There are two kinds of shops: the shop you own, and the shop you can actually use. Come to think of it, there may be three: the shop you own, the shop you can actually use, and the shop you would have if the PowerBall people ever made a clerical error in your favor. Point … Read More

Today’s Peoplenomics ChartPack is up. This one connects the dots between geopolitics, nuclear-risk headlines, Hormuz shipping stress, Bitcoin under pressure, gold catching a bid, and the Aggregate Index setup now warning that the broader market may already be rolling over. Public side: the world looks noisy. Subscriber side: the charts are starting to rhyme. We … Read More

The first major impact of the day is Ukraine slapping Russia with a 660 drone strike overnight as that battlespace hardens.  Now here’s where it gets interesting.  Notice the picture in the AP story as Ukrainian drones pound Russia in one of the heaviest assaults | AP News and you will see the damage footage … Read More

Four notable earthquakes rolled overnight. In descending order: 7.5  28 km SE of Yumare, Venezuela 7.2  23 km SE of Yumare, Venezuela 6.9  30 km ENE of Kuji, Japan 5.6  11 km N of Redwood Valley, CA Venezuela is the serious human-disaster story. USGS put the pair at M7.2 followed less than a minute later … Read More

Today on Peoplenomics we pick up Part 2 of Timenamics, beginning with Chapter 13, where the book moves from theory into practical operating rules for recovering time, defending attention, and making better life decisions. Part 1 laid out the core idea: money is stored time, attention is directed life, and every choice has a True … Read More

OK, the first thing to get out of the way is Amazon Prime Day is on today.  The usual landing page for readers is here.  The reason I like Prime Days is because living in the Outback of East Texas, as we do, this is a chance to save a good amount on a few major … Read More

If you are confused, here is Life in a paragraph:  We begin life as World Observers and “live” shooting our own “game film.”  Then we die and play back the whole thing.  Called judgment day in some religions or the Life Review in science.  [Notes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.] Now, as an aware “lifematographer” … Read More

“Work expands to fill the time available” has been getting another ranch-sized proof around here this weekend. Next weekend, ham radio bugs (and keyers – that’s a joke, get it?) head out into the wilds for the ARRL;s Field Day 2026.  Contest Rules here, said old George, AC7X, electron boss extraordinaire. “With so many hams … Read More

In today’s Peoplenomics, we take the idea of AI “training states” out of the computer lab and apply it to human beings. Why do intelligent people examine the same evidence and reach completely different conclusions? Because every mind carries its own training stack: family, history, fear, incentives, ideology and survival lessons. Then we apply that … Read More

Maybe some better reporting will come out this weekend (talking heads, news-bobbers) but so far my impression is the media is soft-pedaling the real news of the week – economics is getting a hotfix, temporary patch, and a whole new software spin in the next year.  Which, as we’ve told you before, is a very … Read More

Early premarket futures were showing a DCB – dead cat bounce due at today’s opening. As much as we would love to be (Eric Hoffer style) true believers, that just ain’t in the cards today, kiddies.  Did I miss my meds? No.  But let me count the ways things can blow-up. We are into a three-day weekend … Read More

“The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent, in support of the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate. The Committee reaffirmed its policy of maintaining ample reserves in the banking system.” We are looking for the real dancing to begin in a half hour with Warsh’s first … Read More