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This is Why Women Live Longer than Men!
This is why women live longer than us pic.twitter.com/tijpDeVc9r — badger (@badger69420) January 19, 2024 This is why women live longer than men. đđđđđ watch until the end. pic.twitter.com/3Xie96XuIy — Peaches đ (@_KingArii) January 19, 2024 Men out there living like their health insurance is use it or lose it– pic.twitter.com/LhBFHxVzNX — â©âłâ±€ â±âłâźâ±§ (@WarPath2pt0) … Read more
SCHD biggest dividend income contributors shown in new chart
SCHD forward yield around 3.1% loses shine when 10 year treasury pays 4.4% with no equity risk. Quarterly payout dip undercuts clean growth narrative even if annual total still rises. AI capex by hyperscalers pulls cash from dividends into growth spending creating tension for income focused funds. h/t Any-Yogurtcloset-493
The most valuable thing on your phone isn’t the screen, it’s your attention
Something strange happened with smartphones. A device that was supposed to connect everyone somehow became the thing making everyone feel more divided. That is the part people keep noticing. Nobody woke up one day and decided: “Let’s spend hours arguing with strangers.” It happened slowly. A few minutes checking updates. A few minutes watching videos. … Read more
It’s depressing how basically all internet and computer tech seems to inevitably collapse into surveillance tech
Kylie Jennerâs dystopian Meta glasses get brutal backlash: âItâs giving fascism, not fashionâ â Meta is testing a prototype to âcontinuously record audio while taking photos every few secondsâ without any warning light Metaâs Kylie Jenner-branded AI smart glasses arenât selling people on the idea of surveillance chic. Weeks after Facebookâs parent company launched its wearable tech … Read more
Trump shooter Thomas Crooks appeared in BlackRock ad as background student
Thomas Matthew Crooks featured in 2022 BlackRock advertisement. Ad focused on high school teacher retirement plan filmed at Bethel Park High School. Crooks was unpaid student appearing briefly in background. BlackRock confirmed the appearance and removed the ad from circulation after the assassination attempt. Incident happened during teacher Brian DeLallo segment. No evidence Crooks was … Read more
He paid for consideration not guaranteed pardon probably did not read fine print.
Factcheck: Boosie really paid big money and is suing claiming empty promise on Trump pardon. Payment happened and refund demand real. Whats false or overstated: He likely paid for lobbying or consideration process not guaranteed pardon itself. No evidence of signed deal promising automatic approval so “never came” ignores that these are not guaranteed transactions. … Read more
‘They don’t want you there’: Trump tells Netanyahu to pull IDF troops from Syria, Lebanon – report
IDF sources told the Post the Axios report caught them by surprise, adding there has been no change on the ground in Lebanon or Syria. US President Donald Trump allegedly told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel should remove IDF troops from Syria and Lebanon during a phone call on Thursday, according to a Tuesday … Read more
UN secretary general says ‘killer robots’ must be stopped
‘Killer robots’ must be banned, UN secretary-general says The United Nationsâs chief wants humanity to forbid killer robots. U.N. Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres called Monday for lethal autonomous weapons to be âbanned by international law,â resurfacing an AI-safety dispute that was core to Anthropicâs schism with the Pentagon earlier this year. âMachines selecting and engaging their … Read more
British police stop man taking photos and demand to see images on his smartphone
A man takes some photos and is stopped and questioned by the British police, who want to see the images on his smartphone. pic.twitter.com/17WG3g6YxE — RadioGenoa (@RadioGenoa) July 15, 2026
World Health Organization proudly announces childhood global vaccine coverage moves forward despite âhesitancyâ
Zero-dose children fell by nearly 750 000 in the past year, but drop-out numbers high and stagnant, increasing risk of disease outbreaks In 2025, 90% of infants globally â or nearly 116 million â received at least one dose of a diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) vaccine, and 85% â or 110 million â completed … Read more
U.K. Government have now decided NOT to limit VPNâs
We have decided not to limit VPNs’ Online Saftey minister Kanishka Narayan told BBCBreakfast the Government has decided not to restrict access to Virtual Private Networks (VPN) as part of a social media ban for under 16s, despite initially suggesting it would take action 'We have decided not to limit VPNs' Online Saftey minister Kanishka … Read more
Intel Stock Plunges Nearly 8% After Jim Cramer Calls It His Favorite Stock
Most reliable indicator in finance strikes again. We have a CNBC Investing Club meeting tomorrow where i will reaffirm that Intel is my favorite stock. Intel is the third biggest customer of ASML — Jim Cramer (@jimcramer) July 15, 2026 Absolutely insane. He did it again. UNDEFEATED. https://t.co/EPIVenrOjJ pic.twitter.com/hpH8CeyRQT — NoLimit (@NoLimitGains) July 15, 2026 … Read more
Trump reveals Iran called & âwants to make a deal.â; UPDATE: Iran declares it has âno plansâ for talks.
BREAKING: Trump reveals Iran called & âwants to make a deal.â — Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 15, 2026 BREAKING: Iran declares it has âno plansâ for talks. https://t.co/GNDtzt8Rx5 — Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 15, 2026 h/t dr0id
H-1B brings in people who then push anti-America views on campuses getting billions in tax dollars.
Wanna throw up? Over 40,000 university professors are here on H-1B visas. Not 400. Not 4,000. Over 40,000. That’s over 40,000 American academics who are out of a job. Roughly 72â73% of those are from India. Professor Shayoni Mitra of Barnard/Columbia University is one of these so-called “geniuses” from India. She’s a professor of theater. … Read more
Millions of Americans are on “rent now, pay later” . Americans forced to take monthly loans just to pay rent
If you cannot pay rent what makes you think you can pay rent plus interest and fees on top. Not the American dream people had in mind. Sounds like fancy way to kick the can down the road and pile more debt on struggling families. Media presents it as helpful option but it just creates … Read more
Hyperscalers burn cash on AI buildout while chip makers rake in record profits
Money goes to hardware makers who deliver now while hyperscalers pay years ahead. Capex flood creates short term pain but hopes for 2027 payoff. Math does not math if 7.6 trillion spend needs double that in new revenue to profit. Space data centers or China could absorb excess GPUs. Air conditioning companies already making killing … Read more
Europe gave up factories while China built the industrial machine behind future wars
China casts more metal than the next nine countries combined. More than 5 times US output. That same industrial base feeds construction, vehicles, ships, weapons, and military production. China’s shipbuilding capacity sits around 200 times the US. The difference shows up when countries need to replace losses and expand production quickly. China also controls around … Read more
Washington is spending more time defending confidence than the dollar
One sentence from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent caught my attention. He didn’t announce a new policy. He didn’t unveil a new Treasury program. He felt the need to reassure everyone that the U.S. has no plans to revalue its gold reserves and that “all the gold is there.” That’s an unusual conversation for a Treasury … Read more
U.S. considers military options for Cuba.
Washington â As the U.S.-Iran war restarts following the collapse of the weeks-long ceasefire, senior Pentagon officials are also quietly eyeing another flashpoint much closer to home: Cuba. Military planners have in recent weeks examined a range of options for possible action against the island, including an Army-led air assault involving thousands of U.S. soldiers … Read more
It would be funny if it wasn’t true.
It would be funny if it wasn't true. — @amuse (@amuse) July 13, 2026
Canada buys record US Treasuries while PM pushes to cut US trade reliance
PM of Canada Mark Carney: "Our objective is to double our non-U.S. exports this decade." 'We need to build new trade relationships in order to move from reliance to resilience." "We are diversifying our trade and attracting massive new investment… We are forging new⊠https://t.co/Wt5ntznwBr — Shazi (@ShaziGoalie) July 15, 2026 So much for lessening … Read more
Scamath regrets pumping old SPACs then immediately pumps new one on same channel
Scamath Palihapitiya says he regrets pumping his SPAC on CNBC in 2021 and cashing out… then proceeds to pump his new SPAC You can't make this shit up… Virgin Galactic $SPCE is down 99.8% from 2021 https://t.co/aDrygZ5KVS pic.twitter.com/9scntxxaLS — Financelot (@FinanceLancelot) July 15, 2026 Those CNBC segments were paid media to promote and dump after … Read more
NYC Airbnb ban pushes bookings to New Jersey while rents and hotels stay sky high
https://datastream.substack.com/p/what-did-banning-airbnbs-in-nyc-accomplish Ban from 2023 dropped NYC listings from almost 13k to around 1.6k today. Promised to return apartments to long term rental market and ease rents. Three years later rents in NYC up 11%. Hotels most expensive on record. Analysis finds ban gave back only months of normal housing construction supply. Event study shows no … Read more
Video game prices climbing 52.4% since 2019 outpaces electricity
Critical minerals in chips consoles and hardware create direct link where supply tightness hits consumer prices hard. Measurement includes consoles and full ecosystem not just game titles so real basket rise feels bigger. Long term trend points to persistent pressure as demand for gaming and devices grows while mineral supply stays constrained. h/t DumbMoneyMedia