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⚽ The 2026 FIFA World Cup Begins!

Jun 12, 2026

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8 min read

⚽ The 2026 FIFA World Cup Begins!

Move over FAANG now we have MANGOS, and the CPI just hit 4.2% but no one’s worrying (except me!)

💪 What's Behind America's Obsession With Protein Maxxing?

Jun 5, 2026

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11 min read

💪 What's Behind America's Obsession With Protein Maxxing?

Tesla stars building Optimus robot factory, and the New York Giants just signed Odell Beckham Jr. to a 1 year, $1.3 million dollar contract

👷‍♂️ The Blue Collar AI Revolution

May 29, 2026

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12 min read

👷‍♂️ The Blue Collar AI Revolution

BTS creates their own Oreo, and will Simone Biles compete in the 2028 Los Angeles Summer Olympics?

🏖️ Is the Classic American Summer Vacation at Risk from Rising Gas Prices?

May 22, 2026

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10 min read

🏖️ Is the Classic American Summer Vacation at Risk from Rising Gas Prices?

Sir David Attenborough gets a bug named after him, and Scarlett Johansson joins the cast of 'The Batman Part II'

🚀 Elon Musk's Ambitions For SpaceX Are Out Of This World

May 15, 2026

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11 min read

🚀 Elon Musk's Ambitions For SpaceX Are Out Of This World

LeBron James might retire from the NBA, and Anthropic could be worth $1 trillion dollars

💰 The National Debt Just Hit $39.2 Trillion Dollars!

May 8, 2026

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11 min read

💰 The National Debt Just Hit $39.2 Trillion Dollars!

GameStop tries to buy eBay for $56 Billion dollars, and Ask.com shuts down

🇺🇸 Welcome To Stagflation USA!

Apr 30, 2026

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10 min read

🇺🇸 Welcome To Stagflation USA!

Nvidia's market cap is worth over $5 trillion dollars, and Taylor Swift fights back against AI

🌮 The Origin Story Of “Taco Tuesday”

Apr 23, 2026

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9 min read

🌮 The Origin Story Of “Taco Tuesday”

Ryan Reynolds is writing the next Deadpool, and SpaceX might be buying Cursor

⛽ Why Gas Prices Won't Come Down As Quickly As They Went Up

Apr 15, 2026

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9 min read

⛽ Why Gas Prices Won't Come Down As Quickly As They Went Up

McDonalds partners with Red Bull on new energy drink, and Coachella is for Influencers this year

👨‍🌾 Farmers Are Worried About The Rising Price Of Fertilizer

Apr 10, 2026

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7 min read

👨‍🌾 Farmers Are Worried About The Rising Price Of Fertilizer

Amazon signs package delivery deal with the USPS, and Intel teams up with Elon Musk's Terafab

🛢️ The Price Of Oil Is Soaring

Apr 1, 2026

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17 min read

🛢️ The Price Of Oil Is Soaring

Stephen Colbert is writing a new Lord of the Rings movie, and 12 tons of KitKat bars shaped like Formula 1 race cars were stolen

🐂 Beef Prices Are Rising

Mar 25, 2026

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16 min read

🐂 Beef Prices Are Rising

Amazon is making a cell phone (again), and Max Verstappen won his first endurance racing....before they took it away from him

🥬 Lettuce Talk About Rising Prices

Mar 18, 2026

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14 min read

🥬 Lettuce Talk About Rising Prices

Stewie gets his own 2-season spinoff from Family Guy, and YouTube is now the world's biggest media company

₿ Is Michael Saylor Still Right About Bitcoin?

Mar 11, 2026

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17 min read

₿ Is Michael Saylor Still Right About Bitcoin?

Ben Affleck sells his AI filmmaking startup InterPositive to Netflix, and Anthropic sues the Trump administration

🫧 Has The AI Bubble Already Burst?

Mar 4, 2026

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17 min read

🫧 Has The AI Bubble Already Burst?

Anthropic's lose is OpenAI's gain, and Zendaya & Tom Holland may have just gotten married

🥇 The Business Of The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Feb 25, 2026

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15 min read

🥇 The Business Of The 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

Paramount Skydance raises their offer for Warner Bros. Discovery, and the rich are trying to live forever

🐰 Bad Bunny’s Growing Business Empire

Feb 19, 2026

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13 min read

🐰 Bad Bunny’s Growing Business Empire

OpenAI acquires OpenClaw’s creator, and Elon Musk ‘s X is about to launch stock and crypto trading,

🧊 What If Data Centers Didn't Need To Be Cooled?

Feb 11, 2026

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13 min read

🧊 What If Data Centers Didn't Need To Be Cooled?

Jennifer Garner’s company Once Upon a Farm IPOed, and MrBeast just bought a bank!

🏈 The Economics of the Super Bowl

Feb 4, 2026

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16 min read

🏈 The Economics of the Super Bowl

SpaceX just acquired Elon Musk’s xAI, and that jerk Punxsutawney Phil just saw his shadow so we’re in for 6 more weeks of Winter

🚀 Running NASA Really Is Rocket Science!

Jan 28, 2026

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16 min read

🚀 Running NASA Really Is Rocket Science!

Sydney Sweeney hangs her bra’s on the Hollywood sign, and gold hits new high of $5,042.50 dollars per ounce

🔮 Want To Bet How Big The Prediction Market Will Become?

Jan 21, 2026

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15 min read

🔮 Want To Bet How Big The Prediction Market Will Become?

The "Most Interesting Man in the World" is back, and Matthew McConaughey is fighting back against AI

⛽ Why Venezuelan Oil Won't Lower Gas Prices

Jan 14, 2026

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13 min read

⛽ Why Venezuelan Oil Won't Lower Gas Prices

Paramount sues, and Baywatch is getting a reboot

🎯 My Top 10 Business Predictions For 2026

Jan 7, 2026

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11 min read

🎯 My Top 10 Business Predictions For 2026

Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg just bought a minority stake in the Welsh soccer club Swansea AFC

🟡 Satoshi Nakamoto Has Been Gone For 15 Years

Jan 1, 2026

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15 min read

🟡 Satoshi Nakamoto Has Been Gone For 15 Years

Beyoncé becomes a billionaire, and silver hits an all-time high

🎁 Consumer Confidence And The 2025 Holiday Shopping Season

Dec 24, 2025

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18 min read

🎁 Consumer Confidence And The 2025 Holiday Shopping Season

Coinbase is launching a prediction market, and Google wants to replace Zillow

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