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Sunday, January 18, 2026

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• lincolnsquare.substack.com×4 newsletters·via Lincoln Square
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  Is Trump Going to Invade Greenland? | Trippi Takes Your Questions

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  • Sam Osterhout · samosterhout.substack.com ×3
  • Get All-Access-Save 25% on Your Upgrade · lincolnsquare+live-interviews.substack.com ×2
  • Invest in Democracy with Lincoln Square · lincolnsquare+live-interviews.substack.com ×2
  • Sam Osterhout · lincolnsquare+live-interviews.substack.com ×2
• lincolnsquare.substack.com×4 newsletters·via Lincoln Square
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  BREAKING: Dustin Nelson from Bring Me News On the Ground in Minneapolis

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  • Sam Osterhout · samosterhout.substack.com ×3
  • Get All-Access-Save 25% on Your Upgrade · lincolnsquare+live-interviews.substack.com ×2
  • Invest in Democracy with Lincoln Square · lincolnsquare+live-interviews.substack.com ×2
  • Tell Congress to impeach Kristi Noem · lincolnsquare+live-interviews.substack.com ×2
• lincolnsquare.substack.com×4 newsletters·via Lincoln Square
  The Insurrection Act & More on the Minneapolis ICE Shooting & Coverup | Protect & Serve with Michael Fanone & Maya May

  The Weekly Wrap | ICE’s Plummeting Popularity, Breaking NATO & Trump Teases the Insurrection Act

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  • CITIES FIGHT BACK: The Growing Movement Against ICE | California State Assemblyman Isaac Bryan Joins Sam Osterhout · lincolnsquare.substack.com ×4
  • Trump’s Polling Collapse: Support for ICE Raids Is Tanking | Behind the Numbers with Rick & Andrew Wilson · lincolnsquare.substack.com ×4
  • How Will RFK Jr.’s New Vax Schedule Impact Public Health? | Dr. Rob Davidson Joins Susan J. Demas · lincolnsquare.substack.com ×4
  • How MAGA Makes You Feel Like You Matter | First Draft with Author Rebecca Newberger Goldstein · lincolnsquare.substack.com ×4
• lincolnsquare.substack.com×4 newsletters·via Lincoln Square
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  J.D. Vance Can't Mask his Dead Soul

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  • Rick Wilson · therickwilson.substack.com ×2
  • Unlock All-Access-25% off · lincolnsquare+articles.substack.com
• scottdclary.substack.com×2 newsletters·via Scott’s Newsletter
  Success Story (Top 10 Business Podcast)

  Why you can't change your life in one day

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  • Newsletter (321k Subs) · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
  • 10minmindset.org · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
  • Scott D. Clary · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
  • Social Media · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
• workweek.com×2 newsletters·via Nik Sharma
  Roku’s Shopify integration

  Don’t buy fake awareness marketing

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  • watch me set one up here · workweek.com ×2
  • on this special link · workweek.com ×2
  • Roku Ads Manager · workweek.com ×2
• workweek.com×2 newsletters·via Daniel Murray
  5 growth hacks B2B Marketers can't ignore

  🔥 SEO is NOT dead. It's changed....

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  • Apply for Free Membership · workweek.com ×2
  • First Patagonia Sweater · workweek.com ×2
  • 2026 Linkedin Playbook · workweek.com ×2
  • Chick-fil-a Breakfast · workweek.com ×2
• scottdclary.substack.com×2 newsletters·via Scott’s Newsletter
  Success Story (Top 10 Entrepreneur Podcast)

  Scott's Weekend Wrap-Up (Jan 18th, 2026)

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  • 10 Minute Mindset (Top Mindset Podcast) · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
  • ​https://newsletter.scottdclary.com​ · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
  • You Can't Earn This Back · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
  • ​Weekly Newsletter​ · scottdclary.substack.com ×2
• mckinsey.com×2 newsletters·via McKinsey & Company
  The next competitive edge in business? A new skill partnership between humans, agents, and robots

  McKinsey in global media: FDI, agentic AI, the economy, and more

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  • McKinsey ideas in global media outlets: FDI, agentic AI, the economy, and more · mckinsey.com ×2
  • McKinsey Insights - Get our latest thinking on your iPhone, iPad, or Android. · mckinsey.com ×2
  • healthcare CEOs. Here are some highlights from the last three months: · mckinsey.com ×2
  • Trust is the missing—and essential link—in putting gen AI to work · mckinsey.com ×2
• guillermoflor.substack.com×2 newsletters·via Guillermo Flor from Product Market Fit
  Guillermo Flor

  How to build an AI Company

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  • Invite Friends · www.productmarketfit.tech
  • READ IN APP · venturestreet.substack.com
• guillermoflor.substack.com×2 newsletters·via Guillermo Flor from The AI Opportunity
  Guillermo Flor

  The Palantir Origin Playbook (2003–2013): How Software Met Consulting from Day One

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  • How Base44 was bootstrapped and sold for $80M in 9 months · theaiopportunity.substack.com
  • Join OpenAI for Startups · theaiopportunity.substack.com
  • READ IN APP · theaiopportunity.substack.com
• anandwrites.substack.com×2 newsletters·via The Ink
  Get 20% off forever

  An important Sunday message

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  • Anand Giridharadas · anandwrites.substack.com ×2
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• mckinsey.com×2 newsletters·via McKinsey’s Davos Daily
  Planning for “two worlds,” establishing strong external relationships, and building resilient operations are key priorities for executives aiming to capture opportunities while mitigating risks.

  Must-reads ahead of Davos 2026

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  • Resilience is like a bridge spanning a turbulent river. The waters below may surge unpredictably, but the bridge’s strength lies in its design, maintenance, and ability to withstand. · mckinsey.com ×2
  • Davos is a modest ski resort near Zürich, Switzerland. But that isn’t why it’s famous. Every January, Davos hosts the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). · mckinsey.com ×2
  • The rise of artificial intelligence highlights how investment in “brain capital” (brain health and brain skills) can boost resilience, productivity, and growth. · mckinsey.com ×2
  • McKinsey senior leaders Solveigh Hieronimus, Eric Kutcher, Tunde Olanrewaju, Alex Panas, and Lucy Pérez discuss what they expect at Davos 2026. · mckinsey.com ×2
• anandwrites.substack.com×2 newsletters·via The Ink
  now on his Substack newsletter

  INTERVIEW: Seymour Hersh on how the media should cover Trump

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  • Get 20% off forever · anandwrites.substack.com ×2
  • Reporter: A Memoir · anandwrites.substack.com ×2
  • Netflix released · anandwrites.substack.com ×2
  • READ IN APP · anandwrites.substack.com ×2
• frontierfintech.substack.com·via Samora Kariuki from Frontier Fintech Newsletter
  Source: OECD Revenue Statistics Reports

  #106 - Why Lending to Nigeria's Real Economy Is So Hard

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  • Moniepoint Informal Economy Report 2025 · frontierfintech.substack.com
  • CBN’s Quarterly Economic Report · frontierfintech.substack.com
  • Partner with Frontier Fintech · frontierfintech.substack.com
  • Frontier Fintech Advisory · frontierfintech.substack.com
• sacra.com·via Jan-Erik Asplund via Sacra
  Scott Sanders, chief growth officer at Forterra, on the defense tech startup playbook

  figure vs apptronik vs agility robotics

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  • Ross Fubini, Managing Partner at XYZ Capital, on the defense tech opportunity · sacra.com
  • Anduril, SpaceX, and the American dynamism GTM playbook · sacra.com
  • Anduril: the $342M/year Nintendo of American dynamism · sacra.com
  • The biggest mistake defense startups make · sacra.com
• mailchi.mp·via Ted Rubin
  View this email in your browser to share and/or subscribe.

  TED RUBIN 💥 Straight Talk Newsletter: Half‑Right AI Isn’t Innovation… It’s Instability

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  • ➡️ Purchase here: Retail Relevancy available via Amazon ⬅️ · tedrubin.us8.list-manage.com
  • Ted Rubin interviewing Barry Green from Evergreen Trading · tedrubin.us8.list-manage.com
  • The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi · tedrubin.us8.list-manage.com
  • Learn more about Evergreen Trading here. · tedrubin.us8.list-manage.com
• lukesophinos.substack.com·via Linear: A VSaaS Newsletter
  Check Out VerticalSaaSGroup.com

  Linear #160: The Death of Horizontal SaaS, Payments Sales Comp Structure That Works, VerticalSaaSGroup.com

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  • VerticalSaaSGroup.com · lukesophinos.substack.com
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  • Xplor Pay · lukesophinos.substack.com
• goldmine.substack.com·via Jeremy Goldman
  Google rolled out Ads Advisor and Analytics Advisor

  The Agentic AI Takeover Nobody Asked For

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  • NBCUniversal built a proof-of-concept · goldmine.substack.com
  • Integral Ad Science launched an agent · goldmine.substack.com
  • will erode creativity and human touch · goldmine.substack.com
  • Yahoo DSP just embedded agentic AI · goldmine.substack.com
• techmeme.com·via Techmeme
  Elon is not after the $38 million he contributed to OpenAI - 60% of seed - but what he sees as the ‘wrongful gains’ that followed. His actual claim against OpenAI and Microsoft is as high as $134 billion. [image]

  Elon Musk seeks up to $134B from OpenAI and Microsoft, Threads tops X in mobile users

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  • Sources: Sequoia is planning a big investment in Anthropic, joining a round led by GIC and Coatue, which are investing $1.5B each; Anthropic aims to raise $25B+ · techmeme.com
  • Micron signs a letter of intent to buy a fabrication site in Taiwan from Powerchip for $1.8B to expand DRAM memory chip production, expected to close in Q2 2026 · techmeme.com
  • A look at Michael Saylor's Strategy, known for buying bitcoin via creative financing strategies, as its stock trades way below its peak amid the crypto downturn · techmeme.com
  • Similarweb: Claude's web audience more than doubled in December 2025 compared with December 2024, as many coders spent their holiday breaks on a “Claude bender” · techmeme.com
• thebulwark+the-opposition.substack.com·via Lauren Egan - The Bulwark
  Join our growing pro-democracy community

  Zero Chucks Left to Give

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  • step down from leadership · thebulwark+the-opposition.substack.com
  • 1,500 soldiers · thebulwark+the-opposition.substack.com
  • David Plouffe · thebulwark+the-opposition.substack.com
  • Lauren Egan · laurenegan1.substack.com
• padelmecca.substack.com·via Padel Mecca
  Read more on Financial Times

  Weekly News Roundup: U.S. Breakout Momentum, Community Impact, and Rolex signs Arturo

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  • Read more on The Padel Paper · padelmecca.substack.com
  • Read more on Yahoo Creators · padelmecca.substack.com
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• briannazuniga.substack.com·via Brianna Zuniga
  Brianna Zuniga

  Natural Selection Is Begging You to Log Off

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  • READ IN APP · circulararchitect.substack.com
• linas.substack.com·via Linas Beliūnas from Linas's Newsletter
  The robo-advisor that actually makes money, or why Wealthfront’s unit economics could turn it into the Berkshire of millennial wealth

  Cross-border payments’ Kodak Moment? Visa embeds stablecoins into core rails 📸🪙; Coinbase's betting big on predi…

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  • Mollie seals GoCardless takeover, creating European payments powerhouse to rival Stripe and Adyen · linas.substack.com
  • Robinhood is building the Nasdaq of Reality, where every headline becomes a trade · linas.substack.com
  • Trump’s credit card rate cap shakes Wall Street, but Klarna CEO sees opportunity · linas.substack.com
  • Inside Coinbase’s blueprint to become the Operating System for Global Finance · linas.substack.com
• askachiefofstaff.com·via Clara Ma
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  The AI prompt that does 80% of the work for you

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  • In her workshop · askachiefofstaff.com
  • Hire a CoS · askachiefofstaff.com
• marketingletter.com·via Marketing Letter 📝
  now handle conversational queries, agentic checkout, and even store-calling

  🧬 Weekend Wrap-Up: SEO isn’t dead, but it is shape-shifting

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  • Google is testing a new AI Mode ad format that promotes guides and articles · marketingletter.com
  • Google launched a beta feature called Personal Intelligence inside Gemini · marketingletter.com
  • Google is cracking down on articles that speculate about future events · marketingletter.com
  • Google bug tanked eCPM and RPM for a bunch of publishers · marketingletter.com
• oberman+advertisinghistorytoday.substack.com·via Advertising History Today
  Mastering the Art of Personal Publicity

  How do you end a love affair?

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  • Advertising History Today Newsletter · oberman+advertisinghistorytoday.substack.com
  • OberThinking Newsletter) · oberman+advertisinghistorytoday.substack.com
  • Justin Oberman · obercr8ive.substack.com
  • my StanStore · oberman+advertisinghistorytoday.substack.com
• thedailyupside.com·via The Daily Upside
  Join a live, public demo to explore how Rillet can fundamentally transform your accounting and finance function.

  Star-Studded IPO Market

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  • OpenAI’s eventual public value span from the high hundreds of billions to over $1 trillion · thedailyupside.com
  • Join Rillet’s live, public demo to see what big league companies are doing in 2026. · thedailyupside.com
  • Space X, Open AI Dominate Speculation About $3 Trillion IPO Geyser · thedailyupside.com
  • Get off the Accounting Treadmill with the AI ERP Built for Growth · thedailyupside.com
• drawtogether+dt-grown-ups-table.substack.com·via DrawTogether with WendyMac
  We’ve started a private GUT member chat thread

  Day 18: Finding Delights!

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  • (Here’s a lovely interview with him on NPR.) · drawtogether+dt-grown-ups-table.substack.com
  • “Drawing is looking and looking is loving.” · drawtogether+dt-grown-ups-table.substack.com
  • your fingers to your whole body, · drawtogether+dt-grown-ups-table.substack.com
  • Support DrawTogether's Mission · drawtogether+dt-grown-ups-table.substack.com
• nextplayso.substack.com·via ben at next play
  36 startups with $10m–50m funding and hiring

  How to spot a breakout startup

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  • 26 early teams (under 10 people) hiring · nextplayso.substack.com
  • READ IN APP · nextplayso.substack.com
  • next play · nextplayso.substack.com
• theskimm.com·via The Daily Skimm
  This surprisingly neutral shade is about to become the next burgundy

  Weekend: How French Women Do Denim 👖

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  • avoid these four hacks that pros say aren’t actually that helpful · theskimm.com
  • which Storrie revealed will begin filming sooner than you think · theskimm.com
  • Anthropologie Gauze Cotton Sherpa Floral Printed Throw Blanket · theskimm.com
  • the Two-Ingredient Yogurt Cheesecake taking over the internet · theskimm.com
• notboring.substack.com·via Not Boring
  Packy McCormick@packyMhttps://t.co/LDuvsihUGO2:50 PM · Jan 18, 2026 · 357 Views1 Reply · 2 Likes

  16 Lessons on Selling (and Life) from My 5-Year-Old

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  • The Company as a Machine for Doing Stuff · notboring.substack.com
  • Not Boring by Packy McCormick · notboring.substack.com
  • Choose Good Quests · notboring.substack.com
  • READ IN APP · notboring.substack.com
• vox.com·via Elbert Ventura, Vox
  Eric Levitz breaks down the case against “progressivism” and “conservatism” and gets at the heart of our partisan divides

  The Fiction that Defines Our Politics

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  • It’s a weird time to talk about contraceptives. Here’s what the debate is missing. · vox.com
  • The wild card group that could scramble America’s political alliances · vox.com
  • The uncomfortable truth about “the left” and “the right.” · vox.com
  • The fiction at the heart of America’s political divide · vox.com
• brickitybrick.substack.com·via Brick | farmers market girl
  Brick | farmers market girl

  This week's farmers market meal plan + recipes — 3rd week of January

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  • READ IN APP · brickitybrick.substack.com
• getshift.net·via SHIFT
  What A Nutrition Expert Says To Take (And Skip) From The New Dietary Guidelines

  What A Nutrition Expert Says To Take (And Skip) From The New Dietary Guidelines

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  • Take It From A Woman: Why You Should Have A Steadfast Morning Coffee Routine · getshift.net
  • 4 Chair Exercises That Restore Leg Strength Faster Than Squats After 65 · getshift.net
  • An EDC Knife For Guys Who Don’t Buy Gear Lightly · getshift.net
  • Use code SHIFT to get 15% off and free shipping. · getshift.net
• newsletter.readthejoe.com·via The Average Joe
  With Percent, accredited investors can now access the same institutional-quality deals

  💳 Bilt’s makeover

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  • https://cash.app/support/BORROW%5C_LIMIT%5C_REEVALUATION · newsletter.readthejoe.com
  • undercuts Adobe with cheaper creative software bundle · newsletter.readthejoe.com
  • many Verizon users may be evaluating alternatives · newsletter.readthejoe.com
  • negative equity that traps buyers in a debt cycle · newsletter.readthejoe.com
• peteryang.substack.com·via Peter Yang
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  Turn Claude Code into Your AI Analyst in 50 Min | Sumeet Marwaha

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  • Peter Yang · petergyang.substack.com
• thesignal.substack.com·via The Signal
  Sponsor The Signal to reach 55,000+ professionals

  Agents, Anatomy, and Apple's Billion-Dollar Bet

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  • driverless delivery vans · thesignal.substack.com
  • released MedGemma 1.5 · thesignal.substack.com
  • Upgrade to paid · thesignal.substack.com
  • launched Cowork · thesignal.substack.com
• fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com·via Fintech Business Weekly
  leaked terabytes of Evolve’s data on the darkweb

  Evolve Exec Pleads The Fifth in Missing Money Case, Bank Asks To Seal Deposition Transcript

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  • first applied for a charter in the U.S. in 2023 · fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
  • disastrous relationship with Synapse · fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
  • Subscribe or Support by Upgrading · fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
  • Yotta website as of 1/25/2021. · fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
• epoch.daily.theepochtimes.com·via The Epoch Times
  Slovak Prime Minister Meets With Trump in Florida for Nuclear Plant Deal

  FBI Announces $100,000 Reward

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  • Disaster at Sea! How a Maritime Collision Ended in a Rescue · epoch.daily.theepochtimes.com
  • My Entire Family Devours These Chicken Bites in Minutes · epoch.daily.theepochtimes.com
  • Majority of States Reject CDC Vaccine Schedule · epoch.daily.theepochtimes.com
  • FBI Announces $100,000 Reward · epoch.daily.theepochtimes.com
• gettheelevator.com·via Today's Elevator
  Video: That Time a Guy Parachuted Onto Devils Tower and Nobody Could Figure Out How to Get Him Down

  ELEVATOR 01.18.2026 | Jazz for Cows

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  • Give Your Enterprise What It Actually Wants: Faster, Simpler Compliance. · gettheelevator.com
  • Video: The Most Raw Conversation I’ve Ever Had: Model Strangers · gettheelevator.com
  • Video: 5 Lazy One-Pan Dinners for When You’re Too Tired to Cook · gettheelevator.com
  • Really? We couldn’t tell by everything about you, sir. · gettheelevator.com
• beehiiv.com·via Matthew Hertz
  MATT'S CHATS Episode 9: Scaling Smart: The 2026 Blueprint for High-Growth Operations

  Sent Items #219: Market Shifts, UPS Rebounds & The Sold Out Edition

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  • BGSA Supply Chain Conference · beehiiv.com
  • Unbox some candy with Matt · beehiiv.com
  • Powered by beehiiv · beehiiv.com
  • Supply Chain Dive · beehiiv.com
• charterworks.com·via Kevin Delaney
  focus on things that are certain

  Charter: How DEI must change in 2026 to survive

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  • The Healing Power of Resilience · charterworks.com
  • Add us to your address book · charterworks.com
  • change management issue · charterworks.com
  • embarrassing situations · charterworks.com
• lenny.substack.com·via Lenny's Newsletter
  https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/the-base44-bootstrapped-startup-success-story-maor-shlomo

  The non-technical PM’s guide to building with Cursor | Zevi Arnovitz (Meta)

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  • https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/linears-secret-to-building-beloved-b2b-products-nan-yu · lenny.substack.com
  • https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/everyones-an-engineer-now-guillermo-rauch · lenny.substack.com
  • https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/ai-tools-are-overdelivering-results-c08 · lenny.substack.com
  • https://tv.apple.com/us/show/severance/umc.cmc.1srk2goyh2q2zdxcx605w8vtx · lenny.substack.com
• newyorktimes.com·via NYTimes.com
  myaccount.nytimes.com

  New York Times Delivery Notification

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  • California Notices · www.nytimes.com
  • Customer Care · newyorktimes.com
  • Account Login · newyorktimes.com
  • Help Center · newyorktimes.com
• thenewsette.com·via The Newsette
  new at-home swabs

  Call the doctor!

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  • full-body check · thenewsette.com
  • personal record · thenewsette.com
  • cholesterol · thenewsette.com
  • Click here. · thenewsette.com
• every.to·via Every
  “AI Can Build Anything. Social Dandelions Decide What Spreads”

  Claude Code Takes Pole Position

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  • “Vibe Check: Claude Cowork Is Claude Code for the Rest of Us” · every.to
  • Plus: Two camps this week to get you building with agents · every.to
  • “The Boring Businesses That Will Dominate the AI Era” · every.to
  • “Why Your AI Learning Projects Keep Fizzling Out” · every.to
• ericpartaker.com·via Eric Partaker
  Register for the 8 Qualities masterclass

  5 steps from Operator to CEO + Last 3 Days to Join the CEO Accelerator

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  • Join the SCALE Workshop™ for free · ericpartaker.com
  • Join the Accelerator · ericpartaker.com
  • free resources here · ericpartaker.com
• ruben.substack.com·via Ruben Hassid
  Just the right settings, explained here

  It sucks.

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  • November 30th, 2022 · ruben.substack.com
  • Ruben Hassid · ruben.substack.com
  • Prompt Maker · ruben.substack.com
  • MarkdownDown · ruben.substack.com
• www.patreon.com·via Culture Study
  What Have "Self Knowledge" Systems (Enneagram! Tarot! Whatever!) Taught You?

  Introducing: THE CS ROMANCE BOOK CLUB

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  • A Much More Interesting Way To Think About "The Digital Body" · www.patreon.com
  • Let's Collectively Fantasize About a Family-Friendly Society · www.patreon.com
  • Introducing: THE CS ROMANCE BOOK CLUB · www.patreon.com
  • Our new subscriber-only chat for · www.patreon.com
• www.thisweekinfintech.com·via Nik Milanović
  Coinbase pulls support for major crypto bill. Here’s what it means for the industry Coinbase’s withdrawal of its support potentially derails market structure legislation, says an analyst, noting that it’…

  Polygon takes two in acquisition of Coinme and Sequence (TWIF 1/18)

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  • Hello Fintech Friends, Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams is facing allegations of a rug pull involving his new cry… · www.thisweekinfintech.com
  • Hi fintech friends, I'm Osborne, investor in early stage startups. Please enjoy all the news and updates from the past… · www.thisweekinfintech.com
  • Mal raises $230M to build world's first AI-native Islamic digital bank (TWIF 1/17)… · www.thisweekinfintech.com
  • Also: Mexico Fintech Week, Personality Rate-Setting, and Kontigo No Más? · www.thisweekinfintech.com
• theprofile.substack.com·via Polina Pompliano
  The professor teaching a course on existential despair

  The Profile: Spotify's new CEOs, Japan's richest man, and the startup using robots to make human embryos

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  • The CEOs turning Spotify into an ‘everything app’ · theprofile.substack.com
  • The startup using robots to make human embryos · theprofile.substack.com
  • The meatless companies that got cooked · theprofile.substack.com
  • how to improve your ‘content diet’ · theprofile.substack.com
• thegistsports.com·via The GIST
  athletes as partners because of their cultural influence

  The Group Chat: The F in NFL is for fashion

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  • Jalen Hurts, Philadelphia Eagles, Quarterback · thegistsports.com
  • Knix’s innovative line of leakproof underwear · thegistsports.com
  • Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs, Tight End · thegistsports.com
  • CeeDee Lamb, Dallas Cowboys, Wide Receiver · thegistsports.com
• theliber+four-freedoms.substack.com·via The Liber
  Get 20% off for 1 year

  This Week in The Four Freedoms – January 18th, 2026

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  • Daniel Wickstone · dwickstone.substack.com
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• medium.com·via Medium Daily Digest
  I Was Fired Three Times Before I Discovered The One Skill No College Teaches…90% of professionals are optimizing the wrong thing…

  I Was Fired Three Times Before I Discovered The One Skill No College Teaches (Now I’m Unhireable —… | Robert Thompson in A Fulcrum

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  • As a Neuroscientist, I Quit These 5 Morning Habits That Destroy Your BrainMost people do #1 within 10 minutes of waking (and it… · medium.com
  • The Leadership Skill Nobody Teaches: Recognizing When Someone Can’t Hear YouWhat happens when “quiet quitting” is actually a… · medium.com
  • Over 126,000 Tech Jobs Gone in 2025 — Here’s Exactly Which Skills Are Now…Backed by layoffs.fyi data: The 7 roles exploding… · medium.com
  • I’m never going back to Obsidian after mastering this open-source toolFor months, I believed that Obsidian was the endgame… · medium.com
• historyfacts.com·via History Facts
  325 North LaSalle Street, Suite 200, Chicago, IL 60654

  Which president never had a VP?

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  • 10 Facts About the Last 10 Constitutional Amendments · historyfacts.com
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• brucemehlman.substack.com·via Bruce Mehlman - Age of Disruption
  citizens around the world are increasingly concerned about AI, especially in the U.S.

  Six-Chart Sunday – The U.S. of AI

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  • “affordability” concerns will play a central role in shaping the 2026 midterms · brucemehlman.substack.com
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  • prophecize mass unemployment due to AI over time · brucemehlman.substack.com
  • AI is not yet causing significant layoffs · brucemehlman.substack.com
• em.prweek.co.uk·via PRWeek UK Weekly Bulletin
  Dash martinis, Gatorade ASMR, Icelandair AI – Campaigns round-up (part two)

  Wagamama PR pitch | Portland ‘wikilaundering’ claim | Edelman, Golin - most awarded agencies | Brunswick, Weber hires | PR budgets 'to shrink'

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  • Movers and Shakers: Brunswick, Weber, Maitland, Mondelez and more… · em.prweek.co.uk
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  • TV’s Phil Spencer appoints PR agency for new property platform · em.prweek.co.uk
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• farnamstreetblog.com·via Shane Parrish (FS)
  Subscribe today for free.

  Brain Food: An Extra Gear

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• spytalk.substack.com·via SpyTalk News
  Sasha Ingber

  New in SpyWeek: Storms Over Havana Syndrome, Greenland, Iran, Venezuela

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• noahpinion.substack.com·via Noahpinion
  people are now flowing out of the United States

  Zero-sum economics keeps failing

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  • unsuccessfully trying to prove · noahpinion.substack.com
  • Greenland’s people themselves · noahpinion.substack.com
  • seems to have a lot of gaps · noahpinion.substack.com
• newsitems.substack.com·via News Items by John Ellis
  The latest reading shows that equity valuations are near the highest levels since 1880

  Weekend Edition.

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• richturrin.substack.com·via Rich Turrin from Cashless: Fintech, CBDC and AI at the speed of Asia
  Read how the digital euro proves that DPI is not solely the domain of developing countries but is every bit as relevant for advanced economies.

  Top 2026 Trends Finale: AI Governance Wake-Up Call, DPI Goes Global, US Sanctions on Stablecoins Intensify

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  • Read why Banks in Asia find themselves at an AI inflection point. · richturrin.substack.com
  • The AI Bubble Bursts: Implementation Results Reveal Difficulties · richturrin.substack.com
• samboboev.substack.com·via Sam from Fintech Wrap Up
  Google’s AP2 Explained - The Rulebook for Agent-Led Payments

  Deep Dive: Breaking Down Shopify and Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol

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• globalhappiness.org·via Neil Pasricha
  Neil Pasricha

  #903 When two airplane jet streams make an X in the sky