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Apr 17, 2026

Sotheby's wants to keep your money, COVID costs 1% of GDP, The Strait is open-ish, Dishwashers in demand, Costco dominates Japan

Apr 10, 2026

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24 min read

Covert rescue of Dude 44, McDonald's priced as a luxury item, Dead people solving China's condo glut, Delta Airlines refining their way to profit and France sells gold to itself.

Apr 2, 2026

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22 min read

Lessons from the fall of the Roman Empire, Apple's Secret (its in the wrist), Its not just oil, $25B Platform with no banking and the KitKat heist.

Mar 27, 2026

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24 min read

Carlyle is ready to reshape Iran, Department of War has a plumbing problem, Soviet era espionage tech activated in Iran, Neurodivergent employees in demand, Five Guys Founder gives bonuses instead of buying his wife a fur coat.

Mar 20, 2026

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19 min read

Iran war equates to a 4 day work week, Typos are the ultimate status symbol, NBA comes of Europe, Every can get skinny for less (generics are coming), Banksy exposed (not himself)

Mar 13, 2026

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20 min read

Russia and China are winning the war in the Middle East (they aren’t even fighting), Nobel Peace Prize misses, the markets that knew before the markets knew, how capable AI actually is and Carney talks K-Pop with Monocle in Tokyo.

Sotheby's wants to keep your money, COVID costs 1% of GDP, The Strait is open-ish, Dishwashers in demand, Costco dominates Japan

Sam Perera

Covert rescue of Dude 44, McDonald's priced as a luxury item, Dead people solving China's condo glut, Delta Airlines refining their way to profit and France sells gold to itself.

Apr 10, 2026

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24 min read

Covert rescue of Dude 44, McDonald's priced as a luxury item, Dead people solving China's condo glut, Delta Airlines refining their way to profit and France sells gold to itself.

Sam Perera

Lessons from the fall of the Roman Empire, Apple's Secret (its in the wrist), Its not just oil, $25B Platform with no banking and the KitKat heist.

Apr 2, 2026

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22 min read

Lessons from the fall of the Roman Empire, Apple's Secret (its in the wrist), Its not just oil, $25B Platform with no banking and the KitKat heist.

Sam Perera

Carlyle is ready to reshape Iran, Department of War has a plumbing problem, Soviet era espionage tech activated in Iran, Neurodivergent employees in demand, Five Guys Founder gives bonuses instead of buying his wife a fur coat.

Mar 27, 2026

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24 min read

Carlyle is ready to reshape Iran, Department of War has a plumbing problem, Soviet era espionage tech activated in Iran, Neurodivergent employees in demand, Five Guys Founder gives bonuses instead of buying his wife a fur coat.

Sam Perera

Iran war equates to a 4 day work week, Typos are the ultimate status symbol, NBA comes of Europe, Every can get skinny for less (generics are coming), Banksy exposed (not himself)

Mar 20, 2026

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19 min read

Iran war equates to a 4 day work week, Typos are the ultimate status symbol, NBA comes of Europe, Every can get skinny for less (generics are coming), Banksy exposed (not himself)

Sam Perera

Russia and China are winning the war in the Middle East (they aren’t even fighting), Nobel Peace Prize misses, the markets that knew before the markets knew, how capable AI actually is and Carney talks K-Pop with Monocle in Tokyo.

Mar 13, 2026

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20 min read

Russia and China are winning the war in the Middle East (they aren’t even fighting), Nobel Peace Prize misses, the markets that knew before the markets knew, how capable AI actually is and Carney talks K-Pop with Monocle in Tokyo.

Sam Perera

Inside the assignation of Khamenei, Nightmare oil prices (but relax hopefully), Crime actually doesn’t pay, A school thats actually harder to get into that Harvard and how Chinese EV’s are much cheaper.

Mar 6, 2026

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16 min read

Inside the assignation of Khamenei, Nightmare oil prices (but relax hopefully), Crime actually doesn’t pay, A school thats actually harder to get into that Harvard and how Chinese EV’s are much cheaper.

Sam Perera

Meta’s Global Data Cable, Holiday Returns, U.S. Investment Boom, and Bitcoin’s Big Milestone

Dec 13, 2024

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9 min read

Meta’s Global Data Cable, Holiday Returns, U.S. Investment Boom, and Bitcoin’s Big Milestone

Sam Perera

T-Pain releases ‘Get Low’, Cheese Bandits, Canada’s nuclear ambitions and Amazon launches Haul

Nov 15, 2024

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8 min read

T-Pain releases ‘Get Low’, Cheese Bandits, Canada’s nuclear ambitions and Amazon launches Haul

Sam Perera

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Sotheby's wants to keep your money, COVID costs 1% of GDP, The Strait is open-ish, Dishwashers in demand, Costco dominates Japan

Covert rescue of Dude 44, McDonald's priced as a luxury item, Dead people solving China's condo glut, Delta Airlines refining their way to profit and France sells gold to itself.

Lessons from the fall of the Roman Empire, Apple's Secret (its in the wrist), Its not just oil, $25B Platform with no banking and the KitKat heist.

Carlyle is ready to reshape Iran, Department of War has a plumbing problem, Soviet era espionage tech activated in Iran, Neurodivergent employees in demand, Five Guys Founder gives bonuses instead of buying his wife a fur coat.

Iran war equates to a 4 day work week, Typos are the ultimate status symbol, NBA comes of Europe, Every can get skinny for less (generics are coming), Banksy exposed (not himself)

Russia and China are winning the war in the Middle East (they aren’t even fighting), Nobel Peace Prize misses, the markets that knew before the markets knew, how capable AI actually is and Carney talks K-Pop with Monocle in Tokyo.

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Sotheby's wants to keep your money, COVID costs 1% of GDP, The Strait is open-ish, Dishwashers in demand, Costco dominates Japan

Covert rescue of Dude 44, McDonald's priced as a luxury item, Dead people solving China's condo glut, Delta Airlines refining their way to profit and France sells gold to itself.

Lessons from the fall of the Roman Empire, Apple's Secret (its in the wrist), Its not just oil, $25B Platform with no banking and the KitKat heist.

Carlyle is ready to reshape Iran, Department of War has a plumbing problem, Soviet era espionage tech activated in Iran, Neurodivergent employees in demand, Five Guys Founder gives bonuses instead of buying his wife a fur coat.

Iran war equates to a 4 day work week, Typos are the ultimate status symbol, NBA comes of Europe, Every can get skinny for less (generics are coming), Banksy exposed (not himself)

Russia and China are winning the war in the Middle East (they aren’t even fighting), Nobel Peace Prize misses, the markets that knew before the markets knew, how capable AI actually is and Carney talks K-Pop with Monocle in Tokyo.

Inside the assignation of Khamenei, Nightmare oil prices (but relax hopefully), Crime actually doesn’t pay, A school thats actually harder to get into that Harvard and how Chinese EV’s are much cheaper.

Meta’s Global Data Cable, Holiday Returns, U.S. Investment Boom, and Bitcoin’s Big Milestone

T-Pain releases ‘Get Low’, Cheese Bandits, Canada’s nuclear ambitions and Amazon launches Haul

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