Israel has just killed Lebanese journalist Fatima Ftouni. I am honoured to have known her.
Just at the beginning of the month she reported on Israel killing seven members of her own family live on air.
A lot of people have been asking if this can be done for their dogs and for people. I'm speaking with everyone involved to see what is possible here.
If you would like to be involved, please complete the following Google form:
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think people on CT drastically overestimate the probability of Microstrategy blowing up
as if we test the average entry around $76k and @saylor goes: “yeah we’re f*cked gotta sell now”
some of you have been doomscrolling too much.
Do yourself a favor and vibecode a position size calculator.
You can create one in under 5 prompts with Claude.
It's a nice intro to vibecoding but I'm also tired of seeing the same position sizing mistakes over and over.
The calculator is simple:
- Add your entry price.
- Add your invalidation.
- Add the amount you're willing to lose.
The position size will populate automatically.
OR you can:
- Add the position size,
- Entry
- Invalidation
and see your calculated loss.
If your loss is higher than anticipated, just input your desired loss and position size updates automatically.
If you're in the UK, open a stocks and shares ISA.
Do it today. Here's why:
It allows you to invest £20k per year TAX FREE. No taxes on gains, forever.
It's one of the best long term vehicles for tax-efficient investing in the UK. I can't stress how great it is.
Whatever disposable monies you can afford to kiss goodbye to each month, chuck em in. Doesn't have to be a lot. £100, £20, £10 a month, it all adds up long term.
Investing is not just for rich ppl or for ppl with money. EVERYONE should invest, doesn't matter how much. The goal is to beat inflation and protect/grow your money. Doesn't matter if its just £10 a month. It adds up. Your fiat currency is being debased year after year. You must protect yourself.
Personally, I buy S&P500 and Nasdaq100 index funds with a 30+ year time horizon. It's up to each individual person what they buy. To each their own.
Short term, you shouldn't care if price up/down. Be a robot with no brain. Robot invest every month. Robot know number go up long term. Robot know mechanical investing will make money grow.
S&P500 average yearly return since inception: +10%
Nasdaq100 average yearly return since inception: +14%
Some large/liquid ETF options:
S&P500 unhedged:
$VUAG (dividends automatically reinvested)
$VUSA (dividends distributed to u in cash)
S&P500 hedged:
$IGUS (dividends automatically reinvested)
$GSPX (dividends paid to u in cash)
Nasdaq100 unhedged:
$CNX1 (dividends reinvested)
$EQQQ (dividends distributed to you in cash)
Nasdaq100 hedged:
$EQGB (dividends reinvested)
FX hedged ETF's take away fx risk (for the most part). Example: if GBP strengthens against USD, it will negatively impact ur unhedged holdings beyond the instrument's performance. Nasdaq can be +10% for the year, but if GBPUSD also rose +5%, your return would be ~ +5% (napkin math).
Vice versa, if GBP weakens against USD, it will positively impact your unhedged holdings beyond the instrument's performance. Nasdaq can be +10% for the year, but if GBPUSD dropped -5%, your return would be ~+15% (napkin math).
Upside: fx risk is taken away and therefore your investment is a pure bet on the instrument's performance
Downside: higher fees
I personally hold a mixture of both hedged and unhedged. Good to note that long term over decades, fx fluctuations tend to iron out / mean revert anyway but can be painful year to year (like in 2025: GBPUSD rose a lot).
I'd include crypto exchange traded products in here however the wonderful UK government are banning them from stocks and shares ISA from April.
Worth noting too, ppl are too afraid of timing the market. 'What if price goes down?' - if you're just chucking spare change in there every month, price going down is good, you get cheaper price. Investing a lump sum is another discussion entirely whereby timing does matter, that's a discussion for another day. If you're dollar cost averaging every month with a long term time horizon: the early you start the better.
Long term example: £100 invested every month for 30 years with a +10% yearly return: ~£230k+ (with only £36k invested). Rough math, not including fees etc. All tax free when you want to sell within a S&S ISA. This is assuming the UK government doesn't abolish or fundamentally change the S&S ISA btw.
Disclosure: this is not financial advice. Investing can be volatile/risky, focus long term, always.
When someone says: "I don't know how to help"?
But all I'm asking is for people share and leave a dot.
3 replies — even dots — can save my children 💔
To donate 👇👇
gofund.me/a3b90f53
Gaza was once at the center of the world’s attention, its news trending at number one across social media platforms. Today, emotions have cooled, voices have faded, and people have turned away—so much so that you can barely find any news about this devastated city.
The tragedy has not changed, and the suffering has not stopped. What has changed is people’s indifference and fatigue.
Do not stop speaking about Gaza, even if you stand alone. Standing with the oppressed is an honor the indifferent will never know.
A year has passed since the detention of my father,
In this white coat, he walked alone amidst death, destruction, and in front of tanks—not because he was fearless, but because his oath and his humanity were greater than any fear. He refused to abandon the children and the wounded at Hospital , and for that, he was detained.
This image is a testament to the courage of the man who was the last line of defense for life, and it is the very same scene that ended with his unjust arrest.
A full year of injustice has passed. Today, we ask for nothing but his freedom. Please share his story to keep his voice alive.
Fuck it, the vibes are terrible.
I'm commissioning Wassies for everyone on CT while supplies last (example attached).
Comment "gib wassie" if you would like your own custom wassie.
First come, first serve. Free, no strings attached.
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals.
we are overstimulated and we don’t even notice. netflix while eating. reels in the bathroom. music while cooking. podcasts on walks. we consume by default, not by intention. you keep filling every gap, then wonder why you feel foggy and unmotivated. boredom and silence are the real growth drivers. they give you space to think and create. that’s when solutions show up for problems that have been stuck for months. leave some room