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@G_S_Bhogal The first sentence is true. The second one ignores the fact that the vast majority of X users don't post anything or virtually nothing. I'm one of them. My life is unfulfilling, but I'm not bitter, I'm just uninterested in joining in here. I just watch.Which, possibly, is better.
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Biggest upside right now: elevator/escalator installers/repairers (highest median pay + steady urban demand). Wind turbine techs also strong for 50% job growth thru 2034 amid green energy push.
US median annual salaries (latest BLS/Indeed 2025 data):
Electrician $62,350
Plumber $62,970
HVAC tech $59,810
Carpenter $59,310
Welder $48,000
Elevator tech $106,580
Wind turbine tech $62,580
Solar installer $51,860
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@BuildScaleLead @BoringBiz_ I'm a plumber and am hoping for a nice period in between where I have a robot helper who I wouldn't trust with a blow torch but is great at fetch and carry from the van
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@BoringBiz_ And then what of the trades when Teslas robots come?
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Maybe white collar office jobs were just a small temporary blink in history between the Industrial revolution and the AI revolution
Daycares for adults until AI eventually took over
Not enough people are ready for that conversation
unusual_whales@unusual_whales
60% of those in Gen Z say that they will pursue skilled trade work this year, per YF.
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@brentos93 @unusual_whales True but it'll become rapidly saturated too.
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@cm66350859 @ddofinternet Spotify “recommends” and plays the same freaking 50 songs ALWAYS. No matter if you’re on shuffle or listening to a random playlist . I’ve never discovered a new song I’ve never listened to before on Spotify . YM is the goat .
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Slowmaxxing is my new favorite thing to think about
- Read a physical book
- Go for a walk w/o listening to a podcast
- Eat food w/o watching a tv show
- Write using a pen and paper
- Get a pot plant or 10; tend to a garden
- Work hard on a single task
- Watch a movie w/o looking at your phone
2026 is the year of being slow
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@GSpellchecker To be fair Starmer may clear his schedule for this one
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Taking omega-3s with a meal helps blunt the inflammatory spike that happens every time you eat
Even a healthy meal triggers a postprandial inflammatory response and a surge of LPS from the gut, and omega-3 has been shown to dampen that effect
At the same time, EPA and DHA are fat-soluble, so taking them with a higher-fat meal improves absorption versus taking them on an empty stomach
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Do everything immediately.
mubiouš@Mubarak_mubious
what’s one “small adult cheat code” you wish you learned earlier ??
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Publisher of a website that has done approximately 4,000 stories about discourse on college campuses: The billionaire pedophile cabal thing is a bit monotonous
Claire Lehmann@clairlemon
Am I the only person who finds the Epstein story incredibly boring?
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[FREE DOWNLOAD]
After the mix up with the Howlett mix yesterday, here's another. Originally posted in February on the Kofi, available for all. 27 years ago:
This is @daftpunk @ El Divino, Ibiza 15.08.99
Often mislabelled as Daft Punk & DJ Sneak (they're two separate sets), this is over an hour of brilliance by two absolute icons. Tracklist in first comment.
If you wish to support what I do: ko-fi.com/dorksirjur
Download: tinyurl.com/4n539d9n
👇🔥👇
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@minordissent Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, classic midwits, obviously
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@andrew_lilico Spoken like a true Liberal. A dying breed!
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Michael Burry on why blue-collar trade jobs (eg. electricians) may not be “AI proof”

Cassandra Unchained@michaeljburry
Jack Clark @jackclarkSF co-founder of Anthropic @claudeai, Dwarkesh Patel @dwarkeshpodcast, and I had a good discussion, and it has been published, free to all, at the link below. I greatly admire both Jack and Dwarkesh and was happy to participate. The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition? open.substack.com/pub/post/p/the…
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The UK birthrate is now 1.4. The replacement rate is 2.1
The answer to this riddle is not—as elites suggest—mass immigration which erodes what is left of the nation and pushes us into a population trap of never-ending migration (migrants get old too)
It is to prioritise British families, reshape our housing, economy and culture (as we did on recycling, environment, smoking, etc) around pro-family policies, starting from school, with massive tax incentives for BRITISH families, and prioritise a culturally coherent and stable nation
It is deeply unethical and immoral to import people from low-income nations because our leaders cannot be bothered to invest in our own people
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@bryan_johnson The fatal flaw in all this otherwise fantastic and fascinating work is you are N=1. Why don't you use your vast wealth to recruit at least a few fellow travellers willing to go the whole hog?
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