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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This was the 16th 1,000 point gain ever for the Dow. President Trump has 14 of them.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Twitter DMs broke again so checking in here.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The value of video, on the other hand, is probably overestimated. It’s less searchable/indexable, the half life is too short. Great entertainment value for viewers, tough to capture that value as the creator unless your “thing” is to be a video creator.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

24-year-old me’s decision to start blogging incessantly has proven, time and time again, to have a stupidly high ROI. Long tail effects of the written word are drastically underestimated, imo.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

New blog just dropped: on the late 20-something’s career pressures: www.youngmoney.co/p/the-late-2...

youngmoney.co

The Late-20-Something's Professional Dilemma

On the pressure to figure out your "thing".

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"While status is subjective, status games are unavoidable. We are constantly evaluating others’ status, others are constantly evaluating ours, and we ourselves are always chasing some form of “status,” regardless of whether we’re conscious of the chase." Blog: www.youngmoney.co/p/status-gam...

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

And yet, I'm overjoyed that others haven't figured that out yet.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

TSA precheck has the be the highest ROI on a purchase under $100… right?

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Sherwood News @sherwood.news · 13/12/2024

Tech leaders—Zuckerberg, Bezos, Altman—are all lining up to donate $1M to Trump's inauguration fund. But what does a million dollars mean to someone with that much money? sherwood.news/power/what-b...

sherwood.news

What Bezos, Zuckerberg, Altman, and Musk’s donations to Trump would feel like for normal people

It’s one banana, Michael. What could it cost, $10?...

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Moneylion is getting acquired for $1 billion. It went public through a SPAC deal around $2.4 billion. Was trading at $100 million 18 months ago. Lots of SPACs were real companies that just had poor valuations, but made good investments after initially selling off.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

"The next social event, the next happy hour, the next promotion, the next job, the next date, the next side hustle, the next project. Every ounce of silence is replaced by noise. Distraction. Dopamine. It’s exhausting." New blog: escaping the dopamine machine: www.youngmoney.co/p/factory-re...

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I realize it's en vogue to parade around when your asset goes up. Just annoying seeing the "I told you back in 2014" posts when the stuff that people said in 2014 was totally off base lol. You can get rich being right for the wrong reasons, but don't act like a psychic.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Increased accessibility was great for the price, and I think “digital gold” is the best description at this point, but it’s wild to see how the goal post has moved over time.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

It’s categorically useless as a currency, and it’s entirely centralized at this point. You buy it on Coinbase or Robinhood, Blackrock has an ETF, etc.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

A thing about bitcoin that I’ve found annoying is that the original argument for it, a decentralized currency that can’t be manipulated, is effectively dead. The price went up because 1) it’s broadly accessible on exchanges and 2) people just… bought it.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Great to see Taylor Lorenz celebrating an insurance executive with a wife and two kids getting murdered today. Impeccable taste. American health insurance is a broken industry. Taking a victory lap on someone's grave is gross. Do better.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Twitter does still produce some bangers. Cracked out kid (who I chatted with two years ago, funny enough), casually tracking all Citibike data for a side project may be helping with the manhunt in Manhattan.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Curious to see conversion numbers. Anecdotally I've noticed click engagement is a lot higher here too, just started posting though.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Since Jaguar's newest release is a "nonproduction model," I wanted to submit my application to be Chief Creative Officer. How'd I do?

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Of course, there's no place for nuance on the internet, so everyone either thinks a politically-charged judge hosed Musk or the rich billionaire got what he deserved.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

4) $345 million in legal fees for representing a plaintiff who had like 9 shares is insane, and using % of total monetary in question during a lawsuit as the measuring stick for determining attorney fees doesn't work when you're dealing with numbers this big.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This would have had the exact same impact as the prior package, but the loss on their next 10Q would look worse because of the current stock price. But, again, this would have been a much simpler way to address this whole issue instead of trying to retroactively rectify the flawed package.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

3) Tesla could have (and should have) just proposed a new pay package that would have paid Musk the same number of shares, but they chose not to to avoid a $25B+ accounting loss from stock-based compensation.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

2) The pay package had conflicts of interest that should have been addressed at any point before it went to court, instead of trying to use post-decision shareholder vote to justify the pay package.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

A few things that can be true at the same time regarding Musk's pay package: 1) Tesla's stock price has increased ~20x since his pay package was created in 2018, and he should be compensated accordingly.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This is true. Excited for us to acquire Greenland.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Social networks are a flywheel. Comment on folks’ stuff here like you do on X, they’ll engage back, the network strengthens. It works the opposite way too.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I personally think it’s cool when people get advanced degrees

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

“While the most compulsive gambler on a roulette table knows he’s playing a game of luck, the investor can easily convince himself that it was his own analysis that made him rich, not market/sector beta or sheer chance.” Blog: www.youngmoney.co/p/you-only-h...

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Sherwood News @sherwood.news · 02/12/2024

What we know so far about today's bizarre "relaunch" of Enron: the guy behind "Birds Aren't Real" is involved, and there's probably a cryptocurrency coming soon sherwood.news/crypto/behin...

sherwood.news

Birds aren’t real, and neither is the Enron relaunch

What we do know: the guy behind "Birds Aren't Real" is involved and there's probably a cryptocurrency coming soon....

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Here's a fun one: the guy who owns the "Birds aren't real" trademark just relaunched Enron's X account and website. Apparently, they're launching an "energy" product, but it feels like another crypto launch is pending. My latest, on @sherwoodnews.bsky.social: sherwood.news/crypto/behin...

sherwood.news

Birds aren’t real, and neither is the Enron relaunch

What we do know: the guy behind "Birds Aren't Real" is involved and there's probably a cryptocurrency coming soon....

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Interesting how at every level of society, from high school to the Oval Office, everyone tries to buy favor with the cool kids.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Really interesting breakdown from @jonkeegan.com at @sherwoodnews.bsky.social on engagement stats across X, Threads, and BlueSky. TLDR: BlueSky is punching above its weight, despite its lower user base. Will be interesting to see if this sticks. sherwood.news/tech/bluesky...

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

DOGE is going to prove to be much more of a distraction to policy than a catalyst for it.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Good to get back to South Georgia for a few days. It’s slower. You have time to actually think. NYC is dopamine overstimulation. Not a bad thing, but everything in moderation.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

On traveling while you're young, and other musings: www.youngmoney.co/p/advice-22y...

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to those who celebrate. A few talking points to make sure to hit this year: Ask your grandmother if the sweet tea has fluoride Ask aloud if the woke mind virus ruined Alabama football Convince your uncle to bet his retirement on an obscure Polymarket trade 🫶

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Claude is more useful than GPT imo. Artifacts feature is great.

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Thanks! And yeah I imagine they’re easy pickings for recruiters lol

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Jack Raines @jackraines.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Does anyone else… not really care if their social media posts are used for AI training?

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