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James
@TypeForVictory
UK-based investment analyst (ex-macro, now global equities), interested in econ & markets, defence, infra, etc. bearishviews.substack.com
London, England
Joined January 2013
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Sep 29, 2021
    At 27 my grandad had 0 qualifications, a house, a wife, and 3 kids supported on a sergeant's salary. At 27 I just finished postgrad professional qualifications and share a 2 bed flat with 2 friends. I lose 65% of my income to taxes and rent and have 10sqft personal space.
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    molson 🧠⚙️
    @Molson_Hart
    Sep 29, 2021
    What is the BEST simple explanation for why no one in the developed world is having kids?
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jun 20, 2020
    Quick reminder that the govt closed almost 800 public libraries from 2010. These complaints that removing statues erases our history would have been useful when they literally were getting rid of our access to history books.
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jan 3, 2024
    My brother in christ the tracks are the point. - Roads can't tolerate the weight - Rail has vastly less friction & mains power = way more efficient - Subways don't get stuck in traffic - Can't blow a tire / no tire dust - Rail permanence increases investment
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    Linus ✦ Ekenstam
    @LinusEkenstam
    Jan 2, 2024
    Trackless trains will make subways and trams obsolete
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    Alvin Foo
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    Alvin Foo
    Readers added context
    It’s an “optically guided electric bus” which includes none of efficiency or ride quality benefits of trains, and is powered by batteries en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomou…
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Mar 2, 2025
    Meanwhile, average British country roads:
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    Instablog9ja
    @instablog9ja
    Mar 1, 2025
    2 million to drive down this road alone at 1am? x.com/TravisKitengo/…
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Nov 29, 2022
    Londoners when tourists stand on the left-hand side of the escalator
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jul 14, 2024
    He is - you can tell because adults' clothes would look really big on him, but he's ten and his clothes fit very well!
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Mar 1, 2025
    "Sir Churchill"
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    Britain for Trump
    @BritainForTrump
    Feb 28, 2025
    Replying to @DanielKorski and @piersmorgan
    Agreed, Sir Churchill looks incredible.
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jan 26, 2024
    Candidate must have a STEM postgrad, US dual citizenship, speak Russian, and be between 27-37. Starting salary 40k.
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    ianVisits
    @ianvisits
    Jan 25, 2024
    The UK government website is advertising careers as an astronaut. nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/job-profiles/a…
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jun 13, 2022
    Replying to @thetimes
    Millennials spend less on consumption (takeaways, entertainment, drinking, holidays) than any other generation for the last century. That's because wages have stagnated, remts/taxes soared, and it now takes 19yrs (vs 3yrs in 1984) to save for a deposit.
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Dec 23, 2024
    Oh yeah? You want your canal back? The canal connecting your empire? And you want your allies to support you? Mmhmmm
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    NewsWire
    @NewsWire_US
    Dec 22, 2024
    Trump: "We will demand that the Panama Canal be returned to [the] US"
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jul 30, 2025
    Stratford station on the way home - site of Jenrick's video. TfL guy on the door watched at least 9 young black people barge through the gates with no ticket within about a minute. He then stopped two Chinese tourists and a panicked Indian guy demanding tickets. @TfL is this ok
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Oct 5, 2024
    Here's a visualisation of why Diego Garcia isn't just "some tiny islands" as the Foreign Office seem to think. The red circle is the combat range of an F-35A, giving air supremacy. The yellow circle is the B-1 Lancer. Why do you *think* India/China want to "decolonise" it? #BIOT
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Jan 15, 2024
    55-year-olds: Two-hour boozy lunches, no emails, pub by 6pm 35-year-olds: Lunch at desk, emails and calls 24/7, work late 25-year-olds: Hour for lunch, emails during work hours, go home by 6pm Millennials, I think we screwed up somewhere.
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    a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore
    @steamedhamms
    Jan 14, 2024
    literally everybody should do broadly this thetimes.co.uk/article/are-ge…
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    James
    @TypeForVictory
    Aug 8, 2024
    Someday, people are going to have to take a step back and think about the fact a single mum writing kids' fantasy in her spare time may not have actually been an autistic gay spreadsheet enthusiast like us.
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    Slazac 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇹🇼🌐
    @TrueSlazac
    Aug 7, 2024
    JK rowling should have been cancelled a decade ago just for having such horrendous world building
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