TShaw
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TShaw
@RVAFaceDoc
Living my best life one day at a time
Richmond, Va เข้าร่วม Mart 2009
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Provide it your estimated life expectancy, a copy of your social security statement, and which spouse (if a couple) is the higher earner and you’ll get even better results. I wrote an app that hands all of this to Claude, OpenAI, and Gemini at once. They all produce results then grade each other in pairs. Then the winner gets to critique all the output, cherry pick, and synthesize a full report. LaTeX to PDF. Uses Nano Banana for some nice info graphics, Matplotlib for charts. Finishes with a PPTX. Sent the results to my financial planner for review and he freaked out. We live in amazing times.
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People keep asking me how I come up with this stuff
I don't come up with anything
I go to therapy
I take my kids to school
I buy coffee
I take the dog to the vet
I read policies that people didn't read before they enforced them
Then I say what happened
Out loud
That's it
If a duck looks like a duck and quacks like a duck I'm going to call it a duck
I'm not going to schedule a meeting about it
I'm not going to consult HR about the duck's identified species
I'm not going to ask the duck how it identifies
It's a duck
We all know it's a duck
Someone just needs to say it
If it looks like common sense
And it sounds like common sense
It's probably common sense
I don't know when that became controversial
But here we are
Make common sense common again
Best,
Ethan Brooks
Identified Adjectives: Smart / Handsome
Sent from my iPhone
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@celestialbe1ng This is once again why women do not deserve opinions
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What exactly is the problem here, and how does it affect you or anyone else in any way?
“Oh no, I’m a desirable man and every woman even the ones I find ugly wants to be with me oh no make it stop.”
— said no desirable man, ever.
The problem is entirely hallucinated
Brian Atlas@BrianAtlas
When you realize these two women are chasing the same men, you'll begin to understand the problem.
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@SCLion @midascabal Hey thanks for some perspective amongst all the doomsday posts. I don’t know this. Cheers
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BREAKING: US stock market futures surge as the New York Times reports that Iran made a "secret" offer to the US to negotiate a deal to end the war.
Potential terms include:
1. Iran to abandon or drastically curtail its ballistic missile and nuclear programs
2. Iran to abandon or drastically reduce support for proxy groups
3. In return, Trump has "suggested" he would allow Iran’s surviving leaders to maintain power
4. Trump has "suggested" he would employ the "Venezuela model"
5. It remains unclear if a deal is feasible at this point in time
We are between Step #6 and #7 of our "Conflict Playbook."
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter
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The biggest lie society sells us is that women are the "emotional" gender and men are the "logical" ones. When you actually look at the dating market, the reality is the exact opposite.
Men are the true romantics. Women are the pragmatists.
A successful man, a CEO, a lawyer, a doctor will happily marry a woman who works as a cashier, a waitress, or is completely unemployed. He doesn't care about her status, her network, or her bank account. He marries her simply because she brings him peace, she is kind, and she makes him smile.
He loves her for who she is, not what she can do for him.
Now flip it. Ask a successful woman to marry a kind, loving, loyal man who works as a cashier.
The answer is almost always a hard "No."
Suddenly, "love" isn't enough. Suddenly, she needs "ambition." She needs "security." She needs a man on her level or higher.
A woman rarely falls in love with a man’s soul; she falls in love with his trajectory. She loves what he can provide, where he can take her, and the lifestyle he unlocks.
Men grow up thinking love is a fairy tale. They project their own capacity for unconditional love onto women. They think, "If I give her my heart, she will have my back."
They learn the hard way that female love is performance-based. The moment he loses the job, the moment the confidence wavers, or the moment he stops being "useful," the "romance" evaporates.
We call men "dogs" and "players," but men are the only ones willing to bet their entire lives on a partner who brings nothing to the table but her presence. Women love with a calculator in their hand. Men love with their eyes closed. And that is exactly why men are the ones who get destroyed they are trying to play a game of hearts with a gender that is playing a game of chess.
Asanwa.sol@Chizitere_xyz
hit me with the harshest reality truth
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🚨 TRUMP JUST LEFT THE STAGE AT DAVOS.
Here is everything you need to know:
1. THE GREENLAND PIVOT
The military threat is OFF the table.
"I won't use force."
But the acquisition? It’s still ON.
He demanded "immediate negotiations" to buy the island.
The reason isn't just resources.
It’s the "GOLDEN DOME."
He wants Greenland as a strategic shield against nuclear missiles.
2. EUROPE ON NOTICE
He looked NATO leaders in the eye and told them the hard truth.
"We give so much, we get so little."
He dropped this line to the entire room:
"Without us, you’d be speaking German and Japanese."
The era of the free ride is officially over.
3. THE END OF THE WAR
Ukraine. Russia. It stops now.
Trump claims he knows the mindset of both leaders.
Putin wants a deal.
Zelenskyy wants a deal.
He’s meeting Zelenskyy TODAY to finalize the peace.
4. THE ECONOMIC "MIRACLE"
He’s taking a victory lap on the US economy.
His stance on interest rates is clear:
The US should have the lowest rates on Earth.
Why?
Because the Dollar is the standard.
Without US stability, other nations have "nothing."
So, here’s the summary:
– No war for Greenland.
– Hardball with NATO.
– Peace deal for Ukraine.
What do you guys think about this?
Btw, I’m about to share my next $5 million dollars investment here publicly.
Follow me so you don’t miss it.
If you want my free $0-$1m guide, comment "GUIDE" down below, like this tweet and check your DMs.

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🚨 THIS IS NOT GOOD
I really hate what I’m seeing.
Gold up.
Silver up.
Copper up.
I’ve been in this game for 20 years, and there’s one setup that makes me worried.
You’re looking at it.
This isn't just a rally, this is our warning.
Here’s what’s happening & why I’m worried:
In a normal market, this screen is impossible.
Copper rallies when the economy is BOOMING, and gold rallies when the economy is BREAKING.
They are supposed to fight each other.
We are witnessing the breakdown of the risk-parity model.
The inverse correlation between real yields and gold has snapped.
When they hold hands and rip higher together, the market is screaming that the system itself is broken.
We aren't seeing an inflation trade, we’re seeing a capital flight.
Smart money isn't rotating sectors anymore.
THEY ARE EXITING THE CASINO ENTIRELY.
The market is front-running fiscal dominance, it knows the debt math is impossible without devaluation.
They are dumping paper promises (stocks/bonds) to buy things that actually exist, like metals.
I’ve only seen this "Correlation-1" event three times:
1: Just before the Dot Com bust (2000).
2: Just before the GFC imploded (2007).
3: The Repo market blowout (2019).
Every single time, the economists said that demand is strong.
And every single time, we were in a recession within 6 months.
When the industrial metals and the precious metals start going up together, the party is over.
I’ve been in macro for 20+ years, and I’ve built a free guide on what to do in these conditions. Comment “GUIDE” if you want it.
I’ve called every major top and bottom of the last decade, and when I make my next move, I’ll say it here publicly.
If you still haven’t followed me, you’ll regret it.

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Psalm 119:105 and John 15:5 paired together unlocked something I’d been missing my entire life.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”
Most people quote this verse and move on, but there is a depth here that changes everything once you see it. Notice it doesn’t say that God will give you a blueprint, a roadmap, or a ten-year plan with every detail mapped out. It says God’s word is a lamp.
In ancient times, a small oil lamp lit maybe three or four feet in front of you. You couldn’t see the destination, you couldn’t see around the corner, you had just enough light for the next step.
This is how God operates. Not with floodlights. Not with spotlights. Just enough for each step, forcing you to depend on Him every moment. You can’t run ahead. You can’t figure it all out on your own. You have to stay close to the light source.
Then Jesus comes along in John 15:5 and makes one of the boldest claims in all of Scripture. “I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him bears much fruit. Apart from me you can do NOTHING.”
When I first read this, it shocked me. Nothing??? I looked around and saw people clearly doing things without Him. That’s when it clicked, He doesn’t mean nothing in the strict sense. You can build businesses, write books, gain influence, accomplish things. What He means is that real, lasting fruit, the kind that actually matters for eternity comes only when you abide in Him. You can spend your whole life doing things that feed your ego but starve your soul, or you can stay connected to the source of life and bear fruit that truly matters.
The lamp doesn’t just show you where to go. It forces you to stay close to who is guiding you. No lamp and you stumble in darkness. No vine and you wither and die. Both images shout the same truth: abide, depend, stay connected.
We live in a culture obsessed with independence, self-sufficiency, and figuring it all out on our own. God designed us for the opposite. He gives you just enough light for today because He wants you coming back tomorrow. The lamp to your feet isn’t a limitation, it’s an invitation to intimacy, a daily reminder that you don’t walk alone.
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@AHomelyHouse shout out from RVA- where is your place. Would be fun to bring my kids out. Not Catholic (currently discerning) but a follower of Christ. Merry Christmas
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I've picked up quite a few new followers in the last couple of months, so I thought I'd post a little introduction.
I'm a Catholic father of nine (soon to be ten!), homeschooling and trying to make cool things in the Shenandoah area of Virginia. We live on a little homestead, but we don't do much real homesteading - we have some chickens and a handful of goats, and do some feeble attempts at gardening, though our pumpkin patch is absolutely crushing this year. But we still have to buy most of our food from the store or farmer's market, unfortunately.
My background is military: I enlisted in the Navy at 17 to become a SEAL, but got dropped from BUD/S for heatstroke in 2003. After my Navy enlistment I switched to the Army and went through the pipeline to Ranger Regiment. I served 4 years as a team leader in 3rd Ranger Battalion, deploying to Afghanistan 4 times from 2009 - 2013. After I got out I built a tiny house on a trailer and we hit the road, living nomadically as I tried some different things. I ended up landing back in my native Virginia, and spend several years working close protection overseas in Iraq and East Africa.
We were homeschooling our young children at the time, and I knew I wanted to be more available to build a more robust home environment and input more with my children's In 2017 I began teaching at the small private school my older children attended (I had 6 by this point). I was thrilled to teach and to finally be able to spend significant time with my children, contributing to their education at the level I always wanted to. It was a major pay-cut, though, and with my salary falling far short of my monthly bills with a family of 8 and 1 more on the way, I decided to turn my long-time hobby of calligraphy, illuminated art, and bookbinding into a side-business and so I started Tamburn Bindery to specialize in unique artistic texts and medieval-style books. I've been doing that now for 7 years.
Now we host a little forest school on our property for pre-school ages, and I spend my time doing classical and adventure-based education for my kids, helping with the forest school, and working on illuminated and artistic edition book projects, as well as a bit of calligraphy on the side when I can. I also love building things, and I'm often working on fort projects in the woods with the kids, and currently building a cabin for my oldest son. My X account is mostly a stream-of-consciousness recording of different projects I'm working on and dives into mythology and European/American cultural patrimony topics.
tamburnmanor.com

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Today marks 5 years sober.
I think back to all the dumbest things I said or did... and I am full of regret.
Alcohol took me right up to the edge of losing everything that matters most to me.
Never again.
I gave it up a few months after my son was born and I've never looked back.
Not on a hard day.
Not on a sad day.
Not on a “I deserve it” day.
Never.
To my wife... thank you for loving me when I was hard to love. For believing there was still a good man underneath all the mistakes.
I’ll spend the rest of my life making sure you never regret that belief.
If you struggle with addiction there's never been a better day to make a change ❤️

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