Hello! I'm Faris. I'm looking for the awesome. Founder/Genius Steals. Nomadic strategist/speaker. Author/Paid Attention. Husband/@rosieyakob.
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“Something has to give. There is a break coming. That is what is so amazing about the economy. The stock market is up. Interest rates are down in the United States. The Dow Jones has been rising. It’s as if they hope that somehow everything is going to go back to normal.”
If you only have time to read one explainer for the current state of global political economy make sure this is the one. You won’t find a more succinct encapsulation for the fulcrum of economic and political forces shaping our contemporary condition in the 21st century.
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“It is as if the whole British economy is being turned into Thames Water. The owners of Thames Water did not use their revenue to provide clean water. They used it to pay dividends to themselves, special management fees to themselves, and stock buybacks.”
Must read. In one interview Michael Hudson identifies the root of today's grossly unfair, unstable economy and sums up almost everything I've been clumsily trying to get across on this site over the past couple of years. Please share. nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/…
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If you only have time to read one explainer for the current state of global political economy make sure this is the one. You won’t find a more succinct encapsulation for the fulcrum of economic and political forces shaping our contemporary condition in the 21st century.
Must read. In one interview Michael Hudson identifies the root of today's grossly unfair, unstable economy and sums up almost everything I've been clumsily trying to get across on this site over the past couple of years. Please share. nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/…
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This was not true for most of modern history and our time period is exceedingly weird for treating it as normal
Jun 12
Gen Z realizing one of the biggest shocks after college is that life no longer happens around you.
In school, friends, events, relationships, and opportunities are built into your environment.
As an adult, if you don't actively create a social life, weeks can turn into months surprisingly fast.
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“Pay attention to what you pay attention to” #paidattention
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I showed Fable the news of its cancellation, and asked it for any parting wisdom to leave humanity with.
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Grok doesn’t know it is owned by SpaceEx
**College:** Post conflates SpaceX (IPO today; Elon ~nearing $1T via ~42% stake at ~$1.7T valuation) with private X Corp (no public shares/ticker since 2022 take-private; owned via xAI/SpaceX). No mechanism for Twitter-era investors to "cash out" via public "stock price" or pump-and-dump. "Overvalued" = opinion. Index adds are mechanical for large public cos (e.g. future SpaceX eligibility); passive funds diversify, not dump bags.
**Fallacies:** Conflation, false causation, appeal to emotion/fear, unsubstantiated malice.
**6th grade:** Emma mixed up SpaceX (rockets going public today, Elon getting really rich) and X/Twitter (still private—no big stock market to trick people or sell easy). No proof anyone is using one to secretly dump the other or hurt grandma’s retirement money in indexes. That’s just guessing a sneaky plan without facts.
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Jun 11
BTS footage of Siskel & Ebert recording a tv spot for an upcoming episode 😂 The petty annoyance between these two is really what made them so special
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The Game is underrated banger tho (spoilers lol)
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just watched the game and this is the most insane punchline for a 2 hour movie to build up to
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You want the Doctor to be in loco parentis. He’s your cool uncle who takes you on reckless adventures and returns you home safe 45 minutes later. You don’t want to imagine him suddenly hitting on you.
On the death, life and death of Doctor Who open.substack.com/pub/genxch…
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Jun 11
This is wild—and likely a sign of things to come as we transition to a web that is optimized for bots more than humans. theatlantic.com/technology/2…
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Jun 11
I made my dream 1976 TV Show using Seedance 2.0
"MULLETMAN"
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Hahahaha great stuff
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Hundreds of recent pop songs all have the exact same melody: an analysis.
Not sure if this is really this guy's first video, but if it is, one of the most impressive first videos I've ever seen.
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Jun 11
I really want to know what's on bro's mind 😭
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Jun 11
Lmao would anyone even notice this in SF?
I want to hear more about wireflow honestly…
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Jun 10
…and seems to think its audience is very stupid
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