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I’ve heard the horror stories, Carol.

Mike Rowe: “We’ve been telling kids for 15 years to learn to code.” “Well, AI is coming for the coders.” “It’s not coming for the welders, the plumbers, the steamfitters, the pipefitters, the HVAC, or the electricians.” “In Aspen, I sat and listened to Larry Fink say we need 500,000 electricians in the next couple of years—not hyperbole.” “The BlueForge Alliance, who oversees our maritime industrial base—that’s 15,000 individual companies who are collectively charged with building and delivering nuclear-powered subs to the Navy … calls and says, we’re having a hell of a time finding tradespeople. Can you help?” “I said, I don’t know, man … how many do you need? He says, 140,000.” “These are our submarines. Things go hypersonic, a little sideways with China, Taiwan, our aircraft carriers are no longer the point of the spear. They’re vulnerable.” “Our submarines matter, and these guys have a pinch point because they can’t find welders and electricians to get them built.” “The automotive industry needs 80,000 collision repair and technicians.” “Energy, I don’t even know what the number is, I hear 300,000, I hear 500,000.” “There is a clear and present freakout going on right now. I’ve heard from six governors in the last six months. I’ve heard from the heads of major companies.” @mikeroweworks

The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home for sale in the US ($123k) is now 56% higher than the current median household income ($79k). This is the most unaffordable housing market in history. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=gBhDKFKS…

Whenever I send a bitcoin transaction it feels like digital sorcery. Signing with a hardware device renders otherwise abstract mathematics into something tangible, like touching cryptography. I imagine this is what it felt like when we first “captured” electricity.

This CNU Legacy Project proposes a network of trails and expanded sidewalks to better connect a small village, making it more livable. Connecting With Hope is for Hope Village in RI, with Historical Concepts as the lead. cnu.org/publicsquare/2025/06…

Life and Deep Time aleph.press/FA8072

🎧 I talk with Paul Knight (@PKmemex), a city planner, architectural designer, and Bitcoiner. We discuss architecture and how money and economic forces shape the form of cities. youtube.com/watch?v=nruF1ZzD…

This is why I never invest in an index fund. I place deeply researched strategic bets on a very few selected companies (right now mostly $TSLA, $GLXY, $MSTR) with the potential to at least 10X in 5 years. Much more volatile of course, but you need volatility to get 10x returns.

Kagi: the search engine you didn't realize you needed. A review and recommendation: aleph.press/ffac1c cc @KagiHQ

U.S. home ownership affordability remains at basically the worst level in history. Prices and rates are both too high. Prices are the real issue, as affordability was at 14yr lows when the Fed began hiking (red arrow = March 2022). The only true solution is a reversion of prices relative to incomes. Boosting wages will just boost prices. Slashing rates will do the same. The release valve must come from SUPPLY.

Returns Since Liberation Day: 🟢 BTC: 2.2% 🔴 Gold: -2.9% 🔴 SPY: -10.5% 🔴 QQQ: -11.2% Magnificent Seven: 🔴 MSFT: -5.8% 🔴 GOOGL: -7.3% 🔴 AMZN: -12.8% 🔴 META: -13.6% 🔴 NVDA: -14.6% 🔴 TSLA: -15.3% 🔴 AAPL: -15.9%

NOW PLAYING: My 45-min webinar on the architecture and geometries of Edwin Lutyens —@lutyensamerica Lutyens Traveling Fellowship youtu.be/8pGuZYQ3vsQ?si=yQYu…

The median household income necessary to purchase the median priced home for sale in the US ($124k) is now 57% higher than the current median household income ($79k). This is the most unaffordable housing market in history. Video: youtube.com/watch?v=gBhDKFKS…

Boomers pulled the ladder up after them.

Late stage fiat signs.

We now simultaneously have some very online people who actually understand software and (def still way more) people who literally know nothing about and never touch computers running the world