Live abroad (for now). Yes I’m American. Reformed tech consultant. Ex-corporate drone. Markets. Gold. Housing. AI and crypto nonsense. Travel more, work less.

Joined January 2013
Another California success story.
I've uncovered why LADWP water rates are skyrocketing. LADWP's supplier said water conservation was too successful, leading water use/revenue to collapse— justifying a 40% rate hike. They asked us to save water, so we did. But we saved too much, so they're spiking our rates.
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Schools have been brainwashing kids in the West for decades to hate their own countries, cultures, history etc. Then they ship millions of illegal immigrants in who don’t care about the West either. Not sure why anybody would be surprised by any of this.
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There goes that housing market talking point popular with “it’s only the sunbelt” crowd.
Inventory is accelerating most in the northeast now.
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That’s like saying you want to drive up the price of food or energy and expecting people to clap.
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“Eventually if you add up $80 billion enough times it equals $2 trillion, so the company is worth $2 trillion” - Claude (probably)
Anthropic explaining why their IPO is worth $2T while running up $80b in debt
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Tobias Maximus retweeted
10x engineer pt.4 - AI psychosis
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What did the cars do wrong?
Cars burned as riots erupted in Bilbao, Spain.
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Be mentally prepared and financially secure enough to not make any money on your house for several years.
Any tips for a first-time home buyer in today's market? 🏡
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Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy one. Just assume you went be able to pull cash out, refi etc. even if rates drop. And don’t lose your job.
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Wouldn't you be dumb not to take the buyout since you'll just get shitcanned anyways in the next year or two?
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Why is everyone in the Left like this?
BREAKING: Hours after winning the Brazilian presidential election, Lula calls for strict regulation of social media platforms.
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Futures ripping…uh oh
No talk of Black Monday this weekend tells me we’re doing Black Monday tomorrow. Or did I just jinx it?
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Tobias Maximus retweeted
Yuri's kicking off the celebration 🍾‼️
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Good. Don’t be a freeloader on society. Prioritize your spending. Save more money. Honor your debts.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is reportedly preparing to pursue wages and benefits of borrowers with defaulted federal student loans, per Forbes. The Education Department is working with the Treasury Department to hire private debt collection agencies. Borrowers in default may face administrative wage garnishment of up to 15 percent of their earnings without a court order.
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Wisdom of the ancients I know 🤯
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Neoclouds borrowing money at 15% to operate a business with negative margins
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October 25 is officially dwarfism awareness day. Might be easy to overlook…
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Enough small talk guys
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