim Cook to charm the president.
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
A most generous offering for His Excellency, the Dear Leader. Us shareholders are overjoyed with this golden idol. Truly, a new era of devotion and dividends.
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the brain that can see a face in a wall outlet was always doomed to hear the voice of God in a markov chain
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 AM
the brain that can see a face in a wall outlet was always doomed to hear the voice of God in a markov chain
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Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to enter the United States, a move that may make the process unaffordable for many.
U.S. may require visa applicants to post bond up to $15,000 to enter country
The State Department is proposing requiring applicants for business and tourist visas to post a bond of up to $15,000 to apply to enter the United States.
buff.ly
August 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Hi, former Foreign Service Officer here
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
The Secretary of State might be interested to learn that visa requirements and terms are generally reciprocal. We do it to them, they do it to us.
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As a percentage of US GDP, AI datacenter capex is already larger than peak telecom spending during the dot-com era and is approaching the railroad spending boom (Paul Kedrosky)
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August 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
As a percentage of US GDP, AI datacenter capex is already larger than peak telecom spending during the dot-com era and is approaching the railroad spending boom (Paul Kedrosky)
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