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Apr 2025
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💸 “$3,600 per Fam” — Tariff Day’s price...

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It was T-Day: Tariffs, Tesla, & Trump… We got an update on all of ‘em (and why it’ll cost you $3,600/year).

Tinder launched a Flirt-bot… Because AI’s most powerful use is training pickup lines (seriously).

Nintendo’s Switch 2 is its biggest launch in 8 years… and Mario Kart is getting social.

Plus, we found a Skier’s Arbitrage: It’s cheaper to fly to Japan for a weekend of shredding than staying here in the states…


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