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May 2025
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🌈 “N-E-T-F-L-I-X” — Sesame Street’s Sav...

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Netflix just saved Sesame Street
 because kids content crushes subscription churn.

America got downgraded after 126 years to AA+... So we’ve got 1 solution to our debt addiction.

Over 90% of startups fail, and one startup buries them
 because LinkedIn ain’t reality.

Plus, we’re playing a new game: “Flavor or Fake?”... Is “Hint of Hummus” a real LaCroix flavor?


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