If you want the tl;dr version of some of the biggest ideas in my book, head here, courtesy of @NextBigIdeaClub:

IBERIA BLACKOUT - I discussed possible causes and implications on the Slate Money podcast with @felixsalmon

I'm reasonably sure that today's drop in $UNH is the largest dollar decline in a Dow component ever. Does anybody keep a list of such things?

Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we

I'm looking for institutional investors who have invested in a basket of cryptocurrencies. If you are one, or know one who would be happy to talk to me, can you get in touch?

Journey through broken timelines, harvest souls, and uncover hidden truths as reality bends around you.

Any merger arbs out there want to tell me what the market-implied probability of Nippon Steel buying US Steel now is?

Amazing graphic by @Axios' Erin Davis in this @FelixSalmon story showing the increase in U.S. imports from China (left side) paired with the increase in U.S. exports to China (right side). https://t.co/XlSpHxgGwc

Jim crammed a lot of lifetimes into a single, too-short one:

The best word I have ever written in my career as a journalist was when I wrote a piece about @Scaramucci that ended with calling him a “popinjay”. The truth can now be told: That word wasn’t my idea, it was suggested by the great @jledbetter, an indelible force for generations

Here comes a new challenger! Naoto Kurogane joins the dive! Specializing in close-quarters combat, Naoto’s signature ability lies in his unique power to draw upon his own blood and transform it into a deadly arsenal of weapons. Naoto can enter a special empowered state that

R.I.P. Jim Ledbetter. The smartest and most generous of writers and friends.

Off to the land of stationery stores, thinking of getting some notecards made. So, friends, what face is this?

One of the weirder forms of @placardabuse is when placard-only parking spots are taken up by *actual wrecks* “on official business”

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As electricity demand surges, grid investment is accelerating worldwide. POW offers a strategic way to participate in this multitrillion-dollar opportunity.

This Sunday morning I salute @CardiffGarcia @LJKawa @EmilyStewartM @sarahsolfails and all the other heroes of Lancaster who leave no bus behind

@guan to the rescue! The answers are: (a) 353m shares (b) 110m shares (c) 416m shares

@matt_levine you always seem to be able to find such things with ease

Hive mind: Can someone provide me with NVDA volume for: (a) the regular 9:30-4 session on Weds (b) the aftermarket on Weds eve/Thurs am (c) the regular 9:30-4 session on Thurs Thanks!

The Great Pyramid of Giza...are we all so sure. Overwhelming messaging from non-mainstream Great Pyramid experts, researchers, explorers, etc…stating the Great Pyramid is an energy “generator” could have possibly missed something…

Did anyone else get a notification in their @CitiBikeNYC app offering 20% off a bulk purchase of e-bike minutes with a 14 day expiry?

If you're not signed up for @axios macro you're missing incredible economic analysis and insight from @Neil_Irwin and @Courtenay_Brown and sizzling data visualizations like today's:

Review by Felix Salmon: Journalist Anupreeta Das examines the life and legacy of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates in her book “Billionaire, Nerd, Savior, King.”

My cunning plan of sneaking Princess Bride quotes into Axios headlines continues unabated https://t.co/9bQ6PHYwd4

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