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This is Why Women Live Longer than Men!

IWB — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:56:41 +0000

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. 😂😂😂😂😂 watch until the end. pic.twitter.com/3Xie96XuIy — Peaches 🍑 (@_KingArii) January 19, 2024 Men out there living ...

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SCHD biggest dividend income contributors shown in new chart

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:18:57 +0000

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 ...

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The most valuable thing on your phone isn’t the screen, it’s your attention

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:16:03 +0000

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 ...

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It’s depressing how basically all internet and computer tech seems to inevitably collapse into surveillance tech

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:14:59 +0000

Kylie Jenner’s dystopian Meta glasses get brutal backlash: ‘It’s giving fascism, not fashion’ — Meta is testing a prototype to “continuously record audio while taking photos every few seconds” without any warning light Meta’s Kylie Jenner-branded AI smart glasses aren’t selling ...

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Trump shooter Thomas Crooks appeared in BlackRock ad as background student

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:12:32 +0000

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 ...

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He paid for consideration not guaranteed pardon probably did not read fine print.

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:11:08 +0000

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 ...

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‘They don’t want you there’: Trump tells Netanyahu to pull IDF troops from Syria, Lebanon – report

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:06:39 +0000

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 ...

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UN secretary general says ‘killer robots’ must be stopped

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:06:17 +0000

‘Killer robots’ must be banned, UN secretary-general says The United Nations’s chief wants humanity to forbid killer robots. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called Monday for lethal autonomous weapons to be “banned by international law,” resurfacing an AI-safety dispute that was ...

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British police stop man taking photos and demand to see images on his smartphone

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:05:54 +0000

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

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World Health Organisation proudly announces childhood global vaccine coverage moves foward despite “hesitancy”

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:02:02 +0000

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 – or nearly 116 million – received at least one dose of ...

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U.K. Government have now decided NOT to limit VPN’s

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 01:00:35 +0000

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 ...

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Intel Stock Plunges Nearly 8% After Jim Cramer Calls It His Favorite Stock

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:58:41 +0000

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 ...

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Trump reveals Iran called & “wants to make a deal.”; UPDATE: Iran declares it has “no plans” for talks.

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:57:54 +0000

BREAKING: Trump reveals Iran called & “wants to make a deal.” — Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 15, 2026 BREAKING: Iran declares it has “no plans” for talks. https://t.co/GNDtzt8Rx5 — Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 15, 2026 h/t dr0id

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H-1B brings in people who then push anti-America views on campuses getting billions in tax dollars.

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:55:08 +0000

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 72–73% of those are from India. Professor Shayoni Mitra of ...

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Millions of Americans are on “rent now, pay later” . Americans forced to take monthly loans just to pay rent

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:49:46 +0000

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 ...

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Hyperscalers burn cash on AI buildout while chip makers rake in record profits

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:44:10 +0000

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. ...

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Europe gave up factories while China built the industrial machine behind future wars

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:33:13 +0000

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 ...

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Washington is spending more time defending confidence than the dollar

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:12:16 +0000

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 ...

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U.S. considers military options for Cuba.

IWB — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:07:47 +0000

Washington — 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 ...

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It would be funny if it wasn’t true.

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:53:39 +0000

It would be funny if it wasn't true. — @amuse (@amuse) July 13, 2026

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Nobody Knows the Real Inflation Number

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:28:13 +0000

By Peter Reagan Your News to Know rounds up the most important stories about precious metals and the overall economy. This week, we’ll cover: How inflation can simultaneously be 3%, 4% and 7%? Why crypto “whales” are accumulating tokenized gold What Venezuela’s inaccessible gold ...

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Canada buys record US Treasuries while PM pushes to cut US trade reliance

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:20:16 +0000

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… ...

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Scamath regrets pumping old SPACs then immediately pumps new one on same channel

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:18:04 +0000

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 ...

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NYC Airbnb ban pushes bookings to New Jersey while rents and hotels stay sky high

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:07:18 +0000

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 ...

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Video game prices climbing 52.4% since 2019 outpaces electricity

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:05:40 +0000

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 ...

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Good, more lawsuits. F**k these tech companies.

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:55:51 +0000

Former Meta employees launch lawsuit, accuse company of using AI to identify and recommended lay-offs A peculiar new problem facing workers has emerged, as dozens of current and former Meta employees launch a landmark lawsuit against the Mark Zuckerberg-owned tech ...

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This is never let good crisis go to waste in action refiners laughing to bank while pump prices stay high.

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:54:33 +0000

Source: https://x.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2077208206879682629/photo/1 Past boom comparisons prove current levels extreme and tied to capacity destruction not temporary demand spike.

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Fund managers dump cash into US stocks and crowded semis while gold takes biggest hit in decade

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:48:07 +0000

Cash at 3.6% near 13 year lows after dropping another half point shows institutions fully committed with almost no dry powder left for dips. Institutional investors are rushing into US stocks: Global managers’ cash allocation has declined -0.5 percentage points ...

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“they want to make a deal” – Trump

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:44:43 +0000

"whoops" – Trump, again https://t.co/RAExiagLBO — Josh Young (@JoshYoung) July 11, 2026

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This is one of the strangest market setups right now.

IWB — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:44:05 +0000

Everything is telling investors to stay optimistic. Inflation is cooling. The Fed has more room. Stocks are holding up. Risk appetite is still alive. But then you look at the positioning. Something doesn’t match. It’s like someone tells you: “Don’t ...

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