Paul Auster, American author of The New York Trilogy, dies aged 77 theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

The Yen is crashing.

Just blew through 157 against the Dollar.

Why? In part because US yields have been climbing due to reaccelerating inflation.

The Fed embarked on the fastest hiking cycle in history and it hasn’t worked. They are now desperate to somehow justify cutting…

Jim Carrey explaining how rich people laugh in 1994

Opinion | If Howard Stern's not a coward, he should ask Biden these 7 questions trib.al/3jrwFfi

🇷🇺SERGEY LAVROV:

'China is a different civilisation.

It operates according to different underlying principles.

However, they want to make a profit and they put their own economy, society and security first. These things are fully consistent with their culture.

As such, China

Nothing to see here I am sure it’s just a normal drill 🙄…..

#WeWantAnswers #WW3

The Hindu–Arabic numeral system was invented between the I and IV centuries by Indian mathematicians. The system was adopted in Arabic mathematics by the IX century more widely known through the writings in Arabic of the Persian mathematician Al-Khwārizmī

Finally! Biden has declared that 'Americans should choose freedom (=liberty=liberalism) over(!) democracy'. And the Democratic Party roared with passion -- Yes, my Führer! We are ready! Down with democracy! That is coming out of clear and open liberal dictatorship. The logic…

🇦🇪 🌧️ Did you guys hear about that Dubai property tycoon that took out a huge insurance policy a couple weeks before the Dubai floods? $Billions worth of flood insurance in the desert...

The Earl of St. Vincent pub in the little village of Egloshayle, north Cornwall. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A democracy can only last 200 years.

At least, that’s according to 18th-century historian Alexander Tytler.

He claimed democracies always follow a predictable pattern and are doomed to end in servitude…🧵

German-American billionaire retail tycoon,Karl-Erivan Haub, 64, who disappeared hiking on the Matterhorn and was declared dead in 2018 is 'living with his 44-year-old mistress in Moscow'

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What the world's largest double-deck airliner, Airbus A380, looks like inside ...

Australian soldier vs US marine

The CEO of Raytheon on the phone to the CEO of Lockheed Martin

To our friends in Israel, do what you must to defend yourselves against Iranian aggression.

I, along with many others in the United States, will do our best to support you.

My concern is that the Biden Administration’s pathetic weakness throughout the world — not Israel’s…

🚨🔥Klaus Schwab est à l'hôpital et les nouvelles ne sont pas bonnes. Étonnant parce qu’il disait partout qu’il vivrait au minimum jusqu’à 120 ans comme Bernard Arnault.

Gold is going up every day. Making new ATH’s every day it seems.

What is it really telling us?

Gold is a fear trade. Something domestic or geopolitical event coming?

Gold is an inflation hedge trade. Is inflation coming back in a strong way?

Something feels…awry…

Stunning aerial photography of cities 🧵

1. Barcelona, Spain🇪🇸

Most common immigrant in Europe