Bill Austin

"Barak Ravid can keep posting longer than you can remain solvent" — Oil Trader's Proverb

I’ve decided to make Oil 101 online second edition free. Because clearly the world needs more experts before the next spike hits. Grab it now while you still can and pretend like me that you saw it coming. morgandowney.com/book

A friend of mine texted me this morning “The Met Gala really is the Apex Mountain of douchery.” Really hard to argue with.

"no, oil prices won't rise because demand will be destroyed due to rising prices.."

@brianmctaggart @CMessianico Too kind

@CMessianico Teng’s been good. Lambert solid.

From Burrows to Imai, Astros' offseason pitching moves producing mixed results @AdobeOrg&affiliateId=mlbapp-ios_webview_news-index&rsid=mlbios.at.bat.new.implementation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mlb.com/news/mike-burr…

Search is full of ads and wrong answers. Every other email is an ad. Prime Video charges you and shows ads. Paramount? Ads. Peacock? YouTube? Hulu? Ads followed by more ads. Netflix full of ads. Meta and X, every other thing is an ad. Pinterest is nothing but ads. AI is in everything. AI finishes sentences incorrectly and won’t stop. AI reads your email and search history to target you with more ads. Every time you open an app or visit a site there’s an update making it worse. In a hurry? First, click here to agree to terms you don’t have time to read and must accept. You need an account to do that. Change your temporary password. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email and enter that code. Now use a passkey. Your password is too simple to remember. Change it. No, not like that. Now log on. Enter your 2FA code. Check your email for a code… Welcome back! We’ve updated our terms of service and privacy policy (you have none). Subscribe to the site. Subscribe to Netflix. Subscribe to toilet paper. Subscribe to these groceries. Pay a membership fee for the right to subscribe then tip your driver who delivers the subscriptions your membership lets you subscribe to. Time to work? We’ve got to update your laptop and will slow down everything you do until you agree to update. But first, click here to agree. Update installed — your laptop’s broken now. It doesn’t matter, since your boss just replaced you with AI. Go to your phone to complain on social media. Wait, your phone needs an update so we can add more AI. Click here. Oh sorry, your phone can’t handle this update. Now it’s useless. Go get the newest phone. Here’s a text from a friend, an email, a voice mail they left three days ago but you didn’t see until now because of sync problems with the cloud. It’s their GoFundMe. Their MLM. Their Patreon. Never mind, you didn’t respond to their text within 9 minutes and now you’re no longer friends. They blocked you. Make new friends. Download this app to find people in your area. In your neighborhood. On your street. Two doors down from you. Do you know this person yet, we think you’d get along. You need an account to use this app. That username is taken. Enter a password. Not that one, you used it on another site. You need to be connected to WiFi to download the app. Allow the app to connect to other devices on your network. Allow the app to access your contacts, know your precise location, store your credit card details. Oops, sorry, we got hacked now all that info is available on the web. There’s a class action suit. You can join. It’ll take a decade to get your $3.73 share of the ten billion settlement. We’ll send it via PayPal or deposit it to your bank, just tell us those details. Oh no, another hack. That info is circulating now, too. Here’s a spam call, a spam email, a spam text. Why are you angry? Why are you talking about getting rid of your phone? Why don’t you like AI, it lets us make all of this easier? Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? This is progress. You’ll be left behind. Do you want to be left behind? Do you???

@TheStalwart @DanielYergin @tracyalloway sideways drilling!?!

NEW ODD LOTS: It's @DanielYergin @tracyalloway and I talk to the Pulitzer Prize winning author about why he sees a "different world" emerging in the wake of the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dan…

Italian efficiency when it comes to coffee should be studied. In Italy: - Walk into a bar and look at the guy - Un caffe - 30 seconds later it’s ready - Shoot it - Leave €1 - Walk out In the US: - Join a line - Wait - Order coffee - Answer 12 questions: Size? Milk? Roast? Sugar? Temperature? Colombia beans? Name? How do you spell it? - $12.34 - Ask for a 20% tip. Click 5 times on a ipad to have a custom tip - Tap phone - ask where to send the invoice - Wait again on a different line - Someone call a name that sounds similar to mine - get the coffee - too hot, can't drink it - finally at temperature taste like shit

Today is my 41st birthday so here are 41 things I believe. They’re from a running list I’ve added to over the years. 1. You are who you meet. 2. Even a cheap burger is pretty good. 3. Being friendly is easier than being mean. 4. A scenic drive is good for the soul. 5. Bob Wills is still the king. 6. There are few places better for a conversation with a friend than a porch in the late afternoon. 7. Your kids want your attention more than they want things. 8. Your parents want to hear from ya every once in a while. Give em a call. 9. Your Dad would appreciate it if you cleaned your car. 10. Your Mom just wants you to know how much she loves you no matter what. 11. Pecan pie is always better with a little ice cream. 12. Ain’t is a word even if your 2nd great teacher told you it ain’t. 13. The Astrodome is still the 8th Wonder of the World in my eyes. 14. Sunburns are no fun. Wear your sunscreen when your Mom tells you to. 15. George Strait and George Jones are my two favorite George’s. 16. Nothing will clear your head quite like a drive through Big Bend. 17. In case of emergency, order enchiladas. 18. Your kids are always listening. 19. Kids also say the darndest things. 20. If you want the truth, ask your Grandma. 21. You can save the world just by saving the person next to ya first. 22. Moderation is key. 23. We should all remember that we have two ears and one mouth. We should listen more than we speak. 24. Saying sorry isn’t always easy, but it can mean a lot when it’s warranted it. 25. Texas is best. 26. The best time to do the thing you always wished you’d done is today. 27. Social media is not reality. 28. Slowing down is good for driving and for life. 29. The back roads of Texas are where you’ll find some of the best Texans. 30. Football tickets have gotten way too expensive. 31. Everyone should try crawfish at least once. 32. Visiting your hometown is always a treat. 33. Storytelling brings people together. 34. I’m lucky to be American, but blessed to be Texan. 35. You can never have enough cowboy boots. 36. Life is more fun if you never stop learning. 37. We should all aspire to be great ancestors. 38. Most brisket is good brisket. 39. Serrano peppers are way better than jalapeños. 40. You’ll never regret leaving work a little early to spend time with your kids. 41. I’m the luckiest guy on Earth because I get to tell stories for a living and drop my kids off at school every day

When a Nazi officer entered Picasso's studio in occupied Paris, he saw a reproduction of Guernica. Shocked by the modernist 'chaos' of the painting that depicted the bombing of civilians during war, the fascist asked, "Did you do that?" Picasso replied, "No, you did."

Oil Tankers are classified on :- * Size * Capacity * Passage capabilities * Long haul range

@Rory_Johnston The ai doesn’t even know how to tweet!

Oh my god we’re all going to die.

Sorry if this is woke or whatever but it is FUCKING INSANE that the DoD is explicitly, publicly trying to create an AI powered mass surveillance program of American citizens, attempting to destroy a company for refusing to comply with that directive, and *bragging about doing so*

@TylerHardt @hkuppy That’s as good as money sir. Those are IOUs.

@KeepingTabsPod @HoustonDynamo There is?

There’s a completely different vibe and energy this year surrounding the Dynamo, and I’m loving every second of it!

@LanceZierlein He’s gotta be done?

4 INTS.... in one half.

On slop

The final CBT payrolls with the Dodgers paying record taxes

You can't have a healthy, free society if cretins like this guy and his son are allowed to buy every media company in your country.

me looking at a newspaper now: "wow its nice to have all the news in one spot"