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Tl;DR:  Our spicey old Saturday Gourmet column is back for an occasional peek – meeting the ShopTalk mindset and fascination with “Having the right tools.”  You see, having the right pan is like having the right saw blade — sure, you can hack it out, but why not make it smooth, easy, and a little … Read More

Bad enough America was sold-out by the rich when Job-Jacking took hold and industry moved to least-cost labor centers.  Today it’s even worse.  As the market put on a rally in the face of terrible job numbers, then fell back to earth by the close. This morning, some serious bile on that – after which … Read More

TL;DR: “Federal jobs spin keeps markets swallowing anything, even marginal new highs. Trump headlines dominate, and a new frontier in mind amplification is emerging. The fog thickens—here’s what it means.” Jobs Fog  Jethro Tull meets economics? Getting thick as a brick out there.  Lackluster growth in the ADP numbers and the Challenger job cuts report … Read More

Yes.  13-days out from the 17th when the FOMC rate decision will be announced.  Before we lay out this morning’s ADP and Challenger job numbers – ahead of tomorrow’s Federal data – a word about the Fed. I’m working on a longer piece for our Peoplenomics.com subscribers (they get rhyme and verse). But, the general idea … Read More

Wherein we propose that Psychology and Medicine have missed something huge.  It’s our noticing that humans – like computers – have differing performance based on indexing strategies.  A lesson rediscovered as Ai has advanced. I asked Ai to assess this theory and the feedback was positive: “The idea that humans can learn from AI about … Read More

Updating our chart from the preopen with 15-minutes of trading in: This is not trading advice. (Got Depends?) -ure

Weekend here in the woods was fractured:  Research & writing, binge watching (Dark Wolf, Butterfly on Amazon), and modeling inflation ahead. The research breakthrough is in how people “Index Life.”  (I’ll also tell you about my best-ever spaghetti, too…) To us, present times are strong on the 1929 Replay vibe, but it riffs off one … Read More

US Markets are closed. Labor(ing) Day. Inflation Will Save Us! (???) Even though it’s a “day off” our net worth keeps stacking up. Why?  Well, I am the guy who said “load the boat on silver” when we were out in Burbank on a contract job back in 2005. Under $7 an ounce… Let this sink … Read More

The UrbanSurvival AI User and Researcher School offers more to learn about AI: Ai_Users/Formatics/Hidden_Guild_Field Manual – Hidden Guild While you’re there, be sure to look at the evolving body of knowledge we’re capturing over there… -Ure

Relax.  Sit down and take a load off.  There’s a lot to talk about (other than my week blowing up because of hackers (@#$%^&*).  We have several topics that will give you a real sense of what owning “big property” is all about.  People in the city, way we hear it, actually exist, who have … Read More

G.A. Stewart’s post on  his The Age of Desolation website is awesome. He’s gotten into ChatGPT in CHATGPT AND G. A. STEWART’S VERSION OF NOSTRADAMUS – THE AGE OF DESOLATION. Must read. Two items for Stu: My Hidden Guild website https://hiddenguild.dev offers a ton of ideas of how to better human-partner Ai into the loop. … Read More

No rest for the Worked on a holiday weekend.  Our web side problems have been fixed, the market may be too:  Fixed and set for a major decline. A quick roll through the headlines is in order, but not too much coffee:  Too much caffeine buzz on a “personal day” seems like overkill. The long … Read More

Reader Note:  If EVER UrbanSurvival is attacked (like it is at the moment) remember to click over to the Peoplenomics.com site (<<- bookmark it!).  The “inside” of the Peoplenomics site is in old-fashioned, but harder to dick-around with HTTP direct.  Yeah, guess I am a throwback. Holiday sag in a second, but you know you’ve … Read More