Gold is back below $4K again. The Japanese yen is also hitting a new 40-year low against the dollar this evening, which is likely weighing on gold. But yen sellers are jumping from the frying pan into the fire by buying dollars. A much better move would be buying gold instead.
Two months ago I was fired by Google for creating the Google Workspace CLI. It went viral, hit #1 on Hacker News, gained thousands of GitHub stars and many thousands of actual users in just a couple days.
It was an incredible, confusing journey, from directors and leaders asking what they could learn from the tool to getting grilled by legal about why the Google logo and brand colors are on the Google Workspace GitHub code repositories.
I think the cause was that Workspace and certain leaders (and projects) were afraid of being disrupted. But the fear wasn't specific to my CLI, it was a broader fear in what agents meant for Workspace. Either way, the irony of my termination was the announcement at Google Cloud Next two days before I was fired that an official Workspace CLI was coming.
I want this out there because it is easier for me to explain my story and it is an experience I want to fully own. It's also part of my healing.
Nearly 7 years at Google was an incredible opportunity for me and I was fortunate to have wonderful teammates and a manager that fully supported me through these last few months. Thank you.
BREAKING: Israel believes a deal with Iran is unlikely and has told the US that any return to war must include strikes on Iran’s entire energy infrastructure within 24 hours, per Israel's Channel 12.
Several Arab countries are also reportedly in support of targeting Iranian energy infrastructure.
The Yen has fallen below its previous low from mid-2024. This even though we're within two months of the NY Fed "rate check," which temporarily lifted it. As long as Japan believes in FX intervention, it's in denial on debt and the Yen will keep falling...
https://t.co/hmsHXJ5tPl
The older you get, the more you realize luck is just exposure.
If you sit in the same chair, same routine, talking to same people… nothing new happens.
You have to touch the world to win.
• Talk to strangers
• try a new coffee spot
• post on social
• Start a side hustle
The world rewards motion.
You don’t find opportunity sitting still.
You bump into it.
Oil is now over $92, up 67% so far in 2026. The price can easily break above $100 next week. The U.S. economy was already teetering on the brink of official stagflation before the oil shock. This will likely push it over the edge. Too bad we already tapped the SPR to help Biden.
This is truly incredible to watch:
5 minutes ago, US crude oil prices surged above $91.50/barrel.
Now, we are above $92.50, adding +$1/barrel in 5 minutes.
This puts prices up +$12/barrel in 9 hours.
We are witnessing a historic short squeeze as we speak.
Up 14% today alone, WTI oil has surged past $92 just now.
This is consistent with a growing recognition of, and anxiety over, the risk of "multiple equilibria" dynamics ... this as traders brace for an inherently uncertain weekend.
(Please see prior posts for more on the dynamics in play.)
#economy #energy #oil
The U.S. labor market is an absolute disaster. Oil prices are soaring, already up 60% so far this year. The stock, bond, and crypto markets are tanking, and we are at war. The U.S. economy will be much weaker and inflation much higher under Trump than they were under Biden.
What is especially disheartening about Trump’s decision to declare war on his own is that he was elected in large part because he promised not to do that. In fact, he sharply criticized prior presidents who did. This betrayal ends any hope of reversing this dangerous precedent.