Spencer Jakab
@spencerjakab.bsky.social
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Elon can fix this.
June 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Elon can fix this.
Are Howard Cosell and Harry Caray ready for their comebacks?
May 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Are Howard Cosell and Harry Caray ready for their comebacks?
Live shot from the Oval Office:
April 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Live shot from the Oval Office:
BREAKING: Astronaut, Nobel Prize winner, former Goldman Sachs CEO (and purportedly former member of the U.S. Congress) sentenced to seven years in prison.
April 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
BREAKING: Astronaut, Nobel Prize winner, former Goldman Sachs CEO (and purportedly former member of the U.S. Congress) sentenced to seven years in prison.
Another normal day for financial markets. 😕
April 17, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Another normal day for financial markets. 😕
My favorite part of tax day idiocy is printing out the piece of paper telling me about the "Paperwork Reduction Act."
April 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
My favorite part of tax day idiocy is printing out the piece of paper telling me about the "Paperwork Reduction Act."
Studio Ghibli version of Ali Vs. Liston
March 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Studio Ghibli version of Ali Vs. Liston
🤯 Well, at least this is good news for future junior college enrollment. "Parents Ditch 529 Plans and Embrace Bitcoin for College Savings."
February 1, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🤯 Well, at least this is good news for future junior college enrollment. "Parents Ditch 529 Plans and Embrace Bitcoin for College Savings."
Stolen from someone who stole it from someone who ...
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Stolen from someone who stole it from someone who ...
Not even to avoid violent incidents such as this?
January 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Not even to avoid violent incidents such as this?
Has anyone written a travel guide to Kyrzbekistan yet? The guide to Molvania, "the birthplace of the whooping cough" and "owner of Europe's oldest nuclear reactor" was such a classic.
January 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Has anyone written a travel guide to Kyrzbekistan yet? The guide to Molvania, "the birthplace of the whooping cough" and "owner of Europe's oldest nuclear reactor" was such a classic.
“I didn’t think the leopard would eat my face,” but spoken in a posh British accent.
January 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“I didn’t think the leopard would eat my face,” but spoken in a posh British accent.
Going back to their roots?
December 30, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Going back to their roots?
It always inspires extra confidence when a rando looking to be your contact on LinkedIn can't spell his own profession.
December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
It always inspires extra confidence when a rando looking to be your contact on LinkedIn can't spell his own profession.
It was five years ago that reports of a "mysterious pneumonia" in Wuhan, China began emerging. It's been a rollercoaster for investors, but the big winners have been U.S. tech and little else. Here's the (price only) performance of several popular ETFs.
December 20, 2024 at 5:29 PM
It was five years ago that reports of a "mysterious pneumonia" in Wuhan, China began emerging. It's been a rollercoaster for investors, but the big winners have been U.S. tech and little else. Here's the (price only) performance of several popular ETFs.
Fartcoin still playing its traditional safe haven role.
December 18, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Fartcoin still playing its traditional safe haven role.
The Dow’s longest losing streak in half a century was capped off not with a whimper but a bang.
December 18, 2024 at 10:51 PM
The Dow’s longest losing streak in half a century was capped off not with a whimper but a bang.
I guess he can never coach the Bulldogs, Huskies, or Terriers at any level.
December 16, 2024 at 9:57 PM
I guess he can never coach the Bulldogs, Huskies, or Terriers at any level.
I'm a big fan of passive investing, but you don't have to own a widely-followed, cap-weighted index. If you own QQQ (Nasdaq 100) then in a week you'll dump Moderna, down 70% in the past 6 mo, for essentially a Ponzi scheme (MicroStrategy) and a meme stock trading at 365 times earnings (Palantir).
December 16, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I'm a big fan of passive investing, but you don't have to own a widely-followed, cap-weighted index. If you own QQQ (Nasdaq 100) then in a week you'll dump Moderna, down 70% in the past 6 mo, for essentially a Ponzi scheme (MicroStrategy) and a meme stock trading at 365 times earnings (Palantir).
Search traffic for “Is Chuck Mangione still alive” getting a nice bump. (And, yes, the flugelhorn star is still with us).
December 10, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Search traffic for “Is Chuck Mangione still alive” getting a nice bump. (And, yes, the flugelhorn star is still with us).
McDonald's in Altoona where alleged United Healthcare killer was arrested is getting review bombed.
December 9, 2024 at 6:49 PM
McDonald's in Altoona where alleged United Healthcare killer was arrested is getting review bombed.
Fascinating social nugget from a WSJ piece on crypto and meme stock trading by WSJ newsroom associate Katherine Hamilton
December 8, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Fascinating social nugget from a WSJ piece on crypto and meme stock trading by WSJ newsroom associate Katherine Hamilton